Renton Reporter, May 03, 2013

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City to get 19,500-square-foot library over Cedar By DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com

The Renton City Council has approved the design concept for a 19,500-square-foot library over the Cedar River. King County Library System

Ending months of debate, the Renton City Council voted Monday night to move forward with a 19,500-square-foot library over the Cedar River. The schematic drawings the City Council accepted from the King County Library System also include a new entrance at the library’s southeast corner, which will feature a small plaza.

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The council asked KCLS to consider adding another doorway in the entryway that would more directly connect the library to Liberty Park via the pedestrian bridge over the river. The budget for downtown library construction was set at $10.4 million. That’s about $1.5 million more than currently budgeted for the project, so the city will look at ways to raise that

Breakfast raises $167k for schools

The Hazen High School baseball team secured a Seamount League championship with a 10-0 victory over Tyee Friday. The Highlanders were presented with a small trophy and will move into the postseason as the No. 1 seed. For more, see page 12. brian beckley, Renton

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City shuts marijuana dispensary By Brian Beckley bbeckley@rentonreporter.com

The city of Renton has ordered the owners and operators of the Tranquility Holistic Center to cease business operations due to the lack of a valid business license. Tranquility Holistic Center is a private, members-only, medical marijuana facility

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that opened in April on South Third Street downtown. Jay Berneburg, attorney for Tranquility Holistic Center, said his clients have a business license and are appealing the decision. “They have a business license,” he said in a phone interview last week. “The city’s wrong.” City Attorney Larry Warren reiterated in an

interview that the Tranquility Holistic Center had no business license and said if the group received one, it was “no doubt” because they were not forthcoming and honest about what would be happening at the business. Warren said city policy is to deny business licenses for any business that is in violation of [ more Marijuana page 15 ]

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The fourth annual Friends of Renton Schools breakfast raised more than $167,000 for the school district on Monday. Breakfast donations totaled $28,000 and event sponsors previously contributed more than $139,000. Pam Teal, chair of the nonprofit foundation, said this year’s total amount, raised four months into the year, already surpasses the same benchmark last year. From January to June last year, Friends of Renton Schools raised $11,000 in addition to breakfast-event funds at that point in the year. As of April 30 this year, the group has raised $11,500. “While, of course, I’m disappointed that we didn’t make as much money as last year, I’m ecstatic that we’re growing in many ways,” said Teal.

additional money. Options include extending the debt year by one year to 2022 for the bonds used to build the library, or finding money within the existing city budget by changing priorities. Those bonds also pay for the new library in the Highlands. The City Council also decided to hire an independent auditor to review the preliminary project budget and audit construction costs,


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