Updated, Jan. 16: More detail on the 42nd St. barricade.
Jan. 15, 2016: Continuing Day 2 of the Sammamish City Council Retreat:
Variations, Continued
The Conner-Jarvis project did ask for variations to road standards, to narrow roads within the subdivision and development design around streets. The Planning Commission made some recommendations along these lines.
(Narrower streets are generally considered to be more environmentally friendly because of reduced impervious surface.–Editor)
Jan. 15, 2016: Day 2 of the Sammamish City Council Retreat.
Connectivity
Greg Reynolds of Timberline advocated for opening the 42nd Street barricade for safety reasons to facilitate emergency service access. Reynolds pointed out police don’t have the equipment to open the barricade and fire and aid services have had trouble getting through the gate.
Town Center Update
There has been interest expressed for restaurants and potentially Swedish Medical in the complex under development by Metropolitan Market consortium. (This is the one on the Northwest corner of SE 4th and 228th.)
Jan. 14, 2016: The Sammamish City Council outlined its priorities for the State Legislature at the first part of its annual Retreat today. The Retreat began at 5pm and continues to noon Saturday.
Among the issues Sammamish supports:
Jan. 14, 2016: The Sammamish City Council approved going forward with a geo-technical feasibility study for the controversial Sahalee Way road project.
The vote was 5-2, with Deputy Mayor Ramiro Valderrama and new Council Member Christie Malchow voting no.
Valderrama said he was in favor of the study but wanted to get a formal presentation from staff on public input from a November open house first. Malchow said she has yet to be convinced the project will actually solve a problem and improve traffic flow rather than only “checking the box” for concurrency.
Staff work plans, the Town Center Development, neighborhood connectivity (barricades), the future financial cross-over point (going into deficits), and updates of the East Lake Sammamish Trail, what to do with the Mars Hill Church and connecting Big Rock Park with the Lower Sammamish Commons are among the topics that will be discussed at the Sammamish City Council Retreat beginning at 5pm Thursday at the Murano Hotel in Tacoma.
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