And now it will be up to the voters. e City Council on Dec. 14 unanimous- ly passed an ordinance placing plans for the Regional Fire Authority on the April ballot, combining the Renton Fire Department and King County Fire District 25 into the Renton regional Fire Authority, complete with it its own ability to control its revenue stream and, perhaps more importantly, to reduce response times across the system. “Ultimately, it’s about protecting people, their property and their lives,” Chief Mark Peterson said during a public hearing. “Without additional funding it’s going to impact the service delivery we’re providing today.” e measure requires a 60 percent ap- proval total across both districts. e City and Council have been working on the plan for about two years. If ap- proved, it will remove the fire department from the city’s control and budget and give the new authority the ability to go directly to voters for revenue. It will also create a new way of funding fire service in the area, changing from a purely assessed value model to one that includes a “fire benefit charge,” based on the size and nature of the structure on a property. e city and fire department also prom- ise that if approved a new fire station in the Kennydale neighborhood would finally be built to help deal with the rising response times in that area. A Regional Fire Authority would also free up city revenues to be used for other needs as the city continues to look for ways to deal with a projected budget gap in 2017. “We will need to manage that gap,” said Administrative Services Administrator Iwen Wang during a presentation that preceded the hearing. Wang and Peterson both highlighted the need for providing the fire department with its own revenue stream by talking about the cuts that have been made over the past several years as the city has dealt with a recession and the effects of Tim Eyman’s voter-approved initiative that capped rev- enue increases at 1 percent, no matter what happens on the expenditure side, where contractual obligations and inflation oſten rise at a faster rate. 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Monson, an eye surgeon, was on vaca- tion last week and the Renton Reporter couldn’t reach him for comment on his intentions before its print deadline this week. But district commissioner Dr. Paul Joos, who is one of Monson’s partners in their medical practice, said in an interview last week that Monson will be sworn in on Jan. 4. Dr. Chris Monson pledged to not accept office, did not file paperwork, but won A changing of the guard BY BRIAN BECKLEY, [email protected]D uring its last meeting of the year on Dec. 14, the Renton City Council bid farewell to two members who are retiring at the end of their current terms. Both Marcie Palmer and Greg Taylor opted not to run for re- election this summer, bringing an end to both of their legislative careers with the city, though both pledged to stay active, but in new roles. “I’m still going to be around!” joked Palmer. “You’re not going to get rid of me that easy!” In lieu of a committee of the whole meeting prior to the final meeting of the year, the council hosted a small reception for the outgoing members, which was attended by family, friends, city staff and current and former council members. Palmer and Taylor were also each presented with a small, glass token of appreciation for their time on the council. Palmer served three terms, Taylor served two. Outgoing Council President Ed Prince thanks each member for their service, saying the council always appreciated Palmer’s tendency to put resident needs at the fore of every move she mad eon the council and praised Taylor’s commitment to openness and transparency. Both of the outgoing members thanks the public for their support and said while neither ever expected to find themselves on the city council, they did their best to make the right decisions, even when they were hard ones. “I appreciate the trust the resident put in me,” [ more HOSPITAL page 3 ] [ more OUTGOING page 3] [ more RRFA page 5 ] Outgoing councilwoman Marcie Palmer shares a joke with a staff member during a reception last week while Greg Taylor, right, displays the gift the council gave each outgoing member. BRIAN BECKLEY, Renton Reporter
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And now it will be up to the voters.The City Council on Dec. 14 unanimous-
ly passed an ordinance placing plans for the Regional Fire Authority on the April ballot, combining the Renton Fire Department and King County Fire District 25 into the Renton regional Fire Authority, complete with it its own ability to control its revenue stream and, perhaps more importantly, to
reduce response times across the system.“Ultimately, it’s about protecting people,
their property and their lives,” Chief Mark Peterson said during a public hearing. “Without additional funding it’s going to impact the service delivery we’re providing today.”
The measure requires a 60 percent ap-proval total across both districts.
The City and Council have been working on the plan for about two years. If ap-proved, it will remove the fire department from the city’s control and budget and give
the new authority the ability to go directly to voters for revenue.
It will also create a new way of funding fire service in the area, changing from a purely assessed value model to one that includes a “fire benefit charge,” based on the size and nature of the structure on a property.
The city and fire department also prom-ise that if approved a new fire station in the Kennydale neighborhood would finally be built to help deal with the rising response times in that area.
A Regional Fire Authority would also free up city revenues to be used for other needs as the city continues to look for ways to deal with a projected budget gap in 2017.
“We will need to manage that gap,” said Administrative Services Administrator Iwen Wang during a presentation that preceded the hearing.
Wang and Peterson both highlighted the need for providing the fire department with its own revenue stream by talking about the cuts that have been made over the past several years as the city has dealt with a recession and the effects of Tim Eyman’s voter-approved initiative that capped rev-enue increases at 1 percent, no matter what happens on the expenditure side, where contractual obligations and inflation often rise at a faster rate.
Dr. Chris Monson, who wrote a letter in June to the Public Disclosure Com-mission that he would not accept the office if elected, will be sworn in as a Public Hospital District No. 1 commis-sioner Jan. 4.
“If elected, I will not accept the office,” he wrote in the June 23 letter.
Monson, an eye surgeon, was on vaca-tion last week and the Renton Reporter couldn’t reach him for comment on his intentions before its print deadline this week.
But district commissioner Dr. Paul Joos, who is one of Monson’s partners in their medical practice, said in an interview last week that Monson will be sworn in on Jan. 4.
Dr. Chris Monson pledged to not accept office, did not file paperwork, but won
During its last meeting of the year on Dec. 14, the Renton City Council bid farewell to two members who are retiring at the end of their current terms.
Both Marcie Palmer and Greg Taylor opted not to run for re-election this summer, bringing an end to both of their legislative careers with the city, though both pledged to stay active, but in new roles.
“I’m still going to be around!” joked Palmer. “You’re not going to get rid of me that easy!”
In lieu of a committee of the whole meeting prior to the final meeting of the year, the council hosted a small reception for the outgoing members, which was attended by family, friends, city staff and current and former council members.
Palmer and Taylor were also each presented with a small, glass token of appreciation for their time on the council. Palmer served three terms, Taylor served two.
Outgoing Council President Ed Prince thanks each member for their service, saying the council always appreciated Palmer’s tendency to put resident needs at the fore of every move she mad eon the council and praised Taylor’s commitment to openness and transparency.
Both of the outgoing members thanks the public for their support and said while neither ever expected to find themselves on the city council, they did their best to make the right decisions, even when they were hard ones.
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Outgoing councilwoman Marcie Palmer shares a joke with
a staff member during a reception last week while Greg Taylor, right, displays the gift the council gave
each outgoing member. BRIAN BECKLEY, Renton Reporter
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Monson beat three-term commissioner Caro-lyn Parnell in the November general election, 65 percent to 35 percent.
Monson and commissioners have been noti-fied of the Jan. 4 meeting; Sandra Sward, the commission’s assistant, said in an interview last week that she hadn’t heard from Monson wheth-er he would or wouldn’t attend the meeting.
Joos said Monson also will take care of PDC requirements for candidates.
The PDC discovered last week after compar-ing the list of election victors from the Secretary of State’s Office against its list of candidates that Monson had never filed any initial paperwork or submitted any financial disclosure forms required of candidates, according to Lori Ander-son, a PDC spokeswoman.
This situation is rare, she said.The fact Monson didn’t register with the PDC
has no bearing on the election results – the commission can’t void an election, she said, as the PDC process is separate from the election process.
But the PDC wants to be notified if Monson is
sworn in on Jan. 4 so that it can begin enforce-ment action against Monson, Anderson said.
The standard fine is $150 for each report that’s not filed before an election, according to Anderson, and he’ll have to file the paperwork and reports he didn’t before the election.
A PDC staff member called Monson’s office on Dec. 17 but didn’t receive a requested return call from Monson, An-derson said.
Monson submitted his letter to the PDC on June 23, too late to have his name removed from the ballot. In the final paragraph of the letter, he wrote that he understood the PDC would take action if he won and took office.
“I have terminated my campaign,” Monson wrote in the letter. “I under-stand that this statement is not an of-ficial withdrawal from the campaign, which can only be done with the ap-propriate elections office, and not with
the Public Disclosure Commission (PDC).He indicated he wouldn’t campaign, solicit or
accept campaign contributions of any kind and will not spend any money, including his own. In doing so, he wrote he understood the PDC will not conduct enforcement “for my failure to file reports required by RCW 42.17A.”
Joos said in the interview Monson initially “got cold feet” but Joos said Monson “wanted to do something good for the community.”
Monson submitted a statement for the voters pamphlet for the election.
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Police and Fire chaplain retires after 17 years of being on call for the worstBY BRIAN BECKLEY,
After 17 years of comforting those in difficult situations, as well as those who are paid to deal with those situation, Renton Police and Fire Chaplain Allan Folmar is calling it a career.
Both Fire Cheif Mark Peterson and Police Chief Kevin Milosevich spoke Dec. 14 in honor of the out going chap-lain, praising both his professionalism and his dedication.
“He serves this community unselfishly,” Perterson said.Peterson said the chaplain can be called at all hours,
often to deal with the worst situations on a short notice, be it a failed attempt at CPR or an accident or a bad trauma, Folmar was the one to talk to the families, offering comfort in what can be trying times.
“He’s there when the need is really needed,” Peterson said.“We’ve asked him to give up his personal time,” added
Milosevich about the strange hours and “highly-charged and emotional” events on which Folmar is often called, which can come at any time, day or night including week-ends and holidays.
Milosevich thanks Folmar in particular for his assistance in two situations, one nearly 10 years ago in which a police officer was shot and one in 2009 when a member of the department was a victim of domestic violence in Pierce County.
Folmar thanks the chiefs and the city for their support and called his work “a blessing,” adding that he was called to this work by his “really big boss,” who will continue to guide
him in the future.“Its been an honor to serve the city,” he said. “Thank you.”
Fire Chief Mark Peterson, left, congratulates Chaplain Allan Folmar on his retirement. BRIAN BECKLEY, Renton Reporter
Taylor said, adding that he also thanked his fel-low council members for “enduring my sound-bytes.”
Incoming council president and longest-serving member of the council Randy Corman said it was an honor and a privilege to serve with Taylor and Palmer and wished them each the best of the luck in their future endeavors and said he looked forward to working with them again.
“I know you will both be part of our commu-nity for sometime,” he said.
Ryan McIrvin will take over Taylor’s seat beginning in January while Carol Ann Witschi will replace Palmer.
The council also presented Prince with a small token of appre-ciation for his service as 2015 Council President.
Reach Editor Brian Beckley at 425-255-3484, ext. 5050.
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Eight lawmakers entrusted with drafting a school funding plan in line with the tenets of the state Constitution and dictates of the Supreme Court won’t complete their task this year.
The contingent of Democratic and Repub-lican lawmakers met for a final time in 2015 on Monday, Dec. 14, adjourning without agreement on the contours or content of a proposal to put forth in the 2016 session.
They plan to gather again Jan. 4 — one week before the session begins — with hope but uncertainty of reaching an accord.
“We’re still negotiating. We’re taking our task very seriously,” said Rep. Norma Smith, R-Clinton, who is one of the lawmakers involved in the work group. “What we’re trying to do is craft something that can be well-received in the Legislature.”
What this means is the Legislature will begin 2016 just as it did in 2015: in contempt of a Supreme Court order demanding a blue-print for amply funding public schools by the 2018 deadline set in the McCleary case.
In addition, a $100,000-a-day fine levied by justices in August continues to pile up. Sanctions now amount to about $13 million.
Any notion those sanc-tions will push lawmakers toward a more rapid con-ciliation hasn’t occurred as some lawmakers, includ-ing a couple members of the McCleary 8, think the Supreme Court exceeded its authority. There is resistance to any action
perceived as placating justices.“Our focus has been on doing the right
thing for the education system not on responding to the Supreme Court,” said Rep. Chad Magendanz, R-Issaquah. “The fines are not really a fine. No one will drop a bill to pay the fine.”
Though the group is not “fixated on the fine issue, there are members, and I am one of them, that would like us to be out of contempt,” said Sen. Christine Rolfes, D-Bainbridge Island.
To recap, the McCleary decision dealt with the entire tab for the basic education of a million students.
Lawmakers and Gov. Jay Inslee figured out how to spend billions of additional dollars on things like supplies, all-day kindergarten, smaller class sizes and buses in the last two state budgets.
But they are still wrestling with how to end the reliance on local property tax dollars to pay teachers, principals and staff. It will re-quire a new method of compensating school employees with state funds. That will cost money and could see some residents paying new or higher taxes.
The Democrat-controlled House and Republican-run Senate couldn’t find a solu-
A Christmas guide for husbands:accept the fact you’re a rockhead
By special Christmas spirit request from all the goddesses in the office and Ms. Vegan, I will give my last-minute advice on buying gifts for girl-friends, wives and all those who make life worth living.
To the uninitiated (husbands in training) this may seem to be a simple, straightforward process – ha ha ho ho. Is that dumb or what?
The All Knowing One has assisted me in my most sensitive approach to preserving some sem-blance of life after Christmas for the naive believer.
Here are a few of the Christmas gift buying declara-tory statements I will trans-late from the ancient language given only to the women.
• “Don’t worry sweetheart, you don’t need to buy me any-thing.”
Translation: “You are in a lot of trouble rockhead. Every year
you buy me the wrong gift no matter how many hints I give you. I’ve given up – buy a very warm sleeping bag for yourself because you’re going to need it.”
Let me provide the most graphic example of this Christmas morning scene. One of the most won-derful and perfectly matched couples I know are Becky and Ron. They were born to be married to each other and he is the yearly winner of the “goof-ball gift to my wife” award. Every year I try to find a goofball to beat Ron. Some are close but he is still the winner and champion.
Ron’s finest year was when he left a shiny, brand-spanking-new toilet under the Christmas tree for Becky.
I admit I understand and secretly admire the
philosophical thought line in this gift. It has sym-metry and is death defying. It makes sense and that is the genesis of our quandary and brings me to my second translation.
• “Don’t worry honeybunlet; I understand. You are trying your best.”
Translation: You are roadkill. Life as you know it is over. Run away.
Remember — “doing your best” are the three most dangerous words in your special loved one’s ancient language.
Help me, what can I do?You have been give a short primer on the lost art
of translation. Now I will assist you on what can be done. First:
• Probably nothing. It is always best to begin from a position of defeat, despair and admitted dopiness. Pathetic whining may work the first time or seven. It will eventually run out of petrol and leave you stuck on the wrong side of an unlit cross-road whimpering, “help me.”
• I can attest from experience that going to the corner grocery for a frozen treat and a swift walk around the parking lot will not work. (Surprised me, too.)
• You can try to do what is impossible. Listen carefully to the hints she gives you (like buy this, not this, gumby head), remember all the way to the store and not get distracted by anything that sparkles or someone singing, “Goober Peas” - Peas, peas, peas, peas, peas. Eating goober peas. Goodness how delicious, eating goober peas.
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tion in this year’s record-setting 176 days of session. And their leaders don’t plan on finding one in 2016 — an elec-tion year session — either.
Since September, the work group, with help from two of Inslee’s top aides, is deciding what information must be gathered next year so lawmakers are able to take some tough votes in 2017.
They are not negotiating levy rates and salaries but a timeline for collecting data, explained House Majority Leader Pat Sullivan, D-Covington, who is in the group.
“If we could agree on a plan we could act early in ses-sion,” he predicted. “It shouldn’t be that hard.”
But it has been so far.Political reporter Jerry Cornfield’s blog, The Petri Dish, is
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stamp of approval of “The All Knowing One” to my right – is to reach down inside yourself, find that little corner of hope and optimism and give up. We lost a long time ago, back in the ancient time when God didn’t let us into that one classroom the girls were in. That’s where they were taught the secret dialect of always winning (I never get to know anything cool).
The fortunate ones have a Becky. Trying to explain your reasoning to Becky is hopeless, because there really is none. We do what we’ve been doing since kindergarten – make things up to get out of trouble. And we all know, it never works and never has.
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“pulling off a magic trick” to make it work in recent years, including cutting a deputy chief, two fire inspectors and outreach/preventive programs. In 2008, there were 164 members of the department. By 2010, that dropped to 152.
Since 2011, the department has used federal SAFER grants (Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Re-sponse) to keep the staff at 161 people, but Peterson told the council there was a “train wreck coming for us” as population and calls for service continue to increase.
“Grants are not a sustainable funding mechanism,” he said.
Peterson said calls for the fire department and emer-gency services are increasing at about 3 percent per year. For example, in 2010, the city logged about 13,000 calls for service. In 2015, that number will be more than 15,000.
In addition, Peterson said two new senior housing facilities are opening this year, which will add to calls for service, as will three large, new hotels being built around the entrance to Gene Coulon Park.
“Our ability to get out to these places is getting tougher and tougher and tougher,” he said.
Wang also explained that tax revenues have not been keeping pace with requests for services in the city and things will only get difficult in the next few years as the city will loose annexation sales tax revenues soon for the Ben-son neighborhood that became part of Renton in 2008.
Wang said the Fire Department presently accounts for 24 percent for the city’s general fund budget, second only to the police.
The city has been clear that while the fire department would be coming off the city books, the new fire service would cost the average home or business owner a little
more overall in taxes than they are currently paying. The difference will be that a fire benefit charge is based on how many firefighters it would take to put out a structure fire.
According to estimates from the city, an average Renton homeowner with a 2,180-square-foot house and a $291,000 assessed home value will pay approximately $10 more per month for fire and emergency services.
In 2017, the average Renton homeowner would pay the City an additional $12 per month for the construction of the new station in the north end, but that amount would drop to a much lower rate - but not disappear fully - once the station is paid for.
“It’s a huge change from what we’ve done in the past,” Peterson said, adding,
“We need a viable funding mechanism that will sustain us through good times and bad times.”
The city has created a calculator so residents can see how much their rates would change if the RFA is approved. The calculator accesses 2016 assessed valuation data and provides estimated costs for any property in the city. It can be found on the FAQ page at Renton RFA.org, under a link at question No. 6.
During the public hearing, four people spoke, all in favor of sending the RRFA to the voters.
Charles Seil served on both the RFA citizens advisory committee and the mayor’s citizen budget committee and said because of the projected shortage and the need for ad-ditional stations, as well as growth within the city, that and RFA made the most sense.
“I’m convinced an RFA is the answer,” he said.Kerry Abercrombie, who serves as the on the FD25
Board of Fire Commissioners said he came into the discus-sions with “lots of questions” about the process and what it would mean, but is now convinced it is the right thing to do because of the growing population and the increasing response times, According to him, even 30 seconds differ-ence can mean the difference between life and death.
“Thirty seconds doesn’t seem like a lot,” he said. “But 30 seconds your heart is not beating, 30 seconds your house is still on fire … is pretty serious.”
Following the vote to place the issue in front of voters, Mayor Denis Law thanked the council and staff for their work on the project.
“This is a very complicated process,” he said. “We need to have the discussion and allow the citizens to make this decision.”
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Vantage Point provides an affordable home to seniorsBY DEAN A. RADFORD
Kathleen Aerts’ story is the reason why Vantage Point exists as an affordable place for low-income senior citizens to live in Renton.
She raised her two children, Julie and Jason, alone, working in sup-port roles for law offices for more than four decades and then tempo-rary jobs. There was no money left over to save for retirement. Today, she lives on $1,037 a month in Social Security benefits.
But every time life seemed dark-est, an “earthly angel” would come into their lives, she said.
“When things have been really bad in our lives, there was always an earthly angel who appeared and did something amazing and won-derful. And that is how I feel about King County Housing Authority. I mean that with all my heart.”
In early November, Aerts, 67, moved into a one-bedroom apart-ment at Vantage Point, a 77-unit complex operated by the housing authority behind the North Benson Shopping Center on 108th Avenue Southeast near the Fred Meyer store.
The $18 million Vantage Point is now full, after about 18 months of construction. The housing authority and the community will celebrate its grand opening next spring.
“There are truly no words in any
language to tell you how thankful and grateful I am. I can make it now,” she said.
In 2009 she received her last pay-check and spent the next several years doing temporary jobs and occasionally contract legal work. “Try getting hired when you’re 63 or 64,” she said.
Her rent of $850 a month was unaffordable, so her now daughter-in-law Du Anne offered to rent her a room for $700 a month, which included everything but electricity. Still little money was left over for food once other bills were paid.
Then her son Jason, who worked
in construction, learned about the Section 8 housing program while working at a job and he urged her to get on the list.
“The light bulb came on. ‘Mom, you need help,’” her son told her.
Her children had helped her pay for food, “but that made me feel terrible. You don’t want to be a burden to them.”
She had never asked for a hand-out. “I’ve always worked hard and did the best I could for my kids,” she said.
Then, on Oct. 2 the call came. A 540-square-foot, one-bedroom apartment was available at Vantage
Point. Her rent is $260; she cooks her meals in a handy kitchen and has a big closet in her bedroom.
“I am so thankful. I can buy food. I don’t need to bother anyone. I don’t have to ask, ‘Can I please borrow 20 bucks’,” she said. She’d like to save money for a small car and maybe even get a dog.
Vantage Point helps the housing authority reach its long-term goal of expanding high-quality housing that’s affordable for low-income seniors 55 and older and younger individuals with disabilities who meet income qualifications, ac-cording to Rhonda Rosenberg, a housing authority spokeswoman
“There is a growing crisis in af-fordable housing for seniors,” she said. “It is especially difficult for people living on low, fixed incomes to be able to afford housing in our region.”
By 2025, one in four King County residents will be 65 years or older and 54,000 of these seniors will be living in poverty, she said, many with list more than a Social Security payment to live on, she said.
Applications and eligibility in-formation about Vantage Point and the housing authority’s subsidized housing program are available online at http://www.kcha.org/housing/subsidized/apply
Kathleen Aerts lives in an affordable one-bedroom apartment at Vantage Point in Renton. DEAN A. RADFORD, Renton Reporter
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T’was the week before Christmas, and all through the yard, not a gift was given, not even a card.
The tools were all hung, in the carport with care, with hopes that St. Nicholas soon would re-pair, the shovel with blade all rusty and cracked, the pitchfork still shiny, but handle it lacked.
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PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1
OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON
VALLEYMEDICAL CENTER
NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING January 4, 2016
A regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Public Hos- pital District No. 1 of King County, (Valley Medical Center) will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the Board Room of Valley Medical Center January 4, 2016.
BOARD OF COMMISSION- ERS PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON(VALLEY MEDICAL CEN- TER)By: Sandra SwardAssistant to the Board of Commissioners
Published in the Kent Reporter, Renton Reporter, Covington/Ma- ple Valley Reporter on Decem- ber 18, 25, 2015. #1489566
Superior Court of Washington County of King
Summons by Publication No. 15-4-05582-5SEA In the Guardianship of Calvin Martin, Edward and Mary Ellen Martin Petitioners. Notice of hearing to Michael Woldukidane and Sally Beth Martin: 1. The petitioners have started an action in the above court requesting the Court grant the Martins guardianship of Cal- vin Martin. 2. The petition also requests that the court grant the following relief: Hold a hearing regarding the Guardianship on January 25, 2016 at 10:30am. 3. You must respond to this sum- mons by serving a copy of your written response on the person signing this summons and by fil- ing the original with the clerk of the court. If you do not serve your written response or fail to appear at the hearing, the court may enter an order of default against you, and the court may,
without further notice to you, enter a decree and approve or provide for other relief requested in this summons. If you serve a notice of appearance on the un- dersigned person, you are enti- tled to notice before an order of default or a decree may be en- tered. 4. If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in this mat- ter, you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be served on time. 5. One method of serving a copy of your response on the petitioner is to send it by certified mail with re- turn receipt requested. Dated: December 1, 2015 /s/ Sandra Silva File Original of Your Response with the Clerk of the Court at: King County Superior Court 516 Third Avenue, Room E-609 Seattle, WA 98104 Serve a Copy of Your Response on: Petitioner Sandra Silva, PO Box 34628 #84100, Seattle, WA 98124 Published in the Renton Reporter
December 18, 25, 2015 and Janu- ary 1, 8, 15, 22, 2016. #1487504
CITY OF RENTON PLANNING COMMISSION
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
DOCKET Amendments (to the Renton Municipal Code)
Notice is hereby given that the Renton Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, January 6, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. at the Renton City Hall, City Council Chambers, Floor Seven, 1055 S. Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057. All interested parties are invited to the Public Hearing to express their opinion. Written comments may also be submitted prior to the Public Hearing to City of Renton, Department of Commu- nity & Economic Development, Planning Division, 1055 S. Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057. The purpose of the Public Hear- ing to consider the following docket items and associated
amendments to the Renton Municipal Code: #D-116: Residential Building Height#D-117: Density Bonus#D-119: Street Frontage Improvements#D-120: Public Meetings and Signs#D-121: Downtown Business District#D-122: Impact Fee Deferral#D-123: Setbacks in Commercial Zones
#D-124: Subarea, Community, and District Plans#D-125: Assisted Living#D-126: Administrative Code Interpretations For more information, visit the City’s website at http://www. rentonwa.gov/business/default. aspx?id=2778. Kevin Poole, Chair Renton Planning CommissionPublished in the Renton Reporter on December 25, 2015.#1492352
LHS wrestling ready to go winterThe Lindbergh Eagles took a loss in their first
dual meet of the year and then this weekend hosted tournament Saturday to open the season.
On Saturday, the following Lindbergh wres-tlers placed: Zach Goe (126), 4th; Deven Maddy (145), 3rd; Diego Gallegos (182), 1st; Ben Gar-cia (138), 6th; and Aaron Orozco (138), 5th.