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Marchione leads Fields in mayoral race early results SAMANTHA PAK spak@redmond-reporter.com
John Marchione
Steve Fields
The latest King County Elections results were released for this month’s general election at 6:39 p.m. Wednesday — the latest before the Reporter’s deadline — and Redmond incumbent John
Marchione currently holds the lead in the city’s mayoral race. Marchione holds 53.9 percent (3,796) of the votes and challenger Steve Fields holds 45.99 percent (3,239) of the votes. So far, 7,565 ballots have been counted. There are 28,164 regis-
tered voters in Redmond, putting current voter turnout at 26.86 percent. “It is an honor to be re-elected and that the voters of Redmond believe in my experience and leadership to manage the unprecedented challenge of growth,”
They’ve got the music in them
Left, Hudson Carter enjoys playing the violin with the help of a professional musician from the Seattle Symphony on Monday at the Montessori Children’s House in Redmond. Above, Zelda Imes laughs while trying out the trombone during the Soundbridge music appreciation class for early childhood students. Two Seattle Symphony musicians taught the class. Courtesy of Montessori Children’s House, MCHkids.com
Marchione said about the early results. “The election results reinforce that the residents love Redmond and want us to proactively manage our future. While we are doing many things right we still face challenges like north-south [ more ELECTION page 8 ]
Conforto makes an impact in World Series with homers Michael Conforto’s season with the New York Mets may be over, but his potent left-handed swing will surely be remembered throughout the Michael Conforto offseason and into the next MLB campaign. With two home runs in the Mets’ 5-3 game-four loss last Saturday night, the 22-year-old Redmond native became the third youngest player with a multi-homer World Series game, the second Met with a two-homer World Series game and the youngest Met to homer in a World Series. One of the homers was a mammoth shot into the upper deck in right field at Citi Field. Conforto had a pair of hits in the closing game last Sunday night, a 12-inning 7-2 Kansas City Royals win to clinch the series championship four games to one.
Dept. of Ecology proposes to remove property from hazardous sites list ANDY NYSTROM anystrom@redmond-reporter.com
A Redmond site, formerly owned by the UCO Corporation and placed on the State Hazardous Sites List, has met state cleanup standards for soil protective of human health and the environment. The Washington State Department of Ecology is proposing to remove the site from the list. The site — located at 9225 151st Ave. N.E. — now features a building that is occupied by
RC Painting & Sons, Inc. for storage and office space. It is a 0.43-acre parcel situated in a mixed commercial and light industrial area. “Ecology has determined that the property no longer poses a threat to human health or the environment and meets the requirements for removal from the department’s Hazardous Sites List. Before doing so, Ecology invites public comment until Nov. 23,” said Larry Altose, news media relations for Ecology. People can send their
written comments to site manager Diane Escobedo at diane.escobedo@ecy.wa.gov or mail comments to 3190 160th Ave. S.E., Bellevue, WA 98008. According to Altose, 16 tons of contaminated soil was removed in 2013 and 2015 under Ecology’s Voluntary Cleanup Program, and follow-up soil sampling shows that the site meets state cleanup standards. The soil contained petroleum and aluminum from improper disposal of aluminum machining waste.
UCO Corporation, a backpacking and mountaineering equipment company, operated at the property from 1977 to 2012 and is now named Industrial Revolution and located in Tukwila. Industrial Revolution CEO Keith Jackson said he’s glad the site has been cleaned up and noted that UCO’s former owner Greg Draper made arrangements to clean up the site as part of selling the building after the organization’s 2012 departure from Redmond.
The organization moved to Tukwila because they’d outgrown the facility. Altose added that UCO hired an environmental consulting firm, and generally, a contractor with environmental cleanup expertise conducts the work under the firm’s supervision. According to an Ecology press release, the site was ranked a five and placed on the Hazardous Sites List, which is a record of contaminated sites throughout the state that are ranked on a scale of one to five.
One represents the greatest potential threat to human health and the environment relative to all sites ranked, and five represents the least potential threat. Participants in the Voluntary Cleanup Program pay fees to Ecology to cover the department’s costs for guidance and review. Sites must meet the same cleanup standards as properties formally managed by Ecology under the state’s cleanup law, the Model Toxics Control Act, created by a 1989 voter initiative.