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110-apartment building proposed one block from 344-unit Atlas By Scott Stoddard sstoddard@isspress.com
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The proposed Issaquah Apartments project would include 110 units and be located at 955 Seventh Ave. NW, between Northwest Juniper and Northwest Locust streets.
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A public hearing has been scheduled regarding a proposed 110-unit apartment building that would be built at 955 Seventh Ave. NW, one block south of the 344-unit Atlas Apartments complex. The public hearing will be part of the city Development Commission’s Sept. 21 meeting, which is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at the City Council chambers, City Hall South, 130 East Sunset Way. The project, named Issaquah Apartments, would be built on a combination of three parcels on Seventh between Northwest Gilman Boulevard and Northwest Juniper Street. A two-bedroom, one-bathroom home has stood on one of the parcels for 116 years, according to county tax records. The current taxpayer of record for the parcels is a limited liability company controlled by the managing partners of Seattle-based
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Cars and trucks bound for State Route 18 and Snoqualmie Parkway stack up on westbound Interstate 90 approaching Exit 25.
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Familiar refrain at East Sunset open house: Preserve street parking By Lizz Giordano lgiordano@isspress.com
A woefully inadequate Interstate 90 interchange plays a significant role in the weekday strangling of Front Street Piles of debris — colorful shards of taillights, headlights and blinkers, shiny pieces of side mirrors, the bent plastic of bumpers — lay around the underpass and ramps of the Interstate 90/State Route 18 interchange near Snoqualmie. They are a reminder of the problems that plague the interchange nearly every day during rush-hour traffic. Not that anyone needs reminding. Congestion at the interchange has steadily worsened in recent years, with population growth and job growth affecting the area. Downtown Issaquah absorbs the shortcomings of the busy interchange. Between 30,000-35,000 cars per day, roughly the equivalent of Issaquah’s
Parking was again on the minds of residents and business owners along East Sunset Way when they gathered for an Aug. 10 open house held by the city to discuss conceptual designs for the roadway. Over 100 people dropped by the Eagle Room at City Hall eager to give their input on potential street redesigns of East Sunset Way from Sixth Avenue Southeast to First Avenue Southeast. The project is one of four included in a $50 million transportation bond voters will consider in November. See mock-ups of the East Sunset Way design options here. “They are just using Band-Aids,”
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By Stuart Miller smiller@isspress.com
Christina Corrales-Toy / ccorrales-toy@isspress.com
Incoming Issaquah School District youngsters and parents climb aboard for a trial run on riding the school bus before school officially starts.
Parents, kindergartners get refresher on riding the bus By Christina Corrales-Toy ccorrales-toy@isspress.com There are three rules on a school bus, and bottoms, inside voices and quiet hands just happen to be the essential components. A group of incoming Issaquah School District kindergartners learned that and more last week at a special test run of the bus-riding experience before school officially starts. “Bottoms to bottoms, backs to backs,” shouted district driver and trainer Gina Carey as dozens of See BUS, Page 12
Sink your teeth into edible landscaping tour By Lizz Giordano lgiordano@isspress.com
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Margarita Martinez hands plums down to her husband while they harvest fruit along the Gilman Boulevard Edible Landscape Tour.
Issaquah residents Lisa Ye and her friend Ying (she uses only one name) worked quickly filling two bags with plums, slightly nervous that harvesting from the fruit trees along Gilman Boulevard might be forbidden. But these plums were too plump and juicy, just ripe for the picking, to be ignored. Not only is it allowed to eat the fruit, but the city encourages resi-
“Driving through, we would see the trees but we never stopped. We weren’t sure we were allowed.” —Ying Issaquah resident on edible landscaping tour
dents to feast from trees along the busy street. In 1985 the city used edible plants to landscape the thoroughfare, creating the
Gilman Boulevard Edible Landscape Tour. “For more than 30 years, the edible landscape has been available to our community.” said Jennifer Fink, park planner for the city. “Everybody is welcome, and the fruit is there for all to enjoy.” Beginning at Front Street North and ending just before 12th Avenue Northwest, the Gilman Boulevard Edible Landscape Tour See EDIBLE, Page 6 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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FRONT AND SUNSET
Four years away is four years too many: #TweetTolaTweet
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Liz, two of the friendly faces be-
ne of our cats stepped on the teevee remote the other night and what accidentally popped up on our Curtis Mathes? Channel 21, or as we like to call it, state-run television.
Anyway, there was Tola Marts (you know, the City Council guy — the one with the beard) talking about Twitter, of all things, reminiscing about that account he signed up for in 2009 but hasn’t used in four years. We immediately sprung into action and tweeted at Tola, pleading with him to break his 1,400-day tweetless streak. We waited with bated breath. Streaks are made to be broken, our granddad used to tell us. You gotta believe! C’mon, Tola! Tola. Please. We’re waiting. Do us a solid. <Crickets> Hard to fathom, we know, but he has apparently turned a deaf ear to our entreaties. Going forward, as the bureaucratic types like to say, our Creative Department has spent the last week focus-grouping a hashtag to help Mr. Marts awaken from his Twitter hibernation. We give you: #TweetTolaTweet. Please, dear readers, go forth and tweet it from the mountaintop. #TweetTolaTweet (A quick aside regarding city
communications: While the department makes Star Wars Day videos, Sasquatch videos and City Council-as-Brady Bunch videos, it rarely televises the council’s committee meetings, where important civic issues like contaminated city water wells, land condemnation and speed cameras — you know, things that actually affect our lives as citizens of Issaquah — are discussed before they are brought to the full council.)
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Samantha Harbeck is headed to Baylor University, which recently awarded her a Provost’s Gold Scholarship. That honor provides $34,000 to $56,000 divided over eight semesters ... not too shabby. • • •
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We’re not sure how our Baby Bellevue up on the hill feels about the Highlands Safeway becoming the preferred midnight hangout of bored teenagers. Personally, our hackles are up. We prefer to procure our late-night nacho cheese Doritos and 12-packs of diet Mountain Dew without having to navigate a pack of adolescents passing judgment on our nutritional choices, thank you very much. • • •
Credit where credit is due to
Mary Lou Pauly (you know, from
the City Council), who we have now repeatedly seen break away from the Rubber Stamp Crew and
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We tried our best to coax a tweet out of Tola Marts but were roundly ignored (it’s OK, we’re used to that). But 39 followers, Mr. Marts? True, as of Aug. 15, we here @FrontAndSunset have zero followers — but we joined two weeks ago and you signed up in 2009! ask the toughest questions of city staffers at council and committee meetings. Keep on keepin’ on, Notorious MLP. • • •
Here’s a shoutout to Ryan and
Did you happen to read in last week’s Press that the fellow hand-picked by Fred Butler (you know, the mayor) to be the spokesperson for the transportation bond’s pro committee works from home? Don’t get us wrong — major props to all of those who volunteered to serve on the pro/con bond committees. To you, we tip our fedora. But the mayor’s judgment here deserves scrutiny. How on earth did he decide a non-commuter was the best point person for a committee that will ask us to buy into $50 million worth of traffic projects? It’s an affront to everyone who wastes untold hours ev-
ery week trapped in their vehicles when all they want to do is get to work or make it home for dinner. Try to make sense of that one the next time you sit through four stoplight cycles at Gilman and SR 900 at 4:15 in the afternoon. • • •
Down here at the paragraph factory, there were kudos aplenty for our colleagues Christina Corrales-Toy, Greg Farrar, David Hayes, Scott Stoddard and former Press reporter Tom Corrigan. All are winners in the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association’s 2016 Better Newspaper Contest, which recognizes standout journalism from the state’s weekly fishwraps. The deserving victors won’t know the details of their spoils until a banquet in midOctober, but don’t let that stop you from offering a high-five the next time you run into one of them, ahem, “researching a story” at the Rollin’ Log. • • •
Can anyone illuminate us about
the woman who brought a pet turkey to the Aug. 2 Concert on the Green at the Community Center? Inquiring minds want to know. Send your tips, complaints, praise and bad poetry to frontandsunset@isspress.com. Twitter: @frontandsunset.
Kelley departing festivals office to be FISH executive director By David Hayes dhayes@isspress.com Robin Kelley, going into her 26th year as part of the Issaquah Salmon Days Festival staff, said there’s an old joke at the office. “We’d get calls from people wanting to know about the fish,” she said. “We’d tell them we just throw the homecoming party. To learn more, you need to talk to the hatchery.” Come Sept. 1, Kelley will be changing teams, stepping down as director of festivals and community engagement for the Chamber of Commerce and stepping in as the new executive director of the Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery.
Robin Kelley
Kelley replaces Karen Kane, who is stepping down to concentrate on homeschooling her
children. Staff member Brian Twiggs, with his four years of experience on festival activities, will step into Kelley’s shoes. Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kathy McCorry experienced mixed emotions over Kelley’s departure. “Robin has been a member of the Greater Issaquah Chamber team for 25-plus years and we will miss her
very much!” McCorry said in a press release. “Knowing that she is staying in the fish family (so to speak) and knowing that this is the perfect promotion into an executive director position also fills me with great happiness for Robin.” Kelley said she’ll be working with a surprising amount of the same people in her new role overseeing the needs of the salmon. “While overseeing their environment, management and recovery, I’ll still be making sure the salmon keep coming back home,” she said. “But I’ll still be in support of the celebration of the iconic festival I literally grew up watching at the hatchery in the old days
when it had open holding ponds.” After 26 years at the festivals office, Kelley said the FISH opening was one of the only things that could entice her to leave. “With the chamber, businesses in this community, it’s been a nurturing environment. I’ve worked with some great groups and nonprofits. It’s been a cornucopia of experiences every year,” she said. “But this was such a unique opportunity I had to throw my hat in the ring.” Kelley plans to split time between offices for crosstraining before moving for good to her three-person staff and numerous docents at the hatchery.
Volunteers sought to help build state park playground
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The Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park is seeking volunteers to help assemble playground equipment Aug. 24-26 for the new $1.1 million all-accessible playground. There are three shifts
available each day: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 1-4 p.m. Lunch will be provided. Swings, slides, towers, climbing nets and zip lines all need to be assembled. Volunteers must be 18
years of age or older, and volunteers who are familiar with basic power tools are especially needed. Other than landscaping, the site work for the playground is complete. Sidewalks have been installed
and foundations for the playground equipment will be finished before assembly of the playground equipment begins. To sign up, email director@flssp.org or go to bit.ly/2bjFiqj.
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paigns, too,” de Beck said. “For example, commuters could sign up for rideThe City of Issaquah matching with their chilhas long had a program to dren’s peers’ parents, to and educate the community on from school and to and from Fans of Boehm’s Candies line up during the opening minutes of the benefits of commute events. Then we could add the longtime Issaquah fixture’s 60th anniversary celebration on incentives to schools that do Aug. 10. Boehm’s estimated 1,500 guests visited during the three- reduction. Now that outreach can in- it well, or celebrations.” hour event at their Northeast Gilman Boulevard venue. volve the school community However, until city and after the City Council autho- school district officials hash rized Aug. 1 the receipt of out concrete details, the $50,000 in funds for King program is in the theoCounty’s Metro Transit’s retical stage. Without any SchoolPool program. schools signed on yet, de Although SchoolPool is far Beck’s counterpart in the from ready to be impleschool district, Director mented, Mary Joe de Beck, of Instructional Support senior program manager Dawn Wallace, can only be for the city’s Office of Suscautiously optimistic about tainability, is excited about SchoolPool’s potential. the commute-reduction trip Wallace said they have yet program. to work out how to create “We’ve had the Commute interest to inspire schools to Trip Reduction Program in sign up. the community for 12 years, “The whole idea is to before it was renamed reduce traffic, reduce Salmon Friendly Trips last congestion, allow kids to year,” de Beck said. “It’s get to school in a safe and designed to educate comsupervised way,” Wallace muters on the benefits of said. “Hopefully, we’ll get it reducing all trips, provides going at one or two schools incentive-based rideshare to start then have a model and transportation alterto bring others on board.” natives and how traffic De Beck added the King and congestion impact the County program is within environment. its grant cycle budget, a “With SchoolPool we can two-year chunk of reinclude the school comsources. The hope would munity, educating parents. be to launch it in the fall So instead all these onesyand bring it into the school twosy cars with kids, they district over the next year can learn more about carand making it more selfpooling, walking to school sustainable in future. buses or biking together, She even sees possibilities of taking SchoolPool rePhotos by Scott Stoddard / sstoddard@isspress.com thus reducing congestion,” de Beck said. gional and linking with the Visitors on the factory tour during the Boehm’s anniversary celebration stream by a table where candy is hand-dipped in chocolate. The idea is to set up Bellevue School District, too, through King County an hopefully both launching in online portal where parents the September timeframe. Boehm’s anniversary party would sign up for some “It’s going to be fun,” attracts 1,500 candy lovers form of ride-matching. De de Beck said. “I’m really Beck said because it is so looking forward to. It’ll be a to the little slice of Austria similar to the city’s Salmon win-win program that supon Gilman Boulevard Friendly Trip program, they ports education in schools wouldn’t have to reinvent to reduce traffic and show By Scott Stoddard the wheel to implement it. we really care deeply about sstoddard@isspress.com “They would log in to the sustainability, livability imsame King County rideshare pacts, the environment and As lines snaked through portal so they would be clean air.” the candy factory, along the linked into regional camentry drive and into Julius Boehm’s living quarters above Boehm’s Candies, owner Bernard Garbusjuk CLARIFICATION smiled broadly. “It’s humbling,” said Garbusjuk, who will be inducted in the national Candy A news brief published Aug. 11 about school impact fees Hall of Fame later this year, should have made clear that fees are calculated and set by “and it’s very nice.” the Issaquah School District and the City Council adopts Hundreds of visitors those fees, which then allows the city to collect the fees for turned out for a 60th anthe school district. The City Council does not determine the niversary celebration Aug. amount of school impact fees. 10 at Boehm’s, an Issaquah landmark on Northeast GilWe are committed to accuracy at The Issaquah Press and man Boulevard. take care in our reporting and editing, but errors do occur. Boehm’s Candies owner Bernard Garbusjuk talks chocolate with Miss Washington USA Kelsey Schmidt Children and adults both (left), Miss Issaquah Teen USA Sofia Griffith (third from left) and other Puget Sound-area pageant royalty. If you think something we’ve published is in error, please eyed an array of tempting email us at news@isspress.com. treats coated in chocolate. Employees in alpine dress celebration. 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Now’s the time for action, for both City Council and residents
’m preparing to head back to Chicago for a weekend visit and I’m naturally feeling a bit reflective upon returning to my former hometown. My brash former governor, Rod Blagojevich, made national news last week by asking for leniency after serving several years in jail for trying to sell a very famous Senate seat. As I read about his request, I started to think about what Chicago could from learn from the Pacific Northwest. Chicago needs to encourage and value public input in the same way many cities in Washington do. Involving the public early in the decision-making process allows for more diversity of ideas, avoids conflicts and costly delays, and can also legitimize the decisions, making it more likely changes will be implemented effectively. And most important: Public input leads to decisions that reflect public interests and values, exactly what any good local govern-
ment should strive for. Chicago has a history of politicians taking matters into their own hands. In 2003, Richard M. Daley ordered the LIZZ GIORDANO overnight destruction of Press reporter the runways at Meigs Field, quickly ending a lengthy debate about the future of the lakefront airport. Daley said his one-man decision to close the airport would save the city the cost of further court battles. “To do this any other way would have been needlessly contentious,” the mayor explained at a news conference the following morning. With one stealthy act the mayor avoided months or years of public hearings, compromises and im-
pact studies. As Mayor Daley knew perhaps too well, the public process does have its disadvantages. It can be costly and time-consuming. While I admire the Issaquah City Council’s dedication to its constituents, it’s possible to have too much public input, which can lead to paralysis by community meeting. For instance, during the last City Council work session on Aug. 8, councilmembers unanimously decided to create an overarching Strategic Plan. The five-year plan is meant to ask the question: Is the city being as strategic as it could be? This is in addition to the Healthy Community Strategy, Mobility Master Plan, Green Building Strategies, Strategy for Route 200/928, Enhance Olde Town Vitality, Bike and Pedestrian Plan, Central Issaquah Anchor Project, Transportation Funding Strategy and the new Housing Strategy currently in the development pro-
GUEST COLUMN
ST3: Too much money, not enough riders By Rowan Hinds
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he key factor driving light-rail ridership is population density, and according to a U.S. Department of Transportation national household travel survey conducted in 2001, population densities above 10,000 people per square mile are needed before total transit (bus and light rail) ridership exceeds 5 percent of total daily trips. The results mirror similar studies in 1990 and 1995. I would note here that transit ridership in the Puget Sound Urban Area is somewhat higher than the national numbers. That same survey shows the Seattle Urban Area to then have an average population density of 2,285 people per square mile. That figure is now 15 years out of date, but if we estimate a number to make the data more current — pick a number, say a 50 percent increase — it still leaves us at approximately one-third of the 10,000 people per square mile needed to exceed the 5 percent level. In any case, today we have some 3 million people in the PSUA, and we would need 6 million more for a total of 9 million to reach that density. I think it is safe to say that within the next 100 years we will not reach that number — and nobody would want us to reach it. For those readers who noted the large increase in ridership with the recent opening of the light-rail line to the University of Washington, the above DOT survey shows that area around UW to have the densest population in the entire state. That corridor should always have been included from Day One and not added many years later. Our current total public transportation spending is split: 60 percent on transit and 40 percent on roads. The biggest chunk of transit is light rail. As seen above, that 60 percent share serves only 4 percent of the ridership and is forecasted to reach maybe 5 percent with ST3. Spending 60 percent of the dollars on 5 percent of the population is not an effective use of funds regardless of the politics or our wishes. Across the PSUA, the crying need for public transit is north-south, not a Seattle-centric east-west focus. Sound Transit from Day One has ignored that need in support of the existing Seattle-centric one-seat ride system. Sound Transit’s board of directors, in addition to ignoring this north-south discrepancy, appears to not question the use of the same 19th-century technology for new lines that will have no direct physical connection to the existing system, and therefore could easily and cheaply use modern technology. Maybe, in addition to everything above, we should also change the Sound Transit governance process. A little-understood but important graph in the DOT survey shows that, regardless of the transportation mode split, as population density increases, the total trips (vehicle miles traveled) taken increases at a linear rate until population densities exceed 30,000 per square mile. This means that as the Puget Sound region grows, regardless of how much transit we add, we still need to address road capacity. Don’t take my word for the above information. Check it out for yourself. Just don’t buy the ST3 “pie-in-the-sky” thinking that spending billions of dollars will make everything here grand and glorious — it can’t and it won’t. At least let us first spend a measly $4 billion and solve our local school funding issue — statewide. Rowan Hinds, mayor of Issaquah from 1990 to 1997, lives in Sycamore.
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cess already on the City Council’s crowded agenda. All these plans and strategies have had or will have a public input stage or even several, dragging out the decision-making progress and delaying the resulting outcome. Councilmembers, I urge you to not fall victim to the Seattle Process and avoid long, drawn-out dialogue, deliberation and public participation before any decision is made. Listen to yourselves when you say, as I’ve heard one of you repeat at every meeting I’ve attended, “Now is the time to take action.” I don’t necessarily recommend the Chicago way. But there’s something refreshing about removing an airport to create an expansive park along the lakefront in one decisive action. It could have taken years for all that to happen, but now the land can be enjoyed by more than just a few recreational pilots. I believe the City Council has
the best intentions and really wants to help shape Issaquah into a town the residents are proud to live in. But residents, you need to do your part — vote. The city clearly wants to listen. How hard can it be? The ballot gets delivered right to your door. If you aren’t registered, take two minutes and visit the Secretary of State’s website to sign up. The ballot can be lengthy, but take advantage of traffic congestion in Issaquah by bringing the ballot with you and filling it out in the car! Voter turnout for the Aug. 2 primary was a dismal 36 percent. We can do better than that come November. Email reporter Lizz Giordano at lgiordano@isspress.com. Twitter: @lizzgior Off The Press is a weekly column by members of The Issaquah Press news staff. It does not necessarily represent the editorial views of the newspaper.
TO THE EDITOR Schools
District has responsibility to fully report sexual harassment No sexual harassment in the Issaquah School District? Must I remind us all of May Madness? For at least the four years I attended Issaquah High School, a new website was launched every May, listing 64 female students to be ranked and judged according to their attractiveness. This website was visited on school computers, the bracket shown in classrooms, and the women ogled and discussed wherever they went. Clearly, sexual harassment has been a problem for the district. Ms. Reynolds is right: It is the responsibility of the district to report cases of sexual harassment, because we must use accurate data to fully address the problem.
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down the middle of town, Issaquah’s ArtWalk is pretty much lost in the confusion of folks trying to make their way across Front Street without getting hit by cars impatiently snaking their way through town. There are drivers who tail the car in front of them and then sit in the intersection when the light turns red. God help pedestrians who find themselves between cars in the crosswalk. Wending my way down Front Street, it was difficult to comfortably view artists’ offerings without feeling I’d fall off the curb into oncoming traffic. The constant rumbling of engines didn’t contribute to a fun time either. Closing the street would go far in encouraging more residents and visitors to patronize Issaquah’s ArtWalk, myself included.
Millie Vierra
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Thank you, Press editor, for Front Street traffic column I am sitting at our kitchen counter reading The Issaquah Press and felt compelled to write and say thank you for your opinion piece about Front Street traffic. My husband and I just bought a house in downtown Issaquah and moved here from Seattle this summer. We were drawn to the charm and vibrancy of downtown Issaquah. We have four small children and love to be able to walk to the parks and restaurants and events close by. However, the fact that Front Street is clogged with so much traffic has concerned me. I have also suggested to my husband, “Wouldn’t it be great if they closed down Front Street to traffic once a month?” So I was thrilled to see your suggestion and hope that the folks at City Hall will also get excited about the idea of a pedestrianfriendly event once a month! Thank you for your concern for our wonderful downtown and the families who want to be a part of it.
Libby Myers Issaquah
Downtown
Editor’s column about traffic and downtown events was spot-on Thank you, Scott Stoddard, for being a voice and writer of reason. Having arrived here about four years ago from New Mexico, we cannot believe what is happening
saquah Press (Aug. 11) pretty much says it all, and we too are concerned about the children and adults who frequent Front Street. Driving in the Highlands and Issaquah is proving to be quite a task, and we have decided it’s all in the name of money. Thank you for a nice solution on a Friday evening once a month.
Goldie Walters Issaquah
Downtown
Indeed, ArtWalk and Front Street traffic is a strange combination
An out-of-town visitor, reservations at Fins Bistro and bumper-to-bumper traffic on Front Street were the reasons my husband and I finally decided to check out Issaquah’s ArtWalk. We’d planned to head home from a busy day of sightseeing for a short respite before driving back into town for dinner. It was already 5:30 p.m. Although we live where Front Street turns into Issaquah-Hobart Road, we knew it’d take 20 minutes to inch our way back into traffic in order to make our 7 p.m. reservations. That wouldn’t give us much time to rest. ArtWalk didn’t begin until 6, so we parked behind Front Street Market and walked to the library to while away the time. I usually avoid Front Street during rush-hour traffic, which occurs from 3:30 to 5 p.m. and then again from 6 to 7:30. These are estimates since I’m not entrenched in this car crawl on a daily basis. In fact, I make it a point to be home. And if I’m out, I don’t return home until the traffic has dissipated. Because of the road congestion
General manager CHARLES HORTON
Issaquah
Election
Local voters need a refresher course on Rodne’s remarks In your Aug. 11 edition, Scott Stoddard, remarking on Jay Rodne’s primary lead over Jason Ritchie, noted Rodne’s negative remarks about Muslims and stated that “it appears those remarks have not significantly damaged his reputation with the electorate.” I hope this is because most voters are unaware that he referred to Muslims as “barbarians” and said we must arm ourselves against them, and not because 5th Legislative District voters are lumping our friendly Muslim neighbors and other peaceable Muslims with terrorists. In speaking with some voters who support Jay Rodne, I find that most of them have no idea of his voting record or simply find Rodne’s name recognition greater than Ritchie’s. They do not know that Rodne has voted against paid sick leave and increasing the minimum wage. They do not know that he opposes women’s rights, even reasonable accommodations for pregnant women in the workplace. They do not know that he supports ineffective and cruel conversion therapy for gays and that he’s against equal rights for LGBT citizens. Or that he wants to repeal Washington’s new sensible gun-purchase, backgroundcheck law and automatically reinstate the guns rights of domestic abusers after two years. It’s time voters did a little more background-checking of their own before voting for Rodne.
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READERS REACT Excerpts from some of the Facebook and Twitter comments posted on The Press’ social media pages about the proposed Issaquah Apartments building (above). Stop, stop, stop! We don’t need anymore. You are destroying what was once a lovely place to live! If I had wanted to live in Bellevue or Seattle, I would have settled there. We chose Issaquah for its family-friendly vibe. Instead, it is turning into a place I want to move away from! Stop destroying our quaint town!
All of the active developments in the city are listed (online). These kinds of articles should not come as a surprise to people. Many of these things have been in the works for years and the time to complain is long past. Look at the list, find the projects that are still in the permitting process and make your stand there.
Randi Wright
Jesse Nofziger
on Facebook
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BRILLIANT! And you wonder why we are asked to spend $50 million to ease road congestion.
Lynn Whittendale on Facebook
Surely the developer should have to supply more car parking for the future owners. One space (per unit) is hardy adequate. Looks to be out of scale with surrounding buildings.
Adele Gliddon
Jana Sulley Hadley
on Facebook
on Facebook
This is insane. The roads, the traffic, high-rise apartments, more people in a small space, much less parking. Wow, yes, Issaquah needs a (City) Council that can halt and readjust what has been done.
More houses/apartments means more cars. Like traffic isn’t an issue already. Work on fixing traffic congestion before adding more housing.
Nanci Browne on Facebook.
on Facebook
Enough already! Traffic is terrible, the schools are busting at the seams and crime keeps creeping up. Issaquah is quickly turning into an unpleasant place to live.
Robin Owens Hodder on Facebook
Just what Issaquah needs. More Microsoft dorms.
Benj Strickland on Facebook
Awesome, because we don’t have any traffic and the schools don’t have enough kids.
So dumb! We don’t need any more residents in our small town! Go build elsewhere so we don’t have overpopulated schools and traffic congestion on every road!
Sicily Graham on Facebook
Heather Anderson Briggs on Facebook
Took me 45 minutes yesterday at 4:30 p.m. to drive from Issaquah Swedish Hospital to Target near the downtown Issaquah Safeway (about 2 miles). The whole time I was thinking how lucky I was. A few years from now it’ll probably take a full day! Might need a motel in that area, or at least a rest area.
Nanci Browne
on Facebook
Bye bye, Issy.
Scott Rawlins on Facebook
Issaquah is the Eastside version of Ballard.
Rufus T. Jackson on Facebook
And the cost of each unit is so much more than any new college grad could afford. Issaquah’s children cannot move back to the city where they grew up.
Joyce Henson on Facebook
Time to move.
Dane Brooks on Facebook
Oh goodness! I only visit Issaquah and I know this is going to be a disaster! Too bad for the community.
Rhonda Neer on Facebook
I hope King County is giving us great concessions for doing what it’s ordering us to do. And what exactly are we getting from King County?
Kathy Swoyer Issaquah is getting ruined. Too many people and too much building. It used to be a nice little city.
Lori Wyman on Facebook
Destroying our once-quaint city.
Jan Mattila-Smith on Facebook
Utterly atrocious.
Kristen Ragain on Facebook
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“The public hearing will be part of the city Development Commission’s Sept. 21 meeting, which is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at the City Council chambers, City Hall South, 130 East Sunset Way.” The only chance we have is getting our voices heard at meetings like this!
Pamela Fleming on Facebook
The city leaders, including the council and mayor, are responsible for this. When they accepted the horrifically biased Central Issaquah Plan that was essentially written by developers for themselves, which included no traffic and park plans, they doomed Issaquah to this mess. It removed public input, reduced parking requirements and let developers squirm out of traffic mitigation. And the city thanked them for it at a public meeting. So if you want this nightmare fixed, it has to start with altering the CIP. ... The city leaders, who are supposed to be looking out for the existing citizens, just plain aren’t.
All (City) Council actions in recent years such as becoming an Urban Growth Center, approving the Central Issaquah Plan before making traffic concurrency harder to achieve, and a myriad of other local controversies we’ve read about are starting to gel in people’s minds. The gravity of all these combined is having a huge negative impact on our community. I see it here and everywhere I read posts and comments. A line from an old movie comes to mind, from “Network” for you movie aficianados, “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!” One poke at a time, our council and administration is waking up an angry population that is dissatisfied with the direction they are taking us and fed up with their unwillingness to seek out what we think. Heads in the sand, they are charging forward with a “damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead” attitude. We all need to take action in whatever way we can to stop this ASAP. Get engaged by communicating directly with them via email, phone, letters and in person at meetings and make that your personal priority!
Martin Buckley on Twitter
Greed. I feel for the kids at Issaquah Valley Elementary. Perhaps we should have moved to Snoqualmie.
Somebody is making money.
on Facebook
Jenn Pix
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Chris Jensen on Facebook
Any affordable housing units?
Sandy Marshall on Facebook
I’d rather keep the apple trees.
Cora Elkerton on Facebook
Yep, welcome to high-density housing. It’s been the plan for years to create density centers.
Don Enochs on Facebook
on Facebook
Just keep adding to the joke that is now called Issaquah!
Wow, sad.
David Swope on Facebook
Better urban planning is needed here.
Rosemary Fahey on Facebook
Yay, more people driving in Issaquah.
Carrie Anderson on Facebook
Oh, that’s just wonderful. I’m certain that the developers are coughing up “millions” to mitigate the already atrocious traffic mess the the Issaquah leaders have created. I’m not holding my breath.
Joe Kranak on Facebook
Teresa Sanderson on Facebook
Are you serious? (What are) the planning people thinking? Have they had to drive from one end of Issaquah to the other during rush hour?
Claudia Shultz on Facebook
on Facebook
My question is: Legally, can a city utterly stop this kind of thing? Can you tell people who own/buy lots, “No, you will never build on them because we don’t have the infrastructure?” There seems to be an inevitability to saying yes in some fashion in a capitalistic economy. Or can the city just say, flat-out, NO MORE?
Rampant development (again). Hopefully, the public “feedback” will be loud and decisive. Frankly, this wouldn’t be so bad if Issaquah had a solid transit “spine” of a light rail line running to Seattle (or even a Bellevue connector) to alleviate the companion awful traffic that’ll come with this. But we don’t, and won’t for at least a decade. It may be a Catch-22 to entice Sound Transit to build to Issy but the people need to be steadfast, (or) else the sleepy little town will suddenly be a congested hell. Oh wait, the new Gilman view-blocking monstrosity hasn’t even filled yet. Just wait until that causes gridlock, let alone a NEW building. Sigh.
Cathy Cadd
Bob Brock
on Facebook
Is this the development that will break the camel’s back? “Fix traffic on Sunset” vs. build!?
Matthew Feldman
Loren Campbell on Facebook
on Facebook
Lorien Wendt
Rhona Sykes
on Facebook
Jim Wright
This is yet another TRAVESTY. Folks, the public meeting about this is Sept. 21. We must be there en masse and tell them what we think of this. The neighborhoods adjoining this part of Newport Way will be paying for this madness for decades. Traffic, pollution, an end to small pockets of open land for wildlife, uncomfortable density — all within blocks of our homes. We must stand up to them and tell them ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Stand tall and let your voices be heard.
It’s disgusting they are putting up so many buildings in a small space of roadway.
Think, people. THINK.
David Harris
Issaquah government: Not smart enough to plan for growth and not smart enough to fix traffic now. Zero confidence!
on Facebook
Christina Dawn Well, I cannot wait to see how this continues to lengthen everyone’s commute. If only the city cared what the citizens and taxpayers want. What a different place Issaquah would be.
Here we go again. More people and their cars moving in and no traffic mitigation plan in place. We’re at gridlock now. When the heck is enough enough?
Can we vote out Issaquah’s “Planning Department?”
Mark Morin
Issaquah Valley Elementary is already too full. The City Council is letting us all down. Still. Again. We all need to go to every (City) Council meeting. Every open house. Use every comment period and document our concerns and outrage. Each of us needs to vote for the council we need and that have the concerns of the citizens first while looking to the long-term best interest. Issaquah government seems solely interested in placating developers.
Emily Freet
on Facebook
Well, this is a disappointment to say the least! Traffic is so bad in that area. I think the best way to combat this is to elect different council members.
Charles McCrone on Facebook
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Miss Issaquah Colleen Dixon with Mayor William Flintoft at the opening of the new Issaquah sewer treatment plant pump station in 1968. History Snapshot is a partnership between The Issaquah Press and the Issaquah History Museums. Learn more about upcoming events at the museum at issaquahhistory.org
RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS
OBITUARIES Nancy Louise (Bunnell) Viney Nancy passed away peacefully on July 15, 2016, just two days before her 88th birthday. Born in Chicago, Nancy attended Grinnell College in Iowa before transferring to Cornell University in New York to attend nursing school. She then worked as an Nancy Viney obstetrical nurse in a New York hospital prior to relocating to Seattle in 1953 in order to be near family. Nancy soon was introduced to Doug Viney on a blind date, and they married in 1954. They had three children — Lynn, Jeff and Carole — before relocating to Pine Lake on the Sammamish Plateau in 1966 where Nancy lived for the past 50 years. During this time, she also was a teacher’s aide in the libraries of Issaquah Junior High and Pine Lake Middle School, retiring in 1991. As a lifelong traveler, Nancy climbed the Great Wall of China, swam with dolphins, and celebrated her 25th wedding anniversary in the South Pacific. She also traveled with Doug extensively throughout the U.S. which kept her in close touch with family and friends. Nancy’s circle of friends was immense and gathered through her varied interests, including swimming, knitting, card playing and watching sports. She was known as the best hugger and a positive light and inspiration for many. Among her many gifts, Nancy’s greatest was her ability to express love to everyone she met. She will be deeply missed by all. Nancy is survived by daughters Lynn Douglas and Carole Viney; granddaughters Robin (Zed) Blue and Lauren (Kyle) Simonsen; and great grandchildren Atticus, Larkyn, Elektra, Dilyn and Roman. She was preceded in death by her husband, Doug, and son, Jeff. A celebration of Nancy’s life was held at the Pine Lake Community Club on Sunday, Aug. 14. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Eastside Baby Corner, where she donated hundreds of hand-knit hats and baby sweaters.
Jane E. Peters Jane E. Peters, loving mother to Douglas and David, passed away Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, in Issaquah. A celebration of Jane’s life will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, at Faith Church in Sammamish. Friends are invited to view photos, get directions and share memories in the family’s online guestbook at flintofts.com.
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Plums picked along the edible landscaping tour route are ready to be taken home and enjoyed.
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Kirkland resident Charity Parrish (left) and Redmond resident Tara Bliven, equipped with professional fruit-picking tools, gather plums along the Gilman Boulevard Edible Landscape Tour.
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offers approximately 25 varieties of delectable plants along the roughly 1-mile route. After 10 years of living in Issaquah, Ye and Ying only recently discovered the incredible bounty the tour has to offer. “Driving through, we would see the trees but we never stopped,” Ying said. “We weren’t sure we were allowed.” Ye and Ying weren’t alone that morning, as two other groups capitalized on the free plums hanging from city trees. The edible trail draws outside visitors from surrounding areas who are fortunate enough to have a friend let them in on an Issaquah secret. Kirkland resident and fruit aficionado Charity Parrish was one of those lucky few. She called the edible tour “the land of milk and honey.” This was Parrish’s second visit this year. The trail had already provided her with a bagful of apples. Armed with professional fruit-picking tools, Parrish and her harvesting partner Tara Bliven of Redmond left no plum behind. “The more I take, the less the city has to clean up,” Parrish said. “You’re welcome, City of Issaquah.” Parrish plans to make jam from her bag of fresh plums, while her friend Bliven has simpler plans for her free fruit. “Eat as many as possible,” Bliven said. If there’s anything left, Bliven said, she might give a few away to friends. According to Fink, when the idea for the trail was proposed more than 30 years ago, using edible plants as landscaping along city sidewalks was an unusual concept. Trees generally blossom from January through May
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Trail signs point the way to the Gilman Boulevard Edible Landscaping Tour.
WHAT’S EDIBLE ON THE TOUR Italian plum, Shiro plum, Stella cherry, Earliblue blueberry, Chehalis apple, Stanley plum, Coville blueberry, Sam cherry, European filbert, Flemish Beauty pear, Meteor cherry, peach plum, Lodi apple, Nanking cherry, Service berry, Madeleine Angevine grape, English walnut, Aurora grape, Collins blueberry, Gravenstein apple, Spartan apple, Melrose apple, Poorman gooseberry, Bartlett pear, rugosa rose
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and bear fruit between July and October. A variety of edibles, ranging from apples and pears to gooseberries and walnuts, are all found along the unique trail. “If you’re interested in harvesting fruit, summer is the best time to walk the trail,” Fink said. Several varieties of apples
are expected to ripen very soon, but if you miss the chance to munch on an Issaquah apple one can still enjoy the towering poplars and red maple trees that line the street. According to Fink, no pesticides are used along the edible trail, but she encourages people to wash all fruit due to the close proximity
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The city’s Concept A for East Sunset Way retains parking on one side of the street. A center turn lane and shared-use 10-foot sidewalk are included.
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parking on both sides and had a center turn lane, but included no space for bicycles. Instead the from page 1 city proposed alternative off-corridor bike route said resident Mitch Pumpithat would funnel bikes to an, unconvinced any of the Southeast Andrews Street concepts presented by the and Northeast Alder Street. city would actually fix traffic The parking study by the congestion. city measured available He wants to see a bigger parking along East Sunset solution that might make a Way at four times during real difference. the day — 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 During the open house, p.m. and 6 p.m. — over five the city presented a parking weekdays at the end of July. study, two redesign concepts The results showed 21 and a build-your-road activ- percent of the current street ity, while several councilparking was occupied, leavmembers and a handful of ing 79 percent available. city staff members were “Stats can be looked at present to answer questions. many different ways,” said Both concepts included Allen Flintoft of Flintoft’s parking on at least one side Funeral Home and Creof the street. matory about the parking Concept A retained study. “Come measure durparking on only one side of ing a service.” the street and included a His family owns the shared-use 10-foot sidewalk funeral home on Sunset beon the other side, plus a tween Fifth Avenue Southcenter turn lane. east and Sixth. Concept B preserved Flintoft said during a
to a busy street and vehicle pollution. Walking maps of the Gilman Boulevard Edible Landscape Tour are available at the Issaquah Visitor Information Center located at 155 NW Gilman Blvd. The brochure offers tips to identifying the plants and best ways to enjoy each variety.
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Concept B for East Sunset preserves street parking on both sides of the roadway and includes a center turn lane. Bicyclists would be funneled to Andrews and Alder streets. normal service the funeral home’s 25-space parking lot is filled and often another 25 cars park on the street. Flintoft said it’s possible to find a solution that residents, business owners and the city can agree on “as long as we have a good dialogue and City Council listens to our concerns. “I don’t see that this improves traffic in our town,” he ultimately concluded about the Sunset Way redesign. Flintoft was not the only resident unconvinced by the parking study. Cherie and Brian Williams, who live along East Sunset, worry if parking is restricted on Sunset when family and friends visit, there won’t be anyplace from them to park. “The survey needs to be expanded,” Cherie Williams said. Her husband chimed in, “It’s not a representational study.” She said the survey didn’t
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take into account evening and weekend parking demand. The couple would rather retain parking on both sides of Sunset instead of adding trees and other landscaping to the street. According to Kurt Seeman, the city’s transportation manager, the study was done in-house and due to staffing and timing issues the city was unable to collect data in the evening and on the weekends. Residents had a chance to design their own concept for Sunset Way at the buildyour-road table, and with only 60 feet of road width to work with, residents had to make hard decisions. “It was a great way to educate and invite dialogue,” said Senior Program Manager Mary Joe De Beck. “Here are the challenges engineers have.” Councilmember Bill Ramos called the activity “power to the people.” According to Deputy City Administrator Emily Moon, a concept design will go before the City Council for final approval. She predicts the proposed plan will go before the Council Infrastructure Committee on Sept 15. and before the entire council during its Sept. 19 regular meeting. The city estimates the cost for the project will be $10.6 million. “The council backed itself into a corner allowing all this development, and all these (traffic) bottlenecks have been created,” Brian Williams said. “I’m not sure what can be done about it. The genie is out of the bottle in terms of overdevelopment.”
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Trunk ’n’ Treasure community sale is Aug. 20 Issaquah’s community garage sale is set for Saturday. Head to the Issaquah Community Center at 301 Rainier Blvd. S. and shop directly from the trunks of parked cars on Aug. 20. Shopping goes from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sammamish Symphony hosting free concert The Sammamish Symphony Orchestra presents “Viva Italia” for POPs! Goes Issaquah — a free concert sponsored by Rowley Properties. Get your free ticket at Rowley Properties, 1595 NW Gilman Blvd., Suite 1, during regular business hours. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis, and must be obtained prior to the concert. “Viva Italia” comes to Village Theatre, 303 Front St. N., at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 26.
Issaquah History Museums hosts history walk Issaquah History Museums is offering a stroll back through time to a past when Issaquah’s population was Photos by Greg Farrar / gfarrar@isspress.com around 1,000. At 10 a.m. Aug. 27, MuTicoTec co-founder Steve Sniff of Preston pours hot water into a Costa Rican-style chorreador coffee brewer, which is comprised of a wood base and a cotton drip filter seum Director Erica Maniez known as a bolsita. will take participants on an easy walk through the history of Issaquah and explain how a dairy town grew up into today’s bustling city. The tour will begin and end at the historic Issaquah Depot Museum. Participants should bring water and snacks, and leave animal companions at home. Tickets are $10 for general admission or $7.50 for members. Register online at bit.ly/2aVc6Up.
Low-tech coffee brewer receives high marks
Meet Camby, a 3-year-old Great Dane/Labrador retriever mix who is sure to provide you with plenty of love. His dashing black and white Camby spots are sure to steal your heart. Camby is excited for a family who will take him on nice long walks and give him all the love he deserves. Talk to an adoption advisor and meet sweet Camby today at Seattle Humane. Ninja is a petite 5-year-old sleek black female, a feisty little gal who is gentle at heart but made rough by a negative environment. Ninja It’s really all smoke and mirrors, though, and Ninja would love to be spoiled as an only cat where she can be her true sweet self. Come meet her at PetSmart in Issaquah, a Seattle Humane satellite location.
SENIORS FOR SENIORS, AUG. 19-21 In honor of National Senior Citizens Day we’re matching our seniors with seniors. The fees are waived on all of our cats and all dogs 7 years and up for adopters 60 years and older. Come into Seattle Humane and find your perfect match. To adopt these or other animals, call the Humane Society for Seattle/ King County at 641-0080 or go to seattlehumane.org. All animals are spayed/neutered, microchipped and vaccinated, and come with 30 days of pet health insurance and a certificate for a vet exam.
Preston’s newest business serves up what generations of Costa Ricans have long enjoyed TicoTec owners Steve Sniff (left) of Preston and his wife Linda share their love of the traditional Costa Rican method of brewing coffee with a chorreador.
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Despite warm aware of it here in our ple filtering technique that experience to design and “You think this is a hoax? weater, Steve said they met country,” said Steve Sniff, produces a superior taste, construct his own models. Should I answer?” she their sales goal of $500 one half of TicoTec, along the Sniffs attest, especially if After finalizing the design, recalled asking Steve. and figured a long, rainy with his wife, Linda. “A Costa Rican coffee is used. they incorporated a comHe learned the order weekend similar to Fall City few people we sold to don’t “Over there, the coffee pany name, TicoTec, to both was legitimate, crunched Days would have resulted in know what it is. It looks doesn’t cause jitters as honor the Costa Ricans who the numbers and filled the more overall sales. cool, so they bought it to much,” Linda said. “They affectionately call themcompany’s biggest order to Ultimately, the goal is for give it a try it. 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Open Farm at Fox Hollow Farm, featuring animal interactions, inflatables, playhouses, pony rides and miniature farm vehicles, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 12031 Issaquah-Hobart Road SE, $10 per person, children under 1 free, pony rides $5 extra, foxhollowfamilyfarm.com Play and Learn: Chinese, ages 2-5, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Meaningful Movies of Issaquah, documentary film “Where to Invade Next,” followed by discussion, 6:30 p.m., Issaquah Depot Museum, 78 First Avenue NE, meaningfulmovies.org Pizza & Picasso, ages 6 and older, 6:308:30 p.m., Museo Art Academy, 300 NE Gilman Blvd., $29, 391-0244, museoart. com Harmonious Funk, 7:30-11:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424 H3O, ages 21 and older, 8-11 p.m., $5 cover charge, Pogacha, 120 NW Gilman Bld., 392-5550
Challenge Day Soap Box Derby Race, check-in starts at 8:15 a.m. with two race sessions from 9-10:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. to noon, lunch served from noon to 1 p.m. by Sammamish Rotary, Southeast 24th Street alongside Discovery Elementary School, free, lifeenrichmentoptions.org/ events Farmers Market: Kids Day at the Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring handcrafted items for sale by local children, The Reptile Man (10-11:30 a.m.), Kid Magician Josh Czek (noon to 12:45 p.m.), Pickering Barn, 1730 10th Ave. NW Trunk and Treasure: Community Center garage sale from the back of car trunks, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 301 Rainier Blvd. S., 8373300 Snow Lake hike, moderate, 8 miles, 1,800-foot gain, 9 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., 633-7815, issaquahalps.org Olde Town Mine History Hike, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., $10/general admission, $7.50 Issaquah History Museums members, limited to 20 hikers, advance registration required, issaquahhistory.org Open Farm at Fox Hollow Farm, featuring animal interactions, inflatables, playhouses, pony rides and miniature farm vehicles, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 12031 Issaquah-Hobart Road SE, $10 per person, children under 1 free, pony rides $5 extra, foxhollowfamilyfarm.com Expressive Flowers and Mixed Media, ages 18 and older, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Aug. 20-21, artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., $118/member, $128/nonmember, arteast. org Sammamish Days Celebration, featuring live cultural entertainment, vendors, food trucks and lots of free activities, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sammamish Commons Plaza at City Hall, 801 228th Ave. SE Sammamish Walks: Pine Lake Park Artful Experience, an introduction to nature
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After a three-week suspension of service, the Issaquah Valley Trolley returned to the tracks last weekend but problems with the new rail crossing at Front Street forced trolley operators to stop runs just short of the thoroughfare. Rail repairs at the crossing are expected to take an estimated two or three additional weeks. “Instead of losing more running time, the crew here decided to get a little exposure and is running our weekends on a short run from Sunset to just short of Front Street,” Jake Olsen-Jacobsen of the all-volunteer trolley group wrote in an email. He said rides on the abbreviated route are free, but donations are welcome. drawing workshop and walk, all ages, free, 10 a.m. to noon, 2401 228th Ave. SE, sammamishwalks.org Open Farm at Fox Hollow Farm, featuring animal interactions, inflatables, playhouses, pony rides and miniature farm vehicles, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 12031 Issaquah-Hobart Road SE, $10 per person, children under 1 free, pony rides $5 extra, foxhollowfamilyfarm.com Ride the Issaquah Valley Trolley, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., free (donations welcome), Issaquah Depot Museum, 78 First Ave. NE, issaquahhistory.org Lego Build Event, ages 6 and older, 11-11:30 a.m.; children’s story time: “Mira Forecasts the Future” and “The Bot That Scott Built,” 11 a.m., Barnes & Noble, 1530 11th Ave. NW, 557-8808 or bit.ly/29e5p4C Nature Nook at Sunset Beach Bathhouse, 1-4 p.m., free, Lake Sammamish State Park, 2000 NW Sammamish Road, 360-902-8844, lakesammamishfriends.org Blood and Guts Exhibit, ages 5 and older, 12:30-3:30 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. SE, 392-3130, sammamishlibraryfriends.org Medicare Made Clear, for adults, 1-2 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Junior Ranger Programs, for ages 6-10, 3-4:30 p.m., Sunset Beach Bathhouse, Lake Sammamish State Park, 2000 NW Sammamish Road, lakesammamishfriends.org Copastetic, 7:30-11:30 p.m., Vino Bella, 99 Front St. N., 391-1424 The Davanos, ages 21 and older, 8-11 p.m., $5 cover charge, Pogacha, 120 NW Gilman Blvd., 392-5550
SUNDAY, AUG. 21 17th annual NWCCC 55-56-57 Chevy Car Show, 8 a.m., Triple XXX Root Beer DriveIn, 98 NE Gilman Blvd., 206-601-1762 Squak Mountain hike, moderate, 4.6 miles, 1,400-foot gain, 9:30 a.m., meet at 175 Rainier Blvd. S., 453-8997, issaquahalps.org Ride the Issaquah Valley Trolley, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., free (donations welcome), Issaquah Depot Museum, 78 First Ave. NE, issaquahhistory.org Party on the Plaza at Grand Ridge Plaza, featuring free lunch and ice cream, bouncy houses and kids’ activities, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., between Regal Cinemas and The Big Fish Grill, Issaquah Highlands Nature Nook at Sunset Beach Bathhouse, 1-4 p.m., free, Lake Sammamish State Park, 2000 NW Sammamish Road, 360-902-8844, lakesammamishfriends.org Guided Family Walk, all ages, 2-3 p.m., free, Sunset Beach Bathhouse, Lake Sammamish State Park, 2000 NW Sammamish Road, lakesammamishfriends.org
MONDAY, AUG. 22 Vintage Chevy of America Meeting/ Car Show, 6 p.m., Triple XXX Root Beer Drive-In, 98 NE Gilman Blvd., 392-1266 Colored Pencil Drawing Camp, ages 11-17, 9 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday, artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., $120/members, $130/nonmembers, register at arteast.org Sculpture and Recycled Art Camp, ages 11-17, 1-4 p.m., Monday through Friday, artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., $120/
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TUESDAY, AUG. 23 Summer Movie Express, $1, featuring “The Croods” and “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax,” 10 a.m., Regal Cinemas Issaquah Highlands, 940 NE Park Dr. KidsFirst! featuring Toy-Box Trio, 1-2 p.m., Sammamish Commons Plaza at City Hall, 801 228th Ave. SE, free The Issaquah Library Board meeting has been canceled Human Services Commission meeting, 6:30 p.m., Eagle Room, City Hall, 130 E. Sunset Way Rovin’ Fiddlers, 7-9 p.m., Issaquah Highlands Fire Station, 1280 NE Park Drive, rovinfiddlers.com Concerts on the Green: Los Orchids, 7-8:30 p.m., Community Center, 301 Rainier Blvd. S., free Evening Figure Drawing Session, ages 18 and older, 7-9:30 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., 10-hour pass $71/ member, $76/nonmember, arteast.org Author Visit and Demonstration: Nong’s Thai Kitchen, for adults, Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 24 Volunteer to help build Lake Sammamish State Park playground, three shifts from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., ages 18 and older, lunch will be provided, sign up at bit.ly/2bjFiqj
THURSDAY, AUG. 25 Volunteer to help build Lake Sammamish State Park playground, three shifts from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., ages 18 and older, lunch will be provided, sign up at bit.ly/2bjFiqj Mini Rangers Program, for ages 3-5, 10-11 a.m., free, Lake Sammamish State Park, 2000 NW Sammamish Road, lakesammamishfriends.org Civil Services Commission meeting, 4:30 p.m., Baxter Room, City Hall Northwest, 1775 12th Ave. NW One-on-One Computer Help, for adults, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Journaling: An Altered Book Workshop, 6-9 p.m., artEAST Art Center, 95 Front St. N., arteast.org Concerts in the Park: Tim Turner, 6:308 p.m., Pine Lake Park, 2401 228th Ave. SE New to Issaquah High School Night, 6:30-8:30 p.m., IHS Commons, 700 Second Ave. SE, 837-6000 Planning Policy Commission meeting, 6:30 p.m., Council Chambers, City Hall South, 135 E. Sunset Way Computer Class: Microsoft Excel 2013 Level 3, for adults, Issaquah Library 10 W. Sunset Way, register online at bit. ly/2aBuwyv
State decides it won’t close fall trout season on Lake Sammamish
THE ISSAQUAH PRESS AROUND THE WORLD The Issaquah Press traveled with 6-year-old Christian Proctor last month to Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød, Denmark. Christian and his father, Ian, went to Denmark earlier this month to visit family.
members, $130/nonmembers, register at arteast.org The Issaquah Park Board meeting has been canceled
Summer Movie Express, $1, featuring “The Croods” and “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax,” 10 a.m., Regal Cinemas Issaquah Highlands, 940 NE Park Dr. Knights of Columbus of St. Joseph Church blood drive, 1-7 p.m., walk-ins welcome or email heimlinn@aol.com to receive a confirmed reservation, 220 Mountain Park Blvd., 270-3818 Sensational Summer Smoothies, for teens, 2-3:30 p.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, register online at bit. ly/2aM8v1j Pop Up ART, help paint a portion of artEAST’s paragliding mural for Fantastic Fly-In, 4-7 p.m., Pedestrian Park, northeast corner of Front Street and Sunset Way Sammamish Farmers Market, 4-8 p.m., featuring music by Heav’n & Erth and childrens’ activitities making paperbag puppets, Sammamish Commons Plaza at City Hall, 801 228th Ave. SE, sammamishfarmersmarket.org Walk ’n’ Talk in the Park, 5 p.m., meet at bus shelter in Tibbetts Beach parking lot, Lake Sammamish State Park, 2000 NW Sammamish Road, lakesammamishfriends.org One-on-One Computer Help, for adults, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Issaquah Library 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430
By Mark Yuasa The Seattle Times It is now apparent that state Department of Fish and Wildlife has decided to not close Lake Sammamish and Lake Washington in early fall for trout and other game fish. These areas were planned to be closed under an agreement between the state and tribal fishery co-managers to protect coho salmon, but both parties have
now decided that sport fisheries for trout and other game fish in Lakes Sammamish and Washington will not significantly affect coho salmon due to low encounter rates with salmon during those fisheries. Both lakes will remain open from Sept. 1 through Oct. 31 for trout and all other game fish. The areas include a portion of Sammamish River from 68th Ave. NE Bridge downstream; Lake Washington Ship Canal waters
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Washington State linebacker Peyton Pelluer lines up against Colorado in Pullman last November. The former Skyline standout led the Cougars in tackles and received All-Pac 12 honorable mention accolades.
LOOSE ON THE PALOUSE Answer: I would definitely say so. We have lots of faith on all sides of the ball. We have some playmakers and guys coming back, so we’re all excited to see how much our work is going to pay off. It’s definitely going to be a fun season.
Former Skyline star Peyton Pelluer has become a starter and standout at WSU By Neil Pierson npierson@isspress.com Defenses can be much maligned groups in the world of Pac12 Conference football, but last season — particularly the final five games — saw some hopeful signs for the Washington State Cougars. New defensive coordinator Alex Grinch might’ve been the most obvious reason for WSU’s improvements. The Cougars yielded about 11 fewer points and 25 fewer yards per game than they did in 2014. With the exception of a blowout loss to Washington in the Apple Cup, WSU played solid — sometimes spectacular — defense over the final two months of the 2015 season. The Cougars won four of their last five games, including a 27-3 whitewashing of Colorado and a 20-14 victory over Miami, Fla., in the Sun Bowl. Coaching aside, the on-field personnel were also responsible for WSU’s 9-4 season, a huge jump from a three-win campaign a year earlier. And at the heart
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During his senior season at Skyline, Peyton Pelluer (52, right) shares a delirious hug at the Tacoma Dome with teammates as the Spartans won the state 4A football championship Dec. 1, 2012, over Bellarmine Prep. of the Cougars’ defensive turnaround was linebacker Peyton Pelluer, one of the nation’s top recruits at the position after helping Skyline High School win consecutive state titles in 2011 and ’12. Pelluer had a breakout 2015 season, notching a team-high 101 tackles, good for fifth in the conference. He added 11 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and an interception to earn all-confer-
ence honorable mention honors. WSU kicks off its season Sept. 3 against Eastern Washington and Pelluer, a redshirt junior, took time away from his busy training schedule to speak with The Issaquah Press.
Question: Do you feel big expectations being placed on this year’s WSU team? Do the players’ goals match what outsiders might think?
Q: You wear No. 47 for the Cougars just like your dad, Scott (a linebacker from 1977-80) did. Do you ask for his advice about football or does he give it unsolicited? A: He definitely does give advice – not as much as he used to and that’s because we’ve got a great coaching staff here. But he definitely gives me tips, whether it’s trying to be a better pass rusher or working on being quicker. I heed that advice and I’m thankful for him.
Q: Can you explain how your work with defensive coordinator Alex Grinch and linebackers coach Ken Wilson has made you better? A: Honestly, if it wasn’t for Wilson and Grinch, I don’t think I would be the same player on any other team. I owe a lot to the system, the coaching and the advice I get from them. They’re studs and they know way more about football than I’ll ever know. They’ve put me in spots to make plays. I’ve had to do my best to not mess it up and to just do my job. Q: Who among your defensive teammates are you closest with? A: Definitely my roommate, See PELLUER, Page 10
Lakeside Recovery bows out from Senior Babe Ruth series
Local athletes making their mark in collegiate arena
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By Neil Pierson npierson@isspress.com Colleges and universities around the nation are set to begin their fall sports seasons in late August and early September. Here are six area high-school products who should serve important roles for their teams. Crystal Anderson, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball: Anderson was a superb outside hitter during her days at Skyline, leading the Spartans to seventh place at the 2013 state tournament. Now a junior at CMS, a Division III program in Southern California, Anderson helped the Athenas go 27-6 and win their first conference tournament title in 2015. As a sophomore, she played in every match and was third on the squad with 305 kills. Russell Boston, College of Wooster football. The 2015 Liberty graduate is following in his father’s foot-
Q: Sports Illustrated’s preseason rankings have your main rival, Washington, as the No. 7 team in the country. Does that serve as motivation for your team? A: Rankings really don’t mean anything until November and your scores actually reflect how well you do. We’re focused on us right now and that’s how we do things around here. We don’t really care about how they’re doing because we’re worried about us.
Q: Some people pegged you as one of the top-25 linebacker recruits in the country when you left Skyline in 2013. How hard was it to sit out as a freshman redshirt? What did you do to get better during that year? A: It wasn’t that difficult. I’m still not the biggest or fastest linebacker in the conference, so it was good for me to sit out, learn my place, learn the defense, and just get stronger and faster. I’m kind of thankful for that year, to be honest.
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Crystal Anderson, shown here during her days at Skyline High, now plays volleyball for Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in Southern California. steps, excelling for a smaller school. Boston starred at running back for the Patriots and proved to be a dual threat as a freshman for the Fighting Scots, a D-III program in Ohio. He rushed See ATHLETES, Page 10
Lakeside Recovery took care of business in a must-win game but lost out on a game of wait-andsee. The team comprised mainly of Issaquah and Newport high school players won their poolplay finale on Tuesday at the Senior Babe Ruth World Series in Ephrata, rallying from a 3-0 deficit in the fifth inning for a 5-3 victory over Pacific Northwest regional champion Grays Harbor, Wash. Lakeside (40-25) finished 2-2 in National Division pool games and gave itself a chance of advancing to Thursday’s elimination round
but needed some help in other games. In the event of a three-way tie, the first deciding factor is runs allowed in all games. Lakeside would’ve advanced had pool winner Mobile, Ala., scored at least five runs in a victory over Pine Forge, Pa. Alabama won 3-2 on Wednesday, meaning Pine Forge (13 runs allowed) won the three-way tie with Lakeside (15) and Cape Cod, Mass. (17). The remaining tie between Lakeside and Cape Cod was not broken through total runs allowed but by head-to-head See SERIES, Page 10
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Mackenna Briggs, shown here during her Liberty High career, helped the University of San Diego set new school records in two events.
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for 340 yards and caught 32 passes for 238 yards, scoring four total touchdowns. Wooster has moved him to wide receiver as he enters his sophomore season. Boston’s dad, Russ, was a strong receiver during his collegiate career at Westminster (Pa.) in the early 1980s.
Mackenna Briggs, San Diego swimming: Liberty fans remember Briggs for leading the march to the school’s first state championship in girls swimming. Briggs was the Swimmer of the Meet – capturing the 50-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly titles – as the Patriots won the Class 2A crown in 2014. Briggs had a solid freshman year at the University of San Diego, helping the Toreros set new school records in the 400 medley and 800 free relays. She was also a first-team allconference selection in the 200 freestyle. Saif Kerawala, Washington men’s soccer: Kerawala, an Issaquah High product, used
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his redshirt as a UW freshman, but don’t expect him to sit after the Huskies’ star goalkeeper, Ryan Herman, was drafted by FC Dallas of Major League Soccer. Kerawala got some key work within the past year as the ‘keeper for Sounders 2, the minor-league affiliate of Seattle Sounders FC. His most notable appearance was in the U.S. Open Cup, when he started for S2 against MLS opponent Real Salt Lake. Kerawala’s 6-foot-4 frame, strong hands and mental fortitude should help him compete with Auden Schilder for UW’s starting assignment.
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offense on one hand, and it kind of allows us to take a back seat and just do what we do – play downhill, fast defense. And I think we from page 9 proved we could do that, Isaac Dotson. He played at especially toward the end of Newport High School and last year. he plays linebacker with me It’s going to be a fun now. year for our defense and The great thing about we’re excited to prove that college football is there are we shouldn’t be taken for so many guys from differgranted by the rest of the ent places in the country. conference. We’re playing I’m going to have a new with a chip on our shoulroommate, Paris Taylor, ders but at the same time who’s also a linebacker. He’s it’s nice having the offense from Florida. Parker Henry, kind of take the spotlight whom I played against at off us. Skyline in a state playoff game. Dylan Hanser, a rush Q: Do you still keep in touch with Skyline head coach Mat linebacker from Montana. Taylor and Don Bartel, who I named those guys just because they’re some of my was your defensive coordinator there before taking the reins at best buds, but this team is Eastlake? super tight. This defense is A: On winter break, I alsuper tight. ways go visit them with my Q: Do you feel the WSU deguys, (Southern California fense has made progress recently quarterback) Max Browne and what needs to happen to and (Eastern Washingbecome an elite Pac-12 defense ton wide receiver) Nic this year? Sblendorio. A: We’ve got the Air Raid Coach Taylor sent me a lit-
Max Levy, Denison University diving: Levy was a state champion during his Skyline career (2009-13) and has gotten even better at the Division III level, where he competes for the Big Red of Granville, Ohio. Levy was named the 2015 D-III Male Diver of the Year as a sophomore after winning national titles in the 1- and 3-meter events. He also broke Denison’s 11dive record on the 3-meter board as a freshman with 576.15 points. Levy didn’t win an individual NCAA title in 2016 but helped the Big Red win their third national team title after three straight
runner-up finishes. He opens his final collegiate season in October.
Rachel Wheeler, Washington women’s soccer: Wheeler was a key weapon for Issaquah coach Tom Bunnell from 2011-13, netting 24 goals as the Eagles twice reached the 4A state title game. She made regular substitute appearances for the Huskies as a freshman, then started 19 of 21 matches as a sophomore. She scored two goals and tied for second on the team with four assists. Wheeler is also working with a former rival — Skyline’s Amanda Johnston — as part of UW’s striker group.
tle care package, some new Skyline gear, just the other week. We keep in touch, for sure, because I owe a lot of my success in the past to them. They’ve taught me a lot, not only as a football player but as a man.
we’ll all be dying in team meetings. He makes it fun and interesting, but he’s definitely old-school and he knows his stuff. He expects a lot out of us – being accountable, responsible, doing our jobs. He never switches up. Q: What is WSU head coach He’s been saying the same Mike Leach like? Is it fair to say things, I’m sure, to us that his ability to shrug off criticism he said to his guys at Texas is something the players have Tech multiple years ago. picked up? He continues to preach the A: He is a character. He same lessons and I think it has one of the weirdest allows us to worry about us senses of humor that I can and avoid all that outside think of. He cracks jokes noise, which has been without even knowing it and monumental for us.
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and distant future as transportation needs evolve.” The Issaquah Transit Center at Newport Way and from page 1 State Route 900 is a 20-minute walk or a 5-minute bike homebuilder American ride from the development. Classic Homes. The parking study continDocuments on file with ues: “The project is looking the City of Issaquah say the towards current trends of project will include 20 stucar sharing (Zip Car, Cardio units, 53 one-bedroom 2-Go) and the mobile taxi units and 37 two-bedroom trends (Uber, Lyft) as adunits. A proposed parking ditional ways residents will plan includes 42 standard opt out of car ownership.” stalls, 63 compact stalls Add the Issaquah Apartand 5 micro stalls, for 110 ments project’s 110 units parking spaces in all — an together with 344 at Atlas average of one per unit. and the 93 that are in the The parking study notes works at the Inneswood that the development Apartments site on Newport expects residents to use Way Northwest, and the toexpand their transportation tal is 547 residences on an options beyond personal approximately 1,800-foot vehicles. “The project aims stretch of road surface that to feature a multi-use trans- begins on Newport, turns portation strategy to best east onto Juniper and the serve its tenants in the near turns north on Seventh.
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Newcastle enacts moratorium on new development downtown By Christina Corrales-Toy ccorrales-toy@isspress.com Newcastle is putting the brakes on any new development in its downtown corridor. The City Council enacted a moratorium on development activity in the area known as the Community Business Center, essentially closing its doors to new project permits for the next six months as it gets a handle on zoning regulations and plans for the CBC. “This is a very important step that we need to take to ensure that any future development meets the vision that we would like to see,” Newcastle City Councilman Allen Dauterman said. The move comes as residents have raised concerns about the current pace and style of development in Newcastle, City Manager
Rob Wyman said. He highlighted the 80-unit Newcastle Way apartment project, which sits in the CBC zone, as one development that caught residents by surprise. Neighbors felt blind-sided, believing that the space, zoned as “Office,” would be used for just that, Newport Woods resident Jessaca Jacobson told the Newcastle News in 2014. “We all assumed that would be office space,” she said. “And we could’ve coped with that.” But just because the property is zoned as “Office,” doesn’t mean it exempts it from the type of multiuse, multi-story housing development being built, according to city code. The city will hopefully use the moratorium to clean up some of that confusion in its municipal
“Right now, if we let another big apartment building come into this zone, we would not be complying with the wishes of our residents.” — Newcastle Mayor Rich Crispo explaining the reasoning behind the city’s moratorium on new downtown developments
code, Wyman said. The Planning Commission and council will likely look at design guideline updates, zoning code definitions and more over the next six months. There was a growing concern that the city had a glaring hole in its code that would allow a large apartment-only development in the downtown corridor, Wyman
said. As a result, getting a handle on the city’s mixed-use zoning codes will be key during this process. “Our mixed-use zoning, it’s called mixed-use, but in fact it doesn’t require that you do mixeduse,” Wyman said. “You could do pure apartments.” Staff and council members recognize that would not fly with residents who are worried about the city’s growth. “Right now, if we let another big apartment building come into this zone, we would not be complying with the wishes of our residents,” Mayor Rich Crispo said. Another reason the council approved the moratorium was speculation that an application for another multi-family project in the CBC was in the works. “We don’t have anything in the
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population, file into line on Issaquah-Hobart Road, largely as a means to access State Route 18 or Interstate 90. A permanent solution might be a long way off — nearly a decade down the road — prompting local politicians and transportation departments to seek short-term fixes to ease the traffic that is at best a recurring nuisance and at worst potentially deadly.
A highway through Front Street Most every morning and afternoon, downtown Issaquah turns into a major throughway for traffic, often to or from State Route 18. “Issaquah is hugely affected by Highway 18,” Issaquah City Councilmember Mary Lou Pauly said. “The interchange and other highways haven’t kept up with growth.” During the evening rush hour, all three Issaquah exits from Interstate 90 become “feeders” through the city, channeling commuters from the freeway to Newport Way, Front Street, and Second Avenue Southeast, then onto Issaquah-Hobart Road, Councilmember Paul Winterstein said. The direction reverses in morning rush hour, but the result is the same – severe congestion. The south end of town currently sees between 30,000 and 35,000 vehicles per day, Public Works Engineering Director Sheldon Lynne said. Two-lane roads like Front Street South and Issaquah-Hobart Road are designed to have a capacity of about 1,200 cars per hour, he said. If those 30,000 cars were spread evenly over 24 hours, the road would still be over capacity. A corridor study between Interstate 90’s Front Street exit and State Route 18’s Issaquah-Hobart Road exit was approved at the Aug. 1 City Council meeting. It is an informational study at this point, but Pauly worries that it could have ominous implications. “If we only look at one link and not the others, they’ll try to pave their way out of the problem,” Pauly said. “We’ll create a highway through Issaquah. That link is not the only link. The (I-90/SR 18) interchange is broken.” Accepting the excessively congested conditions on IssaquahHobart Road as normal, and living with those conditions in place, is an inappropriate starting point for design improvements, Pauly said, and if other routes to I-90 and SR 18 were working properly, the city would design for less capacity.
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Motorists begin the slow drive on state Route 18 westbound toward Tiger Mountain and Auburn in a view looking south Aug. 8 from Interstate 90. “I can hardly imagine any other downtown that would say ‘Well, because they won’t fix 405, could you reroute 30,000 cars through town?’ ”
Danger on the interchange A fiery crash on I-90 last month renewed concerns that congestion at the SR 18 interchange is, literally, a dangerous accident waiting to happen. Traffic often backs up for a mile or two onto the interstate both eastbound and westbound. The result is cars and trucks at a complete standstill only a few feet from 70 mph traffic in the next lane. The line of vehicles stopped on the freeway can seem to pop out of nowhere as fast-moving eastbound cars come around a freeway bend toward Exit 25. That’s what happened July 18 when the driver of a pickup truck didn’t realize traffic had stopped and plowed into the line of cars around 6 p.m. The truck and a car it hit both caught fire. One victim was pulled from her vehicle just before it exploded. Two people were hospitalized, one in serious condition. The accident closed all eastbound lanes of the freeway for nearly 2 hours. Other problems occur when drivers attempt to pull out from the stalled outside lane of traffic into the adjacent lane — a lesscongested turning lane to Snoqualmie Ridge. “People who are tired of waiting pull out from standing position into fast traffic,” Snoqualmie Police Chief Jim Schaffer said. “It’s dangerous.” The problem affects not just eastbound commuters coming home from work in Seattle or the Eastside, but also on the other
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parents and youngsters listened intently in a bus parked in the Issaquah High School parking lot. “These buses don’t have seat belts, so bottoms to bottoms, backs to backs keeps you nice and safe.” “The second rule is quiet, inside voices,” she continued. “Sometimes our buses will carry more than 60 kiddos so if everybody is loud, it gets way too loud on the bus.” She then cupped her left hand over her right, demonstrating the third and final rule: “Quiet hands and hands to yourself. Everybody’s allowed to have their own space on the bus.” With the new knowledge in
Go to issaquahpress.com to watch a video of the bus wash in action. hand, the quiet group of 5-yearolds was ready to embark on their very first school bus ride, a short trip that began with a sudsy crawl through the district’s bus wash and ended with a lesson in safely crossing the street. The highlight of the trip was the visit to the bus wash, located across the street from Issaquah High. The kindergartners pressed their faces against the window, as a staff member sponged the bus’ side before large cleaning bristles traveled along the vehicle’s length. “It’s like a real car wash,” one youngster exclaimed, as a score of oohs and aahs filled the bus.
side of the interchange coming westbound. “The scary part is when it gets backed up to the Snoqualmie Casino exit (27) and people try to get out of North Bend onto 90, it’s almost a blind turn,” commuter Travis Stombaugh said. “Some people try to weasel into traffic on 18 and stick their nose out into 70 mph traffic.” Stombaugh lives outside Enumclaw and commutes to work in North Bend via State Route 18 and I-90. He’s noticed the traffic worsen over the years. The wait from North Bend to get onto SR 18 can add 10 to 15 minutes onto an already long commute, he said.
Frustration breeds desperation While high-speed collisions are a concern on the interstate, smaller collisions are a common occurrence for drivers once they’ve made it to the interchange itself. The shoulders under I-90 are riddled with debris from fender benders and minor collisions. Many of these less-serious accidents are the result of drivers’ frustration. People can get irrational when fed up with traffic. Though Snoqualmie Ridge residents make up a considerable portion of the rush-hour traffic, most of the problem stems from the commuters getting onto westbound State Route 18. People will resort to all kinds of tactics to avoid waiting in the right-hand lane to merge onto the highway. There is of course the classic move of cutting into the right lane at the last second. Some cars will get more creative and take the less-busy Sno-
After that, it was a short freeway ride to Preston and then a return trip back to the high school, where kids learned to wait for the driver’s signal before safely crossing the street. The Issaquah School District’s re-creation of the school bus experience was true-to-form, but it was missing at least one thing — the watery eyes of parents ushering their kids off to school for the first time. The proud parents are likely saving the tears for the real thing coming in September, and the district’s bus drivers are ready for it. “I know it’s hard. They’ve been your little angels for the last five years,” Carey said, before she encouraged parents to let their kids take the bus on the first day of school. “We are OK if you follow us. We are used to driving a caravan on that first day of school.”
qualmie Ridge exit lane, turn left toward Snoqualmie Parkway, and flip a U-turn on the underpass. The move saves them a long wait in the merging lane but prevents the cars coming off westbound I-90 at the stoplight from having room to turn onto SR 18. Police sometimes stake out the spot and ticket people for pulling that maneuver. Others drivers will do the same, but continue onto Snoqualmie Parkway and find a place to flip a U-turn once on the Ridge. Southeast Jacobia Street can look like a roundabout during evening rush hour, with car after car pulling three-pointturns and turning at the stoplight back into traffic. Stombaugh once watched a Chevy Tahoe try to make a green light at the interchange by squeezing into the line of cars ahead. He blocked the intersection, and a dump truck with a trailer took off the Tahoe’s bumper, he said. The evidence of those types of collisions litters the interchange. James Willis and Rebekah McCandles sometimes sell huckleberries just off Snoqualmie Parkway on the corner of Southeast 96th Street. Stop-and-go traffic inches westward by them from 4 to 7 p.m., they said. “My mom works in North Bend and will drive all the way to the Preston exit and come back through Fall City” rather than wait in interchange traffic to get home to Snoqualmie, McCandles said.
Hope for improvements The problems at the interchange have not gone unnoticed by local politicians and officials.
door, but we were concerned that we might,” Wyman said. The moratorium passed 5-1, with Councilman John Dulcich abstaining due to the fact that his employer Goldsmith Land Development Services is the engineer of record on the AvalonBay project in the CBC. Deputy Mayor Gordon Bisset was the only one who voted against the moratorium, saying that people are out there waiting to develop properties. “We’re just going to delay it even more, investigate it even more, and I think I’m going to vote with property owners here,” he said. The City Council held a public hearing about the moratorium at its Aug. 16 meeting at Newcastle City Hall. The hearing occurred after this edition went to press.
State Sen. Mark Mullet helped secure approximately $150 million to make road improvements that could include a flyover lane on the interchange from I-90 to SR 18. The funding for construction, however, will not arrive until 2023. “Waiting until 2023 is unacceptable,” Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson said. Larson has been working to organize mayors of affected towns to provide testimony in Olympia about the need for quicker improvements. He meets with state Department of Transportation representatives every couple of months to examine the issue. Mullet said he has been working to get the funding two to three years sooner, and recently had a long meeting with WSDOT and State Patrol officials to figure out what could be done immediately to alleviate the traffic problems. “We talked about a parallel effort for solutions,” Mullet said. “What could we do immediately? What could we come out of the 2017 session with funding for?” They came up with three improvements they think will help in the short term. One is widening the shoulder on the first mile of westbound SR 18 to create a dedicated lane for a longer merger transition point, Mullet said. That would help get the gridlocked cars in the righthand exit lane moving off the freeway, Mullet said. “That seems like it would be really beneficial,” Stombaugh, who commutes on SR 18, said of the idea. Other improvements Mullet talked about were creating a dedicated lane for Snoqualmie Ridge residents to get on I-90, and also moving the weigh station that shares the onramp to westbound I-90. Freight and trade traffic account for 17 percent of the traffic moving through the interchange area, Larson said. The weigh station can slow things down. WSDOT is also working on a process or device before the interchange, like signs and blinking lights, to warn of traffic congestion ahead, Schaffer said. Mullet said he is laying the groundwork now to get those short-term improvements funded in January. “We want to walk in to Committee Days on Nov. 14 with the exact cost of those projects,” Mullet said. Mullet said he will make the argument that funds could be taken from the big 2023 interchange project to help alleviate the problem now, if need be. “It’s clear to me that we’ve got to do something,” Mullet said. “They have to understand the misery of the Snoqualmie community.”
Christina Corrales-Toy / ccorrales-toy@isspress.com
Incoming Issaquah School District kindergartners practice looking toward the bus driver before safely crossing the street.