By Highlands Community Council
It seems that City of Renton “officials” don’t seem to care about silt running into streams.
While they may argue it is summertime, we would argue that with the dry weather we’ve had the ground is getting harder and one big rain will was everything into the stream.
The City of Renton seems to have a double standard here. Private citizens are required to put up silt fences but yet developers are not.
Here’s an e-mail from Claudia Donnelly sent to us:
There are two new houses going in close to Greenes Stream above me. No mitigation required by the planner! I have the plat document that says:
“To ensure that disturbance of the wetland and buffer does not occur during and after construction, the ERC placed a mitigation measure on the project that silt fencing be installed around the wetland, creek and associated buffers during construction and permanent fencing be installed after construction”.
The City of Renton has decided that no silt fences are required. Last year, when my husband and I added an room onto our house, we were required by DDES to put up a silt fence even though the stream is 60 feet away from our house.
Renton — like I’ve said before — doesn’t care about the environment………..
Claudia
By Highlands Community Council
Kirkland, Washington - The Kenworth Truck Company manufacturing plant in Renton, Wash., recently received a 2009 Best Workplace for Recycling and Waste Reduction Award from King County’s Solid Waste Division for Kenworth’s outstanding efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle.
Read more here.
By Highlands Community Council
Puget Sound Energy and Project Porchlight seek volunteers to help deliver 275,000 free CFL bulbs to PSE’s residential electric customers to help save energy and the environment.
July 6, 2009 - This summer and fall, Puget Sound Energy and Project Porchlight volunteers will deliver 275,000 free ENERGY STAR®-qualified, energy-saving compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs to PSE residential electric customers, door to door and at community events in PSE’s service area.
Read more over at Project Porchlight.
There is upcoming event at the Highlands Neighborhood Center.
Project Porchlight-Renton
July 7 at 5:30pm
Highlands Neighborhood Center
800 Edmonds Ave NE
Renton, WA 98056
For further information contact:
Project Porchlight
555 116th Ave NE, Suite 118
Bellevue, WA 98004
Office: 425.213.5634
Toll-Free: 888.362.0363
By Highlands Community Council
SEATTLE — A series of multimillion-dollar, tax-funded salmon restoration projects are in shambles following January’s big flood.
Read more from KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.
