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City, PSE at odds over $34,000 Renton says the money is owed over delays to a construction project By Brian Beckley bbeckley@rentonreporter.com
Hazen Gold team member Jesse Choi, right, competes in the team relay event at the World Sport Stacking Association 2014 Northwest Regional Championships this past Saturday at Auburn High School. Shawn Skager, Auburn Reporter
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Last year, during the federal government sequestration, the City of Renton fought with the Federal Aviation Administration over keeping the Renton Municipal Airport tower open. Funding was secured and the tower, which houses FAA air-traffic control staff, remained open. But this spring, a new wrinkle has ap-
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The work to widen Garden Avenue North and realign the intersection with Logan are complete, but the City of Renton is still wrangling with Puget Sound Energy over $34,000 the city says PSE owes for part of the project the city believes should have been the responsibility of the energy purveyor. The money is part of a $200,000 increase in the project budget that was recently approved by the City Council. According to Public Works Administrator Gregg Zimmerman, a series of delays on the Garden Avenue project, including changes to the design to allow new sidewalks to connect with the planned Highlands to Landing trail, changes in
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Spring is making its best effort as the sun shined on a blooming tree in downtown Renton this week, but it looks like the rains return just in time for the weekend. Brian Beckley, Renton Reporter
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Here’s to diversity The City of Renton this week was recognized by the National League of Cities and the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (NBC-LEO) at the 2014 City Cultural Diversity Awards for “Embracing Our Diversity” program. The city won first place in the 25,001-100,000 population category. In total, eight cities were honored on March 1, 2014, for implementing programs that enhance and promote cultural diversity in communities. The City Cultural Diversity Awards recognize municipal programs that encourage citizen involvement and show an appreciation of cultural diversity through a collaborative process with city officials, community leaders and residents. Photo courtesy City of renton
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Luther’s Table will host an art show opening reception for a joint project between St. Matthew Lutheran Church’s Breakfast Club and Art With Heart Friday, March 14. The event is 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Luther’s Table, 419 S. Second St., Suite 1, Renton. Katrina Sather, a program facilitator for Art With Heart, led teens and ‘tweens in creative expression workshops from September to earlier this month. The students, who drop into St. Matthew’s late school start breakfast program, produced 11 pieces of art that will be on display at Luther’s Table through March 25. The project is “less about art and more about helping them express themselves creatively,” said Sather. Art With Heart is a Seattle nonprofit that uses creative expression tools to help children overcome trauma.
About eight to 12 Renton kids participated in the project. St. Matthew facilitates their breakfast program for kids in the area, who typically attend McKnight Middle School. Students painted, did creative writing and visualization exercises, collage and worked with mixed media. “We really don’t focus on having end products, but we celebrate everything that they’ve worked through,” said Sather. Students were guided through the therapeutic journal “Chill & Spill,” which is published by Art With Heart. Mental health clinicians and life coach therapists provide the content for the non-profits’ books. The participatory workshops are designed to help students find healing, develop coping skills and build self-confidence. “We really do like to have shows like what Luther’s is offering us, so the kids can display their work,”
Renton students produced various forms of creative expression like this piece to make up the “Chill and Spill” art exhibit at Luther’s Table until March 25. submitted said Sather. All the student participants have been invited, along with the public,
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Feeding Program moves Friends of Renton Schools celebrates music By TRACEY COMPTON
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The Emergency Feeding Program of Seattle and King County now has a new home at The Landing in Renton. The organization is moving from its current space, which is in the former Green Fresh Market building off of Rainier Avenue, to the new facility at 851 Houser Way N. The program presently has a two-year lease at that space with St. Vincent de Paul, owner of the building, that expires the beginning of April. The Emergency Feeding Program supplies about 2,500 bags of food, from 14 different varieties, designed to feed families for multiple days. The program reports that it distributed 26,146 emergency grocery bags, serving more than 70,000 individuals in 2009. The new lease is for five years with a 15-year option and allows the Emergency Feeding Program
more space. Their current location is a little more than 7,500 square feet, while the new location is more than 9,000 square feet. “This organization has moved several times in its existence; we looked at it from a financial standpoint,” said Glenn Turner, interim executive director. “What would be more realistic for us in a long term situation and Renton welcomed us with open arms and we worked with the city. We’ve worked with the owner of the building, which is Merlino Construction and they provided us with a good opportunity.” The Emergency Feeding Program will hold an open house at their new location from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., April 12. All the program’s supporters, donors, volunteers and community partners have been invited. For more information on the Emergency Feeding Program, visit www.emergencyfeeding.org or call 206-329-0300.
The Friends of Renton Schools Foundation will host an all-day fundraising concert March 22 to support music programs in the Renton School District. The event is from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at The Landing, 828 N. 10th Place, Renton. The group’s goal is to raise $10,000 to improve programs and make music more accessible to more students. This is the second annual March Music Month in support of the district’s music programs. Friends of Renton Schools is a non-profit organization managed by community and business volunteers and dedicated to raising funds for education in Renton Schools. The all-day concert will feature 15 musical acts from Hazen, Renton and Lindbergh high schools as well as Sierra Heights Elementary
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they were out of time and had to move the works themselves. American with Disabilites Act standards Once that was completed, Zimmerman during the project and unexpected soil said PSE assumed they were off the hook conditions where light poles were to be for the work, but that was not the case. placed also contributed to the overrun. “The budget had already been negatively But among the costs is the money the impacted, ” he said, adding that the city had city is seeking from PSE regarding overto take matters into its own hands for the head power lines that the city had to raise sake of completing the larger project. as part of the project. The city sent the $34,000 claim to PSE According to Zimmerman, the 15-year in December. The company responded in franchise agreement the city signed with a letter dated Dec. 11, 2103, rejecting the PSE in 2000 includes the recognition that claim and stating PSE is not responsible for the city owns the rights-of-way in which the costs. PSE power lines are placed. In addition, Zimmerman said the city disagrees and the agreement says that PSE is required to is pursuing an “informal appeal” with PSE make and pay for the revisions adding that the city believes to lines in the right-of-way “in a “We’re saying ‘We timely manner and without cost think you guys owe us “they missed something” when reviewing the franchise agreeto the city” as not to cause delays for this one.” ment. to their projects. Gregg Zimmermann, “We’re saying ‘We think you Zimmerman said the project Public Works administrator guys owe us for this one,’” he required the movement of two said. power poles and the raising of Zimmerman said the dispute power lines to accommodate was “not a huge deal” and cited a lights in a different section of the project. “generally good relationship with PSE.” As required, the city notified the enRay Lane, a spokesman for PSE, also ergy purveyor in 2010 and the company cited a strong relationship with the city and responded in writing to say they would said in an email that “Things are still in complete the work. movement” regarding the repayment. But when crews were sent out, only the “PSE has a very good working relationpower poles were moved. The wires were ship with the City of Renton,” Lane said. not raised. “Every now and then, disagreements In 2012, Zimmerman said the city once happen, and this is one we are actively again brought the topic to PSE’s attention, even having a meeting on-site and explain- working to resolve. “We’re taking a close look at the situing that it was nearing a point where the ation and what actions can be taken,” he lines were going to affect the rest of the said. project and its deadlines and budget.
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Region not fully ready for disaster Is the Puget Sound region – home to more than 4.5 million people – adequately prepared for a disaster? That’s a tough one to answer comprehensively, many emergency preparedness experts admit. While the “big one” may be tricky to predict, experts know for certain that the region is prone to natural disasters. And that for the Seattle area, fractured as it is with fault lines, earthquakes top the list. Overlooking the valley, mighty Mount Rainier has been dormant since its last eruption around 1100 AD. But its activity – combined with its proximity to Seattle and Tacoma – makes any eruption there one of the most dangerous in the world, according to the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior’s Decade Volcano list. Such potential events concern Dr. Stephen Flynn of Northeastern University, a professor and one of the world’s experts on disaster resilience. Dealing with disaster is sort of his business, a source of his intense study. Flynn recently visited Seattle to talk with local leaders about the region’s readiness for a catastrophic event. Flynn, now leading a major study in the aftermath of SuperStorm Sandy that will be presented to Congress and the Obama administration, is soliciting responses to his study from leaders throughout the country. Upon his review, Flynn says, Puget Sound area leaders are paying attention to the warning signs, but concludes the region and notably its residents are no more fully prepared to deal with a disaster than are other parts of the country. Outside of emergency management professionals, too few of us spend any time considering how prepared our communities are, Flynn noted. “Your emergency management community is about as on top of it as anywhere in our country in terms of understanding the kinds of risk and working to prepare for those risk,” Flynn said. “(But) your area, like much of the country, is not where it needs to be. “Increasingly, as citizens, we expect the professionals to take care of this. . . . When something goes wrong, we pay for emergency managers . . . fire and police . . . they’re supposed to fix this stuff,” Flynn said. “The reality is . . . it certainly came through from the Katrina and Sandy experiences … that the first-responders are almost always your family, your neighbor or the stranger near you. There’s not enough professionals around,” Flynn said. Flynn said he believes the lessons learned from SuperStorm Sandy and Hurricane Katrina can help our region better prepare for such an event. But it remains a challenge. While cities, such as Renton, are equipped [ more disaster page 7 ]
Olympia: Teen tan Rx; bikers, go ahead, turn left on a red It is becoming clearer what new laws will emerge from the two-month legislative session set to end Thursday night. For those keeping count, 11 had been added to the books as of Wednesday afternoon with dozens of bills still to be sent to Gov. Jay Inslee for his signing in the coming weeks. Not every piece of legislation earns a headline. Here are a few that have, and have not. • Maximum Funblock for Minors: Teenagers are barred from using tanning beds unless they have a prescription from their doctor for a few doses of artificial sun. And if you look 17 or younger, prepare to show a photo ID in order to use the equipment. • Left Turns on Red: It’s going to be legal for motorcyclists soon. If a motorcycle does not trigger a traffic light to change and the rider waits through a full cycle of the signal, they can run it. • No Peeking: Unmanned aerial systems, AKA drones, will keep flying overhead. But city, county and state law-enforcement agencies can’t equip them with a “extraordinary sensing device” to track people below for an investigation without a warrant. • Vino to Go: Growlers aren’t just for beer drinking. Owners of Washington wineries will soon be able to sell growlers and kegs of wine at their tasting rooms. Customers can also bring in their own growler for a fill up. • Gin and Tonic, Hold the Rummy: Nonprofit senior centers can soon add Happy Hour to Jerry Cornfield
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Region needs to do more to learn how to recover [ Disaster from page 6] to mobilize in the event of a more isolated flood or mudslide, the region as a whole needs to better prepare for a widespread disaster. Flynn hopes the country, region by region, broadens its commitment to become better prepared for these events, both in terms of negating the risks and recovering quickly from a crisis. It’s not a matter of “if ” disaster strikes
Free breakfast for seniors on Saturday Renton seniors can enjoy a free breakfast cooked by the Knights of Columbus Renton Council this weekend at the Renton Senior Activity Center. The Knights’ 29th annual Renton breakfast will feature pancakes, eggs, sausages, fruit and assorted beverages. The meal runs from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 15. The annual breakfast, prepared and served by Knights of Columbus volunteers from St. Anthony and St. Stephen the Martyr Parishes, honors seniors for the many ways they contribute to making Renton a great community to live. The Knights of Columbus have served the annual breakfast for more than 20 years. “We do this breakfast as part of our mission to serve the community,” said Miguel Quiroz, Grand Knight of the Knights of Council at St. Anthony Parish, in a press release. “It is usually on the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day and is a fun time for attendees and volunteers.” Dan Kellogg, longtime Estate Attorney in Renton and Kent, www.dankellogg. com, contributed funding for the food for the event, as he has done for the prior two years. The Knights of Columbus thanks him for this support. The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic, Fraternal, Family, Service organization with nearly 1.7 million members worldwide www.kofc.org. In Renton, the Knights of Columbus also helps at the ARISE homeless men’s shelter, supports St. Vincent de Paul, raises funds for Special Olympics of Washington and for needy Haitian children and assists with other charitable works.
but when, Flynn says. “It will happen. We will have a major disaster in the Puget Sound area. It is almost certainly going to be a major earthquake,” he said. “I state that out front because to the larger extent . . . every part of our country has gone through a disaster. “We wait until they happen, and we cope well when they happen. . . . But what we know is they are less frequent than we often presume them to be, and there’s a lot more we know about them now and what we can do about them in terms of reducing their impact.” Regions need to be better prepared for a disaster, considering the geographical dependency on infrastructure, the power grid, water, communication and extended transportation, Flynn cautioned. The Seattle region is a global leader in technology and advanced manufactur-
ing, as well as a major military hub that depends on the reliable operation of critical infrastructures in the energy, transportation, communications and IT sectors. A major disaster has the potential to endanger millions of lives and cause major disruptions to our communities and businesses, as well as undermine the capacity for the U.S. military to carry out its national security mission, Flynn noted. “(For instance) Seattle and Tacoma are the umbilical cord to Alaska in terms of all its logistical needs,” he said. “If you get knocked down, then Alaska will feel it.” But, in the aftermath of a disaster, we somehow recover. “I can always find things that I wished we had done up front to basically reduce the mayhem that was caused. But I often always marvel at our capacity to work our way through these things and get back on
March 14, 2014 [7] our feet,” Flynn said. “My message is we just try to do both. We should spend equal measure and efforts to anticipate and prepare and reduce the cost of these events as well as pat ourselves on the back about how quickly we bounce back.” Beyond the professional community, residents need to take more personal responsibility in emergency preparedness. Not everyone is risk literate, Flynn acknowledges, but it’s a civic duty for those who are physically able to become trained, ready and willing to help their neighbors in times of trouble. “They will almost certainly happen,” Flynn said of disasters, man-made or natural. “We just hope they don’t happen tomorrow.”
Mark Klaas is editor of the Kent Reporter. He can be reached at 253-872-6600.
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Blood running down his mouth, a 49-year-old Renton man flagged down an officer on Renton Center Way on March 1 to report he had just been assaulted by three men. The men’s car was just turning onto Rainier Avenue South, but the officer caught up with them. A woman was in the car with them. The victim and the woman had just broken off their engagement. He was “jumped” by the three men in the car in the parking lot and kicked and punched. She was getting a ride to her new residence. Only one of the men openly admitted to assaulting the victim, whom he said was carrying a key and he feared for his safety, so he defended himself. One of the men in the car, who is homeless, had objected to the men getting out of the car because he needed to go to the mosque to pray.
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Renton firefighters climb tower to fight leukemia Nineteen members of the Renton Fire Department made the trek up the Columbia Center’s 1,311 steps on Sunday to help raise money for the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. So far, Renton firefighters have raised more than $23,000 to fight the disease. This year, like last year, the department’s team climbed the stairs in honor of retired Deputy Chief Art Larson, who lost his battle with the disease in January 2013. Larson served with the department for 33 years before retiring in 2006. All of the department’s members completed the climb, which totals 69 stories and 788 vertical feet. Renton’s top finisher was Josh Brown, who completed the climb in 14:44 minutes to finish 48th out of 1,653 climbers.
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Hazen snowboarder headed to nationals Mother-son bonding experience takes pair to championship By TRACEY COMPTON tcompton@rentonreporter.com
Renton teen Austin Buza is headed to the United States of America Snowboard Association’s National Championships in Copper Mountain, Colo., at the end of March to compete against the top teens in the nation in snowboarding. Sixteen-year-old Buza has been snowboarding since age 4 and has high hopes. The competition is the first national showcase on a road that could lead to the Winter X-Games. The sophomore at Hazen High School will test his best tricks and style against 70 other snowboarders in the slopestyle competition at nationals. Slopestyle is a course of rails and jumps. “I was excited at first and then I thought about actually going and competing against other kids, who are pretty good too,” said Buza. “And so I do actually have some competition.” He had competition locally, Buza said, but realized the field of boarders gets tougher at nationals. “I just got to focus and become prepared,” he said. “There’s not really a ritual to doing anything; it’s just going there and thinking about what you have to do and practice every weekend.”
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Austin Buza’s tricks and style landed him a spot at the USASA National Championships in Colorado. submitted Buza spends about every use the chair lift and it was weekend and Wednesdays practice, practice, practice driving up to Snoqualmie after that, she said. or Stevens Pass to practice “I do remember crying a with his mom, Sharon lot and falling,” said Buza. Buza. “I remember me being on The two have formed a her back and her carrying special bond around the me up the hill.” sport, as his mother was Buza was spotted by the first to introduce him to Snoqualmie instructor and snowboarding and his earli- coach Phil Thomas and recest instructor. She tried to ognized by him for having get him on skis first, but he real potential in Thomas’ wanted nothing to do with lessons. Buza began them, she said. She spotted competing around age 11. a gentleman at Stevens Pass He placed third in his first with a 99 Chopper, a little competition at the Greensnowboard big enough for horn Games in February her 4-year-old son, and she 2010 at the Summit at Snogot one. qualmie. Then he placed She tried putting Buza first in two consecutive in a lesson, but he didn’t trips to the Minor Threat like that and so she, an avid competition at Stevens Pass snowboarder herself, bein 2011 and 2012. come his first teacher. She For Buza, snowboarding set up an obstacle course of has always been just for water bottles and gloves for fun, although he’s naturally him to board through and talented at it. He didn’t get find his edges. Eventually, [ more board page 16 ] he became good enough to
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serious about it until he qualified for nationals, he said. His fanciest tricks are his 720, which is twice around, and a cork flip. He admires and appreciates top snowboarders like Mark McMorris and stunts like the triple cork, which is three flips. Buza hopes to get in lots of practice time beAustin Buza tween now and March 29, when nationals start at Copper Mountain. He will compete on Wednesday, April 2. His mom and dad, Peter, will be in Colorado cheering him on. Sharon Buza said she knows she’ll miss their trips to the mountains together once her son goes off to college. “It’s just awesome; it’s something that we can do together,” she said. “We go to the mountain; we talk in the car. You know to be up there to do something together, it’s a closeness that we share.” Buza will be judged on the difficulty of his tricks, his style and amplitude, or height, and whether he sticks his landings. “I’m nervous a little bit just knowing that these kids are actually pretty good too,” he said. “I just have to do what I do, concentrate on what I have to do to win.”
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