September 2008

Mayor Greg Nickels is looking for two new members to serve on the Landmarks Preservation Board, one (1) Historian position and one (1) Structural Engineer position.

The 12-member Landmarks Preservation Board makes recommendations to the City Council for landmark designation and reviews all proposed physical alterations to designated features of landmark properties.

The Board is composed of two architects, two historians, one structural engineer, one representative each from the fields of real estate and finance, one member from the City Planning Commission, a Get Engaged

The Seattle Department of Transportation is conducting a review of the Residential Parking Zone program in Seattle.

The program is designed to help residents who live in congested areas by discouraging long-term parking of non-residents on residential streets.

Staff is looking at all aspects of the program, including program goals, permit issuance, zone creation, and enforcement practices.

A Seattle City Council committee approved legislation to update the city's 38 neighborhood plans created a decade ago, and neighborhoods gaining more mass transit service will likely go first.

In 1999 the Seattle City Council approved 38 neighborhood plans in many of the city's neighborhoods designed to support anticipated population growth around the city over the next 20 years.

The City of Federal Way is proud to introduce Bryant Enge as its new Assistant City Manager/Chief Financial Officer effective Sept.

Highline Community College's Science Seminar returns for Fall Quarter with a full line-up of programs on the scientific world.

Now in its ninth year, the seminar continues to draw crowds every Friday afternoon for a number of reasons, said its coordinator, Dr. Eric Baer.

"I think that there are a few key things that keep it going," Baer noted.

Seahawks fans can avoid battling traffic this season by riding special Sounder train service to all eight of this year's regular season Seahawks games.

Special event trains will serve Tukwila, Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner, Auburn, Kent, Everett, Mukilteo and Edmonds, arriving and departing next door to Qwest Field at King Street Station.

This year's Sounder line-up is even bigger than last year, with nearly every game served by three trains between Tacoma and Seattle, and two trains between Everett and Seattle, all ready to handle the big crowds that are expected for a great

Fourteen years later, the city of Des Moines is still paying the cost for leaky gasoline tanks.

Gasoline contamination was discovered in the soil and groundwater near the two city gas tanks at the Des Moines City Public Works Building in 1992.

The tanks, which were found to have been leaking, were removed and cleanup work was started on the site.

In 1994, contaminated soil that hadn't already been removed was cleaned using a soil vapor extraction system.

Anticipation is building in the Waterland community as volunteers continue to plan a year of festivities that will celebrate Des Moines' 50th anniversary as an incorporated city in 2009.

A full calendar of activities promises to involve residents of all ages, from young people to seniors who lived in Des Moines before it become a city. These range from a black-tie event that will begin the city's golden year to mid-summer fun, including the return of a parade to downtown Des Moines.

Volunteers gathered at the community center Sept.

1. A woman who lives on the 600 block of South 356th Street contacted Federal Way police to report that her car had been broken into and several important items - including her identification - had been stolen. The incident occurred sometime on September 10. The police report does not mention a specific time. According to the report, the woman's car appeared to have been opened by picking the lock. The woman drives a 2004 blue Volkswagen. The thieves then stole her purse from inside the vehicle, which included all of her valuables.

Gasp!

Decatur actually carried a 10-0 lead into the locker room at halftime, going against the severely good, always talented, traditional power Puyallup Vikings.But the Gators could not hold onto the football in the second half, and the lead was not held either losing, 21-10, in a South Puget Sound League clash at Federal Way Stadium Friday.

“We let up,” said Cam Schilling, who had a good sequence of passes a couple times in this game, including engineering a touchdown drive and field goal in the second quarter -- the Gators’ only time of scoring in th