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 City Calendar 

Dec 1   Big Top Tuesdays - Variety & Magic Show, City Council Regular Meeting

Dec 8   Big Top Tuesdays - Variety & Magic Show, City Council Study Session

Dec 9   Human Services Commission Regular Meeting

Pursuant to the Governor’s Emergency Proclamation 20-25, the City is unable to provide an in-person location for the public to listen to the virtual City Council meetings. Meetings are still accessible to the public, and public comment is able to be submitted. View Live on the City Website, City's Youtube, or Comcast Channel 21 (within Sammamish only). To Provide Verbal Comment, please see instructions in the Meeting Agenda.

 City News 

COVID-19 Updates: Please take our Community Needs Assessment Survey. See the latest updates on the Sammamish COVID-19 information hub. 

efrHow is Eastside Fire & Rescue (EF&R) going to do a Holiday Food and Toy Drive during COVID? Watch this fun video to find out!

EF&R set a goal of raising $80,000 to match last year's totals, benefiting Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank and Hopelink. To donate: unionly.io/o/eastsidefireandrescue/holiday-food-and-toy-drive

hearing
If you are interested in participating or making comments, please read more here.

toysPlease support Sammamish Police Department's Toy Drive. Learn more about Toys for Tots here.

grants
Applications close on Sunday, November 29, 2020! See here for more info.
artsPlease click on the above photo for more information. The grant application portal is now open; grant applications are due February 14, 2021.
circus

Join us under the big top for an evening of entertainment that combines physical comedy, wordplay, silly antics, and imagination. These 45-minute shows are geared for school-aged children but will leave the whole family smiling! Pre-registration is required: Dec 1 - Big Top Tuesdays Variety & Magic Show; Dec 8 - Big Top Tuesdays Variety & Magic Show

efrCome to check out Eastside Firefighter's Reindeer Engine and holiday lights in their first drive-through donation event in benefit of Hopelink! Please consider making a donation or bringing an unwrapped new toy that can be gifted.

ebrightWe hope you will join us virtually on December 10th at 6:00 PM!
commission
To learn more about the City of Sammamish's Commissions and Boards, please see here.

survey 
We will use your input to inform the City’s response, leverage resources, and support critical service needs. Please take the survey here.

Cone Zone

These road work projects are scheduled in Sammamish for the week of November 28 - December 4.

SCHEDULES MAY CHANGE DUE TO WEATHER AND/OR EQUIPMENT AVAILABILITY. 

Construction Hours are 7am to 8pm Monday - Friday, 9am to 6pm on Saturdays, and no work on Sundays and holidays.

SE 4th Street: Finishing Up!

On SE 4th St., Most of the work has been completed.  Crews are working on the final touches; property restorations; fences; minor adjustments; clean up, etc. While the impacts to traffic are much less now, construction equipment will be moving up and down the roadway and there will be minor traffic impacts.  At times flaggers will be controlling traffic to get vehicles around the work. Typical work hours are 7:00am to 5:00pm.  During non-work hours, traffic will be traveling in normal lanes.  Please be cautious as you travel through the corridor and keep an eye out for construction crews as they work to finish up this great community asset.

SE 43rd Way and Providence Point Signal

This is a City of Issaquah project. To sign up for project updates and traffic alerts, please visit

https://issaquahwa.gov/3130/SE-43rd-Way-Signal.

Issaquah-Fall City Road (IFCR)

Issaquah-Fall City Road remains closed for construction. Local access will be maintained during the closure. The closure between 247th Place SE and Klahanie Dr. SE  will now remain until the end of January 2021.

  1. Bridge crews will work a bit later than usual on December 2nd (weather permitting) to place concrete on deck two. Instead of finishing by 5 PM, the crews expect to finish between 6 PM and 8 PM.
  2. Construction of the bridge is underway with plans to open two lanes of traffic on the north half of the bridge by the end of January 2021. The south half of the bridge will remain closed while utilities are incorporated in the bridge abutment retaining walls (small wall connections).
  3. Construction of the retaining walls and bridge approaches on the east and west side of the bridge is currently being built.
  4. Between 242nd and 247th Ave. SE, traffic ​remains on the south side of the roadway.​ ​Work continues along the north half of the roadway in this area. The contractor is installing the concrete sidewalk along the north side and placing concrete in the median islands. 
  5. Construction of the 242nd roundabout will resume earlier December, as the utilities completing the final relocations in this area.
  6. The contractor will be working on the new detention pond and storm drainage facilities at the northwest corner of the intersection of Issaquah Fall City Road and Klahanie Drive SE.
  7. With the daylight hours shortening in the fall and winter, the contractor is expected to work on the occasional Saturdays to take advantage of daylight hours, weather and keep on schedule.

Daytime Project work hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday Work Hours 9:00 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Have questions or comments about this newsletter? You can contact us at communications@sammamish.us or by calling 425-295-0555.