Kari Quaas

February 2022 Meeting Notes, and Video

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Council Update from Mary Fosse, District 1:

I-5 construction will be happening soon closing a few exits for a few weeks

You can watch the latest council meeting for updates on the Human Needs Fund, the Comprehensive Plan, the now passed Parks Plan.

Mary will be serving on the Snohomish County Regional Law and Justice Council.

Downtown Everett Association links:

Contact/Sign-up for newsletter

https://www.downtowneverettwa.org/contact-us

Donate Downtown Everett https://www.downtowneverettpartners.org/donate

Downtown Everett Community Gift Card

https://app.yiftee.com/gift-card/downtown-everett-association—everett–wa-everett

Downtown Everett Shopping Guide

Downtown Everett – Promotional Video

Downtown Everett – Doing Business Downtown

Main Street https://www.downtowneverettwa.org/about-main-street

Liz Stenning

Executive Director

Downtown Everett Association

425-258-0700 x 100

Matching Grant Fund Update

The annual matching amount has been reduced from $2000 to $1000. Applications are due March 7th. The Steering Committee will work out the numbers.

It was decided that we will send a formal letter to the City to express our frustration at the reduction of services, and opportunity, for the neighborhood system to function.

Treasurer’s Report

We have $10,500 in the bank, and $400 in PayPal. We are grateful to our donors who help us maintain things like Zoom, Constant Contact, storage, and provide money so that we can do projects that better our neighborhood, and grow community.

Kindly submitted,

Kari Quaas, Chair

January 2022 Meeting Notes & Video

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January 20, 2022 – First meeting of the new year started with chit chat at 6:45pm. Our official meeting began at 7pm, and featured the following updates.

Everett City Council Update from Mary Fosse, District 1

Brian Doyle from Snohomish STEM on partnerships with Everett School District, mentoring opportunities, and internships

Misha Hann talked about the Everett School District Levy. Votes are due Tuesday, February 8 for a levy, and capital improvement.

Watch Meeting on Facebook

November 18 Meeting Notes and Video

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Our monthly meeting featured special guest Eileen Simmons from the Evergreen Arboretum and Gardens; and Sergeant Terpening from the Everett Police Department. We also had a council update from Paul Roberts, and a Port update from David Simpson. We closed with the soon to be new sign for Drew Nielsen Park, and our holiday lights plan for December 4.

I will add the video shortly. In the meantime, you may watch it on Facebook.

2021 Halloween Contest Winners

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Thanks to our secret judge for going out and choosing the best of the best. We are proud to announce the winners of our 2021 Halloween contest. The yard signs will show up soon. 🙂

Best Daytime: 2408 6th St.

2408 6th Street


Best Nighttime: 1427 Hoyt


Best Overall: 1821, 1823 and 1825 Rockefeller, as a group.

October 21 Meeting Notes and Video

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For the October meeting, we had a late change of guest from Mayor Franklin to Kimberly Shelton from Everett Parks. We heard more about the updates to the recreational and open space plan the city is working on. You can provide your feedback here. Also, we got an update on the Colby Trees (aka the London Planes), and various parks throughout the city.

Holly James provided an update on Drew Nielsen Park. We have a new partnership with Pilchuck Audubon Society to build our habitat friendly space.

Paul Roberts and Scott Murphy provided updates from City Council including future budget planning.

View the video here:

September 16 Meeting Notes and Photos

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On September 16, we welcomed fall by gathering outside at Drew Nielsen Park on our standard Thursday at 6:30 pm. We got to meet some new neighbors, hear about our plans for the park and the information board, and be together. It was a nice time.

About 28 folks gathered this night, including a youngster, and a few dogs, too. We mainly discussed the park planting and clean up event set for Saturday, October 2 from 9am to 1pm led by Holly. Also, Tim gave an update on the park information board featuring descriptions of Drew Nielsen, the park’s namesake, and the Northwest Neighborhood.

Our next meeting will be back on Zoom with guest speaker, Mayor Cassie Franklin, on Thursday, October 21 at 6:45pm. If you have questions you want to ask her, please email those in advance to Kari, who will forward them on to Nichole with the City.

June Meeting Notes, Video and Slideshow

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The June 17 meeting focused on summer safety including a discussion about the racing and loud cars that hang out at the marina and cruise beyond the speed limit through our neighborhood streets. The short answer is to call 911 to get the incident logged. Patrols increase when we tell them that something is wrong. Don’t hesitate to make a report.

We also heard directly Mateo an RN and NW neighbor about the impact of one of the negotiating pieces – staff at Providence Hospital paying for parking. Likely, it would mean more cars on the street. Remember, blocks of residents can petition the city to have parking time limits on their blocks utilizing parking permits. It’s up to them to file for such a change. Email the neighborhood with any questions. You can pick up signs to support the healthcare staff at 1607 Rockerfeller Ave from Matt’s house.

We also had a spontaneous report from our State Senator June Robinson on the historic and productive legislative session.

We hear from Everett City Councilmember Paul Roberts about the budget, Rethink Housing and Transit updates, and progress on the Climate Change Action Plan including Electric Vehicle (EV) infrastructure.

Emily shared that there is a summer reading program with the library and netbooks and wifi/hotspots can be rented for three weeks at a time via the Everett Public Library. More information here.

Also, this was the last meeting until September. We’re taking the summer off!

Kari shared the various events happening in Northwest this summer and we hope to see people out and about, vaccinated and masked if needed for the environment.

June 23rd – ribbon cutting for new fishing dock near the Mukilteo Ferry Terminal.

Enjoy the summer! And, here’s the video replay:

May Meeting Summary and Video

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Video replay from May 20, 2021

Thanks to Tyler Chism with the City of Everett for sharing about summer events like Sorticulture, the Fourth of July, and more! We also welcomed our new Everett City Council Liaison, Brenda Stonecipher.

We chose a date for the first Mother of All Garage Sales committee meeting and we’re a go for 2021 on Saturday, August 7th! Registration information coming soon.

April Meeting Summary and Video

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Our meeting was held Thursday, April 15 at 7pm. We held elections for our Northwest Neighborhood Association leadership.

The results of the elections are as follows:

  • Chair – Kari Quaas
  • Vice-Chair – Holly James
  • Secretary (aka Scribe) – Kari Quaas
  • Treasurer – Russ Kasselman
  • Council of Neighborhood Representative – Tim Knopf
  • Council of Neighborhood Representative – John Sweeney
  • Council of Neighborhood Alternate – Kari Quaas

Thank you to all of them for their service to Northwest Neighbors!

Kari reported on a successful Easter Egg Hunt at the three parks – Legion, Grand Avenue and Drew Nielsen. We may split it up for future years to keep the crowds down and enjoy our neighborhood.

Paul Roberts provided a city council update in place of Brenda Stonecipher. The work on the budget for 2022 has begun.

Kari shared that Jerry Smith had passed on April 4 (Easter Sunday) and we heard reflections from long time neighbors Holly, Jackie and Tim about Jerry’s influence and care of Joni.

Tim provided an update on the Council of Neighborhoods.

We heard lots of updates on upcoming events and brainstormed ideas for the next two meetings including mental health and an event update from the city. Kari will reach out to speakers.

Misha provided an educational update. Secondary school will be starting up next Monday! High school students will also return for hybrid learning.

2021 Easter Egg Hunt Recap

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In 2020, we made the difficult but necessary decision to cancel the Easter Egg Hunt. This year, with vaccines beginning in earnest and the use of masks in greater favor, we decided to run our 21st annual Easter Egg Hunt at three parks across Northwest Neighborhood instead of one. In many ways, it worked out well because more people could walk to their nearest park. And, we certainly were able to accommodate space in between everyone.

Below are some highlights from the various parks.

THANKS so much to Shelley Whitkop, Holly James and Kari Quaas for playing Easter Bunnies at the various parks. Thanks to everyone else who showed up with good cheer! 🙂

A video from Legion Bluff:

A video from Grand Avenue Park:

Photos from Drew Nielsen Park:

Photos from each park. It was a lovely day of smiling young faces and parents!