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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2014
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City to purchase land from county to build stormwater pond SAMANTHA PAK spak@redmond-reporter.com
The Metropolitan King County Council voted at its Monday meeting to authorize the sale of property along Northeast Union Hill Road to the
City of Redmond. It was an 8-0 vote with one member — Dave Upthegrove — absent from the meeting. A public hearing was also offered at the meeting, but there were no volunteers to provide input.
The piece of land is 1.41 acres and located at 19101 N.E. Union Hill Rd. just outside of the city. It will be used for a stormwater pond, which will take up about 1.2 acres of the land, said Eric Dawson, construc-
tion project manager for the city. Jon Spangler, a construction division manager for the City of Redmond, said the pond is part of the city’s regional plan for Southeast Redmond. The pond
Mustangs hoop it up at Jingle Bell Games
will take care of stormwater and improve water quality and flow control as the area redevelops, he said. Dawson said the cost of the 1.41-acre plot of land is $1.013 million. In addition to the price
Redmond officers arrest woman for mail theft at apartment complex ANDY NYSTROM anystrom@redmond-reporter.com
Redmond High’s girls basketball program hosted its Jingle Bell Games last Saturday in the school gym. The Mustangs welcomed girls in grades 2-8 to work on their skills and play some fun holiday-themed basketball games. Entry was free by donating three cans of food for a local food bank. The Redmond High Girls Basketball Booster Club sponsored the event. Courtesy of Tracy Henderson
Redmond police have received 22 calls related to mail thefts this month, and on Tuesday officers arrested a 29-year-old woman who was seen rummaging through mailboxes at an apartment complex. At approximately 3:45 a.m., a resident of the complex in the 9300 block of Avondale Road called the Redmond Police Department (RPD) and said
of the land, he said there is also the cost of the pond’s construction, which is estimated to be about $1.55 million. To help fund the pond’s construction, the city [ more LAND page 7 ]
from his window, he witnessed the suspect opening mailboxes at the complex, according to Janessa Rosick, public information coordinator for the RPD. The resident added that the suspect was sitting on a bicycle and carrying two backpacks and a fannypack. When officers arrived on the scene, they arrested the woman without incident and the resident confirmed that she was the person he saw opening the mailboxes. She was booked into RPD and transported to the King County Jail. Rosick said officers found mail in the suspect’s bags and that out of 10 unsecured mailboxes in that area of the complex, eight [ more MAIL page 2]
Windstorm topples six-story scaffolding into downtown street No one injured, minimal damage SAMANTHA PAK AND ANDY NYSTROM spak@redmond-reporter.com, anystrom@redmond-reporter.com
When the windstorm tore through Redmond on the evening of Dec. 11, scaffolding fell in the 8300 block of 160th Avenue Northeast in downtown Redmond. The scaffolding was from a construction site and struck the canopy of the LionsGate North
Apartments located across the street from the site, said Janessa Rosick, public information coordinator for the Redmond Police Department (RPD). Part of 160th Avenue Northeast between Northeast 83rd Street and Northeast 85th Street was already closed that night because the construction company, Compass General Construction of Kirkland, was scheduled to remove a crane last Friday morning.
NO INJURIES, MINIMAL DAMAGE
There were no injuries, but six apartment units at LionsGate
were evacuated after they were determined to be unsafe by the RPD, as well as the Redmond Fire Department (RFD) and City of Redmond Public Works Department — who all responded to the incident — Rosick said. There were seven people living in the six single-family units. “Thankfully, no injuries,” Rosick said. She said the residents were moved to the Hyatt House Seattle/Redmond for the night and Compass covered the cost. [ more STORM page 7 ]
A Compass General Construction worker moves part of the scaffolding that toppled into a downtown street during the Dec. 11 storm. ANDY NYSTROM, Redmond Reporter