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January 2014
Snohomish set to begin Point Wells
environmental review process this month
by Susan Will, Richmond Beach
Community News Editor
The environmental review of the
development at Point Wells is expected
to begin this month. Snohomish
County told the City of Shoreline
it plans to issue the scoping notice
sometime between January 8 and 17.
BSRE, the project developer, said the
scoping period will be 30 days, which is
longer than the 21 days required by law.
The scoping period kicks off
the environmental review process,
which will look at the Point Wells
development’s impacts and determine
how to address them. (See the related
article on page 6 for more information
about environmental review and how to
make the most of submitting comments.)
In response, the City of Shoreline
is holding a community meeting
Wednesday, Jan. 15, at City Hall
to provide information on the
environmental review process, share
Shoreline’s draft scoping comments
and discuss next steps including the
series of meetings for the city’s Traffic
Corridor Study (TCS).
The meeting begins with an open
house from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. to review
project background and environmental
process. A workshop will follow from
7:00 to 8:30 p.m. that includes an
overview of Snohomish County’s
environmental review process and
a chance for participants to review
and comment on the project impacts
identified by the city. The meeting will
be in Council Chambers at City Hall,
17500 Midvale Avenue N.
As the Point Wells development
project moves forward, the city will
host a series of TCS workshops to
ensure that the community has an
opportunity to provide input on
Snohomish County’s environmental
review process and identify capital
investments that will make for a safer
transportation corridor.
The Richmond Beach Community
Association February General
Meeting will focus on the Point Wells
environmental review process as its
main topic. The meeting begins at 7:30
p.m. in the lower level of the Richmond
Beach Congregational Church, 1512
195th Street. (As a reminder, there is no
RBCA general meeting in January.)
Upcoming time line
• January 15: City of Shoreline
Community Meeting – 6:30 to 8:30
p.m. at City Hall
• Mid to late January: Two Snohomish
County public meetings (one during
the day and one at night) to take
public comments regarding the
appropriate scope of the EIS. These
meetings will be in Shoreline, most
likely at the Shoreline Conference
Center. Check Snohomish County’s
website at snoco.org/app/exec/
eventcalendar for meeting dates once
they are set.
• February 11: Richmond Beach
Community Association meeting
Richmond Beach Community Association
Reminder: No January
General Meeting
NEXT GENERAL MEETING
Point Wells
Environmental Review Process
Tuesday, Feb. 11
7:30 p.m.
Richmond Beach Congregational Church
1512 NW 195th Street, Lower Level
with Point Wells environmental
review as the main topic.
• Mid February: Start of the City of
Shoreline’s Transportation Corridor
Study (TCS), which will include six
workshops.
• Mid April: Shoreline to complete the
TCS.
• May: Shoreline City Council to
review of the recommendations from
the TCS.
For more information about
Shoreline’s meetings, visit shorelinewa.
gov/pointwells or contact Shoreline
Planning Director Rachael Markle
at (206) 801-2531 or rmarkle@
shorelinewa.gov.
Visit richmondbeachwa.org for
more information about the Richmond
Beach Community Association and
to sign up for Email Blasts covering
neighborhood news.
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by Shoreline School District
The Shoreline School Board has
unanimously approved placing two
replacement levies for voter approval on
the February 11, 2014, special election
ballot. The measures ask voters to renew
the levies for an additional four years
beginning in 2015. The levies represent
more than 28 percent of the District’s
total revenues. These are not additional
or new tax levies. The District projects
that if both measures are approved, tax
bills will remain stable at current levels.
PROPOSITION 1: Replacement
of an Expiring Levy for
Educational Programs,
Maintenance and Operations
Replaces the current four-year levy
that will expire in 2014. The levy funds
basic education programs not fully
supported by state and federal funding,
including:
• Special education programs, highly
capable programs, remedial programs
and vocational education programs.
• Nurses, family advocates, librarians
and instructional materials.
• Maintenance of current class sizes.
The levy also supports extra-
Learn more about the
levy measures at an
informational meeting
Tuesday, Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m.
Shorecrest HS theater
15343 25th Avenue NE
Wednesday, Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m.
Shorewood HS theater
17300 Fremont Avenue N
curricular student activities, including
music, drama and athletics.
PROPOSITION 2: Replacement
of an Expiring Capital Levy for
Technology Improvements and
Support
Replaces the current four-year levy
that expires in 2014. These funds would
be used to meet the District’s ongoing
technology needs, including:
• Student Computers and
Technology Access: Upgrade
equipment used for online learning
in K-8 and expand use of digital
curriculum and online assessments
K-12.
• Software/Online Resources:
Online curriculum products (all
subjects), streaming video, research
databases, teacher website platform,
help desk service.
• Staffing and Training:
Instructional technology specialists to
support effective classroom integration,
classes and training sessions for all staff,
online support resources.
The proposed levy amounts
are unchanged from the expiring
2010 Capital Levy for Technology
Improvements and Support.
This is an all-mail election. Ballots
will be mailed January 22 and please
remember to vote by February 11. To
register to vote, visit kingcounty.gov/
elections. The levies require a simple
majority approval to pass.
The District may collect only up
to the amount approved by voters
regardless of assessed valuation
changes.
Senior citizens and disabled persons
may qualify for tax exemptions. Contact
the King County Assessor’s Office for
information, (206) 296-3920.
For more information, call (206)
393-4412 or visit shorelineschools.org.
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January 2014 Richmond Beach Community News
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
The Richmond Beach Community News
is published monthly September through
June by the Richmond Beach Community
Association. It is financed by advertising
revenues and RBCA membership dues.
Volunteer staff creates, publishes and
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Contributing Writers: Sheri Ashleman,
Jerry Patterson, Bill Willard,
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Tips for preventing break-ins gained
the hard way: personal experience
by Bill Willard, RBCA President
This month’s President’s Message
is a personal follow-up to our to our
November community meeting, which
featured Shoreline Police Chief Shawn
Ledford and Police Officer Robert
Knight who spoke about some of the
recent break-ins in Richmond Beach
and gave crime prevention tips. They
had a good presentation and a solid
crowd in attendance. Everyone felt it
was a successful meeting. I listened and
thought that our house was in pretty
good shape. We lock our doors. We
have motion-detecting lights outside.
We have a dog and great, watchful
neighbors, some of whom are home
during the day.
Unfortunately I met with Officer
Knight again. This time he and Officer
Ogden came to my house to take a
burglary report. Our high schooler
came home to find our house had been
broken into. The thieves did not follow
the usual methods of gaining entry,
but rather smashed our glass patio
door. It seems they then quickly went
through the house grabbing smaller
valuable items, things that are easily
sold. Our robbery was much like some
of the others in in our neighborhood
as it occurred during the day probably
sometime between 11:00 a.m. and
1:00 p.m. The thieves took a laptop
and electronics and went to the master
bedroom where they emptied my wife’s
jewelry box. We did get one good
break, however. The thieves dumped
some of the items they took, including
my wife’s father’s military dog tags and
meritorious service medal alongside
Orchard Street in Southwest Seattle.
We were able to get those back thanks
to an observant dog walker who spotted
them alongside the road and the Seattle
Police Department who connected the
items to my wife.
Police report that 30 to 50 percent
of burglaries in Shoreline are where
burglars enter homes via unlocked
doors or windows. Lock all outside
doors and windows. Remember your
garage door is the biggest door into
your house. Lock up.
It won’t help with the mid-day
burglars. But to discourage the night
shift, leave some inside lights on. If
you are going to be away for a length
of time, use automatic timers to turn
lights on in the evening and off during
the day.
Having attended our November
meeting, I realized after the break-in
that we had a couple of the things
that the police warn about. The thieves
entered our backyard through an
unlocked side gate and the sliding glass
door they broke in through is not easily
visible from the street.
BILL WILLARD
RBCA PRESIDENT
To help you avoid an unpleasant
experience, I want to pass along a
few tips from the Shoreline Police
Department and a couple from me
based on my experience.
1. Light up the outside of your
house so the area around windows and
doors are easily visible. According to
the police department this will deter
the night time thieves.
2. Install an alarm system (and turn
it on!), then conspicuously post a notice
that you have an alarm.
3. I understand from reviewing
information from the Shoreline Police
Department the more typical entry
is through either an unlocked door
or the thieves will kick or otherwise
force open a door. Reinforce doors
with long screws on heavy-duty strike
plates. Replace all hollow-core doors. I
kept myself busy this weekend doing
some of these items after doing a little
research and finding out how easily
normal home doors are to simply kick
in, just in case some folks decide to
come back. Adding long screws and
putting on heavy-duty strike plates
takes just a couple minutes.
4. Install deadbolt locks on all
outside doors and double cylinder
deadbolts on doors with glass panels. If
you have a break-in, it is recommended
that you do as we did and re-key your
locks. That way if the thief took a
key, he can’t just let himself back in
later. We also upgraded some of our
deadbolts after we had a locksmith look
at them.
5. Don’t make it easy. Don’t provide
concealment or climbing platforms
for the burglar. Clear debris, weeds
and shrubbery away from windows
and doors. Lock up ladders and all
tools that could make a burglar’s job
easier. The ladder under our deck
has been chained up. Remember a
sledgehammer or an axe in an unlocked
shed would make getting into your
house a snap.
6. As we found out, sliding glass
doors are vulnerable. Special locks are
available to prevent someone from
prying them open. At our house
the thieves didn’t bother to try to
unlock the sliding glass door--it was
blocked with a wooden dowel and
they probably couldn’t open it. You
can protect windows and glass doors
with transparent window security film
or security glazing. The transparent
window security film is not cheap nor
is it super expensive, and it can help
to prevent break-in like the one at our
house. Our new glass door is getting
security film!
If you suspect that your home
has been burglarized, call the police
immediately. Do not enter the house-the burglar may still be inside.
Use your cell phone or call from a
neighbor’s house. Don’t disturb any
evidence.
A couple of personal observations:
I highly recommend a thorough
conversation with your insurance agent
now to make sure your insurance covers
what you think it covers. This can help
you avoid some unpleasant surprises.
If you’re anything like me, you’ve
heard that you should have a home
inventory. Maybe you’ve always meant
to get around to doing it, or maybe
you actually did like me and took some
photographs and put some things in
a file at some point. Take a little bit of
time now to take those photos, make an
inventory of those things you value and
then put the information somewhere
outside of the house where you can find
it again later. This is also useful in case
of fires or other disasters. There are even
phone apps put out by the insurance
industry for taking a home inventory
and there are forms and suggestions on
how to do your inventory online.
The thieves, at least the ones that
Continued on next page
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Richmond Beach Community News January 2014
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
Thank you for Richmond
Beach holiday events
Richmond Beach
Community Association
Tree Lighting and Caroling
Thank you so much for having the
tree-lighting event last night!
It was wonderful to see the local
community come out together (even in
the cold) and enjoy the festivities. Our
children and parents had an amazing
time caroling with so many people at
the rehab home afterward.
Thank you for a wonderfully-put-on
event! We will be sure to attend again
next year :)
Merry Christmas.
~ Abby Dickerson
Seattle Vineyard Church
Kruckeberg Botanic
Garden Solstice Stroll
Thank you Richmond Beach!
I wanted to express my heartfelt
thanks to the Richmond Beach
community for its support of the
Kruckeberg Botanic Garden Solstice
Stroll on December 20 and 21. We had
an amazing turnout: an unexpected
1,500 people came through the Garden
over the two-day period! Even our offsite parking shuttle was maxed out.
Thank you to everyone in the
neighborhood for your patience with
the increased traffic and visitors.
Happy Holidays.
~ Brianne Zorn, Executive
Director, Kruckeberg Botanic
Garden Foundation
Opinions expressed in the Richmond Beach Community News do not reflect
the views of the Richmond Beach Community Association or its Board.
The Richmond Beach Community News welcomes LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
Submissions must be relevant to our community, copyright-free and submitted by
the 15th of the month prior to publication. Electronic submissions are preferred. For
verification purposes only, submissions must include name, address, email address
and phone number. LETTERS are published as space allows at the discretion of the
Editor and Executive Director and are subject to editing.
Send submissions to: Susan Will, RBCN Editor; Editor@RichmondBeachWa.org.
Break-in prevention from page 2
went to our house, were looking for
things that were small, valuable and
easy to find. In talking with the
Shoreline Police, I understand this is
fairly normal. The laptop on the desk
is gone, but you can make it hard for
them by hiding things or putting things
in harder to find spots. Put the laptop
in the desk and lock it. Don’t keep
valuables in your master bedroom. This
is the first place the thieves go. The
back of your dresser drawer is not a safe
spot because they dump out all your
drawers. Find a hiding place for those
small valuables in another room. You
can get a strongbox or safe. However,
be sure to anchor it solidly it to your
house. I know of two businesses where
the thieves broke in and just took the
safe.
Be a good neighbor. If you
notice anything suspicious in your
neighborhood, call 911 immediately.
Our police department wants us to call
when we see people who are acting
odd or are out of place. The police
department also tells me that the
mid-day break-ins are often preceded
by people knocking on doors and
pretending to be looking for someone,
selling something or handing out
pamphlets. I have heard of people
having odd door-to-door visitors of
late. If someone doesn’t seem right, call
the police. People going door-to-door
in Shoreline must have a permit. If
they don’t have one, close your door,
lock it, then call the police. They want
to talk to those folks.
We are the eyes of our
neighborhood. The most important
thing you can do is call the police to
report any suspicious activity.
On a positive note, the break-in of
our home during this holiday season
has reminded me and my family of
what is really important and most
basic in life. We are grateful to have
each other, to have good health, to live
a great community and to have this
opportunity to celebrate the season.
We are grateful no one was injured. I
know everyone is very busy during
the holiday season, but please take the
time to re-assess your home’s safety
and security, and take measures to
better secure and protect your home
and family. I wish all of you a joyous
holiday and a happy, safe New Year.
Richmond Beach crime
update from Shoreline Police
by Susan Will, Richmond Beach
Community News Editor
According to Sergeant Bruce
Bartlett of Shoreline Police, between
November 1 and December 24 there
were eight forced-entry burglaries,
seven non-forced burglaries and one
attempt in the general Richmond
Beach area. Four of the forced-entry
burglaries were garages. All were during
the day.
Shoreline police encourage you to
watch out for your neighbor’s homes
and call 911 to report anything out of
the ordinary. “I again want to point
out the need to call and let our call
receivers decide if it’s important,”
Sergeant Bartlett stresses.
Some burglars will knock on a door
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to see if they get an answer and if not
either force the door or go around
and try to find a weakness and force
entry. Don’t answer the door if you are
uncomfortable but make some noise.
Call the police if something seems
odd. Also, keep in mind that for-profit
solicitors are required to register with
the city and carry a license with them.
One of the best prevention measures
is to make it look like you’re home: no
papers in the driveway or overflowing
garbage not put out on trash days. Also,
trim trees and plants hiding windows,
use a minimum three-inch screws on
your deadbolt striker plate and leave a
radio on.
Call Shoreline Deputy Steve Perry
at (206) 801-2718 to learn about
the new Shoreline Watch program.
Visit shorelinewa.gov/government/
departments/police-department/crimeprevention for more crime prevention
tips from Shoreline Police and to
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January 2014 Richmond Beach Community News
Holiday events light up Richmond Beach
Turkey Day
Fun Run
by Sheri Ashleman,
RBCA Executive Director
Another clear, crisp Thanksgiving
morning was the setting for the seventh
annual Turkey Day Fun Run at the
Richmond Beach Saltwater Park.
Participants enjoyed an invigorating
turkey trot with friends, family and
neighbors before parting ways to
indulge in their personal Thanksgiving
celebrations. It was great to see so many
people dressed for the Tropical Paradise
theme!
To view photos from the 2013
Turkey Day Fun Run in Richmond
Beach, visit the RBCA web site
at www.RichmondBeachWA.org/
turkeyrun.
Organizers Don Wilson and Sheri
Ashleman would like to thank the
wonderful volunteers who contributed
to the success of this event:
• Scott Piteo of Achtung Graphics
who designed the T-shirts and
posters
• Andie Piteo of Achtung Graphics
who managed the web site for the
event
• Nancy Gustafson for procuring gifts
for the prize drawing
• Chet James and Judy Albrecht,
owners of Super Jock ‘N Jill and
Richmond Beach residents, for
donating the generous gift certificates
for the prize drawing
• Shorewood High School SERVE
Club members and their advisor,
Tammy Ceesay, for distributing door
hangers and volunteering at the event
• Volunteer staff: Ed Adams, Rick
and Sheri Ashleman, Scott Beasley,
Anne Beaty, Tom Berquist, Dave
Brengelmann, Robert Brouillard,
Dave Davis, Nancy Gustafson,
Jan Manfredini, Lance Neubauer,
Jerry Patterson, Tom Petersen,
Dave Wight, Bill Willard and Don
Wilson.
• Nancy Artim for allowing us to hook
up to her power for the sound system
• Martial Arts Center for providing
bottled water for participants
Please thank and support the
following businesses for sponsoring the
Turkey Day Fun Run:
• Achtung Graphics
• Eric A. Carlson, DDS
• CHS Services
• Health Chiropractic & Massage
• Highlands West Dental
• John Rousey, Interstate Insurance
Agency
• James Alan Salon
• Jones Orthodontics
• Jack Malek, Windermere Real Estate
• Menchie’s
• Northwest Family Chiropractic &
Massage
• Ostrem Law
• Rachel Alexander Insurance Agency
• Richmond Beach Yoga
• Richmond Pediatrics
• Shoreline Chiropractic
• Shoreline Firefighters, Local 1760
• Simons/Lowe Orthodontics
• Soundview Family Dental
• Spin Alley
• Spiro’s Pizza & Pasta
• Tradewinds Capital Management
• Wallcotts
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A food/fund/teen gift drive for
Hopelink was held in conjunction with
the Turkey Run. Richmond Beach
Coffee Company collected donations
during the month of November and
participants brought donations to the
event. Donations were up this year–298
lbs. of food, $485 in cash and 28 teen
gifts. What a blessing to live in such
a generous community! Hopelink was
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Richmond Beach Community News January 2014
Special thanks to event photographers Rick Ashleman, Sheri
Ashleman, Dave Bannister, Pam Barrett and Don Wilson.
Christmas Ship Visit
Tree Lighting and Caroling
by Sheri Ashleman,
RBCA Executive Director
Richmond Beach residents kicked off the holiday season with several
community events sponsored by the Richmond Beach Community Association.
On December 7, Neighbors gathered in the Spin Alley parking lot for the
annual Tree Lighting Ceremony. Children clapped with joy when Santa arrived
by fire truck with its lights flashing and horn blaring. After Santa led the crowd in
a countdown, the lights on the community holiday tree popped on and remained
illuminated through the holiday season.
Excited children had an opportunity to visit with Santa, guests delighted in
music provided by Dave and Lynn Cheeney, and warm beverages and holiday
cookies were enjoyed by all.
Thanks to our musicians, Shoreline Fire Department, Spin Alley and
volunteers–Steve Anderson, Rick and Sheri Ashleman, Tom Berquist, Sherry
Edwards, Susie Johnson, Jack Malek, Harley and Michele O’Neil, Tom Petersen
and Bill Willard.
Kudos: Several attempts were necessary to assemble RBCA’s new holiday
tree located by the Spin Alley sign on Richmond Beach Road. Who knew a 15’
artificial tree could be so problematic? Worthy of recognition for their valiant
efforts are Tom Berquist, Rick Ashleman and Tom Schultz. With a little “fluffing”
by Susie Johnson and Sheri Ashleman, the tree was elegant looking just in time
for the Tree Lighting Ceremony.
Found: One child’s glove, navy blue with multi-colored hearts. Contact Sheri
Ashleman at ExecDirector@RichmondBeachWA.org or (206) 542-9147 to claim.
To view photos from the 2013 Tree Lighting Ceremony, visit the RBCA web
site at www.richmondbeachwa.org/holidays.
Afterwards, many ventured over to the Richmond Beach Rehab for caroling.
To see the joy on the residents’ faces brings such pleasure to the many adults and
children who participate in this heart-warming activity. Thanks to the residents
who brought cards and flowers to pass out to residents. Our gratitude to our
fabulous song leader Lisa Van Horne.
by Sheri Ashleman,
RBCA Executive Director
On the chilly but calm evening of December 10, hundreds of people poured
onto the beach at the Saltwater Park to attend the annual Christmas Ship
Celebration. The magical evening, enhanced by local youth choirs, blazing bonfires
and complimentary cookies, enticed residents to venture out of their warm homes.
The Richmond Beach celebration is one of the largest gatherings of this type
in the Seattle area and a favorite of Argosy Cruises, which deems it “the most
community oriented.”
After outstanding performances by the Syre and Einstein choirs under the
direction of Janet Allison, Choir of the Sound serenaded guests from aboard the
Christmas Ship.
Sponsored jointly by the City of Shoreline and Richmond Beach Community
Association, this event has become a tradition in the Shoreline community.
To view photos from the 2013 Christmas Ship Celebration, visit the RBCA
web site at www.richmondbeachwa.org/christmasship.
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January 2014 Richmond Beach Community News
Upcoming environmental review offers opportunities for
public comment on Point Wells development
by Susan Will, Richmond Beach
Community News Editor
Washington’s State Environmental
Policy Act (SEPA) establishes
thresholds for when different actions
require environmental review. SEPA
requires a governmental agency to
consider environmental impacts of a
proposal before making decisions about
project approval. These decisions may
be related to issuing permits for private
projects, such as the development
at Point Wells, constructing public
facilities or adopting regulations,
policies or plans.
Information provided during the
SEPA review process can be used to
change a proposal to reduce likely
impacts or to condition or deny a
proposal when adverse environmental
impacts are identified.
Often a range of regulatory agencies
oversee and must approve specific
aspects of a proposal. One agency is
usually identified as the “lead agency”
for the proposal. For most private
projects the lead agency is the county
or city where the project is located.
For Point Wells, the lead agency is
Snohomish County.
Since the SEPA environmental
review process works with
other regulations and provides a
comprehensive review of a proposal, it
streamlines these approval processes.
If the lead agency determines a
proposal will likely cause significant
adverse impacts on the quality of the
environment, an environmental impact
statement (EIS) is prepared. The EIS
evaluates alternatives to the proposal
and measures that would eliminate or
reduce the likely impacts. Mitigation
measures first attempt to avoid the
impact, but may also include measures
to minimize, restore, reduce over time
or compensate.
The first step in the EIS process
is scoping, essentially identifying the
scope of what will be studied. Scoping
notifies agencies, tribes and the
public that an EIS is being prepared
and invites these groups to provide
comments on the proposal and scope
of the EIS, including commenting on
alternative proposals to be considered,
mitigation measures and probable
significant adverse impacts.
Some of the areas considered
under built environment include
transportation, public services,
hazardous waste and neighborhoods.
A few of the natural environment
elements that are considered are
geology, surface water, wetlands and
water quality.
The draft EIS is prepared based on
information gathered during scoping.
The public and other agencies then
have an opportunity to comment on
the accuracy and content of the EIS
before it is finalized. Comments are
used to revise the draft into a Final EIS
and the lead agency selects a preferred
alternative.
There is a seven-day waiting period
before the agencies are allowed to
issue any permits or approvals for the
Make the most of
comment periods
•Written comments are best.
•Be specific, factual and organized.
•Share concerns, missing
information and/or possible
mitigation or alternatives.
•If you are not one already, request
to become a party of record with
the lead agency to receive notices
directly.
•For Point Wells, send requests to
be a party of record to Project
Manager Darryl Eastin at darryl.
eastin@snoco.org or Snohomish
County, Planning and Development
Services, 3000 Rockefeller Avenue
M/S 604, 2nd Floor, Robert Drewel
Building, Everett, WA 98201.
SEPA and Point Wells info online
Washington Department of Ecology www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/sepa/e-review.html
Snohomish County www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/PDS/Divisions/Permitting/Point_Wells.htm
City of Shoreline www.shorelinewa.gov/pointwells
RBCA www.richmondbeachwa.org/pointwells/index.html
Save Richmond Beach www.saverichmondbeach.org/
BSRE (Point Wells developer) pointwells.com/
Tarry selected as Shoreline City Manager
by the City of Shoreline
The Shoreline City Council voted
unanimously to appoint Debbie Tarry
as Shoreline’s new city manager. Tarry’s
appointment is the culmination of a
13-week search for a new city manager
after former City Manager Julie
Underwood announced her resignation
in August.
“Debbie Tarry has proven again
and again to be an enormous asset
to the city,” stated Mayor Keith
McGlashan. “We are excited to have
her as our next city manager. We were
very fortunate to have several, very
well-qualified applicants for the city
manager position, which speaks well of
Shoreline and the organization.”
“I am honored to be selected city
manager,” stated Tarry. “Shoreline is a
great community, and I look forward
to working with residents, businesses,
the city council and city employees to
achieve the community’s long-term
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proposal. During this waiting period,
the Final EIS may be appealed if SEPA
issues are not adequately addressed.
Projects involving federal agencies
must also go through a similar
environmental process under the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA).
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vision. I could not
be prouder of this
opportunity to serve.”
Tarry has been the
interim city manager
since Underwood
left on October 3.
Before taking on
that position, Tarry
was the assistant
city manager for
Shoreline and had
been in that position
since 2011 and was
Debbie Tarry
the finance director
for Shoreline from
2000 to 2011. Throughout her
tenure at Shoreline, Tarry has been
intimately involved in most of the
critical decisions the City has
faced over the past 11 years.
Before coming to Shoreline,
Tarry worked as the finance
director for the City of Mill
Creek and the administrative
services director for LINK
Transit. Tarry has extensive
experience working with other
jurisdictions in the region.
Tarry has a Bachelor of
Arts Degree in Business
Administration from Pacific
Lutheran University. Tarry
is a resident of Lake Stevens
where she lives with her
husband, but they are looking to move
to Shoreline soon. Tarry has two grown
daughters.
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Richmond Beach Community News January 2014
by Anina Coder Sill
Anina’s
Corner
As another year zooms by, I
am again grateful live in Richmond Beach and to have grown up here.
I had the freedom to ride my bike or play at the beach as long as my
friends, siblings and I came home when the Standard Oil whistle at
Point Wells blew at 4:30 p.m.
There were several stores nearby that sold groceries and more
importantly, sweet treats: the Handy Spot store on 195th and Richmond
Beach Drive; the Fountain on 196th and 24th which served sodas and
ice cream; kitty-corner from there prior to Godfrey’s Fix It Shop across
from the old RB Library, there was a little store run by Maxine; and
finally, the Little Store, formerly Lamb’s Superette on 20th and 195th.
I was surrounded by neighbors of various ages who kept their eyes
on us when we were well behaved and when we were not. We were
enchanted by diversity, and our visits to other people’s homes were
kindly received. Many older neighbors smiled at us and seemed to enjoy
our company.
We had great climbing trees, empty lots, the library and the beach.
The water didn’t seem as cold as it is now (but it was), and we’d float
on logs and even took swimming lessons sponsored by the parks
department.
We had chores and jobs baby sitting or doing yard work. We were
entrepreneurial – we made tissue paper bows and tried to sell them
door-to-door. We sold candy at our yard sale that we repackaged and
charged the neighbor kids an entry fee to watch our talent show.
I feel like we’ve gifted our children by raising them here – but
because of what we did, we watched them more carefully than our
parents watched us!
As a “grown-up” in Richmond Beach, I still have several of my
childhood neighbors from whom I can borrow or loan ingredients,
confer with when a police or aid car is nearby, visit and find out what our
families are doing and where their kids now live, and share soup.
Now I am one of those ladies who smile at babies and children and
enjoy their company.
Puget Sound Blood Center:
Roll’em up, Richmond Beach
by Tom Petersen
2014 promises to be a big year for
the Richmond Beach Blood Drive.
If neighborhood donors continue
to show the level of generosity and
dedication that has made the drive
one of the most notable in the entire
Puget Sound region, the drive will hit
two remarkable totals by the end of
the year.
Roll up big numbers!
Richmond Beach will register
its 1,000th donor this year, if people
continue to turn out as they have for
the last five years. The neighborhood
average is 25, about right for a
bloodmobile that can handle up to six
people per hour. The “small bus” record
is 31, and staff tries hard not to keep
people waiting or turn people away.
Sometime this year, also, the 800th
pint -- 100 gallons -- will be drawn.
As each unit can be divided for up to
three patients or uses, the Richmond
Beach community has saved hundreds
of lives, eased more hundreds through
illnesses and operations, and left the
scientists of PSBC’s research facilities
plenty to work with.
Roll up those sleeves!
Giving blood takes about 45
minutes, from signing in to juiceand-cookies. Most healthy adults
over 110 pounds are candidates, and
people aged 16 to 18 can donate, too,
with parent permission. PSBC’s skilled
phlebotomists keep the mood in the
bloodmobile soothing and jovial, so
that giving blood is less like a minor
medical procedure and more like a little
neighborhood party.
Get in the roll!
Appointments to donate can
be made online at www.psbc.org.
Appointments cut down on wait times
and help everyone move through in the
usual 45 minutes.
Of course, walk-ups are always
welcome!
There will be six blood drives in
Richmond Beach in 2014. All drives
will be on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m., and the mobile unit will park
in front of the Fire Safety Center at the
corner of Richmond Beach Road and
20th Avenue NW. This year many of
the drives are on holiday or event dates,
so mark these on your calendars now:
• March 1: Marching to 1,000
drive
• May 10: Festival Day drive
• July 5: Red-Blooded American
drive
• September 6: Labor Day /Back
to School drive
• November 1: Fall Classic drive
• December 27: Celebrating
1,000 Donors/100 Gallons
Hope to see all of you there!
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January 2014 Richmond Beach Community News
Kruckeberg Botanic Garden Foundation annual meeting
Special lecture on Elwha River Dam Ecosystem Restoration Project
by Roseann Beaudry,
Kruckeberg Botanic Garden Foundation
Join special guest speaker Joshua Chenoweth, head botanist for the Elwha
River Dam Ecosystem Restoration Project, at the Annual Kruckeberg Botanic
Garden Foundation Annual Meeting on January 21 at Shoreline City Hall.
Chenoweth will present the progress of the natural and managed
revegetation after three growing seasons.
Revegetation of the former reservoirs,
KBGF Annual Meeting
Lake Mills and Lake Aldwell, on the
Tuesday,
Jan. 21, 7:00 p.m.
Elwha River, is an unprecedented effort
$5 suggested donation/
to reverse the impacts of dams on a major
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river. Once completed, this will be the
Shoreline City Hall
largest known dam removal project in
17500
Midvale Avenue N
the United States and the second largest
restoration project ever undertaken by the
National Park Service.
Dam removal exposed nearly 800 acres of valley slopes, terraces, and
floodplain that had been underwater for nearly 100 years, and left behind 30
million cubic yards of inorganic sediments. The buried, former forest floor
presents a challenging substrate for plant colonization. The revegetation of the
reservoirs began during dam removal in 2011. Chenoweth has led the Elwha revegetation project since 2007 when he was
Learn about kindergarten
programs January 25
hired by the Olympic National Park to write the Revegetation and Restoration
Plan for Lake Mills and Lake Aldwell (2011) and the dam removal on the
Elwha River. Chenoweth has a Masters of Science from the University of
Washington in Restoration Ecology and has worked in the Olympic National
Park as a volunteer and Biologist since 2001. He currently serves on the Society
for Ecological Restoration Northwest Chapter’s board of directors.
Plant Geek Series: Winter Twig ID February 1
Join Walt Bubelis, Professor Emeritus of Horticulture at Edmonds
Community College, for the first Plant Geek series at the Garden, Saturday,
Feb. 1, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Bring a hand lens, and learn how to identify
trees and shrubs by their winter twigs. Afterwards, warm up with some hot
beverages. This a free event. The Kruckeberg Botanic Garden, 20312 15th Avenue NW in Shoreline, is
a public garden containing a unique blend of Pacific Northwest native plants
and unusual exotics in a naturalistic, wooded setting. Located in Richmond
Beach, the Garden was founded in 1958 by Dr. Arthur Kruckeberg and his
wife Mareen, who amassed the plant collection over 50 years in the property
surrounding their home.
The Garden is now owned by the City of Shoreline and operated by the
Kruckeberg Botanic Garden Foundation (KBGF), a nonprofit organization.
For more information, visit kruckeberg.org.
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by Shoreline School District
Kinderfest is an opportunity for families who will be enrolling
their children in kindergarten for 2014-15 to learn more about
the programs offered by the Shoreline School District.
Kinderfest will be held Saturday, Jan. 25, from 10:00 a.m.
to noon in the Shoreline Room at Shoreline Center, 18560 1st
Avenue NE.
Kindergarten tours will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday,
Jan. 29, at all elementary schools.
Kindergarten registration for Shoreline School District
residents with students starting kindergarten in the fall of 2014
will begin on Monday, Feb. 3, at your neighborhood elementary
school. In order to attend kindergarten in the fall, a child must be
five years old by August 31, 2014.
For more information on kindergarten registration and
Kinderfest, call Cathy Allred at (206) 393-4211.
Metro service cuts overview
by Susan Will, Richmond Beach Community News Editor
King County Metro Transit (Metro) is planning to cut up
to 17 percent service of its services throughout the county –
potentially including routes within Richmond Beach and the City
of Shoreline. Cuts would begin in fall 2014 unless new funding is
identified by the time temporary funding authority from the state
expires on June 2014.
Metro is hosting outreach events around the county to help
riders learn more about why service must be cut and how they
may be affected, and to help Metro understand the impacts on
riders. King County Department of Transportation will make a
presentation to the Shoreline City Council on Monday, Jan. 13, at
7:00 p.m. at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N.
Over the past five years, Metro has cut costs, raised fares and
created other efficiencies to preserve most service. Unless stable
funding is found, Metro says it will have to move forward with
drastic service reductions:
• More than 80 percent of Metro’s bus and
DART routes would be affected
• 74 routes would be discontinued
• 107 routes would be changed
Visit metro.kingcounty.gov/am/future
for more information about the proposed
service reductions, an online survey and a
schedule of community meetings.
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June E. Howard, CPA
824 NW Innis Arden Drive
Shoreline, WA 98177
206-542-8177
Rachel Alexander
State Farm Insurance
644 NW Richmond Beach Road
Shoreline, WA 98177
206-542-8800
GIFTS, CARDS, SHOPPING
Beach House Greetings
626 NW Richmond Beach Road
206 542-2773
HOME CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR
Johnson Roofing & Gutters
2133 NW 204th Street
Shoreline, WA 98177
206-542-6692
Skyline Window, Inc
17240 Ronald Place N
Shoreline WA 98133
206-542-2147
HOME & PERSONAL SERVICES
Quality Cleaning
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Call Judy: 206-542-6989
Paul A. Cook, D.D.S.
Family Dentistry
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(206) 546-4186
1207 N 200th Street - Aurora Village Medical Center, Ste. 218 - Shoreline, WA 98133
D’z Barbershop
1857 NW 195th Street
Shoreline, WA 98177
MEDICAL. DENTAL
Norse Home
5311 Phinney Avenue N
Seattle, WA 98103
206-781-7400
www.norsehome.org
Highlands West Dental
Vivian Bennett, DDS
735 N 185th Street
Shoreline WA 98133
206-542-7000
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Paul Cook, DDS
1207 N 200th St #218
Shoreline, WA 98133
206-546-4186
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747 N 185th Street, Suite 101
Shoreline, WA 98133
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REAL ESTATE
Jack Malek
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Shoreline, WA 98177
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coriwhitaker@windermere.com
Call or text 206-795-4361
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206-484-4947
206-546-9482
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Full Moon Thai Cuisine
1441 NW Richmond Beach Rd
Shoreline WA 98177
206-542-5777
Spiro’s Pizza & Pasta
18411 Aurora Avenue N
Shoreline WA 98133
206-546-2900
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TECHNICAL SERVICES
Achtung Graphics
Scott & Andie Piteo
855-699-3274
www.achtunggraphics.com
TUTORING
Tutoring, Jan Maxson
206-853-7194
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RECREATION
Richmond Beach Yoga
621 NW Richmond Beach Road
Shoreline, WA 98177
206-920-7067
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Spin Alley
1430 NW Richmond Beach Road
ShorelineWA 98177
206-533-2345
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