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Developers in Maple Valley will have an easier time calculating their transportation impact fee (TIF) when applying for permits.

The Maple Valley City Council voted at its Nov. 28 meeting to repeal the ordinance pertaining to TIFs and replaced it with a new ordinance.

MAPLE Under VALLEY the previous ordinance, the TIF was based on the city’s six-year transportation improvement plan, which is adopted annually. The calculation of the traffic impact fee was based on the capacity projects included in the six year transportation plan. TIFs help finance the city’s public facilities, including transportation facilities, which are impacted by increased development.

According to Community Development Director Ty Peterson, basing the TIF on the six-year transportation program caused

The weather outside may be chilly, but there may be some warmer temperatures inside the council chambers in Black Diamond during the next week.

Several high profile issues will be before the council beginning at 10 BLACK a.m. Monday when three of the members will consider the ordinances approving the development agreements for the YarrowBay master planned developments, The Villages and Lawson Hills.

The agreements are being considered in a quasi-judicial hearing by council members Bill Boston, Kristine Hanson and Leih Mulvihill.

At the Thursday City Council meeting the full council will have two issue to wrestle. First is a public hearing concerning a petition for a community facilities district

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Sierra Eyring,16, Tahoma High junior and member of the Key Club participates in the fruit cake hurl behind Home Depot in Covington Saturday. Key Club students from Tahoma and Kentlake worked as volunteers for the Hollydaze event . DENNIS BOX, The Reporter To view a slide show go to www. covingtonreporter.com and to buy photos go to the website and click on the photo reprints tab.

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Mountain Vineyard builds a new home

BY KRIS HILL khill@covingtonreporter.com

Mountain Vineyard Christian Fellowship’s building is done and it has that new church smell.

You know, the smell of fresh paint, of beauty bark around the landscaping — some 50 church volunteers planted thousands of plants around the building and the parking lot — and for Pastor Roy Conwell it’s almost hard to believe it belongs to his congregation.

For a church that started in a home, has operated out of storefronts and more recently held services at Cedar Heights Middle School, to finally have a building after more than two decades is nothing short of a miracle.

In 1996 the church bought the land it owns now on Kent Kangley Road. It is near 192nd Avenue Southeast in what is a pocket of unincorporated King County between Maple Valley and downtown Covington.

For five years after paying off the property, the church developed a master plan for it then began seeking permits, getting a condition use permit in 2006 while they began the design and engineering for phase one, which is a 10,175 square foot worship center that home to a chapel and classrooms.

The outside of the church is a grey-green color while the inside is a lighter shade of yellow green with the intent to complement the colors of the tall trees which surround the property on which it sits.

Conwell explained that the congregation and staff began moving into the building in late October, right on target, in fact.

It’s the little things that Conwell is proud of such as the durability of the youth ministry classrooms that were designed to feel like a school so it felt familiar [ more HOME page 4 ]

Pastor Roy Conwell stands behind the pulpit inside of the recently completed church on Kent Kangley Road. KRIS HILL, The Reporter

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Defining Kentlake’s identity with a motto

The Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra will hold a holiday concert Dec. 16. at Maple Valley Presbyterian Church at 7 p.m.

The proceeds from their holiday concert, entitled “The Gift,� will go to benefit Maple Valley Rotary’s Music For Kids program.

The Rotary’s Music For Kids Program provides instruments, music lessons and tuition assistance for kids who would not otherwise be able to afford participation in music programs.

A special visit will be made by Santa Claus.

A suggested donation of $5 will be welcomed at the door.

For more information about the concert, visit www.mvyso.org or call 425-358-1640.

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entlake High School needs a motto, a slogan, a phrase that captures what the school is about, what its values are and can genuinely contribute to an overarching effort to change the culture.

That’s one thing we talked about at the Site Council meeting on Nov. 30.

It ties into everything we talked about, too, from behavior issues among the freshman class to helping the seniors have a better culminating project process to the professional development math department teachers have participated in this year.

And I tell you what, I haven’t got a clue what a good motto would be for Kentlake, all I could think of initially were Kentwood’s rallying cries.

During announcements at Kentwood, the person reading the bulletin will say “It’s great to be alive!� And the entire student body will respond quite loudly with “It’s great to be a Conk!�

Also, more recently the school has incorporated the slogan, “Conquerors think.

Thinkers conquer.�

A great play on the school mascot, the Conqueror, something I use often when writing sports headlines.

As a University of Washington graduate I also think of the recently adopted slogan, “Be Purple. Go Gold,� as well as the name of the school’s fight song, “Bow down to Washington.�

I have often posted on Twitter and Facebook for teams to “Bow down, baby!� when my Huskies have beaten an opponent in sports.

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another time, I worked in the athletic department.

Before volleyball matches we’d give out cups with the team’s schedule on it. On the plastic cups was another great slogan, “When they zig, we zag!�

Oh, sure, the mascot is the Bulldog but I never say “Go Bulldogs!� I always, while yelling at the TV during basketball games and high fiving whomever is nearest, will say “Go Zags!�

What all those schools have in common is a well defined identity as not just an educational environment but as a community.

So, what should Kentlake’s slogan be? What defines it not just as a school but as a community?

Great questions. I don’t have answers. Not right now.

While someone more clever than I comes up with ideas for that, let me cover the other topics.

Freshmen have gotten into more fights than the other classes with four this year versus two for the class of 2014 and one for the seniors. Now, that’s not to say there have been an alarming number of fights, but this is some cause for concern according to Kentlake Principal Joe Potts.

And with winter break looming, it may not get better until after the holidays, according to a subtle comment by English teacher Tammy Barnhart. “Past experience has taught me things get a little bit crazy during the last few days before holiday break,� said social studies teacher Mike Shepard.

Something about vacation and winter holidays seem to make things harder for the kids who are struggling, especially those who are in crisis at home.

We spent a fair amount of time talking about ways staff at the school can further help kids who are Kris Hill

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struggling regardless of what grade they’re in and one anecdote Potts brought up really hit home with me.

He talked about a student who had been suspended.

The boy’s home life lacks structure, support or interest on the part of his mother, who apparently leaves the teen home for weeks at a time. I have an idea what this kid is going through. My own mother was a nurse’s aide and would be gone for several days at a time when I was in high school working as an in-home care provider for sick folks. Even when my mom was around there was an emotional disconnect, a distinct lack of interest in supporting my educational efforts – when I offered to show her my report card she often said, ‘Did you pass your classes?,’ and when I said yes, she would say then that’s all she needed to know – and trying to get her to do anything to show support as far as my extracurricular activities was like pulling teeth.

The only reason I got through high school was because I had two extraordinary, caring teachers who provided as much time and support as they could given the demands of their jobs.

My suggestion was to provide kids in crisis the opportunity to connect with adults, especially with someone like me, because I’ve been there and because I was that kid.

Another excellent suggestion was to try and connect younger students with upperclassmen.

And as far as helping the freshmen feel connected to Kentlake, Potts said he has been working with Athletic Director Bruce Rick to get students involved in sports.

I also liked the idea of identifying upperclassmen who are leaders to be examples to the freshmen as to how they should behave at school.

Shepard urged that all these messages be pre-

sented in a positive manner because he’s seen it work well at other schools he’s worked at in the past.

There are events planned for later in the school year to help further improve the culture.

Potts talked about two major events, Challenge Day, which is scheduled for early February and Be The Change Day which is likely going to happen at the end of April.

Challenge Day, www. challengeday.org, is a national program that has been done at Kent-Meridian for a few years now and is similar to the Breaking Down the Walls program Kentwood brought to its campus earlier in the school year. “The theory is if you know someone’s story, you are more likely to communicate with them and less likely to bully them,�

Potts said. “I’m interested in how we can get kids from various ethnic groups to tell each other their stories.

It could be transformative for the culture of this high school.�

Kirsten Roberts, a social studies teacher who is also serving as an administrative intern this year, said she serves on a district-wide committee with a Kentwood student who said the Breaking Down the Walls program had a huge impact and continues do to so still.

The important thing, several members of the Site Council noted, is to make sure the themes of those events can be sustained throughout this school year and beyond.

Another crucial part of improving culture at Kentlake is the culminating project and advisory.

I’ve had a few Kentlake students come through over the years to do job shadow experiences with me and I can say what I’ve learned from them, as well as from talking with other students, is the culminating project could be much better.

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It pales in comparison to what Tahoma High requires of its graduating seniors.

And from what I learned last year, advisory has changed so much and from one year to the next, it’s become a hindrance to students’ work on the project rather than a help thereby defeating the purpose.

I’ve told Potts that I have not been impressed with the school’s culminating project process.

He agreed it needs work. “Administrators and counselors are looking at how to do the culminating project and advisory better,� he said during the meeting. “It could be so much more, it could be so much better.�

Theresa Turner, who teaches social studies at Kentlake, said her buyin when advisory was introduced was the idea that students would spend four years in advisory with one teacher allowing them to build relationships and know they had the continuity of support of that one teacher.

Lately, it’s been more about the dreaded “Silent Sustained reading.�

While that particular exercise surely has value it seems like advisory time could be better spent, well, at least that’s what I’ve been told by students.

I’m not sure how advisory could be better, but, I’d start with chucking the focus on SSR and make it about the culminating project while managing to meet the needs of all the students whether they’re freshmen or seniors.

Well, I didn’t say it would be easy.

Let’s end on a good note, though, and talk about math.

No. No. Really. Math can be good.

Math teachers at Kentlake are participating in this new professional development program that Potts seemed to be excited about [ more COUNCIL page 12 ]

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[4] December 9, 2011 [ HOME from page 1] “When we turned the sound on and the worship started (the first Sunday), my wife Gail said it was like hearing the angels singing in heaven,� Conwell said. “It feels really comforting (in the sanctuary). When you stand up in here you feel like you’re worshipping with everybody.�

The first service was in-

credible, Conwell noted. “It was just like we were dreaming,� he said. “Everybody was just like, ‘How could this possibly be ours?’ I still have to pinch myself.

We’re so grateful, we’re so thankful.�

The building is still not fully furnished and not all the windows have blinds.

There has been some talk of having a big Christ-

mas service this year, but, perhaps it would be better to let everyone enjoy it for a while first. “Just to get it up was so much of a focus,� Conwell said. “I talked to another Vineyard pastor, he said it took a year to build their new church, and it took them a year to recover emotionally.�

After the effort it took to

old dad had “tried to die on us a couple months ago,� but it wasn’t yet his time.

Conwell said his father had hoped the church would be done in time for one of his nine children to be married there, then when that looked it may not happen, perhaps when one of his grandchildren got married.

That could still happen, though, as one of Conwell’s

four children is not yet married. “There’s lots of love, lots of joy, lots of thankfulness here,� Conwell said of the new building. “When my dad showed up here, there was a lot of joy.�

The kind of joy that exists at Mountain Vineyard will last long after the new church smell has worn off.

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the City Council Thursday will be a comprehensive plan amendment changing the density calculation for developments from gross acres to net.

The proposed change is being presented by Councilman Craig Goodwin.

An example provided by Goodwin in a document he presented to the city would change a 100 acre development from 13.3 homes based on gross

acreage calculation to four with 60 acres in commercial, 10 in sensitive areas and 30 in residential.

The development agreements are in the final stages and the three council members will be considering ordinances to approve the agreements Monday.

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If the council decides to approve the district it would be the first in the state.

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[ FEE from page 1] According to Community Development Director Ty Peterson, basing the TIF on the six-year transportation program caused it to fluctuate too much because of the erratic activity from year to year. This has made it difficult for developers to determine how much the TIF will be in any given year.

The new ordinance bases the TIF on the city’s 20year comprehensive plan transportation element and capital facilities plan, a move which was recommended by the state auditor in 2007. “The building industry prefers it because you have a consistent fee from year to year,� Peterson said. “It’s fair because if you happen to develop in any given year that there was an expensive year (for the city) you’re going to be stuck paying a much higher fee than

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another guy building next year, so this way it’s more fair. They both contributed to the same system.�

In 1999, the TIF was $808 per evening peak hour trip. In 2008, it was $6,272 per evening peak hour trip.

The current TIF is $3,013 per evening peak hour trip.

Under the previous methodology, the TIF would have dropped down to $1,391 in 2012.

According to Peterson, the switch was made possible due to the state legislature, which extended the amount of time the city has to spend TIF funds from six years to 10 years. “In theory, if we don’t spend that money we’ve collected in 10 years we’re supposed to refund it with interest,� he said. “In transportation, projects are expensive, so the trend has been from a planning perspective.�

Additionally, under the 20-year comprehensive plan

the TIF will not include every project as it did under the transportation improvement plan. According to Peterson, only projects that add capacity and only the portion that add capacity will be included in determining the fee.

Whether or not this will lead to a cheaper TIF, however, Peterson said is uncertain. “It’s hard to say,� he stated. “It all boils down to which year were you going to apply. It certainly makes it more predictable. Some people will end up paying a little bit more or less, but at least now it’s predictable.�

The city first adopted the TIF in November 2002.

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Covington to consider vehicle charging stations

BY KRIS HILL khill@covingtonreporter.com

Those electric cars like the Nissan Leaf, the Chevy Volt and the SMART Car are going to need to plug in somewhere.

Eventually there will be electric vehicle charging stations throughout Washington state, including Covington and Maple Valley, as the state Legislature’s deadline to adopt ordinances for such stations is looming. Covington staff will present an ordinance to the City Council at its Dec. 13 meeting. The ordinance, explained Community Development Director Richard Hart, needs to reference that electric vehicle charging stations are permitted and information about how

they’ll be governed. “Puget Sound Regional Council put together a model ordinance that cities could use,� Hart said. “Some cities used it and just plugged in their name and other cities totally ignored it and wrote their own.�

Hart said Covington staff took parts of the model ordinance then wrote some of their own language to develop guidelines for the charging stations.

Salina Lyons, senior planner for the city, explained that the state Legislature passed a bill in 2009 that required cities within major corridors had to have an ordinance for charging stations in place by the end of this year. “We’re taking to (the

council) the final proposed ordinance that the Planning Commission has been discussing since May,� Lyons said. “It’s more catered to our downtown.�

The idea is that as new development comes into the city’s downtown core, particularly the area the council envisions as its town center, electric charging stations will be one of the details in the plans.

Lyons added that business owners could add it to existing enterprises if they so wish as an accessory use and would simply have to meet the city’s design requirements as well as be accessible per the American Disabilities Act. “A lot of the new public buildings put these out

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in front,� Hart said. “It’s a little stand with a base that might be 10 inches square that looks like a gas pump that’s about five feet high.

There’s a cord and you plug it in. We’re doing it because Washington state said we had to because we’re a (Growth Management Act) planning city. We’re not the only ones doing it.�

In fact, Hart said, there are charging stations at city halls on the Eastside.

According to information on the Puget Sound Regional Council’s website, cities across the country are passing similar ordinances from Houston, Texas, to Minneapolis, Minn., to San Diego, Calif., as well as Canadian cities such as Toronto, Ont., and Vancou-

ver, B.C. “To create a consistent regulatory framework that would help this industry grow across Washington state, the legislature required the Puget Sound Regional Council and Department of Commerce to develop guidance for local governments,� stated a July 2010 PSRC report.

Hart said he had a theory about why the state Legislature wanted cities to embrace electric vehicle charging stations. “I think Washington has always been on the cutting edge of green and sustainability issues and they saw the demand out there for electric vehicles,� he said. “They figure if people want to start using them for their

daily use‌ they wanted to make sure at some of the major shopping centers they had the next level of charging station where if you park your car you could recharge your battery.�

Because electric cars have a range of about 150 miles on a single charge, it’s important to make it possible for owners to plug in while traveling, or even just running errands. Charging at home overnight on a regular outlet would take about eight hours, but, the electric vehicle charging stations could provide a full charge in about two hours. “There are some major retailers like Fred Meyer who are trying to get out in the forefront,� Hart said.

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On Sept. 21, I participated in a rally at Occupy Seattle. I did so to support the movement and specifically in protest of our country’s over-reliance on a carbon-based economy and the mega corporations that profit extravagantly from its continuance to the detriment of our environment.

Since then I’ve noticed numerous instances of individuals and media pointing to outliers, whether they be people or issues associated with the movement, in an attempt to discredit, mislabel, or otherwise undermine it.

For years polls have shown that most Americans feel the country is headed in the wrong direction.

Whether it is unemployment, declining personal income, out of control personal and/ or public debt, upside down mortgages, medical insurance that is too expensive to afford, a historically unequal division of the economic pie, or environmental degradation, people feel a need for changes that will get us back on track.

Fortunately, it’s not too hard to understand how we lost our balance.

Beginning in the early 1980s, the country veered sharply toward economic deregulation.

The trend continued throughout the Clinton Administration and went hard core during the Bush years.

On a related track, the 1990s saw a strong move toward economic globalization with the passage of free trade measures such as NAFTA and agreements greatly strengthening and entrenching the work of the World Trade Organization.

The result has been an increasing disenfranchisement of workers and thereby families as Mark Johnson

Being a good housekeeper I never claimed to be a good housekeeper.

There are just some things in life I really hate to do and housekeeping is one of them. So consequently, I put off many household chores until they are screaming for attention and I can’t ignore them any longer.

Fair warning here: for those of you who are good housekeepers, this column is not for the faint of heart. However, for those of you who are mediocre housekeepers, this column could make you feel better about your own housekeeping skills.

I suppose some of my friends may be a bit horrified over my lack of housekeeping skills, but they never say anything. I am not beyond handing cleaning tools to those who complain or comment on my cleaning deficiencies. I would really rather be doing something else like writing columns.

I do want to keep the record straight, we are not living in squalor. I go on cleaning frenzies when I’ve had enough. I also want to state that I do not clean house alone; usually when I get on

they’ve watched their jobs shipped overseas.

Over the same time frame a significant realignment of power has occurred, shifting from a government and economy that benefit as many citizens as possible to ones that serve primarily the interests of corporations and the very well to do.

Whether or not they made or inherited their money, the system has been skewed to greatly enhance their advantages both financially and politically.

Most egregiously, the U.S. Supreme Court recently adorned corporations with personhood.

Among other things, this has been interpreted to allow them to inject unlimited amounts of money into our political system.

We essentially now have a government bought and paid for by corporate and other big-moneyed interests such that the majority of citizens’ concerns are essentially pushed out of the conversation.

The Occupy Wall Street movement, or whatever else we want to call it, is a reaction to the consequences of all the above.

While its early stages may appear disorganized and its messages numerous, at its core it’s easy to understand – that is unless one’s real goal is to intentionally misinterpret it for political reasons.

Ultimately, we’ve reaped what we’ve sown. As a whole, the American people, via their vote or lack thereof, have put people in office who’ve brought us to where we are now.

The upshot is that the solution is clear – it’s our vote! It’s what got us into this mess and what can get us out of it.

We can recover, but only if enough people choose to become more informed and then vote accordingly. The “think globally, act locally� slogan truly applies here.

a cleaning frenzy, my family is very much a part of it; they helped make the mess, they can help clean it up. But occasionally, as it is today, I find I must tackle a task when everyone is at school or work. And today it was my kitchen floor.

I’ve been putting off the mopping of my kitchen floor for many moons now. I won’t give you a time reference because I’m already embarrassed as it is. I did however enjoy my mopping chore today. My youngest has an occasional penchant for mopping the kitchen floor and finally put her foot down about our traditional mop. It grossed her out and she refused to participate in mopping anymore until I finally agreed to replace it with a Shark steam mop.

This purchase is right up there on my “Things that Make Mom Really Happy� list along with my decision to get a yard waste bin. It made me extremely happy not to have to wring out a mop and with the hot steam it is so much quicker to get the kitchen floor clean. However, this does not make me a better housekeeper overall. I still put off mopping until something horrible rises up out of the grime and has to be tamed.

My excuse not to mop the last few weeks or so was because I knew the long Thanksgiving weekend was upon us. I wasn’t expecting company, so why waste twenty minutes mopping when I knew the floor was going to be trashed with Thanksgiving festivities and traditions?

So with Thanksgiving a distant memory, I grudgingly couldn’t put it off any longer. It turned into a pleasant experience with my Shark: Look, squished yams‌ my youngest daughter’s first Thanksgiving dish made by herself; a splotch of cream of mushroom soup‌ my oldest daughter’s first Thanksgiving dish she ever made; a dried daub of whip cream‌ we did eat a lot of pie and for some reason those cans of whip cream really spurted out of control; oh hey, gingerbread really sticks to the floor, even the dog couldn’t lick it up‌ this is the second year my youngest daughter and I baked the pieces to the gingerbread houses the kids make every Thanksgiving weekend; there’s the squished gumdrops and M&Ms, I knew they had to end up somewhere‌ that was kind of funny when the kids got into a food fight while making gingerbread houses with their friends; those colored specks must be sprinkles that got flung off the table when they overzealously sprinkled their gingerbread houses; by the stove there are some squished carrots and celery‌ I always make homemade turkey soup with the leftover turkey carcass, it kind of signals the end of the Thanksgiving holiday. AAHH! Good times.

As I ended my reverie of our Thanksgiving memories, I was thinking I had such a good time mopping the floor, I should do it more often. On second thought‌ Christmas is almost here.

Gretchen Leigh

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Mark Johnson is a resident of Kent.

Gretchen Leigh is a stay-at-home mom who lives in Covington.

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Trees to be cleared behind Covington Safeway Valley Medical Center begins construction

BY KRIS HILL khill@covingtonreporter.com

Trees behind Safeway in Covington will be cleared in the coming week to make way for construction of Valley Medical Center’s medical plaza. “We just want people to know that tree cutting

will be taking place,� said Richard Hart, Covington’s community development director. “They do have all their permits. We’ve gone through the SEPA review.

It is legal for them to be cutting down those trees.�

Hart noted that the trees are not the healthiest based on analysis by arborists, who are experts on the topic. “They have all their permits, they’ve been in for their engineering reviews,� said Salina Lyons, Cov-

ington’s senior replace many “We just want planner on Dec. people to know that of the trees that 1. “We met with tree cutting will be will be cleared them last week to taking place. They to make room discuss their site do have all their for the footprint work and tree permits. We’ve gone of the building, cutting. They did through the SEPA Hart and Lyons go through the review. It is legal for explained. tree preservation “They will them to be cutting study review‌ probably begin down those trees.â€? construction on and about 90 percent of those Richard Hart the building ‌ trees did have in February or root rot.â€?

March,� Hart said.

And because of the tree Valley Medical has preservation ordinance planned a two phase requirements, Valley will project on 10 acres of the

downtown area know as town center. The hospital paid $5 million for the land.

The first phase of the project will include a 24-hour free standing emergency department, specialty offices, public parking, a plaza, green space and gathering places, according to a report made

by Mike Glenn, Valley’s senior vice president of business development, to the Covington City Council in late May. Construction costs for

the first phase were tagged at about $21 million at that time.

Phase two would include medical and legal office space as well as retail shops, with a price tag of $21 million, with both phases bringing more than 100 full time jobs when it’s all done.

Reach Kris Hill at khill@ covingtonreporter.com or 425-432-1209 ext. 5054.

To comment on this story go to www.covingtonreporter.com.

City Council approves property tax levy increase

BY TJ MARTINELL tmartinell@maplevalleyreporter.com

The Maple Valley City Council voted to approve the city’s 2012 property tax levy at its Nov. 28 meeting.

The new property tax levy rate will be $1.40 per $1,000 of assessed value.

2011’s rate was $1.29.

According to the city’s Finance Director Tony McCarthy, the rate was

increased due to declining property value. “We’ve tracked average prices in Maple Valley for 10 years,� he said. “The average home price in 2007 was $364,000. The average price now is $278,000. The house prices have dropped by about $80,000.�

McCarthy added that the city’s rate is also based on other levy rates, such as the school district, the fire

district and the library.

City Manager David Johnston also explained that most residents will pay the same amount as they did the year prior. “People have to understand that the levy is the result of an algebraic equation,� he said. “If the output is frozen you have to take a look at the other two variables, rate and assessed valuation. We’re seeing it

(assessed valuation) go down a little bit, so the tax rate goes up. But the person doesn’t see an increase.

Most people won’t see an increase.�

Johnston and McCarthy both stated that the levy rate will go down once assessed property value begins to rise again and more development occurs next year, such as the new Fred Meyer store.

“That helps with the tax rate,� Johnston said. “If you have more commercial in your base, then homeowners will pay less, because you have a new large group contributing to the tax base.

And that’s why the cities look to make maximum use of property. That usually benefits residential homeowners.�

The maximum rate the city can set is $1.60.

Reach TJ Martinell at 425432-1209 ext. 5052.

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I think Peter the Great should be called Peter the Really Great Gardener as his personal estate of Peterhof rivals Versailles as the most awe-inspiring water garden in the world. After our 10-day cruise with private shore excursions, our group will spend a few days in Copenhagen to explore Tivoli gardens. If you are interested in Northern European culture, Russia and beautiful gardens at a relaxed pace, this could be the stocking stuffer that tops a lifetime of mundane Christmas gifts – and will really give a winter-weary gardener something to look forward to. The trip is priced at about $3,580 per person. Visit www. binettigarden.com or contact Enumclaw Travel at 360-825-7939 for more information. The group is limited to the first 22 guests.

The latest must-have garden book is “Dirr’s Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs� by Michael A. Dirr, Timber Press, price $79.95, 3,500 photographs, 3,700 species.

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Just be choosy when it comes to your mulch or manure. I use composted dairy manure from an organic dairy farm in Enumclaw because I know it will be weed- and pesticide-free. I’ve had problems with weeds in mulch before. (Wonder how you got horsetail? Check that last load of beauty bark.)

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Tahoma schools await outcome from state budget

BY KRIS HILL khill@maplevalleyreporter.com

Tahoma School District staff want to get a jump on the next budget cycle.

This year, though, it’s going to be a challenge. “We start early, but, it’s hard to do,� said Lori Cloud, the district’s director of finance and operations, on Nov. 30. “It’s hard to get excited about the end result until we get to the end result.�

And the district may not have a handle on what the end result will be until after the state Legislature convenes next spring.

With the Legislature meeting in special session now, Cloud said, and the governor’s proposed education funding changes out, there are some things the district does know and can plan for at this point. “We anticipate that levy equalization will receive a major overhaul,� she said.

“Right now we receive about $900,000 worth of (levy equalization).�

District spokesman Kevin Patterson explained that the state provides levy equalization for districts that can’t collect the amount of levy dollars needed so that is supplemented in state education funding. For example, the Renton School District doesn’t need equalization because it has a dramatically larger tax base than Tahoma, due in large part to a greater commercial base as well as the presence of The Boeing Co. So, the state supplements the ability to collect dollars through levies to level the playing field, so to speak. “The good news is that it looks like they won’t implement that change until 2013,� Cloud said. “They’re going to be taking our (levy equalization) away because we don’t qualify in the new three tier system. So, we’ll be able to make that up

with the (maintenance and operations) levy. It will be a wash.�

Cloud added that the maintenance and operations levy, which is put to the voters for renewal every four years, is not collecting at the district’s maximum capacity so the rates can be raised.

Districts were also bracing for the possibility that class sizes would increase in fourth through 12th grade but at this point, Cloud said, the governor is advocating for shortening the school year to save money.

This is just one example of the ever-changing nature of the state education funding formula. “For this school year, it’s hard to control much,�

Cloud said. “The money, for the most part, is spent or encumbered. The question is what’s going to be cut because there are going to be cuts.�

Cloud said the district went through the cutting

process most recently in 2009. In the end, it wasn’t as bad at district officials feared early on in the process, thanks to additional federal funding that came through. “We’ve been through the process of cutting, cutting, cutting,� she said. “I’m not sure how the board will want to handle this. We’ve

already presented this information to the school board about where the cuts may be. We haven’t made any recommendations and the board hasn’t offered any guidance.�

For now, there is only so much that can be done. “We’ll wait until after the special legislative session and the first of the year

(before continuing with the process),� Cloud said.

Reach Kris Hill at khill@ maplevalleyreporter.com or 425-432-1209 ext.

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Kent Fire Department to hold annual Toys for Joy event REPORTER STAFF

It’s time again for Kent’s annual Toys for Joy program.

Toys for Joy is an event where new, unwrapped toys are collected, sorted, wrapped, and delivered to the Kent Food Bank for distribution to needy families in the community. A portion of the toys also will be donated to other local food banks. Non-perishable food also will be accepted

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Recently the principal was in a math class and he heard a teacher tell the kids that if they didn’t know the answer to a question on the test, just write down “I don’t know,� something that can empower a student and help the teacher figure out

for distribution.

The drive is sponsored by the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority, Kent Firefighters Local 1747 and the Kent Firefighters Foundation.

Economically, 2011 has been another tough year for families. Many have to dedicate their money to the basics in order to survive and do not have the finances to buy gifts during the holidays. The Toys for Joy program was created to

help these local families.

Toy-wrapping parties are scheduled for Dec. 10, 15 and 20 at Kent Fire Staton 75, 15635 S.E. 272nd St., and are open to the public.

Volunteers wrapped more than 5,500 gifts last year.

Contact the Toys for Joy hotline at 253-856-4485 for further information.

The Toys for Joy program can only exist with the generous donations and support of local residents and businesses. Over the

years, that generosity has been tremendous. This year, because of the economy, the program needs more help than ever.

The program organizers would like to issue a special thank you to USF Reddaway for their support and donation of a semi truck to help store and transport the toys as well as Door to Door Storage of Kent.

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Barnhart talked about an experience as a sixth grader where she felt like the teacher never made an effort to make sure the students were learning but rather sped through lessons on the overhead projector.

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felt too intimidated by my algebra teacher my freshman year of high school to pipe up and say I was completely, utterly lost.

I developed a pretty severe aversion to math as a result when I had gotten As in pre-alegbra the year before.

It also had a crushing effect on my confidence.

To this day I remain thankful my husband, who

sat behind me in geometry sophomore year and without whom I wouldn’t have gotten a middling grade, is good at math.

Someone will have to help our daughter with math someday and once we get to equations with letters and symbols it’s on him.

So, to see Kentlake math teachers embracing this new approach is hearten-

ing, because maybe there will be fewer kids like me who later avoided math like it was widespread infectious disease.

Making this school a better place seems to be is a slow, steady uphill climb.

If you have any serious suggestions for a motto for Kentlake, send them along, because it’s just another step in the right direction.

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With new coach Michael Dobner, Kentridge had reason to enter the boys swim season with an optimistic mood. After placing seventh at state last year, the Chargers recently competed its first season meet Nov. 29 against Thomas Jefferson. “The team performed excellent to start the season,�

Dobner wrote in an email interview.

In his second year with Kentridge, Dober was an assistant coach last year before replacing Erin Schulze this season.

Dober wrote that he intends to continue the success from last year and build upon the strong base. “Our team performed outstanding last year,� he said. “The season was a huge success. Overall, our team had great teamwork in our practice and at meets. I love their attitude and motivation to figure out and pick up any skill that they want to add to their stroke to improve their time.�

With 21 new swimmers out of 36 total, Dobner has had to teach his athletes more than swimming.

He initially had to use an interpreter to effectively communicate with the

swimmers as the assistant coach because he is deaf. “I have loved coaching since seventh grade,� Dobner wrote. “It takes a lot to learn how to communicate.

When I am with a new team, it will take a while to learn the communication between the team and I.�

Dobner wrote the team has not had any difficulty learning sign language. “Luckily, I was assistant coach last year and the head coach helped me if I did not understand the swimmers,� he wrote. “It takes time to learn how they speak, and later on they will know how to communicate with me better.�

Dobner also writes most of the workout sets on paper so the swimmers can read it before practice. “It’s a lot of the foundation that I put myself together in my coaching skills in order to be a successful coach,� he said.

Despite the influx of new swimmers, Dobner wrote he expects the team to improve. “My expectations for this team is for them to show their commitment, communication and support,� he wrote. “I am pretty excited about this year and there will be lots of fun competition. We have been

undefeated for six seasons.

I am sure that we will not have a problem in continuing another undefeated season.�

Several returners include sophomore Chase Bulitz, who placed second in state in the 50 and 100 yard freestyle. Dober is convinced he will break the school records in the 50 and 100 freestyle, as well as the 100 fly, which are currently held

by Greg Hulse, one of the assistant coaches. “I don’t think I have ever seen a freshman, who is so young and incredibly fast‌ before in my coaching career,â€? Dobner wrote. “I am eying several swimmers who will have a breakout during this season, but we will see how that goes.â€?

t ,&/5800% After competing in their first meet of the season Dec. 1 against Auburn Riverside, the Conks are optimistic about their upcoming season.

Although they lost by a close margin, the team managed to achieve 77 personal records. “That’s incredible,� coach Sharon Wright said. “We did amazing.�

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[ SWIM from page 14] ment is due to last year, when the team consisted of 24 swimmers, 12 of whom were freshman who had little to no experience in swimming. “I did a lot of educating last year in the program,� she explained. “Last year was challenging. They didn’t know anything about high school swimming. Last year was not about the total score. It was about educating in high school sports, scoring and training.�

With a strong foundation built by returners like Kevin Maloy, John lye Davis and Logan Stoick, Wright believes that the time invested in teaching the freshman from last year will yield a strong return this season. “I feel like we’ve improved a lot,� sophomore Brian Wright said. “When we’re seniors, we’re going to be really fast.�

Leading them, however, is senior diver Jesse Denert, who set school-record performance at last years district meet of 333.5. At the league meet, he took first place with 328 points.

He went on to place seventh at state. “He’s pretty phenomenal,�

Wright said. “Just an amazing individual.�

Denert took first place at the Dec. 1 meet with a total of 250 points of out six dives.

Gino Obregon of Snohomish at 5:23 and lost 7-3 against Lake Stevens’ Dakota Reynolds at 120 pounds.

At 126 Steven Hopkins pinned both of his opponents. Jesse Vaughan beat Greg Eagle of Snohomish, 18-8, but lost to Eric Solar of Lake Stevens, 12-1 at 132.

Joey Palmer pinned both

of his opponents in the 138 pound weight class.

Tanner Mjelde beat Sawyer Sahlinger of Snohomish 17-2 and pinned Casey Walkley in 60 seconds at 145.

Dan Haniger split his matches, beating his Snohomish opponent, but losing to Kinsey Johnson of Lake Stevens, 4-1 in double

overtime at 152.

At 160 Chris McElroy pinned the wrestler from Snohomish but lost a close match, 8-6, to Austin Gershmel of Lake Stevens.

Garret Autrey pinned both of his opponents in the second period at 170.

Austin Perry won 9-0 against Tristan Baus of Snohomish and pinned Mason

Beaver in 1:26 at 182.

At 195 Nathan Proffit of Snohomish beat Matt Hopkins of Tahoma 6-4 who pinned Ryan Olliges in 2:36.

Edwin Torres was pinned

by Lucas Reinhard of Snohomish but beat Shaquille Reed of Lake Stevens 7-2.

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“It’s not where I want to be at the end of the season,�

Denert said. “But, it’s better than last year.�

At last year’s state championship, Denert played the Star Spangled Banner on his violin before competing. “It was really fun,� he said. “I’ve never done improvising, but it was fun to play around the pool. It has such a big sound.�

Like Wright, Denert feels the team’s improvement is beginning to show. “Not knowing times, it seems that everyone’s working hard,� he said. “We’ve got a lot of depth.� “We’re a lot faster and a lot bigger,� sophomore Dane Lalime said. “It’s a good thing because the team is still developing, which means we’re going to get better and better.�

Kent-Meridian, Dawson stated the team will need to regain its depth. “We’ve got a smaller team than we did last year,�

Dawson said. “We’ve got a young team. It’s going to be challenging and a lot of work. It’s kind of one of those rebuilding years.�

Returning swimmers include junior Eric Fulmer, who swam fifth in the 200 medley and seventh in the 100 backstroke.

Dawson hopes they will be able to compete at state in several relays, though he added “it’s going to be tough.�

responsibilities,� he said. “But it’s fun.�

Last year Kent-Meridian achieved its first win in seven season, and Von looks to add more this year with performances by seniors Matt Rolan and Seth Christiansen, in addition to sophomore Dominic Travers-Leer.

last year,� Standford said. “The boys worked really hard.�

The Bears have had a setback, however, with the departure of junior Steven Chin, who last year competed in the 100 butterfly. He placed seventh, but ultimately was disqualified due to a false start.

Standford explained that Shin was able to be on the team due to band, which holds it state competition on the same weekend. “He couldn’t compete at both,� she said. “He’s hoping to come back next year.�

Returning swimmers include senior Josh Benson, juniors Mitch Halbert

and Michael Cox as well as sophomore Tyler Rink. In addition to the team goals, the swimmers also have individual accomplishments they are hoping to make by the end of the season.

Halbert, who participated on the 200 medley relay team last year, hake it to state and set a record. “I’m anticipating the meet,� he said. “I can’t wait for state.�

Benson said he’s concentrating on shortening his 200 yard time, as well as the team’s 400 medley relay time, 3:28.77, which broke the state record. “We’ll break it again,�

Benson said.

KENTLAKE After finishing fourth at last year’s South Puget Sound League and seventh at state, Kentlake is hoping to recover from losses due to graduation.

Coach Seth Dawson said he has quite a few newcomers to the sport. “There are a lot of kids new to swimming in general,� Dawson said. “We lost a ton of seniors.�

Compounding that is the much smaller team.

Although they won their first meet Dec. 1 against

KENT-MERIDIAN The Royals started the season with a rough start, with only half of its swimmers able to compete at its first meet Dec. 1 against Kentlake. Coach Aaron Von stated only 11 out of 27 swimmers were able to compete due to their inability to pay the $100 necessary or grades, as the financial situation has hit students hard. “All of the KM families don’t have that sort of money,� he said.

Fortunately, the team will benefit from Von’s experience. It is his 11th year coaching. Since 2000, he acted as assistant coach and just this year took over as head coach. “There are a lot more

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One, to have 60 percent of the team make it to league.

Two, to make compete in more than one event.

So far, she said, they are well on their way to reaching those goals. “The team’s going well,� she said. “It’s a smaller team this year.�

In fact, after a having a 63-member team last year, Standford said she was forced to cut for the first time since she took over as coach in 2008. Now at 40 swimmers and five divers, she has also added two new assistant coaches, Nicole Franz and Steven McGee. Standford said the emphasis in training will be “breaking down strokes and bringing it back to basics before we get to speed.�

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The Bears crushed the Panthers 65-9 and destroyed the Vikins 48-18.

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Todd Link won both of his matches at 113, pinning Josh Christianson of Snohomish and beating Zach Cunningham 4-0.

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City Council approves new school impact fee The new SIF raises the single family permit fee from $7,791 to $7,896, a $105 increase. The multiple family fee was raised from $2,920 to $3063, a $143 increase.

The SIF is based on the annual capital improvement project by the Tahoma School District. After

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determining which programs are needed due to new students, the district reports how many more classrooms will be required to accommodate students.

Community Development Director Ty Peterson explained that the SIF has increased steadily

during the past four years due to a number of factors, such as the increase of construction costs and the higher student rate.

He also attributed it to the Tahoma School District’s $125 million bond measure which failed at the polls in April.

“It would have gone way down had the bond proposal passed last spring,� he said.

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Community Notes SANTA CLAUS TO BE AT COVINGTON LIBRARY Children will be able to visit Santa Claus at the Covington Library from 6-7:30 p.m. Dec. 13. Pictures with Santa in the Great Hall are $3 and will be printed on the spot. There will also be a drawing for a $50 restaurant gift card for parents. Santa will draw the raffle for the winner of an American Girl Doll. The Covington Library is located at 27100 164th Ave. SE.

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A utility tax conversation Each weekend we are forced to use a longer, time and fuel-wasting route to go shopping in Covington because Kent Kangley is jammed with cars, trucks and busses all the way to the Pla-Mor Tavern.

With only one other road out of Timberlane, the Pipe Lake/Timber Hills/ Timberlane communities

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would be improved. But Mayor Margaret Harto commends the council for having “a thorough and sometimes emotional conversation� after voting 6-1 to raise your utility tax to start paying for a huge new park the city cannot afford.

Jeff Wagner claims to be “looking to the future�. Let’s have a “conversation� with these irresponsible people who think another park (for a few kids) is a higher priority than building infrastructure (benefiting thousands of working families).

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