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 |