Subject: [Tweeters] Boating Day fireworks
Date: Apr 28 17:05:35 2006
From: Anna Kopitov - amk17 at earthlink.net
Does anyone know of a nesting Eagle within 3 miles of the fireworks site?
Or other trees used by eagles to perch? That may sway the permit
"approvers" or issuers.
> [Original Message]
> From: <cametobe at comcast.net (Rebecca Galloway & Richard Schmeck)>
> To: <>
> Date: 4/28/2006 12:16:58 PM
> Subject: [Tweeters] Boating Day fireworks
>
> Hi tweets
>
> I received the same response as already quoted from Nick Licata, and the
following from 2 other folks. My (admittedly simple) message is included
below. It was not run through a fact-checker :-) I think the
ornithologist who didn't think a fireworks show was a big deal might've
been grumpy.
>
> Councilmember Richard Conlin:
> Thank you for the message about the Permit approved by the Special
> Events Committee (SEC) for the Windermere Cup Fireworks Display event.
> The Parks Department has agreed to reconsider the application and the
> conditions given the concerns that have been raised about nesting season
> and other environmental issues. Since the permit has not actually been
> issued, the Department has a chance to review this, and has agreed to do
> this as quickly as possible.
>
> Ann Corbitt, Legislative Aid:
> The City's special events committee and the Fire Department handle
> these matters and review permit applications to make sure they are safe.
> We have received a few other contacts about this and one person is
> heading up an effort to get public records to determine whether
> fireworks displays have environmental impact studies. We directed her to
> the Fire Department and the Special Events Committee. They are most
> knowledgeable about this event, they review the permits and then decide
> as a group whether or not they will issue a permit.
>
> I hope that this helps. If you want more information about how the
> fireworks may impact the avian habitat, you can contact Virginia
> Swanson, the City's Special Events Coordinator at
> virginia.swanson at seattle.gov.
>
>
> >From Rebecca:
> I've just heard about the fireworks show planned for Union Bay for the
> opening of boating season. This is a really bad time! The birds are
> coming back and nesting, and it doesn't take much to make a nesting
> unsuccessful. The Union Bay Natural Area is on that bay, and is home to
> 4 kinds of swallows, several different warbler species, 3 or 4 sparrows
> species, and I've often seen peregrine falcons, osprey and bald eagles
> there as well. How can this kind of event take place so close to such
> an environmentally fragile area, and at such a crucial time? The emails
> I've seen even indicate that there was no environmental assessment,
> altho the law requires it.
>
> I understand the boaters want to have a big day, and I myself love
> fireworks. And I'd love to watch them from the UBNA. But NOT when so
> many species are trying to breed! Please stop this. Thank you.
>
> --
> Rebecca Galloway
> Northgate, Seattle
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--- Anna Kopitov
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