• EastPAC Community Meeting
• Thursday, April 25^th, 6:30 to 8:00 PM
• Garfield Community Center, childcare room
• 2323 E Cherry St, 23^rd and Cherry

In case you read the original post and did not note the update here is the news:
A NEW LOCATION FOR TOMORROW NIGHT’S EastPAC MEETING!!
The very kind folks at Kawabe House have graciously come to our rescue!
They have generously offered the use of their space at the very last minute and we very much appreciate it.
Kawabe House
221 18th Avenue S, WA 98144
Enter on 18th Avenue South between Main and South Washington
Street parking only, please do not park in their lot- it is reserved for their seniors..
Sorry for the inconvenience, we hope you can attend!

In attendance will be SPD Crime Prevention Coordinator Francisco Tello, who’ll have information on starting your own blockwatch.

Everyone is encouraged to attend, especially the neighbors near the recent, numerous, ‘shots fired’ incidents in our community.  East Precinct SPD command staff will be present to hear your concerns and answer your questions.

 East Precinct Advisory Council

Thursday, October 25th, 6:30 to 8:00 PM

Chardin Hall, Room 142, Seattle University

1020 East Jefferson

Enter on 11th and East Jefferson, park free in front of the building

Many neighbors are frustrated about ongoing, regular shots fired incidents in and around the CD, as well as open air drug dealing and other nuisance activities that disrupt our quality of life.

We will allow plenty of time on EastPAC’s agenda next Thursday for you to ask questions, state your concerns and express your issues. Our meeting is a neutral, safe place to discuss neighborhood concerns. As always, East Precinct

Police Command staff will be present to address your issues and give updates on what is being done.

Also in attendance will be Francisco Tello, SPD Crime Prevention Coordinator, who will have information about starting your own neighborhood Blockwatch.

EastPAC Community Meeting
Thursday, October 25th, 6:30 to 8:00 PM
Chardin Hall, Seattle University
1020 East Jefferson
(Enter at 11th and Jefferson, park free in front of building)

See you all next Thursday!… Continue reading…

The East Precinct Advisory Council (EastPAC) is organized exclusively with a focus on creating and sustaining safe neighborhoods in Seattle’s East Precinct. Facilitated by a volunteer Chairperson and Board of Directors, we sponsor monthly open public meetings as well as community events.

 Our mission:

“The East Precinct Advisory Council (EastPAC) provides a forum to resolve public safety priorities; evaluates, advocates and facilitates strategies that reduce crime and improve the quality of life for the East Precinct Community; and actively partners with law enforcement and other entities to address barriers to these outcomes.”

There have been several comments recently about your expectations and ideas of who and what we are. Our September meeting has historically been a time to consider those ideas, so we have some questions for you:

1. What do you want to see from EastPAC?

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The East Precinct Advisory Council (EastPAC) is organized exclusively with a focus on creating and sustaining safe neighborhoods in Seattle’s East Precinct. Managed by a Chairperson and Board of Directors, we sponsor monthly open public meetings as well as community events.

 Our mission is as follows:

“The East Precinct Advisory Council (EastPAC) provides a forum to resolve public safety priorities; evaluates, advocates and facilitates strategies that reduce crime and improve the quality of life for the East Precinct Community; and actively partners with law enforcement and other entities to address barriers to these outcomes.”

 There has been a perceived lack of action and comments suggesting that nothing gets accomplished and there are no results fromour meetings. Our goal, as the mission states, is to provide a forum– our monthly meetings – to address your concerns.  We evaluate and advocate for effective public safety policy that eliminates barriers to safe neighborhoods.… Continue reading…

As we learned from the CD News comments, many folks requested a larger room for our EastPAC meetings.

So we listened, and booked the Garfield  Community Center’s Community Room for THIS Thursday’s July 26th Community Meeting, from 6:30 to 8:00 PM.

We will be discussing recent events and incidents impacting our neighborhoods as well as the arrest of the suspect in the Justin Ferrarri homicide. Please, let’s also not forget to push toward finding the person/s responsible for the shooting of Tyrone Love and the countless others who have been victims of gun violence.  

 SPD East Precinct Command staff will be present to answer your questions and address your concerns.

Also, please join me in welcoming Melanie Boehm to our EastPAC Board!… Continue reading…

Several citizens requested that we hold our next EastPAC Community Meeting in a larger venue, as our numbers of attendees have been increasing. We heard you, and have scheduled the Garfield Community Center’s Community Room for our July 26th meeting. So let’s fill the room!

EastPAC Community Meeting

Thursday July 26, 6:30 to 8:00 PM

Garfield Community Center Community Room

2323 East Cherry Street, Seattle, WA 98122

The July meeting will focus on our community. We have several issues to discuss, and we need to begin making progress toward healing while eliminating gun violence, shots fired, drug dealing and other criminal activity plaguing our neighborhoods. We will not host a special guest this time, providing plenty of time for you to ask questions and express your concerns to your own Seattle Police East Precinct Command Staff and City Attorney Liaison.… Continue reading…

UPDATE: I was going to cover the meeting, but the place was on police lockdown when I showed up maybe 2-3 minutes late. The officer guarding the door told us the meeting had reached capacity, and that nobody else could go in. There were only a few of us locked out, including longtime Yesler Terrace community organizer Kristen O’Donnell and a small group of young people who came to the meeting to voice their concern about police action during a queer “dance party” during Pride.

Some of the people who were turned away at the door

I’m not sure what the organizers were thinking (they claimed the room was at capacity, but when we were finally let in, there were plenty of empty chairs).… Continue reading…