Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter, October 09, 2015

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Council unanimously approves tree retention ordinance BY MEGAN CAMPBELL ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2015

Nearly a year after the Sammamish City Council took emergency action to save more trees on the Plateau, it unanimously approved new tree regulations Tuesday. The percentage of large, “significant” trees retained varies; it’s based on zoning.

A significant tree is defined as a conifer with a diameter of 8 inches measured from 4.5 feet above the ground or a deciduous tree with a diameter of 12 inches measured from 4.5 feet above the ground. For example, developers are required to retain at least 35 percent of the “significant” trees in most residential, single-family zones (R-4 and R-6). In R-1 zones, the ordinance

calls for 50 percent retention rate. In commercial zones, in rare cases, the retention rate could be as low a zero percent. For example, developers are required to retain at least 35 percent of the “significant” trees in most residential, single-family zones (R-4 and R-6). In R-1 zones, the ordinance calls for 50 percent retention. In commercial zones, in rare cases,

the retention rate could be as low a zero percent. All trees within critical areas and critical area buffers must be retained. Whereas the policy replaced by the October 2014 emergency regulations allowed 50 percent of the trees located within critical areas and critical area buffers to be included in the SEE TREE, 8

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Due to an author emergency, the Reporter’s series on the Issaquah Police Department’s Citizens Academy has been delayed. The series will resume in print with Part 3 in the Oct. 16 issue.

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Photo by Daniel Nash, Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter

Gray skies couldn’t rain on Issaquah’s parade. The city’s annual Salmon Days festival kicked off with the Grande Parade Saturday morning, packing Front Street’s sidewalks with spectators. Above, a young girl watches the Eastside Catholic marching band perform. See more photos of the parade on Page 3 and online at www.IssaquahReporter.com.

Creative Children for Charity announced Tuesday it had successfully broken the Guinness World Record for "most contributions to a painting by numbers." The Eastside youth arts group, also known as 3C, spent the weekend inviting Salmon Days attendees to color in a pre-drawn mural of hundreds of salmon swimming upstream in their festival booth on Front Street. 3C partnered with ArtEAST and the Sammamish YMCA on the project. By the end of the festival Sunday, 3C had achieved an official tally of 2,852

LWSD installs more than 11,200 new locks in schools BY MEGAN CAMPBELL ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER

The Lake Washington School District installed more than 300 new locks in schools on the Plateau this summer. The new locking mechanisms allow teachers to lock classroom

doors from the inside; previously, during a lockdown, teachers had to exit their classrooms to lock them. “None of this was on our radar before Columbine," Eastlake High School Associate Principal Todd Apple said. "It's a part of our lives now." Before the 1999 Columbine High

School massacre, school officials never had to think about safety the way they do now. It was common place to have many exterior doors because there wasn't a "need to think about access to our campus or to our school," Apple said. Today, lockdown drills on cam-

contributors. "The Great Salmon Migration" actually had more than 3,000 contributors, but some contributors were not counted, 3C founder Chirag Vedullapalli said. The Guinness World Record is not yet official. 3C must submit an application with proof of the record to Guinness World Records for review in the coming weeks, Vedullapalli said. 3C is currently soliciting donations to use Guinness World Records' Fast Track service. The mural will be hung at Staples off of Front Street within the next two weeks. Daniel Nash: 425-391-0363 ext. 5052; dnash@issaquahreporter.com

puses are common. Eastlake High practices lockdown drills, including fire and earthquake drills, once a month. "We all have to think about the what-ifs," Apple said. Apple previously worked seven years as a high school principal in Whatcom County in northeast Washington. He is one of SEE LOCKS, 6

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