Bonney Lake and Sumner Courier-Herald, June 26, 2013

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Former Albertson’s becomes fire training ground By Theresa De Lay Staff Writer

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East Pierce Fire and Rescue Captain Ron Anderson and Firefighter-Paramedic Vance Mettlen after a team drill June 25. Photo by

Since the end of May, and continuing through the end of June, East Pierce Fire and Rescue has been using the empty Bonney Lake Albertson’s building as a training facility. The carefully planned drills consist of both individual and team exercises, designed to reinforce their training and introduce slightly new safety concepts. Every firefighter in the district is required to complete each of the drills, which are done during the crews’ regular work hours. Even during training, the on-duty firefighters are responsible for answering 911 calls. Tools such as thermal imaging cameras and radios were used during training but the firefighters also utilized abstract ideas such as orientation. The drills challenged participants to orient themselves to each other and their exits by using sight, sound and touch. During individual drills, each firefighter was required to enact a mayday situation in which they were fitted with blacked-out masks, taken to the middle of the building, disoriented and left to use his or her own mental faculties and available tools to get to safety. “Mayday” is a distress signal used by firefighters who are in a life-threatening situation. One recurring theme through each of the

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Apartment agreement furthers Downtown Plan By Daniel Nash Staff Writer

After nearly two years of inactivity following completion of the city Justice Center, an approved Angeline Road apartment complex will soon advance Bonney Lake’s downtown plan. Furthermore, the city has agreed it shall improve surrounding roads to support the development. Following a public hearing, the City Council voted May 14 to approve the sale of two parcels of land to Tarragon subsid-

iary Renwood LLC, for a purchase price of more than $1 million, plus $200,000 for ownership of the city’s right-of-way on the property. The agreement passed unanimously after Councilman Mark Hamilton successfully lobbied for language firming up the city’s commitment to improve surrounding roadways within five years — changing a “the city may” to a “the city shall.” “I don’t know if you’ve driven on those roads lately, but I think they’re the same as they were in 1949,” Hamilton said, referring to the three-way intersection of

Angeline, the old Sumner-Buckley Highway and Veteran’s Memorial Drive East. The land sale to the company owned by Tarragon — a property management company that is itself a subsidiary of Investco — is the first step toward green lighting a 186-unit apartment complex across three parcels of land. “Investco as an entity has owned (one parcel on Angeline Road) for about 30 years,” Senior Development Manager Charlie Laboda said. “Through the process of trying to get that permitted, we

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realized there were two city-owned parcels adjacent to it.” Tarragon approached the city with an offer, leading to the sale approved in May; Renwood LLC filed its development application later that month. If the application is approved, the company would like to break ground in August, Laboda said. Construction thereafter is expected to take 22 months. Renwood LLC has modeled its designs for the apartments after the Four Lakes complex standing

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