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March 29 Updates

• Easter Egg Hunt – Saturday, 4/3, 2pm – Clubhouse - The Easter Bunny will make his annual appearance, and there will be prizes for ages up to 12.  Bring your Easter baskets.  Please also bring some cookies to share.  Punch and hot dogs provided.  Contact Heather Smith, Heather@smith.net  for details.
• Emergency Preparedness/Neighborhood Watch Mailing – Monday, 3/29, 6:30pm - We will be getting together at the Clubhouse to mail out some Map Your Neighborhood information to residents. Pizza provided.  Please RSVP to Phyllis Miller, pamiller1234@aol.com if interested in helping out.  
• Renton Annexation - After listening to testimonies from the City of Renton, King County, Fire District 37 and a fairly small group of individuals, the Boundary Review Board (BRB) unanimously supported the annexation of the Fairwood area into the City of Renton, which will send the issue to the voters this November.  For more details see http://www.fairwoodcommunitynews.com/2010/
  3.10March/3.23.10BRBApprovesAnnexation.html.
• Neighborhood Watch – Regarding the police activity in our neighborhood a week ago, I heard back from Officer Shirley.  He said there was a call regarding a man with a gun. He ran back into the house with a shotgun when confronted by the Deputies.  The SWAT came out and arrested him.  For more details on crime in Fairwood and the issue with ‘sexting,’ see http://www.fairwoodcommunitynews.com/2010/
  3.10March/3.27.10SafetyUpdates.html. You can contact Officer Shirley at  Samuel.shirley@kingcounty.gov.
• Fairwood Restaurant Proposal– My name is David Brunetto and I live in the Candlewood Ridge section of Fairwood.  I am contacting all the HOAs and people in the area I can, to do an informal survey.  As you probably know, the Hollywood video on the corner of 140th and Petrovitsky will be closing at some point in the near future.  I am considering putting an upscale pub style restaurant into that space.  It would serve upscale American style pub food.  Though no menu has been formalized at this point, some examples of offerings would be, Asian chicken  salad,  rib eye steak,  gourmet burger, guiness lamb stew, stuffed jalapenos,  French onion soup,  pulled pork sandwich,  blackened salmon Caesar, roasted chicken,  Calamari. We would have upscale beer, wine and alcohol selections. There would probably be an open view kitchen with a wood fired grill.  Flat screen TVs would be available for sports viewing, probably 3 or 4.  However, this would not be a sports bar.  I have lived in Candlewood Ridge for 24 years and want my concept to match the Fairwood area lifestyle. The emphasis would be on food.  The restaurant side would be family friendly, with the bar side geared towards people socializing over appetizers. It would probably be open 7 days a week from about 3 p.m, to 10 p.m. during the week and maybe close as late as 11 or 12 on Friday and Saturday.  Hopefully, this gives you a sense of the concept I am considering.  I am contacting as many HOAs, businesses and local people as possible to get feedback on whether or not there is enough interest in the area for this type of concept, in order for me to consider moving forward with a business plan.  Any feedback from you and others would be greatly appreciated.  Please respond to the e-mail address below, regardless of whether it is positive or negative.  I want to hear from all sides. Feel free to make any suggestions.   Also, in the e-mail subject line, would you please put the word yes or no, to express your approval or disapproval and  list the area of fairwood you are from, fairwood firs, fairwood greens, candlewood, carriagewood, Maplewood, etc,. This would help me to get a quick snapshot view of whether or not there is support, and whether or not the support is broad based.  In the coming days I will be walking through the area handing out copies of this letter.  In the meantime, please feel free to distribute this letter and the e-mail address to any one you know and encourage them to respond.  Thanks for your time and help.  I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Brunetto fairwoodrestaurantproposal@q.com

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Lake Desire Clubhouse Rental
Contact Vi Anderson at 425-226-7005 or woods_inn@msn.com  for details.  Backup is Heather Smith, Heather@smith.net. The clubhouse features a full kitchen, tables and chairs to seat up to 40 people (max 60), and restrooms. Members receive a discount on renting the community clubhouse.  The normal rate is $80 to rent the clubhouse for 12 hours or ($20 per hour- min. of 3 hours.) Members can rent the clubhouse at a discount for only $65 per day. Membership is $20 for the calendar year for individuals/families or $10 for senior citizens.

Heather Smith
Lake Desire Secretary
425-917-9533
Heather@smith.net or HeatherSmithNet@comcast.net