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October 18, 2010

Volume 3, Issue 4
Alabama Hill
Association Newsletter
Chairman: Last Quarterly Meeting of 2010!
Larry Nicholas Tuesday – November 2nd – Bloedel-Donovan Pavilion – 7 PM
647-2315
Vice Chair: meeting for the presentation and a
Dean Haskins What’s Going questions & answer period. You won’t
733-2800 on these days want to miss this very interesting and
Secretary:
with… important opportunity.
- vacant -
Treasurer: In addition, we’ll also provide updates on
Jim McLeod our neighborhood parks, trails and the
734-5127 latest on the state of our segment of the
Past Chairman: Meet us at Bloedel-Donovan Pavilion
Doug Bestle on Tuesday, November 2nd at 7 PM city. ☺
734-2272 for our next meeting and find out. We
MNAC Rep: have the North Area Manager and
About Call 811
Jimmy Kelsey Right-of-Way Manager from BP
715-3053 Pipelines scheduled for our upcoming Building a deck? Planting a tree? Installing
AHA Area A (NW) Rep meeting. They will bring a presentation a mailbox? 811 is the new number you
Brian Walker of projects they have done in our area should call before you begin any digging
671-8258 including the upgrade of the Whatcom project.
AHA Area B (NE) Rep creek crossing. They will also cover Smart digging means calling 811 before
Michael Eisenberg
right-of-way issues, emergency each job. Whether you are a homeowner
734-3615
response, how the pipeline works, and or a professional excavator, one call to 811
AHA Area C (SW) Rep
other related aspects of this pipeline. gets your underground lines marked for
Steve Potvin
We will take the first hour of the FREE.
734-5384
AHA Area D (SE) Rep
Nancy Allen Budget Cuts Drive Changes to Our Neighborhood Bus Routes!
922-0256 Reported by Richard Maneval
There is now only one WTA Bus going through the Alabama Hill Neighborhood. Its Bus 525 and it
Special Interest travels west and then east on Alabama Street, so every 30 minutes a bus can take you to Barkley
Articles: Village or Lakeway Drive. www.ridewta.com/route_525_new
• Nov Neighborhood
We did have two different routes going through our neighborhood, one was 540 and the other was
meeting
541 traveling east and west on Alabama Street stopping at the top of the hill. Route 540 was
• Changes to our Bus
discontinued and 541 www.ridewta.com/route_540_new has a different route taking it north on
Routes
• Great Soup Recipe!
Woburn Street to Sunset Drive.

Individual Highlights: The WTA Board will be meeting at 8:00 AM Thursday, October 21 and will be deciding on the
2011 budget. So look for possible more changes to come.
MNAC Report
City Info Route 525
AHA Membership Form
525 Sunset via Lakeway
LEAVE Whatcom Silver
Lakeway Lakeway & Alabama & Barkley Orleans &
Bham FallsPk Beach
Next AHA Qtly & Lincoln Woburn Woburn Village Sunset
Station (Electric) Ave
Meeting is Tues
November 2nd 525 Downtown via Lakeway
7 PM Bloedel- Whatcom
Barkley Alabama & Silver Lakeway & Lakeway & ARRIVE
Donovan FallsPk
Village Woburn Beach Ave Woburn Lincoln Bham Station
(Electric)
October Recipe Alabama Hill Association
Portuguese Kale Soup
from Food to Live By by Myra Goodman
A wonderful, warming soup that is easy to
prepare. A favorite from Portugal. Use
local produce and make a large pot
because leftovers freeze well. Enjoy!
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 1 large yellow onion, ½ inch dice (about 1
cup)
• 1 med. carrot, ½ inch dice (about ½ cup)
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• About 8 cups chicken or vegetable stock
• 2 cups Yukon Gold or waxy potatoes, ½ inch
dice
• 1 tsp. herbes de Provence or dried thyme
• 1 bunch kale
• 1 can (28 oz.) diced tomatoes with their
juice
• 1 can (about 14 oz.) white beans such as
cannellini, drained
• ½ lb. smoked pork sausage, such as
chourico, chorizo, or kielbasa, in ½ in slices.
(I like to use Hempler’s ground chorizo.)
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1. Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy pot over
medium-low heat. Add the onion and carrots and
cook until the vegetables soften, 5 to 10 minutes.
Add the garlic and cook, stirring often, until
fragrant, about 2 minutes.
2. Add the stock, potatoes, and herbes de Provence
to the pot and bring to a boil over high heat.
Reduce the heat to low and let simmer gently until
the potatoes are partially cooked, about 15 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, rinse the kale and remove and
discard the tough stems. If the kale leaves are
flat, cut them crosswise into 1-inch-wide ribbons.
If the leaves are curly, tear them into bite-size
pieces.
4. Add the kale, tomatoes, beans, and sausage, if
using, to the soup and cook until the potatoes and
kale are tender, 5 to 10 minutes.
5. If the soup is too thick, thin it with more stock
or some water. Season the soup with salt and
pepper to taste and serve hot. Any leftover soup
can be refrigerated, covered, for up to 5 days or
frozen. Soup’s on!
MNAC News
Last Meeting held 9/15/10
– Jimmy Kelsey, our Rep
The October meeting is to be held right after our AHA
Newsletter goes to press. Meeting agenda is to include
discussions of the City of Bellingham (COB) Home
Rehabilitation Program. The program offers low or no
interest loans of up to $24,000 for home rehabilitation.
Terms range from no interest and no payments due-on-
sale loans to others at a quarter-point below a prime rate.
Owner-occupied properties are eligible for several
programs for single-family and 1 to 4 unit properties for
owners age 62 or higher with low to moderate income,
others for younger owners with similar income
requirements. There is also a rental property program with
per unit limits of $7,500. Anyone interested can find more
information at
http://www.cob.org/documents/planning/community-
development/housing/hrp-program-guidelines.pdf
Another agenda item for October is to determine the
process for MNAC review of incoming Neighbor Plan
Amendment Proposals. Any of the 24 Neighborhood
Associations, soon to be 25 as the Mount Baker
Neighborhood is to be divided into Iron Gate and Barkley
Neighborhoods, in Bellingham may request changes to
their Neighborhood Plan filed with the City through their
Neighborhood Association. The Neighborhood News on
the City website is a good reference source for activity all
across our city. http://www.piersystem.com/go/site/1264/
At the September MNAC meeting Mayor Dan Pike
discussed COB impacts for the various initiatives on the
ballot in November elections. MNAC also unanimously
approved forwarding the Silver Beach Plan Amendment
(08-N3) with a recommendation the Proposal be approved
by the Planning Commission. That Proposal has taken a
very significant effort by our neighbors in Silver Beach to
reach agreement among community members with very
different ideas on what it should include. Any of the
Proposals in process can be reviewed at
http://www.cob.org/services/neighborhoods/community-
planning/neighborhoodplanning/index.aspx
That’s all for now. Please let me know of any concerns or
questions about MNAC and its activities. And I urge you to
join the Alabama Hill Association and support the group
with both your attendance at quarterly meetings and by
paying the very modest dues.
Please inquire should you have any question on MNAC
issues.
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City+ Beat
Council considers allowing traffic
safety cameras
About once a minute, a driver speeds through the
school zone on Alabama Street, with children present
and safety lights flashing.
At the intersection of Holly and Forest, a driver runs a
red light about once every 15 minutes. Not simply
"California-style" stops with right turns (which also
are illegal), most sail straight through when the light
is clearly red, not yellow.
Traffic safety studies, violation data and accident
statistics tell us we have a problem in Bellingham, a
problem City officials propose to address by installing
cameras that photograph red light and school zone
speeding violations as they occur.
Use of traffic safety cameras has been shown to help
drivers change dangerous driving habits and reduce
the number of these violations and the serious
collisions and injuries that result from them.
The Bellingham City Council is considering adding a
new section to the City code, as per state statute
(RCW 46.63.170), to allow the use of traffic safety
cameras in Bellingham. This step is needed for the
Police Department to use cameras at six locations
beginning in early 2011: four intersections that
experience high instances of red-light running and two
school zones with high instances of speeding
violations.
The goal of using this method of enforcement is to
change dangerous driving behaviors, hold violators
accountable, and use financial incentives to protect
public safety.
ALABAMA HILL ASSOCIATION PRSRT STD
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