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Officer shoots, kills carjacking suspect Only the second officer-involved shooting for police department since the 1970s BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@kirklandreporter.com
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n armed man was shot and killed by Kirkland police officers on the morning of Oct. 15 after the suspect allegedly tried to steal three different cars near the Kirkland Justice Center in the Totem Lake
neighborhood. According to a Kirkland Police Department (KPD) spokesperson, the police received reports of suspicious activity at around 9:15 a.m. The callers stated that a white male in his twenties or thirties was possibly stealing mail at an undisclosed whereabouts.
When initially contacted, the man fled on foot. Shortly afterwards, the KPD received another report of a man armed with a handgun attempting to steal a vehicle. For unknown reasons, he was unable to do so and fled the scene. Another person then reported seeing him trying to steal a second
vehicle. He then attempted to carjack an occupied vehicle but again failed. Police officials said the vehicle’s occupant was unharmed. Officers again contacted the suspect on Northwest 118th Street near a business park, where an [ more SHOOTING page 10 ]
Kirkland Police Department detectives investigate the shooting death of an attempted carjacker in the Totem Lake neighborhood of Kirkland by a KPD officer on Friday. TJ MARTINELL, Kirkland Reporter
Bear captured in Totem Lake neighborhood Fish and Wildlife had been tracking animal for weeks through public reports BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@kirklandreporter.com
A bear previously reported in Kirkland was captured by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife after it was found in a tree in the Totem Lake neighborhood on Oct. 15. The male black bear is now being held by Fish and Wildlife in Fall City, according to Fish and Wildlife Sgt. Kim Chandler, who had been tracking the bear on a map ever since it was first reported near the Microsoft Campus in Redmond a month ago. “Everybody was calling it in,” he said. Days later, it was reported near the Lake
Washington Institute of Technology. The next day, it was reported at Juanita Beach Park before being spotted days later at the Arrowhead Elementary School and then at the Inglewood Golf Club. For the next 3-4 days, Chandler said, the bear was reported near Cedar Park Christian in Bothell before moving back down into Kirkland, where it was reported near the gas pump at the Fred Meyer along 120th Avenue Northeast, then by the apartments behind the QFC off of Northeast 124th Street. Despite the dozen reports made by residents, [ more BEAR page 9 ]
An officer with Department of Fish and Wildlife puts eye drops into the bear captured outside of the Fred Meyer along 120th Avenue Northeast late Thursday night. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Police documents shed new light on assault at Juanita High School BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@kirklandreporter.com
Newly released documents from the Kirkland Police Department from its investigation into an October 2014 assault in the Juanita High School boys locker room by several
football players sheds new light on the incident. Among the documents are revelations are that several Juanita High School officials didn’t consider the incident worth reporting to the police and that similar assaults had occurred
before within the football team. Additionally, the officers’ reports describe the victim’s legal guardian and family relative as uncooperative, whom police recounted mocked the victim, a special needs student, for being assaulted
and repeatedly obstructed attempts by police to interview him throughout the investigation. The five players arrested after the incident, all freshman C-Team players at the time, were ultimately accused by the King County
Prosecutor’s Office of having planned to sodomize the student as part a of hazing ritual known as “jubie,” according to court documents. According to the newly released documents, the police were first informed
of the Oct. 22, 2014 incident at around 9 p.m. by a female family member of the victim with whom he lived. She told police she had been previously contacted by Juanita Athletic Director Steve Juzeler about [ more JHS page 13 ]
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Police Blotter The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Kirkland Reporter police blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Kirkland, which average about 1,000 per week. Between Oct. 9-15, there were three DUIs, 37 alarm call, three burglaries, incidents of fraud, 15 civil incidents, warrants served, six animal calls, nine incidents of domestic violence, 20 disturbances, four assaults, 19 incidents involving at least one arrest.
Oct. 12 Assault: 11:45 p.m., 12000 block of NE 128th St. A 56-year-old man was arrested after he punched a staff member at EvergreenHealth in the face, causing
visible injury, pain and the need to seek medical treatment. The man has assaulted other staff members prior to this and because of this the victim wished to press charges for the assault. Charges being filed through prosecutor’s office. Warrant: 9:03 a.m., 13500 block 108th Ave. NE. A 22-year-old woman was arrested after she was pulled over in her vehicle and found to have a suspended driver’s license, as well as no car insurance. The officer also discovered she had an outstanding warrant. She was booked into the Kirkland Jail.
Oct. 11 Warrant: 5:42 a.m., 7000 block of 132nd Ave. NE. Police received a report of a disturbance at a residence regarding a lost cell phone. Upon arrival, officers contacted a 19-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman. The woman was arrested on an outstanding warrant for theft, while the man was
arrested on a warrant for furnishing liquor to minors.
Oct. 9 Warrant: 3:18 p.m., 11000 block of 124th Ave. NE. While doing a welfare check on a 17-year-old-girl, the 46-year-old mother was arrested on an outstanding KPD warrant. Assault: 1:55 p.m., 10200 block of NE 133rd Ln. A 49-year-old man was arrested after he struck his girlfriend in the side of the head while they were both drunk. Warrant: 2:26 p.m., 12500 block of NE 144th St. A 55-year-old man was arrested after he was stopped in traffic and found to be driving with a suspended driver’s license. He also had a misdemeanor warrant out of Bothell for driving with a suspended license.
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Alton Brown talks cooking during Hopelink luncheon make my bacon for me’ and stuff like that.” After college, Brown lton Brown is a delved into a career of firm believer that directing TV commerhome cooking cials, but cooking was can bring the philosophy always a part of his life as of self-reliance from the a hobby. When he decided notebook to the kitchen he wanted to make TV stove. shows about cooking, he “Cooking at home fixes enrolled at the New Engalmost everything,” Brown land Culinary Institute told a crowd of almost in Montpelier, Vt., to get 1,800 strong at Bellevue’s things rolling. Meydenbauer Center on A few decades and Monday during Hopelink’s many successes later, 20th Annual Reaching Brown received an inOut Luncheon vitation from “Cooking at home Hopelink about to benefit the Redmond-based gives you better seven or eight organization, nutrition, far better months ago to be which reached cost per meal, it’s the guest speaker its goal of raisfamily building. at this year’s ing $1 million. Families that cook luncheon. The funds will together often stay Brown reprovide food, together. It gives searched the shelter, family you confidence, it organization and development, creates community.” was intrigued by transportation its system of getAlton Brown and job readiness ting people out skills for homeof poverty. less and low“Organizations income families, children, that are just into relief seniors and people with tend to create dependency disabilities in north and in a lot of ways because east King County. they just keep giving stuff “Cooking at home gives away. That helps to stabiyou better nutrition, far lize people — in the long better cost per meal, it’s run, you’ve gotta have a family building. Families plan for getting people that cook together often out the door in a differstay together. It gives you ent place,” Brown told the confidence, it creates com- Reporter. munity,” added the quirky, Brown said Hopelink’s award-winning Food keys are referring to Network personality. people in need as clients, Before the luncheon, whom they closely counBrown told the Reporter sel because everybody is that as a child, he always different and everybody’s hung around the kitchen situation is different. with his aunts, grand“So, to me it seems to mothers and mother, really be an organization soaking up the familial, that is actually pulling off culinary atmosphere of what they say they’re tryvoices and laughter and ing to do,” he said. “I only pots and pans clanking wish they could spread about. down in my neck of the “I always liked being in woods, because we could the kitchen. Usually, ‘cause use some Hopelink down there was something good in Georgia, that’s for sure.” to lick. Let’s face it, they’re Brown feels that lunfun places to be and tasty cheon attendees had a rare places to be,” said Brown, gem of an opportunity to who noted that he got into actually invest in changcooking to attract girls in ing human beings’ lives college. through donations. He “I had a pathetic social wrote out a check and life and I found that girls made an investment on that would say ‘no’ when the spot, noting that he you asked them out, and hopes the local organizayou offered to cook for tion spreads and plants them, were often intrigued seeds in other communienough to actually go ties across the country. home with you,” he added. At the luncheon, Brown “Then you have to back it focused on hospitality up with skills. It worked and how it’s a crucial part out OK, but then I found of human connectivity that it was just really great that Hopelink strives to to be able to do anyway. achieve. He mentioned And then I kind of got ad- that he’s spoken with dicted to this self-reliance people who have battled of it, you know, ‘I’m gonna their way out of poverty make my own bacon, I and twice they noted that don’t need anybody to ANDY NYSTROM
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Food Network host Alton Brown addresses the crowd about the importance of Hopelink at the organization’s Reaching Out Benefit Luncheon Monday at Bellevue’s Meydenbauer Center. ANDY NYSTROM, Reporter Newspapers cooking Thanksgiving and Christmas meals for others were the highlights of getting back on their feet again. With the luncheon crowd looking on, nodding their heads and some people softly clapping, Brown continued his story with another poignant message: “Once you learn how to cook, you learn enough about ingredients to feed people — the sharing of that blessing. The blessing of being able to pass on food, love, something of yourself to other people is an amazingly potent and powerful tool.” Brown added that sharing one’s cooking gives people pride, self-respect and dignity, which should be the goal of anyone who is trying to take care of the problem of poverty. Also featured at the luncheon were in-person and on-video testimonials from clients who were once homeless and have benefitted from Hopelink’s services. While entering their new Hopelink abode, sisters Sae and Nora El Naby said, “I’m home and I’m looking forward to tomorrow” and “it felt great, liberating, safe. To look around and set goals — dream again.” Their mother, Barbara, was a luncheon co-chair along
with Jesse Navarro, both Hopelink clients. In another video, client Ritty So told her son
about Hopelink lending them a hand, “There are angels all around us.”
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Reporter staff honored by WNPA The editorial staff of the Kirkland Reporter newspaper was honored by the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association during its annual awards ceremony on Oct. 9 in Everett. Regional editor Matt Phelps and reporter TJ Martinell won first place for Best Investigative Reporting in Group IV for the story “Drugs, bunkers, gun range, arsenal and former Sonics player found in Kirkland raid.” Phelps and Martinell also won second place for Best Comprehensive Coverage of a Single Issue or Series in Group IV for their coverage of the sexual assault at Juanita High School last October. The entry included all news coverage of the incident from October 2014 through March 2015. Phelps won second place for the Best Editorial in Group IV for “Kirkland community would have benefitted from release of more documents in assault case.”
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[4] October 23, 2015
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Former city leaders, volunteers say no to ARC measure
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e have come together as people who have dedicated much of our lives to serving the city of Kirkland. We love Kirkland and want what is best for it every bit as much as our current City Council members. We are adamantly opposed to Proposition No. 1 to create a Municipal Park District (MPD) for an Aquatics and Recreation Center (ARC). We are also very disappointed in the deceptive campaign being waged to convince voters that this vote is simply about the need for an aquatics center in Kirkland. The City Council is asking for a blank check. In his support of Proposition No. 1, Larry Springer cites “enormous cost savings to taxpayers by forming a park district versus using the traditional bond,” and says that he does not want our city spending $20 million to buy land before we even know if the voters would approve the spending plan. There are options to fund an aquatic center that would not require buying land in advance or risking millions of taxpayer dollars just to put it to a vote. Instead, we are being asked to authorize spending for an ARC without any certainty of where it will be, what it will be and how much it will cost. We are being asked to trust this City Council and all future City Councils that they will not abuse this power to increase our property taxes. There is no need for voters to give up our voice on future parks projects and the associated taxes by agreeing to the park district. Springer suggests the possibility of partnering with neighboring jurisdictions like Redmond, Bellevue and the Lake Washington School District. He should know that they have all rejected being partners with Kirkland for an aquatics center. Conversely, there are many examples of successful partnerships with the YMCA that have been funded with traditional bonds. Perhaps Springer’s most misleading statement is that Proposition No. 1 gives no more “blank check” authority to the City Council than they have for funding fire, police, roads and environmental stewardship. The city funds those essential activities
that Proposition No. 1 is about creating a new separate tax district that can increase our property taxes by up to 75 cents per $1,000 assessed value without needing to get voter approval - $450 per year for a $600,000 house. Proposition 1 circumvents the time-tested practice of voter-approved bonds by granting the City Council carte blanche control over all parks project decisions without voter approval. This tax scheme will last forever and cannot be terminated by voters. We urge you to vote against Proposition 1.
Supporters of the No on Prop. 1. CONTRIBUTED through the general fund. Parks capital projects are “nice to have” discretionary expenditures that have traditionally been funded by voter approved bonds and levies. We deserve to know specifically what we are getting and what we will be required to pay for discretionary parks projects. Proposition 1 gives our City Council a blank check for any kind of aquatics facility that they choose, and any other parks expenditures forevermore. The ARC supporters want us to believe that Proposition No. 1 is all about the ARC. The truth is
Dave Pickard Jr., Dave Pickard, Sheri Pickard, Ken Nelson, Jan Reichert; former City Council member Jessica Greenway, former Planning Commission member Karen Tennyson, former City Council member Santos Contreras, Nicole MacKenzie, Houghton Community Council member Bill Goggins, Michelle Sailor, KAN co-chair Lisa McConnell, Houghton Community Council Chair Rick Whitney and Susan Thornes. The opinions expressed by these individuals are their own and do not represent the views of organizations with which they are associated, past or present.
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Tepper misrepresents facts In your article Mr. Tepper misrepresented that Mr. Carlson was not available. I am sorry that is incorrect. In my experience I have found Chris Carlson to be readily available, a frequent volunteer at the elementary school which he has been a parent at for 12 years, participating in: science fairs, egg drops, school carnivals, safety awareness, and many other events. Personally, I have seen Chris Carlson at many of the Long Term Facilities Task Force Meetings, PTSA meetings, band concerts, and more. I have been on Lakeview Elementary’s PTSA Board for 7 years, but I have never met Mr. Tepper. If, as he stated, he has an interest in the schools, where has he been? After reading your article and noting Mr. Tepper’s misrepresentation, I looked into him. I was very offended by his Racist and Misogynistic views expressed regularly on his radio show (see link http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/The-TMan-has-gone-too-far-too-often-1294948.php ); I do not think this is the kind of person one wants on a School Board that has an obligation to educate all races and both genders.
We want to elect school board members who care about quality education for all students. I value Dr. Carlson’s academic knowledge that comes from his love of science and math, his career as a cancer researcher, and from being a parent. We know Dr. Carlson works hard for all students in the LWSD, he will continue working to improve education, tackling tough issues, such as curriculum standards, overcrowding and the need for more buildings. I agree with the Seattle Times and Lake Washington Education Association. Chris Carlson is clearly the most qualified choice for the School Board.
Karee Oliver, Kirkland
City Council has not earned our trust Councilman [Dave] Asher recently wrote [a guest editorial] suggesting that anyone questioning the appropriateness of an Aquatic Regional Center was fearmongering. I would suggest that they were asking pertinent and relevant questions that all citizens and voters should be asking. Your thesis was,
trust us and trust us with your tax dollars. Mr. Asher, let’s talk about trust. When the city authorized a citizen survey asking of the city should ban plastic bags and the majority of citizens were against the ban, the City Council passed a plastic bag ban, overriding public sentiment. In fact, the mayor said that she knew what was best for Kirkland. I have an idea, how about taxing car dealerships that sell cars in the community that pollute the air and add traffic to Kirkland streets. How about taxing businesses that have more than five acres of impervious asphalt, like the mayor’s car dealership, because of the pollution it is adding to our storm drainage system. Citizens voted for parks and streets maintenance and operations levies to “restore” services. What was the result? Lower standards as a result of spreading funding to the annexed area of Kirkland. We were assured by the Council that the annexation wouldn’t cause a reduction in services. Mr. Asher, you approved a lowering of standards when you approved slurry seal as an alternative to asphalt overlays. Redmond and Bellevue don’t use slurry seal on public streets, but Kirkland does because it is less expensive. On my street, a year after the city applied [ more LETTERS page 5 ]
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slurry seal, on any warm day, the asphalt emulsion sticks to your car tires and shoes. How often do we see street sweepers which use to regularly service our neighborhoods. Why are our sidewalks and roadways falling apart? You asked voters to trust the council on service levels, but we have no reason to trust you. When my wife recently asked if the city could add a single garbage can to a small waterfront park, she was told that they don’t have funding for something like this. Really? You authorized the construction of the new Justice Center, costing millions, but evidently through poor management, we don’t have enough police to respond to emergencies. When my house was burglarized in June 2015 it took 38 minutes and three calls to 911 to have officers respond. I was told that the delay was a result of a single incident that police were responding to on Juanita Drive. I was told by Kirkland Police that they didn’t have enough officers on the street to respond or to keep up with crime. The police also mishandled the case, mishandled their own protocol for communication and evidence and the nowretired police chief acknowledged this in a letter written to my family. This is another
example of trusting the City Council to use tax funding for a justice center, but lowering service standards for the public. Voters should be wary about giving the Council an open checkbook for a pool that has no site, no determined construction costs and no financial partners. Yes, we have reason not to trust the Council, irrespective of the city’s AAA bond rating.
Pat Harris, Kirkland
Tepper is a good choice for LWSD school board I have three grand kids that are being educated in Kirkland, elementary to secondary to high school. I know this is not a platform for vote-stumping, but I’m so fatigued by the “same ole, same ole.” That’s why I’m encouraging everyone in my circles to learn more about the newcomer, Rob Tepper. Disclaimer, I know Rob. Have for several decades. I used to be his boss in the broadcast industry in Seattle. I was stunned just a few days ago when I discovered that he was running for the Lake Washington School Board. Then the “lights” came on. Rob is a concerned parent and a fully engaged local citizen. He is one of the brighter bulbs I’ve ever come across
and has ethics and honesty, almost to a fault. His energy is limitless and he possesses terrific orator skills. He’d have never risen to the top-rated Seattle radio personality over a decade ago if he hadn’t been so. He was always community involved and I was delighted when he made the conscious choice to retire from the broadcast industry, while at the very top of his game, to focus on his family and raise his children. I simply cannot think of a better person to look over my grandkid’s educations than Rob Tepper.
Michael Williams O’Shea, former president and general manager of KJRAM, KJR-FM and KUBE-FM
ARC bond can include land purchase The letter to the editor about Prop. 1 submitted on Oct. 7 and signed by Mayor Walen and Councilmember Nixon states: “A bond measure would require that the city own the property for the ARC…” According to information provided by the city, Kirkland acquired new park land and added or improved park buildings and facilities with bonds issued in 1977, 1984, 1989, 1990 and 2003.
All have been retired except for the 2003 bond, which will be retired in 2022. Every one of these parks bonds included buying new park land. Sometimes the land was under an option for purchase or other contract when the park bond was put to vote. Sometimes the bond provided an opportunity fund for land acquisition in targeted areas. The claim made in the letter that the city must buy new land before a bond vote for an aquatic center is unsupported by the facts. Bonds are a proven, conservative, prudent and safe way for the city to buy land and finance large projects. Prop. 1 seeks to create a new taxing district and tax system that would last forever. It would give the City Council a blank check for acquisition and development of an aquatic and recreation center with no restrictions on the location, size or cost of the ARC [Aquatics, Recreation and Community center]. It would also give the City Council the power to levy taxes for any other parks projects without voter approval. Vote against Prop. 1 to tell the City Council to use a bond to build an aquatic center and to preserve your right to decide on parks projects and property taxes.
Ken MacKenzie, Kirkland
Stop and read the fine print, vote no on Kirkland Prop. 1 The Kirkland City Council is performing a masterful sleight of hand trick this coming November election. The council is distracting Kirkland voters with “bling” in one hand, while they have their other hand deep inside the voter’s pocket. With the forecasted closure of the Juanita High School Pool and public concern about no longer having said pool, the council is offering the ARC in trade for authorization to increase Kirkland city property taxes by 50 percent. The council wants to form an additional government taxing entity within the boundaries of Kirkland. The taxing entity is known as a Metropolitan Park District (MPD) and would fund the ARC and other park projects around the city. This MPD has the authority to collect taxes up to 75 cents per $1,000 value of your home. The current Kirkland city property tax rate is $1.50 per $1,000. Councilman Toby Nixon says that the Council believes “the MPD is the most cost effective and flexible tool to deliver the ARC that the Kirkland community has requested from us.” Factually,
Councilman Nixon is correct, but he and the council are also misleading the voters at the same time with his statement. If you stop and look at the fine print, you will see a different conclusion. Yes, I agree that an MPD is a “flexible tool”. It is a flexible tool for the council, but not the taxpayer. It relieves the council of the responsibility of making tough choices, while pushing the Kirkland residents further from the process. The assessment for the MPD will start at 25 cents per $1,000 value of property, but can be raised as needed without voter approval up to the maximum. Kirkland’s MPD will be run by the council themselves. With the council overseeing both the Kirkland general budget and the proposed MPD budget adds even more flexibility. This “flexible tool” cannot be undone directly by the voters…ever. Only the council will be able to amend or close this MPD. The only way for voters to amend or cancel the MPD would be to elect new council members who were against maintaining an MPD. This process would take years to accomplish, leaving the taxpayer with little power. Stop and ask why the council is requesting a flexible tool to fund the ARC. Currently there is no final design or location for the [ more LETTERS page 15 ] Paid Advertisment
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he Kirkland Planning Commission has recommended the City Council approve MRM Capital’s zoning change request allowing them to redevelop the property just south of Parkplace to mixed use, residential and retail. During a study session at the council’s Oct. 6 meeting, Senior Planner Angela Ruggeri presented the commission’s recommendations to the council on the request that the code be changed to allow six stories instead of the current five, but still maintain the current 67-foot height limit, as office floors are taller than residential floors. Right now, the 74,000-square-foot property contains a one story office building. It was formerly occupied by Bungie Studios, creator of the Halo video game series, from 2004 to 2010. MRM Capital has owned the property since 2005. The council held another study session on the amendment request at their Oct. 20 council meeting, past the Reporter deadline. Originally submitted in 2011, the request was to change the building story limit from five to eight stories or 100 feet, whereas current zoning allows for a height of 67 feet or five stories, with the intention of having retail on the ground floor if they were able to build residential above. Discussion on the PAR (Private Amendment Request) in 2012 were ultimately tabled, then eventually postponed so it could be included as part of the city’s update to the Comprehensive Plan. Last year, city staff examined the amendment request as part of potential updates to the Central Business District (CBD) encompassing the property. There was another delay, however, after Touch-
This artist’s rendering shows the vision laid out by MRM Capital for the building next to Parkplace in downtown. The city is considering MRM’s request to change the zoning from office to mixed-use. CONTRIBUTED stone, the original owner of Parkplace located north of 434 Kirkland Way, decided to sell the property. In response, MRM requested they put the PAR on hold until the fate of Parkplace became clearer. During a Planning Commission study session on March 12, MRM withdrew its request for an eight story height limit based on feedback from the community and later submitted the new request. The commission’s recommendations include that the site have no limitations on residential, but offer incentives for the property owner to develop office space by allowing for an 80 foot height limit for office, compared to 67 feet for residential. As part of the redevelopment, the commission recommends the council require certain public benefits, such as a 54-foot wide easement road from Parkplace, which is currently planned for redevelopment beginning next year, and Kirkland Way. Other requirements include a minimum 9,000 square foot tenant space among the ground floor
retail, a public plaza of at least 2,000 square feet and 10 percent of the residential be designated for affordable housing. Commission Chair Eric Laliberte said that the recommendations reflect “fundamental changes” to the office market. “We felt it was to keep existing zoning would be effectively land banking this, hoping that one day market conditions changed again so that office at this current zoning would happen,” he said. “So what we did was we thought that allowing for residential would allow for redevelopment to occur, but we also wanted to include an incentive for office.” However, concerns have been raised about the effect a zoning change from office to mixed-use would have on downtown. In a June 20 memo, Planning Director Eric Shields wrote that “the change of zoning would result in a loss of job capacity and the addition of dwelling units.” Together with the changes made to the Parkplace masterplan that reduced the overall
size, Shields wrote that it would result in a potential downtown job loss of 3,278, though at the same time he concluded that despite this the city would still be able to meet its citywide employment target due to the redevelopment planned at Totem Lake, which is currently designated as an urban center. The council has considered possibly designating downtown as an urban center. Under King County’s definition, downtown would need, among other things, a minimum of 15,000 jobs within half a mile of a high capacity transit station, a minimum of 50 employees per gross acre and a minimum average of 15 housing units per acre. While Kirkland’s downtown transit center doesn’t currently meet the county’s criteria, Asher said that allowing the site to change to residential might prevent them from meeting the criteria concerning jobs. “If downtown Issaquah can be an urban center, downtown kirkland can be an urban center,” he said. “I think that’s a simple way of
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looking at it. If we are deficit dicated a “healthy demand in two items, right now the for commercial space.” transit center, the second The report concluded that is jobs, then I would like to the amendment request move that to one item that was “inappropriate from a we’re deficit, and it’s not my market demand standpoint” problem, it’s someone else’s and converting it into office problem. Then we can go space would undermine the shopping for that and get city’s ability to meet obligathat because we’ve done the tions for employment under things we can.” the GMA. “If we don’t designate In response to the Garddowntown as an urban ner letter, real estate appraiscenter it will not attract er Anthony Gibbons wrote the investment,” he said. to the commission on behalf “It will not attract the state of MRM Capital stating that and regional investments, MRM’s site is not needed to and we can already see it’s meet the actual demand for really tough to get that; and space downtown. the sustainability of our “In any event, with downtown over 650,000 [square “If we don’t the long term I feet] on the horidesignate think is jeoparzon, we can comdowntown as an fortably predict that dized, seriously urban center it jeopardized, if the Kirkland CBD will not attract it’s not designat(central business the investment,” district) will have ed as an urban he said. “It will center. I really enough office space not attract the don’t want to see for the downtown us walking away state and regional area for the foreseefrom something investments, and able future, without we control, and we can already see needing to rely on that is convertit’s really tough to the MRM proping office to get that; and the erty for additional residential.” sustainability of our supply,” he wrote. Councilmem- downtown over the “History tells ber Jay Arnold, us that office long term I think supporting the markets are very is jeopardized, recommendavulnerable to busiseriously tions, said the jeopardized, if it’s ness cycles, and changes would occupancy and not designated as complement rental rates fluctuan urban center. I ate significantly the Parkplace redevelopment, really don’t want to (down and up) though he sup- see us walking away when economic from someone we conditions change. ported the idea of regulating the control and that is The probability that converting office to we will encounter design guideresidential.” lines. another down-cycle Dave Asher “What this (which typically ocamendment curs at least once a request does is decade) prior to the bets on Parkplace as our full absorption of currently economic development proposed space is very strategy downtown,” he said. probable, and will further “It leverages it, it builds on delay other development it, it connects to it, and it opportunities.” agrees with it.” In regards to the GMA MRM’s desire to build mandates, Gibbons said that residential instead of office “These goals are important has met with opposition to planners and city officers from some in the commuand that may in turn impact nity, including Ken Daviddevelopers, but developers son of Davidson Serles & themselves (wisely) do not Associates, which owns the heavily base development Emerald Office Building decisions on its mandates... on 520 Kirkland Way. In a This is a 20-year goal, not report for Davidson, Seattle- a prediction or projection, based consultant Gardner and neither a developer Economics stated that a nor lender would base a very low vacancy rate for multimillion construction office space in Kirkland indecision upon its contents.”
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Kirkland Chamber endorses Prop. 1 for ARC On Oct. 13, the Board of Directors of the Greater Kirkland Chamber of Commerce voted to support Kirkland’s Prop 1 to build the Aquatic, Recreation and Community Center in the Totem Lake area. Building the ARC will be a taxpayer financed investment in economic development and quality of life. The population of Kirkland is expected to grow substantially over the next 10 years, particularly in Totem Lake, which will see a drastic increase in new housing units. This project will also include a large event space, which is a big need for many groups in Kirkland. The market has not supplied a 250-person meeting and event space which is needed to have auctions and dinners in Kirkland, and give work to Kirkland event planners, restaurants and caterers. Redmond and Bellevue have benefited from Kirkland’s lack of event facilities, so it is time to have a place for these events in our city. The pool will be the center of swim meets drawing customers to our hotels, restaurants and shops. By adding to Kirkland’s quality of life the ARC will help us attract other excellent employers like Google. This is done without impairing the city’s ability to fund needed fire stations and roads. For these reasons, the Greater Kirkland Chamber of Commerce happily endorses Kirkland Prop 1.
Lake Washington School District reviews its curricula on a planned 10-year cycle. Each year several different curriculum committees may be at work. The district’s goal is to provide up-to-date, research-based, appropriate materials to help children learn. Committees of people with teaching and subject matter expertise help meet this goal. Diverse perspectives and experiences are represented. Teachers, administrators and parents serve on the committees. This year, an adoption committee will review the 9-12 math curriculum. The district seeks parents/community members to serve on this committee. Adoption committee members review standards, teaching practices and materials for specific courses and content areas. Committees take two years to develop a recommendation. Adoption committees meet about once a month during the school year for two years. During the first year, committee members learn about best instructional practices. They develop standards for reviewing instructional materials. They create screening criteria. During the second year, committee members use the screening criteria to review available materials.
The committee must reach consensus on instructional materials to recommend. The committee forwards their recommendation to the Instructional Materials Committee (IMC). Once approved by the IMC, the materials go to the district’s board of directors for final approval. Anyone interested in serving should complete the brief online application available on the district website (www. lwsd.org). Volunteer members will be selected based on geographic location and diverse representation. They must be willing to participate for a one- to two-year term. Applications are due by Oct. 26. High school math curriculum adoption committee 2015-16 meeting dates and times: (All meetings take place at the district’s Resource Center, 16250 NE 74th St., Redmond) • Nov. 5, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. • Jan. 5, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. • Feb. 17, 3:30-6:30 p.m. • April 21, 3:30–6:30 p.m. • May 16, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
Three Kirkland boys finish in the top ten of KingCo golf tournament Three high school boys golfers, Alec Robson, Eric Jessen and Devin Andrews, finished in the top 10 during the 2A/3A Boys’ KingCo Medalist Tournament on Tuesday. Overall, Lake
Washington High School finished fourth with a team score of 403, as Liberty won the tournament, shooting 384 strokes. Robson, a senior from Juanita, finished tied for sixth shooting a 74. He shot a 35 on the front nine and a 39 on the back nine. Jessen, a sophomore from Lake Washington, shot a 75 (38 and 37) and tied for eighth overall. Andrews, a Juanita junior, finished tied for 10th with a 76 (37 and 39). Lake Washington sophomore Riley Pluth finished tied for 13th overall with a score of 78 (36 and 42) and teammate sophomore Matt Uhrich tied for 15th with a score of 79 strokes (41 and 38). All five students move on to play in the district tournament and Tanner German, a junior from Juanita, earned an alternate spot with a score of 82 (41 and 41).
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bills we consider reflect the laws of our state,” said Habib. “I’ll elevate the office as an advocate for kids, colleges and global partnerships. I’ll do my part to make sure that our state boards and commissions reflect the true geographic and demographic diversity of our state.” Habib, who has introduced a number of popular proposals, including the Washington Voting Rights Act and legislation expanding paid sick leave statewide, launches his campaign with endorsements from legislative colleagues from across the state, including State Senators David Frockt and Pramila Jayapal, State Representatives Jessyn Farrell, Marcus Riccelli, and Brady Walkinshaw, among other local and state leaders. Habib will immediately begin campaigning statewide, meeting with voters in every part of the state, leading up to the 2016 elections. For more information, visit CyrusHabib.com
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First Cal Mortgage expands office First California Mortgage Company (First Cal) announced today a major expansion in its Pacific Northwest operations with the hiring of Regional Vice President Travis Newbauer, a 12-year industry veteran with tenure at firms such as Envoy Mortgage, Eagle Home Mortgage and GMAC Mortgage. Newbauer will have responsibility over Washington and Oregon, and he joins First Cal with eight other experienced loan officers in the Kirkland and Bellevue area. The group will be based in the firm’s Kirkland branch at 4040 Lake Washington Boulevard. First Cal’s new loan officers include Newbauer, Paul Berry, Wayland Coleman, Jeremiah Hackbart, Eric Hildebrand, Greg Prendergast, Jose Puebla, Zachary Smith and Esteban Valenzuela. Newbauer said First Cal’s
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sight-restoring transplants in 2014. “Giving the gift of sight through cornea donation involves a significant level of coordination at every step of the way,” said EvergreenHealth CEO Bob Malte. “This award reflects a collective effort by our skilled and dedicated patient care teams to seamlessly work with our partners at SightLife to ensure that a family’s wishes are realized when a donation opportunity becomes available.” EvergreenHealth Chief Nursing Officer, Nancee Hofmeister, accepted the award from SightLife representatives on behalf of the patient care teams. She recognized the hard work by nursing leadership and staff to establish a process for cornea donation, as well as the significant contribu-
tions made by EvergreenHealth Hospice Care, which is responsible for a large percentage of the donors. “Every family has the right to choose if they want to be an organ, tissue or eye donor,” said Bernie Iliakis, SightLife Chief Operating Officer, during the award presentation. “EvergreenHealth nurses play an important role in ensuring the process goes smoothly. With leadership’s strong support of these efforts, EvergreenHealth consistently has one of the highest conversion rates among our hospital partners in the Northwest.” As one of the largest eye banks in the U.S., SightLife meets 100 percent of the local need for transplant tissue in the Northwest and helps eliminate the waiting list for corneal transplants throughout the U.S. In addi-
Evergreen adds Spine & Neurosurgery Care practice EvergreenHealth has brought in EvergreenHealth Spine & Neurosurgery Care to the health system’s network of specialty care practices. The newly added practice will be led by Dr. Mark Freeborn, a fellowshiptrained orthopedic surgeon who specializes in complex minimally invasive spine surgery. “Dr. Freeborn is a distinguished physician who is highly regarded in his field and has been a familiar face on our campus for many years. We are pleased to welcome him to our organization, and to expand our diverse group of specialty care with EvergreenHealth
Spine & Neurosurgery Care,” said EvergreenHealth CEO Bob Malte. EvergreenHealth Spine & Neurosurgery Care specializes in diagnosing, treating and repairing the conditions that cause back pain using the least invasive and most effective methods to reduce or eliminate discomfort. According to Freeborn, many patients who suffer from back pain can be treated with conservative approaches using physical therapy and non-surgical pain management. For those who do need surgery, EvergreenHealth Spine & Neurosurgery Care offers the most advanced and least invasive procedures that are tailored to each patient’s individual condition and concerns for the best possible outcome. As part of the practice’s comprehensive approach to treatment, patients are also connected to rehabilitative care at EvergreenHealth that uses innovative technologies to aid patients on their way to becoming fitter, faster and stronger than they
after the incident, but only after making no fewer than six phone calls and leaving a voicemail asking him to call police immediately, according to the officer’s report.
The athletic director allegedly told them on the phone that he had received their voicemail but planned to call them in the morning. When asked if he knew about the incident, he alleg-
edly told police he had been informed about it by then head football coach, Shaun Tarantola. He said his understanding of the incident was that the victim had been pulled into the locker room by two other students and had his pants and underwear pulled down. He then said he “was not sure why the police were calling, as he didn’t think what had occurred was a police matter.” He also allegedly told police that he had contacted Principal Gary Moed about the incident, who had scheduled a meeting at 8 a.m. the next morning, but had also told Juzeler there was no need to call the police. When the officer asked Juzeler whether they had notified the Lake Washington School District Risk and Safety Management, he allegedly replied, “No. Why would we have done that?” According to LWSD Spokesperson Kathryn Reith, when serious incidents happen at a school, staff members report what they know to their supervisor. The officer then asked Juzeler why he didn’t think police should be notified, to which Juzeler allegedly replied “I didn’t think it was that serious. But I guess it is if you’re calling me after midnight.” The officer replied that even based on his knowledge of the incident the behavior was still criminal in nature and should have
been reported. According to the police documents, the investigation was also troubled by erratic behavior on the part of the victim’s female family caretaker. When she first reported the incident, the documents claim, she kept hanging up the phone and was uncooperative with NORCOM [911] Dispatch. After officers arrived at the house, she became furious when they requested to speak with the victim in private, as the allegations involved possibly embarrassing details. She screamed at them to “Just get the [expletive] out of my house!” The officers’ reports state they were about to leave but the victim was able to calm his relative. However, the problems didn’t end there. When officers tried to ask the victim questions, the relative insisted “something prejudicial is going on here” and became upset because they weren’t “filling out an application.” One officer noted in his report that the woman seemed to be “intentionally obstructing our investigation.” Most disturbingly, the officers allege that the relative also repeatedly told the victim, in front of them, that because of this incident the victim should be “glad your daddy’s dead” and that the victim should feel “shame” for what had happened to him. She also allegedly mocked him, saying “you let those boys do
tion to supporting transplants domestically, SightLife and its global partner eye banks serve the needs of those with corneal blindness in over 32 countries.
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BRIEFS Local hospital receives award for cornea donation EvergreenHealth in Kirkland is the recipient of the SightLife Vision Award, which is presented to SightLife’s top hospital partners with a demonstrated commitment to cornea donation advocacy. EvergreenHealth has achieved a cornea donation conversion rate of over 70 percent four of the last five years, according to SightLife, a global nonprofit health organization focused on eliminating corneal blindness in the U.S. and around the world. Through nurses and other care providers working closely with SightLife professionals, EvergreenHealth successfully connected cornea donors to 163 individuals receiving
[ JHS from page 1] what had happened. After interviewing the victim at his home, police then tried to contact Juzeler and were finally able to speak with him at 12:30 a.m. the day
were prior to their injury or condition. Interventions including pre- and post-surgical therapies, ergonomic assessments, gait analysis, customized orthotics and sport assessments work in tandem to revitalize patients at every step of their path to recovery. Freeborn, who was selected as one of Seattle Magazine’s “Top Docs” in 2015, is board certified in orthopedic surgery. He earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and completed his orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Washington / Harborview Medical Center. EvergreenHealth Spine & Neurosurgery Care is located on the health system’s Kirkland campus in the Evergreen Surgery and Physician Center at 12333 NE 130th Lane, Suite 400, Kirkland, WA 98035 and serves all of Northshore. To learn more, visit www. evergreenhealth.com/spineand-neurosurgery or call 425-899-4809.
homosexual acts on you.” After interviewing the victim and learning that he had been contacted by Tarantola, who had called the victim to find out about what had happened and apologize, police requested the coach’s phone number. However, the female relative refused to provide it and forbade the victim from doing so, insisting the officers get it from Juzeler. During interviews the next day between officers and the victim at the school, where the suspects were also interviewed by police, the family relative again injected herself to the point where officers had to stop the interview repeatedly and tell her not to interrupt them. Following interviews of the first-hand witnesses, it was determined that the intent of the assault was “in fact to sexually assault the victim with a broom handle,” according to the police report. As part of their investigation, officers learned that the student who had allegedly planned the attack had not shown up to school that day. They also were informed that he had recorded the incident on his phone but had been told by other players to delete the footage. The school and police were eventually contacted by the student’s father, who claimed that he had destroyed the phone in a fit [ more ASSAULT page 14 ]
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athletic program demonof anger over what his son strated the incident “does had done. When the officers asked for them to bring not define Juanita High School as a whole or the in the broken phone, the athletic experience at the father claimed to not know school.” where it was anymore and According to the victim that he “makes so much in the Oct. 22, 2014 assault, money that breaking an the attack quickly ended iPhone is nothing to him, he can just get another.” The after other players entered the locker room, with one officer then believed that the father had destroyed the player saying, “This isn’t funny anymore.” phone in order to cover up Shortly thereafter, senior evidence of his son’s participlayers came into the locker pation in the assault. room and learned of the KPD spokesperson Lt. incident, with the two Mike Murray said they senior captains reporting it eventually retrieved all the to then assistant coach Lele player’s phones, but didn’t Te’o, according to the police find any usable evidence. documents. After bringing his son to Te’o told police in a Nov. the Kirkland Justice Center 4 interview that after varsity to be processed, the father told police that it “wasn’t an practice he had gone into the locker room at around isolated incident” and that his son had been a victim of 5 p.m. and was approached by a group of seniors insistsimilar types of behavior. ing they needed to speak The claim seemed to be with him. substantiated by several After hearing about the other students who claimed incident, Te’o said he coneither they or others have tacted Tarantola. been subject to similar Te’o was placed on adtypes of behavior. ministrative leave on Oct. A former JHS football 31 and asked to leave Kamiplayer now attending akin Middle School where school in another district, he worked during the day. told police that a similar He told officers he incident had ocwas not given a curred to him and reason for why he JUANITA others during the was being put on summer in 2014 leave. Tarantola was while the team had later put on adminbeen at Camp Casey istrative leave as well. on Whidbey Island, LWSD announced their dein which upperclassmen cision in early November in had assaulted underclassan email to parents, though men with a broom handle. it did not name the coaches The player also told police specifically. that he had informed his Following the announcemother about the incident, ments, many Kirkland but begged her not to call residents, including football the school. players, wrote to the school Another player told district expressing their police that they witnessed support for the coaches, other players try to “jubie” who were eventually reinanother player in the stated to their positions in shower but he had been December. able to fight them off. Tarantola resigned as Judge John Erlick, who head football coach in sentenced the three defenApril, and Te’o has now dants, also stated during an assumed the head coaching Aug. 31 court date while position. deliberating over whether While investigating the or not to grant them a assault, KPD learned that deferred disposition that the school district had previous incidents had conducted their own investaken place. tigation and that the results “I think this is a horrific had been provided to each crime,” Erlick said. “I think of the suspect’s attorneys in [the victim] has been both the form of redacted statephysically and emotionally violated. And I have to look ments. When KPD requested at this crime in the context the documents, the school of a culture, and I call it a district stated they could culture because from what not release them unless I read in the submissions they were served with a not only were these young warrant or subpoena. In men perpetrators, but to January, a judge approved a some extent they were also KPD warrant on the district victims in the sense of beand the documents were ing subject to similar types turned over to the prosecuof ‘jubies.’ It doesn’t justify tor’s office. it, and this needs to put an According to the school end to that.” district, they hired an However, the school district claims that a review outside investigator to look
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www.kirklandreporter.com into the specific incident for disciplinary purposes, but the suspects did not participate in the investigation due to the charges. The school district’s outside investigation is still ongoing. KPD filed a request in January to temporarily seal the police case until April. The Reporter originally requested the case documents in December, after charges were forwarded to the prosecutor’s office, but despite the KPD initially granting the request it was ultimately denied, citing RCW 13.50.050(3) which states “All records other than the official juvenile court file are confidential and may be released only as provided in this chapter, RCW 13.40.215 and 4.24.550.” The Reporter appealed the KPD’s decision, but after a review by the City Public Records Steering Committee, the appeal was again denied. Denied public information requests are considered closed. Juzeler and Moed did not respond to requests by The Reporter for comment. Neither of them were placed on administrative leave. The LWSD has posted a response to the incident on its website defending the district’s actions immediately following the incident, particularly concerning their refusal to turn over internal investigative findings. “The district could not legally hand over student investigation reports without a subpoena or search warrant since that would be a violation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, a federal law that protects the privacy of student records,” the release reads. “The documents were produced immediately after the subpoena was delivered.” The release also defended the actions of the school officials. “In the hours following the incident, the school and district administration acted swiftly based on the knowledge of the situation,” the release reads. “Initial reports of the incident came from students who witnessed and put a stop to it. Coaches alerted school administration. The school administration planned to fully investigate in the morning with the help of the School Resource Officer, a member of the Kirkland Police Department.” “The school and district has a close working relationship with the Kirkland Police and fully cooperated with the investigation,” the
release reads further. The school district says it has taken proactive steps as a result of the investigation, which includes improving after-school supervision at all high schools in the district, particularly in the locker rooms. The district also plans to meet with coaches before each season Women who shop onabout locker room superviline now have a better way sion and has hired school to find their best denim fit security staff for after thanks to Kirkland-based school hours at four of their Fitcode, a new fashion high schools. technology company. At All five of the former the core of the concept, JHS football players arFitcode is shifting the rested and given emergency industry’s focus from expulsions for the incident size to fit. Shoppers have were eventually charged complimentary access to with second degree atthe Fitcode digital service tempted rape for trying to across their devices. To get sodomize the victim. Three started, a woman takes a of them pleaded guilty to short, four-question quiz third degree assault earlier that matches her with one this year and were senof nine different Fitcodes tenced in Juvenile Court to based on her unique body 12 months of community type. Once her Fitcode is supervision, 48 hours of identified, she can browse community service, as well a curated selection of as other conditions, includdenim from supported ing that they not re-enroll brands, and shop through at JHS. the Fitcode site, or directly The cases against the at a favorite retailer’s site. remaining two students The company anare still pending in Juvenounced $1.8 million in nile Court, according to Series A funding from King County Prosecutor’s investment firm, Harvey Spokesperson Dan DonoPartners. 280945_4.75_x_6 4/7/15 11:05 AM Page 1The fundhoe. One of the defendants started his trial Monday.
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Vote no on Kirkland’s Prop. 1 Recently, Kirkland Mayor Amy Walen and councilmember Toby Nixon wrote, “a traditional bond is an expensive and risky way to meet the community desire for an ARC on private land. A bond measure would require that the city own the property for the ARC and have an accurate estimate of the total costs.” Pardon me, but if I was going to build something I really would like to have an accurate cost estimate before I asked for funding.
Ken Williams, Kirkland
For the sake of all students, vote for Jackie
Pendergrass I am writing this letter on behalf of a highly esteemed colleague and friend of mine, Jackie Pendergrass. Jackie is running for re-election as the School Board President for the Lake Washington School Board. She has been an amazing advocate for all our district students for well over the 20 years that she was on the school board. She started out at least 30 years ago volunteering in the school that I was Secretary at and became our PTSA President. Mrs. Pendergrass has had great success as our School Board President and board member for over 20 years. She was, and still is an integral part of increasing our on-time student graduation rate of 90 percent. Our district, under Jackie’s guidance and years of experience, is a fiscally sound district, exhibiting clean audit reports and the highest bond rating possible. Her dedication to the students and parents of this community is unsurpassed… attending all school board meetings and study sessions. You have to be present and accounted for to make a difference at this position, and Jackie surpasses all the criteria to meet that challenge and has benefitted many, many lives throughout her esteemed career. This position is not just about getting a bond passed, it is much more than that. For the sake of all present and incoming students, please vote for Jackie Pendergrass and keep our wonderful school district moving forward.
Linda Paribello, Kirkland
The case for Proposition 1 I have been a Kirkland homeowner for 29 years and lifelong Eastside community member. Over the years I have seen our community grow in size and diversity. According to national statistics we are below average for indoor pools with a community of our size. A new pool complex is needed now. I am grateful to the residents who built parks, libraries and pools for me to use as I was growing up. Without the passing of Proposition 1 there will be no year round pool available in Kirkland, without buying an exclusive membership. A healthy lifestyle shouldn’t be exclusive. On Nov. 3, we have the opportunity to enhance our community by voting for Proposition 1 which will build a multiuse community facility that will promote the health and wellness for all ages. In addition to a state of the art pool, the center will include a basketball court, fitness studio to house dance and yoga and a large community hall that can host civic gatherings, banquets and weddings. The Aquatics and Recreation Center (ARC) will combine venues that are either going away, in need of updating or currently lacking in our community. Currently, Kirkland only has one pool, Peter Kirk pool which is only open two and half months in the summer. The areas only year round pool is at Juanita High School owned by Lake Washington School District and it is set to be demolished
with the school’s impending renovation. Now is the time to act, so swimming lessons that provide safety for our youth as they use our miles of parks and shoreline, can continue. Throughout the year at any one time over 800 children are in swimming lessons at the Juanita pool. These swimming lessons sell out in minutes, too many lessons for Peter Kirk pool to handle in the summer. When Juanita pool closes there will be little opportunity to learn to swim in Kirkland. Additionally, both Lake Washington and Juanita high swim teams will not be able to practice and most likely will be terminated. Lastly, our growing community currently does not have an affordable venue, either public or private, to host gatherings of 250-300 people, ARC would fill that void. Considerable time and effort over the last two-plus years has brought us to this exciting opportunity - to build the ARC. Vetting of locations and funding has been extensively researched by community leaders and council members leading to the creation of Proposition 1. Proposition 1 would create a Kirkland Metropolitan Parks District with an independent advisory committee for funding oversite. Creating a Parks District is a brilliant funding mechanism on the part of the city council. Funding through a levy of this size would cost tax payers millions to bring to the ballot. Along with the fact that a levy only funds once and would not provide funds to [ more LETTERS page 16 ]
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They respond to the argument that creating a new MPD [Metropolitan Park District] can raise rates without a vote and this isn’t a concern because “Kirkland has a strong history of Councils that listen to residents and serve the public interest.” Well, pardon me again but going forward this statement provides zero protection against future rate increases. They write, “If you truly want an ARC, vote yes in November. No one can say when a vote on the ARC [Aquatics, Recreation and Community center] will come again.” Why not? If the council does such a great job of listening to citizens the issue should come up again but with a bond that is tied to an accurate estimate of the cost, with a site already selected, with a time frame and end for funding that is designed to solve the problem, which is replacing the Juanita High School pool. Why has no one considered smaller steps such as covering the Peter Kirk pool so it isn’t unused for nine months of the year? How about working with the State to reopen the pool at Saint Edwards State Park? Both of these sites have the facilities, changing rooms and parking and take away zero additional open space for a fraction of the cost of building an expensive ARC. Vote no on Proposition 1.
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ARC. The cost of the ARC is projected to be $40-80 million. This wide range is a tell tale sign that the council does not have a final product to present to the public. In fact, Councilman Nixon uses the argument against funding the ARC with a traditional bond measure as it would require the city to provide “an accurate estimate of the total costs”. The very first step to formulate an accurate estimate of costs is to first know what you are building. In short, the council wants everyone to vote for a new taxing authority with a forever tax without knowing what you are getting in return. Do you really want a government entity to have this much flexibility with your money? An MPD has very little protection to the voters. If the council decides they want to fund all of the city’s parks through the MPD to free up funds in the general budget, the voters cannot stop them. They don’t even have to ask. The council has said they would not do this, but they already have if you look at their ARC proposed budget. Here, they include North Kirkland Community Center in their proposed MPD/ARC Budget. The council believes they are doing what Kirkland voters are asking them to do. They state they have taken numerous statistically valid polls. They use the results of one of these polls from 2013 saying 82 percent of Kirkland registered voters approve building the ARC. These results are posted on the ARC website. Although, as you look closer, poll participants were not asked if they supported the ARC in its current form with costs, location or how it was going to be financed. The question on this poll asked whether the voter would support an “indoor community recreation and aquatic center to replace the Juanita High School Aquatics facility when it closes.” The voter was not asked, “would you support building a first class gym with sports courts, pools and indoor water park that will cost $40-80 dollars and will need a forever property tax increase to complete.” The council is also not highlighting the fact that in the same survey, only 6 percent said t hey used the current Juanita pool regularly. The council posted a more recent poll conducted this year. The results were interesting too. Less than two years after the 2013 poll the support dropped to 75 percent for replacing Juanita’s pool. When notified that a
tax measure was needed for a replacement pool the support dropped to 67 percent, and then, when asked if they would support a $48 million bond to pay for the new pool the support dropped further to 62 percent. This is a far cry from the 82 percent support the city is advertising. With the above results, it is no wonder the council moved away from a bond. One fact that is not promoted by the council is that a MPD only needs a simple majority to pass, over 50 percent in favor. A bond measure needs 60 percent voter approval. The council knows that with $48 million price tag they only have 62 percent support which is just barely over the 60 percent to pass a bond. Moreover, if you factor in the poll’s margin of error of 4.9 percent, a bond may not pass at all. Now the ARC could cost as much as $80 million and the council is now trying to fund it with a forever tax (MPD). We need to stop, read the fine print again, and then vote NO on Kirkland Prop. 1. We have moved way beyond the idea of replacing a closing Juanita pool. At $4080 million, The ARC project has grown out of control and the council is not acting responsibly by attempting to bring us back to earth. The “bling” is too bright, even for them. I encourage you to stop and read the fine print once again. Kirkland Proposition 1 is not a vote to fund a new pool, it is vote to allow the council free access to your wallet without being accountable to the taxpayers of Kirkland. While Councilman Toby Nixon and the Kirkland City Council define this as flexibility, keep your eyes on both of their hands and don’t let them distract you. Vote no on Kirkland Prop. 1; there are more responsible ways to build a pool. Please take the time to vote Nov. 3.
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[16] October 23, 2015 [ LETTERS from page 15] last forever. It may only cost upgrade or replace outdated infrastructure 20-30 years down the road. The daily operations will be covered by user fees as has been demonstrated by Wave Aquatics running of the Juanita High School pool over the last six years. Over the nearly three decades that I have been a resident the Council has spent your tax dollars wisely on the services, parks and operations that continue to attract people and companies that want to live and work here, as the record indicates. I see no reason they would waste tax dollars with Proposition 1. NOW we have the ability to choose a well thought out option that will benefit our children and community for generations to come. We can choose to vote for a positive change or let a well thought out opportunity pass us by. I hope you join me in voting for Proposition 1 Nov. 3.
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a few hundred or a thousand per year for some homeowners, but over 30 years, this can mean tens of thousands of tax dollars for homeowners. What we have been told so far: • Council invested $500,000 to evaluate potential public and private sites • Seven to nine acres of private land for the ARC will cost up to $20 million dollars • The ARC design cost could range as high as another $5 million. • Building cost? We don’t know. Yet, we are being asked to vote on this unknown amount for an unlimited period of time. My other concern is that city and/or state agencies sometimes build facilities that are far more expensive than the private sector. On occasion, they run over budget and over time. For instance, consider the projected cost of $40 million to $80 million then look at these Aquatic/Recreation Centers designed, built and operated by the YMCA in Washington. These guys know what they’re doing – because they have been doing it for 100 years. The YMCA is building a 47,500-square-foot facility in
www.kirklandreporter.com Stanwood. Projected cost is $22 million, community involvement is $17 million; the Y built a 110,000-square-foot facility in Sumner for $35 million, community involvement $16.4 million (land donated by city); the Y built a 85,000-square-foot facility in Haselwood for $22 million, community involvement $12 million (land donated by government); the Y built a 74,765-square-foot facility in Gig Harbor for $24 million, community involvement $16 million (land purchased by the YMCA). And a ‘good to know fact’ Kirkland isn’t the first city to lose a school pool. Stanwood did too ‌ and the Y is in the process of building a facility to meet the school’s need and the general public’s need. This site will have a competitive pool, a leisure pool with river and a big whirlpool. We don’t need a Metropolitan Park District with a range of 25 cents to 75 cents per $1,000 for an endless period of time. We need the YMCA with their beautiful designs and proven operational knowledge. Take a minute and look at the pictures of these sites. It will blow your mind. They look like resorts. • gordon-family-
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The Lake Washington School District has three important school board races this November - Districts No. 1, No. 2 and No. 5. Fortunately, we have three outstanding candidates all running for re-election: Jackie Pendergrass, Chris Carlson and Siri Bliesner. Jackie, Chris and Siri are strong advocates for our most valuable resource - our students. Their leadership has helped our school district become one of the finest in the state, if not the nation.
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All three have a strong sense of fiscal responsibility and all have been wise stewards of our taxpayer dollars. As volunteers in our classrooms, they also have first-hand experience with the issues facing public education today. The Lake Washington School District is facing tremendous challenges due to an unprecedented growth in student population. It’s important that we retain Jackie, Chris and Siri so they can continue their excellent work in steering our district in the right direction towards solving the problems this growth has created. Now is not the time to risk our future by electing unproven candidates. Please join the 1,800 teachers in the Lake Washington School District by supporting Jackie Pendergrass, Chris Carlson and Siri Bliesner for re-election to the LWSD School Board.
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ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE / SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER (EVERETT, WA) Sound Media, a division of Sound Publishing Inc., is seeking an exper ienced, customer-focused advertising sales account executive who needs to be the best and work among the best! If you thrive in an entrepreneurial environment where you can truly deliver value to your clients; if you are someone who is passionate about Social Age Technologies and understands the cross channel campaign strategies offered by an innovative, 21st century consultative marketing team; then we invite you to consider joining our team of professionals. We a r e l o o k i n g fo r a confident, detail-oriente d , s e l f - s t a r t e r, w h o among other things will be responsible for: · Prospecting, qualifying, cultivating, and renewing client relationships resulting in sales “wins” for new or extended contracts; · Designing and implementing actionable sales plans based on performance goals and objectives; · Developing and maintaining favorable relationships among prospects and existing clients in order to increase revenue and meet individual and team goals; · Formulating customizable marketing communications solutions for each unique client through a thorough needs-assessment, ensuring recommended campaign strategies and related tactics meet or exceed client expectations.
CREATIVE ARTIST (Everett, WA) Sound Publishing, Inc. has a Creative Artist position available at the Daily Herald in Everett, WA. Position is PT and the schedule requires flexibility. Duties include perfor ming conceptual design for ads, logos, page layout, marketing campaigns and collateral. The position will require providing excellent customer service to both internal and external customers. REQUIREMENTS: Experience with Adobe Creative Suite 6, which includes: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash and Acrobat. Basic understanding of HTML, Flash animation and web layout preferred. Excellent customer service, organization and communication skills. Ability to work independently, as well as part of a team, in a fast-paced env i r o n m e n t . N ew s p a p e r and agency experience is p r e fe r r e d b u t n o t r e quired.
REGIONAL EDITOR (Bellevue, WA) Sound Publishing has an immediate opening for a Regional Editor of the Bellevue, Mercer Island, and Issaquah/Sammamish Repor ter publications. This is not an entr y-level position. The position requires a hands-on leader with a minimum of three years newspaper experience including writing, editing, photography, pagination with InDesign skills. The position also requires experience editing and monitoring social media i n c l u d i n g Tw i t t e r a n d Facebook and posting stories and photo art to the website.
REPORTER (EVERETT, WA) The Daily Herald, a division of Sound Publishing, Inc. is looking for a productive journalist with the steady habits of a beat reporter, the human touch of a feature writer, and the voice of a columnist. Our community newspaper wants a spor ts repor ter who’s ready to become a fan favorite. Readers count on the Daily Herald to do a great job with high school and community spor ts in Snohomish County, WA. And they love our first-rate coverage of professional and college sports in Seattle. Can you help us do both? Candidates need to be self-star ters and should be comfor table working for both print and digital platforms -maintaining a blog and fe e d i n g a Tw i t t e r a c count. Experience as a beat wr iter preferred. Column-writing experience a plus.
Position may require a bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of experience in the field or in a related area, or an equivalent combination of education and practical experience. Must possess a reliable vehicle, valid Driver’s License, and proof of current vehicle insurance coverage. To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to: careers@soundpublishing.com. Please note ATTN: BDS in the subject line. We look forward to hearing from you! Sound Publishing is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the workplace. Check out our website to find out more about us! www.soundpublishing.com RN’s up to $45/hr, LPN’s up to $37.50/hr, CNA’s up to $22.50/hr, Free gas/weekly pay, $2000 Bonus, AACO Nursing Agency, 1-800-656-4414 Ext2
If you can think outside the box, enjoy collaborative, creative-type brainstorming and would like to be part of a highly energized, competitive and professional team, we want to hear from you! Please email your cover letter, resume, and a few work samples to: careers@sound publishing.com ATTN: PTCA Sound Publishing is an Equal Oppor tunity Employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the workplace. Check out our website to find out more about us! www.soundpublishing.com
The successful candidate: Has a demonstrated interest in local political and cultural affairs. Po s s e s s e s ex c e l l e n t writing and verbal skills, and can provide representative clips from one o r m o r e p r o fe s s i o n a l publications. Has experience editing repor ters’ copy and submitted materials for content and style. Is proficient in designing and building pages with Adobe InDes i g n . I s ex p e r i e n c e d managing a For um page, writing cogent and stylistically interesting commentaries and editing a reader letters colu m n . H a s ex p e r i e n c e with social media and newspaper website content management and understands the value of the web to report news on a daily basis. Has p r o ve n i n t e r p e r s o n a l skills representing a newspaper or other organization at civic functions and public venues. Understands how to lead, motivate and mentor a small news staff. Must develop a knowledge of local arts, business and government. Must be visible in the community. Must possess a reliable, insured, motor vehicle and a valid Washington State driver’s license.
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