Seattle Department of Transportation announced today that the westbound, right hand lane of the West Seattle Bridge will be closed next week, from December 13 to December 17, from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each day. During this time the hydrant system will be tested.
Today, Gov. Chris Gregoire announced that the proposal submitted to the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) by Seattle Tunnel Partners is the best apparent value to WSDOT and taxpayers.
The tunnel is the preferred alternative for replacing the seismically unsafe Alaskan Way Viaduct along Seattle’s waterfront and designs were submitted by Seattle Tunnel Partnersand Seattle Tunneling Group in October.Both teams' proposals were below the contract price limit of $1.09 billion.
Today, the technical scores of those proposals were combined with the bid prices, which were opened as part of a bid-opening event in downtown Seattle.
The design-build contract is expected to be awarded later this month. Design-build combines project design and construction in a single contract.
Seattle Tunnel Partners is a joint venture of Dragados USA and Tutor Perini Corp. The team also includes Frank Coluccio Construction, Mowat Construction, HNTB Corp. and Intecsa. Their bid price is $1,089,700,002, and technical credits totaled 71,577,000. The combined apparent best-value score is 1,018,123,002.
The Community Center for Education Results and its partners launched Thursday, Dec. 9 a unique and ambitious 10-year regional project aimed at driving major improvements in education results in South Seattle and South King County.
A broad coalition of community groups, school districts, educators, elected officials and more has come together to make improving education the region's top priority.
The project, the Road Map for Education Results, is a call to action for the growing need to improve the region's education system. For more than 55,000 low-income students growing up in Burien, Des Moines, Federal Way, SeaTac, Tukwila and other south county communities, education results are shockingly poor, according to center officials.
On Dec. 8, the King County Wastewater Treatment Division announced their proposed alternatives for the Murray and Barton pump stations to control combined sewer overflows (CSOs).
CSOs occur when heavy rain fall exceeds the capacity of a pump station treatment plant, resulting in a combination of untreated wastewater and stormwater flowing directly into Puget Sound. According to King County, the Barton station averages four overflows a year and the Murray station averages five. Their ultimate goal is to reduce those occurrences to no more than one untreated discharge a year.
“Residents expressed a wide range of opinions and preferences during our public process, and an overwhelming number opposed any major construction inside either Lincoln or Lowman Beach Parks,” said Department of Natural Resources and Parks Director Christie True in a press release. “Those options were not pursued because they posed an unacceptable level of impact to the community. We also had to consider the overall cost and technical feasibility.”
7th Annual “Admiral Sings Christmas 2010”
Admiral Congregational United Church of Christ
4320 S.W. Hill St.
206-932-2928
Sunday, Dec. 12, 4 p.m & 7 p.m. Keith Terhune’s delightful concert style sing-a-long of favorite Christmas songs, carols and fun with the Admiral Choir and guest Overton Berry and Carol Nielsson. Free, donations gratefully accepted. Non-perishable food items may be given to the food bank. Door open and refreshments will be served 30 minutes prior to showtime.
Endolyne Children’s Choir 2010/2011 Season
New singers are welcome to join. Rehearsals take place at St. John’s Church in West Seattle. For information visit www.endolynechoir.org or email info@endolynechoir.org. Debut Choir rehearsal grades K-2 is Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Encore Choir rehearsal grades 3-5 is Thursdays, 6:30-7:30. Advanced Ensemble rehearsal grades 6-8 (gr. 5 by invitation) is Thursdays, 7:30-9 p.m.
Fall Puppet Shows at Alki Bathhouse
2701 Alki Ave. SW
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At 9 a.m. on Thursday, Dec 9th, two Marines from the Northgate Mall Armed Forces Recruiting Center arrived at the 3GI Sports store in Crown Hill to pick up 76 deflated soccer balls generously donated by a local man.
“I really hope that his action stimulates others to donate to Toys for Tots’” said Susan Riley, friend of the donor.
Toys for Tots is a U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Program dedicated to collecting new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community.
The donor, an ex-navy who has lived in the area for 25 years, decided to donate soccer balls because “soccer is the greatest sport in the world,” his wife said.
“We hope they go to a proper place,” said the donor. “Not the greedy but the needy.”
Sergeant Aldridge said that the recruiting office’s job is to collect the toys and send them to the Fort Lewis reserve Center from which the toys get distributed.
The 3Gi manager contributed by paying all the taxes and offering a discount to the donor.
“Now that’s the community spirit,” Riley said.
Editor’s note: Dick Hendrickson, known to many as, “Mr. West Seattle Golf,” passed away on Nov. 5 at the age of 89. His life was celebrated by friends and family at the West Seattle Golf Course on Dec. 8. According to his obituary in the Seattle Times, Hendrickson was “born May 21, 1921 to William and Goldie Hendrickson in Early, Iowa. Dick passed away peacefully while receiving care at the Kline Galland Home in Seattle on November 5th at the age of 89. Dick was preceded in death by his loving wife of 63 years Janet, in September, and by his brother William Jr. in 1977. He is survived by his son Robert, nieces Sally Nichols and Mary Ann Hendrickson, nephews Mark (Kathy) Hendrickson and Mike (Chris) Hendrickson and their families and sister-in-law Mildred Hendrickson.”
The following story was written in his honor by Tim Robinson.
A big story about a little kid.
Despite a good battle, the Beavers couldn't catch up to the Eastlake Wolves last night who gained a six point lead in the first quarter and didn't give it up for the rest of the game.
The Beavers played well but lost 54 to 33.
Seniors Elena DeWeese and Theresa Moriarty lead the scoring on the Ballard team, each scored seven points.
The Beavers' next game is Friday, Dec 10, at Bothell high school.
Eliza Palasz, a senior at Ballard High School, has been chosen as a YoungArts finalist in Musical and Spoken Theatre.
Only 150 students out of more than 5,000 applicants in the visual, literary and performing arts were chosen as finalists. These young artists received a scholarship to attend National YoungArts Week in Miami January 10-15, 2011 where students will be attending master classes taught by world-renowned artists; performances and exhibitions.
YoungArts is the only organization in the nation to recognize students in the nine discipline categories of cinematic arts, dance, jazz, music, photography, theater, visual arts, voice and writing.
“I’m really excited,” said Palasz who sang “Say the Word” by Kerrigan-Lowdermilk in her audition tape.
Palasz said she is a big fan of contemporary musical theatre and names Spring Awakening and Next to Normal as her two favorite musicals.
Thirty-seven meetings later, the Burien Shoreline Master Program (SMP) is one step closer to adoption as the Washington Department of Ecology (DOE) held the final public hearing for the Burien SMP on Dec. 8.
Every jurisdiction in the state is currently undergoing the process of updating their shoreline plan, in compliance with state law. Every shoreline jurisdiction in the state must have an updated SMP by 2014. With a $100,000 grant from the DOE, Burien has been working on updating the SMP since the end of 2007.
Burien adopted King County’s SMP when they incorporated in 1993. The SMP has not been significantly changed since.
The Burien City Council voted to send the proposed SMP to the DOE on Sept. 27. On Dec. 8 the DOE held a public hearing in Burien, asking for public testimony and comment before they make their decision.
The Department of Ecology will either approve Burien’s SMP, deny it, or send it back to the city with revisions.
This process has sparked considerable discussion, often heated, by shoreline property owners in Burien.
