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What’s next for Eastown sewers? By Brian Beckley Staff Writer
With the City Council’s decision to turn down a utility latecomers agreement, the big question for residents and city staff regards what happens next. “It was a disappointment and it was a shock,” said Roger Watt, an Eastown landowner and unofficial spokesperson for the limited liability corporation created to allow landowners to speak with a single
voice and negotiate with the city. “I’m not sure what we’ll do now.” The council on July 24 voted down the utility latecomers agreement in a 4-3 vote. The agreement was designed to provide a funding mechanism to put sewers into the ground in the Eastown section of the city. Presently, the area does not have a sewer line and city code requires any new development to hook into the system, no matter how far pipes
have to be laid to connect to the current lines. At a cost of more than $4 million to complete a “backbone” system, landowners have complained that developers are not buying their land due to the additional requirements of installing sewers. Beginning in 2009, the city and a group of landowners began working on an agreement in which they would partner to provide the upfront cost of the sewer lines and
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Public safety considers lifeguards for next year
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Today, Wednesday, should continue our clear and sunny weather with highs in the mid-80s and overnight lows in the low-60s. It gets even hotter this week with Thursday and Friday’s high temperatures in the 90s. The weekend also looks mostly sunny, but not as hot.
get paid back as developers hooked into the system. The council even passed a new ordinance lowering the minimum investment by the city’s partner in a latecomer’s agreement to 5 percent to make it easier on the landowners. The amount contributed by the Eastown LLC would have been $201,105. But at the July 24 meeting, the
By Brian Beckley Staff Writer
Anthony Anderson, 7, of Federal Way, takes a lesson in how to use a bow and arrow Saturday at the Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire at the Kelley Farm. This is the Faire’s final weekend. Photo by Brian Beckley
Faire enters final weekend By Brian Beckley Staff Writer
There’s one more chance for residents to visit the distant past as the Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire enters its final weekend of
medieval fun at the Kelley Farm in Bonney Lake. This is the second year the Faire has set up at the Kelley Farm, on Sumner-Buckley Highway
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With the Aug. 5 news that a third person had drowned in the waters of Lake Tapps this season still ringing in their ears, the Bonney Lake City Council’s Public Safety Committee the foillowing night continued their discussion on whether Allan Yorke Park should be staffed with lifeguards. For now, the jury is still out. According to Councilman Mark Hamilton, who chairs the committee, the discussion included input from the city, East Pierce Fire and Rescue, County Councilman Dan Roach and members of the community, including some with expertise on the topic. “It was a real well-rounded discussion on the potential of putting lifeguards at Allan Yorke Park,” he said. Hamilton said the committee is considering all the information it can before making a recommendation to
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