SKYWAY COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE

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SKYWAY COMMUNITYINFRASTRUCTURE
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DEFINING INFRASTRUCTURE

• AKA Public Works or Capital Investment
• Public facilities that accommodate and enhance
  daily living
• Linear versus Non-Linear
• Characteristics
• Long useful life
• Stationary
• Related to government functions
• Responsibility of local government (usually)

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LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURE

• Essential to support healthy living and economic
  activity
• Easily identified as necessities
• Effects felt immediately
• Examples include
• Transportation routes (roads and streets)
• Sewer systems
• Drainage systems
• Water supply
• Waste disposal

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SKYWAYS LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURE

• Main transportation routes include
• Beacon Avenue South
• S. Renton Ave.
• S. 128th Street
• Sewer system maintained by Skyway Water Sewer
  District
• Drainage (according to 1981 study) could be
  improved by reducing depth of drainage ditches
• Water supply provided by Skyway Water Sewer
  District
• Waste disposal provided by Waste Management
• Area lighting could be improved

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NON-LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURE

• Highly desirable
• Necessity debatable
• More difficult to prioritize
• Long-term influence
• Examples include
• Libraries
• Public Safety services
• Parks/Playgrounds
• Schools
• Community Centers
• Mass transit

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SKYWAYS NON-LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURE

• Possible Improvements
• Playground
• Bus Stations (Mass Transit)
• Police Station
• Community Center
• Improvements to Skyway Park
• Addition of smaller parks
• Community Rec. Center

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SKYWAY LIBRARY

• Library attracts visitors from other
  neighborhoods.
• Provides community involvement opportunities.
• Toddler Preschool Story Time
• Teen Programs Every Thursday (Writing workshops)
• Adult Book Discussion Groups
• Sponsors Events.
• Poetry Month
• Friends of Skyway Library Book Sale
• http//www.kcls.org/skyway/programs.cfm

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FIRE STATION

• Major Part of Skyways Community Identity
• Fire Chief Participates in Many Community Events

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PARKS

• Skyway Park is Their One Major Park
• Infrequently Used
• Moderately Drug Free (Needle Free)
• Contains tennis courts, baseball diamonds, and a
  small playground
• Visibility/accessibility from surrounding
  neighborhood could be improved
• Many trees in the park are being cut down for
  power line clearance
• Local Kids Utilize School Gym and Basketball
  Courts
• For Example, Dimmitt Middle School

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SEVEN-ELEVEN

• Back Wall Used for Projection of Movies for
  Community
• Empty Lot Adjacent Could be Used for Community
  Purposes

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NEARBY SCHOOLS

• Dimmitt Middle School
• Campbell Hill Elementary
• Thomson School
• Lakeridge Elementary
• Rainier View Elementary
• Bryn Mawr Elementary
• St Paul Parochial School
• Emerson Elementary
• Black River High School

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EXTRACURRICULAR

• Brunell Piano Keyboard Instruction
• 6222 South 118th Place, Seattle, WA 98178
• Boys and Girls Club