Kent Reporter, June 05, 2015

Kentridge High’s Tanner Conner points to the sky after fi nishing the 110-meter high hurdles race at the state 4A track and fi eld meet at Tacoma’s Mount Tahoma High School last weekend. Gonzaga Prep’s Nick Johnson edged Conner for the win. Conner also took second in the 300 intermediate hurdles. Story, page 8. RACHEL CIAMPI, Reporter

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Aft er hearing about and discussing rioting and looting in Baltimore last month, students in Carlos Adams’ Race and Ethnicity in the Pacifi c class at Green River College decided to take action.

Th ey hosted a Black Lives Matter rally on the college’s main campus Monday.

Th e unrest in Baltimore followed the death of Freddie Gray, a young black man who died of a spinal cord

injury in police custody. His death comes in the midst of several un-armed black men killed by police across the country over the past year.

“I asked the question, “Could (a situation similar to Baltimore) happen here?’” Adams said of the discussion in his class. “Th e students all felt it could.”

Th e students discussed what they could do about the situation.

“We all agreed, ‘Yes, we want to do something about it,’” said Keith Beasley, a student in Adams’ class who helped organize the rally.

Adams was pleased the students took leadership of the rally.

“It is neat,” he said. “Most have never done this before. … To watch them do it on their own, I haven’t felt this good about something in a long time.”

Beasley and other participants in the rally recruited passersby to sign a petition, asking the college to implement training programs for its security personnel and nearby fi rst responders and civil servants.

Class discussion prompts Black Lives Matter rally at Green River College

Mick Kelly’s Irish Pub set to close in late June

Green River College students and faculty joined together on Monday for a Black Lives Matter rally. HEIDI SANDERS, Kent Reporter[ more RALLY page 10 ]

BY STEVE HUNTER

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No eyes are smiling about the expected closure of Mick Kelly’s Irish Pub & Restaurant in Kent.

“It’s not by our choice,” owner Mick Purdy said about the June 30 expiration of a fi ve-year lease he signed in 2010 with the city of Kent to run the restaurant at the city-owned Riverbend Golf Complex.

But a late development this week might give Purdy a chance to keep the restaurant going. Purdy said on Wednesday that Mayor Suzette Cooke has agreed to a meeting on Friday to discuss possible ways to keep Mick Kelly’s operating.

“If a solution can be hammered out, I want to do that,” Purdy said. “I talked to the mayor about a resolution and she said let’s get together. It’s a positive sign.”

City staff has notifi ed Purdy that Kent won’t

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Detectives from the King County Sheriff ’s Offi ce continue to investigate what is believed to be human remains found the evening of May 27 near the 24900 block of Frager Road South in unincorporated Kent.[ more REMAINS page 16 ]

Detectives find possible human remains in Kent

Investigation continues in death of K-M studentBY STEVE HUNTER

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A Kent-Meridian High student could still face charges in connection with a March 31 vehicle accident that resulted in the death of Lupo Benson, 18, a senior at the school.

“We haven’t made a charging decision,” said Dan Donohoe, spokes-man for the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Offi ce in a Monday email, about the student driving the car when Benson fell off the hood. “Th e case is still under review.”

Kent Police spokes-man Melanie Robinson confi rmed that accident investigators turned the case over to prosecutors.

Benson died on April 1 from injuries he suff ered falling off the hood of a car in the school’s parking lot shortly aft er school let out on March 31.

“(Benson) was riding on the hood of the vehicle and was thrown from the vehicle when the vehicle made a sharp turn while in the school parking lot,” according to a Kent Police media release.[ more BENSON page 10 ]

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From top: A girl from the Northwest Culture Foundation performs a Korean dance.

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Teachers in the Kent School District will wave signs aft er school on Monday to show their frustration with the state Legislature over lack of funding for education and class size.

Th e sign waving will be from about 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at six locations throughout the district:

• Kent-Meridian High School, 10020 SE 256th St., Kent

• Cedar Heights Middle School, 19640 SE 272nd St., Covington

• Mill Creek Middle School, 620 N. Central Ave, Kent

• Intersection of 208th and 108th in Kent

• Roundabout at 256th and 164th near Kentwood High School in Covington

• Intersection of Petrovitsky and 140th in Fairwood

Th e association had considered taking part in a one-day walkout, like more than 60 education associations throughout the state have, but mem-bers voted last week to host activities that would not impact families and students or extend the school year.

Kent teachers to wave signs Monday

Th e seventh annual Kent International Festival last Saturday gave attendees the chance to experi-ence cultures from around the world without leaving the ShoWare Center.

Th e festival featured music, singing, dancing and other cultural presentation on three stages. Local restaurants sold a variety of international dishes.

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Marlene Helmbrecht rides in the sidecar of a motorcycle during the opening lap of Kent’s Relay of Life last Friday night at French Field. Helmbrecht, who is undergoing cancer treatment, was one of more than 50 cancer survivors to participate in the 17th annual event. Alex Ponto, who represented youth cancer survivors, rode on the back of the motorcycle. Organizers said that 394 people took part in this year’s relay, raising nearly $66,000 so far. In its 17 years, the Kent Relay for Life has brought in $2.5 million to help in the fi ght against cancer. HEIDI SANDERS, Kent Reporter

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Gov. Jay Inslee didn’t hes-itate to borrow a line from sausage maker Art Oberto during a visit to Kent to promote passage of a major transportation package by the Legislature.

“I heard him say you want to get a return on your investment and when you invest in transportation you don’t spend money you invest money in your future,” Inslee said at a May 28 press conference outside of the Oberto headquarters in Kent. “Art Oberto understands sausage and he understands transportation. He’s right; we need an investment in our

future in transportation.”Art Oberto joined South

King County business lead-ers and elected offi cials at a 20-minute roundtable with Inslee inside an Oberto conference room prior to

the press conference. Local leaders want adoption of the transportation package because it includes funds to complete State Route 509 from South 188th Street in SeaTac to Interstate 5 in Kent that would improve freight mobility.

“I tell you one thing, governments spend a lot of money but this is not an expenditure it’s an invest-ment,” Art Oberto, 87, told the governor. “And if the government spends money on investments it will pay dividends forever. If you spend money you’ve got to get some value out of it. Th is could have resid-ual value, this is defi nitely

something that will have residual value.”

Th e Senate and House, now in second special ses-sion, must agree on an oper-ating budget before coming to terms on a transportation budget, Inslee said.

“I hope you will all urge legislators to put their compromising hats and consensus-building leadership hats on rather than their chest-beating hats,” Inslee said. “Th is is a moment for agreement and compromise rather than blowing the bugles of partisanship. When we do that then we can get to the transportation budget.”

Th e Senate has approved

a $15 billion transporta-tion package that includes a 11.7-cent state gas tax increase over the next three years. Th e increase would be phased in with a 5-cent jump this year, a 4.2-cent increase in 2016 and a fi nal 2.5-cent jump in 2017.

Kent is the fourth largest distribution and manufac-turing center in the United States so the importance to complete Highway 167 (also part of the transporta-tion package) in Puyallup and Tacoma to connect with the Port of Tacoma and fi nish Highway 509 to connect to the Port of Seattle means a lot to busi-nesses.

Gov. Jay Inslee talks about the need for more money for roads during a visit last week to the Oberto’s headquarters in Kent. STEVE HUNTER, Kent Reporter

Inslee pumps up transportation package

Brandau drops from council raceBY STEVE HUNTER

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It turned out to be a short Kent City Council campaign for candidate Rich Brandau.

Brandau said on Monday he has pulled out of the race against Bailey Stober, Hira Singh Bhullar and Tina Budell for “personal reasons.” Brandau’s name will still appear on the Aug. 4 primary ballot because he missed the King County Elections deadline to withdraw.

“I don’t intend to campaign,” Brandau said in an email when asked about his reasons for no longer running for the seat currently held by Deborah Ranniger, who decided not to seek re-election.

Th e two candidates with the most votes in the primary advance to the Nov. 3 general election.

Brandau is retired and has lived in Kent for 20 years. He served 22 years in the Air Force as a navigator, a command and control duty controller and a contract division chief before retiring as a lieutenant colonel. His contract division helped manage $4 billion in contracts.

Aft er retiring from the Air Force, he was hired by Boeing in the marketing department for proposal development and moved to Kent in 1995. He later joined a consulting fi rm and has 14 years of business management experience.

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extend the lease because he is behind in lease and utility payments to the city, which led to a breach of the con-tract. Purdy said he tried to work out a compromise with city staff over the debt, but no agreement could be reached.

Parks Director Jeff Watling, who helps oversee operations of the golf com-plex, told the City Council’s Parks, Recreation and Community Services Com-mittee on May 28 that the lease wouldn’t be renewed.

“Struggles from the tenant began to show themselves pretty early on,”

Watling said. “We had a situation where they were in breach of contract in April 2011. At that time, we worked with legal (staff) and the tenant and negoti-ated a plan to cure that lease. … Struggles contin-ued to April of last year, and we notified the tenant they were in breach again in owing a significant amount of money ($86,000) to the city and not stating a plan that they had in place to addressing that.

“We spent a lot of time through last spring and summer to cure that breach,” Watling said. “We spent a lot of time about costs and shares of costs

and the city provided a sig-nificant amount of credits (in connection with the water drainage fund) to the tenant.”

As of May 30, the restau-rant owed $78,336 to the city in delinquent lease and utili-ties, Watling said on Tuesday.

“Unfortunately, we could not come up with a plan that they were willing to sign. … We reached out to them in February to find out their interest (in extending the lease). At the same time, given all of the parameters, we notified them in February we would not extend the lease. It’s not a matter of kicking them out but more of a decision at this five-year period to extend the lease another five years or let the lease expire.”

Mick Kelly’s signed a contract to pay $3,500 a month to lease the space as well as pay 66 percent of the utility costs for the clubhouse and restaurant. Purdy disputes the utility costs because there is no separate meter for how much of the utilities the restaurant actually uses. He said he pays anywhere from $3,200 to $4,000 a month in utility costs, an amount he

believes is too high for what his business actually uses.

“We can survive if we pay for what we use,” said Purdy, who asked city staff to install separate meters for the restaurant. “We were paying for more (utilities) than we consume.”

Watling said the 66 per-cent payment toward utili-ties was negotiated at the singing of the lease. He said previous restaurant tenants paid as much as 75 percent. The percentage applies to the clubhouse building at the 18-hole course, not the entire golf complex.

“The kitchen, the walk-in fridges and freezer, the restaurant and bar make up a majority of the club-house square footage and consume the highest energy use within the clubhouse,” Watling said in an email. “The tenant knew prior to signing this lease that separate meters did not exist and that the percent-age split was negotiated to a ratio that both parties accepted.”

Purdy said he estimates the restaurant pays about $1,000 more a month in utility costs than what they consume. He said if you add that monthly cost up over five years, it’s about $60,000.

“It’s big government not working with the little guy,” said Purdy, who used to operate an Irish pub in Burien but sold his interest in the restaurant a couple of years ago. That pub closed last month.

Watling said separate

meters were not installed within the clubhouse when it was originally construct-ed and that putting in sepa-rate meters at this time is an expense that Riverbend has not been able to absorb.

Purdy said he proposed to the city about four weeks ago that a portion of each credit card sale at the restaurant would go toward paying his debt and that he’d be willing to go to a month-to-month lease. He said the city told him no deal.

“We, the city administra-tor, the finance director, the city attorney and myself considered it,” Watling said about Purdy’s offer. “For a variety of reasons, includ-ing their historical lack of performance as well as the need to keep our city finance system completely separate from their financial system, we decided it best to stay with the earlier decision to not renew the lease.”

Purdy said he’s lost money each year on the restaurant and bar but expected it to start to make a profit this year.

“It takes about five years to turn a profit,” Purdy said about starting up a new res-taurant. “I spent $125,000 to build this place and my investment is gone. But we have increased sales about 5 to 10 percent each year. I’ve not made a profit. This year I probably would have made a profit. We are at the turning point.”

City staff began a transi-tion plan for the restau-rant earlier this year after notifying Mick Kelly’s its lease wouldn’t be extended. Watling said the city hired Kirkland-based Restaurant Group, Inc., as a consultant to look at the restaurant model at Riverbend and whether the space should be resized to better fit the needs of a long-term tenant with an interior modification.

The consultant contract will cost the city $20,850 with the goal of a new negotiated lease by late fall, Watling said. The consul-

tant will market the prop-erty to help the city find a new operator and receive $15,000 of the fee when a new lease agreement is reached.

Meanwhile, Watling said the city is close to signing a deal with a concessionaire to operate a portable grill on the restaurant patio this summer and fall so golfers still have access to food un-til a new restaurant opens.

Councilman Dennis Hig-gins didn’t want to see Mick Kelly’s go but understands the city’s stance about the contract and a lack of pay-ments by the restaurant operators.

“There is a long tortured history here that needs to be part of the whole story,” Higgins said at the parks committee meeting. “I’ve enjoyed my times down at Mick Kelly’s, and there’s been quite a few of them the past five years. I really regret that forever what rea-son that it didn’t work. They have been in contact with council members asking us to ask questions, which we have done. We have asked parks staff to respond to some of their comments and questions and parks staff has done so.

“I really regret that they are going to be leaving. I really hope this right-sizing is done in a way that we don’t have to do this every few years.”

Higgins said it isn’t the council’s role to step into the dispute between city staff and restaurant owners at Riverbend.

“We don’t as council members have the ability or the desire to micro-manage what you are doing there,” Higgins said. “When you lay out contract stipula-tions and say these were breached that’s information about the way it is.”

Councilwoman Brenda Fincher said the ending of the lease makes sense.

“The rates that were in place were negotiated by both sides,” Fincher said.

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?Question of the week:“Should the city ex tend the lease with Mick Kelly ’s Irish Pub?”

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Tragedy emphasizes need to invest in mental health

Last Friday, aft er another day working on the state budget, I needed to leave a little early to get to a meeting at my daughter’s high school at 5 p.m.

I decided to take I-5 instead of SR-512 because I thought it might be a little faster. I was wrong.

Traffi c grounded to a halt. Police and State Patrol cars sped by, indicating a problem up ahead. I fi nally made it to a sign that said there was police activity ahead and that the three left lanes were closed. I thought it was

odd that it referred to “police activity” rather than an accident. But I was frustrated at the delay, and worried I would not make it to the meeting.

An hour or so later, I fi nally made it to the

site of the activity just south of the Tacoma Mall. I saw a single car in the middle of the highway with the roof caved in and the hood damaged. It seemed as though something had fallen on top of it rather than it being involved in an accident with another car.

I didn’t think much about the incident that weekend, but when I got back on I-5 Monday and drove by the scene, it made me think about what might have happened. I asked around and learned that a middle school student had jumped off the overpass into the traffi c, taking her own life – a tragedy that shook me then and remains with me still.

I’ve driven by that sight now a few more times, and I can’t help but think about what I could have done to prevent this horrifi c event. What if we invested more funding in mental health so this young woman had better access to help? What if we invested more in our school system so that there were trained school employees who could better recognize students in trouble and get them the help they need?

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Good program, wrong person

Th e 20K management benefi ts program cash payout could better serve procure-ment of school supplies, road repair and sidewalk improve-ment within the city of Kent.

Th e mayor should be embar-rassed to even think about cashing that $20,000 check at the end of her term.

My recommendation would be to have Suzette Cooke pay the city $20,000 at the end of her mayoral term for the privilege of serving the citizens of Kent.

Aft er all, when was the last time she actually paid prop-erty taxes in Kent? Knowing Suzette Cooke, she’ll take the money and run.– Susan St. Clair

Don’t reward the mayor

We were extremely dis-mayed to see Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke receiving a $20,000 cash windfall (tax-payer money) when her term ends.

Apparently, a “management benefi t program” was done in back room meetings unknown to taxpayers some time ago.

Th ey say it is because the mayor is exempt from getting overtime pay. Does the mayor ever work overtime? Does she work less than 40 hours a week sometimes? How do we know? Being single, she should be

living well on $102,000 a year, plus medical, dental and vision paid for by our money.

Recently, the mayor pro-posed raising vehicle license fee tabs to cover fi xing roads. Th at boondoggle, the ShoWare Center, is losing money every month.

Something is really wrong here. She should not accept that $20,000. Why couldn’t that money be used to fi x potholes on Southeast 208th Street, part of Highway 167, or another road?

Mayors and management have more than enough taxpayer benefi ts. I say abolish this “program” immediately.

Th en we are told Mayor Cooke's salary is less than comparable nearby cities. What? Maybe those cities should reduce their mayor’s salaries to be in line with Kent.

We are sick and tired of

these elected politicians serv-ing their interests fi rst, when things in our city need fi xing.

We used to like Mayor Cooke in the past, but we are now seeing her true colors. She intends to take care of herself fi rst before the needs of Kent citizens.

If her salary – and those of other Kent city managers – and benefi ts were cut back, and the management benefi ts program were abolished, we could still attract qualifi ed mayoral candidates.

Put the money to useful city needs, and not in the politi-cians’ large pockets.– Richard Schurk

Playing games with our taxes

Again, Don Brunnell is right on target (“People in glass houses”, May 22, Kent Report-er). It is inconceivable to me that politicians don’t under-stand that businesses do not pay taxes, people do. Th us, the political leaders in both parties are responsible for forcing mil-lions of jobs overseas.

We have the highest corpo-rate tax rate in the world. Is it any wonder that most products in America say made in China.

Politicians play the bait-and-switch game as well. Recently there was a battle in the City Council and with the mayor over business and occupation tax passed with a promise to

RESIDENTS can learn about how to make their neigh-borhoods safer during a community meeting with the Kent Police Department at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 10, at Sunnycrest Elementary School, 24629 42nd Ave. S.

The focus is to bring police leadership and community members together to address crime concerns and intro-duce resources that police can provide to assist residents in making their neighborhoods safer and more secure, according to a police media release.

This will be a great opportunity to talk to Kent Police Chief Ken Thomas, command staff and other personnel about crime trends, prevention and department pro-grams. Staff also will present information about its fair and impartial police training that employees will attend this year.

For additional information, go to kentwa.gov/police.


ASSESSMENT INSTALLMENT NOTICELOCAL IMPROVEMENT

DISTRICT #362CITY OF KENT

For construction of improvements along East Valley High- way (84th Avenue South) from SR 167 to South 212th Street as provided by Ordinance No. 3833. Notice is hereby given that the fourth (4th) installment of the assessment levied for the above named improvement, comprising Local Improvement District No. 362 under Ordinance No. 3997, is now due and payable and unless payment is made on or before June 10, 2015, said installment will be delinquent, will

(9.5) percent added, and the collection of such delinquent installment will be enforced in the manner prescribed by law.Dated this 10th day of May 2015.

Aaron BeMillerFinance DirectorCity of Kent, Washington

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Kent Planning Services, 400 W. Gowe Street, Kent, WA.DATE OF NOTICE OF APPLICATION: June 5, 2015APPLICATION NAME/NUMBER: MAPLEWOOD SHORT PLATSP-2015-4/RPSS-2151816

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The applicant proposes to subdivide a 1.43 acre parcel into two single family residential lots. The subject property is vacant land, and both lots will has access via an access easement through the property to the east (21217 97th Place SE), connecting to 97th Place SE. The project site is located at West of 21217 97th

County parcel number 0722059112, and is zoned SR-8, Single-Family Residential.OTHER PERMITS AND PLANS WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED: Civil Construction Permit, Final Short PlatPUBLIC COMENT PERIOD: June 5, 2015 to June 19, 2015All persons may comment on this application. Comments must be in writing and received in Kent Planning Services by 4:30 P.M., Friday, June 19, 2015, at 220 Fourth Avenue S, Kent WA 98032. For questions regarding this project, please call Katie Graves, Kent Planning Services, at (253) 856-5454.Published in the Kent Reporter on June 5, 2015. #1333125.

Kent School District No. 415Notice of Hearing -- Potential

Sale of Real Property Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of Kent School District No. 415 will meet on June 24, 2015 at 7:00 p.m., in a regularly-scheduled board meeting, in the board room of Kent School District Adminis- tration Building, 12033 SE 256th St., Kent, WA to conduct a hearing on the propriety/advisability

of selling the real property listed below, and to take action to au- thorize the sale. Any person may appear there and be heard for or against the proposed sale. Any questions may be directed to Dr. Richard Stedry, Chief Business

Approximately 4.5 acres +/- of the southwest portion of the property commonly known as Pine Tree Elementary School, 27825 118th Avenue SE, Kent, WA. The acreage under consid-eration for sale is legally de- scribed as: THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF THE WEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4, AND THE SOUTH 264 FEET OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTH- WEST 1/4 OF THE NORTH- WEST 1/4, ALL IN SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 22 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST, W.M., KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON, MORE PARTICULARLY DE- SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE WEST 1/4 CORNER OF SAID SEC- TION 33, THENCE ALONG THE WEST LINE THEREOF, NORTH 0°56’47” EAST 856.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 32°39’40” EAST 379.50 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 10°23’45” EAST 278.27 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 33°31’27” EAST 296.49 FEET MORE OR LESS TO A POINT 23.50 FEET NORTHERLY OF, AS MEAS- URED PERPENDICULAR TO THE EAST-WEST CENTER OF SECTION LINE; THENCE PARALLEL WITH SAID EAST-WEST LINE, SOUTH

88°56’32” EAST 196.64 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE WESTERLY MARGIN OF 118TH AVENUE SOUTH- EAST; THENCE ALONG SAID WESTERLY MARGIN, SOUTH 0°57’42” WEST 23.50 FEET MORE OR LESS TO A POINT ON SAID EAST-WEST LINE WHICH BEARS SOUTH 88°56’32” EAST FROM THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE ALONG SAID EAST- WEST LINE, NORTH 88°56’32” WEST 629.23 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BE- GINNING.Contains 197,809 +/- square feetA portion of Tax Parcel No. 332205-9125. Published in the Kent Reporter on June 5, 2015 and June 12, 2015. #1333133.

CITY OF KENTNOTICE OF ORDINANCES

PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL

The following is a summary of the ordinances adopted by the Kent City Council on June 2, 2015:ORDINANCE NO. 4153 - AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, amending Kent City Code Section 12.14.060 to annu- ally adjust fees based on the Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index.ORDINANCE NO. 4154 - AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, amending Chapter 2.30 of the Kent City Code, enti- tled “Economic and Community Development Department.”ORDINANCE NO. 4155 - AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, amending Chapter 1.05 of the Kent City Code, enti-

tled “Public Records,” to convert the City’s provisions regarding submittal and response to re- quests for public records under the Public Records Act from code to policy to allow for more timely revision in response to changes in the law. These ordinances will take effect thirty (30) days from the date of passage and publication, unless subjected to referendum or vetoed by the Mayor, or unless otherwise noted. A copy of the complete text of any ordinance will be mailed upon request of the City Clerk.

Ronald F. Moore, MMC, City Clerk

Published in the Kent Reporter on June 5, 2015. #1343875.

2015-0202METROPOLITAN KING

COUNTY COUNCILNOTICE OF HEARING

Proposed Ordinance 2015-0202 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Notice of Intention has

Council relating to the annexation of approximately 15 acres of land into the Midway sewer district, known as the Argus annexation, for the purpose of sewer service. A public hearing before the Metropolitan King County Council is to be held in Room 1001, King County Court- house, on Monday, June 15, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. A description of the proposed area to be annexed is as follows: The East half of the Northeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 21, Township 22 North, Range 4 E, W.M. AND That portion of the West half of the Northeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of the North-

east quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 21, Township 22 North, Range 4 East, W.M., lying westerly of primary state highway No 1 (I-5) as condemned in King Co Superior Court Case No 535009 by decree entered 22 July 1959, E x c e p t that portion relinquished to King County per Recording No. 8505070897 AND That portion of West half of the Southwest quarter of Section 15, Township 22 North, Range 4 East, W.M., lying westerly of Primary State Highway No 1 (I-5) as condemned in in King Co Superior Court Case No 535009 by decree entered 22 July 1959, Except that portion relinquished to King County per Recording No. 8505070897. Containing 15.54 acres, more or less. Situate in the City of Kent, King County, Washington. A copy of Proposed Ordinance 2015-0202 will be mailed upon request of the Clerk of the Coun- cil, Room 1200, King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, Seattle, Washington, 98104, tele- phone 206-477-1020. This legis- lation is also available on the Internet at http://mkcclegisearch. kingcounty.gov/LegislationD e t a i l . a s p x ? I D = 2 2 8 6 1 9 6 & GUID=6A644F0D-D226-4C7 E-A4E3-99FC0A515ABC&Options=ID|Text|&Search=2015-0202 Dated at Seattle, Washington this 29th day of May, 2015

Metropolitan King County CouncilKing County, WashingtonAnne NorisClerk of the Council

Published in the Kent Reporter on May 29, 2015 and June 5, 2015. #1327277.

PUBLIC NOTICES

There is nothing I or anyone can do to bring this young woman back. I did not know her, but I do know there are many like her who need our help.

As a legislator, I am focused even more on the needs in our community and the investments we need to make in education and mental health. As we

finalize the state’s operating budget, I hope and pray it provides the level of resources necessary to prevent the next tragedy from happening. I will do all I can to accomplish this goal.

As the father of three daughters, in-cluding two teenagers, I can’t imagine the pain this young woman’s family is facing. But it did drive home the fact that the state budget isn’t just columns

of numbers. The decisions we make truly impact the lives of the people we represent.

We can make the right choices to help troubled teenagers and others so that, hopefully, no other family will face such a devastating loss.

Rep. Pat Sullivan, D-Covington(47th Legislative District), is Washington State House Majority Leader. Reach him at 360-786-7858 or [email protected].

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spend it all on transportation im-provements. However, the mayor and a couple of council members wanted to divert some of the money to a different use. That is a gross lack of integrity on the part of our political leaders. We, the voters, are at a loss on who to believe when campaigns are in progress.

If all local, state and federal busi-ness/corporate taxes were eliminated, millions of jobs would flow into the United States. The manufacturing jobs would be higher paying than the ser-vice industry jobs, and the revenues to every level of government would increase.– Bill Malinski

ShoWare’s financial problems

In a mere 3½ years, in 2019, a financial tsunami will engulf the city of Kent and not a single taxpayer will escape its affect.

A Washington state audit pub-

lished Jan. 15, 2015, of the city of Kent Events Center, Public Facilities District (ShoWare Center), calender year 2013, has completely laid bare the extent of this time bomb.

In August 2007, Mayor Suzette Cooke and the City Council formed a Public Facilities District (PFD) for the purpose of providing financing (bond issue), design and construction. In January 2008, the city also entered into a contingent loan and support agreement with the PFD. Per the au-dit, “The city has irrevocably pledged its full faith, credit and resources for making contingent loan payments to the PFD as required in order for the PFD to meet debt service require-ments on the bonds to the extent the PFD sales tax revenues are not suf-ficient for that purpose.”

In other words, the taxpayer is liable for any shortfall in the debt service payments. Through December 2013, the taxpayers have loaned a cumulative amount of $15.4 million to the PFD. Per the ShoWare operating fund financials published by the Kent City Council Oct. 7, 2014, the total annual support was $4.8 million for

2014 alone. Per the audit, “To date, no repayments have been made on these loans, and it is deemed unlikely that future district revenues will be avail-able for this purpose. Therefore, no schedule has been set for the repay-ment of these loans.”

Debt Service payments 2015 through 2018 average $3.9 million on the bonded debt alone with the taxpayer getting hammered, at present trend, for 80 percent of those pay-ments. In a mere three years 2019-2023, debt service jumps to $21.9 million per year; in 2024-2028, $24.6 million and in 2029-2033, $25.7 mil-lion per year.

After the ShoWare was built, the city transferred the center to the asset side of the city of Kent leaving the Public Facilities District with total assets of $1 million and liabilities of $73 million. Per the audit, the unpaid loans owed to the city are added to the long-term debt of the PDF.

Short of a way to bankrupt the dis-trict, welcome to the world of hamster wheel finance. – Dale Brantner

[ LETTERS from page 5 ] Chase bank’s downtown Kent branch debuts eATMBY HEIDI SANDERS

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Customers at Chase bank’s downtown Kent branch, 512 W Smith St., can skip the teller line to take care of their banking needs.

The branch recently was retrofitted with two new eATMs during a remodel of the bank’s lobby.

The ATMs feature large touch screens and allow users to perform many tasks that previously re-quired a teller’s assistance, such as printing state-ments. A popular feature is that customers can choose the denomination of bills, including $1 bills, they get when withdraw-ing money instead of just the standard $20 bills dispensed at most ATMs.

Jamie Cecich, Chase bank’s market manager for Washington, said the new machines have been installed in new branches over the past two years and now some branches are getting the machines. Kent is one of the busier locations so it was selected

for the new additions, he said.

“We are investing to bring it to our existing branches and our existing customers,” he said.

Cecich said eATMs use technology that people are accustomed with to help them get their banking done quickly.

“The demand for these kinds of services is grow-ing exponentially,” he said. “We are trying to get ahead of the curve. This is definitely something set-ting us apart a little.”

Branch manager Trish Carter said patrons have taken a liking to the new additions to the bank.

“Customers have fun with it,” she said.

Even older customers, who sometimes are in-timidated by technology, seem to enjoy using the new machines, Carter said

“They have so much confidence after using the machines,” she said

Carter said when customers come into the branch, tellers will show them how to use the new ATMs.

“Our primary goal since we added these is to educate our customers,” she said.

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Kentridge High’s Tan-ner Conner is bigger and stronger than most of his competitors on the oval.

Th e stout 6-foot-3, 190-pound junior also is deceptively fast for his size, with a good burst of closing speed.

Last Saturday, he needed it.

Conner overcame a slow start, chased down Mount Rainier sophomore Aiden Bosco, but settled second in the 300-meter intermedi-ate hurdles fi nal at the state 4A track and fi eld meet at Tacoma’s Mount Tahoma High School.

Bosco covered the distance in 37.85 seconds. Conner, who entered the meet with the state 4A’s fi ft h-best time, followed in 38.68.

“Steps? I had to stretch to get to the second and third hurdle, so it slowed me down, broke my stride,” Conner said aft erward. “But it really wasn’t an is-sue. Otherwise, I got back on track. I almost got him.

It was close.“I’m just glad I caught

up to him. Aiden is really good.”

Last Friday, Conner battled Gonzaga Prep’s Nick Johnson and fi nished second in the fi nals of the 110-meter high hurdles. Johnson, a junior, posted a 14.19 to Conner’s 14.30.

Conner, a three-sport athlete with room to grow,

was pleased but not satis-fi ed with the results.

“I wanted to be state champion, but Nick John-son barely got me,” he said. “Aiden got me (in the 300) so I’m second again.”

For his fi rst trip to state, Conner learned a few things. He vows to be back, better than ever, for next spring’s test. No doubt, he will see some familiar foes.

His goals? To break the 14- and 38-second barriers in his two specialties.

“You have to really focus here,” he said of the state showcase. “You can’t get fl ustered when things don’t go your way.”

Conner later joined the state-placing 400 relay team. He also fi nished seventh in the long jump fi nals with a leap of 21 feet, 8¾ inches.

Settling for second

Kentwood featured one of the most consistent sprint re-lay teams around this season. Th e Conquerors brought the state’s second-fastest time (42.07) to the 4A showdown last weekend.

Th ey didn’t disappoint.Th e 400-meter relay four-

some of Conner Benson, Brandon Stribling, Kaleb Swain and Bailey Paladin took second in last Satur-day’s fi nal, stopping the clock at a sizzling 41.84, just shy at the wire to Graham-Kapowsin (41.75).

“Personally they were good handoff s,” said Pala-din, the senior anchor. “We just ran our race. … Sure, we wanted to get fi rst, but we’re happy.”

Added Stribling: “It could have been faster, but it’s still a pretty solid run.”

Paladin and Stribling stayed busy last Saturday, picking up team points in the sprints. Paladin added a pair of sevenths in the 100 (11.09) and 200 (22.6), while Stribling was eighth (11.29) in the 100.

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Grabbing gold

Kentwood’s Stribling and Brittany Woke saved their bests for last, leaping to long jump titles.

Stribling, a senior, admit-ted he was having a “so-so” meet until he sprung a mark of 23 feet and three-quarter inch to deny Fed-eral Way’s heralded Chico McClatcher for the win.

McClatcher, bound for the University of Washing-ton on a football scholar-ship, went 22-5½.

Stribling entered the meet with the state’s top mark at 23-9½.

Woke, meanwhile, jumped a personal-best 18-0¼ to capture the crown.

Woke added a third place in the triple jump fi nal with a mark of 38-7¼, another personal best.

Running into a slight headwind, Woke main-tained her speed and her poise to surprise the long jump fi eld. She entered the meet with the state’s ninth-best eff ort, so seizing the win even surprised her.

“To be able to jump that much with the head wind is amazing,” said Woke, a junior. “I really didn’t notice (the wind), honestly.”

Woke credited the support of her coaches, namely head coach Steve Roche and her jump specialist coach James Goodlow in making the necessary adjustments.

“It hasn’t really hit me,” Woke said of being a state champion. “Aft er everyone had left , I was still waiting on the last jumpers, just to make sure that there were no more competitors.”

Woke is looking forward to next spring when she aims to break the school record in the long jump at 19-1.

“I have a foot to go, but I think I can get there,” she said.

Grabbing silver

A confi dent Jahleel Smith peaked at the right hour.

Th e Kent-Meridian senior,

the West Central District champion, climbed a person-al-best 14-9 to fi nish second in the pole vault fi nal.

Richland’s Larry Still topped the fi eld with a vault of 15-6.

Smith’s district rival, Kentridge’s Jake Philpott, fi nished a solid fourth with a vault of 14-0.

Good hops

Kent schools shined in the high jump.

Kentlake junior Avalyne Peters cleared 5-2 to fi nish sixth in the fi nal. Kent-Me-ridian’s Keeley Phommathi-rath, the district champion, matched a personal-best height of 5-2 and settled for seventh. Phommathirath’s teammate, Bri Kamran, was 11th, clearing 5-0.

“It’s competitive here. You really have to push yourself because all these girls are re-ally good,” Phommathirath, a junior who picked up the event at midseason. “Th ey’re the best in the state. It’s a pleasure have the opportu-nity to run here. I felt good in what I did, but I know I can do better.”

For Kamran, only a freshman, it was a learning experience.

“Pressure really changes

the outcome,” she said of the competition. “You need to perform under pressure.”

Elsewhere

Phommathirath an-chored the young Royals’ fi ft h-place fi nish in the 400 relay fi nal, stopping the clock in 48.85. Th e group included freshman Jaleesa Taylor, sophomore Caila Tongco and junior Ashlei Robinson. … Tongco earlier shined with a sixth in the 100 hurdles (15.01). … Conner joined Miguel Punsalan, Sam Mullins and Cannon Sires in fi nish-ing sixth in the 400 relay (43.07). … Th e Kentwood girls 400 relay of Malea Mu-noz, Amari Leander, Zaria Jones and Bebe Th omas was eighth (49.7). … K-M’s Nate Barton was eighth in

the 400 fi nals (49.98). … Kentlake’s Lizzy Reich-linger climbed 11-6 to fi n-ish fourth in the girls pole vault. … In team scores, South Kitsap (boys) and Issaquah (girls) won titles. Th e Kentridge and Kent-wood boys fi nished seventh and ninth, respectively.

Kentwood’s Brittany Woke leaps to the Class 4A state title in the long jump last weekend at Mount Tahoma High in Tacoma. Woke won with a personal-best mark of just more than 18 feet. She also added a third-place fi nish in the triple jump. RACHEL CIAMPI, Reporter

[ STATE from page 8 ] Bear Run and Walk coming up in Maple Valley

Runners can sign up for the 32nd annual Bear Run and Walk set for Sunday, June 14 at Lake Wilderness in Maple Valley.

The 5K run is part of the South King Challenge fi ve-event race series, including the Kent Cornucopia Days Run on July 11 as well as races in Covington, Auburn and Federal Way.

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In a similar case in 2013 in Salem, Ore., a 16-year girl was convicted in 2014 of crimi-nally negligent homicide in Marion County after she drove a car into a store parking lot that resulted in the death of a 17-year-old

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“I like the idea that they are going to hold the campus accountable,” Adams said.

Students and faculty of all ethnicities and back-grounds were encouraged to sign the petition and join the rally.

“This is a human thing, not a race thing,” he said.

Halfway through the hour-long rally, about 50 students and faculty linked

arms to form a circle in Kennelly Commons outside the Lindbloom Student Center, chanting “together we can.” Several students spoke to the group who had gathered.

The number of people who signed the petition and took part in the rally impressed Beasley.

“I’m very pleased with those that are not afraid,” he said. “We ain’t hiding from no one.”

Johnson hopes the rally raises awareness of minori-ties on campus.

“I want people on my campus to see we are here and we exist, whether they know our names or not,” she said.

Beasley doesn’t know if the students will hold other events in the future.

Students also sold Black Lives Matter T-shirts during the rally, with proceeds ben-efiting a scholarship fund.

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Detectives responded to a suspicious circumstance call after passersby spotted the remains at about 5 p.m. along the road near the Green River, said Sgt. Stan Seo, spokesman for the Sheriff ’s Office.

“They found what appeared to be human remains,” Seo said. “We

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over to the King County Medi-cal Examiner’s Office to confirm whether they are human. Seo said it could take several days before the medical examiner makes a ruling. As of Tuesday, the medical examiner had yet to identify the remains.

The remains were found in a

vacant lot, about one-half mile south of the Old Fishing Hole Park and across from the River-bend Golf Complex as well as the popular Green River Trail.

“I don’t know the condition of the remains,” Seo said when asked for more details about how long the bones might have been there.

A nearby neighbor contacted the Kent Reporter and noted that

as many as 17 police vehicles were in the area on May 27, and that police had taped off Frager Road as well as a portion of the wooded area near the river. He said he often takes walks with his wife and baby along the trail.

“Did they find a transient’s body or should I be more con-cerned?” he said.

A reader posted on the Kent

Reporter website and his Face-book page that he found the body in a big suitcase.

Seo declined to answer any questions about the body possibly being found in a suitcase. He said no details about the case would be released until the medical examiner’s office determines if the remains are human and if so, what the cause of death might be.

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