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Sammamish approves Aldarra Montaine annexation

March 20, 2010

New: March 20, 3:44 p.m.

In spite of some protests, the City Council approved the annexation of the Aldarra and Montaine neighborhoods 6-0 on March 16.

The vote means that the council has given the annexation its blessing, but the neighborhoods are not part of Sammamish yet.

The state’s Boundary Review Board for King County must still approve the annexation as well. Read more

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Census forms don’t say Sammamish

March 19, 2010

New: March 19, 11:55 a.m.

Yes, you do live in Sammamish, no matter what the address says on your census form.

Residents across the city have been a bit perplexed this week as they got their census forms in the mail and found that they were addressed to either Redmond or Issaquah.

City Manager Ben Yazici dashed off a letter to the Census Bureau expressing the city’s frustration. Read more

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LWSD secretaries went way too far

March 18, 2010

Somewhere out there is a medical professional who could earn an award for studying this phenomenon. Somehow, about 60 percent of the secretaries in the Lake Washington School District got sick on the same day. Never mind that their union, legally prohibited from striking, is in the midst of a protracted contract dispute with the school district — secretaries still say they or a family member got sick March 8. “Believe what you want,” said a union representative.
One thing’s certain — we don’t believe them. Read more

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Sammamish, Issaquah councils discuss animal control, fire service

March 16, 2010

Issaquah and Sammamish city council members met last week for a wide-ranging discussion about the challenges faced by the neighboring cities.
Talk about Klahanie Park, how the cities will provide animal-control services after June 30 and the future of emergency services dominated the March 9 meeting at Sammamish City Hall.
Future of animal services ‘is a very volatile issue’ Read more

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Dozens of Lake Washington school secretaries take ‘sick-and-tired’ day

March 16, 2010

About 119 secretaries and other support staff in the Lake Washington School District, frustrated over labor negotiations, called in sick March 8. The school district has launched an investigation into the mass sick day. Public employees, including school district secretaries, are not allowed to strike under state law. Read more

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Sammamish relaxes standards for its own buildings

March 16, 2010

The City Council relaxed its own regulations on city-owned land March 2.
With the changes, buildings can be 30 to 40 feet closer to a park’s border, non-porous surfaces can take up 25 percent more land and lights can be higher than in comparable lots under private ownership. Read more

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Controversial math choice for Issaquah School Board

March 16, 2010

Issaquah School Board members got their first look at the superintendent’s recommendation to adopt a new high school math curriculum March 10.
After nearly two years of review and analysis by district officials, Superintendent Steve Rasmussen recommended Key Curriculum Press’ Discovering Mathematics books to be adopted for high schoolers. Read more

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Sammamish to receive $27,457 for overheated lights

March 16, 2010

A set of 14 overheating light bulbs in City Hall has gotten on city officials’ last nerve.
At its March 2 meeting, the City Council approved a settlement fee of $27,457 from Lite Energy, a Canadian architectural lighting company with a Seattle branch.A line of light fixtures — soon to be replaced because they overheat — hang along the ceiling corridors of City Hall. Photo by J.B. Wogan
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Street setbacks drop from 7 to 5 feet

March 16, 2010

The Sammamish City Council corrected an inconsistency in their regulations for building setbacks on private property. The minimum setback had been 5 feet until March 2004, but became the stricter standard of 7 feet for five years. In February 2009, it reverted to the 5-foot standard again. Read more

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2 top fire officials will retire soon

March 16, 2010

Two central figures in Sammamish’s firefighting organization announced their retirement this month.
Tim Pilling, the fire marshal for Eastside Fire & Rescue, and Dave Gray, the head financial officer for EFR, both retire at the end of March.
Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Griffin paid tribute to Pilling at the March 11 EFR meeting, pointing out that Pilling was the agency’s first fire marshal.
“He set the tone for future fire marshals,” Griffin said.Wes Collins, deputy fire chief (left), congratulates Dave Gray on his retirement. Gray served as the fire protection agency’s finance chief for eight years. Photo by J.B. Wogan
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