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In November, the voters approved a new Veterans,
Seniors and Human Services Levy. This month three community meetings are scheduled to allow residents to learn about the levy and share thoughts and ideas on
how the levy can help veterans and their families, older adults and other vulnerable
people across King County. Next meetings are Dec. 1 on Vashon Island, Burien
Dec. 5 and Kenmore Dec. 6. Learn more about the levy here.
for more information contact adam.schmid@kingcounty.gov.
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The contractor is
on site performing work to replace the roof of the Tolt-MacDonald barn in
Carnation. The barn will be closed for the duration of repairs and is expected
to reopen for public use in spring 2018.
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Proposed speed limit reductions in unincorporated King County
King County is considering changing the speed
limit on three roads in King County:
•Northeast Novelty Hill Road from the trail crossing, which is located one-half of a
mile west of Trilogy Parkway, to Eastridge Drive Northeast:
-Current speed limit: 45 mph
-Proposed speed limit: 40 mph
•Northeast Novelty Hill Road from Eastridge Drive Northeast to West Snoqualmie Valley Road:
-Current speed limit: 45 mph
-Proposed speed limit: 30 mph for trucks, 35 mph for all other vehicles
•Southeast May Valley Road from SE 128th Way to Issaquah Hobart Road Southeast:
-Current speed limit: 40 mph
-Proposed speed limit: 35 mph
King County is requesting public input on these proposed speed limit
reductions. The public comment period closes Friday, Dec. 8. Submit
comments via email to: Brent Champaco, Community Relations Planner, Brent.Champaco@kingcounty.gov.
Please visit the Speed
Limit Reductions webpage for more information about the proposed
changes for each location and answers to frequently-asked questions.
Great ideas from unincorporated community organization grant applications
Thank you to the
creative community organizations who submitted applications for 2018 Community
Service Area (CSA) grants. We received 85 applications from community
organizations across unincorporated King County for the $90,000 in available
funding. We plan to announce CSA grant awards to community groups
in February.
Utility-rule making underway for franchise compensation to King County
Last November, the King County Council passed an ordinance that requires electric, gas, water, and sewer utilities providers to compensate King County
in return for using County road right-of-ways.
As part of implementing this ordinance, the Facilities
Management Division (FMD) is seeking public comment on a proposed rule that
describes a process for estimating the compensation amount. This initial
estimate is intended to be a starting point for discussions between the County
and utility providers. The policy section of the proposed rule describes
how the financial impact to each residential customer is proposed to be
capped. If the estimate shows a financial impact of more than $5 a month
to residential utility customers in unincorporated areas, a formula will be
applied to cap the estimate that the County provides to each affected utility.
More details about this ordinance and proposed rule are
available at www.kingcounty.gov/franchise. The public
comment period ends on Dec. 7.
Greater
Maple Valley/Cedar River Area News
Greater Maple Valley Unincorporated Area Council resident's survey and election
The GMVUAC's
biennial survey is being conducted online until Dec. 15. It
addresses issues such as planning, zoning, development, traffic, economics,
water, and sewage. Go to www.gmvuac.org
and click on the survey button. Your input is valuable and will be kept confidential.
GMVUAC perspective on Reserve Silica Mine
The GMVUAC submitted a detailed set of comments to
King County asking to deny Reserve Silica’s
request to rezone 122 acres of isolated land outside Ravensdale that is currently zoned
Mining to Rural Area land use. More
detailed comments are available at the GMVUAC website.
Fall City Community Association
Friday, Dec. 8, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Fall
City Fire Station
4301 334th Pl. SE
Fall City, WA
Monthly
board meeting, open to the public. For more information visit the website.
Greater Maple Valley/Cedar River Area
Council Meeting
Monday Dec. 4, 7-9
p.m.
Monday Jan. 8, 7-9 p.m.
Maple Valley Fire Station
231st St and SR-169
Maple Valley, WA
Dec. 4 meeting: Special guests will be representatives from
Lakeside Industries, who will give a presentation on their asphalt facility
proposed to be moved from within the City of Covington to the rural area along
SR-169 between Renton and Maple Valley.
Four
Creeks Unincorporated Area Council
Tuesday, Dec. 12, 7-9
p.m.
Eastside Fire & Rescue Station 78
20720 SE May Valley Rd
Issaquah, WA
Visit
the website for the latest information and to confirm
meeting dates and
locations.
CSA Day in Vashon
Tuesday, Dec. 5, 1-6:30 p.m.
Vashon Community Service Center
10011 SW Bank Rd.
Community
Service Areas staff Bong Sto. Domingo will be on the island to assist island residents in county-related matters. For
appointments email
or call 206-351-8071.
Skyway Solutions board
meeting
Monday, Dec. 11, 6-7:30 p.m.
Skyway Fire District 20
13470 MLK Jr. Way S
Seattle
Monthly meeting of the all-volunteer community group where community issues are discussed, open to the public. Guest speakers are scheduled to present. For more information contact visit the website.
North Highline UAC monthly meeting
Thursday. Dec. 7, 7-9 p.m.
1243 SW 112th Street
Seattle
Monthly meeting of the all-volunteer community group where
community issues are discussed, open to the public. Guest speakers are scheduled
to present. For more information contact visit the website.
West Hill Community
Association Board meeting
Wednesday, Dec. 13, 7-9 p.m.
Skyway Fire District 20
12424 76th Ave. S.
Seattle
Monthly board meeting of the all-volunteer, resident based
organization. Local issues are discussed at this meeting. For more
information contact contact@mywesthill.org
West Hill Business
Association meeting
Tuesday, Dec. 19, 9-11 a.m.
Skyway
VFW
7421 S 126th St.
Seattle
Monthly meeting of the business group in unincorporated West
Hill. For more information contact Cynthia Lamothe 206-722-7343.
Green Valley/Lake Holm Association Meeting
No meeting scheduled for December. Visit Facebook or Twitter for information on meeting dates and locations.
Community Alliance to Reach Out and Engage
No meetings scheduled for December. Visit website for the latest information on meeting dates and locations.
Upper Bear Creek Community Council
No meeting scheduled for December, Visit website and Facebook for the latest information on meeting dates and locations.
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