FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2011 A DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING R EP O RTER .com NEWSLINE: 425.867.0353 REDMOND ˜ CRIME WATCH | String of car prowls plague city [5] NEWS | PSE to build new transmission line between Redmond and Kirkland [12] ARTS | City arts adminstrator looks to diversify, expand arts scene in city [9] SPORTS | Redmond High’s Rudnicki twins make the cut for Class 4A state golf tournament next May [10] BILL CHRISTIANSON [email protected]City leaders plan to pull the plug on red- light cameras. e Redmond City Council directed Mayor John Marchione to sever the contract with city's traffic-enforcement camera vendor and develop a school-zone camera program with a new vendor at Tuesday's study session at City Hall. Council members deliberated for almost two hours about the controversial program in front of a handful of concerned citizens, including anti-camera activist Scott Harlan, who led a petition effort to try to get the issue on an upcoming ballot. All seven council members agreed that the data from the first eight months of the pilot program did not show a significant impact on intersection safety. e pilot program, which started with a one-month warning period in Feb- ruary, features red-light cameras at three busy intersections and one school-zone speed camera on Northeast 116th Street near Einstein Elementary School. "ere's still a safety issue out there," Council President Richard Cole said on Wednesday. "People are still getting T- boned. But is this the best vehicle for it?" While council members agreed red-light cameras are not the answer for Redmond, they spoke in favor of the school-zone speed camera and want to see that pro- gram continue and expand. "Everyone agrees the safety camera at the schools is a good idea," Cole said. "ere, 2011 Summer Festival “Sweepstakes” our fabulous prizes! our fabulous prizes! Enter to Enter to win win 8/1/2011~10/31/2011 www.olympusspa.net Tacoma (253) 588-3355 Lynnwood (425) 697-3000 533079 City plans to end contract with vendor TRAFFIC CAMERAS Inconclusive data shows pilot program did not have significant impact on safety Celebrating enterprising women [ more CAMERAS page 6 ] Aynsley Mayer, a Ra Salon stylist in Redmond, models business attire during a fashion show as part of last Thursday’s “Women in Business” networking event at iPic Theaters. The event provided a chance for Redmond businesswomen to meet each other, check out the latest business fashions and donate to Redmond YWCA Family Village’s Working Wardrobe program. The program helps women and men who’ve been unemployed and/or displaced from their homes get appropriate clothing for jobs and job interviews. See story, PAGE 2. BILL CHRISTIANSON, Redmond Reporter SLIDESHOW ONLINE www.redmond-reporter.com King County Superior Court judge tosses out state initiative advocate Tim Eyman’s lawsuit against the city. To read story, go to www.redmond- reporter.com ONLINE SAMANTHA PAK [email protected]Transportation was the main topic of discussion at Tuesday’s Redmond Rous- ers Rotary meeting as the group hosted a community forum at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center to gather citizen input for the King County Council. Countywide Community Forums (CCF) is an independent public-engagement pro- gram that has partnered with King County to give the public the opportunity to provide input and feedback to the council on county issues. CCF is overseen by the county auditor to ensure the information collected — through in-person and online surveys — is accurate. For more information about CCF, visit www.communityforums.org. CCF’s current round of forums focuses on county budget sustainability. King County’s total budget for 2011 is $5 billion, with $628 million in the general fund. In the past two years, 2009 and 2010, King County has cut about $150 million from its general fund. ese cuts were made for various reasons including a decline in tax revenue. Declines in property and gas taxes in par- ticular have prompted cuts to the county’s road fund. is means road maintenance in rural and unincorporated areas of the county, including around Redmond, could take a major hit, according to a proposal King County Executive Dow Constan- tine unveiled last month to maintain the county’s 1,600 miles of roads. Declining sales tax revenue has meant a decline in the county’s public transpor- tation fund, which funds King County Metro Transit. e drop in funds has caused an annual shortfall of $60 million for Metro and decreased bus service on Program focuses on county budget sustainability Transportation cuts the main topic of discussion at forum [ more FORUM page 3 ]
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R E D M O N D˜CRIME WATCH | String of car prowls plague city [5] NEWS | PSE to build new transmission line between Redmond and Kirkland [12]
ARTS | City arts adminstrator looks to diversify, expand arts scene in city [9]
SPORTS | Redmond High’s Rudnicki twins make the cut for Class 4A state golf tournament next May [10]
City leaders plan to pull the plug on red-light cameras.
Th e Redmond City Council directed Mayor John Marchione to sever the contract with city's traffi c-enforcement camera vendor and develop a school-zone camera program with a new vendor at Tuesday's study session at City Hall.
Council members deliberated for almost two hours about the controversial program in front of a handful of concerned citizens,
including anti-camera activist Scott Harlan, who led a petition eff ort to try to get the issue on an upcoming ballot.
All seven council members agreed that the data from the fi rst eight months of the pilot program did not
show a signifi cant impact on intersection safety. Th e pilot program, which started with a one-month warning period in Feb-ruary, features red-light cameras at three busy intersections and one school-zone speed camera on Northeast 116th Street near Einstein Elementary School.
"Th ere's still a safety issue out there," Council President Richard Cole said on Wednesday. "People are still getting T-boned. But is this the best vehicle for it?"
While council members agreed red-light cameras are not the answer for Redmond, they spoke in favor of the school-zone speed camera and want to see that pro-gram continue and expand.
"Everyone agrees the safety camera at the schools is a good idea," Cole said. "Th ere,
2011 Summer Festival “Sweepstakes” our fabulous prizes!
Inconclusive data shows pilot program did not have signifi cant impact on safety
Celebrating enterprising women
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Aynsley Mayer, a Ra Salon stylist in Redmond, models business attire during a fashion show as part of last Thursday’s “Women in Business” networking event at iPic Theaters. The event provided a chance for Redmond businesswomen to meet each other, check out the latest business fashions and donate to Redmond YWCA Family Village’s Working Wardrobe program. The program helps women and men who’ve been unemployed and/or displaced from their homes get appropriate clothing for jobs and job interviews. See story, PAGE 2. BILL CHRISTIANSON, Redmond Reporter
SLIDESHOW ONLINEwww.redmond-reporter.com
King County Superior Court judge tosses out state initiative advocate Tim Eyman’s lawsuit against the city. To read story, go to www.redmond-reporter.com
Transportation was the main topic of discussion at Tuesday’s Redmond Rous-ers Rotary meeting as the group hosted a community forum at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center to gather citizen input for the King County Council.
Countywide Community Forums (CCF) is an independent public-engagement pro-gram that has partnered with King County
to give the public the opportunity to provide input and feedback to the council on county issues. CCF is overseen by the county auditor to ensure the information collected — through in-person and online surveys — is accurate.
For more information about CCF, visit www.communityforums.org.
CCF’s current round of forums focuses on county budget sustainability.
King County’s total budget for 2011 is $5 billion, with $628 million in the general fund. In the past two years, 2009 and 2010, King County has cut about $150 million from its general fund.
Th ese cuts were made for various reasons including a decline in tax revenue.
Declines in property and gas taxes in par-ticular have prompted cuts to the county’s road fund. Th is means road maintenance in rural and unincorporated areas of the county, including around Redmond, could take a major hit, according to a proposal King County Executive Dow Constan-tine unveiled last month to maintain the county’s 1,600 miles of roads.
Declining sales tax revenue has meant a decline in the county’s public transpor-tation fund, which funds King County Metro Transit. Th e drop in funds has caused an annual shortfall of $60 million for Metro and decreased bus service on
Program focuses on county budget sustainabilityTransportation cuts the main topic of discussion at forum
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Event celebrates women business leadersBILL CHRISTIANSON
Enterprising women in Redmond celebrated their success stories as part of the Redmond Reporter’s 2nd An-nual “Women in Business” networking event at the iPic Theaters last Thursday.
The event drew about 70 women, representing occupations such as realtors,
restaurant owners, florists, hair stylists, yoga instructors and more. Many of the par-ticipants were also honored in a recent “Women in Busi-ness” section in the Redmond Reporter.
Along with celebrating the variety of enterprising women in Redmond, the event was a benefit for the Redmond YWCA Family
Village’s Working Wardrobe program. The program helps women and men who’ve been unemployed and/or displaced from their homes, get appropriate clothing for jobs and job interviews.
Brenda McCallon, com-munity resources coordinator of the YMCA Family Village, said the Working Wardrobe program and other employ-ment assistance programs at the YWCA have a profound impact on their clients and the community at large.
In fact, Tinesha Harmon, a mother of three who resides at the transitional housing at the downtown YWCA, said the Working Wardrobe pro-gram has helped improve her confidence when interview-ing for job.
“When you’re confident, it helps your performance,” she said. “I appreciate all the
support and volunteers. It wouldn’t be possible without them.”
People can donate used clothing for both women and men to the Working Ward-robe program at 16601 N.E. 80th St. Monday-Friday, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., McCallon said.
Guests at the “Women in Business” event enjoyed beverages and appetizers and got a tour of the luxurious iPic Theaters as well as the opportunity to share each others’ success stories.
Gayle Leyde, manager of Gotta Dance, said she started out in the male-dominated telecommunications field before establishing her dance company as a player in the community, especially as a healthy outlet for children. She said Gotta Dance has grown from serving 90 children to more than 900 these days.
She encouraged the women at the event to continue to inspire each other and never to give up on their goals, no matter what kind of career it is.
“A lot of exciting things can happen when a bunch of women get together,” she said.“It’s all about showing your passion and then passing that passion onto the younger generation.”
The evening ended with a fashion show, featuring professional attire by several clothing stores, including Redmond’s Trade Chic and The Closet.
The City of Redmond has partnered with the Women’s Sports Founda-tion and GoGirlGo! Seattle to host a movie screening event on Saturday at the Lake Washington Resource Center at 16250 NE 74th St. in Redmond Town Center.
The film, “Finding Kind,” is a documentary focusing on girl bullying.
There will be two screen-ings, one at 2:30 p.m. and another at 5:15 p.m. The 2:30 p.m. showing is sold out, but tickets are still available for the 5:15 p.m. screening. A roundtable discussion will be held after each screening. Parents, administrators, teachers and community leaders will be in attendance.
Pre-purchased tickets are $10 and can be purchased at http://gogirlgo.eventbrite.com. Tickets can also be pur-chased at the door for $15.
Upcoming event to discuss issue of girl bullying in schools
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“It’s a huge impact on some of our residents,” said rotary president Kelly Kyle.
Attendees — a number of which live in unincorpo-rated and rural areas of east King County — said they have grown frustrated with dealing with traffic around Redmond and other areas of the Eastside, but have no other transportation options because bus services have been cut. They added that this can be especially difficult for people who are home-
less, living with disabilities or have other special needs.
Suzanne Pak, a Rotar-ian and partner and social media strategist for CCF, said for these under-served populations who are trying to get back on their feet, public transportation plays a big role in their livelihood.
Pak serves as a public face for CCF and meets and runs community forums with various groups and organizations throughout the county.
CCF began in 2007 and Pak said transportation has become an emerging topic of concern among citizens as people are becoming
more dependent on public transportation.
She said the forums — which include a 10-minute video, group discussion and survey for people to fill out — are one way for county citizens to let the council know what types of concerns they have. She said public hearings and council meetings can be daunting for some people so CCF partners with groups such as local rotary clubs, nonprofits and businesses to host these forums and give people a chance to voice their thoughts in an environment where they are comfortable.
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Kyle said she appreci-ates the opportunity to let the county know what is important to her.
“I think this is an excel-lent way for citizens to help the council get real answers to hard questions,” she said about CCF.
At the Rousers meet-ing, Kelly told her fellow Rotarians that it has been these hard questions about the budget that has led the council to reach out in this forum format.
“Things are changing,” she said. “That’s why they want our input.”
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Transportation a top concern for King County residentsRotary Club of Red-
mond members gathered last Thursday to pres-ent a $10,000 check to Hopelink in Redmond and another $10,000 check to Little Bit Thera-peutic Riding Center in Woodinville.
The money for these donations was raised through the club’s major fundraiser: RedSpoke, a five-day, 300-mile
recreational bicycle tour from Redmond to Spokane. Club President Steve Bozick and Will Miller, chair of the 2010 RedSpoke ride, were the ones to present the checks to Hopelink, which as-sists homeless families with transitional housing and other services, and Little Bit, which provides therapy for disabled chil-dren and adults.
Rotary Club donates to help Hopelink, Little Bit
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A year aft er approving a pilot project to test whether red-light cameras would make several well-traffi cked Redmond
intersections safer, the City of Redmond appears poised to pull the plug on the cameras and end the pilot project – while possibly continuing to operate a speed camera near Einstein Elemen-tary during school hours.
Data from the pilot project, discussed at a recent city council study session, did not conclusively demonstrate that the cameras made the intersections where they were installed safer. As a result, the city is likely to opt not to extend its contract with
American Traffi c Solutions (ATS), the vendor of the camera systems the city has been using.
Th e study session occurred on the same day that a King County Superior Court judge tossed out an ungrounded lawsuit fi led by perennial initiative salesman Tim Eyman against Red-mond. Eyman, whose past statewide initiatives have caused great harm to Redmond’s people and public services, decided to sue the city aft er Mayor John Marchione and the city council concluded that a city initiative intended to force a public vote on the red light cameras did not fall within the scope of the local initiative power. Ey-man and Scott Harlan (the Union Hill resident who orchestrated the initiative) had demanded that the city turn over its petitions to King County Elections for processing and validation. City leaders, citing a recent court ruling con-cerning a similar measure in Bellingham, argued the measure concerned a matter not subject to initiative, and pointed out that a public vote would cost city taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars. Judge Laura Inveen agreed.
Redmond Mayor John Marchione described the ruling as “a strong affi rmation of the City of Redmond’s action to fulfi ll its responsibilities and not abdicate its role to ‘government-by-ini-tiative’. Th e City’s actions are guided by law that the decision to use traffi c camera enforcement is reserved for the City Council only,” the mayor
said shortly aft er the decision was announced. “While repeated court rulings on Eyman initia-tives have made this clear, some continue to cre-ate a false expectation. Instead of perpetuating this myth, the City Council and I chose to state the truth.”
Eyman, of course, was not pleased. “It’s an ap-palling ruling ... I’m disgusted by it, and I think the City of Redmond just kicked a hornet’s nest,” he told reporters outside of the courtroom.
Amusingly, that’s along the lines of what Eyman has said every time he has lost in court. And he has lost many times. Th ree of his statewide initiatives have been thrown out as unconstitutional.
So, aft er many months of discussion and de-bate, it looks like red light cameras are on their way out of Redmond. Perhaps that’s for the best. Installing the cameras did not address the root cause of traffi c safety problems (why people run red lights in the fi rst place, or cut it close when they shouldn’t). Nor did the cameras improve the city’s image.
As pointed out by some camera critics, the city has signs posted at many of the roads leading into Redmond which ominously declare, “Redmond is a photo-enforcement city.” Th e message? You better watch it, ‘cause we’re watching you.
Is that how we want to welcome visitors to Redmond? It would be nice if we could take those signs down. It’s bad enough that our civil liberties have been eroded at the federal level by the likes of the National Security Agency, which has been happily spying on American citizens for years.
Camera critics did a good job pointing out the disadvantages and ramifi cations of red light cameras in Redmond. But they went overboard by trying to force a public vote on the issue be-fore the mayor and city council had even come to a conclusion about the eff ectiveness of the pilot project.
Th e purpose of the initiative and referendum process is to allow citizens to get something done if the legislative process fails. Direct de-mocracy is not supposed to replace or supplant representative democracy. Th ankfully, we’ve got a mayor and City Council who care about their responsibilities and are committed to making sure that Redmond has a government that listens to and works for its people.Andrew Villeneuve, a 2005 Redmond High gradu-ate, is the founder and executive director of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a Redmond-based grassroots organization. Villeneuve can be reached at [email protected].
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Flynn deserves your vote for City Council
I am writing to express my support for Tom Flynn for Redmond City Council and ask readers of the Red-mond Reporter to cast their ballots for Tom in the upcoming election.
I have known Tom for six years, since my oldest son joined a soccer team that Tom coached for many years. Although my son was only part of the team for two years as the boys fi nished high school, most of the team had been together for many years. It was obvious that the players and their parents respected Tom’s leadership and guidance.
Since that fi rst introduction to Tom Flynn, I have observed his commitment to the City of Redmond, fi rst as a leader of the Redmond Arts Commission and then as a member of the Redmond
Planning Commission. He has also demonstrated a commitment to broadening his understanding of our area through his participation in Leadership Eastside. I know from my own experience with Leadership St. Paul, Minn. that these programs allow participants a great opportunity to see and understand many facets of the regional community and how their individual leadership skills best serve the community. Each of these experiences will serve Tom and his constituents well as one of our elected City Council members.
I am pleased that Tom has chosen to run for Redmond City Council as his next step in serving his friends and neighbors throughout Red-mond. He will be a fantastic Coun-cilman and deserves your support. He certainly has my support.
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Red-light cameras create paranoia
Many Redmond and nearby residents have had mostly negative opinions on the red light cameras and I totally understand it.
Not only are they at traffi c lights but at schools, too. When the light fl ashes, and I am assuming I did nothing wrong, it still creates “ticket paranoia.”
I start to dread picking up the mail for fear of a ticket sent my way even though I have never gotten one. Could I have gone a couple miles over the speed limit? Did I not make a complete stop on my right turn? etc. I am not alone on this thinking.
One starts to wonder: Is this just a money maker or are these tickets justifi ed? In many cases they are but not all.
Here is the other thing that bothers me — and I don’t believe it is my imagination. It seems like going down hills in many areas, such as Redmond Ridge and nearby communities, there are many police offi cers waiting for speeders. One has to be totally aware. I see cars pulled over constantly. I’m not sure if all are getting tickets but it makes me wonder if it is just a money-making job for the offi cers who might me told by superiors to write more violations?
I must add that I understand we need police offi cers who “protect and serve” but paranoia sets in when that light fl ashes or when one is going a few miles over the speed limit down hill.
Maybe the police should “lighten up?”
Joe Giannunzio, Redmond
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Redmond was stung with a string of recent vehicle prowls that were reported in the Education Hill, Grasslawn and downtown neighborhoods.
There were 17 reported incidents between last Thursday morning and Sunday afternoon, accord-ing to Redmond police spokesman Jim Bove.
Nine of the break-in re-ports came from the Educa-tion Hill area. Five incidents came from the Grasslawn area and three more were re-ported from the downtown area. Out of the 17 reports, 12 of the incidents featured unlocked vehicles or showed no signs of entry, which indicates an unlocked door, according to Bove.
Bove said it is likely the car prowls in the Education Hill area are connected to the same suspect or suspects and the same could be true for the Grasslawn break-ins.
The stolen items included purses, laptops, sunglasses, an Xbox video game system and a camera, according to Bove.
Police have not appre-hended anyone, but some of the stolen items have been recovered.
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Tuesday, Oct. 11Drugs: Redmond police questioned two people in a parked car in the 1140 block of Avondale Road at around 12:30 a.m. Marijuana, paraphernalia and alcohol were found inside the vehicle. Charges are pending.
Monday, Oct. 10Vandalism: A Redmond resident re-ported at 9:46 a.m. that street signs in the 9900 block of 171st Avenue North-east were vandalized and defaced.
Sunday, Oct. 9Stop lying: Redmond police arrested a man in the 8500 block of Willows Road for providing a false statement.
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the data is conclusive. It re-ally works."
Council members will vote on a motion at its Nov. 1 business meeting that will direct the mayor to cancel the contract with the city's camera vendor, American Traffic Solutions (ATS), develop a school-zone camera program and propose alternatives for an intersection safety pro-gram, Marchione said.
If the Council does indeed vote to terminate the contract with ATS, the four current traffic cameras will remain in place through the end of the contract, which is January, 21, 2012, Cole said.
Marchione said he was not surprised by the results
of Tuesday's study session."Traffic safety programs
are multifaceted," he said. "You cannot create good pol-icy with a simple yes or no discussion. The City Council is truly invested in making the city a safe and friendly place. Here was an oppor-tunity to try technology to be more efficient. The data was inconclusive about the effectiveness of the program. In addition, we appreciate the public comments over the last two years."
INCONCLUSIVE DATA
Council voiced their opinions after analyzing the Redmond Police Depart-ment's latest traffic camera data, which included the number of violations and
collisions at the three red-light camera intersec-tions and the speed-camera school zone.
The overall number of issued citations at the three red-light camera inter-section decreased from 2,333 in March to 1,944 in September. However, there were 1,204 issued citations at the three intersections in August before spiking up to 1,944 in September.
Meanwhile, the total number of collisions at the three intersections increased a bit from 25 in January through September of both 2009 and 2010 to 30 during that same time period this year.
"To me the data suggests that we're not changing the
behavior," Redmond City Council member David Carson said during Tues-day's study session.
Carson admitted he was against the idea of the traffic cameras when it was first proposed in late 2009. Carson said he warmed up to the idea of using tech-nology to improve public safety and defended the program on an anti-camera Facebook page.
But in Carson's estima-tion, the program "just hasn't done what we had hoped it would do."
Council member Kimberly Allen agreed the data was inconclusive and she spoke out against the red-light cameras, but in support of the school-zone cameras. She also said the city needs to look at using a different camera vendor than ATS, which has gotten a lot of bad press this past year.
"I'm not in favor of continuing at this point the program for the red-light cameras," Allen said. "I'm absolutely in favor of con-tinuing (speed cameras) in the school zone, based on the data in front of us."
NOT ABOUT THE MONEY
Mike Bailey, director of
finance for the city, pre-sented the latest financial figures concerning the pilot program at Tuesday's study session — showing the small amount of money the city is pocketing from the hundreds of violations.
The city has collected $791,452 through Sept. 14 from the program, but has to pay King County 80 per-cent — or $627,156 — for its contracted court costs. Then another $108,000 went to the camera vendor, leaving $56,296 for the city to use for traffic safety improvements.
"Clearly this is not about the money," said Redmond Council member John Stilin.
Bailey agreed and pointed out that some of the other jurisdictions that use traffic cameras put the money in the general fund. Whereas Redmond puts the money in a capital improve-ment fund for traffic safety projects, which must be ap-proved by the City Council, Bailey said.
HARLAN'S REACTION
Harlan, a Redmond businessman and Union Hill resident, arrived at the meeting upset, but left satisfied.
Earlier on Tuesday, a
King County Superior Court judge ruled against a lawsuit brought by state initiative activist Tim Eyman, who was helping Harlan and his support-ers get the issue of traffic cameras on an upcoming ballot. Harlan collected 6,000 signatures for the petition, but the city failed to turn in the petition to the county auditor, leading Eyman to sue.
The judge threw out Eyman's case, and said the proposed initiative is be-yond the scope of initiative power and would have no legal effect, even if passed. The judge said the decision regarding traffic camera rests with the City Council and Marchione.
Frustrated with the court case outcome, Harlan at-tended Tuesday's meeting with reservations. But he was happy with the out-come.
"I am very pleased that the City Council is taking a good hard look at the data, at the information about how other cities have oper-ated the program and the vocal opinion of thousands of residents who have told the city that they do not like this program and don't want it in their city," he said. "I keep wanting to pinch myself."
Harlan said Redmond is one of many cities across the nation that have dumped the program, say-ing that 31 cities in Califor-nia recently pulled the plug on red-light cameras.
"It's a great concept, but at the end of the day, it just doesn't work," Harlan said. "It doesn't really improve safety."
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As a native of Hawaii, Joshua Heim’s introduc-tion to the arts came in the form of performing with hula as well as theater.
Since then, he has branched out and gotten involved in visual and fi ne arts working at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacifi c American Experi-ence in Seattle’s Chinatown/International District.
Now the City of Red-mond’s new arts admin-istrator, who spoke at the Redmond Senior Center’s (RSC) First Friday Coff ee Chat last Friday, is work-ing to see how art can serve in civic dialog and create change within the community.
“I fundamentally believe that art is about change,” Heim told his chat audi-ence.
And changes in Red-mond are what brought him to the city.
Heim, who currently lives in West Seattle but will soon move to the Eastside, said one of the fi rst questions he asks while on the job is, “Who is (my art) audience?”
Heim said the city used to be mostly made up of a traditional audience: local residents who are native to the region.
Now, Redmond’s demo-graphic makeup is much
diff erent. About 40 percent of Redmond residents were born outside of the state and about a quarter were foreign born, Heim said. Additionally, Redmond’s population has shift ed from families and seniors whose children have left home, to a younger crowd in the 25 to 45 age range. Finally, Heim said the city has also become more culturally diverse as the population is now about 25 percent Asian or Asian American, according to the 2010 Census.
It is Heim’s job to fi nd art that will appeal to all of these diff erent groups.
“(Redmond and the Eastside are) far more diverse than Seattle is,” he said.
Heim told chat attend-ees that art refl ects all types of change within a community. In addition to the demographic changes, Redmond has also shift ed from a rural community to more urban and Heim said some of the local public art refl ects this. One example he gave was a frosted glass piece in the City of Redmond’s parking garage. Th e piece, “Two Rivers” represents the Sammamish River’s course before it was straightened by engineers.
Heim said he is also working on ways to make art more visible and acces-sible in Redmond. During last week’s coff ee chat, at-
tendees made suggestions on how to do this includ-ing displaying artwork in empty storefronts, an art walk, a self-guided walk-ing tour of local art pieces, interactive pieces and putting art in high-visi-bility areas such as along roadways where people get stuck in traffi c.
While people made sug-gestions, Heim took note.
In an eff ort to encour-age more art and raise arts awareness in Redmond, Heim said the city will have its fi rst-ever pub-lic arts season — TAKE ROOT, BRANCH OUT — which will launch with the city’s Redmond Lights event in December and run thought May 2012.
With the city’s centennial next year, Heim said the arts season theme was con-ceived to refl ect Redmond’s pioneering spirit and how that has changed through-out the years. Th e theme is also a prompt to get people thinking about what this pioneering spirit would look like in the future.
Heim said his short-term vision for art in Redmond is to get people to view the whole city as a venue and opportunity to be creative and ask, “What does it mean to use the whole town as a venue?”
Heim’s long-term vision for Redmond is to have people see Redmond as an art town.
Joshua Heim, the city’s new arts adminstrator, said his long-term vision is to have people see Redmond as an art town. SAMANTHA PAK, Redmond Reporter
CHANGING FACE OF ARTHeim looks to diversify, expand art scene in the city
Th e City of Redmond is currently re-cruiting volunteers for this year’s annual Redmond Lights winter festival to be held Dec. 3.
Help is needed with kids' activities, event support, set up and tear down.
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As well as Lyle and Oliver Rud-nicki, the top two scoring players from Redmond High’s golf team, have played this year, “pressure can make you do funny things,” accord-ing to head coach Chris Zimmer-man.
Aft er Lyle’s 73 and Oliver’s 74 on Tuesday, the twins looked to be well within the cut line for the 4A state tournament, which advance the top 14 fi nishers from the two-day 4A Kingco District Tournament held this year at Redmond’s own Wil-lows Run Golf Club.
Lyle was a model of consis-tency through the fi rst 12 holes on Wednesday, making 12 pars to open up his round, before disaster struck on the short par-4 13th. He hooked his ball left out of bounds, ending up making a triple bogey to give Woodinville standout Kyle Lindor a lead he would never relinquish, winning the tournament with a 73-73–146 total.
Lyle came right back with a birdie aft er the triple bogey and ended up at 73-77–150 for a tie of second place with Inglemoor’s Cole Hublou.
“Lyle played great (Wednesday), he just had one bad swing on a hole, and if he didn’t have that, he’d have been right in it,” said Zimmerman.
During Tuesday’s medalist round, Lindor and Lyle tied at 1-over 73, and instead of a tradi-tional one-hole playoff , the boys
decided to hold an 18-hole playoff during Wednesday’s play.
“I was really excited going into this match, because I was basically playing against Lindor, just me and him,” Lyle said. “I parred the fi rst 12 holes, and I was excited about that, but I couldn’t make a single putt. Th ey just barely missed.”
Playing the long par-5 18th, Lyle was handed a golden opportunity when Lindor pushed his tee shot into the hazard right, but Lyle pulled his drive wide left beyond the white out-of-bounds stakes again, and was forced to settle for second place.
Oliver struggled with his putting and consistency, scrambling to an 82 on Wednesday and a 156 total,
which ended up being the cut.“Oliver, luckily, snuck through,”
said Zimmerman with a sigh of re-lief. “But Oliver played probably the best round out of anybody in the fi eld (on Tuesday), so I think that really helped him get through.”
Th e senior noted that he missed many short putts, and that he strug-gled with distance control.
“I missed about fi ve putts from four feet and in, which kinda killed me,” Oliver recalled. “My ball-striking was pretty good, but my distances were off . I fl ew the bunkers on 17 over the green into the hazard.”
In the end, a well-played par on the fi nal hole punched his return ticket to state.
All six of Redmond’s players ended up making the 18-hole dis-tricts cut to play on Wednesday – Jimbo Curtin (80-80–160), Conrad Croshaw (81-81–162), Jackson Sa-fon (80-82–162) and Cole Helgeson (81-82–163).
With the long layoff between now and the 4A state tournament, which will be held in May in Spo-kane at a golf course to be deter-mined, the Rudnickis said they will continue to keep their schedule busy with golf, polishing their games and hopefully ending their senior campaigns with a bang.
“Our classes aren’t as hard this year, not as much homework – so I’m going to try to be out there close to every day, working on my putting because that kind of let me down,” Oliver said. “Working
on my consistency so I don’t have another 74-82 again.”
Helgeson and fellow senior Kirk Gysler rounded out the Mustangs’ graduating class this year in addition to the Rudnickis, a group that Zim-merman held in the highest regard.
Zimmerman, a club pro at Ingle-wood Country Club in Kenmore, has had the Rudnickis and Helge-son for four years in the program, and Gysler for three.
“All four of my seniors are good young men now, and they’re off to do well in college,” he said. “Hope-fully, some of them will play some golf, but if not I have no doubt that they’re all going to turn out to be great people.”
Rudnicki twins advance to state golf tournamentTop 14 advance to 4A state in May 2012
1. Kyle Lindor (Woodinville), 73-73–146
T-2. Lyle Rudnicki (Redmond), 73-77–150
T-2. Cole Hublou (Inglemoor), 76-74–150
T-4. Michael Day (Ballard), 78-74–152
T-4. Spencer Weiss (Eastlake), 77-75–152
T-4. Kelley Sullivan (Skyline), 79-73–152
T-4. Garrett Foss (Woodinville), 75-77–152
8. Li Wang (Eastlake), 80-73–153
T-9. Kevin Zhao (Newport), 78-76–154
T-9. Jack Fisher (Eastlake), 76-78–154
T-11. Brian Mogg (Skyline), 80-75–155
T-11. Taylor Swingle (Issaquah), 77-78–155
T-13. Bryan Jung (Issaquah), 79-77–156
T-13. Oliver Rudnicki (Redmond), 74-82–156
4A KINGCO DISTRICT TOURNAMENT
A PINK WIN FOR BEAR CREEK VOLLEYBALL
The Bear Creek School’s Grizzlies volleyball program
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conjunction with the Side-Out Foundation to raise money
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families. The event brought in more than $2,000 for the Grizzlies. For the third year
in a row, the Grizzlies invited the Christian Faith Eagles
to participate in the match and the Bear Creek gym
was packed with pink-clad fans who cheered for their
respective teams. For the fi rst time in this series, the Grizzlies
were victorious, coming from behind to win in fi ve sets.
Redmond High senior Lyle Rudnicki tied for second at the 4A Kingco District tournament with a two-day total of 73-77-150. TIM WATANABE, Redmond Reporter
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RHS girls move up to third in KingcoThe Redmond High girls’
soccer team closed in on the 4A Kingco leaders with a 2-1 road victory over Newport on Tuesday night.
Sierra Bilginer opened up the scoring for the Mustangs, with the Knights tying it up in the 65th minute.
In the 68th minute, Sidney Nilsen scored the game-winner off Kristen Hayman’s assist.
With the win, Redmond improved to 4-2-1 in league play and 5-4-3 overall, mov-ing up to sole possession of third place in the league behind Issaquah (5-0-2) and Skyline (5-0-1).
DEFENDING 1A CHAMP BUSH HANDS OVERLAKE FIRST LOSS
The Overlake School girls’ team was handed their first loss of the season on Tues-day on the road, as Bush’s Phoebe Greenwald scored the game winner in overtime in a 1-0 shutout loss.
The Blazers, who beat Overlake in the 1A title game last fall 1-0, are strug-gling this season at 2-7 in league play but became the first team all season to pre-vent the Owls from scoring.
With the loss, Overlake fell to 9-1-0 in Emerald City
League play and 11-1-0 overall.
BEAR CREEK STAYS PERFECT IN LEAGUE WITH SWEEP
The red-hot Bear Creek School volleyball squad kept its perfect Sea-Tac 2B record alive with a 3-0 sweep of Tacoma Baptist on Tuesday night, winning on game scores of 25-19, 25-12 and 25-21.
Bethan Meyer and Nikki Peterson swatted eight kills each to pace the offense, with Peterson also adding five aces.
Setter Michele Brown had 24 assists as the Grizzlies improved to 7-0 in league play and 13-1-1 overall.
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The utility wants to construct 4.5 miles of 115 kilovolt line that would run from the Sammamish sub-station (9221 willows Rd. N.E. in Redmond) to the Juanita substation (10910 N.E. 132nd St. in Kirkland). PSE officials recently gave a project overview to more than a dozen city officials
and neighborhood leaders from both cities during its first stakeholder advisory group meeting at the Bay-mont Inn in Kirkland.
Customers in the area can expect more reliable service once the project is completed, said Barry Lom-bard, PSE project manager.
He explained the electri-cal system in the northern Redmond-Kirkland area, known as the Moorlands system, is comprised of the Sammamish, Moorlands and Cottage Brook substations, plus 12 other local substa-tions. Those substations are all served by three local 115
kV transmission lines, which supply power to approxi-mately 150,000 customers in residential areas.
The system faces two problems – reliability and capacity, said Lombard.
“If two of the lines should go out, the way the system is now, that would result in all 12 substations in that area losing power,” he said. “So we’re building a new line to make sure we have enough reliability so that if there’s an accident like that we don’t lose 150,000 people all at once.”
Demand for power is also growing in the Kirkland, Redmond, Kenmore, Bothell and Woodinville areas, as customers use more electronics and more
houses are built. The trans-mission lines are reaching their capacity limits, said Lombard.
Under certain conditions, such as during summer and winter peaks, the existing system can be overloaded and result in loss of service to customers.
Adding the new Sam-mamish-Juanita transmis-sion line will allow PSE to accommodate the area’s future need for power and reduce the possibility of system overloads in the next 20 years or so, added Lombard.
The first phase of the project – the Sammamish-Juanita line – will allow PSE to move two substations off the Moorlands system, while increasing avail-able system capacity and improving reliability.
The company plans to be-gin construction on the ap-proximately $5-$6 million project in the summer of 2013. Phase 2, likely years in the future, would involve
adding another Juanita-Moorlands transmission line.
Over the next few months, PSE will work with the advisory group to develop possible route alternatives that reflect community input.
“We’re using a geospatial model that layers all of the different constraints, land uses and zoning areas,” said Lombard. “Then depending on how (the community) values different things – like wetlands or forest or resi-dential areas – it will find the path of least resistance.”
PSE plans to hold a pub-lic open house this fall to gather community feedback on possible route alterna-tives. The advisory group will also consider commu-nity input that was gathered during initial community meetings in 2008 and 2009.
“They certainly had strong opinions where this line should go,” said Lom-bard of the earlier meetings. “So we’ll take it all into consideration and we just hope to find the route that is the most acceptable to the community.”
PSE expects to choose a preferred route by February 2012.
Discussions will also include whether to construct an overhead or underground line, although undergrounding is up to 10 times more expensive and would need to be funded in part by the local jurisdic-tions, Lombard noted.
Once construction is complete in 2013, the proj-ect cost will go into PSE’s rate base and be absorbed by all customers, said Lombard.
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The next advisory group meeting will be held from 5:30-8 p.m. on Oct. 17 at the Baymont Inn and Suites, 12223 N.E. 116th St., Kirk-land. The group will review past routing alternatives.
For more information about the project, visit www.pse.com/SammJuan115, e-mail [email protected] or call Barry Lombard, PSE project manager, at (425) 456-2230.
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