| Item |
Amount |
| Date of incorporation |
April 25, 1947 |
| Size of the entire community |
80 acres |
| Number of homes in the community |
204 |
| Average lot size |
About 12,000 sq ft |
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| Streetlight facts |
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| Number of streetlights in the community |
99 |
| Original installation |
1971 |
| Original cost |
About $25,000 |
| Source of funds |
Vuecrest Community |
| Conversion from gas to electricity |
1982 |
| Conversion cost |
About $250,000 |
| Source of funds |
City/Vuecrest 50/50 split |
| Total refurbishment project |
2005-2007 |
| Project scope |
repaint, new domes, new globes |
| Project cost |
About $35,000 |
| Source of funds |
City/Vuecrest 50/50 via Matching Grants |
| Source of labor |
Volunteers |
| Completion |
Summer 2007 |
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| Mailbox facts |
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| Number of mailboxes in the community |
204 |
| Number of shared mailbox stands |
About 37 |
| Original installation of mailboxes |
unknown |
| First organized effort to share stands /
replace mailboxes |
mid 1980's |
| Most recent mailbox and stand replacement
effort |
2007 |
| Number of locking mailboxes in the
community |
> 90% |
| Number of residences that actually receive
mail in their mailboxes |
About 90% |
| Number of mailboxes replace in most recent
effort |
About 100 |
| Cost of most recent mailbox replacement
effort |
About $15,000 |
| Source of funds |
City/Vuecrest split via Matching Grants |
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| Perimeter facts |
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| 100th Ave wall |
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| Installation date |
1986-1987 |
| Wall construction |
Masonry |
| Easements required |
5' from all abuttors |
| Original cost |
About $164,000 |
| Source of funds |
City/Vuecrest 50/50 split via L.I.D. |
| East, West and Main entrance walls added
with signage & landscaping |
1999-2000 |
| Cost |
About $35,000 |
| Source of funds |
Vuecrest Community |
| Southeast Wall (corner of
100th Ave to Park Road) |
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| Original installation |
Mixed |
| Ownership/Maintenance |
Individual homeowner |
| Conversion to masonry |
TBD, proposed in 2008 |
| Estimated cost |
> $300,000 |
| Source of funds |
one half via N.E.P. |
| South Central Wall (Park
Road to 96th Ave NE) |
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| Installation date |
2004 |
| Fence construction |
Wood |
| Original cost |
None to Vuecrest |
| Source of funds |
Neighborhood Enhancement Program |
| Construction type |
pressure treated 6x6 posts, 1x6 slats |
| Ownership/Maintenance |
City of Bellevue |
| South-Southwest Wall (96th
Ave NE to 92nd Ave NE) |
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| Installation date |
2009 |
| Fence construction |
Wood |
| Cost |
None to Vuecrest |
| Source of funds |
City Capital Improvement Program |
| Construction type |
pressure treated 6x6 posts, 1x6 slats |
| Ownership/Maintenance |
Individual homeowner |
| West Wall (92nd Ave NE) |
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| Original installation |
Mixed |
| Ownership/Maintenance |
Individual homeowner |
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| Water, Sewer and Storm facts |
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| Number of storm drains in the community |
85 |
| Storm drains destination |
Lake Washington |
| Number of sewer covers in the community |
51 |
| Diameter of sewer pipes |
8" |
| Size of most water supply pipes |
4" |
| Size of pipes on Vineyard Crest |
6" |
| Size of trunk line from Clyde Hill,
running under E. side of Hilltop and down Park |
12" |
| Storm drains stenciled for salmon
protection |
2006 |
| Storm drains stencils replaced with 4"
round pavement markers |
2007, in a pilot program |
| Source of labor |
Volunteer, Matt LaPine |
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| Rights of Way |
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| Number of inter-lot right-of-ways |
3 |
| Number presently open / accessible |
3 |
| Efforts to open right-of-ways started |
1987 |
| Efforts re-started |
several times since |
| Efforts completed |
2012 |
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| Common Areas infrastructure facts |
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| Number of entrances |
3 |
| City right-of-way at side entrances |
30 feet from center of road |
| City right-of-way at main entrance |
45 feet from center of road |
| Power originally installed at main entrance |
1960's |
| Power original capacity |
35 amps, ungrounded |
| Original cost |
unknown |
| Lighting and plugs installed |
unknown |
| Lighting and plugs cost |
unknown |
| Power replaced at main entrance |
2008 |
| Power current capacity |
150 amps, grounded |
| Power system replacement cost |
About $30,000 |
| Lighting and plugs updated |
several times, most recently 2004 |
| Lighting and plugs completely replaced |
2008 |
| Lighting system |
Metal Halide, 35W ballasted fixtures |
| Plug system |
GFCI, switchable to synchronize with lighting or
independent as needed |
| Lighting and plug system replacement cost |
About $35,000 |
| West entrance lighting installed |
2001 |
| Original cost |
About $300 |
| Lighting replaced |
TBD |
| Replacement cost |
About $2,000 |
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| U.S. Flag improvement |
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| Flagpole for U.S. flag installed on south esplanade |
2004 |
| Cost |
About $5,000 |
| Source of funds |
City/Vuecrest split via Matching Grants |
| Size of flag flown |
5' x 8' |
| Flag lifetime |
About six months |
| Flag replacement cost |
About twenty dollars |
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| Common Areas tree landscape facts |
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| "Thundercloud" Plum trees installed to visually tie
the community together |
1950's |
| Number of trees installed |
800 |
| Source of funds |
Donation: John and Mary Wilson |
| Number estimated still surviving |
About 50 |
| "Mt. Fuji" cherry trees installed on the Park Road
esplanades |
1970's |
| Number of trees installed |
3 |
| Original cost |
unknown |
| Source of funds |
unknown |
| "Mt Fuji" cherry trees replaced on the
Park Road esplanades |
2007 |
| Number of trees installed |
5 |
| Replacement cost |
$5,000 |
| Source of funds |
Donation: John E. Bacon |
| Large evergreen at main entrance |
"Blue Atlas" Cedar |
| Large deciduous tree at north end of south
esplanade |
Oak |
| Large deciduous tree at south end of north
esplanade |
Empress of Asia |
