BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected]e Kirkland City Council voted to approve a proposed ban on most plastic bags at city businesses, despite a 2013 survey of residents that showed overwhelming op- position. e ban prohibits single-use plastic bags while allowing exemptions for plas- tic bags such as those used for transporting bulk food, hardware items, frozen foods, meats and newspapers. It also requires retail stores to charge customers at least a five cent fee for recyclable paper bags. e new policy is sched- uled to go into effect on March 1, 2016. It is estimated that the new regulation will affect approximately 170 retail businesses in Kirkland. Mayor Amy Walen, who voted in favor of the ordinance, has said a ban is necessary for environmental reasons. “Kirkland is growing and we must grow in a smart way,” she said in a release. “I’m proud to see Kirkland adopt this consumer- and business-friendly legislation that shows Kirkland’s com- mitment to being responsible for our environment.” e only councilmember to vote against the ordinance was Toby Nixon, who has voiced opposition to the idea of a plastic bag ban from the beginning. Other cities with plastic bag bans include Seattle, Issaquah, Bellingham, Shore- line and Mercer Island. A May 2013 survey con- ducted by Elway Research, Inc. of around 400 Kirkland residents found that eighty percent of them reuse more than one type of bag and nearly half of them already bring their own bags to the grocery store. e survey also found that residents heavily favored voluntary measures, albeit 85 percent FIRST BOOK | Organization to hold fundraiser at Kirkland Performance Center [8] FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2015 A DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING Wrestling | Rebel Mason McDaniel finished second at Mat Classic [7] Parkplace | City Council approves rezoning for redevelopment [3] R EP O RTER .com KIRKLAND NEWSLINE: 425.822.9166 Council passes plastic bag ban Denny’s Pet World manager Kelly Parsons bags a customer’s purchase using a plastic bag, which will be prohibited next March thanks to an ordinance passed by the Kirkland City Council. TJ MARTINELL, Kirkland Reporter [ more BAGS page 2 ] Teens plead not guilty to attempted rape BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected]e five Juanita High School football players charged with second-de- gree attempted rape have pled not guilty in King County Juvenile Court. e five students, all former freshmen on the high school football program’s C-team, are accused by the King County Prosecutor’s Office of attempting to sodomize an 18-year-old special-needs student with an object on Oct. 22 in the high school boy’s locker room. One of the students is also accused of filming the incident and then later deleting the footage. e five suspects have been released until their trial. As part of their ar- raignment, the suspects have been placed on 24-hour surveillance and are forbidden to have un- supervised access to the Internet. ey are also forbidden to have any contact with the alleged victim or come within 500 feet of the school or his residence. While the news of the alleged incident has shocked the Kirkland community, defense at- torneys for the suspects tried to downplay the severity of the incident. Addressing the judge prior to the arraign- ments, one attorney said the media has “portrayed it as something it’s not.” Another attorney during the arraignment of their client described the alleged incident as a “football hazing case.” e suspects are alleged to have assaulted the victim in an attempt to “jubie” him, a slang term referring to a hazing act known to football play- ers. During the follow- up investigation, police discovered one of the suspects sent out a text to the other four prior to the attempted rape saying they were “gonna jubie” the victim. e same defense attorney objected to restrictions on their cli- ent, prohibiting contact with juveniles two years younger, which he said are similar to those imposed on sex offend- ers, as well as aspects of a renewal of a sexual assault protection order. e victim, he told the judge, has already filed a [ more SODOMY page 5 ] Heathman sells for more than $17.4 million BY MATT PHELPS [email protected]e Heathman Hotel in downtown Kirkland has gone through some changes during the past few years. e hotel had a major remodel and changed general manag- ers in 2012. e award winning hotel is going through more changes. e Heathman in Kirkland was sold for more than $17.4 million last week to investors from Los Angeles, ac- cording to King County records, and employees are optimistic that the new ownership means a bright future. “We were able to retain all of our employees,” said hotel general manager Troy Longwith. “at was the first thing on everyone’s mind. We have a large number of employees who have been with the hotel from the start and this is the first ownership change. We are just a couple of days into this but they are committed to Kirkland longterm.” Hotel Kirkland Limited Liability Co. purchased the 91-room four-story hotel on Feb. [ more HOTEL page 2 ] BY TJ MARTINELL [email protected]T he proposal to toll Interstate 405 from Bellevue to Lyn- nwood received less than an enthused response at a public meeting held at Kirkland City Hall Feb. 19. A presentation by Tolling Division Assistant Secretary Craig Stone to the State Transportation Commission (WSTC) at the beginning of the meeting intended to relieve some concerns about the proposal, as well as explain the necessity for it on a highway which Stone said is among the worst, if not the worst, in the state when it comes to traffic congestion. Traffic is so bad, he said, the high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane is not meeting state and federal requirements for vehicles to be traveling at 40 miles per hour 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. e proposed toll would charge for the use of the existing carpool lane from SR 522 to I-5, along with two lanes between Northeast 6th Street in Bellevue and SR 522 in Bothell, or 17 miles, for those with less than the specified occupancy. Motor- cycles, and buses that seat at least 16 people, would be exempt from the toll. Stone cited tolled highways in Miami and San Diego as evidence of how the proposal would reduce traffic conges- tion. ough the commis- sion has yet to determine the Heated discussions dominate public hearing on 405 tolls Tolls for the HOT lanes on I-405 between Lynnwood and Bellevue are expected to be between 75 cents and $10. REPORTER FILE PHOTO [ more TOLLS page 6 ] Two enrolled in other schools, 500-foot protection order issued
� e Kirkland City Council voted to approve a proposed ban on most plastic bags at city businesses, despite a 2013 survey of residents that showed overwhelming op-position. � e ban prohibits single-use plastic bags while allowing exemptions for plas-tic bags such as those used for transporting bulk food, hardware items, frozen foods, meats and newspapers. It also requires retail stores to charge customers at least a � ve cent fee for recyclable paper bags.
� e new policy is sched-
uled to go into e� ect on March 1, 2016. It is estimated that the new regulation will a� ect approximately 170 retail businesses in Kirkland.
Mayor Amy Walen, who voted in favor of the ordinance, has said a ban is necessary for environmental reasons.
“Kirkland is growing and we must grow in a smart way,” she said in a release. “I’m proud to see Kirkland adopt this consumer- and business-friendly legislation that shows Kirkland’s com-mitment to being responsible for our environment.”
� e only councilmember to vote against the ordinance
was Toby Nixon, who has voiced opposition to the idea of a plastic bag ban from the beginning.
Other cities with plastic bag bans include Seattle, Issaquah, Bellingham, Shore-line and Mercer Island.
A May 2013 survey con-ducted by Elway Research, Inc. of around 400 Kirkland residents found that eighty percent of them reuse more than one type of bag and nearly half of them already bring their own bags to the grocery store. � e survey also found that residents heavily favored voluntary measures, albeit 85 percent
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Council passes plastic bag banDenny’s Pet World manager Kelly Parsons bags a customer’s purchase using a plastic bag, which will be prohibited next March thanks to an ordinance passed by the Kirkland City Council. TJ MARTINELL, Kirkland Reporter
� e � ve Juanita High School football players charged with second-de-gree attempted rape have pled not guilty in King County Juvenile Court.
� e � ve students, all former freshmen on the high school football program’s C-team, are accused by the King County Prosecutor’s O� ce of attempting to sodomize an 18-year-old special-needs student with an object on Oct. 22 in the high school boy’s locker room. One of the students is also accused of � lming the incident and then later deleting the footage.
� e � ve suspects have been released until their trial. As part of their ar-raignment, the suspects have been placed on 24-hour surveillance and are forbidden to have un-supervised access to the Internet. � ey are also forbidden to have any contact with the alleged victim or come within 500 feet of the school or his residence.
While the news of the alleged incident has shocked the Kirkland
community, defense at-torneys for the suspects tried to downplay the severity of the incident. Addressing the judge prior to the arraign-ments, one attorney said the media has “portrayed it as something it’s not.”
Another attorney during the arraignment of their client described the alleged incident as a “football hazing case.” � e suspects are alleged to have assaulted the victim in an attempt to “jubie” him, a slang term referring to a hazing act known to football play-ers. During the follow-up investigation, police discovered one of the suspects sent out a text to the other four prior to the attempted rape saying they were “gonna jubie” the victim.
� e same defense attorney objected to restrictions on their cli-ent, prohibiting contact with juveniles two years younger, which he said are similar to those imposed on sex o� end-ers, as well as aspects of a renewal of a sexual assault protection order. � e victim, he told the judge, has already � led a
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Heathman sells for more than $17.4 millionBY MATT PHELPS
� e Heathman Hotel in downtown Kirkland has gone through some changes during the past few years. � e hotel had a major remodel and changed general manag-ers in 2012. � e award winning hotel is going through more changes.
� e Heathman in Kirkland was sold for more than $17.4 million last week to investors from Los Angeles, ac-cording to King County records, and employees are optimistic that the new ownership means a bright future.
“We were able to retain all of our employees,” said hotel general manager Troy Longwith. “� at was the � rst thing on everyone’s mind. We have a large number of employees who have been with the hotel from the start and this is the � rst ownership change. We are just a couple of days into this but they are committed to Kirkland longterm.”
Hotel Kirkland Limited Liability Co. purchased the 91-room four-story hotel on Feb.
The proposal to toll Interstate 405 from Bellevue to Lyn-
nwood received less than an enthused response at a public meeting held at Kirkland City Hall Feb. 19.
A presentation by Tolling Division Assistant Secretary Craig Stone to the State Transportation Commission
(WSTC) at the beginning of the meeting intended to relieve some concerns about the proposal, as well as explain the necessity for it on a highway which Stone said is among the worst, if not the worst, in the state when it comes to tra� c congestion. Tra� c is so bad, he said, the high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane is not meeting state and federal requirements for vehicles to
be traveling at 40 miles per hour 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.
� e proposed toll would charge for the use of the existing carpool lane from SR 522 to I-5, along with two lanes between Northeast 6th
Street in Bellevue and SR 522 in Bothell, or 17 miles, for those with less than the speci� ed occupancy. Motor-cycles, and buses that seat at least 16 people, would be exempt from the toll.
Stone cited tolled highways in Miami and San Diego as evidence of how the proposal would reduce tra� c conges-tion. � ough the commis-sion has yet to determine the
Heated discussions dominate public hearing on 405 tolls
Tolls for the HOT lanes on I-405 between Lynnwood and Bellevue are expected to be between 75 cents and $10. REPORTER FILE PHOTO[ more TOLLS page 6 ]
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18. The company is headed by Mark and John Beccaria, who are the principal own-ers of the Los Angeles based hotel investment group Beccaria Partners.
Longwith does anticipate some changes for the hotel but says that “nothing for-mal” has been decided.
The sale also marks the end of the hotel’s connec-tion with its namesake in Portland, as it sold to a separate company for more than $64 million earlier this year according the the Puget Sound Buisness Journal.
Longwith said that while the two hotels will no longer have an affiliation, both hotels will retain their shared logo.
The four-star hotel, along with its sister site in Portland, the Portland Heathman, were put on the market in September by owner Healthman Hotel Portland LLC.
The Kirkland location was built in 2007 and un-derwent a remodel in 2012 following a catastrophic waterline malfunction that caused significant damage to the hotel’s Trellis restau-rant and the hotel’s Penterra Spa, which has since been removed. Management’s dedication to its employees showed during the 62-day shutdown, as it retained almost all of its staff.
During the remodel, management replaced the spa with a private dining and meeting room with ad-joining reception area that has floor-to-ceiling win-dows. In addition to the new private dining room, the hotel also added two meet-ing rooms downstairs, and a new expanded fitness center with all new equipment. The hotel’s guest rooms were completely refurbished dur-ing the shutdown as well, and all new carpets were installed in the hallways.
The hotel had a valuation of $8.5 million by the city when it was built.
The hotel was ranked No. 88 in the world in 2012 and won a AAA Four Diamond Award that same year.
[ hotel from page 1] thought stores should be required to have plastic bag recycling bins.
Yet, nearly 70 percent op-posed any ban on disposable shopping bags, according to the survey. Despite this, the proposed ordinance was later presented to the council in October 2014.
The response from the business community in Kirkland has been mixed. Valerie, a manager at Value Village, said the switch from plastic to paper bags will not
be too difficult for them and they don’t have a large supply of plastic bags. Also, their customers in Kirkland tend to use their own cars and so they won’t have to walk as far as those in other communi-ties, such as Seattle, where transit is a more common means of transportation.
“Customers are pretty comfortable making the transition as well,” she said. “It was a little harder for cus-tomers in Seattle to carry the bags with them when they were using public transpor-
tation.”Kelly, a manager at
Denny’s Pet World, said they currently use plastic bags and are concerned about how customers will be able to handle lots of items in paper bags, as cat owners in particular frequently buy 48 cans of food. Although the canned food comes in bulk, the customers buy different types which requires the use of bags.
“Cans are heavy, bags of food are heavy,” she said. “It will be tough but we’ll figure it out.”
When asked about the city survey that showed nearly 70 percent of residents opposed the ban, she said she is not sure what messages that sends.
“Apparently we’re going to be green whether we’re ready for it or not,” she said.
The Reporter attempted to contact several other businesses in the community that either declined to give comment or did not return phone calls seeking com-ment. Executive Director Bruce Wynn of the Kirkland Chamber of Commerce said the issue has not been brought up by chamber members.
Kirkland currently has a high recycling rate.
Information on the plastic bag reduction policy is avail-able at www.kirklandwa.gov/bringyourbag. For more in-formation call the Recycling Hotline at 425-587-3812 or email recycle@kirklandwa.
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Sunday, March 8 at 3:00 PMLake Washington High Theatre
The Kirkland City Council approved sev-eral changes to zoning at Parkplace and amendments to the Kirkland Parkplace Master Plan and Design Guidelines.
The council approved the changes at their Feb. 17 meeting following a public hearing on three separate ordinances that reflect changes in the new master plan submitted in October by Talon Private Capital that required several zoning changes to allow for more residential space.
Before the vote, zoning code limited residential de-velopment to 10 percent of the allowed gross floor area for the master plan. It was amended to 30 percent. The
plan is to build 300 units, 10 percent of which would be affordable housing.
Another approved change is to have the movie theater count as 20 percent of the total retail/restaurant use required instead of 10 percent. According to Senior Planner Angela Rug-geri, the development needs to have 25 percent of office square footage.
The other change will permit a drive-thru facility to be built on 6th Avenue. A drive-thru bank currently sits on Central Way but was grandfathered in after the zoning code was altered to prohibit it on the property, according to Ruggeri.
The new development plan reduced the size of the overall site from the original master plan from
the 2.75 million square feet permitted by zoning to 1.2 million, the overall size by 34 percent and the amount of office space by 50 percent. It also sets aside
two acres of open space and plazas.
It is the first attempt at redevelopment of the site since 2010, when Touch-stone’s master plan was ap-
proved by the city. The proj-ect was ultimately stopped due to financial reasons and the property sold.
Jim Neal and Bill Pollard, the principals of Talon, said
their new master plan is in-tended to complement the surrounding community, taking advantage of ameni-ties already present while providing an urban center for people to live, work and play in the same area.
City Council approves Parkplace zoning changes
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Is this what you really want in 2035?
� e pictorial drawing shows a bike path next to the east side of Lake Street and Lake Washington Boulevard. Bikers use both the west side of the street going south and the east side going north. If you want to include safe biking along with pedes-trian safety not to mention tra� c safety, then widen the boulevard However, you probably can’t a� ord it politically and economically. It would be better is you stopped tra� c jams. � ere’s ways to do it without busting the budget or is that what you want in 2035?
How many o� -street parking spots are being provided to prevent parking on the street? � e city has been notoriously � agrant in providing adequate sight distance as currently adopted by the city. More no parking red paint on the curb is needed along with updating o� street parking requirements in this day and age.
An accelerate and decelerate lane should be provided at the site access point on the boulevard. Evidently the property owners along 10th Av-enue South have successfully prevented the once proposed access from the site to 10th Avenue South. Was that wise? I’m sure the anticipated residents would appreciate better access along with avoiding more tra� c by forcing them to enter and exit to merge with an already congested street with tra� c jams. Is that what is being forced on citizens creat-ing a reduced quality of life in Kirkland? Again, is that what you want in 2035?Robert L. Style, Kirkland
ARC would give City Council, Park Board bad legacy
When I learned of the City of Kirkland’s plans to destroy and build a 93,000-square-foot Aquatic Recreation Center and 200-plus parking spaces where beautiful Juanita Bay Park now sits and delights so many people, I thought it had to be a mistake. Or a bad joke.
Putting aside the fact that Kirkland residents already have access to multiple pools (both indoors and out) the City Council and Park Board should know better than most that natural parks mitigate climate, air, and water pollution impacts on the sur-rounding environment and public health. � ey pro-vide gathering places for families and social groups, as well as for individuals of all ages and economic status, regardless of their ability to pay for access. Parks improve the local tax base and increase prop-erty values. And parks have a value to communities that transcend dollars. Parks and parkland provide a sense of public pride, social equality and cohesion to every community.
� e Juanita Beach proposal under consideration is not only ill conceived but has been promoted and pushed to the exclusion of other more suitable loca-tions and the information being disseminated to the community is prejudiced, inaccurate and stilted.
When you consider the horri� c environmental impact to Juanita Beach, the snarling tra� c, the irreplaceable loss of natural beauty and common space, the center’s already growing construction cost and the fact that the community that will be most a� ected by it does not want it, it begs the question why is Juanita Beach under consideration at all? � ere must be other viable locations - and there are.
� e Kirkland City Council and Park Board speak of a “legacy” to the community. If they build this Aquatic Recreation Center where Juanita Beach Park now stands, they’ll indeed have their “legacy.” One of shortsightedness, ego and dollars over com-munal well-being and worst of all natural tragedy.Kevin Marshall, Kirkland
Goat Hill resident supports ARC at Juanita Beach
I am a Goat Hill resident and ardent lap swim-mer. I strongly support the Aquatics, Recreation and Community Center project, and its proposed location at the Juanita Beach Park site. Access to pools is important to the community for exercise and recreation and the project as proposed would provide a beautiful new asset to the City of Kirk-land.John Ghilarducci, Kirkland
City of Kirkland is letting annexed areas languish
I wholeheartedly agree with the opinion that Kirkland is allowing its annexed areas to languish. I have lived in Juanita for 10 years, and although I love this neighborhood, my main challenge is having to leave the city to do the majority of my shopping.
When the Albertson’s on 132nd le� , my neigh-bors and I day-dreamed about the possibility of one of our favorite stores moving closer. Absolutely no one hoped for a Goodwill on this prominent piece of land.
If Kirkland citizens are leaving town to shop, is it not in the city’s best interest to attract those stores and bring that revenue here? It would be a huge disappointment to the community to miss the opportunity to improve, rather than devalue, that property.Molly Delamarter, Kirkland
I appreciate Nixon’s vote on plastic bag ban
I would like to personally thank Kirkland City Councilmember Toby Nixon for his (stand alone) vote against banning plastic bags… I agree 100 percent sir.
I work at a major grocery chain here in our beautiful city, and I know from experience there is a vast majority of people who do not follow current events or even watch the news… My point being is I do not look forward to those who are surprised in 2016 that we have to charge for paper bags, some will ask why “we” are personally charging them.
It is unnecessary grief put on retailers and their employees who deal with them.
I have much love and respect for all our city council members, however I do not agree with their majority vote against you.
� ank you again for your support, and God bless.Kevin C. Lewis, Kirkland
Support for ARC at Juanita Beach
I am a single parent and resident of the Juanita neighborhood of Kirkland.
I am writing this letter to both show my support and inspire support of the proposed ARC (Aquat-ics/Recreation/Center) project.
A centralized � tness facility for the community is the community. It is a place to go when you have little or no disposable income. It gives both children and adults something to do. It facilitates friendships, scholarships, healthy � t bodies and minds. It is a place from mentoring or to be mentored. It is the gi� to us that will keep on giving for years. How much of your life involves sitting in a car, and o� ce chair, or your couch? � e ARC presents a local healthy, fun, social option.
It is a place to hold meetings for a club of like-minded neighbors. Groups like photo clubs, gardening clubs, knitting circles, and art groups. Additional activities could include town meetings, retirement parties, dances and the occasional poetry reading.
� e ARC is also an opportunity for local busi-nesses to grow and develop. All of this virtually no increase in noise or criminal activity rightly or wrongly associated with public spaces. People who care enough to work out and take care of their minds and bodies tend to take care of their sur-roundings and communities too.
Maybe you simply want something to do with your kids during the summer because they are driv-ing you crazy. � is is it. Take them to the ARC for a fun session of energy zapping swimming and slides and water fun.
Kids can bene� t from learning and participating in basketball, volleyball, swim teams, water polo, synchronized swimming and more. Adult leagues too.
I realize that the unfortunate response is for most of us to say no to change. On the other hand we Kirkland residence have the option to improve our quality of life and say yes, let’s do it!Bryan E. Smith, Kirkland
Support the Kirkland ARC for safety and recreation
Kirkland City Council building the ARC on the Juanita Ballpark site is � nally something to cheer about.
� is is the � rst time I feel compelled to write you to express my
?Question of the week:“Do you agree with the city banning plastic bags after a poll stated that 69 percent of Kirkland residents were against it?”
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The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statis-tical 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 Feb. 13-19, there were 371 traffic incidents, 19 traffic acci-dents, five DUIs, 18 general traffic incidents, 38 alarm calls, 10 abandoned vehicles, 10 burglaries, seven incidents of fraud, eight civil incidents, four cases of harassment, 16 thefts, 14 vehicle prowls, four vehicle thefts, 15 warrants served, 14 noise complaints, three animal calls, 11 incidents of domestic violence, eight incidents of malicious mischief, 13 disturbances, three trespasses, one assault, seven hit and runs and 31 incidents involving at least one arrest.
Feb. 19Trespass: 2:35 p.m., 13100 block of NE 84th St. A 47-year-old homeless man was arrested for criminal trespass after he was found sleeping on the patio of a 53-year-old woman’s residence.
Feb. 18Assault: 10:50 p.m., 7500 block of 117th Ave NE. A 39-year-old woman got into a fight with 42-year-old husband in front of their two children at their home after an ongoing dispute. When police arrived the wife was determined to be the primary aggressor. She was arrested and booked into the Kirkland Jail.
Feb. 17Disorderly conduct: 11 a.m., 10600 block of NE 132nd St. An 18-year-old man
was arrested along with a 15-year-old boy for disorderly conduct after they were caught fighting in the hallway at Juanita High School. The 18-year-old got the brunt of the fight, according to police docu-ments. Both were booked and released, and the 15-year-old boy was taken home to his grandmother.
Feb. 16Hit and run: 5 a.m., 12000 block of
103rd Ave NE. An 18-year-old man was driving his
friend’s 1997 Volkswa-gen Jetta with three other juveniles when he tried to do a “whip” around the median
of 10400 block of NE 124th St., lost control of
the vehicle, went up into the median and crashed
into a tree. They all left the scene of the collision, which
was later reported by one of the parents. The suspect was staying at the
residence of a 17-year-old party involved and was “very uncooperative,” according to police documents. He was eventually
arrested.
Feb. 15 Assault: 8:30 p.m., 9900 block of NE 126th Street. A 16-year-old girl was arrested for domestic violence after she pushed her 60-year-old grandmother down and attacked her 12-year-old sister.
Assault: 8 p.m., 100 block of 2nd St S. A 37-year-old man was arrested for second degree aggravated assault after he stran-gled his 36-year-old girlfriend to the point where she lost consciousness. The assault was observed and overheard by neighbors from across the balcony.
Warrant: 1:19 p.m., 12400 block of 116th Ave NE. A 33-year-old man was arrested on his felony warrant for escap-ing community custody after he was found having a seizure at the Totem Lake McDonald’s.
Feb. 13Trespass: 5:09 p.m., 12600 block of NE 124th St. A 21-year-old man was arrested for trespass after he got into the vehicle of a 27-year-old woman.
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The attorney also sought to lower restric-tions so that their client, a 15-year-old attending another school in the Lake Washington School District, could play sports, during which he said his client and the alleged victim are “probably going to cross paths.”
The judge told the juvenile suspect he could play sports but if the victim happened to be at the same game, “you don’t play. Them’s the breaks.”
All of the suspects were expelled in No-vember after they were arrested and given an emergency expulsion the day after the alleged assault occurred. They were later released by
police the same day. While one of the
suspects attends a LWSD school, another is at-tending a high school in Kent. One suspect has not been able to enroll in a new school due to the allegations.
Four of the defendants have their next hearing March 26, while one suspect is set for March 19. A case resolution is scheduled in May.
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tolling rate, the estimate is between 75 cents and $10, though Stone added that they estimate 77 percent of tolls would be less than $1.
� e proposed toll rate on I-405 from Bellevue to Lynnwood is just one step in an overall plan to toll the entire highway from where it begins, north in Lynwood, to where it connects with State Route 167 in Renton. SR 167 already has a tolled HOV lane.
� e WSTC will make their � nal decisions at a meeting on March 18 at Kirkland City Hall.
� e public comment segment of the meeting was rife with emotion as both attendants and the advisory board members argued and debated. At one point during the meeting, one man spoke out of order.
Among the people to speak during the public comment was Kenmore Mayor David Baker, who
stated that since tolling on 520, the Kenmore Crosslake Corridor has been swamped with commuters looking to avoid the toll by driving north of Lake Washington on State Route 522. If I-405 is tolled, he warned, communi-ties like Kenmore “will be severely a� ected” as the city’s streets take the brunt of toll diversion.
“We would respectfully ask that you consider using toll-ing for mitigation for cities a� ected,” he said.
� e � rst person to com-ment attacked one aspect of the proposal that would raise the exemption for carpool-ing from two to three people or more during peak times. He said that he and a friend carpool to take the HOV lane, but if this new policy is implemented they likely won’t be able to � nd a third person. If that happens, he said there is no point in carpooling and they will just take their own vehicles,
which would add more cars to the road and make tra� c even worse. And while public transit is an option for some people, he said, it’s not conve-nient for everyone who either doesn’t live or doesn’t work near a transit center.
� e real solution to tra� c congestion, he said, is to provide incentives, possibly � nancial ones, for more people to carpool.
“Who made this propos-al?” he asked.
One man spoke out of or-der to express his skepticism about the impact of their comments on the commis-sion’s decisions, wondering
aloud if the commission had already predetermined things such as the tolling rate and the public comment was to satisfy legal obligations.
One man who has lived in Kenmore for 18 years concurred with his senti-ments, claiming “It’s a done deal.” He added that the problem has been a reactive rather than proactive plan for dealing with tra� c when the infrastructure was being built and the population on the Eastside was growing. While he said he doesn’t have a problem with tolls, the inconsistency with having certain roads tolled and not
others causes spillover tra� c in streets that aren’t designed to handle it. Originally from Spring� eld, Mass., he added that the tolled highways on the East Coast have more lanes than I-405. � e current tolling proposal for I-405, he said, would just be a “band-aid.”
“You’re not looking at the bigger picture,” he said.
One person to support the toll proposal was Sonny Putter, the former mayor for Newcastle, who said it was the “best sustainable solution” and the only realistic one for tra� c congestion.
Sean Osborne, a Shoreline resident, called the toll a “dis-gusting undemocratic idea” and advocated raising the gas tax instead.
� e only Kirkland resident to speak was Bob Campbell, who said they needed to give commuters a break and not toll I-405, which he referred to as “405 the parking lot.”
Transportation Com-mission Executive Director Reema Gri� th told the at-tendants that state and federal mandates for I-405’s HOV lanes leave them with little choice for improving tra� c.
“We have a mandate we can’t ignore,” she said.
WSDOT Assistant Secretary for Tolling Craig Stone, right, talks with a resident prior to his comments to the Washington State Transportation Commission, background, at Kirkland City Hall. TJ MARTINELL, Kirkland Resident
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Family History Center to hold open house
� e Kirkland Family History Center will hold an open house from 1-4 p.m. on March 7 for anyone interested in learning about genealogy.
� e center was cre-ated to provide free expert assistance to the budding genealogist through free access to online subscrip-tion resources and as a place
to review micro� lm and micro� che records.
� e center also o� ers free classes for all levels of genealogists.
As an a� liated library with the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, the center has access to the largest collection of micro� lms in the world - 2.4 million rolls, contain-ing billions of documents from almost all countries. � e micro� lm and mi-cro� che can be ordered to the center in Kirkland for
review.� e center also has a
ScanPro micro� lm reader, usually available only in major research institutions or archives, which allow the user to digitally enhance the micro� lm picture for easier reading and copying.
� e center is located on Kirkland’s Finn Hill, on the east side of � e Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints building, located at 7910 132nd Street.
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competed this year at the 2A/3A high school level only 16 qualified for the Mat Classic state wrestling tournament in the Ta-coma Dome last weekend. Juanita junior Mason McDaniel finished second in state on Saturday.
McDaniel scored two victories on Friday to qualify for the state semifinal match, where he defeated Stephan Bab-cock of Shadle Park, 10-7, securing his place on the medal podium.
“Babcock is a solid wrestler with good lungs,” said Juanita High School wrestling coach Brent Christine. “He kept the match close and made Mason wrestle for six minutes.”
McDaniel faced Killian Page of Marysville-Pil-chuck for the state title. During the final, neither wrestler was able to gain the upper hand but Page held out for a 7-4 victory. McDaniel said he had wrestled Page once before in ninth grade with the
same result.“I knew it would be a
battle,” McDaniel said. “It’s not what I was hoping for, next year, next year.”
McDaniel began the tournament with a first-round pin of Noah Traynor of Bishop Blan-chet with seven seconds remaining in the match. The Rebel then earned his second pin of the morn-ing at the 1:20 mark of the third round of his next match against Griffin Thomas of Glacier Peak.
McDaniel’s second-place finish is one of the best in school history.
“I don’t think it has fully set in for Mason,”
Christine said. “As his coach, we talk about suc-cess is knowing you did everything you could to be the best you can be. Mason had a fantastic year and developed both as an athlete and a man. You don’t tend to recognize those steps right away.”
McDaniel is no stranger to the floor of the Tacoma Dome, placing eighth in 2014 and 2013.
“He took a larger jump this year than previous years,” Christine said. “He focused more on develop-ing confidence in his leg attacks and that gave him the ability to utilize those shots… Previous years
his goal was not a state title. He said he wanted to win a greco national title and he spent most of his time working towards that goal.”
Christine said that McDaniel became a more complete wrestler during the past 365 days.
“As a freshman he was not allowed to wrestle in the semifinal round, de-faulting to eighth place,” Christine said. “Last year he was sick during state and gave it his best.”
Next year McDaniel will be a senior and have a shot at winning it all.
“I think the biggest thing Mason learned this
season was the intensity and focus it takes to catch your dream,” Christine said. “As hard as he worked this year, I think next year will be even better.”
Other Kirkland wrestlers
Juanita freshman John Nascimento, wrestling in the 285-pound weight class, lost his first-round match by getting pinned 40 seconds into the sec-ond round. But the Rebel showed resilience by defeating Tyler Adamson of Oak Harbor, 4-2, in overtime during the first round of the consolation bracket. Nascimento’s season came to an end during his next match,
as Erca Erdenebayer of Shorewood earned the pin fall at the 1:431 mark of the first round.
Lake Washington senior Eduard Kravchuk, wres-tling in the 182-pound bracket, was pinned dur-ing his first-round match at the 3:38 mark and then was pinned by Sam Cleary of Ferndale during the first round of the consola-tion bracket.
Lake Washington sophomore Jackie Cas-tro, wrestling in the 190-pound bracket of the girls’ tournament, was pinned during the first round of the in 46 seconds.
Her season came to an end against Belen Torres of Sunnyside during the second round.
McDaniel takes second in state at Mat Classic wrestling tournament
Juanita High School junior Mason McDaniel, on top, pinned Gri� n Thomas of Glacier Peak during the quarter� nals of the Mat Classic on Friday. KEVIN MCDANIEL, Contributed
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Recently, the students in Jessie Miera’s second grade class at Juanita Elementary in Kirkland made Valentine’s Day cards for the kids at Chil-dren’s Hospital.
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of the cards to #12s4good and noted, “We are inspired by the community service of our Seahawks and wanted to share the love.” The result? Juanita Elementary won a $1,200 grant.
Students read for 54,791 minutes
The PTSA at John Muir Elementary in Kirkland sponsored a Read-a-Thon from Jan. 9-23. This all-school event celebrated read-ing while at the same time
raising funds for the PTSA by collecting donations through pledges from family and friends.
In total, students read 54,791 minutes (over 913 hours) during the two week event. Students kept a read-ing log and received pledges from family and friends. Over $5,000 was raised to help fund field trips, family events and student enrich-ment programs like choir and drama. Prizes were awarded to all participants. Class parties and bonus recesses were awarded to the classrooms with the most minutes read. Nicholas Kane-hen’s fifth grade class turned in the most minutes read and Whitney Tomita’s kindergar-ten class raised the highest
amount of money this year. A number of guest readers also visited the school throughout this event, including Dr. Traci Pierce, LWSD Superinten-dent, two Kirkland Police of-ficers, and Kingsgate librarian Jennifer Duffy.
First Book to hold fundraiser at KPC
First Book-Seattle is holding its annual story time fundraiser at 10 a.m. on March 1 at the Kirkland Per-formance Center. The event is also a birthday celebration for Dr. Seuss. Renowned Seattleites will join forces to read their favorite childhood books, perform, and celebrate our love of reading. Readers include Miss Washington, the
voice of the Sounders, Ross Fletcher, children’s authors and entertainers, Nancy Stewart, Linda Morgan, Jen-nifer Hotes and Linda and Lisa from Tiny Tots Seattle Symphony. The event will be hosted by the charismatic Ride the Duck captain Bjorn Toorun.
“This is a fantastic and highly entertaining event for kids of all ages,” said First Book-Seattle co-chair Jody Ericson-Dorow. “It’s inspir-ing for them to see people they look up to celebrating their love of reading. All the money raised will ensure that more children across King County have this opportu-nity. In addition we get to celebrate Dr. Seuss.”
This is the fourth an-
nual event and is one of First Book-Seattle’s biggest fundraisers. Tickets are $10 and will buy a child in need a starter library of four books. First Book-Seattle works to eradicate illiteracy across King County by working with schools and social services organizations to get books to kids who need them. Since 2011, First Book-Seattle has distributed more than 50,000 books to kids who need them in the Puget Sound area.
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Rotary welcomes comedian Jerry Miner
The Rotary Club of Kirk-land is inviting anyone inter-ested in learning more about the club and enjoys comedy to attend its 6 p.m. meeting on March 2. Jerry Miner, a nationally known comic will be appearing at the meeting held at the Woodmark Hotel.
Miner has had more than 25 national television appear-ances, including HBO, Com-edy Central, A&E, Fox, MTV, VH1, ESPN and NBC Sports. His comedy is appropriate for all audiences.
To RSVP for the March 2 meeting or for more information about the club, email John Pruitt at [email protected].
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McMenamin’s, 430 N. Killing-sworth St., Portland, OR 97217, is seeking coverage under the Wash-ington State Department of Ecol-ogy’s Construction Stormwater NPDES and State Waste Discharge General Permit. The proposed project, McMenamin’s – Anderson School, is located at 18603 Both-ell Way NE in Bothell, in King County. This project involves 3.4 acres of soil disturbance for commercial re-development of an existing school including associated parking, land-scaping, utilities, and drainage facilities, as well as frontage im-provements along 186th Street NE. Construction activity will include clearing, removal of debris and or-ganic matter (approximately 4010 cubic yards) and import of material (approximately 560 cubic yards) associated with the construction of parking, sidewalks, landscaping and installation of stormwater con-veyance and treatment facilities, water service, sanitary sewer sys-tem, and dry utilities. During con-struction stormwater will be col-lected and conveyed to temporary treatment facilities. Stormwater will be collected and conveyed to the existing City of Bothell storm system after treatment. The receiv-ing water for The City of Bothell Storm System is the Sammamish River. Any persons desiring to present their views to the department of Ecology regarding this application may do so in writing within thirty days of the last date of publication of this notice. Comments shall be submitted to the department of Ecology. Any person interested
in the department’s action on this application may notify the depart-ment of their interest within thirty days of the last date of publication of this notice. Ecology reviews public comments and consid-ers whether discharges from this project would cause a measurable change in receiving water qual-ity, and, if so, whether the project is necessary and in the overriding public interest according to Tier II antidegradation requirements un-der WAC 173-201A-320.Comments can be submitted to:Department of EcologyAttn: Water Quality Program, Con-struction StormwaterPO Box 47696, Olympia, WA 98504-7696 Published in the Kirkland Reporter on February 20, 2015 and February 27, 2015.#1253219
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appreciation of the City Council of Kirkland. Yes, we still have excessive devel-opment everywhere, and rubber-stamping of re-zoning all over the place, but I no-ticed two good things of late that need to be mentioned: the new Cross Kirkland Corridor, and the proposed Aquatic Recreational Center (ARC). I want to congratu-late the council on doing something worthwhile for it’s citizens.
The ARC, specifically, has made me very hopeful, since the city is so obviously in desperate need of swimming facilities. Honestly, we really need two pools, both for rec-reation - swimming is a sport that saves your joints - and for safety - children drowning is the second leading cause of childhood mortality. But the proposed ARC is wonderful, and the location on the ball-field side of Juanita Beach Park will tie in wonderfully with the existing beach park. We can make the site useful for all residents instead of it just being a parking lot. The proximity to Juanita Beach Park will ensure that the whole area will become a magnet for active residents (and hopefully get non-active ones out too). This will be an enhancement to the whole area that is desperately needed.
My only worry is that the pool at Juanita High School might close prior to this proj-ect opening. Currently there are very few places to swim (even if you join a private club). I understand that les-sons sell out within minutes. That is appalling for a city like Kirkland that prides itself on its waterfront. This deficiency should be addressed as soon as possible for all our sakes.
I want to encourage all citizens of Kirkland to sup-port our City Council in this wonderful project. This is the huge chance for the city to achieve a true legacy that we will all be proud of, and we should do everything we can to move forward. Karl Voss, Kirkland
Can Kirkland’s roads get any worse?
Can Kirkland’s roads get any worse? For years we have been subjected to driving on the most horrific streets in Kirkland. Why do they not get repaved? Downtown intersections, 6th Street in Houghton, Totem Lake, Juanita Drive, just to name a few areas. When roads are torn up for whatever reason, they are patched so unevenly and shabbily. I bet if I sent a drone above K-town it would look like a patchwork quilt. And how about the uneven
manhole covers?Who is doing this work?
The city of Kirkland or private companies? Whoever it is, they need to take lessons from the city of Bellevue.
There are so many condos, houses and businesses being built right and left, where is all the road tax money going?Pauline Skogmo, Kirkland
City of Kirkland needs to get its priorities straight
While the city of Kirk-land has taken yet another step to micromanage its residents’ lives by passing a ban on plastic bags, the city of Huntington Beach’s (Cal.) city council voted 6-1 on Jan. 20 to repeal its plastic bag ban that went into effect in 2013.
The city council discov-ered that no evidence exists that its ban has helped at all.
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Accepting resumes at:[email protected] by mail to:19426 68th Avenue S, Kent, WA 98032ATTN: HRPlease state which position and geographic area you are applying for.
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