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Google takes extra steps to remove contamination on new Kirkland site BY RAECHEL DAWSON
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Five acres of dirt is all that’s left of a former Kirkland brownfield site where a chemical mixing and storage facility once pumped toxins into the environment for
nearly 20 years. The contaminated land, set to be the new location for the Google II project, met state standards in 2012 after extensive cleanup by the chemical company. But Google executives want more for the property
that will house 1,000 employees come 2015. For the first time, as far as Ecology officials understand, a business in Washington is taking extra steps to ensure property contamination is as close to zero as possible. “They want it as low as
they could possibly take it,” said Department of Ecology spokesman Larry Altose. “It’s new and we like it. Typically the cleanup law strikes a balance. It protects the environment and public health but it doesn’t require them to take the site down to zero
[contamination levels].” Property owner and developer SRM Development began site excavation in November 2013 after breaking ground on the Google Phase II project that September. They have since removed 11,325 tons of contaminated
soils and have completed about 98 percent of excavation. “The brownfield site offers a unique opportunity to create a healthy environment from the ground up,” said a Google spokeswoman. “We [ more GOOGLE page 3 ]
Walen gives state of the city, ready to take on term The city is stable now but there’s always room for improvement. n her first mayoral In 2022, the city will lose speech, Amy Walen faced an annual $3.5 million in Greater Kirkland Chamsales tax revenue given by the ber of Commerce members state as an incentive to annex at their annual State of the the north neighborhoods of City Address luncheon. Kirkland. Walen wants to see “The state of the city is a plan to close the gap well poised,” she asserted after list- before the loss. ing city improvements imple“Probably our biggest task mented during the last four is to cease worry about the years. “We’re the sixth largest future and start preparing for city in King County and the it,” Walen said. “We will do 13th largest in the state.” this as we update our comBut it wasn’t always that prehensive plan and way. create a vision for the Walen described city in the year 2035.” a time when a previCiting citizens’ vious Kirkland City sion, Kirkland should Council was perbe livable, walkable, ceived as dysfuncgreen and vibrant she tional, a search for a said, explaining the new City Manager Amy Walen need to act on the was underway, and Juanita Pool replacethe annexation of ment and improve 31,000 residents was a “loom- downtown parking. ing unknown.” “My husband and I own “The great recession was Ford Hyundai of Kirkdeepening and city revland,” she said, as the crowd enues plummeted,” she said. anticipated a laugh. “Ford’s “Garbage cans were removed national campaign is that from parks and restrooms at ‘and’ is much better than playgrounds were closed.” ‘or.’ It’s better to get great gas City streets had cracks and mileage and great comfort potholes, while Totem Lake … This ‘and is better than Boulevard was constantly or’ is also true for Kirkland. flooded. Our citizens want a Kirkland The last few years were a that is green and vibrant, not time for healing, Walen said. a Kirkland that is livable or Work on the Cross Kirkland walkable.” Corridor and Public Safety The comprehensive plan Building began, a Totem update is expected to be Lake Park master plan was finished by spring 2015. approved and the city was In an earlier interview able to maintain AAA credit with the Reporter, Walen said rating. [ more CITY page 3 ] BY RAECHEL DAWSON
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Hundreds of Kirkland residents showed up at Marina Park dressed in blue and green for a Seahawks 12th Man rally produced by the city of Kirkland on Saturday. The team defeated San Francisco on Sunday, 23-17, to advance to the Super Bowl. MARIE JENSEN, City of Kirkland
Kirkland Wells Fargo robber sentenced to 6 years BY RAECHEL DAWSON rdawson@kirklandreporter.com
Prosecutors sentenced an Everett man to six years of prison time for robbing the Totem Lake Wells Fargo Bank in 2012. James Daniel Knupp, 68, faced Judge Ricardo S. Martinez at the Western District of Washington U.S. District Court Jan. 16. Knupp is to pay $2,858 in restitution and will serve three years of probation after his sentence is served. Knupp pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery on Aug. 26, 2013 after
a lengthy psychological examination took place to determine if he was competent to stand trial. On March 7, 2012, Knupp entered the Wells Fargo Bank located at 12560 120th Ave. NE wearing a bright orange shirt, black nylon mask, a hat and gloves, according the Kirkland Police Department report. He walked to the back of the bank and refused to take off the mask when asked by the teller. A bank employee heard Knupp tell the teller he was “here for the money.” The employee saw him move
closer to the teller and state that he robbed banks for a living and not to make a sudden movement. “[The bank employee] stated that he heard the suspect say to the teller if she put a dye pack in the money, something bad would happen,” police documents say, adding that he reached into his pants, as if he were going to pull out a weapon. After the teller handed him a wad of cash totaling $5,560, Knupp walked out of the bank, across the street, and toward the lower mall of Totem Lake Malls and took
off his mask. He was arrested and charged days later. But Knupp had a history of psychological problems and robbing banks, and was ordered to undergo a competency examination. “The defendant was committed to the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac for the purposes of competency examination. However, for the past several weeks the defendant has been admitted in an area hospital due to his acute medical condition and need for ongoing care,” stated Feb. 13, 2013 court [ more ROBBER page 6 ]
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encourage the property owner to be sure that the site is as clean as it can be, which we think is as positive for us as it is for the community.” Google has been a longtime advocate of healthy environments for employees. Seeking a LEED Platinum certification for energy efficiency, Dave Tomson, the development manager of SRM, told the Reporter last year the project will have a 500,000 gallon system. The system is designed for the Pacific Northwest and will collect rain water used to flush toilets and for irrigation. In addition, the 180,000-squarefoot building, with 720 underground parking stalls, will have 41 percent energy efficiency, he said. Maura O’Brien, the Department of Ecology site manager for the Google campus, said the chemicals were a real health hazard before contamination levels were lowered to state standards in 2012. “All of the chemicals that were identified are toxic chemicals,” O’Brien said. “If left on the site and people come in contact with the soil, some of these compounds could release vapors or be unhealthful to even touch.” O’Brien said a particular solvent, vinyl chloride, had been released at this site and could have mixed with ground water and, at high concentrations, evaporate and get into houses. However, the chemical is no longer a threat, as it is currently below state levels. “People don’t have wells in this water but it [was]
How Walen came to Kirkland Walen grew up in Oregon through her elementary school years and moved to Australia in fifth grade. She went on to live there through still a risk to the neighborhood,” she said. “There were compounds that presented a number of environmental health risks.” Before the initial cleanup, contamination levels were between 10 and 300 parts per billion, O’Brien said. After cleanup, the levels were lowered to 0.2 parts per billion and continue to get lower and lower as SRM Development finishes the extra cleanup requested by Google executives. The brownfield site was owned by Ultra Corp., formerly known as Pace National Corp. The company operated a chemical mixing and storage facility from 1971 to 1990. But after business ceased, soil contamination was discovered in the early 1990s. The company conducted soil and ground water testing investigations to determine appropriate cleanup methods. Petroleum hydrocarbons, semi-volatile organic compounds and chlorinated solvents were identified in the soil and groundwater. The site was used as retail storage until 2006, when the Ultra Corp. building was demolished for further soil excavation. In 2008, Ultra Corp. and Department of Ecology officials signed an “Agreed Order” to complete the cleanup action plan, which was finished in 2012. Ultra Corp. conducted ground water testing for two years and reported mostly clean results. SRM Development has since decided to restart monitoring and conduct their own vinyl chloride testing. The ground water will be
high school and attended the University of Queensland, graduating in 1990 with a law degree. She was a lawyer until 1994 when she moved back to Oregon. While she worked to pass the Bar exam, Walen took a job as a cashier at a car dealership. “I’ve just been very fortunate to work with auto dealers who promoted me,” she said. “I ultimately went to work for the same company my husband was working for and I ended up getting married.” In 2005, Walen’s husband Jim was offered Ford of Kirkland, a spot in California and one in Colorado. “So we looked at all of these locations and we just loved Kirkland,” she said, adding the dealership was originally a poorly performing store. “We have been able to grow it to be very successful … We’ve won awards for customer service and we’ve
built it from 60 employees to 130 employees and we are a family over there. That’s our family.” The same year Walen moved to Kirkland, she found out she had breast cancer. Having spent a lot of time at EvergreenHealth Medical Center for cancer treatment, the foundation asked her to be on the board. From there, she met former Kirkland mayor Mary-Alyce Burleigh, who encouraged her to get involved. “Ultimately, getting involved turned into running for Council and I worked hard to win the seat and I’ve
loved every minute of it,” she said. “It’s opened up a whole new world for me. It’s the most fun job I’ve ever had and I love it.” Walen said former Kirkland mayor Joan McBride gave her some notes when she won the mayoral seat, which were passed down from Rep. Larry Springer, a former mayor. “She has been a great guiding light in my political career and I hope that I can live up to her standards of, in her words, ‘embracing being a public servant’ and every citizen is essential,” Walen said. “We have a responsibility to
maintain and improve upon what the people who came before us did … It’s a very special place where we live, so I think our Council is very mindful of our responsibility to keep Kirkland the special place that it is. We have a legacy and it’s our job to take care of it.” Walen, a Councilwoman since 2010, was picked to be the new Kirkland mayor by the Kirkland City Council on Jan. 7. Elected by voters for Position 5 last November, Walen’s term will expire at the end of 2017. She replaces McBride, who served as mayor during the last four years.
tested for two years at six month intervals to confirm the chemical is gone. Altose said the monitoring won’t impact the project construction timeline and will be a fairly easy process because the wells are already in place from the previous cleanup. For more information on the Google Campus Phase II project, visit www.kirklandwa.gov and search “Google Phase II.”
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the controversial I-502 marijuana retail shop locations. “People are really concerned about where these dispensaries are going to be located and I think with good reason,” she said. “Everything in government is a balancing act, right? We have a citizen initiative that says these activities are legal and then we have moms, parents and just everyone concerned about what kind of businesses go in what kind of locations. It’s an appropriate conversation to have and we’re committed to having it.” Another top priority for the city is obtaining a pool partnership, and the city has already allotted about $200,000 for a study.
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the Council will attempt to have a very strong voice in Olympia this legislative session. “We’re over 80,0000 people … My goal is to have us really come into our own in the region,” she said. “There’s federal money out there, there’s state money, and we have to do a very good job to make sure we’re at the table at all the meetings where decisions are made.” Keeping Kirkland an affordable place to live amidst the city improvements is also important to Walen, as it is to the rest of the Council. “It’s very important to all of us people can age in place, that it’s affordable to live here for working families,” she said. “We know we have challenges, this is too expensive of a place to live, so I think it’s our job to work on a strategic economic development.” Walen said the Council is committed to looking at regulating the land use part of
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Vote yes on LWSD measures I am writing to encourage your readers to vote yes for the Lake Washington School District levies that will be on the Feb. 11 ballot. As a veteran realtor, I am well aware that good schools add to property values. In the November and December 2013 issue of national publication Certified Residential Specialist a study by Move.com is quoted that states “three-out-of-five homebuyers say school boundaries are a major factor in their home-buying decision.” Twenty-four percent of homebuyers would pay 1-5 percent above budget for good schools and nearly 21 percent say they would pay 6-10 percent above” budget. That’s a pretty resounding statement supporting quality schools. Many readers may not be aware that two of the three levies are replacements, not new levies. The third is a bond intended to replace aging schools and expand capacity for a growing population. Let’s continue the quality of life and level of education and home values in the Lake Washington School District. Please vote yes on Feb 11.
Realtors understand the importance of supplementing state funding for basic classroom needs, but as homeowners and taxpayers, we are also concerned about the “return on investment.” I and other residents in the Lake WashThe Kirkland community and surrounding neighborhoods came through once again this ington School District can be proud of the exemplary record of fiscal management and year in its support of the Kiwanis Club of Kirkland’s Christmas tree lot. The lot opened accountability by district officials. Equally impressive are student achievethe day after Thanksgiving and officially sold ments on various college-readiness benchits last tree on Dec. 16, a record for closing marks. Lake Washington is addressing diearly. The Kiwanis Club is grateful to the verse needs with innovative college prep and community for the loyalty and support it has career-technical curriculum. Teachers and shown over the years. The Kiwanis Club of Kirkland is one of the administrators deserve praise not only for their role in these accomplishments, but also oldest and largest service organizations in for recognizing the importance of helping Kirkland with 88 members. All proceeds students meet employability standards. from fund raising go directly to chilIn addition to endorsing renewal of dren and families in need, including KIRKLAND the Educational Programs and Opstudent scholarships, Kirkland Intereration Levy, our members – also by faith Transitions in Housing, March unanimous vote - approved support of Dimes, Eastside Baby Corner and for the Capital Projects Levy and the many other charitable causes. The club bond measure to add classroom space and also sponsors leadership groups in our local replace aging facilities. junior and high schools, known as Builder’s As one of my colleagues stated, supporting Club and Key Club, as well as support to the Kirkland Teen Union Building. These groups school levies is not a matter of altruism – it’s economics. offer leadership and mentoring, impacting I’ll be voting yes three times on the Feb. 11 hundreds of teens in your community. ballot, and I hope residents district-wide will If you would like more information about join me. this all volunteer nonprofit please contact Larry Christensen, Kirkland club secretary Matt Gregory at (425) 8280231, attend one of their weekly Wednesday lunch meetings at noon at the Hector’s Restaurant or visit kirkland.kiwanis.org.
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Why do Realtors endorse school levies? Realtors know high quality schools are important in every neighborhood. Good schools are a priority – and not just for parents. Savvy buyers and sellers know that quality schools are a factor in home values. Seattle King County Realtors recently heard presentations by volunteers from the Lake Washington Citizens Levy Committee, notably realtor Kerri Nielsen, a former teacher. She took time out of her busy day to make the case for students in the Lake Washington School District, and to answer questions from brokers.
Potala Village fails to fulfill first floor zoning requirement
Here’s what appears to be a glaring example of a zoning requirement that is not being met. What I’ll try to describe is basically a “slice” and “dice” of the building footprint for Potala Village which serves to avoid the letter and the intent of the requirement for restaurants, retail or office on the ground floor and the prohibition of ground floor residential uses except a residential lobby. This is the 2011 zoning that Lobsang Dargey argued for in court. Five years ago there was intense discussion among the planning commissioners about properties zoned for commercial uses and how developers might try to use them for
mostly residential, profit producing, uses. Specific to neighborhood business zoned properties, e.g. BN, preserving them as commercial in order to serve residential communities was a very high priority. They wanted to avoid having a developer throw in just a small token of commercial when they really sought to build a residential building. Available as audio and video records, staff proposed a requirement for 50 percent of the ground floor to be restaurants, retail or office and the ground floor to not allow residential uses except a lobby. The Planning Commission showed a great deal of concern and with staff ’s guidance made a unanimous decision increasing this to 75 percent. The new zoning was then discussed and approved by City Council. BN zones must now have 75 percent of the ground floor set aside for use as restaurants, retail or office. No ground floor residential uses except a lobby. So what’s wrong? I’ll use a round number like 10,000 square feet to describe what is essentially happening. For the specifics of Potala Village, please contact the city. If a building footprint is 10,000 square feet, our city officials have protected 7,500 square feet as restaurants, retail or office to serve the commercial needs. But what happens if you simply cut the ground floor into two equal pieces? You rename the 5,000 square feet to the west half “ground floor.” Call the east half “first floor residential.” Now apply 75 percent to only the part named “ground floor” and city officials have only 3,700 square feet of protected uses not 7,500. Also, as many as 15 residential units and residential uses are put into the back half. Done. Genius. Take that Planning Commission, City Council and you whimpering neighbors. If Dargey Enterprises would like to “vest” to all codes, rules and policies of 2011, as he fought for in court, then the inconvenient truth is that residential uses are not allowed on the ground floor - no matter what title you give that half of the building. Staff should be sharp enough to pick up on this maneuver and disallow.
Karen Levenson, Kirkland
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Jan. 10 Theft: 2:45 p.m., 10020 block of NE 137th St. A 16-year-old boy was arrested for stealing liquor from the Juanita Safeway and resisting arrest from a Redmond police officer.
Jan. 14 Arson: 7:21 p.m., 6600 block of 108th Ave. NE. A 21-yearold man was arrested for reckless burning in the second degree after police witnessed him set a trash can on fire and dance around it. The police report noted the man is homeless, has lice and was observed wearing clothes from Big 5 that still had price tags on them.
The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Kirkland Reporter police blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Kirkland, which average about 1,000 per week. Between Jan. 10-16, the Kirkland Police Department reported 553 traffic violations, nine DUIs, 18 school zone traffic violations, two animal calls, 34 alarm calls, six noise complaints, two juvenile crimes, 11 calls of disturbance, 12 thefts, 16 car prowls, four car thefts, eight traffic accidents, nine calls of civil disturbance, two reported burglaries, six domestic violence calls, five calls for harassment, two reports of illegal drugs, six acts of
Domestic violence: 1:50 a.m., 12010 120th Place NE. A 33-year-old man was taken into custody for getting into a physical altercation with his 29-year-old boyfriend. His boyfriend was taken to EvergreenHealth Medical Center for a head injury.
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Assault: 8:45 a.m., 10600 block of NE 132nd St. A 17-year-old boy was arrested for causing a disturbance at Juanita High School and throwing rocks at school staff. The campus security officer was hit by one of the rocks. The boy has since been expelled, trespassed from the school and
Warrant: 10:55 a.m., 9400 block of NE 130th Place. A 28-year-old man was taken into custody on three Federal Way warrants.
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round 10 years ago, five guys got together for a pizza night and decided to learn The Beatles’ White Album for fun. “We were all musicians and loved music, but we were business people and had families,” said Jeff Lockhart, a Kirkland resident. “Learning the White Album was not part of a gigging aspiration, we just thought, ‘Let’s get out of the house and learn this thing.’” They had no idea their hobby would lead them to record albums and play for crowds numbering thousands on the rooftop of the Pike Place Market. “We are always in awe of how this just took off,” Lockhart said. “We’ve been lucky to do some amazing things.” Lockhart and his band members from Creme Tangerine are bringing the music of The Beatles to the Kirkland Performance Center at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31. All the proceeds
from ticket sales will go to playing The Beatles music is the KPC. watching people from all ages “Most of us are from singing along with the band. Kirkland, it’s our home and “It blows me away to see we really wanted to give back how this music just tranto our community,” Lockhart scends and how everyone said. has The Beatles in common,” The band focuses on a new Lockhart said. “I consider charity when they perform. myself to be a student of the “Ten percent of the profit Beatles, that band has always from our gigs a year we do been a huge part of my life for charity,” Lockhart said. and I can’t believe where this “We chose Kirkland interest has taken me.” Performance Center Beatles music took because we believe KIRKLAND Lockhart and Creme in the arts and want Tangerine to venues to help keep arts and all over the Northmusic alive in the west. Creme TanEastside.” gerine has appeared in Creme Tangerine only the Seattle Times, Evening plays music from The Beatles Magazine and other media during 40-plus concerts each over the years. year, focusing on their hits. Lockhart recalled the “We tend to stay on the time Creme Tangerine was roadmap of the song, but are discovered at a club in Seattle not looking to impersonseveral years ago. ate them or sound just like “We got invited to play them,” Lockhart points out. at all these other venues in “We think of ourselves as Seattle, including the EMP a rock band that uses The and it just took off after that,” Beatles band as a repertoire, he said. sometimes it sounds like In 2008, Creme Tangerthem, sometimes it doesn’t.” ine members decided to Lockhart’s favorite part of celebrate the Beatles’ 40th
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anniversary with a rooftop performance at Pike Place Market on the last Friday of January at noon; the same day/time historically The Beatles last performance took place on the rooftop of Apple Records in London in 1969. “We brought in the Beatles’ manager from London to see the show,” Lockhart said. “It was an amazing experience.” Depending on the venue, Creme Tangerine will have a whole Beatles’ album be the theme of a concert. They will only play music from that album and will decorate the stage according to the album. “Every show is different for us, there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach,” Lockhart said. “We just want all of our shows to be an experience; that every person at any age can enjoy and walk away feeling good.”
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BRIEFS Search warrants served in homicide Kirkland Police Department Detectives served two separate search warrants with the assistance of the North Sound Metro SWAT Team on Jan. 16. The warrants were served in connection with the active homicide investigation of Kirkland resident Amy Rene Gang Hargrove, 28, who was killed last week in her home. In an effort to locate additional evidence in this investigation, warrants were served simultaneously in the 1400 block of 153rd Ave. NE in Bellevue and the 2300 block of south Forest Street in Seattle. The warrants were executed without incident and while several people were detained, no arrests were made for the homicide. Detectives are still processing evidence at this time as the investigation continues.
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