Jan 03 2009
The first Kenmore City Council meeting of the new year will be held on Monday, January 5th beginning at 7pm in the Tolt room at the Northshore Utility Building. The meeting is a study session, see link to complete agenda below:
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Jan 02 2009
School resumes on Jan. 5, 2009
Due to the weather-related closures on Dec. 17-19, the following are now school days for all students and staff:
Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
source: NSD website
Jan 01 2009
Time to recycle your tree and keep Xmas a little ‘Greener’?
Boy Scout Troop 582, based in Kenmore, will be holding its annual Christmas
Tree recycling program:
Saturday, January 10th, 10am-3:00pm
Scouts will pass out envelopes to most Kenmore Homes the week before Christmas.
If you don’t receive one, you can still participate!
Just put an envelope with your donation (suggested donation is $8), in an
envelope and attach it to your old tree.
Have your bare (not flocked) trees curbside by 10:00 a.m.
If your tree has not been picked up by 2:00 p.m., please call 425-487-3768
And a gang of willing scouts will be dispatched to collect your tree!
Xmas Tree recycling is one way the Boy Scouts learn about helping protect and
conserve natural resources. All trees are composted, and do not go into the
landfill. This event also helps raise money the Troop uses to send disadvantaged
scouts to camp and pay for other worthwhile programs!
Thanks for Thinking ‘Ever-Green’!
Dec 31 2008
Former Mayor Jack Crawford passed away at his home on December 27th, 2008
Kenmore, Wash. – The City of Kenmore offers the following statements on the passing of former City of Kenmore Mayor Jack Crawford:
“The passing of Jack is a tremendous loss for the Kenmore community,” said City of Kenmore Mayor David Baker. “Jack was very active in the community and helped make Kenmore the city it is today. In all of his actions on Council, he always had the interest of the community at heart.”
“Jack was always the consummate gentleman, not only to me, but to his fellow Councilmembers, staff, and the public. He was a great ambassador for his community and will be deeply missed,” said former City of Kenmore City Manager Steve Anderson.
Mr. Crawford was very proud of Kenmore’s heritage. When Kenmore incorporated in 1998, Mr. Crawford wrote a children’s book, titled “A History of Kenmore for Kids” and shared it with elementary students. In October 2008, as the Kenmore Heritage Society president, Mr. Crawford assisted with the development of the History Walk at Log BoomPark. At Kenmore’s 10th anniversary celebration in August 2008, Mr. Crawford shared stories about incorporation, assisted with the presentation of letters from dignitaries, and was featured in Kenmore’s 10th Anniversary Celebration video documentary.
Mr. Crawford served on the Kenmore City Council as the first Mayor from 1998 to 1999, as Deputy Mayor from 2000 through 2001, and as a Councilmember from 2002 through 2005. During his time on City Council, he also served on the Sound Transit Board.
In honor of Mr. Crawford’s public service, the City of Kenmore will lower its flags through the day of his memorial service, scheduled for January 7.
A funeral service is scheduled for Wednesday, January 7 at 2 p.m. at Bothell United Methodist Church. Donations can be made in honor of Mr. Crawford to the Bothell United Methodist Church Commission on Relief.
Photo of Kenmore’s first Mayor
Jack Crawford on the theory of ‘genertivity’
Dec 29 2008
By TOM CORRIGAN
Dec 22 2008, 12:57 PM · UPDATED
Kenmore City Council on Dec. 8 formally adopted the city’s first biennial budget, setting in place a $70 million municipal spending plan for 2009-2010.
Proposed by the administration and passed by council with — according to several sources — minimal changes, the budget includes general-fund expenditures of $20.7 million.
The general fund pays for the routine operation of the city, including items such as salaries and public safety.
As they talked about the newly adopted spending plan, several officials, including Mayor David Baker, first stressed the importance of this being Kenmore’s first two-year budget.
According to City Manager Frederick Stouder, Kenmore is following a general trend in passing a biennial budget as opposed to the one-year plans put together locally in the past.
“It just makes sense from a forecasting aspect,” Stouder said recently.
In more general terms, Stouder said he always has proposed conservative budgets throughout his career in municipal government.
“This is a conservative budget, probably even more conservative than most,” he added.
Both Stouder and Assistant City Manager Nancy Ousley have talked about Kenmore being largely a contract city in terms of most of its operations. The city only has roughly 22 full-time employees, contracting out for many of the services it offers, from trash collection to police. With the national economy in a much-talked about free-fall, Stouder said Kenmore will be monitoring its revenues closely, with an eye toward adjusting its service contracts as needed.
For example, he said officials could decide certain work, say a traffic study on a specific street, just will have to wait a while.
Stouder added he expects the national economy to experience a roughly three- to five-year downturn.
“I think we’re prepared for that,” he said.
Dec 28 2008
Dec 22 2008, 1:24 PM · UPDATED
Bastyr University has announced the founding of the Bastyr Integrative Oncology Clinic.
The clinic is being made possible through a grant from Cleavage Creek Cellars, which contributes 10 percent of the profits from its wine sales to fight breast cancer. Overall, Cleavage Creek has donated $20,000 toward the clinic and has pledged to give an additional $20,000 in 2009.
The clinic is slated to open on the Bastyr campus in Kenmore in February 2009.
More on Bastyr’s new oncology clinic
Dec 26 2008
By TOM CORRIGAN
Bothell Reporter Reporter
Dec 22 2008, 1:23 PM · UPDATED
‘This thing was ready to roll,’ director says
Are plans for a new Kenmore library on hold, possibly until 2011?
Bill Ptacek, director of the King County Library System, said the future of the new library planned for 6531 N.E. 181st St. may depend entirely on the plans of the United States Post Office.
Dec 24 2008
As cold and snowy as it is today on December 24th, 2008 it might be not all that hard to believe that in the last Ice Age (about 15,000 years ago) Kenmore and the whole Puget Sound region were covered by glaciers.
Just for fun, what do you think is the correct answer to:
How deep were the glaciers that covered the Kenmore area about 15,000 years ago?
A. about 10 feet
B. about 100 feet
C. about 1000 feet
D. about a mile
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Thanks to the Kenmore Heritage Society for their history questions. The answers can be found on the Kenmore History Path at Log Boom Park and in Kenmore’s History Book: “Kenmore by the Lake”.
Merry Christmas!
Dec 23 2008
Kenmore, Wash. – The City of Kenmore public works crews continue their 24-hour response with the deployment of snow plows and sanding operations. No roads are closed at this time. All building inspections have been cancelled and will be rescheduled to Monday, December 29, if road conditions permit.
The public works crews, which support both Kenmore and Lake Forest Park, have been working non-stop around the clock, in two 12-hour shifts since Saturday, December 13. Vacations and approved leave time have been cancelled during this time in order to address this storm. Crews will continue to work until roads are clear.
The City is sensitive to the needs of our citizens, and takes your concerns and calls very seriously. We are doing everything we can to make as many of our roads and streets as safe as possible. Thank you for your continued patience during this time.
Source: City of Kenmore press release by Leslie Harris
Dec 23 2008
A meeting with King County Library Director Bill Ptacek scheduled for 6:30pm tonight has been cancelled because of the snowy conditions. Mr. Ptacek was to provide an update on the status of the new library to be built in Kenmore in light of the Post Office indicating they do not want to relocate prior to their lease expiring in 2010.
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