No homecoming parade this year?
March 2, 2009
City may nix Skyline’s annual march up 228th
Skyline’s marching band parades on 228th Avenue in last year’s parade, as traffic backs up on the other side of the road. File Photo
Sammamish has one parade a year and its future appears in limbo. City officials say they don’t want to cancel the event, but they haven’t offered any tenable solutions, according to the parade’s organizer.
Ami Maners, Associated Student Body adviser at Skyline High School, said she’s received mixed messages from the city. The Public Works Department advised her in October that the 2009 parade could not be on 228th Avenue during peak traffic hours on a Friday afternoon. But no other situation seems plausible, Maners said.
Only 228th Avenue has enough lanes that several can be closed down without shutting down the entire road, Maners said.
The alternative would be Southeast 8th Street, which doesn’t seem like a good fit for the event, Maners said. Read more
Police arrest man for bank robbery
March 2, 2009
The Sammamish Highlands Bank of America temporarily shut down its walk-in office Feb. 23 after falling victim to a bank robbery. Photo by J.B. Wogan
Police arrested an Eastside bank robber Feb. 23 with the help of Sammamish bank employees.
A 28-year-old Kirkland man stole an undisclosed amount of money from the Bank of America in the Sammamish Highlands shopping center at about 12:50 p.m. Feb. 23, according to police.
Investiga-tors believe the same man committed bank robberies in Issaquah and Kirkland earlier this month.
“He had done all three in pretty quick succession and probably would have done another one if we hadn’t caught him,” said Robbie Burroughs, spokesperson for the FBI’s Seattle office. Read more
Sammamish will never be Las Vegas
March 2, 2009
Eastlake students take half a class period to change this sign. Photo by J.B. Wogan
Nothing is set in stone, but an electronic reader board at Eastlake High School — or anywhere else in Sammamish — seems unlikely after the Planning Commission’s Feb. 19 meeting.
Reader boards weren’t on the agenda for the meeting, but they came up during a general discussion about what kind of signs should be permitted or encouraged in the new Town Center.
Michael Matthias, the Town Center project manager and city planner, cautioned against reading too much into the discussion. The signage policy discussion did not conclude and the commission did not take any action at the meeting, he pointed out. Read more
County OK’s annexing Camden Park
March 2, 2009
The dark gray area, just outside Sammamish’s northeast border could soon become part of the city. Courtesy city of Sammamish
The annexation of Camden Park and its surrounding neighborhoods could become a reality as early as April. A King County Boundary Review Board gave its tentative approval to the annexation at a Feb. 19 meeting.
The area in question is an L-shaped set of parcels bordered on the west by 244th Avenue Northeast, on the south by Northeast 20th Street, and on the north and west by Redmond-Fall City Road.
If approved, the addition would bring 113 acres, 347 new residents and between $7,221-$11,231 annually in added revenue into Sammamish.
The Boundary Review Board voted 11-0 in favor of the annexation, but will make the decision final March 12, according to Sammamish’s Community Development Director Kamuron Gurol. Read more
Sammamish Forum
March 2, 2009
Don’t waste police time
Are the incidents listed in the police blotter actual calls the police here respond to? Bicycle theft at elementary school? Wallet swiped from car? GPS swiped? Egged car? Broken flowerpots ? Read more
Review editorial
March 2, 2009
Cities have parades
There are few things as iconic a part of small-town America as the homecoming parade down Main Street. That is why we are troubled that city officials are considering forbidding Skyline High School’s annual parade on 228th Avenue – Sammamish’s main street. Read more
State concussion law strives to protect athletes
March 2, 2009
In the third quarter of a middle school football game, Zackery Lystedt made a tackle that changed his life. It was October of 2006. Lystedt was 13. Minutes after the tackle, he collapsed on the field. Read more
City holds 2 meetings on new building
March 2, 2009
The city provided a conceptual sketch of the new operations and maintenance building, which would open in November 2010.
The city held two more public meetings regarding a $5.4 million new operations and maintenance building on 244th
Avenue.Two residents appeared at the Feb. 19 meeting and one came to the Feb. 26 meeting, according to Project Manager Sevda Baran.
Their concerns regarded noise pollution from the new building and whether the city would cut down too many trees during construction, Baran said.
An artist’s rendering of the new facility showed the way the building would blend in with the area’s natural surroundings, with trees sprinkled around and even some green roofing. Read more
Expect Issaquah school levies on 2010 ballot
March 2, 2009
Issaquah School Board members unanimously approved three levies for the February or November 2010 ballot, but not a bond issue. Read more
City invites input on Town Center design
March 2, 2009
Want to weigh in on how the Town Center should look?
The city is holding a design brainstorming session at City Hall, 4-8 p.m. March 5. Read more
