Last time the Morgan Community Association met, it was a standing-room-only, nearly-three-hour barnburner (WSB coverage here), with much of that time focused on the controversial Murray Basin Combined Sewer Overflow Control Project. Wednesday night, though that project was among the agenda items, the meeting lasted just one hour, with turnout not even cracking double digits. Read on for the toplines:

MURRAY BASIN CSO PROJECT: The project process has taken a turn since the April MoCA meeting, which vented much ire over the county’s three proposals for controlling CSOs – especially the one that would dig up Lowman Beach Park for a storage tank. The county set up a citizens’ advisory group, as attendees had suggested, and made more technical data available – but the ultimate timetable remains the same, said MoCA’s Cindi Barker (filling in for the group’s main rep on the citizens’ advisory group, Chas Redmond): The county needs to decide by year’s end which potential control strategy it will target for environmental studies. There was apparently talk of the county seeking an extension; she says that’s NOT a possibility. But they’re looking at more possible options beyond the original 3 announced this spring. The citizens’ group is off this month but resuming meetings in August (the schedule is here).

CRIME PREVENTION COORDINATOR SUPPORT: MoCA voted to send a letter to the city expressing support for the Southwest Precinct Crime Prevention Coordinator position, which faces budget jeopardy (as the West Seattle Crime Prevention Council has been pointing out). “We’re hoping budget cuts don’t swing too far, but we’d like to have an expression of public support,” said MoCA president Deb Barker, encouraging individual letters too. She also reminded everyone that Night Out is now less than 2 weeks away – August 3rd – and you can register online.

MORGAN JUNCTION COMMUNITY FESTIVAL POSTMORTEM: Steve Sindiong reported on reaction to MoCA’s June 12th festival (WSB video coverage here). For next year, they might add more kids’ activities, and more access to the tickets for the Bite of Morgan food sampling (as well as seeing if one or two more restaurants might be able to participate). One factor that threw (kicked?) a curve ball into this year – it coincided with the US playing a World Cup soccer game – not going to be a factor for three more years, everyone smiled. Also note that they’re already recruiting volunteers for next year! Check for contact info on the MoCA site at morganjunction.org.

34TH DISTRICT STATE HOUSE POSITION 2 CANDIDATE MARCEE STONE: The candidate made a quick speech and then invited questions. She offered, “I love coming to meetings like this; they’re so rich in information,” and recalled her political roots in a neighborhood fight over cell-phone equipment. In Q/A, Stone was asked about higher-education funding; she noted her status as the first of her family to graduate from college (her daughter, who finished Evergreen State College last month, is the second), and said that she finds the most hope in tax reform, including passage of Initiative 1098. (Here’s our coverage archive of Stone and the other 3 candidates in the race.)

DEVELOPMENT: The newly revealed plans for the California/Graham parcel were discussed (here’s our report from earlier this week); MoCA plans to invite developer Dan Duffus of Soleil, which is proposing townhomes and live-work units on the north part of the now-subdivided parcel, to their next meeting in October. They’d also been looking into the status of the three-years-empty Chuck and Sally’s Tavern> on the southwest corner of the same intersection; Deb Barker said the owner hadn’t returned her phone calls.