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Sammamish council approves comprehensive plan The 2035 plan was due to the state June 30 BY MEGAN CAMPBELL
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2015
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It’s not every Sammamish City Council meeting that the city manager hands out little chocolate bars as a job well done.
After the council unanimously approved its comprehensive plan at a special meeting Tuesday night City Manager Ben Yazici did just that. For their work on the 2035 Sammamish Comprehensive Plan, as well as their work on the recently adopted tree ordinance, Yazici gave Community Development Director Jeff Thomas and the seven-member
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council a “you make a difference chocolate,” little treats he keeps in his desk for his staff on such occasions. “This is not a small accomplishment,” Yazici said. “This truly is one of the most important, if not the most important, policy document that you developed for the city. I want to thank you from the bottom of the heart.”
Cities must update their comprehensive plans, per Washington state’s Growth Management Act (GMA), every eight years. The state deadline for jurisdictions in the central Puget Sound region, including King County, was June 30. Those who miss the deadline are considered “out of compliance;” SEE COMP PLAN, 11
A REGAL PRESENCE Elena AlmaguerBay, 6, stood tall as Padme Amidala, in her red, regal gown, complete with a plastic headdress. She was one of around 300 people to pass through the Sammamish Library for the Star Wars Reads event Saturday afternoon. For more see page 8.
BY MEGAN CAMPBELL ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER
The Sammamish woman who drove through her lakefront home killing her husband and son-in-law in 2014 is back in jail after violating the terms of her July release while awaiting sentencing. Carol Fedigan, 69, consumed alcohol Oct. 5-7, according to court documents. Via a transdermal alcohol sensing device, 2 Watch Monitoring reported Fedigan consumed alcohol, with a peak blood alcohol content of .16 on Oct. 5 at 6 p.m. A hearing for this violation was set for Oct. 15 before Judge John Chun. In May 2014, Fedigan mixed wine and Ambien before deciding to move her SUV back into the driveway of her Lake Sammamish home, according to court documents. With her 3-year-old grandson in her lap, Fedigan mistook the execrator for the break and drove straight through her home, killing two family members and seriously injuring her
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SEE JAIL, 14
Mayor presents preliminary budget, promises investment in traffic relief BY DANIEL NASH ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER
Issaquah Mayor Fred Butler has presented city staff 's proposed budget for 2016, promising significant investments in projects such as city roadways and the establishment of a city contingency fund for emergen-
cies. The mayor also recommended a property tax increase of 1 percent, the maximum annual increase allowed by state law. Butler presented the budget at the Oct. 6 Issaquah City Council meeting, kicking off the two- to three-month process in which the actual budget will be negotiated for
approval at the end of the year. “Earlier this year, during my state of the city address, I highlighted the ways, large and small, concrete and conceptual, that we are working to build this community’s future,” Butler said. “...The proposed budget I’m presenting tonight has this simple focus: Starting the next chapter of
Issaquah’s successful history.” That chapter will evidently include beginning to tackle north Issaquah’s traffic congestion, with Butler noting that a sample of 300 Issaquah residents had given traffic flow a dismal 24 percent approval rating in SEE BUDGET, 14
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