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Columns placed for 9/11 memorial in Maple Valley BY SARAH BRENDEN Reporter
The first pieces of the 9/11 memorial outside the Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety Fire Station 81 were set in place Aug. 20 The two columns represent the World Trade Center twin towers in New York City that were destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001 during a attacks by al-Qaida terrorist. Kelley Jensen and Tyler Gage, Maple Valley Fire and Life firefighters, helped Matt Marinelli place the columns and rig wiring for lights. Eventually flood lights will shine from the columns similar to the ground zero memorial in Manhattan. Throughout the next couple of weeks construction will continue. A bench will be placed near the columns and steel from the World Trade Center will be suspended between the two columns. A dedication ceremony for the 9/11 memorial is set for 10:30 to 11 a.m. Sept. 12 prior to the annual open house.
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Editor’s note: This is part one in a series of articles on the water service dispute between the city of Black Diamond and the Covington Water District. Both claim service rights to 98 acres inside the Black Diamond city limits. This week’s article examines each entity’s claim to exclusive rights to the 98 acres of land. Next week’s article will examine statements made in Black Diamond’s 2009 Water Comprehensive Plan and how that may affect the city’s claim to the land.
Maple Valley firefighters Kelley Jensen and Tyler Gage with Matt Marinelli, who sculpted the columns, string wiring for lights on the 9/11 memorial Aug. 20 at the Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety Station 81. DENNIS BOX, The Reporter
Full-day kindergarten expected to cost state about $270 million BY REBECCA GOURLEY
By the 2016-17 school year, every elementary school in the state will be eligible to receive funding for all-day kindergarten. At the end of this year’s legislative session, lawmakers included a general fund apportionment of $174 million to the operating budget for the continued statewide implementation of full-day kindergarten. The roll-out of all-day kindergarten started at the beginning of the 2014-15 school year. By the 2016-17 school year, all schools in Washington
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will be eligible, and at the start of the 2017-18 school year it will be full implemented. Schools with a higher percentage of free and reduced lunch participants were eligible first. Some districts beat the state to the punch and started offering all-day kindergarten before funds were allocated for it. The Kent School District has had all-day kindergarten since the 2011-12 school year, said Page Meyer, director of early learning for the district. “There’s a need in this community for our families to have access to all-day kindergarten,” she said in a phone interview Tuesday.
A day in the life of a full-day kindergartner, Meyer said, is very focused on content. Chunks of their days are concentrated on math, science, English and language arts, directed play and building social and emotional skills, she said. Although naps aren’t included in the curriculum, Meyer said, “Developmentally, they can do it (without a nap).” Now that the state will be funding all-day kindergarten, that allows the Kent School District to put the money it’s currently spending on it toward other programs. The district hasn’t decided
where that money will go, but Meyer said she hopes it will go toward other early learning programs. One of the elements of all-day kindergarten that the state’s money does not fund is space. Migrating kindergarten classrooms from partial days to full days will increase the amount of space needed for the students. For that reason, the Tahoma School District will hold off on implementing all-day kindergarten until the new high school opens in the fall of 2017, said Kevin Patterson, spokesperson for the district. After it’s fully implemented, state Sen. Joe Fain said all-day kindergarten will cost the state $270 million annually. The plan to fully fund all-day kindergarten was put into motion during the 2009 legislative session, Fain said. However, the Supreme [ more FUNDING page 7 ]
After a week-long public hearing session, the Black Diamond City Council decided to table a vote Thursday on whether or not the city should assume water service rights to 98 acres at the edge of The Villages development in the city. The city and the Covington Water District have been in a dispute over these 98 acres since at least 2008, which has come to a head this year. For a myriad of reasons, both Black Diamond and the Covington Water District claim exclusive rights to serve water to future residents of this portion of The Villages, a 1,196 acre development in the south-western part of the city. State law prevents water service providers from overlapping service areas. [ more DISPUTED page 2 ]
The disputed 98 acres, which is highlighted in red, is only a small portion of The Villages development. Image courtesy of the city of Black Diamond
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The 98 acres in question is at the north-western edge of The Villages. According to the water district, those 98 acres are worth $5 million in water connection charge revenue and an additional $4 million in water consumption revenue over the next 20 years. City Ordinance 15-1058, if approved by Black Diamond, will start the official process of assuming, or taking over, those 98 acres, giving Black Diamond the exclusive right to serve that area. The City Council vote on the ordinance is scheduled for Sept. 3, which allows the city staff to examine comments and questions raised during the public hearing. The Covington Water District plans to appeal to the King County Boundary Review Board if Black Diamond passes this ordinance.
Who has exclusive rights? According to Black Diamond, the dispute over these 98 acres was over before it began when the city annexed the The Villages in 2005. The annexation of The Villages and King County’s approval of the city’s 2009 Water Comprehensive Plan gave the city the exclusive right to supply water to those 98 acres, Black Diamond wrote in the background section of Agenda Bill 15-057, presented to the public during the Aug. 20 City Council meeting. Black Diamond stated Covington Water District did not formally appeal either the annexation or the 2009 water comprehensive plan. Covington Water District argues the annexation of The Villages does not automatically give the city exclusive rights to serve those 98 acres. The district claims
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the urban area and in the potential annexation areas then we defer to cities, and the county respects the authority for cities to take care of their own business,” Steve Hirschey, chair of the UTRC, said during a phone conversation. While the UTRC decided it was within the city’s rights to assume those 98 acres and the city is most likely the preferred water service provider, Black Diamond appealed the UTRC decision. The city’s position is annexing The Villages property gives Black Diamond exclusive right to serve water to those 98 acres outside the assumption process. To this point, Hirschey said, “The city of Black Diamond and Yarrow bay have argued that previous actions have somehow made that part of the disputed service area their service area. They did an annexation, and an annexation has its own statutory framework. It has its own approval process. But it’s not tantamount to an assumption. There are statues that say if the city wants to take over the operations and responsibilities of the district, that they should assume them.” Black Diamond’s appeal of the UTRC decision is expected to be heard by the King County Hearing Examiner in November. Either party may dispute the Hearing Examiner’s decision, which move the dispute to the King County Superior Court. Although the city plans to continue with its appeal, the city has stated, “completing assumption may reduce litigation and lead to a more efficient resolution of the matter,” in council documents. The city also said that going through the assumption process does not mean the city admits the assumption process was necessary. Follow Ray Still on Twitter @rayscottstill.
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the right to serve that area because it was given to them under the 1989 South King County Coordinated Water System Plan. In order to settle this dispute, the Covington Water District appealed to the King County Utility Technical Review Committee on Feb. 17, 2015. The Utility Technical Review Committee (UTRC) is given authority by the South King County Coordinated Water System Plan to hear water service boundary disputes and make decisions based on both party’s arguments. On May 1, the UTRC made four decisions based on the arguments given by Covington Water District, the city of Black Diamond and YarrowBay. The first two UTRC decisions were the 98 acres are within the jurisdiction of Covington Water District and the district was able to demonstrate it could serve water to future residents in a timely and reasonable manner. The UTRC also ruled the city of Black Diamond could provide timely and reasonable water service to future residents, and the city could statutorily assume those 98 acres under chapter 35.13A of the Revised Code of Washington, consistent with RCW 70.116.090. Under RCW 35.13A, a city may assume, or take over, any portion of a water district that overlaps with the city’s legal boundaries. The UTRC stated Black Diamond had the right to assume the property for water service, and the committee chair stated the county would most likely prefer Black Diamond, and not the Covington Water District, to be the water service provider in that area. “If you look at comprehensive planning, the Growth Management Act, and the idea that cities are the preferred form of governance, especially in
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Hot spots. I wish I was about to impart some amazing bit of information, like I know the best places for Friday night karaoke, or I’ve pinpointed the greatest hiking trails for different seasons of the year. But no, I’m referring to hot spots around my home. Everyone has those places (at least I hope so or I need to rethink my whole life) in their house that they really need to do something about because it really annoys them on a regular basis, but keep putting off. I rarely feel up to dealing with such issues for the very reason they are even a problem - what do I do with ____ (fill in the blank)? I used to have bigger hot spots
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Hot spots found around the house in my house. We had an enclosed patio for a number of years; it was here when we moved in. It wasn’t a nice, usable structure in the sense of entertaining or anything like that. I do have a couple pictures of people balancing their plates on their laps during a party in it; our house is rather small and they had to bleed out somewhere. After many years it became a landing place for items we didn’t know where to put or rather we didn’t want to deal with. Stick it on the patio; out of sight, out of mind and all. When we decided to take it down and make a nice, covered seating area, we were forced to deal with all the stuff. It was amazing how easy it was just to toss it and I was duly embarrassed for not having disposed of it to begin with. I’m not a person who believes in storage; if I don’t use it within a year, I don’t need it.
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Sean Kelly, the Maple Valley deputy mayor, was reappointed to the King County Emergency Management Advisory Committee as a Sound Cities Representative in a unanimous vote by the Metropolitan King County Council. “Sean has brought a wealth of knowledge to the position since he also serves as Deputy Mayor of Maple Valley and as a Tahoma
Though the patio is a nice seating place now, it often becomes a catchall, especially in the winter months when we aren’t using it. I like to do a spring cleaning to make it usable before summer, but because of the big reorganization we recently did in our home, it has been only moderately usable for several weeks. It’s just one of the places I’ve been irritated with but I’ve lacked the motivation to do anything about. It’s not the only hot spot either; the towel shelf at the end of the hall comes to mind. Also the area of the kitchen counter right in front of the TV is a never-ending pile of trinkets, as well as the top of the dryer – why can’t they just reach up and put it back on the shelf? The biggest eyesore we’ve had for the longest time is the lean-to attached to my husband’s shop. It doesn’t have a door on it and it’s been falling apart for some time, much to my dismay as I sit on the
back patio staring at it. It’s not even the lame structure, it’s having the junk (treasure to my husband) staring back at me. So this weekend my husband decided to tear it down and rebuild it. While he was doing that and getting further into the project than he had intended (compliments of our neighbor who actually knows how to build stuff correctly), I decided to reclaim my patio; might as well enjoy it these last few weeks of summer. As I sit on my patio every morning enjoying my coffee, I’ll have one less hot spot to ruminate over. And it will be nice to be looking at a shed door instead of the junk, uh treasures. However, now I have a backyard full of rotting lumber. I wonder how long that spot will take to cool off ?
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Greg Goral, a Black Diamond police officer, died Aug. 16 following a three year battle with cancer. He was 43. There was a procession beginning in Black Diamond and a service at New Community Church in Maple Valley on Monday. He is survived by his wife Angel and daughters Sabrina and Haylee. Rebecca Gourley, The Reporter
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When stereotypes become harmful
For centuries people have separated children based on their gender. When a girl is born, she is the little princess and when a boy is born he is the little man. There is nothing wrong or bad about this. Wrapping a newborn girl in a pink blanket as opposed to a blue one for a boy has no affect on the child. It only becomes wrong and possibly harmful to the child when parents force a child to grow up based on these sex stereotypes. I grew up as a tomboy. I didn’t like to wear dresses or pink hair ties, I played outside in the dirt and wore boots and overalls. This wasn’t a bad thing. My parents didn’t think anything was wrong with me, they just knew I enjoyed being a tomboy. When I grew older I took martial arts classes, which many people see as a male sport. The studio I practiced in was next to a ballet studio. Many of the ballerina girls and parents would tell me that I should not act like a boy, or that it was improper for me to spar with the boys. This is more common than you would think. If you look around, you will see these gender stereotypes exist everywhere. Most boys play catch in the backyard while most girls stay inside to play. The key word here is “most.” There are many cases where girls participate in stereotypical “boy activities” and many cases where boys enjoy “girl activities.” These gender stereotypes for children come from many times and places in their lives. It starts with the parents as they influence the young lives. Parents will always have the most Alina Moss Intern
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influence on a child, but it lessens as the child begins to grow up, make new friends, and find new influences in their lives. The second influence in a child’s life is school. Spending eight hours a day, five days a week, during the school year is a lot of time to be influenced. Teachers and friends will all either directly or indirectly affect the child’s life. In most cases the parents and other influences in the child’s life will teach them boys and girls play different sports and dress in different ways. There is nothing wrong with this, as long as children like what they are doing. When children begin to grow up and learn what they like, they start making decisions of their own. They start out as small decisions of course, but they will all affect the child as he or she grows up. And if a parent was to keep a child from doing something he or she enjoys because
it is not the appropriate sex for the activity, that is when the stereotype becomes harmful to the child and can immensely affect the kind of person the child becomes. The issue here is not what boys and girls should do. It’s what they want to do. Instead of raising a child solely based on gender stereotypes, allow him or her to try different things. Encourage the young boys to try art; encourage the young girls to play a sport. There is nothing wrong with liking something that normally “belongs” to the opposite sex. I grew up knowing being a tomboy was just me being me, because my parents accepted me and made sure I knew I was loved unconditionally. Even though I had to ignore others and their harsh judgments, I knew that being me was perfectly perfect.
historic and philosophic foundations: Aristotle, Cicero, the Bible, Hobbes, Locke or Madison. We were not to ignore the flaws; we were to put them in the background in our search for insight and wisdom. Sometimes deconstructing things is helpful. The problem is that the experts who deconstruct don’t finish the job. The second half requires that they put things back together in a better, more efficient way. To demonstrate my point, I typed “criticism of Aristotle” into a search engine. There are literally hundreds of articles and papers describing what’s wrong with Aristotle’s thinking when he discussed the need for virtue and finding balance and moderation in all human action. As a second example, Professor Harris looked at themes from Aristotle’s writings in his book “Politics.” The book deals with the importance of equality in a well-functioning government. Aristotle noted that where there is equality there is justice. His idea of equality, though different from Thomas Jefferson’s view, eventually worked its way down to Jefferson, the principle author of the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson chose to ignore Aristotle’s selective view of equality: “Equality (is) for those who are equal but not for all.” Women and slaves, because they did not have the time to serve in government, did not have the same status as free men. When Jefferson stated, “All men are created equal,” he meant to include slaves and women in that statement.
My continuing concern in this column about a diminishing middle class and the rising power of the elites comes from Aristotle’s thoughts: “The best form of political association is one where power is vested in the middle class…. Where the middle class is large, there is less likelihood of faction and dissension than in any other constitution…. In addition, factious disputes and struggles readily arise between the masses and the rich: and the side, whichever it is, that wins the day, instead of establishing a constitution based on the common interest and the principle of equality, exacts as the prize of victory a greater share in the constitution.” Aristotle, who wrote in the mid-three hundreds B.C., had a deep understanding of what worked and what didn’t in government. There is much to learn from his thought that applies to us today. To focus only on criticism of his writings misses the opportunity to glean the good and insightful. There are deep lessons to learn from the study of the Ancients. These provide a caution to our modern culture’s tendency to tear down and destroy – to deconstruct – without also spending the time to reconstruct new frameworks of thought that provide insight for our people and our government. Think about this cultural tendency to deconstruct when you read the news, or deal with your boss, your spouse or your children and learn instead the wisdom of history. We learn more from positive examples than from the constant emphasis on what is wrong.
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Focus on flaws harmful to human nature It is always easy to point out flaws. To prove this, just look at whatever is hot in the news media right now: the police and race, terrorism, the job rating of the president or Congress, the Republican primary process, the Iran vote – the list can be nearly endless. It is human nature to see the flaws in whatever human activity we are engaged in. This is called deconstruction. And its seems that the more highly educated or skilled a person may be, the greater the ability a person has to point out weaknesses. My last high school principal had some pretty sage advice to his faculty and staff: if we wanted to come in to complain about something, we should also come in with suggestions on how the complaint could/should be resolved. The goal at the recent three-week National Academy for Civics and Government I attended in Los Angeles was not to deconstruct. My presiding professor, Will Harris, announced his approach during the academy on the first night: our goal was to look for what was useful for our Constitution’s
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K-M grad pleads not guilty to reckless driving in ‘car surfing’ case BY STEVE HUNTER Reporter
An 18-year-old Black Diamond man pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a reckless driving charge in connection with a “car surfing� accident in March at the KentMeridian High School parking lot that resulted in the death of a fellow student. Tyler T. Reber, who is not in custody, entered the plea in King County Superior Court at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. He was booked and released within the hour after his plea. County prosecutors didn’t oppose his release on personal recognizance on the condition that he not drive a vehicle without a valid license and insurance and have no more
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LARCENY • On Aug. 12 officers responded to reports that a female customer at Hacienda Del Mar stole the owner’s cell phone. The phone was later discovered. • On Aug. 18 it was reported that a live-in roommate of the victim is suspected of stealing two of his rings and pawning them in Kent. According to the police report, only one ring remains at the pawn shop. • On Aug. 19 it was reported that an unknown suspect broken
moving violations. Reber, a recent K-M graduate, is scheduled to return to court on Sept. 1 when a trial date could be set or attorneys could ask for more time to prepare the case. If convicted as charged, Reber could face up to one year in jail. Lupo Benson, 18, died from injures he suffered after falling off the hood of Reber’s vehicle on March 31. Reber was driving a SUV through the school parking lot as Benson gripped the back edge of the hood near the windshield, with his chest on the hood and his feet toward the front of the vehicle, according to charging papers. Reber backed the SUV out of a parking spot and then appeared to rapidly accelerate through the parking lot at about 15-20
windows on two vehicles and stole radar detectors from both. • On Aug. 20 officers responded to reports that unknown suspects forced their way into a parked ambulance and stole a portable radio, computer and fuel cards.
SUSPICIOUS PERSON • On Aug. 14 around 9:30 a.m. officers spoke with an employee at The Little Gym regarding reports of a possibly intoxicated male pacing back and forth in front of the gym. The police report stated the subject was making parents and children uneasy.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE • On Aug. 16 officers stopped a vehicle and found the driver to be driving with a suspended license. During the stop, officers discovered the driver was also in possession of a meth pipe.
• On Aug. 19 officers responded to reports that someone was passed out in a parked vehicle. A needle suspected to contain heroin was also found in the vehicle.
BURGLARY • On Aug. 18 it was reported that an unknown subject smashed a window on a coffee stand and climbed in. The subject took money from the stand. • On Aug. 18 officers arrested a subject for entering the victim’s home through an open and unlocked garage door. The subject was booked into the King County Juvenile Detention Center. • On Aug. 21 officers responded to Pro Tow to reports that overnight someone had broken into the impound yard.
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mph and then made a sharp left turn. As Reber made the turn, Benson slid off the hood, his feet appeared to land first, but the momentum of his upper body continued toward the ground and the back of Benson’s head hit the pavement hard. Benson, a senior, died the next day Harborview Medical Center in Seattle from the head injury. Kent Police initially investigated Reber for vehicular homicide after interviewing witnesses and reviewing security camera footage of the incident. But prosecutors said after consultation with the victim’s family and the circumstances of the crime they decided to go for a reckless driving charge, a gross misdemeanor, as opposed to a felony charge. In the charging papers against Reber, ‡ 2Q $XJ RIÀFHUV UHsponded to reports of two male subjects acting suspicious in the QFC parking lot. The police report stated the subjects were attempting to open a car hood with a screwdriver. They were also seen trying to sell a mountain bike. ‡ 2Q $XJ RIÀFHUV responded to reports that sometime in the last few days unknown suspects had turned on an unused natural gas line. The line caused the reporting SDUW\¡V EXLOGLQJ WR ÀOO XS with natural gas.
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It’s time to begin harvesting veggies, cutting perennials The last week in August is the time to harvest squash, tomatoes and beans, cut back perennials like daisies and daylilies that have passed their prime and continue to water and fertilize potted plants and annuals in the garden. This is also the time to celebrate the shrubs that offer late-summer color.
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the garden may be winding down for the season. Your grandmother probably called this shrub Rose of Sharon, but nurseries now know it as Hibiscus moecheutos or perennial hibiscus. The compact Luna series grows just 3 feet tall with huge blooms that can be 6 inches wide. The Disco series of hardy hibiscus grows even more compact at 2 feet tall and is perfect for patio pots. These shrubby dwarf hibiscus plants will survive our winters in Western Washington. There is also a tall shrub form of hardy hibiscus or hibiscus mutabilis called the Confederate Rose in the south. This shrub can become a small tree and in my garden has survived the wind and cold of Enumclaw for more than 20 years and has grown to 15 feet
Hardy Hibiscus or Rose of Sharon Hibiscus is an old-fashioned favorite that is enjoying a new popularity due to the improvement in hardiness and the size of the blooms. August is when this heat-tolerant shrub puts on a spectacular show of color just when the rest of
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Marijuana positive drivers increased in 2014 Newly released data from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) shows that marijuana is increasing as a factor in deadly crashes. The number of drivers involved in deadly crashes who tested positive for marijuana increased 48 percent from 2013 to 2014. “We have seen marijuana involvement in fatal crashes remain steady over the years, and then it just spiked in 2014,” said Staci Hoff, WTSC Data and Research director.
From 2010-2014, nearly 60 percent of drivers involved in fatal collisions were tested for drugs. Among these tested drivers, approximately 20 percent, 349 drivers, were positive for marijuana. However, just testing positive for marijuana doesn’t necessarily indicate if a driver was actually affected by the drug at the time of the crash since marijuana can be detected in a person’s blood for days, possibly weeks, after a person uses the drug.
This new data is able to distinguish between drivers who test positive for THC, the impairing substance in marijuana and those who have residual marijuana in their system from prior use which may have occurred days ago. The number of drivers testing positive for active THC has steadily increased, from less than half of marijuana positive drivers in 2010 up to almost 65 percent of drivers in 2013. In 2014, an alarming 85 percent, 75 of 89 drivers, of
drivers testing positive for marijuana were positive for impairing THC. “With this data we are finally able to see who was high during the crash versus which drivers had used marijuana in the past few days,” Hoff said. “The answer in 2014 is most of them were high.” Approximately half of these THC-positive drivers exceeded the 5 ng/ml THC per se limit. A “per se” limit is the amount of a substance in a person’s blood that according to Washing-
ton law makes the person DUI notwithstanding other evidence. According to the new data, the driver with the highest THC level was tested at 70 ng/ml. Half of these THC-positive drivers were also under the influence of alcohol, the majority of those also exceeded the alcohol per se limit of 0.08 BAC. The largest increase in THC-positive drivers were among males ages 21-25, from only 6 in 2013 up to 19 in 2014 – the most
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PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE Novastar Development, Inc., 18215 72nd Avenue South Kent, WA 98023, is seeking coverage under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, Arbors at Rock Creek Phase 3 and 4, is located at East of Maple Valley/Black Diamond Road S.E. between S.E. 258th Street and S.E. 260th Street in Maple
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CITY OF COVINGTON NOTICES DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE (DNS) Project Name: City of Covington Zoning Code Amendments for Accessory Structure Setbacks in Residential Zones and Dimension Standards for Single Family Residential Properties Located in Commercial Zones. File Number:
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Project Description: This is a non-project action to provide new or amended regulations allowing certain residential detached accessory structures to be located within required interior setbacks in residential zones, and to provide dimension regulations, such as setbacks and impervious surface maximums, for single family residential properties located in commercial zones. The amended code sections include CMC 18.80.030 – Densities and Dimensions-Residential Zones, CMC 18.80.200 – Setbacks-Projections and Structures Allowed, and CMC 18.31.080 – Downtown Permitted Uses. Documents Reviewed: City’s Comprehensive Plan, Adopted December 2002, and as subsequently amended. SEPA Environmental Checklist prepared by city staff on August 18, 2015.
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official at the above lead agency address. Any notice of appeals must be filed in writing, with the required filing fee paid in cash or check and received within 14 calendar days of the end of the comment period at Covington City Hall Offices, i.e. by September 25, 2015 at 5 PM. You must make specific factual objections, identify error, harm suffered, or identify anticipated relief sought and raise specific issues in the statement of appeal. Contact the Community Development Department at Covington City Hall to read or to ask about the procedures for SEPA appeals. *** SEPA MITIGATED DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE (MDNS) Application Name: Covington Way Center Commercial Site Development & Major Tree Clearing Application File Number:
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Project Location: The subject property is located at 27339 Covington Way SE (previously 27280 162nd Pl SE), Parcel No 3522059109, and is situated in the NE Quarter of Section 35, Township 22N and Range 6E in the City of Covington, King County, WA. Project Description: The developer is proposing to construct two buildings with a total of 69,991 sq. ft. of commercial retail space and associated site improvements on 8.72 acres in the General Commercial (GC) zone. The site will be accessed from Covington Way SE. A portion of Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) power lines cross through the western portion of the site. The site contains a portion of a wetland associated with Soos Creek. Water service will be provided by Covington Water District and sewer service will be provided by Soos Creek Water and Sewer District. Emergency services will be provided by the City of Covington and the Kent Fire Department, Regional Fire Authority. A major tree clearing permit will be reviewed concurrently with the development application. Environmental Documents: Preliminary Site Plan (Barghausen, revised 08/03/2015), Traffic Concurrency Analysis Report (City of Covington, Issued December 2014), Critical Area Study and Conceptual Mitigation Plan (Talasaea Consultants, revised 06/30/2015), Geotechnical Addendum (Earth Solutions, revised 07/23/2015), SEPA Environmental Checklist (revised 08/03/2015), and other information on file with the lead agency. Responsible Official/
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This MDNS is issued under WAC 197-11-350. The comment period is 14 calendar days and ends September 11, 2015. Comments and appeals on this MDNS may be submitted by first class mail or delivered to the responsible official at the above lead agency address. Appeals Notice: Any notice of appeals must be filed in writing, with the required filing fee paid in cash or check and received within 14 calendar days of the end of the comment period at Covington City Hall Offices by September 25, 2015 at 5 PM. You must make specific factual objections, identify error, harm suffered, or identify anticipated relief sought and raise specific issues in the statement of appeal. Contact the Community Development Department at Covington City Hall to ask about the procedures for SEPA appeals. *** PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING AND NUISANCE REGULATIONS IN THE COVINGTON MUNICIPAL CODE (CMC) CHAPTERS 8.10, 8.30, 18.20, 18.30, 18.31, AND 18.50 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 – 6:30 PM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Covington Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on proposed amendments to the nuisance regulations and zoning regulations for the use, storage and placement of Recreational Vehicles (RV’s) and setbacks for sheds and other accessory structures in residential and commercial zones in the Covington Municipal Code (CMC) Chapters 8.10, 8.30, 18.20, 18.30, 18.31, and 18.50 at its regular Planning Commission Meeting on Thursday, September 17, 2015, at 6:30 p.m., to be held in the Council Chambers at Covington City Hall, 16720 SE 271st Street, Covington, Washington. The purpose of the Public Hearing is to receive comments regarding changes to nuisance regulations and nuisance vehicles provisions for use, location, storage, placement and screening of recreational vehicles (RV’s) and the required setbacks for sheds, gazebos, play structures, decks and other accessory structures in various residential and commercial zones in the Covington Municipal Code (CMC). Questions may be directed to Brian Bykonen, Associate Planner: (253) 480-2448 or bbykonen@covingtonwa.gov. All persons desiring to comment may do so in writing to the Planning Commission Secretary, 16720 SE 271st Street, Suite 100, Covington, WA 98042, or by appearing at the Public Hearing. Agenda information will be posted the Friday prior to the above meeting at Covington City Hall and on the City’s web site: www. covingtonwa.gov. Published in the Covington/Maple Valley/Black Diamond Reporter on August 28, 2015. #1398581.
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mission is letting the public know that extra officers will be out across the state at times and locations where DUI is a problem. “It is our hope that by publicizing these extra patrols more people will plan ahead if they will be drinking or using marijuana,” Grondel said. “Don’t risk getting arrested for a DUI, or causing a life-changing tragedy. Designate a sober, drugfree driver.” In King County, the
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he first step toward continuing his football career post-high school was completed earlier this month when Tahoma senior Amandre Williams verbally committed to play collegiate football for the University of Washington. Williams announced he will play defensive end for the Huskies. In his final season as a Bear, Williams is the starting quarterback for Tahoma. “I love playing QB but I want to play the position that will help the team the best,” he said. “UW saw me as a linebacker/defensive end at the next level. I trust that and I’m going to do my best while playing it.” Williams has been playing football since he was 7 years old. He got interested in the sport because his dad played it professionally, he said. “I have always been around the game,” Williams said. “Playing sports was just the ‘normal fun’ in our household.” Aside from football, Williams used to be a three sport athlete. Up until the end of his freshman year of high school, Williams played baseball and until the
NFL PRESEASON Demitrius Bronson, who recently signed with the Miami Dolphins, played his second game with team. Bronson had minus 3 yards rushing yards on two attempts in Saturday’s preseason loss to the Carolina Panthers. He also had one reception for a total of minus 1 yard. The Dolphins host the Atlanta Falcons at 7 p.m. Eastern Saturday Aug. 29.
end of sophomore year he played basketball. He decided to stick with football out of the three sports he loved to play because he could see himself playing it at the next level. “I dedicated myself to working toward that goal,” Williams said. As Tahoma prepares for the season to start, he said he looks forward to creating memories he can look back fondly on. “Your senior football season only comes once in a lifetime,” he said. His goal for the Bears this season is to “build on past performances.” He also wants to help “put my team in the best position to win games,” he said. Williams chose the University of Washington out of offers from more than 10 other schools. He said, UW stood out “because of their new coaching staff.” “UW is a place where very special things are going to happen and I’m just excited to be a part of it,” Williams said. Now that he has verbally committed to play for the Huskies, Williams said he can turn his focus to his senior year of high school. “I plan on graduating from Tahoma in January and enrolling early to UW,” he said. For Williams, playing football for many years after college is a dream he strives for.
Number of student athletes increases The number of studentathletes in Washington state rose to 160,245 for the 2014-15 academic year, according to information released last week by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. The numbers were culled from the High School Athletics Participation Survey conducted by the National
Federation of State High School Associations. The Evergreen State’s student participation was 787 more than 2013-14 and kept Washington in 17th place among the 51 state associations in total participants. In boys athletics, 92,160, Washington increased 600 participants with the
largest difference coming from track and field,13,539, which saw 534 more participants than the previous year. Baseball also had a major influx in participation with 9,595, an increase of 348. Football, 22,090, was next with 179, while basketball,11,145, had 83. On the girls side, the association reported 68,085
participants, a gain of 187. Seven sports increased from last year’s numbers with softball, 7,416, leading the way with an increase of 566. Track and Field, 10,163, had the next largest growth with 175 competitors and tennis, 7,174, rounded out the top three with 145. At the national level, girls
Senior quarterback Amandre Williams, center, works with fellow teammates during Thursday’s practice at Tahoma High School. SARAH BRENDEN, The Reporter “It’s every boy’s dream to play in the NFL and I’m going to continue to work on living that dream,” he said. “Hopefully if things work out the way I would like them to, I’ll be playing this game for many years to come.” The Bears open up the 2015 season with an away game against Mount Rainier at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4.
participation set an all-time mark of nearly 3.3 million, while the boys reported more than 4.5 million student-athlete participants. Among the top 10 boys sports, soccer registered the largest gain while wrestling and 11-player football had the largest declines in participation. Six of the top 10 girls sports registered national increases in participation this past year, led by
competitive spirit squads and cross country. While track and field remained the No. 1 sport for girls, volleyball moved ahead of basketball to secure the second spot. Ten years ago, basketball was ranked first for girls, followed by track and field, then volleyball.
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Kentlake graduate competes on ‘American Ninja Warrior’ BY HEIDI SANDERS Reporter
Competing on “American Ninja Warrior” has not only made Justin Gielski stronger, its brought his family closer together. The 2003 Kentlake High School graduate, who now lives in New Jersey, qualified for the national obstacle course in Las Vegas after finishing fifth in the city finals during the NBC primetime show’s Aug. 17 episode. Gielski, a member of the New Jersey National Guard, competed in an all-military episode filmed in San Pedro, Calif. Being a veteran helped his chances of getting on the show, he said. More than 50,000 people submitted audition videos. “I honestly didn’t think I was going to get picked up,” he said. “It was a long shot.” Gielski is now a contender, one of 100 who will compete in the national finals that air on KING-5, beginning 8 p.m. Monday.
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After graduating from Kentlake, Gielski, 30, attended community college for about a year and a half before joining the Air Force, where he met his wife, Shanna. After 6½ years in the Air Force, Gielski transferred to the National Guard, where he and his wife work full-time. “It was a better move the family,” Gielski said of his decision to join the National Guard about four years ago. “We can be in the military, but we don’t have to move around. It was a move for our kids (Sophie, 5, and Axel, 4), so they can grow up in an established environment.” Gielski played football and wrestled at Kentlake, but his best sport was judo, in which he was a state champion as a senior. He became interested in “Ninja Warrior,” watching the Japanese version of the show while growing up. “When I was young I used to love jumping over cars,” Gielski recalled. “I remember being at Kentlake and jumping down as many stairs as I could.” Gielski first saw the American version of the show a few years ago while visiting his mother. “I thought, ‘I could still do this,’” he said. Gielski started researching how to train for the show and found a parkour/American Ninja Warrior gym near his house. “Having something to conquer every day gives me the incentive to work out,” he said. His wife and children also got involved with his training. “We started doing it together as a family,” he said. “It brought us all together.” During his run on “American Ninja Warrior,” Gielski became known for “magic fingers,” something he began doing while watching the Seattle Seahawks with his family.
“If they were close to scoring, we would send magic through the TV,” he said. Gielski and his children also send magic – by wiggling their fingers – to each other when they are facing a hard task or obstacle. Before his qualifying run, Gielski wanted to acknowledge his wife and children, who were alongside the course, and sent them magic, instead of waving. The “American Ninja Warrior” announcers picked up on the gesture and coined it “magic fingers.” “Everybody loved that,” Gielski said. “It became a big thing. It is kind of neat to see how many people say, ‘My kid loves that.’”
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Gielski said appearing on the show has also brought his extended family closer together. His mother and her husband, his grandparents, aunt, former stepfather and mother-in-law watched Gielski compete from the stands in San Pedro. His father traveled to Las Vegas for his national run. “It’s been neat to all come together in these different places and have a family reunion,” he said. “I don’t get to see everybody every time (he visits the Seattle area). It’s good for the kids to see their family. That’s been the best part about it.” Gielski said he was nervous before facing the qualifying course. The show, filmed at night, from sundown to sunup, interrupted his sleep. But once he started running the course, adrenaline kicked in. Gielski made it through the first four of six obstacles easily but got caught up on the I-beam cross, a customized beam with ledges varying in width from 1 to 3 inches. He completed the first half of the obstacles using his arms and legs but switched to using only his arms at the middle part of beam, where it turns from horizontal to vertical, raises a couple feet and turns back horizontally. He fell just before the end of the obstacle, but finished 14th out of the 30 competitors who moved on to the finals.
Surviving and advancing
In the finals course, which consisted of 10 obstacles – six from the qualifying course, plus four more – Gielski conquered the I-beam cross and made it to the second-tothe-last obstacle before falling. He finished fifth out of 15 competitors who qualified to run the national course. Gielski was pleased with how well he did on the finals course, considering how tired he was from his previous day’s run. The qualifying and finals course runs are filmed two days in a row, despite airing weeks apart on TV, giving competitors little time to prepare for their second run. “I didn’t think I would make it past the first obstacle,” Gielski said, noting that he got little sleep between his runs because he was pumped up from his qualifying effort.
Justin Gielski, a Kentlake graduate, competed on “American Ninja Warrior.” Courtesy photo But once Gielski started running, his adrenaline and his family cheering him on propelled him through the course. Gielski enjoys the camaraderie and support among the competitors. “You are competing against each other, but really everyone is competing against themselves,” he said. Appearing on “American Ninja Warrior” has made Gielski recognizable in his community. “I will go to the store and people will be like, ‘Are you that ninja guy?’” he said. Children seem to recognize him most. “I think that is cool,” he said. “I am glad I can kind of inspire them.” Gielski created a Facebook fan page, Justin Gielski American Ninja Warrior. He hopes this is just his first year of many to come competing on the show. “Going into it I kind of thought it would be a one-time thing,” he said. “But now I am going to try to come back as many years as they let me.”
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YMCA plans to build recreational facility in Kent After years of behindthe-scene talks with city officials and residents, the YMCA is coming to Kent. Mayor Suzette Cooke and YMCA leaders plan to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) within the next two weeks to build a $25 million recreational facility and pool. The YMCA will go up on the eastern side of what will be the city’s expanded Morrill Meadows Park along Southeast 248th Street, just east of 104th Avenue Southeast, City Parks Director Jeff Watling said at a City Council workshop on Tuesday. “I just wanted to say thank you YMCA for joining with us in this project,� Councilwoman Deborah Ranniger said. “The impetus for this project has actually been around since 2002 when King County announced it was going to close and did close for a period of time the Kent Meridian Pool. We formed a small nonprofit that has been running the pool and we’ve been struggling to keep it open ever since knowing that we needed to really partner with someone to achieve the long-term goal of having an aquatics center and youth facility in Kent.� It’s expected to take anywhere from three to five years before the new YMCA would open, said Nathan Phillips, YMCA regional director for South King County, during an interview after the meeting. But the MOU will kick off the project with commitments from the city and YMCA about what they will do to get the facility built. The YMCA of Greater Seattle operates 12 facilities. City officials still must
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purchase one more piece of Councilman Jim Berrios property as they combine said he wanted to make Morrill Meadows Park and sure the YMCA will offer the smaller East Hill Park access to all. just east of Morrill Mead“Part of the reason we are ows into one, 23-acre park. doing this is because there The YMCA would be built is a need,â€? Berrios said. “We on about 4 or 5 acres on the have at-risk youth in the eastern side of the property. area that need a place to Meanwhile, the YMCA hang out and be more prowill begin a fundraising ductive with their lives. ‌ campaign to pay for the When we talk about the Y, project. The main features there is a cost of memberof the facility will include a ship but what are we going gym and a pool. to do to address access for “We will have some the youth?â€? corporate support but the Phillips said the YMCA overwhelming support will reaches out to people be from individuals,â€? said through a variety of proBob Gilbertson, CEO of the grams. YMCA of Greater Seattle, “I look, for example, at to the council. “I wouldn’t our YMCA in expect that com- “We anticipate the SeaTac, and we panies will give try to make sure Kent YMCA would more than about be an income-based we have good 10 percent of this pricing YMCA so that access for the project and 90 community to all we structure our percent will come of our facilities,â€? pricing systems to from individuals.â€? Phillips said. “We make it available to Gilbertson do that in a few as broad a spectrum described what he ways, especially of the public as sees as far as the for young people. size of the facility. possible,â€? Almost all of our Nathan Phillips “What I would Y’s have programs expect at this for young people stage of the game that are accessible - and it might change a little to the general public.â€? bit as we go into this - that As far as membership we would build something prices, the nonprofit agency in the neighborhood that uses incomes to set those we built at SeaTac with rates. more aquatics,â€? Gilbertson “We anticipate the Kent said. “That probably puts YMCA would be an inyou in the range of 50,000 come-based pricing YMCA to 55,000 square feet. We hope we can bring this in at around $25 million.â€?
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so that we structure our pricing systems to make it available to as broad a spectrum of the public as possible,� Phillips said. The city operates the aging Kent Meridian Pool on land owned by the Kent School District next to Kent-Meridian High School. Councilman Dennis Higgins asked Watling, the parks director, what role the school district might play in a YMCA facility and what might happen to the city pool. “We will continue our conversations with the Kent School District,� Watling said. “We own the building, they own the land. We will communicate with them about what phasing out that facility looks like once this is built but also the programming and their level of involvement either from a capital standpoint or an operating standpoint for the future building.� The Legislature helped kick start a new YMCA in Kent with a $500,000 contribution to the city this year for pre-construction costs. The state’s capital budget helps pay for infrastructure to maintain and construct public schools, higher education facilities, parks and other state and community assets. The closest YMCA facilities to Kent are the Auburn Valley YMCA and the Matt Griffin YMCA in SeaTac. The YMCA formed a steering committee of Kent residents in 2013 to help figure out how to get a facility built in town.
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August 28, 2015 [19]
Fresh Market Fare
Recipes inspired by local farmers market finds
Clayton’s German Sausage Pasta Bake (serves 6-8) Ingredients 16 ounces basil garlic pasta shells (from Market Pasta) 2 large green peppers 4 chopped heirloom tomatoes (from Thistlewood Farm) 1 cup chopped Walla Walla onion 3 gloves of garlic 1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce 1/3 cup red wine vinegar 1 tablespoon oregano 1/2 cup parsley 16 ounces mozzarella (cut into slices) 1 cup Parmesan 4 German sausage bratwursts (from Linds Custom Meats) olive oil salt and pepper to taste 1 baguette (from Irish Rose Bakery, Inc.)
Instructions Sauce Chop the onion, tomatoes, peppers and garlic and place in pot with olive oil to cook down. After a few minutes, add the red wine vinegar to the pot of veggies. After simmering for about five minutes, add the tomato sauce. Add oregano, parsley and a handful of Parmesan to the sauce and stir. Warm the sauce on the stove.
Pasta Follow the instructions when cooking the pasta shells. Bring water, salt and olive oil to a boil, then throw in the pasta shells and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 15 minutes. When done, strain the pasta shells.
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Cook the sausage until fully cooked (brown on all sides). Then cut them into bite size pieces and stir them into the sauce.
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Bake After straining the shells, layer the bottom of a large casserole dish with them. Pour the sauce on top and mix in with the noodles. Place the slices of mozzarella on top and cover with the remaining Parmesan. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes at 400 degrees. After time is up, turn the oven to broil. Keep the dish in for a few additional minutes until the cheese browns. Sprinkle the remaining parsley on top as a garish, let cool and enjoy!
Wine pairing Clayton suggests a rich red wine like a cabernet sauvignon for this pasta bake. “The salty flavor of the bratwursts will be magnified by a cabernet,” he said.
Empty package of crumbles into a hot skillet, allow to thaw. Add taco seasoning and water, cook for a few minutes. Cut onion in half and then into thin strips.* Add onion to crumbles, add more water if necessary and allow to cook down for 10-15 minutes. Turn the burner off once the time is up.
Pepper Prep Slice peppers in half, crossways, and remove seeds. Drizzle oil and lemon juice on a foil-covered baking sheet and sprinkle on black pepper. Place peppers on baking sheet, open side down, rubbing each one into oil and lemon juice. Bake for 20 minutes at 400 degrees or until skin starts to blister. Let cool until able to handle.
Spicy Stuffed Peppers Ingredients
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1 large yellow onion 1 package Simple Truth Meatless Crumbles (typically found at Fred Meyer) 3 tablespoons taco seasoning 1/2-3/4 cup water 3 large red peppers (or more) 1-2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1 teaspoon canola oil 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/4 block of Daiya Cheddar Style Wedge (not the shreds) 1 large tomato, diced 1/2 pound small pasta (I used Lemon Garlic Orzo from Pappardelle’s - Maple Valley Farmers Market), cooked. 1 bunch green onions (chopped, green parts only) Fresh cilantro Lime (optional)
Stuffing Slice cheese wedge into small pieces. Add diced tomato, cooked orzo, and cheese to skillet with crumbles. Stir to combine. Stuff peppers with mixture, and bake for another 10 minutes at 400 degrees, open side up this time. Garnish with cilantro, fresh lime
juice and green onions. You will likely have leftovers of the mixture, which keeps really well in the refrigerator.
*Use a mandolin to slice the onions to save time and energy. Just be sure to use the hand guard tool.
Pasta bake recipe and photo by Clayton and Sarah Brenden. Stuffed peppers recipe and photo by Rebecca Gourley.
[20] August 28, 2015
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