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FINAL CURTAIN CALL

City to use state grant and loan to restore Tosh Creek SAMANTHA PAK spak@redmond-reporter.com

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On March 12, about 100 members of the greater Redmond community — from residents to business owners to members of local advocacy groups and churches — and about 20 members from the City of Redmond staff filled the Bytes Cafe at City Hall to address homelessness in the area.

The meeting was prompted by growing concerns throughout the community.

“It’s a complex problem that we’re definitely not going to arrest our way out of,” said Redmond Police Chief Ron Gibson.

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For Tasha Witherspoon, those concerns include vandalism and unauthorized access to the apartment

building she manages in Redmond. Witherspoon — along with about eight residents from her building — attended last week’s meeting as representatives for the roughly 200 residents in their community.

She said they had hoped to voice their concerns.

And while some of those concerns were for their own safety and their families’ safety, Witherspoon said her residents were also concerned about the homeless community’s safety — especially the younger demographic.

“A lot of them wanted to help and just didn’t know how,” she said.

Helping and trying to find a solution was one of the objectives of the community meeting.

Colleen Kelly, assistant director of community planning for the city, said in

Community members discuss concerns and solutions about local homelessness. SAMANTHA PAK, Redmond Reporter trying to figure out successful strategies, it makes sense to get together and work with others.

“The solutions are not all in government,” she said.

Gibson agreed.

“They’re all part of the solution,” he said.

Both he and Kelly stressed that the goal of last week’s meeting was not to come up with a solution

immediately. The meeting was just to get the conversation going in the community and come up with some long-term solutions.

“This is just a starting point,” Gibson said.

Since December 2014, he said they have met with police and human services with other Eastside cities such as Bellevue, Kirkland, [ more HOMELESS page 7 ]

In February, the Washington State Department of Ecology awarded the City of Redmond a grant for $4.9 million and a low-interest loan for $1.63 million to help fund the restoration of Tosh Creek.

The money comes from the department’s Water Quality Financial Assistance, which Steve Hitch, a senior stormwater engineer for the city, said has set aside $100 million to go toward restoring the waters in the greater Puget Sound.

IDENTIFYING THE RIGHT PROJECTS

been a great partner by providing technical and financial support toward meeting this goal.”

In 2014, the press release states, the city received a $250,000 National Estuaries Program grant from the Department of Ecology to help fund a study of the Tosh Creek Watershed. The study was conducted by the city and its consultant team, RH2 and NHC, and Hitch said they just completed the study.

From the study, he said the city produced the Tosh Creek Watershed Restoration plan, which identifies several projects, including the 159th Avenue Vault, to be constructed during a five-year period.

Other projects in the plan include modifying a nearby pond for it to hold more water and to address some of its drainage and seepage issues. There is also one more detention vault in the plan.

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According to a press release issued by the city, this funding will be used to construct a new stormwater detention vault and stormwater treatment facilities near the 4700 block of 159th Avenue Northeast.

Tosh Creek is one of six streams that are part of the city’s 2013 Watershed Management Plan.

Hitch said Tosh Creek was selected as a priority stream for restoration and is the first one in the plan the city will be tackling.

The next one on the list will be Monticello Creek and the remaining four streams are Clise, High School, Bear and Evans creeks.

“Redmond constantly works to make a healthy environment part of our city’s future,” said Redmond Mayor John Marchione. “We prioritized Tosh Creek through our Watershed Management Plan as a waterway that will significantly regain health in the near future.

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AN ERODING ISSUE

Roger Dane, a senior planner for the city’s natural resources division, said the location for the first stormwater detention vault underneath 159th Avenue Northeast is very strategic as that is the area that has the most problems.

He and Hitch explained that currently, stormwater runoff is flowing into the creek from existing urban development in the area and causing erosion at a higher rate than they would like. They said as the water rushes into the stream, sides of the stream are sloughed down, causing the water channel to become deeper. [ more TOSH CREEK page 3 ]

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The Washington State Transportation Commission (WSTC) decision to set the toll rates for Interstate 405’s HOV lane at Kirkland City Hall Wednesday, was preceded by a mass exodus from attendees who felt their voices had fallen on deaf ears.

Prior to the motion, which received no opposing vote, commuters and local residents lambasted the toll during the public comment section as a “regressive and discriminatory” tax that would merely exacerbate the current traffic congestion.

The vote sets the toll minimum at 75 cents and

the maximum at $10, albeit 90 percent of tolls will be less than $4, according to Tolling Division Assistant Secretary Craig Stone.

One of the rationales for the toll, according to Stone is that I-405’s highoccupancy vehicle (HOV) lane is not meeting state and federal requirements for vehicles to be traveling at 45 mph 90 percent of the time. Instead, Stone said, vehicles are driving at that speed only 60 percent of the time, despite adding nine transit centers, 5,000 new park and ride parking stalls and 1,700 vanpools since 2002. Toll rates will adjust depending on traffic in order to maintain the 45 mph requirement.

WSTC also set exemptions for carpools with

three or more people, vanpools, buses and motorcyclists. To use the express toll lanes free, drivers must have a Good To Go! account and a Flex Pass.

Carpools will also have to get a transponder to place in the vehicle.

The toll will affect the existing carpool lane on I-405 from State Route 522 to Interstate 5, along with two lanes between Northeast 6th Street in Bellevue and SR 522 in Bothell, a total of 17 miles.

Left out of the exemptions were two-person carpools during peak hours, which were defined as between 5-9 a.m. and 3-7 p.m. The mass exodus of attendees occurred after WSTC Vice Chair [ more TOLL page 12 ]

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Police Blotter The police blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical roundup of all calls to the Redmond Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Redmond Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Redmond, which gets more than 500 calls (emergency and nonemergency) per week.

Wednesday, March 18 Shoplifting: At 3:32 p.m., police received a shoplifting report from the 17200 block of Redmond Way.

Identity theft: Officers responded to a report of identity theft at 12:36 p.m. from the 13300 block of Northeast 69th Way.

Tuesday, March 17 Identity theft: Police responded to an identity theft report at 2:13 p.m. from the 17200 block of Northeast 20th Place.

Vehicle prowls: From about 9 a.m. to 7:45 p.m., officers responded to five vehicle prowl reports.

Monday, March 16 Burglaries: Officers responded to two burglary reports. The first one was non-residential and came in at 8:05 a.m. from the 14800 block of Northeast 36th Street. The second report was a residential burglary and came in at 4:58 p.m. from the 18300 block of Northeast 99th Way.

Vehicle prowls: Between 6:45 a.m. and about 9 p.m., officers responded to seven vehicle prowl reports.

Sunday, March 15 Attempted shoplifting: At 2:41 p.m., officers responded to a report of an attempted shoplifting at 2200 block of 148th Avenue Northeast.

Saturday, March 14 Vehicle prowls: Officers responded to four vehicle prowl reports throughout the day. One came from the 7400 block of 134th Avenue Northeast. One came from the 16600 block of Northeast 48th Court. Two came from the 16500 block of Northeast 48th Street.

Friday, March 13 Vehicle prowl: Officers received a vehicle prowl report at 6:14 p.m. from the 7200 block of 166th Avenue Northeast.

Malsch pleads not guilty following hit-and-run collision one of the vehicles involved in the collision, during which both vehicles — Malsch’s red 2008 Volkswagen Rabbit and Ey’s white 2010 Honda Fit — had exited State Route 520. A Redmond Police Department K-9 team tracked Malsch a short distance away, and according to the report, court documents state that after he was located, one officer “noted a faint odor of intoxicants on Malsch’s breath and another noted he had physical signs consistent with having consumed intoxicants.”

Malsch’s case setting hearing is scheduled for April 2.

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Hitch said the detention vault — which is basically a big box in the ground — will collect the stormwater runoff from the pavement and release the water back into Tosh Creek slowly to help control the flow of water. The vault will be about 1,000-feet long and

hold about 650,000 gallons of water.

After the Tosh Creek Watershed Restoration plan’s five years of projects, Hitch said they will take a look at the stream and its flow to see how they have been affected.

In addition, the city will check the water quality to see if there are any chemicals in the stream. They will also be checking the bug and insect levels in the stream.

“If the bugs are happy, the fish are going to be happy,” Hitch said. “Right now, the bugs aren’t happy.”

The city is now in the process of hiring the consultant team that will design the vault, the press release states. This summer, the team will begin outreach to residents who may be impacted by the project.

Construction is proposed in 2017. According to the release, building the 159th Vault will put the city on track to reach restoration goals in Tosh Creek.

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Dane said in a natural (undeveloped) setting, there is some erosion but not as much as that is currently happening with Tosh Creek.

“It’s totally out of whack,” he said about the situation.

As the stormwater rushes in more often, Dane said, it brings in too much sediment such as sand and clay.

This sediment will then settle at the bottom of the stream and get packed in between the gravel, making it difficult — if not impossible — for bugs and insects to live there.

“And that’s not good for the stream or the fish,” Hitch said, as the fish eat the bugs and insects.

He said in 2013, the city replaced a culvert — a tunnel carrying a stream or open drain under a road — under West Lake Sammamish Parkway to help with flooding in the area as well as collect some of the sediment. But now, they want to stop that sediment from entering Tosh Creek.

In a healthy stream, Dane

gravel at the bottom, allowing bugs and insects to live there and move freely.

Dane said currently, Tosh Creek contains some fish, including trout and salmon.

He added that some salmon do spawn in the stream, making it a higher priority for restoration. Hopefully, Dane said, with the planned improvements, they will see more fish in the creek.

“The 159th Avenue Vault project will restore stream flows and improve water quality in Tosh Creek,” Marchione said. “This, in turn, creates the robust aquatic habitat needed to restart salmon runs and leave a lasting legacy for our community.”

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Taking action to improve transporation We all love to think the area we live in is world class – for unparalleled beauty, shimmering waters and majestic mountains, great food, and the great outdoors. But the “world class” label bestowed upon us in a Seattle Times newspaper column last fall – “Hey, we’re world class! For truly terrible traffic” – should serve as a wake-up call for action.

That headline came after the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) released its 2014 “Congestion Report,” showing us that the gridlock and brake-tapping we’ve been stewing in for years has gotten significantly worse.

Between 2011 and 2013, a WSDOT report indicated that the annual congestion cost per commuter on SR 520 corridor was $960. What it adds up to is a frustrating mix of lost productivity, lost family time, increased air pollution, and increased stress.

Now is the time we must invest in transportation infrastructure that enhances mobility and safety, protects our economy and our job base, and preserves a quality of life we cherish here.

In Olympia, the Washington State Senate has approved a 2015 transportation revenue-and-reform package that makes some critical down-payments on the worst of our transportation problems here in Redmond and throughout King County and the State of Washington.

The Senate’s package would invest significant revenue to finally complete the State Route 520 project on the west end, and to build a critically important direct “Overlake Access Ramp” in our area at SR

520 and 148th Avenue. It also provides revenue options that will allow Sound Transit to offer a “ST3” package on the ballot next year that would bring light rail to downtown Redmond.

Of course, there’s still a long way to go to make this 2015 transportation package a reality. We believe the Senate’s work represents a great start, but there are critical improvements still needed in the bill.

We are asking our Legislators to include funding for an SR 520 Regional Trail grade separation at Northeast 40th Street. We also need an amendment to move the funding SR 520/148th Overlake Access Ramp from 2023 to 2018.

Now it is the House of Representatives’ turn to put its own stamp on this legislation. The House and Senate both have ideas for the package that the other chamber will find offensive.

That’s the nature of the political process and divided government. We need your help to urge lawmakers and the Governor to work through the partisan differences and find common ground. We have to do this because we can’t afford any more delay.

We are truly at a crossroads with a transportation system that is our lifeblood. Our choice is to allow it to get worse, or take action and improve transportation networks for the good of our workers, our ports, our people, and our families.

The House Transportation Committee will be holding a hearing on the transportation package on March 26. We ask that you help us with a simple message to all state legislators: “Let’s do this now!”

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dents and the entire state of Washington.

Thinking of Redmond as I make decisions on our community’s behalf in Olympia, is a perfect reminder of the real world opportunities and challenges we have in state government.

During the current legislative session, we’ll add more than $1 billion to K-12 education. Administrators will see the difference in total dollars, but by thinking of what that will mean to Redmond, students and teachers in the Lake Washington School District will see the true benefit.

Another main goal for the session is to again freeze tuition at state colleges and universities. Since becoming the lead Senate budget writer in 2013, I have worked to hold the line on tuition increases that ballooned out of control during the previous decade, creating a hidden tax on middle class students and families. By prioritizing education we were able to freeze tuition two years in a row for the

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While writing a budget in Olympia that impacts every single Washingtonian and business, I spend a lot of time reviewing massive amounts of data and policies that go into making decisions in the Legislature. While it’d be easy to get lost in the numbers and analysis, it’s actually quite simple by always remembering the impact these decisions have on people at home: by thinking of Redmond.

Instead of addressing K-12 education as a line item, I think of students in the classrooms of Emily Dickinson Elementary School. A targeted investment will give struggling students the supplemental tutoring they need to improve in reading and get on a better academic track.

Instead of reviewing only dollar figures when upgrading our transportation system, I think of our friends and neighbors who sit in traffic just trying to get onto State Route 520. An investment in interchange improvements will get them to work faster and reduce accidents.

When analyzing tax policy that affects Redmond businesses small and large, established and new, I think of the discussions I have had with small business owners about their personal experience navigating government.

When sponsoring and passing last year’s Vulnerable Individuals Priorities (VIP) Act, instead of only reviewing federal matching grant policies, I remember the many Redmond families I have spoken with that needed assistance caring for their children with developmental disabilities.

Since I was first elected to the Legislature in 2010, I’ve had thousands of conversations with Redmond community members, Eastside King County resi-

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first time since 1981. Accomplishing this was not simple and it will not be easy to do it again.

But then I think of the many Redmond students I’ve had the privilege to meet attending Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Cascadia Community College or the University of Washington, among other schools. Hearing their personal stories of increasing student debt and demand for skills in the job market makes it all that much more important to go to Olympia, advocate on their behalf, and think of Redmond.

Sen. Andy Hill, a longtime Redmond resident, represents Redmond, Duvall, Kirkland, Sammamish and Woodinville (45th Legislative District) in the Washington state Senate and serves as chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee.

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Preserve the Nokomis building The Nokomis Clubhouse, that little yellow house by Redmond Way & 161 Street, is set to be demolished and turned into a five-story apartment complex. My heart sinks every time I walk by and realize this building may not be here for future generations to enjoy.

The building recently housed McDonald’s Book Exchange after their previous location was also turned into an apartment complex. Before that it served many roles, but the most important is in my opinion: Redmond’s first public library.

Just check out the page dedicated to the Nokomis House in the Redmond Historical Society’s website. How a building goes from historic site to “suitable for demolition” is beyond me.

There is a sign on Leary Way calling Redmond a “Preserve America” city. If we’re truly going to take credit for preserving a part of America we cannot do things halfway. We cannot save only the conveniently placed historic portions of our city. We need to take a stand against blind greed and preserve what little there is left of historic Redmond.

We’re a high tech city and with it comes a high tech lifestyle, but every now and then we need to be reminded of how far Redmond has come. Preserving Old Nokomis clubhouse will show current and future generations how fast a community can grow. The Nokomis clubhouse is a testament to the progress of Redmond and should be preserved.

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Growing students, growing communities Sammamish are all growing. These are wonderful communities in which to live, work, and raise a family.

The Lake Washington School District is among the fastest growing school districts in the state for the last few years. Current enrollment stands at 26,708. Based on our trends, enrollment is projected to grow by 4,000 students over the next eight years.

This growth presents challenges for our district. Just to accommodate student enrollment in the next three years, Traci Pierce

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As superintendent of the Lake Washington School District, it seems like everywhere I go I see growth. First and foremost, I am proud of I fact that we are a thriving district, focused on student learning. I love to be in our schools interacting with teachers. I love seeing our students grow and flourish academically. I also see growth each time I drive to a visit a school. Development and tangible growth is occurring across all of the communities served by the district. The cities of Kirkland, Redmond, and

we need more than 70 additional classrooms across the district. We have a short-term plan in place that includes adding 30 more portable classrooms across the district, making permanent classroom additions, and using spaces designed for other purposes as classrooms.

We had to complete a district-wide boundary process this past fall to move students to where there will be classroom space for them next year.

These short-term solutions are not ideal, but they are necessary. Every child in our district needs and deserves a classroom.

In our schools we teach our students to solve

complex problems, and we teach them the power of collaboration to find the best solutions. As a school district, we know that we need to collaborate with our communities to address our district’s challenges: lack of classroom space and aging facilities. While we have a short-term fix to for our immediate need for additional classrooms, we need to work handin-hand with our communities in order to find a long-term solution.

That is why we have convened a 63-member Task Force to collaborate on a long-term facilities planning strategy for our district. This group

of parents, community members, business leaders, and staff members has been studying and analyzing our existing building conditions and our growth projections and capacity. They are developing potential strategies. They are considering policy questions to address our two challenges: lack of classroom space and aging facilities.

Through both online and in-person open houses, the Task Force is seeking input from the entire community. They will use that feedback to help inform their final recommendation to our school board, which is slated to be finalized in summer 2015.

Please visit the district website at www.lwsd. org and click on the link

under “Spotlight” to follow the work of the Task Force. A link on the right hand side of that page will allow you to sign up for updates on the task force’s work. These updates will keep you informed of future input opportunities.

The Lake Washington School District is committed to maintaining high academic standards for students and to working with the community to address critical facility needs. As our communities grow, our district grows, and as our district grows, so does our unwavering commitment to serving our students and families.

Dr. Traci Pierce is the superintendent of the Lake Washington School District.

Protecting religious rights and sheltering our most vulnerable address the problems that create homelessness which government has failed to do. With significant budget challenges facing us this year, our spending options are limited. But, our opportunities to partner with people of faith are significant.

While we continue to address the root causes of homelessness and pass problem-solving policies that prevent new homelessness, we should let our religious organizations continue their good work with homeless encampments. It’s their right and our obligation.

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Too many families are struggling, despite the booming economy. Too many working people are one missed paycheck away from living in their car, or staying with relatives. Too many people are driven out of the housing market into homelessness. It’s time to do something that will help people get back on their feet.

But, there isn’t a magic bullet. People become homeless for a variety of reasons: getting laid off, impossible medical bills, untreated mental illness or lack of affordable housing.

And to end homelessness we need to make serious changes in how we address these problems. But there is one good, temporary solution available for those facing homelessness: safe, regulated homeless encampments.

Many places of worship have stepped up to host tent cities. They’re giving homeless families a safe place to sleep and stay together in a time when many shelters and programs are stretched to the breaking point.

The problem is, cities and counties are increasingly passing laws that block religious organizations from exercising their right to provide food and shelter to those less fortunate.

For example, in 2009, the State Supreme Court ruled that the City of Woodinville violated the Northshore United Church of Christ’s right to free exercise of

Vice President Hubert Humphrey said, “The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life; the sick, the needy and the handicapped.” No one should be without a home.

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That’s why we’re proposing legislation to protect the right of churches, temples and mosques to be moral leaders on homelessness.

House Bill 2086 and its Senate companion, Senate Bill 5900, would prohibit certain limitations on groups to: host an established rotating tent city, the length of the hosting terms and any safe parking efforts for homeless living in vehicles.

Homeless encampments are an unfortunate necessity. Homelessness has increased 37 percent since 2010. Encampments provide safe shelter and community to those in need, and in many cases, help with the process of finding affordable housing.

Our legislation fulfills a moral obligation, protects the rights of faith based organizations, and provides much needed consistency among jurisdictions in regards to homeless encampments.

Ordinances targeting homeless encampments only move the problem somewhere else. Cities that target them are being short-sighted and disregarding the crucial services tent cities provide.

These actions only serve to punish the homeless when they are most in need. Kids, moms and people who’ve lost their job don’t want to be living in their car, a shelter or sleeping under a bridge. They want a home.

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Every young child has a dream. Adults have dreams, too; but as we grow up, they often get lost along the way.

Margo Engberg, founder of Redmond’s PinkaBella Cupcakes, has always dreamed of cakes and cupcakes and birthday parties and weddings.

As a little girl, she fell in love with celebrations and was mesmerized by all they entail. The elaborate decorations, bright pop of colors, you name it — she was hooked.

For quite some time, Engberg set aside her childhood dreams. Years later, an old flame was reignited by an unlikely source.

It all began just more than five years ago when Engberg went to Guatemala to adopt her two older children and found out they had never had a birthday party.

“Of course, that broke my heart,” Engberg said.

“So when I brought them home, I couldn’t wait to give them birthday parties. But when I got them involved in public school, I quickly realized kids in their own school couldn’t afford treats on their birthday.”

With this newfound information, Engberg began making cupcakes for kids in class who couldn’t afford them. The demand

was evident right away.

Before long, Engberg was being approached by friends to make cupcakes for their parties and philanthropy events.

“Around me, the whole rage was going on and I was like ‘Maybe, if I started something where we sold our cupcakes, I could use the proceeds to help charities in need,’” Engberg said.

After searching for the right location, Engberg settled on PinkaBella’s flagship location in Redmond Town Center, assuming they could at least make enough money to pay rent and keep their doors open. On opening day, they sold more than 2,000 cupcakes.

Since opening its doors in 2010, PinkaBella has expanded to five different locations throughout western Washington. In addition to selling cakes and cupcakes, PinkaBella also hosts parties and sponsors corporate events. More importantly, the company has donated more than 500,000 cupcakes and $500,000 to local charities.

Despite having no business school background, Engberg cites her alma mater Seattle Pacific University (SPU) as a key reason for her success.

According to Engberg, “When I went to SPU, I learned a lot about giving back. I think that was the most important valuable

part of my education, being surrounded by a community that already models that. It made me want to do the same.”

One of the charities that Engberg and her team partnered with is Sleepless in Seattle, a nonprofit created by Redmond local Eddie Wang.

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“It’s not unique to Redmond,” Gibson said, adding that the solution won’t be either. “We’re all seeing this concern.”

VARIOUS CONCERNS

At last week’s meeting, participants were split up between more than a dozen tables of about eight people each. They were asked to write down both concerns and possible solutions they might have regarding homelessness in the area.

After that, people discussed what they wrote down with the rest of the people at the table. This was followed by an individual from each table sharing with the whole room something that stood out for them during their discussions.

One of the concerns brought up during these different discussions was how some businesses are losing money either due to giving money to individuals or to installing security cameras and other measures to ensure their safety and their customers’ safety.

Attendees also brought up the need for more permanent housing for those with mental illnesses, a restrictive city code system that creates obstacles for those trying to open and run shelters and a lack of services for the homeless at the street level.

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

While many people voiced their concerns, others offered ideas for possible solutions to address local homelessness. Some of those included making shelters available year round, pressuring elected officials to vote to spend money addressing the issue

which homeless individuals can receive the services they need and work toward establishing a life rather than a turf.

Currently, one place homeless youth can go to receive services in Redmond is Friends of Youth’s (FOY) Youth Service Center at the Together Center.

Derek Wentorf, director of homeless youth services for FOY, said some of the services youth can receive there include case management, help with chemical dependency or mental health and finding employment. He said they are working on adding a GED assistance program as well.

At night, the center turns into The Landing, an emergency shelter for homeless young adults ages 18-24.

Another possible solution that was brought up was providing forums and opportunities for the members of both the housed and unhoused community to come together, connect and build relationships and trust.

One person said this would lead to people letting go of their unfounded myths, prejudices and preconceived notions of what they think a particular group of individuals are like.

Kelly said an individual’s reasons for being homeless vary from person to person and just as it is among any group of people, there are both good and bad people within the population.

“People aren’t bad just because they’re homeless,” she said.

Others asked for information and resources they could hand out to those who may be in need of services and meaningful help.

“We were very pleased with the community response,” Gibson and Kelly

said in a statement following last week’s meeting.

“It clearly demonstrated that our community is concerned about both the impacts of homelessness on our community and the individuals who are struggling to find a more permanent solution to their need for shelter.”

Kelly said the key is to work up a balance to meet everyone’s needs — the homeless population, businesses, residents and service providers.

DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

For Witherspoon, discussing possible solutions was not something she expected from the meeting.

She also appreciated being able to meet and speak with people with various backgrounds and interests to gain their perspectives on the issue.

“It was amazing,” she said.

Wentorf also attended last week’s meeting and agreed that being able to speak with people from different backgrounds and perspectives was helpful.

He said for some people, speaking in front of a room of 100 people could be intimidating. But speaking to a group of about eight people is more manageable.

In addition, he said, people are also able to listen to each other in the smaller groups and hear what they had to say.

Wentorf added that after last week’s meeting, one of his table mates struck up a conversation with him and asked how they could volunteer and get involved with FOY.

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While last week’s meeting was the first time the city has held a conversation about homelessness in that

An attendee at last week’s community on homelessness shares with the whole group something that stood out for him during the small group conversations. SAMANTHA PAK, Redmond Reporter particular format, working with others is not new.

Gibson said the Redmond Police Department (RPD) has worked and is working with the Redmond Library to address people’s concerns about members of the homeless community congregating at the library — particularly in large groups.

This topic was brought up during last week’s meeting as well as on previous occasions to the city and police.

“They have been very cooperative with us,” he said about the King County Library System (KCLS) and members of the Redmond Library staff.

Gibson said one of the issues they have seen at the library is loitering outside the building. While this is not against the law, he said each business and property has its own rules and policies and can enforce those rules and policies.

Laura Boyes — KCLS cluster manager for a number of Eastside libraries, including Redmond — said, “everyone is allowed to use the library” and pointed out that the space outside the building is a public place.

While this may be, she said the library has been work-

ing on an agreement with RPD to allow police to help move along people who may be congregating outside the building. Though, she added, this would depend how many people are gathered and if their behavior is disruptive.

Boyes said while in the library, staff monitors people’s behaviors and can ask them to stop a certain behavior or ask them to leave if they are not complying with library policy.

“We will address the behaviors as we see (them),” she said.

Some behaviors against library policy include hostile or aggressive language or gestures, interfering with the free passage of staff or patrons in or on library premises and loud talking or boisterous physical behavior.

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Following the community conversation, Gibson and Kelly said they are now in the process of tabulating all of the information that was gathered. They said they intend to use the information to help city staff make recommendations for the next step in responding to the increase in homelessness that is not just in Redmond but county wide.

This information will be made public in the next few weeks to those at the meeting who requested it be sent to them via email or snail mail. In addition, the city will make the information available in public places such as the library for the whole community to see.

“I think it is important to point out that this is a community concern that will take a very broad approach to mitigate the impacts we are experiencing today,” Gibson said. “This is not something that Redmond can approach in isolation from other cities, human service providers, the faith community and nonprofit organizations that work hard at attempting to mitigate the impacts of these issues every day.”

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The third alternative presented is more modest, Garric said, and would be to widen the current channel.

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The first alternative would be to take no active action and to continue with current maintenance practices.

The second alternative is referred to as the splitchannel alternative. This would entail constructing a second panel, parallel to the main channel. Garric said this second channel would be more natural and provide better conditions

third option, she said, there would be more substantial cooling impacts on the waterways all the way downstream in Redmond, Woodinville and Bothell.

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At the meeting, employees from King County’s Department of Natural Resources and Parks presented three project design alternatives to address existing flood control and habitat issues on the Sammamish River at its outlet in King County’s Marymoor Park near Redmond.

Craig Garric, project manager and a senior engineer for King County, said the outlet is adjacent to the off-leash dog park at Marymoor.

According to a King County press release, the outlet is marked by a shallow concrete weir and a straight, rock-lined channel, 200-feet wide and extending 1,500 feet downstream from the weir. This area is known as “Willowmoor” and is also referred to as the “transition zone,” where the lake becomes the river.

These transition zone features are specifically designed to pass flood flows quickly downstream and to help maintain summer lake levels for recreational use, the release states, while still allowing for upstream fish passage, including salmon returning to the Issaquah Hatchery from their time in saltwater.

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stating that the transition zone is not sustainable in its current condition and configuration. In order to ensure the transition zone’s capability to pass flood flows, county crews must perform intensive and costly maintenance including mowing, removing sediment and riverside plants.

Garric said reconfiguring the transition zone has three goals. The first is to ensure downstream flood control, flow conveyance and lake level control. The second goal is to enhance habitat conditions in the river channel, associated tributaries and adjacent wetlands for Chinook salmon — which are listed on the Endangered Species Act — and other species.

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That was the takeaway from a roundtable discussion at INRIX’s Kirkland office between U.S. Congresswoman Suzan DelBene and various representatives of tech startups concerning privacy within the wider conversation on technological innovation and disclosure policies.

DelBene, a former Microsoft executive, said concerns over privacy have grown to the point where many people may not adopt new technology or devices because they don’t know how the information will be used, and more importantly, who will have access to it.

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Additionally, laying more requirements for information use disclosure may not be a practical way to improve people’s understanding as to how their data is used.

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U.S. Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (right) and INRIX President Bryan Mistele (center) listen to another participant’s comments during a roundtable at INRIX’s Kirkland office intended to address concerns over digital privacy and federal laws. TJ MARTINELL, Reporter Newspapers

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McLauchlan pointed out this has led to countries like Russia passing laws that require all companies to store data about Russian users only on computer servers inside the country, albeit it also makes it easier for those governments to collect data on their own

the motion failed.

Haley said at the beginning of the meeting that it wasn’t a question of whether tolling would occur, but what the rates and policy would be, as the legislature had already decided the matter in 2011 when it authorized tolling on I-405 between Bellevue and Lynnwood.

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Concerns over the Patriot Act, as well as NSA surveillance, have forced companies like INRIX to build data centers in countries like China and those in the Middle East, where companies are unwilling to allow the information to be stored in the U.S. Not only does this add costs by necessitating additional data centers, Mistele said, but it makes it difficult for them to provide certain analytical data to their customers.

INRIX gathers navigation-related data that it then provides to car companies for use in cars and mobile devices to help reduce traffic congestion.

But because information for different countries is stored on separate servers, Mistele said, it makes it problematic for them to compare traffic data between cities such as London and Moscow.

The chief fear, Mistele said, is that any data stored in the U.S. can be accessed by the NSA through backdoors, allowing them to gather information on foreign citizens. During the round table, he remarked that it was sad foreign governments now trust China more with their information than the U.S. “Other countries don’t trust the U.S., which is really unfortunate,” he said.

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Five Redmond teams advance in Hopelink’s Can Madness Five Redmond teams top the field of the eight remaining competitors, following Round II of the sixth annual Hopelink Can Madness food drive competition for businesses.

The single-elimination competition continues through April 3.

Redmond teams moving on this week are: Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More Music Academy, Hancock’s Bakery, JJ Mahoney’s Irish Pub, Redmond Physical Therapy and Universal Avionics.

Also continuing in Round III are Kirkland teams Xtreme Consulting Group and Kirkland Physical Therapy, as well as TJ Maxx of Bellevue.

Last week, 16 teams brought in a total of 6,593 pounds of food and $1,258 in cash for Red-

D.A. Davidson has named Don Clough, senior vice president and financial advisor, from the company’s Redmond office to one of the firm’s most prestigious honor clubs — the D.A. Davidson President’s Club.

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RHS art teacher Jordan Swain added, “Teri more than deserves this award.

I have had her in my classroom with students; she is a wonderful person and educator. She goes above and beyond to help and is indispensable in the classroom. She works with grace, kindness and dedication to students who have tremendous challenges.”

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who exhibits exemplary personal and professional skills in supporting students who have developmental disabilities. Mitchell was nominated for this award by Elizabeth West, an associate professor at University of Washington who specializes in special education.

Currently, Mitchell works one-on-one with a special needs student at RHS. She is with that student throughout the day, attending different classes and offering support for that student.

She has built a relationship with that student, ensuring that he knows someone at the school cares about him and will be there to help him be successful.

Mitchell enjoys her work and the challenge it brings her.

“The challenge is to find the way that you can have that student be successful with the way they are,” she said. “You don’t try and force a way of teaching on that student, you look at that student and you find a way of teaching that works with them.”

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RHS student honored with President’s VALA Eastside Volunteer Service has new art Award installation Emma Chao, a senior at Redmond High School (RHS) has been honored for her volunteer service with a President’s Volunteer Service Award.

This award, which recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and their country, was granted by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program on behalf of President Barack Obama.

Stacey Zachau, Chao’s counselor at RHS, nominated the senior for national honors this fall in recognition of her volunteer service. Chao is currently a team leader and committee chair for Relay 4 Life for the Kirkland/ Redmond area. She is also a member of the National Honor Society — all members must earn community

VALA Eastside has announced its newest art installation, Springtime Juried Art Installation.

The show will run through April 12 at the VALA Art Center & Studios in Redmond Town Center.

The juried installation will feature 2-D and 3-D visual artwork from local artists.

“Our goal for this installation was to invite a new, diverse group of artists to join our art community and showcase their latest work,” said Marianne Johnson, art programs director at VALA. Artists participating in the show include Aiva Leff, Amy Ferron, Ankhi Sengupta, Ashba Zulfiqar, Becky Frehse, Betty Franks Krause, Caitlin Brookins, Charlette Haugen, Cheryl Bowman, CJ Peltz, Crystal Edwards, Dana D. Doran, Debbie Donaway, Denise Whitlow, Dolors

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VALA invites the public for a reception to honor the 26 artists chosen to have their work as part of VALA Eastside’s Springtime Juried Art Installation. Light appetizers and beverages will be served.

A Springtime Juried Art Installation Reception will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Friday at the VALA Art Center, 16409 N.E. 74th St. in Redmond Town Center. The reception is free but there is a $5 suggested donation.

The VALA Art Center is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information regarding VALA Eastside, visit www.valaeastside.org.

RHS team places 13th in national math contest A team from Redmond High School (RHS) placed 13th in the 2015 Four-byFour Competition, a national mathematics contest administered by National Assessment & Testing.

Coach Liz Sirjani prepared students for this contest, in which teams of four participated in 10 three-minute rounds in which they attempted to answer four questions. This gives each student three minutes to answer one problem, but the team must also decide who will work each problem and whether their time would be better spent checking one another’s work on easier and more familiar problems or if they should attempt to answer all four questions.

After results from schools across the country were double-checked, the team of freshmen Khushi Chaudhari, Lucy Jiang, Daniel Liu and Rishma Murugan, placed fifth in the youngest division, helping their school to place 13th overall among the top schools in the country. RHS participated in all four of National Assessment & Testing’s contests this year.

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The Redmond High School math team placed 13th during a national competition. Courtesy of LWSD tor of nursing services.

Ladwig comes to Emerald Heights most recently from a director of nursing services position with Ballard Care and Rehabilitation in Seattle.

Prior to that position, she has served as director of nursing services at other nursing facilities in the Puget Sound area, where she worked to improve clinical outcomes and resident satisfaction.

Under her leadership, the communities she served also demonstrated improved state survey outcomes.

Ladwig will work with staff and residents at Emerald Heights’ on-site and longterm care facility, Corwin Center, which recently underwent a renovation

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The center has a total of 56 private suites, 16 of which are specifically designed for residents who benefit from memory support programs.

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Ladwig earned an associate of arts degree in nursing from Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, S.D., and is currently pursuing a bachelor of science in nursing degree from South Dakota State University.

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