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Sammamish solid waste contract on hold due to litigation Waste Management takes legal action against city for rejecting its solid waste bid as ‘non-responsive’

BY MEGAN CAMPBELL

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On the surface, there seemed to be a clear contender for the city of Sammamish’s next solid waste contract.

But an alleged math error and the alteration of city forms ruled out Waste Management’s bid as “non-responsive,” according to city documents.

Waste Management, disagreeing with the city’s assessment, took

legal action Dec. 1 postponing the decision the Sammamish City Council was scheduled to vote on that evening.

By way of background, the city of Sammamish submitted its request for bids June 29 for the 2017-2025 solid waste contract. The city hopes to unify its solid waste services after the current contracts with Waste Management and Republic Services

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Kirkland to Issaquah light rail comes with $3.3 billion price tag

A FLURRY OF EXCITEMENT

Issaquah city officials closed Newport Way Southwest from Wildwood to Front Street Wednesday after water from Issaquah Creek flooded the roadway. Sycamore Drive SE saw water over the road as well.

Creek conditions were upgraded from “flood watch” to “flood warning” after heavy rains hit the region Tuesday night.

The storm left thousands in both Issaquah and Sammamish without power Wednesday.

expire at the end of 2016.

The city asked providers to give an estimate for a base set of services, plus an estimate for five alternatives the city council had the option of including.

Waste Management and Republic Services were the only two to submit a bid for services Oct. 27.

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A layer of snow on her face and jacket, 5-year-old Ellison Hanschka says she’s a snow queen during the city’s holiday festival Dec. 4. The Sammamish Commons Plaza sparkling with holiday lights easily saw a couple thousand pass through for the Very Merry Sammamish event, which included a petting zoo, various snow machines, booths, treats and a couple of toy collections. Inside Sammamish City Hall, children had the opportunity to whisper their desires in Saint Nick’s ear or snag a hug from princesses Elsa and Anna from Disney’s “Frozen.”

Cost estimates are in on a potential light rail route connecting Issaquah and Totem Lake via Bellevue. The price tag? Up to $3.379 billion.

The Sound Transit board held its first workshop Friday for ST3, the agency’s planned next step in expanding light rail and rapid bus transit in Seattle, Everett, Tacoma and the Eastside following completion of the system spine under ST2 in 2023.

The workshop saw Sound Transit executives brief the board on the projected costs and ridership of a battery of potential projects first introduced in August, “following up and closing the loop on the work [done] earlier

Council removes Issaquah Valley Seniors from budget

BY DANIEL NASH ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER

Signaling the culmination of a year of controversy surrounding its senior center and the banishment of two members, the Issaquah City Council voted unanimously

Monday night to remove center manager Issaquah Valley Seniors from its list of nonprofit grant recipients.

The $99,000 originally proposed

by Mayor Fred Butler and city staff to go to Issaquah Valley Seniors with conditions was instead reas-

signed under a generic “senior services” moniker.

In making the reassignment, the council didn't explicitly discount the nonprofit from continuing to operate the senior center. Council President Paul Winterstein noted he was continuing to lead conversa-

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tions with Issaquah Valley Seniors regarding its future management of the center.

Nor did the council explicitly authorize city staff to enter a contract with the nonprofit. Instead, the council directed staff to author a new bill that would detail the process of creating an alternative plan SEE SENIORS, 6

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EFR fire chief signs off

BY EVAN PAPPAS SNOQUALMIE VALLEY RECORD

Chief Lee Soptich has said goodbye to Eastside Fire & Rescue.

Photo courtesy of Robin Marie Photography

A bottle full of black and white marbles is passed around the room as each person drops one into their hands. If you get a white marble, you are in. If not, you are sent home. Lee Soptich takes a marble. It’s white.

After a 15-year career as Fire Chief of Eastside Fire and Rescue and decades as a firefighter, Soptich retired on Nov. 30.

Reminiscing about his career, he spoke about the marble game he had to play to join the volunteer firefighters in Selah, in 1975. “It went around the table and you put a marble in your hand. If it was white, you’re in, if it was black, you’re out. It only took one black marble for you to be out,� Soptich said. “That’s how I got started in the fire service and then they just said ‘Here’s your equipment, when you hear the fire whistle we’ll show you what to do.’�

Born in Selah, Soptich joined the volunteer firefighters when he was 18. Within a month of volunteering, he was hooked and knew that he always wanted to be involved with fire services. “I remember as a teenage firefighter the excitement was ‘I don’t know what’s going to happen, I don’t know if there is going to be a call, and I don’t know what kind of call it’s going to be,’� he said. “That’s what drew

me to it, the challenge of the unknown, and that’s what kept me in it.�

From volunteering in Selah, he was hired on as a firefighter in Yakima in 1979 and eventually became the Carnation Fire Chief in 1986. Thinking back on his days as an active firefighter, Soptich recalls some of the tight spots he got himself into. “We were going upstairs thinking the fire was there when it was actually in the basement,� he said. “So it burnt out the stairwell and we fell through the stairs. “I laugh about it now because there were two of us and we fell into a closet on the main floor. I remember our officer coming around, opening the door and saying ’Hey, are you guys going to put the fire out or not?’�

After a couple years, the Carnation department merged with Fire District 10.

In 1995, the fire chief of the merged district stepped down and Soptich got the job.

After four years in that role, Carnation, District 10, Issaquah, and North Bend all came together to form Eastside Fire and Rescue (EFR). After the first year of EFR’s operation, the fire chief left and Soptich was offered the position. He has been the fire chief of EFR since 2000. “What was attractive to me was the communities we serve. North Bend, SamSEE SOPTICH, 16

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BY DANIEL NASH ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER

The old rallying cry of “no child left behind� has become “every student succeeds� and supporters are saying the turn of phrase translates into a more positive direction for American education.

The United States Congress completed passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act earlier this week. The Senate overwhelmingly passed the act — set to replace the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 — 85-12 Tuesday, following its 359-64 passage in the House Dec. 2.

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The bill was co-authored

by Washington’s Democratic Sen. Patty Murray alongside Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, as well as Rep. John Kline in the House. Separate House and Senate bills passed their chambers in July before the singular compromised bill — which did away with a House provision for student portability but reaffirmed some federal oversight — passed this month. “I am thrilled that Congress came together to finally fix No Child Left Behind in a way that works for students,

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parents, teachers, and communities in Issaquah, across Washington state, and the country,� said Sen. Patty Murray, who co-authored the bill. “I fought hard to break through the gridlock and dysfunction in Congress to get this done, because I heard from too many families that the old law simply wasn’t working for them.�

The end of No Child Left Behind by itself could spell good news for Washington state schools, 90 percent of which had been categorized as failing under federal standards. U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan revoked the state’s education SEE ESSA, 16

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Court ruling threatens gov’t transparency

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n October decision by the state Supreme Court could now provide some cover for public officials looking to conceal the more controversial parts of the sausage making they do as members of city and county councils, school boards, fire district boards and panels leading other public agencies.

The high court’s decision, signed by six justices, ruled that a small group of San Juan County council members had not violated the state Open Public Meetings Act when two of the council’s six members met informally with county employees and others to draft an update of the county’s critical areas ordinance. The Citizens Alliance for Property Rights sued, asking the court to invalidate the ordinance because many of the discussions used to draft it were held without notifying the public of the meetings.

The court determined the county council hadn’t officially formed the update committee and a quorum was never present at any of the committee’s meetings. Three of the court’s justices, however, in a partial dissent, agreed that the committee was acting on the council’s behalf as it drafted recommendations and should have complied with the public meetings act. Even the update committee in San Juan County, halfway through its process, thought better of meeting outside of the public eye and opened the door to its meetings.

The Open Public Meetings Act requires that all meetings of a public agency’s governing body be open to the public and provide adequate notice. But the court, in its Oct. 1 ruling, relies on a narrow interpretation of the act that appears to ignore its intent, said Toby

Government process cannot be done without the public’s knowledge and observation

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To the editor A Very Merry Sammamish indeed ‘Twas a Very Merry Sammamish that took place Friday, Dec. 4 at the Sammamish Commons Plaza. Both the Commons and City Hall were decked with a variety of holiday themes. Appreciation for the wonderful event goes out to the organizers, city staff, volunteers, sponsors, vendors and especially to those attending.

Included in the multitude were first responders, members of the military, some city commissioners, a number of the current City Council including a couple of newly elected to the council. In addition, the police, press and politicians were observed circulating through the gathering. However, the heart of the crowd was truly the people of the community. Literally the halls were decked with a wide variety of holiday themes. This was definitely an event designed for families, friends and neighbors of the area.

The occasion was exceptionally joyful with plenty of grins, giggles and relaxed laughter, supported by a snow machine that added luster to the proceeding. Other highlights designed for family fun included a petting zoo, face painting, crafts, and treats. By evening’s end, miniature candy canes danced in almost everyone’s hands.

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Live entertainment throughout the night consisted of carolers, choirs and storytellers. The Grinch was not seen but had he been there it is almost certain that his heart would have grown at least three sizes.

For some this was the first time at Very Merry Sammamish. However, for many, the event was becoming an annual family holiday tradition. A special highlight of the proceedings was after a collective countdown, the mayor, laying his finger alongside a light switch, which resulted in the illumination of the spectacular holiday tree.

For those folks who wondered; ‘Yes, there is a Very Merry Sammamish!’

Larry Crandall Sammamish

ST Complete plan well worthwhile I applaud the efforts of Seattle Subway to push for a more ambitious light rail plan for the area. Traffic around here has gotten horrendous and it’s high time we made these investments in our transportation infrastructure.

Like most Americans, I grew up driving everywhere. After college I lived and worked abroad in Taiwan where I experienced the benefits of a world-class subway and light rail network firsthand. Even in a bustling metropolis of 2.6 million people like

“If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.”

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Taipei, getting across town on the subway during rush hour only takes 15-20 minutes. In a car it would take three times that long.

Compared to everyone driving his or her own car, light rail is safer (no drunk or distracted drivers), more efficient (no traffic jams), more convenient (no need to find parking), cheaper (no gas tank to fill), and more environmentally friendly.

Once people here experience the convenience of a subway system they will change their transportation choices and ultimately increase their quality of life.

Rush hour traffic is already becoming intolerable, and the Seattle area’s population is predicted to grow. Now more than ever we need efficient, reliable mass transit.

It’s time to invest in light rail.

Alex Jeffers Bellevue

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Police reports from Issaquah and Sammamish

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SHOPLIFTING: A $649 cellphone was reported stolen from a store on the 6000 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast.

degree over the course of a domestic violence investigation.

GAME OVER: Shortly before noon on the 300 block of Southeast Evans Street, a Sony Playstation and Nintendo Wii were reported stolen at a total loss of $517.

VEHICLE PROWL: A window was reported damaged on a 2005 Lexus RX parked on the 700 block of Second Avenue Southeast. The damage occurred during a vehicle prowl.

TRUE BELIEBER: An officer met with a parent on the 1600 block of 24th Place Northeast who had reported her daughter was being disrespectful. The 17-year-old wanted tickets to see Justin Bieber and demanded money from her mother to buy them.

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Nov. 27 NO WAY OUT: Police assisted a visitor who reported a tree fell down on the cemetery’s roadway on the 300 block of West Sunset Way. Public Works employees cut the tree up.

RUDEBOY: Police contacted a complainant at a store on the 900 block of Northeast Park Drive. The woman said a juvenile in the store didn’t like the music and became rude with her about it.

Nov. 28

POCKETBOOK: At 12:27 p.m. on the 700 block of Northwest Gilman Boulevard, police took a report of a prowled vehicle. The driver sustained a $1,200 loss from a damaged window and stolen pocketbook.

Nov. 30 ASSAULT: At 2:44 a.m. on the 100 block of East Sunset Way, police arrested a 25-year-old Issaquah man for assault in the fourth

NO GOOD DEED…: At 9:31 a.m., the Issaquah Police Department’s school resource officer released a student trapped on the softball field behind Issaquah High School. The student had entered the field to rescue a seagull that had become stuck between the fence and netting. The seagull bit her hand several times.

DISPUTE: At 9:07 p.m., officers responded to a disturbance at Tent City

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Nixon, president of the Washington Coalition for Open Government and a member of the Kirkland City Council.

An interpretation of the act more generous to the public good would have noted that the act considers “action” by a governing body to include the gathering of public testimony, deliberations, discussions and evaluations, and not solely final action.

Likewise, the act also says a governing body includes any committees that acts on its behalf.

The ruling’s effect, Nixon and the open government coalition say, would allow governmental agencies to chart a path around the public meetings act by appointing small, informal groups to gather information, discuss alternatives and make recommendations, and do so outside any public scrutiny.

The problem isn’t with the committees.

Considering the crush of work involved in drafting ordinances and policy, farming out parts of the process to committees is a reasonable course. But that doesn’t mean that process can be done without the pub-

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4’s current encampment on the 4400 block of East Lake Sammamish Parkway Southeast. A woman was arguing with camp directors and refusing to leave.

The situation was resolved by camp directors relocating her to a different tent.

The woman and her boyfriend were warned about public disturbances.

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Dec. 3

SHATTERED: A resident in the 1400 block of 242nd Place Southeast reportedly found their front screen door shattered around 2 p.m.

STRANGER DANGER: A resident in the 20800 block of Northeast 11th Street reported that communication intended to be “a neighborly social gesture” was instead “interpreted as a stranger danger concern.”

DOMESTIC: Police responded to the 1400 block of Hyla Avenue Northwest, where a domestic dispute was reported involving unlawful imprisonment.

The case was forwarded to the juvenile prosecutor for review.

Sammamish Nov. 14 THE EX: A man in the 22200 block of Southeast Fourth Street claimed his ex-wife had been texting and calling him. He said she claimed she could get him fired and that he could lose visitation rights with their children.

Nov. 15 MARIJUANA: A Sammamish police officer pulled a vehicle over for multiple moving violations in the 22000 block of Southeast 20th Street. The officer found marijuana in the driver’s possession; the driver, who had consented to the search, received a citation.

lic’s knowledge and observation.

The Coalition for Open Government is asking the court to reconsider its ruling, but it’s also preparing a bill for the Legislature’s coming short session in January that would provide a brighter line on what the act requires for inclusion of the public.

With only 60 days in the session, there won’t be a great deal of time to push a bill through, but Nixon believes it could find its way in front of legislators if it’s joined with reforms many public agencies are seeking regarding public records requests.

Allowing the public to observe committee meetings — and providing adequate notice of those meetings — isn’t a high bar to clear. Until the court reconsiders or the Legislature clarifies the act’s requirments, public officials, some of them elected just last month, ought to take the steps necessary to meet the intent of the Open Public Meetings Act.

-Daily Herald Editorial Board The Daily Herald of Everett is a publication of Sound Publishing Inc. and a sister paper of the Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter.

DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE: A Sammamish officer stopped a vehicle for missing a taillight and found the driver had been driving with a revoked license in the third degree.

The officer cited the driver but did not make an arrest.

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1600 West Beaver Lake Drive near Beaver Lake by an uprooted tree. The bag appeared to be there for a while. The owner had been identified.

Nov. 19 IDENTITY THEFT: An unknown person used another person’s debit card information to withdraw $200 at the BECU ATM in the 3000 block of 228th Avenue Southeast around 3 p.m.

Nov. 23 GRASSY KNOLL: An unknown person drove onto the grassy knoll at the intersection of Northeast 26th Street and 205th Place Northeast and left tire impressions.

BAT: Sammamish parents in the 1700 block of 216th Place Northeast called to report their “disruptive and threatening” son. Reportedly, the couple and their son got into a heated argument about a bat. There was no assault reported.

UNDERAGE: A 20-year-old was found in possession of marijuana along IssaquahPine Lake Road around 3 p.m.

WHAT A FIND: A caller reported finding a backpack containing a wallet, Nov. 25 driver’s license, debit card CAR VS PEDESTRIAN: A 280945_4.75_x_6 AM Page 1 and phone card in 4/7/15 the 11:05pedestrian was crossing

the roadway illegally in the 2900 block of 228th Avenue Southeast and was clipped by a car’s driver side mirror. The car also ran over the pedestrian’s left foot, leaving a mark.

SMASH: An unknown suspect smashed out the rear sliding door window in the 22600 block of Southeast 13th Street around 11 p.m. to gain access to the residence.

Nov. 27 DIGITAL CAMERA: An unknown person smashed out a vehicle parked at the end of a dead end in the 2000 block in 247th Place Northeast and stole a digital camera hanging from the rearview mirror.

Nothing else was taken.

Nov. 28 XANAX: A woman was taken to Swedish Medical Center for evaluation after consuming upwards of 10 Xanax pills after drinking alcohol in the Saxony Apartments off 225th Lane Northeast around 6:15 p.m.

She said she wanted to be with her recently deceased daughter, according to reports.

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Council to reconsider significant funding increase to ARCH The Sammamish City Council unanimously voted at its Tuesday special meeting to reconsider its contribution to A Regional Coalition for Housing approved in the city’s 2016 updated budget last week.

The coalition, referred to as ARCH, strives to bring affordable housing to the region; it’s made up of a partnership between 15 Eastside cities, including Sammamish.

Councilmember Ramiro ValderramaAramayo made the motion, with outgoing councilor Nancy Whitten seconding it.

Since it was a special meeting, not a regular meeting, council members could not take any final action on items added to the agenda, such as the reconsideration.

Valderrama-Aramayo said he wanted a presentation on how the earmarked

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Recology CleanScapes contacted the city Oct. 21 to inform staff the company would not submit a bid.

Waste Management’s bid of nearly $540,500 seemed the lower option, compared to Republic Services’ bid of nearly $714,700. These estimates include the base price and all five alternatives.

Upon further review, Sammamish staff claimed the Waste Management bid was actually underrepresented by more than $180,000. (A similar review found a “minor and immaterial” $10 error in Republic’s bid, according to city documents.)

Deputy City Manager Lyman Howard wrote Waste Manage-

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for senior services should council choose not to retain Issaquah Valley Seniors.

"It's what I'm calling 'Plan B,'" Winterstein said.

Councilmember Tola Marts said he could likely set up an emergency Service and Safety Committee meeting on Dec. 15 to discuss next steps. Mayor Butler said he could speak with City Administrator Bob Harrison and Deputy City Administrator Emily Moon about developing the Plan B bill as soon as Tuesday.

"This is somewhat unusual in a way," Butler said. "But it has been evolving over time. ... We'll do the best we can."

In February, the senior center banned member Regina Poirier with a legal notrespass order, alleging elder abuse as the reason for the order. Center board member and local veterans advocate David

$100,000, up from $10,000, would be spent.

Deputy City Manager Lyman Howard preempted the vote by telling the council that city staff would not disburse funds without further details and council’s authorization, which would typically take place until later in 2016.

ARCH Program Manager Arthur Sullivan is scheduled to give a presentation to the council Feb. 16, Howard said.

Additionally, Valderrama-Aramayo and Whitten called for another look at the city’s in-kind donations, such as mitigation fee waivers and the donation of the Habitat for Humanity property.

Whitten said she was uncomfortable with the increased funding to ARCH. Her concerns came down to discussing a policy change instituted when a previous council decreased funding to ARCH since it was donating the land for the Habitat project during a budget update.

ment Nov. 2 to inform the company its bid was being rejected as non-responsive for “materially” altering the city’s request for bid documents “in a way that significantly understates the total cost of the bid.”

Waste Management disagrees.

The company would save Sammamish ratepayers nearly $6 million over the nine-year contract, Waste Management Senior Manager John Chelminiak said at the Dec. 1 council meeting.

“These assertions are not verifiable given Waste Management’s failure to include the cost of contract modifications in its bid, which resulted in two incomparable bids,” according to city documents.

The company maintains it included how it arrived at its prices.

Chelminiak explained in a Nov. 3 response to the city that

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Waggoner was banned in April for alleged harassment.

Affidavits signed after the banishments further alleged elder abuse, but no official investigation followed and both members have maintained they were actually removed for asking questions about the senior center’s financial management.

The dispute became increasingly public over the subsequent months and Poirier, Waggoner and others retained an attorney to represent them in a defamation suit concerning a newsletter published by the Senior Center in June.

Members of the council voiced their doubts about funding senior center in - Fred Butler the October, with Stacy Goodman, Tola Marts and Paul Winterstein citing details they had learned about the end of a food program partnership between the senior center and the Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank.

“This is somewhat unusual. ... We’ll do the best we can.”

Waste Management’s bid was indeed the lowest option and that “its calculations were the only meaningful way to show an increase or decrease in costs to all customers,” according to court documents.

“Furthermore, your consultant’s methodology for evaluating the proposals is mathematically absurd,” Chelminiak’s Nov. 3 letter to the city reads.

The city responded to Waste Management Nov. 25, though the waste hauler said it did not receive the letter until Nov. 30.

“We understand that Waste Management preferred a methodology for calculating bids for solid waste services other than the methodology selected by the City and approved by the City Council,” City Manager Ben Yazici wrote Nov. 25. “[T]he City stands by its decision to reject the

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sponsive that contains omissions, erasures, alterations or additions of any kind, or prices uncalled for, or obviously unbalanced, or any proposal that in any manner fails to conform to the conditions of this Request for Bids.”

Additionally, all bid “forms must be completed, all questions answered, and all information supplied in the format requested.”

Waste Management asked the King County Superior Court to stop the city from entering a solid waste contract with Republic Services and for the court to review the city’s non-responsive determination.

Per the current schedule, the court will review the matter on Dec. 22.

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Waste Management bid as nonresponsive.”

The alteration to city formulas and documentation, which led to the alleged understatement, occurred when Waste Management calculated a couple of the service alternatives.

Chelminiak said in a Dec. 1 letter that the alleged alterations to city documents “are irrelevant to the service options” as city staff recommend the council not chose those two alternatives, anyway.

Despite the disagreement on how to calculate its services, Waste Management’s bid is considered non-responsive on the grounds it altered the documentation the city required for the bid submission.

Per the city’s request for bid documentation, the city states it may deem any bid “non-re-

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Janet Sailer said.

The method is less But with a better method of interacting with district’s underground infrastruclabor intensive, reduces ture, the line breaks are less likely to happen, she said. risk of puncturing Using a “vactor” truck, district staff pump underground utilities water into a small hole cut into the ground

BY MEGAN CAMPBELL ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER

When a sewer or water pipe breaks, it’s serious business.

“The minute you have a water leak in a line, you have contamination,” Sammamish Plateau Water & Sewer District spokesperson

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Employees, saved from intense labor, are free to work about in the cleared space underground.

The sludge is taken back to the district’s new $3 million dollar facility located in Sammamish off of 228th Avenue Southeast includes a decanting area that allows for the liquid to drain from the soil.

Previously, district employees used backhoes, or shovels as an alternative, to

break ground. The backhoe bears the risk of penetrating the pipe, she said.

The district has been using this method for about eight years and has two vactor trucks.

“This all improves our efficiency,” district project manager Jim Konigsfeld said.

Though, since the district has newer pipes and carefully manages the water system pressure to minimize problems, line breaks are far lower than the national average of 45 breaks per year, Sailer said.

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Then, a large, flexible hose mounted to the truck — or elephant trunk, as she described — sucks out the sludge and stores it in the truck.

“The vactor (extraction) leaves a smaller footprint for excavation,” she said. “Using the vactor also protects the many other underground utilities such as cable, phone and

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oeing’s investment of $25 million – combined with an equal amount contributed by Microsoft and matched by the state of Washington – is enabling nearly 14,000 students to earn technology degrees within the decade.

So far, scholarships have been awarded to 5,500 low- and middle-income students in Washington state, with nearly 60 percent being the first members of their families to attend college, according to Stan Deal, Boeing senior vice president - Commercial Aviation Services and a member of the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship board of directors speaking at an event to raise funds for additional scholarships.

Addressing more than 300 community and political leaders in Seattle, Deal noted Boeing has “a vision of a future in which all students have access to educational opportunities so they can develop their skills, pursue their dreams and build a better world.

“We are investing billions of dollars to design and produce the next generation of airplanes right here in Washington,” Deal added. “Through the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship, we are also investing in the next generation of employees in our community so that they can learn the skills they need to capture opportunities that Boeing and other leading companies

$25 million investment helps provide science, technology, engineering and math scholarships are creating.”

Established five years ago, the scholarship provides financial assistance, creates research opportunities and matches recipients with mentors in business and technology. That includes Boeing Engineering leaders who mentor the students pursuing both undergraduate and advance degrees through the Opportunity Scholarship program.

The public-private scholarship “ensures that our kids, who grew up here, have the opportunity to get a

high-tech degree,” said former Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire, adding that the program will enable the state’s leading companies to remain “among the best in the world.”

Mahdi Ramadan, who is using his scholarship to research applying computer technology to assist individuals with neurological disorders, told the crowd, “My dreams are scary big, but so are the dreams of thousands of individuals like me.”

Ramadan recounted how his family immigrated to the United States, when he was 11 years old, after being evacuated by U.S. Marines on a humanitarian mission during civil strife in Lebanon. The scholarship gives individuals “an opportunity to follow their dreams despite the financial limitations of their families,” the University of Washington student said.

Microsoft president Brad Smith noted Washington currently has more than 20,000 unfilled jobs in science, technology, engineering and health care.

“This program is all about empowering the next generation so they can achieve more,” Smith said. By training the next generation of researchers, engineers and technical employees, the scholarship also “solves problems for all of our companies and for the economy as a whole.”

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In 1916, Wong Tsu was hired as Boeing’s first aeronautical engineer.

He helped design Boeing’s first Model C production seaplane.

What was Boeing’s first jetliner?

The 707, first known as the Dash 80, was Boeing’s first jetliner and profoundly altered the future of passenger air travel even though Time magazine called it the “gamble in the sky.”

Have Boeing planes always been used for Air Force One? In 1962, two 707-320B jets were adapted for use by President John F. Kennedy, earning designation Air Force One” when the president is on board. Since then, Boeing 7-7 series airplanes have continued to be the official aircraft of the U.S. president.

Did Boeing have influence with NASA’s Project Apollo’s nine manned and unmanned expeditions?

Virtually all of Project Apollo’s spacecraft and launch vehicles— including the Saturn V rocket, Apollo command and service modules, and Lunar Roving Vehicle—were designed, developed and built

by Boeing.

Why is the 777 significant in Boeing’s 7-7 series airplanes?

The 777 was the first commercial jet to be 100 percent digitally designed.

When complete, the new 777x series will be the world’s largest and mostefficient, twin-engine jet.

Is the Dreamlifter the largest airplane in the world? No.

The largest airplane in the world is currently the Antonov An-225 Mriya.

However, the Dreamlifter’s 65,000 cubic feet (1,840 cubic meters) cargo hold is the largest in the world, and it can hold three times the volume of a 747-400F freighter.

The new Seattle Delivery Center opens its doors to help with increasing deliveries of 737s

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ing County executive Dow Constantine and Seattle mayor Ed Murray joined Boeing leaders and aviation students to snip the ribbon at the grand opening of the new and significantly larger Seattle Delivery Center at Boeing Field.

The delivery center’s newest addition is partially due to the increasing volume of 737s being built, delivered and yet to be delivered.

Over the next decade Boeing will be delivering an average of two airplanes every weekday, month-after-

month, for the foreseeable future.

“This facility is a sign of our continued commitment to the community and the Puget Sound region,” said Pat Shanahan, senior vice president of Airplane Programs.

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USO & Boeing Lifting the spirits of our military and their families.

Left to right: Robert Malone and Pam Valdez, Boeing, were joined by Terry Oxley, Chairman, USONW Board of Directors; Thomas F. Cole, Major General (Ret), US Army, USO Northwest Board of Director; and former Washington state Congressman Norm Dicks for presentation of the Order of Distinguished Service.

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USO recognizes Boeing support for military and their families in Northwest

ach year thousands of military members and their families transit our region, often tired and in need of support. To help make their journeys easier, the USO Northwest recently opened a new welcome center at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport that was made possible in part by a $335,000 grant from the Employees Community Fund of Boeing Puget Sound.

In special recognition of this and past efforts, the USO Northwest recently honored Boeing and its employees with its Order of Distinguished Service at its annual Gala and Auction in Seattle.

This award is the highest level of recognition by USO Northwest and is reserved for individuals and organizations having demonstrated exceptional service to military members and their families through sustained support of the USO Northwest.

“Military service puts a tremendous burden on our military and their families,” said Robert Malone, president of

“Military service puts a tremendous burden on our military and their families. Boeing is committed to supporting our military and honored that the company and efforts of thousands of Puget Sound employees is being recognized.”

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the ECF Board of Trustees. “Boeing is committed to supporting our military and honored that the company and efforts of thousands of Puget Sound employees is being recognized.”

The United Services Organization is a nonprofit organization that lifts the spirits of America’s troops and their families millions of times each year at hundreds of places worldwide.

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boards, and many employees are volunteers. Since 1996, Boeing and its employees have given more than $1.3 million to the USO through charitable grants as well as contributions through the Employees Community Fund of Boeing.

“The mission of the USO is to lift the spirits of our military and their families,” said Tami Michaels, gala chair 2015, USO board member and U.S.

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USO Northwest serves more than 500,000 active-duty military members and their families annually throughout Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.

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Giving Back...

Boeing employees are making a significant difference in communities where they live and work. ECF grants enable local Health & Human Service agencies to purchase equipment, renovate their facilities and build new construction that directly benefit thousands of people in need. Last year, more than $9 million in grants were awarded to community nonprofits throughout the Puget Sound region. Here are some recent grant recipients:

$40,000 delivers new transit van SEATTLE — Immanuel Community Services (ICS), located in Seattle’s Cascade neighborhood was granted $40,000 for a new 2014 Ford Transit van for food collection and to transport clients. The agency, an independent offspring of Immanuel Lutheran Church, provides assistance to the homeless, the needy and those with drug addictions.

The new 44,000-square-foot facility will preserve care for the 7,000 patients currently provided at Neighborcare Health’s Greenwood Medical Clinic and Public Health’s North Public Health Center, and will double access to provide a health care home for at least 14,000 patients.

$259,100 grant for new Meridian Center for Health

SEATTLE — Neighborcare Health was granted $259,100 toward the purchase of dental chairs and furnishings for its low-income dental clinic located at the new Meridian Center for Health in north Seattle.

Neighborcare Health is Seattle’s largest provider of community-based primary medical and dental care, serving 52,000 individuals through 26 medical, dental and school-based clinics.

$25,000 grant allows for needed renovations

$32,000 for ARC KING COUNTY — A $32,000 grant was awarded to ARC of King County for two 2012 Honda Civics to support the 50+ clients in its Supported Living Program. These two additional vehicles, — one focused for needs in the Eastside and the other for South King County — will solve scheduling problems for clients and open up opportunities for timely and safe transportation. Since 1936, the ARC of King County has provided services and advocacy for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

WHITE CENTER — Westside Baby, located in Seattle’s White Center neighborhood, was funded $25,000 for renovations to its bathrooms and staircase to meet ADA codes and make the distribution center more accessible to clients and volunteers.

More than 120 local social service agencies, including shelters and food banks, rely upon Westside Baby to provide critical necessities for low-income families. In 2014, they distributed more than 1 million free diapers along with 826 car seats, 267 cribs and clothing for infants and children up to size 12.

$40,000 grant for campus improvements REDMOND — Together Center was granted $40,000 for exterior renovations and paint for four buildings at its direct service campus located in Redmond. More than 37,000 residents and their families use the services at the campus each year. Twenty independent health and human service agencies offer medical and dental care, overnight shelter for youth, low-income housing and homelessness assistance, mental health counseling, therapeutic programs for disabilities, child care support and much more.

THANK YOU VIETNAM WAR VETERANS FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THE SACRIFICES YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES HAVE MADE. Many of the troops who returned home from Vietnam at the end of the war were met with disdain rather than with the thanks that veterans of other conflicts had received. Now is the time for the citizens of Washington state to undo that disservice done to our Vietnam veterans many years ago.

Join us in taking part in the Vietnam Veterans 50th Anniversary Commemoration, a national initiative to thank and honor Vietnam veterans a half century after the Gulf of Tonkin incident. The commemoration is aimed at spurring events and activities in cities and towns around the country to recognize Vietnam veterans and their families.

March 30, 2016 is Washington state ‘Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day’. Make sure to thank a Vietnam veteran that day and every day.

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Bullpups defeat Spartans at state

BY SHAUN SCOTT ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER

The long faces said it all for the Skyline Spartans football team as the final seconds trickled off the clock against the Gonzaga Prep Bullpups in the Class 4A state championship game.

Gonzaga Prep ended Skyline’s storybook season with a 34-16 win in the title game on Dec. 5 at the Tacoma Dome. Skyline finished the 2015 season with a 12-2 record.

Gonzaga Prep running back Evan Weaver rushed for 133 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries. Bullpups’ quarterback Liam Bell rushed for 115 yards on 18 carries as well in the victory.

The Bullpups got on the board early after sophomore wide receiver Devin Culp’s 16-yard touchdown run on a reverse gave Gonzaga Prep a 7-0 lead with 3:14 left in the first quarter.

Culp sliced through the Skyline defense on a 59-yard touchdown on the same exact reverse play, extending Gonzaga Prep’s lead to 17-0 with 10:35 remaining in the second quarter. Skyline kicker

Jack Crane connected on a 33yard field goal with 19 seconds left in the first half but Skyline still trailed Gonzaga Prep 24-3 at halftime. Jake Pendergast and Danny Sinatro each caught a touchdown pass from Skyline quarterback Blake Gregory in the second half but it wasn’t enough to register a win against the Bullpups and their potent rushing attack. Gonzaga Prep rushed for 521 yards in the game on 83 rushing attempts.

Sinatro, who finished the game with nine catches for 80 yards, said the 6-foot, 4-inch, 245-pound Weaver was the real deal on the field. Weaver has already committed to the University of California (Berkeley) football program.

“He was a big physical guy,” Sinatro said. “It was tough. He was so physical.”

Despite the loss in the title game, Sinatro said he had the time of his life on the gridiron with his teammates and coaches this fall.

“The guys right here to the left of me and to the right of me, I will remember them until my

dying days. The journey was great. You can’t hang your head right now but it’s tough,” he said.

The Spartans senior signal caller agreed wholeheartedly with Sinatro following the final game of his high school career.

Gregory went 26-for-38 for 316 yards passing with two touchdowns and two interceptions.

“The thing I’m going to remember the most is just my teammates and the love we share for each other. Skyline has given me everything. I couldn’t be more thankful for the people that have been in my life and who have been with me here on this journey,” Gregory said.

“You can never take away those memories.”

Skyline head coach Mat Taylor said mistakes cost his team against Gonzaga Prep.

“Our recipe all season is that we haven’t turned the ball over and we hadn’t turned the ball over in the playoffs,” Taylor said.

“I think we were plus 34 in the turnover ratio this year. Tonight we had five turnovers. It just wasn’t our night.”

Skyline lost three fumbles and

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Skyline Spartans senior quarterback Blake Gregory dives for the pylon against the Gonzaga Prep Bullpups in the Class 4A state championship game. Gonzaga Prep defeated Skyline 34-16 on Dec. 5 at the Tacoma Dome. had two interceptions against Gonzaga Prep. Taylor said he throughly enjoyed coaching the 2015 Spartans football squad.

“Who would have thought we

would have been here? The kids continued to move forward each and every day. They were so much fun to coach. I’m just very proud of these guys,” he said.

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Crusaders win state title in overtime thriller

BY SHAUN SCOTT ISSAQUAH/SAMMAMISH REPORTER

The old adage “a comeback for the ages” would be an understatement with regard to what the Eastside Catholic Crusaders achieved in the Class 3A state championship game against the Bellevue Wolverines.

Bellevue dominated the first 30 minutes of the game. Bellevue led Eastside Catholic 35-14 at halftime and extended their lead to 42-14 on a Christoph Hirota 12-yard touchdown run with 6:10 left in the third quarter.

Eastside Catholic looked defeated. Though it seemed over, the game didn’t end there.

Eastside Catholic outscored Bellevue 34-0 down the stretch, earning an improbable 48-42 overtime victory on Dec. 4 at the Tacoma Dome.

It was the second consecutive season the Crusaders have defeated the Wolverines in the state title game. University of Washington bound running back Brandon Wellington scored on a 1-yard touchdown run in overtime for the game-winning score. Crusaders’ linebacker Parker Davidson, who finished with seven tackles and a sack, said his team never wavered despite being down by a plethora of points.

“We never gave up on each other; we always pick each other up,” Davidson said. “Somehow we figured out a way to pull it out. It was crazy.”

The “crazy” comeback began when Crusaders’ quarterback Harley Kirsch hit Hunter Bryant on a 28-yard touchdown pass and a 5-yard touchdown strike late in the third quarter cutting Bellevue’s lead to 42-28 at the end of three quarters of play. Kirsch hit Matt Laris on a 4-yard touchdown pass, slicing Bellevue’s lead to 4235 with 5:49 left in the game.

Bellevue appeared to stop the bleeding with 2:09 remaining in regulation. With Bellevue clinging to a meager seven-point lead, Eastside Catholic faced a third down with 15 yards to go at the Bellevue 32-yard line.

Kirsch’s pass was intercepted

by Bellevue’s Michael Medzegian.

Bellevue’s sideline celebrated until a yellow flag was discovered on the field. The Wolverines were called for a face-mask penalty and Eastside Catholic’s drive remained alive. Brandon Wellington scored on an 11-yard touchdown run tying the game at 42-42 with 1:24 left to force overtime.

“That play at the end where we picked the ball — we felt like we won it then,” Bellevue head coach Butch Goncharoff said. “That is a hell of a call to make at the end of

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Crusaders’ players celebrate after Brandon Wellington scored on a 1-yard run in overtime, clinching a 48-42 win against the Bellevue Wolverines.

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Eastside Catholic Crusaders running back Brandon Wellington nearly scores after receiving a shovel pass from Harley Kirsch in overtime. Wellington scored on a 1-yard touchdown run on the next play, lifting his team to a dramatic 48-42 overtime victory in the state title game. the game.”

In overtime, Bellevue gained possession of the ball first. On third down, Bellevue quarterback Justus Rogers lofted a pass to the left corner of the endzone intended for Tyson Penn but the pass was broken up by Eastside Catholic’s Victor Guevara. Bellevue attempted a 39-yard field goal but the kick was wide left.

It took the Crusaders just three plays to find the endzone.

Wellington scored the gamewinning touchdown on a 1-yard run up the middle to clinch the victory. Bryant said there wasn’t a doubt in his mind his team would win once they got to overtime.

“Our offense couldn’t be stopped. We never had any doubt,” Bryant said. “We always had faith in our family. We knew what we could do and we did it.”

Kirsch concurred with Bryant’s sentiment.

“We wanted to score so bad,”

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Eagles win KingCo opener against the Bothell Cougars

The Issaquah Eagles nabbed their first victory of the 2015-16 season with a convincing 69-34 win against Mount Rainier on Dec. 4.

The Eagles will face the Eastlake Wolves in a matchup between rivals at 6 p.m. on Dec. 11 in Sammamish.

game, was jovial following one of the biggest victories of his coaching career.

“I’m really excited for our kids and our community. It was a great win,” Thielbahr said. “I think it paid off big time for us in the second half. For us to be resilient like that is just a tribute to our kids.”

Thielbahr said winning the state title for the second year in a row against Bellevue was special.

“I don’t care what anybody says, Butch Goncharoff is the best coach in the state. That guy does an amazing job. It is an honor competing against him,” Thielbahr said. “That is what you want as a coach, you want to compete against the best coaches in the state. Butch is definitely that guy.”

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The Skyline Spartans cruised to a 69-57 win against the Inglemoor Vikings on Dec. 4.

The Spartans (2-0) will face the Eastlake Wolves at 6 p.m. on Dec. 12 at Eastlake High School in Sammmamish.

Kirsch said.

Wellington believes Eastside Catholic’s senior leadership paid dividends when they were trailing by 28 points in the third quarter.

“This group is just tremendous.

You never see anyone with their heads down. We are always going to push and we’re always going to fight because we’re a rowdy group and it shows,” Wellington said.

“Going into overtime we knew we had it. The energy changed, the atmosphere changed. The momentum was on our side and we knew we couldn’t be stopped.”

Crusaders’ head coach Jeremy Thielbahr, who was mobbed by a bevy of well-wishers, friends, family and players in between postgame interviews following the

The Issaquah Eagles registered a 71-65 win against the Bothell Cougars in the season opener on Dec. 1 in Bothell.

Issaquah (1-0) will play the Eastlake Wolves in a Class 4A KingCo contest on Dec. 11 in Sammamish.

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Kenna Clawson, right, earned ninth place individually clocking a time of 18:16.6 and Sami Corman, left, took sixth place with a time of 18:14.1 at the Class 4A state Cross Country meet on Nov. 7. The Eagles girls team captured fourth place compiling 159 points at the race. In boys action, Kennan Schrag cruised to a fifth place finish individually clocking a time of 15:33.8. The Eagles boys team collected a fifth place finish, tallying 159 team points.

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Longtime Sammamish Symphony director retires The longtime Sammamish Symphony Orchestra director officially announced his retirement due to health reasons earlier this month.

R. Joseph Scott, a “dynamic leader in the Northwest musical community” for nearly 50 years, was the orchestra’s conductor and music director for more than 15 years, according to a press release.

“Maestro Scott’s musical leadership and dedication will be greatly missed by the Sammamish Symphony Orchestra members and by the many

R. Joseph Scott, longtime Sammamish Symphony Orchestra director, officially announced his retirement this month.

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this year,” said Ric Ilgenfritz, Sound Transit’s executive director for planning, environment and project development.

The agency based their ridership projections on population and employment information from the Puget Sound Regional Council, planning and project development manager Karen Kitsis said.

Ilgenfritz noted that the proposals and their projections were strictly conceptual, but would help establish the scope of the transit plan as the board hashes out the specifics of ST3 in order to craft a package for voters.

The board must complete work on its system plan by June in order for a package to make it in front of voters in November 2016.

The hypothetical projects would total approximately $30 billion in capital costs if they were approved in full, board member and Issaquah Mayor Fred Butler noted after looking over a tally handwritten

by Redmond Mayor John Marchione. The proposed Eastside projects would themselves cost nearly $7.6 billion.

The Issaquah/Totem Lake light rail corridor is the most expensive of the Eastside projects — and the most desired, according to the results of a survey Sound Transit conducted over the summer. The line — which would be split into two segments connected at Wilburton Station in Bellevue — would have eight stops and serve between 12,000 and 15,000 riders per day by 2040.

“This would extend from Totem Lake to Bellevue via the Eastside rail corridor and then continue east

Executive Director of Finance Brian McCartan is crafting the financial plan for ST3, which he said would rely on a combination of sales tax, property tax, car tab tax and a bond issuance. He added that he expected the project to be a “very attractive” investment to the federal government.

The amount of a bond issuance would come down to the board’s decisions regarding which projects would make it into the final system plan, the length of time the program would cover, the level of tax imposed on residents and the equity of investment and revenues by county.

Requirements in state law for explaining revenue gains and benefits by county could be particularly challenging for a project that traverses King, Pierce and Snohomish. When the board crafted the 1996 Sound Move and 2008 ST2 packages for voters, it approached the requirement by dividing the territories into five subareas. That approach may not work for the latest transit package, McCartan said.

“You’re looking at connecting, for the first time, all of the region,” McCartan said. “So a rider from one subarea could take a light rail trip to any other subarea. That’s a very dif-

ferent proposition from an equity point of view and I know the board has already started to think about how to define equity within that context … There’s some hard calls there but what I can tell you is that you have the flexibility to make that determination and to structure a plan you think best builds out the regional system for the benefit of the whole region.”

Friday’s briefing kicked off what Ilgenfritz said he expected to be an “aggressive” seven-month process to develop a concrete proposal in time for the November 2016 ballot. The schedule will see the board accept responses to the proposed scope of ST3 by Jan. 21, draft a system plan by March, kick that plan out to the public in April and adopt a final plan in June.

Some board members questioned how the short time table would affect the public information process.

Mayor Balducci said she wanted to ensure Sound Transit was in communication with other transit agencies in order to determine how King County Metro, Pierce Transit and Community Transit might mesh with the new Sound Transit network.

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Before moving to Seattle, Scott attended at the University of Oregon School of Music. There he studied conducting with Eugene Furst and Wolfgang Martin of the Portland Opera.

He continued his work with Henry Holt of the Seattle Opera, Mikael Scheremetiew of the Thalia Conservatory and Vilem Sokol of the Seattle Youth Symphony.

Scott’s replacement, Adam Stern, first filled in for Scott in January.

Stern was officially named Scott’s replacement this fall.

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B,” she said.

Meanwhile, Mayor Butler wondered aloud if there was an opportunity to pursue a plan resembling ST Complete, the alternative “full buildout” transit plan proposed by grassroots organization Seattle Subway.

Butler noted that McCarten’s tax collection timetables showed that a 24-year tax collection plan would provide gains in revenue well beyond the scope of all the projects reviewed.

Tackling more projects now could help avoid further lengthy public transit development processes in the future, he said.

“ST3 is an abbreviated long-term process that we’re going through and I would feel a lot more comfortable — and I’m sure a lot more jurisdictions would feel more comfortable — if their project was in ST3 and going to happen in 20 years, so they don’t have to go through an ST4,” he said.

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along [Interstate 90] to Issaquah,” Kitsis said. “A connection to East Link would be provided … at Wilburton Station.”

Obstacles facing the proposed line included abutments against residential and historical properties, as well as construction interrupting East Link operations.

Another light rail project would see the East Link line extended to downtown Redmond. The project was estimated to cost more than $1.1 billion with up to 5,000 riders a day in 2040.

Rapid transit bus corridors connecting Kirkland to Bellevue, and Lynnwood to south King County via Interstate 405, were also proposed. The I-405 corridor proposal carried four alternative plans balancing travel time and geographic coverage.

Bellevue Mayor and King County Councilmemberelect Claudia Balducci said she doubted Sound Transit’s projections for the I-405 bus corridor that showed identical ridership for each option, remarking that the models were “not intuitive.”

Additionally proposed but little discussed was a proposed park-and-ride in north Sammamish. The facility would provide 200 commuter parking stalls at a cost of up to $12 million.

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audiences who have been entertained and transported by his artistic excellence,” according to the press release.

Scott founded the Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra and served as the music director, conductor and general manager from 2005-2009.

“He has appeared with numerous musical ensembles, including the Bellevue Opera and has conducted world premieres of works by Alan Hovhaness, Vaclav Nelhybel and various regional composers,” according to the release.

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mamish, Issaquah, District 10, Carnation, they are very different,” he said.

“You come here and you’ve got it all.

You’ve got floods and wind storms and wild-land fires and rescues and commercial building, residential stuff. It’s just so diverse.”

The various groups that Soptich has worked for have all needed different things from him.

When he was hired in Carnation it was to take an all-volunteer fire department and build it into an organization that was capable and sustainable.

When he came to District 10, it was going through an explosive period of growth.

“What we were trying to do was build a structure that could support a combination volunteer and staff fire department.

That was an exciting time,” Soptich said.

With EFR, Soptich has had to coordinate the five communities, working together to provide one level of service throughout the area, rather than five different service levels and capabilities.

After 15 years as fire chief, he feels lucky that he was able to foster an environment in which talented people were able to work together. He said he has always been around people who have had a huge passion for public service and that has helped motivate him, as well.

“The department is in great shape,” Soptich said. “It’s a stable organization and it’s got wonderfully talented people stepping up to fill roles.”

This week, EFR began the interview process of the four candidates for the new

fire chief. One of them, Greg Tryon, is acting as interim chief.

Soptich is confident EFR has done a good job preparing people to step up to these positions and to take EFR into the future.

He said seeing the fire services evolve over the years has been a great part about looking back on his career. One of the biggest elements of this is the communication and assistance between neighboring fire departments.

“Thirty years ago, fire departments were very territorial and it was really stupid.

‘This fire is in Yakima and I’ll be damned if I’m going to ask for any help from another fire department.’ People would let things burn down out of pride. Today there is no shame in asking for help and asking quickly,” he said.

Another aspect of growth he has seen during his long career is the multifaceted nature of modern fire services.

According to Soptich, in the ‘70s they became an EMS response group. In the ‘80s, it was all about hazardous materials.

In the ‘90s, it became emergency management disaster planning.

“It seems that about every decade something new comes along and gets added to the plate of the traditional fire department and I think it’s good,” Soptich said.

Before he left, Soptich expressed his gratitude to the people who helped him.

“I’ve had incredible mentors over the years,” he said. “Peers, subordinates, elected officials, friends, and they believed in me, they were supportive, they were forgiving.

I’ve had a wonderful career. I was in the right place in the right time. I’m forever grateful.”

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waiver in early 2014, a step he made after deciding the state legislature had failed to fulfill a promise to tie teacher evaluations to standardized test scores.

Without a waiver in place, failing schools that received Title I funding to serve low income students were obligated to set aside a fifth of their federal dollars for student transfers to non-failing schools or academic interventions like tutoring.

In August, three Issaquah elementary schools receiving Title I funding — Briarwood, Clark and Issaquah Valley — sent out letters to parents notifying them of the failure and their options for transfer.

Every Student Succeeds doesn’t entirely do away with interventions for lowperforming schools, but it redefines the criteria determining which schools require intervention while shifting the lion’s share of oversight to the states.

States will be required to develop “evidence-based solutions,” Murray’s deputy press secretary said, for the bottom 5 percent of schools, schools which fail to graduate two-thirds of students and schools that fail to show progress among certain student populations — such as students of color, students with disabilities, students speaking English as a second language and low-income students.

Issaquah School Board Director Lisa Callan said she welcomed the end of No Child Left Behind.

The Title I funding restrictions placed on Issaquah’s three elementary schools were not as burdensome as what was faced by larger neighboring districts, she said,

but nevertheless translated into delays to important services for students while money was reassigned.

“I think it’s been very long overdue to have a reauthorization or an update,” Callan said. “[No Child Left Behind has] been broken for too long and at too great a cost.

I’m looking forward to not having to live under waivers. I’m looking forward to not having to live with something so punitive.”

Callan said it was too early to discuss whether the Issaquah School District will reach out to the state superintendent as the state crafts an accountability plan, but said she believed the board would fully support engaging with Randy Dorn’s office as it went through that process.

The new education bill has earned its fair share of criticism as well. Writing on The Washington Post’s website Saturday, University of Washington teacher education professor Kenneth Zeichner took issue with language in Every Student Succeeds that he said promoted nontraditional and non-university teacher certifications as equivalent to a master’s degree in education. Zeichner argued that by making that determination on behalf of the individual states, the federal government overstepped its authority.

Callan said it was likely enough at present to usher out No Child Left Behind, noting that bills “always have unintended consequences” that can be worked out over time.

But with the Issaquah School District preparing to roll out a half-billion-dollar bond package for voters in 2016 in order to fund a massive expansion in the near future, Callan said finding teachers to staff more classrooms would be a challenge in itself.

“We’re really concerned about the shortage of qualified teachers in general,” she said.

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