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LoveLicton is excited to share the 2019-2020 Licton Springs Community Council survey results. The survey began November 13, 2019 and ran through January 6, 2020. LSCC received 69 responses. The majority of respondents are long term residents, living in Licton Springs for more than 5 years. Only 29% of respondents had ever attended a LSCC meeting. Please join us for the next LSCC meeting on February 26th from 6:30PM to 8:30PM at Cascadia School Library.

Top themes included concerns over safety & crime, cleanliness/litter control, RVs in our neighborhood, state of the sidewalks (especially north of 100th), interest in business development/ additional commerce, and need for a community center.

As a result of the survey, the Licton Springs Community Council will be discussing the issues identified and sharing the results with our City representatives. Based on inital discussions with city representatives, they encouraged the continued use of the Find It-Fix It app for illegal dumping and other related issues. The community council will also reach out to individuals who have expressed interest in volunteering.

Thank you to Salt Blade for sponsoring a prize for the survey. LSCC has contacted the winner.

Want to give back? Licton Springs Community Council is a 501c(3) organization which participates in the Fred Meyer Community Rewards Program as well as Amazon Smile.

As mentioned earlier this year, Licton Springs Park was nominated as a historic site. A copy of the nomination is posted on Seattle Department of Neighborhoods website here.

On October 16, 2019 the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board approved the designation of Licton Springs Park as an official historic site with final approval expected in early 2020. LoveLicton and the Licton Springs Community Council were pleased to support the proposal and congratulate the First People of the Pacific Northwest and Urban Native Education Alliance.

This approval marks Seattle's first Indigenous landmark. You can read more about the park and the history in the Crosscut article from Oct 29th.

Seattle’s Landmarks Preservation Board will consider the nomination of Licton Springs Park (9536 Ashworth Avenue North) on Wednesday, September 4 at 3:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in Seattle City Hall (600 4th Avenue, Floor L2) in the Boards & Commissions Room L2-80.

The public is invited to attend the meeting and make comments regarding the nomination. Written comments are also accepted and should be received by the Landmarks Preservation Board at the following mailing address by 3:00 p.m. on September 3:
Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board
Seattle Department of Neighborhoods
PO Box 94649
Seattle, WA 98124-4649

A copy of the Landmark Nomination is available for public review at the Northgate Branch Library, 10548 Fifth Avenue NE, and the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods office in Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Avenue, 4th Floor (206-684-0228). The nomination is also posted on Seattle Department of Neighborhoods website here.