25TH YEAR, NO. 34
THE PLATEAU’S ONLY LOCALLY OWNED NEWSPAPER
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2016
SAMMAMISH
FOOTBALL PREVIEWS
REVIEW
A look ahead for the three Plateau programs. Page 10
City plans virtual town hall Residents will get a chance to comment about growth in the city during the second virtual town hall launched this week. The virtual town hall is an online public-input tool that allows residents who are unable to attend city council meetings or other public forums to still voice their concerns or opinions and have them be heard by city staff and councilmembers. The first virtual town hall discusses communications methods and will remain open until late September. Since it’s launch on July 28 there have been over 600 visitors and 241 have provided a response to the survey. According to Larson the hardcopy city newsletter is the most-used source of city information and the preferred method of communication was email alerts. “Asking about communication was a good, safe way to get started, but now, with growth as the topic, it feels like we’re diving into the deep end,” Larson said. In conjunction with the second virtual town hall on growth, the city is hosting a round-table meeting on the same topic on Sept. 8 at 7 p.m., held at City Hall. Larson said a brief presentation on growth will be followed by small-group discussions led by councilmembers and planning commissioners with residents. “The Council wanted our second virtual town hall topic to be about growth so they could get an early glimpse of the feedback we’re likely to receive at the round-table meeting,” Larson said. To participate in either virtual town hall go to peakdemocracy.com/3838.
DELIGHTFUL DAY Olivia Corpuz, 11 (above), performs a Chinese folk dance with her fellow students from the Melody Institute of Seattle on stage during the annual Sammamish Days festival put on by the Parks and Recreation department Aug. 20 at Commons Plaza. Families turned out in force to enjoy face painting (at left), food, performances, bounce toys and vendors from the business community. Cultural music/dance performances also represented Ireland, India, Peru, Tahiti and Mexico, and Karate West students put on a martial arts demonstration. PHOTOS BY GREG FARRAR | gfarrar@sammamishreview.com
Contaminants found in Plateau water BY LIZZ GIORDANO lgiordano@sammamishreview.com
Trace amounts of perfluorooctane sulfonate, commonly known as PFOS, have been detected in a second Sammamish Plateau Water well that draws water from the Lower Issaquah Valley Aquifer. The detection is at a level significantly below what the Environmental
Protection Agency considers unsafe. According to the water district, this was the first time Well No. 8 had been tested since coming online in July.
Two samples, taken on July 27, detected PFOS levels of .026 and .029 parts per billion. The EPA has set a lifetime advisory level of 0.07 parts
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per billion for PFOS and perfluorooctanoic acid, known as PFOA, combined. “We will continue to test
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