On some weekends, we have the Army Reserve drilling in the streets as if they owned them, and incoming helicopter flights that disrupt quiet mornings and scare off nesting eagles and other resident birds. During this time, we patiently endure the drums, crowds and severely restricted access to our home. Wow and don't feel that one weekend a year is asking too much, but the currently proposed addition would have to be operational year-round to remain financially solvent. Their proposal requires additional land they are not entitled to under their 99-year lease or the prescribed and intended use per the 1972 Discovery Park Master Plan. A conference center has no place in this park and would directly conflict with said plan.
Special interest has no place in determining the park's use.
Word has come out of the Cultural Center itself that they will bring in casinos once they've attained the requisite facilities. Robin A. Hansen, Seattle Lodge not 'Indian in spirit' Robert Kildall is right. The 1972 agreement between the city of Seattle and the United Indians of All Tribes states that the Indian Cultural-Education Center will be Indian in spirit, simple and honest in design, to enrich and to be in harmony with the natural setting and uses of a city park at Fort Lawton in Seattle. Carol Proud is wrong. Friends of Discovery Park do remember that the tribal group intended to build more buildings on its leased land.