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WSU Forest traffic signal proposal opens debate
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Amendment would undo compromise that passed the 2009 development agreement
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Weather The forecast for today, Wednesday, calls for a 50 percent chance of showers and mostly cloudy skies with highs to 57 and overnight lows to 45. Thursday the chance of showers drops to 40 percent with highs to 57. The chance of showers continues Friday with mostly sunny skies forecast for Saturday and Sunday.
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Fiddlers, Variety and Old Times
Dennis Dhaese from Bonney Lake performs during the Old Time Fiddle and Variety Show Saturday at the White River High theater. The show was sponsored by the Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association. Photo by Dennis Box
Waste not wanted around the city By Theresa De Lay Staff Writer
Very little has changed in the efforts by waste management officials to ensure 100 percent compliance by Bonney Lake citizens. The municipal code states all residents who create waste are required to dispose of it through
the garbage collection company under contract by the city. DM Disposal and the City Council have been brainstorming ways to encourage participation. In December there were approximately 500 residences that were without garbage ser- Mark Hamilton vice. At the council workshop March 5, Facilities Coordinator Gary Leaf stated 350 residents were still without garbage service. There are a couple motivators behind the recent push for enrollment. The Public Safety Committee chair and Councilman Mark Hamilton said, “It’s not a
A proposed amendment to the WSU Forest development agreement is returning to committee after raising concerns at the March 19 City Council workshop. The workshop agenda was about highway traffic flow and contradictions to the intent of the 2009 City Council. As the city of Bonney Lake looks at attracting commercial and medical development to its 40 acres of the Washington State University forest, it plans to extend the section of 204th Avenue East south of state Route 410 to connect to the highway by 2015. An analysis of the project by the Seattle firm, Transportation Engineering NorthWest, indicated 410 traffic flow — though slower overall with the new arterial —
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huge problem, but it is a public health concern. We have to know how people are dealing with solid waste.” Another issue is the contract between the city of Bonney Lake and DM Disposal that states all residents in Bonney Lake must enlist for garbage pickup. Without 100 percent participation, the city could be considered in breach of its contract. The reason DM Disposal required everyone to participate boils down to economics. If everyone isn’t signed up for the service — and paying the monthly fee to DM — the company’s operating costs won’t match the projections laid out in the
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