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Kyle Hinkle gets a push from his fellow classmate, Trevon Inay, on a recent visit to Carpinito Bros. Pumpkin Patch, a popular spot for children and families in pursuit of the ‘Great Pumpkin.’ TRACEY COMPTON, Reporter

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A fi rst visit to a pumpkin patch might bring to mind soft earth beneath the feet, the smell of hay from a distant tractor ride and acres upon acres of bright, orange globes, peeking behind leafy, green branches.

For children who can’t speak

yet or who are developmentally disabled, one can only guess at the excitement and wonder inspired by that very fi rst visit to a pumpkin patch.

Th is kind of experience has happened repeatedly over the past 21 years that Carpinito Bros. has hosted their pumpkin patch in the Kent valley.

Many little ones and their families were out this past week searching for that, “Great Pumpkin.” Among them were

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Sidelined with an un-timely injury, Evan Lysacek won’t be competing in this weekend’s Hilton HHonors Skate America at the Sho-Ware Center in Kent.

Th e reigning Olympic champion’s return to the ice will have to wait, but Lysacek says the show will go on with a star-fi lled lineup.

“I am impressed with so many of today’s skaters,” Lysacek said.

“I am obviously very disappointed that I won’t be competing. I’ve been excited and looking for-ward to it,” he said. “Th ings were going very well in my preparation for it.”

Competition begins Friday, continues Saturday and ends Sunday.

Th e showcase at the ShoWare is the opening event of the six-stop Inter-national Skating Union’s Grand Prix of Figure Skat-ing Series.

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BY STEVE HUNTER

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Th e Kent City Council voted 6-1 on Tuesday night to adopt a business and occupation (B&O) tax to help raise an estimated $5 million annually to pay for street repairs.

Th e council adopted the tax on the

gross revenue of businesses as part of its three-step approach they agreed on in July to fund park and street repairs. Th e other parts are the property tax levy lid lift on the Nov. 6 ballot and the hiring of a consultant to fi nd ways to cut $2 million from the city’s budget.

“Th is is a good day for Kent,” said

Council President Dennis Higgins at the meeting. “Th is is the community coming together saying no, we don’t want to live in a city that lets its streets and parks fall beyond repair and yes, we are a city that tackles problems in a realistic way while living within our means.

“We know times are tough. But if ev-

eryone pulls together, the residents, the businesses and the city, we will solve these problems.”

Higgins said at a council workshop earlier Tuesday that residents needed to know businesses are going to help pay for streets and park maintenance.

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City Council adopts B&O tax to repair streets

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Trevon Inay helps his teacher, Rebecca Fry, pick out a pumpkin. TRACEY COMPTON, Reporter

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Aft er evicting people from 30 to 40 tents at a homeless camp at Kent’s Mullen Slough, the county Department of Natural Resources and Parks has set up a monitoring plan to make sure no one returns to the fl ood plain area.

Representatives from the department began posting notices on Oct. 1, telling residents of the makeshift community they had eight days to vacate the 40 acres of property owned by King County.

In late August and early September, DNRP crews

Officials evict homeless from flood-prone area

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Witnesses told police about a disturbance in the parking lot at the apartments just prior to the gunshots. Several people were seen fleeing the area.

Officers surrounded the neighbor-hood and used a K-9 unit to search for the gunman but did not find him.

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“When we passed put-ting the levy on the ballot we committed to residents voting on the levy we would do this in time for them to consider on their levy vote,” Higgins said.

The consultant report about cutting city costs is expected to be finished by the end of the month.

Higgins and council members Jamie Perry, Elizabeth Albertson, Bill Boyce, Debbie Ranniger and Dana Ralph voted for the B&O tax. Les Thomas voted against the tax that will be implemented start-ing Jan. 1, 2013.

“Let’s begin to live within our means,” Thomas said prior to the vote. “That’s certainly something we need to practice and we have not been doing a good job and it’s hurt us. We needed to take some actions well beyond this first step the mayor (Suzette Cooke) took two weeks ago with employees being laid off. That should have been done a long time ago. We

know that now. Things are not really getting any better at this point.”

A total of $4.7 million of the tax will go to street repairs each year. The other $300,000 will pay for hiring two city auditors to oversee the B&O program. Any extra revenue that comes in beyond the estimated $5 million will go to the capital improvement plan, which includes transportation, parks, facilities and other projects.

The council took a slight-ly different approach to the B&O tax than what Cooke recommended two weeks ago as part of her 2013-14 budget. Cooke wanted a higher rate to raise $6.9 million per year with $4.2 million to street repairs, $1.2 million to the general fund, $1 million to the capi-tal improvement plan and $500,000 to parks. She also proposed an exemption of the first $150,000 of gross revenue so some small busi-nesses would not have to pay the tax.

The council instead agreed with the Kent

Chamber of Commerce, which asked the city to raise $5 million to be spent only for street repairs and to exempt the first $250,000 in annual revenue of a busi-ness.

The council did not pass a sunset clause supported by the chamber that would remove the B&O tax after six years. The chamber partly wanted that clause because the property tax levy lid lift before voters is for six years. The chamber also wanted debate in 2019 about whether the tax would still be needed.

“The one thing I am struggling with is the sunset clause,” Ralph said. “I do not believe this need will go away. My struggle is with-out a sunset clause this tax will go on and a conversa-tion (about removing the tax) are not happening. I believe it is only reasonable to expect whoever is sitting on this council six years from now will have that conversation.

“Having said that, I know this $5 million is an absolute necessity. As much

as I am frustrated and upset that we did not come to a point where that sunset clause was included in this, I will be supporting this or-dinance but also as long as I sit on this council this is a conversation we will have.”

The majority of council members were concerned a sunset clause on the tax could hurt the city’s bond rating even further. Moody’s Investor Services has lowered the city’s bond rating twice this year be-cause of mounting debt.

Businesses will pay the B&O tax based on gross receipts or a square footage tax, whichever is higher. The city will assess busi-nesses either $1.52 per

$1,000 of gross receipts or 46 cents per $1,000 depend-ing on the type of business (manufacturing, wholesale, retail, etc…).

The city also will assess square footage of businesses at 12 cents per square foot annually for warehouses and 4 cents per square foot for other businesses that are larger than 500 square feet. A business must pay the higher of the gross receipts or square footage tax.

Businesses already pay a state B&O tax so the city tax will be in addition to the state tax.

The council approved several business exemptions including nonprofit groups, health maintenance orga-

nizations, public utilities (already subject to utility tax) and farmers/agricul-ture (which includes dairies and nurseries). A couple of council members said the exemption for farmers helps encourage local grow-ers to keep growing crops.

The council also granted a Boeing request to exempt research and development under federal contracts that it does at its Kent plant. The council had a brief discus-sion at its workshop about the $2.8 million Boeing exemption and agreed to it because of the federal government connection and the fact it would cost the city only about $1,400 in revenue.

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discovered the homeless camp near a Highway 167 overpass and the Kent-Des Moines Road.

“People said that they were liv-ing there for years, but we didn’t know if that was true,” said Doug Williams, of DNRP.

He was skeptical because the area has a history of flooding due to the rivers and seasonal streams connected to the Mullen Slough.

The area was completely under water in February, Williams said, so he believed campers might have left and come back.

“That was our primary concern. We couldn’t have people camping on this property that was prone to flooding,” he said.

So DNRP representatives con-tacted the county to find out what their options were for removing the homeless encampment. The department formed a task force with social service agencies and

began doing outreach at the camp and locales the homeless frequent.

The DNRP enlisted the support of Sound Mental Health, Valley Cit-ies Counseling and Consultation, the vita of Kent and Catholic Com-munity Services to create a resource list to give to the camp residents and homeless they encountered.

By Oct. 8, removal day, there was just one individual left at the home-less camp, who was apparently in-toxicated by something, as reported by Sound Mental Health staff.

Cleaning up after the homeless camp was a “pretty significant undertaking,” said Williams.

There was a significant amount of garbage, a number of tents, clothing, empty cans and bottles. The area required a full day to do the clean up.

Kathryn Boyer was familiar with the residents of the Mullen Slough camp. She is a coordinator of homeless services for Sound Mental Health.

“Everyone who we met with

was chronically homeless,” she said, meaning they’d been on the streets for more than a year.

Boyer describes an intricate trail system around the tents, with almost cul-de-sac like arrange-ments of groupings.

The agency’s PATH, or homeless outreach, team has known about campers in Mullen Slough for several years. However, according to the agency’s spokesperson, Steve McLean, no outreach was done previously because of reports of unsafe campers with weapons and dangerous conditions.

“On Sept. 14, four staff went to the identified area at about 8 a.m. and spent about three hours outreaching camps in the woods owned by King County, as well as city owned property adjacent to the county property,” McLean wrote in an email.

The number of people living at the camp was not known, but what crews found is interesting.

There were many homeless residents with cats, signs of dogs and children’s accessories, but no children were discovered in the camp, Boyer said.

She believes, along with oth-ers, that the camp residents just picked up and moved to another site in the woods.

“They were pretty upset about being moved,” Boyer said.

Agency team members tried to warn camp residents about the impending evacuation in mid-September, but they were met with disbelief by the campers.

The general consensus was that the campers had been there a long time and not evicted, and they didn’t feel flooding would impact them, Boyer said.

A lot of the campers, agency team member were familiar with and had previously connected them to services to the extent that the homeless individuals wanted to be connected.

Boyer wants the public to know about the lack of housing that exists for some of the people in the camp because of certain circumstances.

“There’s just a real lack of op-tions out there for housing,” she said, listing off specifics.

McLean echos her sentiments, explaining the barriers for many in homeless camps.

“Often there are barriers such as multiple evictions, no credit history, lengthy criminal history, or they are in a couple without children, have a pet, have a substance use issue that disqualifies them from housing,” he said. “Many people who are in this situation know from trial and error that there isn’t a program out there for them.”

For now, because the eviction from Mullen Slough was so upset-ting to campers, Sound Mental Health reps have scaled back outreach to the familiar in-town locations they typically encounter the homeless from outlying camps.

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Medals will be awarded in men’s singles, ladies’ singles, pair skating and ice dancing. Skaters also will earn points toward qualifying for the Grand Prix fi nal.

Lysacek, who re-aggravated a groin injury in training, hopes to be back in competition soon, targeting the Jan. 20-27 U.S. Figure Skating Nationals in Omaha, Neb.

“Th e doctors assured me that it’s not a serious setback but to take every precaution,” Lysacek said. “Hopefully, this is not a long rest period away from the ice.”

Despite Lysacek’s absence, the event features heralded fi gure skating champions, including 2012 World silver medalists Meryl Davis and Charlie White, USA’s longest-

performing and most successful ice dancing team.

Other featured members of Team USA include U.S. champions Ashley Wagner (ladies) and Caydee Denney and John Coughlin (pairs).

Featured international skaters are: European silver medalists Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev of Russia (ice dancing); Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje of Canada (ice dancing); World silver medal-

ists Alena Leonova (women’s singles); Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov of Russia (pairs); 2010 Olympic silver medalists Qing Pang/Jian Tong of China (pairs); and World bronze medalist Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan (men’s singles).

In Lysacek’s place, Armin Mahbanoozadeh will make his third consecutive Skate America appearance, having won bronze at the 2010 Skate America.

Mahbanoozadeh, the 2012 U.S. pewter (fourth-place) medalist, began his season with a silver-medal fi nish at the 2012 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic in September.

“I have been training for this event because I knew I was the fi rst alternate,”

Mahbanoozadeh said. “I’m excited, determined and ready to go.”

Mahbanoozadeh joins Team USA members Jeremy Abbott, the 2012 U.S. cham-pion, and Douglas Razzano in Kent.

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On Tuesday, the city of Kent passed a business & occupation (B&O) or square foot-age tax aft er months of deliberation with the business community.

Th e Kent City Council and the Kent Chamber of Commerce businesses originally began a conversation in

the late summer to discuss the considerable need for street maintenance funds to fi x our rapidly deteriorating streets.

Th e approach by the city was framed as an emer-gency with the threat of road closures. A list of critical

street maintenance projects was presented by a citizens committee

and various funding sources were identifi ed. Th ose sources included a levy, which will be voted on by the public this November to fund street maintenance and imperative park infrastructure, city effi ciencies of $2 million and a business tax of $4-6 million.

Th e chamber reviewed all busi-ness tax options available with our government aff airs team, board

of directors and large, Kent-based businesses. Th e need for a B&O or square footage tax was appar-ent and the will of the council to impose this tax was overwhelming.

Th e chamber had no choice but to advocate for and build caveats into the B&O or square footage tax that would protect the business community and still fund our cru-cial transportation infrastructure

Th e Kent Chamber’s key compo-nents, to make this fundamentally fl awed tax on a business’s gross

Sides trying to make a fl awed tax workableG U E S T E D I T O R I A L

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Let’s support our roads, parks

It is hard to get really excited about choosing to tax yourself, but I will vote to support Kent’s Proposition 1 for our roads and parks.

We’ve seen a rapid dete-rioration of our roadways as the continuous parade of cars, trucks and buses make their way through our city. And it won’t be long until the roads are further assaulted by another winter of studded tires and snow plows.

We’ve also got a system of parks that add to the quality of life for our city’s citizens. Our parks are very popular. Th ey could really benefi t from seri-ous maintenance due to their continuous use, as well as the impact of Mother Nature.

In years past, the city was able to obtain funds for much of our road work through grants and allocations from the state gas tax. We also received

funds for our parks from outside grants. Th ose revenue sources have changed and are not predicted to rebound. Estimates to repair the defi ned road and park projects exceed the regular amount allocated through our general funds.

In the meantime, there’s more wear and tear than repair. Either we can pay to get them fi xed

now in a prescribed fashion, or pay more to fi x them later.

I commend the City Council for bringing these issues to our forefront for both discussion and vote. Given the makeup of our community, a combination of property and B&O taxes will spread the burden of preserv-ing our assets. Ultimately, this will make our time on the road to work, home and play less taxing, and ensure that our park system remains a wonder-ful part of our community.– Doug Scharnhorst

Suggesting a better way

Regardless of who wins in this year’s elections, I have some suggestions for 2016.

1. Candidates may not an-nounce their intention to run until Feb. 1.

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‘Survivor’ star spreads the good word

He is the ultimate warrior, the genuine “Survivor,” the guy who is always up to the challenge.

Michael Skupin of reality TV show fame insists he has more mountains to climb, more terrain to tame.

“I’d like to try the Grand Canyon … hiking it, running it, swimming it,” said Skupin, who remains an adventurous, thrill-seeking risk taker at age 50. “I just want to discover the entire Grand Canyon, one of my bucket list items.”

Skupin continues to cover plenty of ground these days. He is visiting the Kent-

Auburn area this week, part of the whirlwind promotional tour for his book, “Discovering Your Inner Strength” as well as the latest alternative energy-saving products his soft ware company is pitching.

While “Survivor” brought him instant celebrity, his heart and soul have convinced him to help make life better for others as an inspirational speaker, author, coach and soft ware engineer from Michigan.

His message to others? Pursue and live your dreams, no matter how impossible they might seem, no matter how young or old you are.

“It’s about living your dreams, taking dreams people always have had inside them-selves and teaching how to make them hap-pen in their lives,” said Skupin, who makes about 200 promotional appearances through-out the country each year. He made 412 stops 11 years ago aft er he competed in the second season of “Survivor.”

Skupin became a star, the focus of one of the grisliest scenes in reality TV history when he fell into his tribe’s campfi re on “Sur-vivor: Th e Australian Outback” in 2001, and was severely burned. Unable to continue, Sk-upin became the fi rst person to be medically evacuated from a “Survivor” competition.

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“For 22 seasons, I’ve thought about playing this game again,” Skupin told EW.com while on location in the Caramoan Islands the day before fi lming be-gan. “I’m not here because I fell in the fi re or to prove

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talking to kids at schools, the older set at churches, the working profession-als at chamber and service club functions. He enjoys spreading his positive “glass is always full” gospel to others.

From some of his obser-vations, society seems to wallow in negativity.

When he confronts an audience and asks how many have given up on their dreams, he is surprised to see many of them raise their hands.

“I don’t know if they don’t have the confi dence or they don’t have the wherewithal to support people with the dreams or they criticize them,” Skupin said. “But there’s a lot of that going on.

“For many, those dreams get taken away from them. Th ey might think, ‘I’m not fast enough. I’m not strong enough. I’m not smart enough. I’m not rich enough.’”

Skupin tells them that

all things are possible with good ideas, hard work and plenty of persistence. His mantra: It takes leaders with vision to help people with dreams.

“If I could help people win for their families … fi nan-cially, spiritually … getting them on the right track, then that’s what it’s all about.”

Skupin remains just as adventur-ous, spontaneous

and competitive today. He draws motivation from his family, which includes wife Peni and their seven children.

His heroes?“My dad, a true warrior

who lost a battle to cancer when he was 28, and my mom who battled emphysema for 17 years and never complained.

She taught me what tough was,” Skupin said.

“(My) burning desire? I just look into the eyes of my children.”

Despite a heavy schedule, Skupin fi nds time to hunt, barefoot water ski and play ice hockey.

No matter what the game is, Skupin refuses to give up. He hates to lose.

“It’s a competitive drive,” he said. “I don’t know if you’re born with it or if it’s developed, but I certainly do have it.”

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collection amount of $5 million annually. From this revenue stream $4.7 million is designated to street main-tenance projects, which are specifi cally outlined in the citizens committee proposal and $300,000 for admin-istrative costs. Because the exact calculation of collection is unknown, any additional revenue collected from the B&O or square footage tax is directed to the Capital Improve-ment Program. It will take council action to designate additional funds.

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from a B&O or square foot-age tax must be designated for road maintenance and be included as a line item in the future budgets of the

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for the six-year sunset clause was not included, with council members

concerned about the recent downgrade in the bond rat-ing. Many council members cited that having a sustain-able funding source would boost the bond rating.

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square footage tax are as followed:

with provision for exemp-tions on research and development under federal contracts.

Who’s exempt?Nonprofi t organizations,

health maintenance organi-zations, health care service contractors, certifi ed health plans, public utilities, investments – dividends from subsidiary corpora-tions, international banking facilities, insurance busi-ness, farmers-agriculture, athletic exhibitions, racing, ride sharing, employees, amounts derived from sale of real estate, mortgage bro-kers’ third-party provider services trust accounts,

amounts derived from manufacturing, selling or distributing motor vehicle fuel, amounts derived from liquor and the sale or distri-bution of liquor, casual and isolated sales, accommoda-tion sales, taxes collected as trust funds, and United

governmental entities will be exempt from the tax.

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will pay the higher of the B&O tax or a square foot-age tax, but not both.

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Commerce is opposed to, we want to thank the City Council for the open and active dialog, consideration and implementation of our caveats and the many hours of careful consideration in regard to our economic vitality.

Many council members showed great leadership and ability to work closely with both sides, taking the time to understand the

impacts of this tax on our business community. It was through this dialog that we were able to establish the specifi c problems with our street maintenance, bring the business community together with city offi cials and designate the funds of a B&O or square footage tax to address them.

Andrea Keikkala is executive director of the Kent Chamber of Commerce. Reach her at 253-854-1770 or www.kentchamber.com.

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Few couples can top the experience Doug and Carol Shultes had Sunday at the Space Needle.

Th e Kent couple returned to the Needle’s revolving restaurant to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their engagement during the 50th anniversary of the World’s Fair.

Doug Shultes and the then Carol Selman went to dinner atop the Space Needle on Oct. 14 during the 1962 World’s Fair to celebrate the 20th birthday of Shultes.

But the evening turned out to be way more than a birthday party when Shultes asked Carol to marry him. He was 20. She was 18.

“She thought I was break-ing up with her,” Shultes said.

Shultes decided to pull off another big surprise this year at the Space Nee-dle on his 70th birthday aft er he secretly restored his wife’s engagement and wedding rings from 50 years ago. Th e rings had sat in a jewelry box aft er

paramedics removed them from her ring fi nger in 1980 because of a circula-tion problem.

“She was so excited she started crying when I handed her the ring just like she did the fi rst time,” Shultes said.

Th e proud husband even revealed the ring at the same time, 5 o’clock, as he did in 1962.

“It’s my rings,” Carol Shultes said when she saw what her husband held in his hand. “It was awesome. I did accuse him of being sneaky. And our son was in on it, too.”

Doug Shultes wanted it to be a surprise again and clued in their one child to help with the unexpected occasion. Employees and customers in the restaurant congratulated the couple when they found out about the golden anniversary of engagement.

Many couples have become engaged over the years at the Space Needle. But Doug Shultes said they were told they are one of only three couples who were engaged in 1962 at the Needle to return to the

restaurant 50 years later.Shultes pointed out one

big change since 1962. Din-ner prices have skyrocketed.

“It was $15 for two back then,” Doug Shultes said. “It was $200 on Sunday.”

Th e couple married on Aug. 3, 1963. Th at means they have another 50th celebration coming up next year.

Th ey fi rst met when Carol was dating Steve Goodspeed, an uncle of Shultes. Th e uncle is the same age as him.

“We were all at a Hal-loween party and without

realizing they were dating, I told Steve that she was the girl I was going to marry,” Shultes said.

Th ey later started dating aft er Shultes worked as a photographer at a wed-ding where Carol was an attendant.

“Th at night I asked her out, and the rest is family history,” Shultes said.

Th e couple has had plenty to celebrate lately. Carol Shultes attended her Kent-Meridian High School 50th reunion last month. Doug Shultes had his Ballard High 50th reunion last year.

But Sunday’s celebration turned out to be tough to top with the return to the Space Needle for a birthday party

and engagement anniversary.“He told me aft erward

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Propped on a wagon with her brother, Liliana seemed over-stimulated and too dis-tracted by all the pumpkins around her to smile pretty for her parents camera.

A small group of third- through sixth-graders visiting the patch appeared equally as amused. Th ey were fi ve kids from a special education class at Jenkins Creek Elementary School in Kent. Although they are all disabled and non-verbal, the smiles on their faces and their exuberance gave clues to their temperament.

“(For) some of the kids, this is their fi rst time ever coming out, so they’re re-ally excited,” said Rebecca Fry, their teacher.

Th e group of children explored the fi elds with their para-educators, a nurse, parents and an occupational therapist. Th ey went on a hay ride and picked out pump-kins to carve back at their classroom. Even the students in wheelchairs were carried on the hay ride, so they could get the full experience.

“Trips like this are really important to them and their development,” Fry said.

Th e sunny, early October weather has been providing

the perfect backdrop to expe-riences like these at Carpinito Bros. Pumpkin Patch.

“It was a great harvest season, a lot of hot and dry weather and that’s wonder-ful for growing pumpkins,” said Mike Carpinito, company owner. “We grow 150 acres of pumpkins and squash, so it’s a lot.”

Th e farm started plant-ing pumpkins in May and harvesting them toward the end of September. Th ey have a variety of sizes and odd shapes, all the way up to 100 pound pumpkins.

“People come in wanting the biggest pumpkin and big pumpkins sell well,” Carpinito said.

Th ey also sell a lot of sugar pumpkins people use for baking pies and the recipe for pumpkin soup the farm’s store off ers is popular.

Carpinito’s advice for keeping pumpkins fresh is: “Carve them later in the year; carve them close to Halloween.”

He also suggests keeping pumpkins dry to help them last.

Th eir corn maze is also a big hit and so far no one has been completely lost.

“In years past, we’ve had people call the police,” Carpinito said. “It hasn’t happened this year.”

So what becomes of the left over pumpkins that nobody picks?

Carpinito Bros. take the left over pumpkins and put them back into the ground as fertilizer, so their future crops have more nutrients.

For the growers, business has been great along with the long stretch of nice weather.

Th e pumpkin patch – on the corner of 277th Street and West Valley Highway in Kent – is open 9 a.m. to dusk daily until Halloween.

For more information visit, www.carpinito.com/.

Para-educator Jeff Maloney and student Colton Rush, of Jenkins Creek Elementary, cart away their prized pumpkin at Carpinito Bros. Pumpkin Patch. TRACEY COMPTON, Reporter

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Here in Western Wash-ington we do have some mild winter days that allow lawn rangers to continue to edge and mow the lawn. But as the days grow shorter, that lawn goes dormant so one fi nal trim and you have a great excuse to mow no more.

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try and keep deer damage under control. On my roses I use a deer repel-lent spray called Bobbex that is made from eggs, cloves, and

garlic oil. I make sure the new growth is sprayed in the spring and fall in order to teach the deer that my roses have a nasty fl avor. We grow native plants and deer resistant plant material along the edges or border of our two acres, keeping the “deer candy” closer to the house. A motion detector that sprays water and uses noise to hit the deer that permeate this perimeter has helped to say “Not tonight deer” but the best control for any wild life is a fence.

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Whether it’s bruschetta (grilled bread with tomatoes, garlicbasil and olive oil), cioppino (tomato-based seafood stew), or the old standards of pizza or spaghetti and meatballs, Paolo’s has been serving a loyal following of customers from its warm, spacious locale at 23810 104th Ave. S.E.

Paul Raftis, co-owner of the restaurant as well as its chef, founded Paolo’s after growing up learning to cook alongside his mother Darlene Raftis. He knew he wanted to be a chef, and after working in other people’s restaurants, followed by a culinary note-taking trip to Europe, Raftis opened his own.

What does he attribute to his eatery’s success?“ The consistency of the food, and the warm, caring staff has

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Kent Police cited a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault and third-degree malicious mischief after he allegedly busted the driver’s side window of his girlfriend’s car and punched her as she sat inside the vehicle.

The incident oc-curred Oct. 6 in the parking lot at the ampm store, 1809 W. Meeker St., according to the police report.

Officers were unable to find the boyfriend, who fled the scene before police arrived. They cited him at large.

The man had spent the afternoon with the couple’s baby boy when he took the boy to the girlfriend’s work an hour before she was scheduled to be off work. He told her she needed to take the boy. The mother said she could lose her job if she had to watch the boy, but the boyfriend refused to take the boy.

The girlfriend told police she then heard from a friend that the man had spent the day driving around a former girlfriend rather than taking the boy to the zoo as planned.

The girlfriend also discovered the gas tank was

empty on her car that the boyfriend had used during the day. She called him and said he needed to fill up the tank. They agreed to meet at the service station along West Meeker Street.

An argument started at the station between

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spent the day with an ex-girlfriend. The girlfriend decided to back

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boyfriend tried to stop the vehicle.

The woman rolled her window down a few inches to shout at him to get out of the way when the man reportedly grabbed the win-dow and forced it to break as he fell to the ground. He then got up and alleg-edly punched the girlfriend about 15 times in the face and arm as she sat inside the car. The officers noted that she had scratches on her face and arm.

Vehicle theftA Kent woman reported

her 19-year-old cousin al-legedly stole a 2012 Dodge Charger from her apart-ment parking lot Oct. 9 in the 10300 block of South-east 234th Place.

The woman had rented

the car and noticed it miss-ing from the parking lot after a visit by her cousin and his stepfather, accord-ing to the police report.

The woman told police he must had taken an extra set of keys.

Police listed the Char-ger as a stolen car. Two days later, Portland, Ore., police contacted Kent that they had found the empty vehicle parked along a downtown street.

The cousin and his step-father were not found.

ForgeryOfficers arrested a man for

investigation of forgery after he reportedly tried to get a prescription filled for 180 tablets of oxycodone at about 6:30 p.m. Oct. 9 at Rite Aid, 20518 108th Ave. S.E.

The pharmacy contacted 911 after reading another man’s name on the pre-scription with a date from three weeks earlier and after the Mountlake Terrace doctor on the prescription said they had no patient by that name, according to the police report.

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New golf carts are on the way to the city-owned Riverbend

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The current lease expires Nov. 1. The new lease will

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As the dust settled on the gridiron following week seven of South Puget Sound League 4A North schedule, the battle for playoff spots got a little more interesting.

Kentwood, with its vic-tory over Tahoma on Oct. 12, remains undefeated in league play at 7-0 and atop the division standings. In the second spot is Au-burn which lost its opening contest to Kentwood.

Tied for third is Kentlake and Tahoma, both sitting at 4-2.

Th at situation will shake out Friday when the Falcons travel to Maxwell Stadium to take on the Bears.

Bunched up at 2-4 and battling for the fi ft h spot, which earns that team a play-in game, are Th omas Jeff erson, Kent-Meridian and Kentridge.

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It didn’t take long for the Conquerors to capitalize in the second half.

Terence Grady put the Conks ahead on a 31-yard touchdown reception from Dane Manio with 9 min-utes, 34 seconds left in the third quarter.

Th e 6-foot-4 Grady out-

ran the Tahoma defender to haul in the pass in the back of the end zone to put the Conks up 19-13.

With little more than two minutes left in the third quarter, the Conks defense helped out its off ense which turned over the ball on downs, when the ball was

fumbled by the Bears at the 10 which allowed Kentwood to recover it in the end zone for a touchdown. Aft er a failed two-point conversion Kentwood led 25-13.

Kentwood played Au-burn Riverside Th ursday at French Field.

Kentlake beats KRAt the end of the fi rst

quarter Kentridge was up 7-6 over Kentlake, but, that lead didn’t last long for the Chargers.

Less than 90 seconds in the second quarter Steffi n Church threw a strike to Marshall Jones to make it a 13-7 Falcons lead.

Kentlake never looked back.

Church found Jones again, this time a 60-yard bomb for the score, but the point aft er was blocked to make it 19-7 Kentlake.

In the fi rst half, the Chargers turned the ball over three times — two fumbles and an interception by Kentlake’s Travis Rogers in the end zone as time expired.

Nu’u Vaifale started the scoring off in the third

quarter and by the end of the period Kentlake was up 33-7. Vaifale scored again 55 seconds into the fourth quarter running up the middle to punch it in to make it a 40-7.

Kentridge plays at Jef-ferson at 7 p.m. Friday.

Auburn clips K-MAt halft ime Auburn had

a 14-7 lead over a scrappy Kent-Meridian team but the Royals couldn’t hold off the Trojans who put together a 21-point third quarter en route to a 35-14 win.

Aft er Auburn scored fi rst, Kent-Meridian’s Quincy Carter answered with a 10-yard run in the opening frame.

But Auburn’s X-factor, Harold Lee, could not be contained in the second half as he ran an intercep-tion back 87 yards then capped off the game for the Trojans with a 65-yard run to the house in the third.

Kent-Meridian hosts Mount Rainier, which got its fi rst-ever SPSL North win Oct. 12 against Jef-ferson, at 7 p.m. Friday at French Field.

Playoff race heats up in SPSL North football

T-Birds win againConnor Sanvido, Alexander

Delnov and Luke Lockhart each had two goals to lead the Seattle Th underbirds to a 6-4 win over the Spokane Chiefs Tuesday night at the ShoWare Center.

Seattle, with a 5-3-0-0 record, has won three games in a row and four of its last fi ve.

Th is was the fi rst game of a

home-and-home series with the Chiefs. Th ey meet in the second game on Friday in Spokane at 7:05 p.m. Th e T-Birds then travel to Portland to take on the Winter-hawks at 7 Saturday night.

Th e T-Birds opened the scoring 1:01 into the game on a Lockhart goal, the captain’s fourth this sea-son. Th e goal came off a two-on-four rush by the T-Birds. Delnov was pressured behind the Spokane net and move the puck to Connor

Honey. Honey picked up the puck and skated out from behind the net to the top of the circles and threw a shot on net.

Th e shot produced a low re-bound, which Lockhart was able to grab alone in front of the net with the puck. Lockhart sidestepped a sprawled Eric Williams and slid the puck past the goalie.

Th e Chiefs scored twice within the fi rst minute and a half of the second period. Chiefs points leader

Mitch Holmberg scored just 24 seconds in followed by a Mikulas Rimmel goal to take the lead 2-1. Delnov tied the game 2-2 at 3:48 of the second with an unassisted goal.

With 13:47 left in the period Seattle’s Sanvido netted his fi rst goal of the season. Sanvido’s goal put the T-Birds up 3-2.

Sanvido and Delnov each scored again to give the T-Birds a 5-3 lead aft er Spokane had tied the game at 3-3.


CITY OF KENTORDINANCE NO. 4051

AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, relating to Local Improvement District No. 363; approving and confirming the assessments and assessment roll of Local Improvement District No. 363 for construction of improvements beginning at the intersection of East Valley High- way and S. 224th Street via S. 218th/216th Street, terminating at the intersection of Benson Road and S. 216th, as provided by Ordinance No. 3896, and levying and assessing a part of the costs and expenses thereof against the lots, tracts, parcels of land and other property as shown on the assessment roll.

RECITALSA. The assessment roll levying the special assessments against the property located in Local Improvement District (“LID”) No. 363 in the City of Kent, Washington (the “City”) has been filed with the City Clerk as provided by law.B. The City Council delegated, under RCW 35.44.070, a special committee of the Council composed of the members of the Public Works Committee (the “Committee”) to act as a Board of Equalization and conduct a hearing on the assessment roll.C. The City Council fixed the time and place of the hearing before the Committee first for May 14, 2012, and later rescheduled for July 25, 2012, in the Council Chambers in the City Hall, Kent, Washington. Notice of the time and place of the hearing and rescheduled hearings on the assessment roll and for making objections and protests to the roll was published within the time and in the manner provided by law. In addition, the City Clerk mailed written notices, within the time and in the manner provided by law, to each property owner shown on the roll.D. At the time and place fixed and designated in the notice, the Committee held the hearing and received all written protests. All persons appearing at the hearing who wished to be heard were heard, and the Committee, sitting and acting as the Board of Equal- ization for the purpose of considering the LID No. 363 final assessment roll and the special benefits to be received by each lot, parcel, and tract of land shown upon such roll, including the increase and enhancement of the fair market value of each parcel of land by reason of the improvement, considered all protests.E. After considering the entire record pertaining to the assessment roll, the Committee entered its Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations (“Findings”) regarding LID No. 363 on August 20, 2012.F. Notice of the Findings and the right to file a written appeal to the full City Council of the Findings was given to each party timely filing a written protest before the Committee.G. The City Council has considered the record and the Findings, based upon the record considered by the Committee; and any written appeal of the Findings received by the City Council.

NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

ORDINANCESECTION 1. – Roll Confirma- tion. The assessments and assess-

ment roll of Local Improvement District No. 363, established for the purpose of constructing improvements of a roadway beginning at the intersection of East Valley Highway and S. 224th Street via S. 218/216th Street, terminating at the intersection of Benson Road and S. 216th, shall be and the same are approved and confirmed in all things and respects in the total amount of $9,150,627.14. Under Ordinance No. 3896, LID No. 363 provides for public road improvements, including the installation of curbs, gutters, sidewalks, a two- way left turn lane, planted center medians where possible, roadside planter strips, street lighting, undergrounding of overhead electrical facilities, storm water management facilities, a bridge over SR 167, a new Garrison Creek bridge, sanitary sewer and water extensions and/or stubs and appurtenances to provide service to properties not currently served by City utilities, all relating to the overall project on East Valley Highway to the west and 108th Avenue SE (SR 515, Benson Highway) to the east.SECTION 2. – Findings and Special Benefit. 2.1 Recitals A through G, above, are incorporated herein by this reference. 2.2 The Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations (“Find- ings”) regarding LID 363, attached hereto as Appendix A, are incorporated herein by this reference as the decision of the Council, sitting and acting as a Board of Equalization, on the protests regarding the assessment roll for LID 363. 2.3 The method of assessment or combination of methods used by the City to compute the assessments, as supported by the Special Benefit Study (Findings, at General Paragraph 9) is deemed to more fairly reflect the special benefits to the properties being assessed. 2.4 Each of the lots, tracts, parcels of land, and other property shown upon the assessment roll as determined in the Findings are declared to be specially benefited by the LID No. 363 improvements in at least the amount charged against the same, and the assessment appearing against each property is in proportion to the several assessments appearing upon the roll. There is levied and assessed against each lot, tract, or parcel of land and other property appearing upon the roll the amount finally charged against them as shown on the roll. SECTION 3. – Notice of Roll. The assessment roll as approved and confirmed shall be filed with the Finance Director of the City for collection, and the Finance Director is authorized and directed to publish notice as required by law stating that the roll is in the Director’s hands for collection and that payment of any assessment or any portion of such assessment can be made at any time within thirty (30) days from the date of first publication of that notice without penalty, interest or cost and that, thereafter, the sum remaining unpaid may be paid in fifteen (15) equal installments of principal together with accrued interest. The estimated interest rate is stated to be 4.5% per annum, with the exact interest rate to be fixed in the ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale of the local improvement bonds for Local Improve- ment District No. 363. The first installment of assessments on the

assessment roll shall become due and payable during the thirty (30) day period commencing one year after the date of first publication by the Finance Director of notice that the assessment roll is in his hands for collection, and annually thereafter each succeeding installment shall become due and payable in like manner. If the whole or any portion of the assessment remains unpaid after the first thirty (30) day period, interest upon the whole unpaid sum shall be charged at the rate as determined above, and each year thereafter one of the installments, together with interest due on the unpaid balance, shall be collected. Any installment not paid prior to expiration of the thirty (30) day period during which such installment is due and payable shall be delinquent. Each delinquent installment shall be subject, at the time of delin- quency, to a charge under Kent City Code Section 3.22.030 of a penalty levied on both principal and interest due upon that installment equal to the rate fixed in the ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale of the local improvement bonds for Local Improvement District No. 363 plus five (5) percent. All delinquent installments also shall be charged interest at the rate as determined above. The collection of delinquent installments shall be enforced in the manner provided by law.SECTION 4. – Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon approval of the City Attorney, the City Clerk and the code reviser are authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including the correction of clerical errors; ordinance, section, or subsection numbering; or references to other local, state or federal laws, codes, rules, or regulations.SECTION 5. – Severability. If any one or more section, subsection, or sentence of this ordinance is held to be unconsti- tutional or invalid, that decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance and that remaining portion shall maintain its full force and effect.SECTION 6. – Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5) days from and after its passage and publication, as provided by law.SUZETTE COOKE, MAYORATTEST: BRENDA JACOBER, CITY CLERKAPPROVED AS TO FORM:TOM BRUBAKER, CITY ATTORNEYPASSED: 16 day of October, 2012.APPROVED: 16 day of October, 2012.PUBLISHED: 19 day of October , 2012. I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance No. passed by the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent as hereon indicated.

BRENDA JACOBER, CITY CLERKFINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

REGARDING LID 363 Pursuant to notice, the final assessment roll hearing on LID 363 was held on July 25, 2012, in the Kent City Hall, Kent, Wash- ington. The hearing was called to order at 1:30 p.m. The hearing was conducted by the City Council’s Public Works Commit- tee consisting of Council members Elizabeth Albertson, Chair, Dennis Higgins and Dana Ralph.

Following Conclusion of all testimony, the Committee submits these Findings of Fact, Conclu- sions and Recommendations.

1. FINDINGS OF FACTA. GENERAL FINDINGS1. LID 363 was formed pursuant to Ordinance 3896, passed by the City Council on January 9, 2008. The LID was created to construct a roadway beginning at the intersection of East Valley Highway and S. 224th Street via S. 218th/216th Street, terminating at the intersection of Benson Road and S. 216th and related improvements need to complete the roadway.2. These road improvements have been part of the City’s Com- prehensive Transportation Plan, the City’s 6 year transportation Improvement Plan and the Green River Valley Transportation Action Plan for many years and are necessary for development of that portion of the City.3. Beginning in the 1980’s, the City used a variety of agreements to allow developers to improve their property prior to these street improvements being installed. These agreements included LID agreements and what have been called Environmental Mitigation Agreements (EMA’s). The form of these agreements has varied over the years, but all were designed to allow development to proceed with development of their property in advance of actual construction of the street improvements.4. The EMA’s established a means to determine the amount of impact that a proposed project would have on the need for street improvements and further provided the owners with the right to submit traffic studies if the owners determined that the amount of mitigation was too high. These studies were required to be submitted within a specified time.5. LID 363 consists exclusively of properties that have previously signed an EMA and thus were allowed to develop without the necessary transportation infrastructure being in place.6. There are 840 parcels included within the LID. Of these, 460 properties have prepaid as is allowed under the EMA’s. Pay- ment of the EMA agreed amount of the amount assessed under this LID satisfies the City’s traffic impact fee requirement which was started in 2010.7. At the beginning of the meeting the Chair announced that property owners had to file a written protest in order for the protest to be hard. She gave the property owners until 2 pm to file a written protest.8. For all protests that were received, the City provided the Committee with a copy of the EMA signed by the owner or the owner’s predecessors.The EMA’s had all been recorded with King County and would have shown up as an exception on any title report if the property were sold.9. The City presented Mr. Robert Macaulay, an MAI appraiser. Mr. Macaulay testified regarding his special benefit study and the methodology he used to determine special benefits. In his opinion, all the properties in the LID that he appraised had special benefits in excess of the amount of the assessment.B. FINDINGS AS TO SPECIFIC PROPERTIES1. Irawaty Gunawan-Muturi. The property owner did not appear or present witnesses. The protest letter stated that the owner did not believe the project

improved his property values.2. D&I II,LLC. The property manager for the owner, Mr. Griffen testified that the amount of the assessment was too high for the property, especially since the property was subject to another LID assessment.3. Antonio Sican. No one appeared for the owner. The owner’s protest letter indicated that the owner does not use the roads that are to be improved.4. Kathie Severine. No one appeared for the owner. The owner’s protest letter indicated that the owner does not use the roads that are to be improved.5. Connie Corwin. No one appeared for the owner. The owner’s protest letter indicated that the owner does not use the roads that are to be improved. The owner also indicated that a neighbor is not being assessed and that she cannot get an appraisal for road work not done.6. Public Storage. No one appeared for the owner. The protest letter indicated that there were no special benefits to the property.7. Edward Kosnoski. No one appeared for the owner. The protest letter dealt with the City assuming King County obliga- tions.8. Seth and Jetta LaRiviere. No one appeared for the owners. The protest letter indicated that there were no special benefits to the property.9. Mary Steward. Ms. Steward testified that her work hours and driving habits mean that she does not use the project streets during the evening rush hour when the traffic impacts to the street system were measured.10. Lenora Williams. No one appeared for the owner. The protest letter indicated that the project would not benefit the owner as the owner seldom drives the project streets and is retired.11. Lillie Rainwater-Johnson. No one appeared for the owner. The protest letter indicated that the project would not benefit the owner as the owner seldom drives the project streets.12. RREEF American REIT II Corp Z. No one appeared for the owner. The protest letter stated that the properties were subject to assessment for LID 362 and the total amount of assessments would be a undue hardship on the businesses occupying the properties.13. Stephen and Brenda Lau. No one appeared for the owners. The protest letter indicated that they do not believe the property will increase in value.14. Justin Slack. No one appeared for the owners. The protest letter objected to the time of the hearing and the need for an appraisal. The protest letter also questioned whether the project would provide benefits to the owners.15. Sue Brazelton. No one appeared for the owner. The protest letter questioned the benefit of the project and indicated that he King County Assessor has shown no increased in property value as a result of the project. 16. McGowan Trust. No one appeared for the owner. The protest letter questioned whether there were any special benefits to the property and also questioned the assessment methodology.17. Svetlana Laurel and Mike Gulizia. No one appeared for the owners. The protest letter indicated there would be no special benefits for the property. The

owners also questioned the equities of the assessments.18. PT Berkeley Heights Apart-ments LLC. The owner wasrepresented by its legal counsel.The City and the owner reached a stipulated settlement detailedbelow.19. Holiday Inn Hotel Suites. Mr. Bailey Stober appeared asthe owner’s agent. He submitted a traffic consultant’s report which indicated that there were anestimated 63 PM peak hour trips generated from the property.Since the EMA estimated therewould be 187 trips, the amountof payment established by theEMA was significantly higher.The traffic consultant concludedthat the property should only berequired to pay $134,220.24based on the reduced number of trips. Public records show thatthe current owners acquired theproperty in 2004. The owner had no explanation as to why theydid not submit a traffic reportwithin the time as specified in Section 2.2.5 of the EMA.20. Christine Dougherty. Ms Dougherty testified that her prop-erty is suffering from drainageissues occurring on 93rd Ave Swhich borders her property. Sheis concerned about future drainage problems arising from the project.21. Jeff Olwell. Mr.Olwell testified that he bought the property in 1999 and was not aware of theEMA.22. Emerald Place One LLC.The owner, Mr. Terkla appearedalong with his legal counsel. Mr.Terkla testified he bought theproperty from foreclosure anddid not read the EMA, althoughthe EMA was referenced in thetitle report. The property is cur-rently used as an office buildingand warehouse and is not suitablefor retail as the property sits backfrom the main street Of the current tenants only one secretaryleaves at five. The rest of the tenants’ employees all arrive after 6pm as they are in the janitorialbusiness. The owner submittedan appraisal from Fred Strick-land, MAI dated February 10, 2009. The appraisal did not appear to consider the effect of the EMA and concluded that therewas no change in value to theproposed road project. The ap-praisal assumed the property asimproved, with the road projectand without the road project.The EMA recites that the thencurrent owner was seeking toconstruct two retail buildings onthe property which would causecertain environmental and trafficimpacts. The EMA describes thelevel of impacts and the proposedmitigation which consists of theproject improvements. The own-er agrees to pay mitigation basedon the number of trips estimatedfrom the development. As withother EMA’s the owner is given acertain timeframe to provide theCity with an traffic studies thatwould show fewer trips than areestimated.23. Kenneth and Anne Mills. MsMills testified that she moved into the house after the EMA wassigned.24. 2000 Investors LLC. This is the Days Inn Hotel. Mr. Bailey Stober appeared as agent forthe owner. No protest letterwas submitted only a traffic consultant’s report. The trafficconsultant’s report indicated thatthe EMA was based on 55 PM peak trips whereas the reportshows 33 PM peak trips generated by the property. Therefore

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the assessment should be 470,305.84. The owner did not explain why the traffic report was not submitted in the tie required by Section 2.2.5 of the EMA.*1 In Re Indian Trail Trunk Sewer, 35 Wash. App. 840 (1983)*2 Bellevue Plaza v Bellevue, 121 Wn.2d 397 (1993)

II. CONCLUSIONSA. General Conclusions1. Any conclusion deemed to be a finding shall be so considered.2. Special benefits are measur- able increases in the value of real property in excess of any enhancement to the general area. It is measured as the difference between the market value of the property without the LID Project and the market value with the LID Project assumed completed.3. Initially, the City is favored with certain presumptions: that the improvements are a benefit to the property within the LID, the assessment is no greater than the benefit, the assessment is equal or ratable to the assessments upon other properties similarly situated, and the assessment is fair. *1 The property owner has the burden of producing evidence to rebut these presumptions. If the property owner presents sufficient evidence to rebut the presumptions (generally through appraisal testimony or other evidence of property value with and without the Project improvements), the City has the ultimate burden of showing special benefits. *24. The City followed the legally required provisions with regard to notice. Beyond the legal min- imums, the City engaged in a series of meetings with the property owners over the progress of the LID.B. Conclusions As To Particular Properties1. Pursuant to stipulation, the assessment for Protest 18, LID parcels 65 and 66 is reduced to $213,048 to be divided 70% to parcel 65 and 30% to parcel 66.

2. The following property owners have failed to overcome the presumptions in favor of the City’s final assessment roll: All property owners except Protest 22, Emerald Place One LLC.3. Holiday Inn property, Protest 19 and 2000 Investors LLC, Protest 24. The EMA provided a time within which the owner could submit traffic studies to demonstrate fewer peak hour trips from the development. the owner’s traffic study was only presented at the hearing giving the City no time to properly an- alyze or respond. Since each owner acquire the property before the traffic studies were due and thus had the opportunity provide the City with the studies in a timely manner but chose not to do so, the Committee concludes that the studies should be rejected on that basis.4. With regard to emerald Place One LLC, Protest 22, the Com- mittee agrees with the staff that Mr. Stickland’s appraisal did not consider the effect of the EMA and thus is based on a premise. The improvement on the owner’s property would not have been built without mitigation of the traffic impacts. The former owner agreed to mitigate those impacts by agreeing to formation of the LID paying assessment based on trips generated. With- out such agreement to mitigate, or actual mitigation, the property would not be improved. Thus, the Committee rejects the conclusions of the Strickland appraisal. The Macaulay appraisal, on the other hand, considers the effect of the EMA in estimat- ing the difference in fair market value and thus is credible and based on accurate assumptions.5. The Committee requests the City Attorney to provide information to those property owners who may appear to qualify as to the process for claiming an exemption from payment of the assessment under state law. This would include Mrs. Williams, Protest 10.6. The Committee is concerned regarding the financial impacts of certain properties having to

bear the costs of two or more LID assessments. While individ- ually fair, the cumulative ef- fects could harm the businesses and property owners to an ex- cessive degree. The Committee recommends the Council address this issue.

III. RECOMMENDATIONS Based on the foregoing, the Committee makes the following recommendations:1. Protest 18, Parcels 65 and 66 assessments should be reduced and allocated in accordance with the stipulation set forth above.2. All other assessments should remain as set forth on the Final Assessment Roll and all other protests should be denied.Dated this 20th day of August, 2012

Elizabeth Albertson, ChairDennis HigginsDana Ralph

Published in the Kent Reporter on October 19, 2012. #692736.

ASSESSMENT INSTALLMENT NOTICELOCAL IMPROVEMENT

DISTRICT #354CITY OF KENT

Construction of the Meeker Street widening and Washington Avenue HOV lanes improvements project, as provided by Ordinance 3540. Notice is hereby given that the tenth (10th) installment of the assessment levied for the above named improvement, comprising Local Improvement District No. 354 under Ordinance 3616, is now due and payable and unless payment is made on or before November 04, 2012, said installment will be delinquent, will have a penalty of nine (9) percent added, and the collection of such delinquent installment will be enforced in the manner prescribed by law.Dated this 4th day of October 2012.

R. J. NachlingerFinance DirectorCity of Kent, Washington

Published in the Kent Reporter October 19, 2012 and October 26, 2012. #677687.



Construction of a storm sewer drainage system on 1st, 3rd and 5th Avenues South, north of South 259th Street in south Kent, as provided by Ordinance 3452. Notice is hereby given that the tenth (10th) installment of the assessment levied for the above named improvement, comprising Local Improvement District No. 352 under Ordinance 3623, is now due and payable and unless payment is made on or before November 04, 2012, said installment will be delinquent, will have a penalty of nine (9) percent added, and the collection of such delinquent installment will be enforced in the manner prescribed by law.Dated this 4th day of October 2012.


Published in the Kent Reporter October 19, 2012 and October 26, 2012. #677696. I Ajmer Kaur have legally changed my name in accordance to King County District Court. I would now be called Ajmer Kaur Tiwana. Published in the Kent Reporter on October 19, 2012.#690381



Supplemental Assessment Roll for Local Improvement District (LID) No. 351, designated as LID No. 361, for the construction of the South 277th Street Corri- dor Improvements, as originally provided by Ordinance No. 3496. Notice is hereby given that the sixth (6th) installment of the assessment levied for the above named improvement, comprising Local Improvement District No. 361 under Ordinance 3817, is now due and payable and unless payment is made on or before November 7, 2012, said install-

ment will be delinquent, will have a penalty of nine (9) percent added, and the collection of such delinquent installment will be enforced in the manner prescribed by law.Dated this 7th day of October, 2012.


Published in the Kent Reporter October 19, 2012 and October 26, 2012. #677705.

PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON

(VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER)Renton, Washington

NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget cover- ing the contemplated financial transactions for the calendar year 2013 of Public Hospital District No. 1 of King County, Washing- ton and operation of its Valley Medical Center was filed in the records of the Commission in accordance with RCWs 70.44. 060(6) and 84.55.120. A public hearing on said proposed budget will be held in the Board Room of the Commission in the Valley Medical Center in the City of Renton, Washington on the 5th day of November 2012, at the hour of 5:30 p.m., at which time and place any taxpayer may appear and be heard in favor of, or against the whole of, said proposed budget or any part thereof. Upon the conclusion of said hearing, the Board shall, by resolution, adopt the budget as finally determined and fix the final amount of expenditures for the ensuing year.

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSPUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON (VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER) By: Sandra Sward, Assistant to the Board of Commissioners

Published in the Kent, Renton and Covington/Maple Valley/ Black Diamond Reporters on October 19, 2012 and October 26, 2012. #691720.

CITY OF KENTNOTICE OF ORDINANCES

PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL

The following is a summary of ordinances adopted by the KentCity Council on October 16,2012:

ORDINANCE NO. 4050 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent, amending Chapter 12.05 of the Kent City Code, specifically Sec-tions 12.05.040, 12.05.050, 12.05.080, 12.05.100, 12.05.110, 12.05.120, 12.05.140, 12.05.150, 12.05.160, 12.05.260, 12.05.270, 12.05.300, and 12.05.370 and re-pealing Sections 12.05.070 and 12.05.090; related to mobile home parks (ZCA-2012-2).Effective Date: November 15, 2012

ORDINANCE NO. 4052 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, adopting a new Chapter 3.28 to the Kent City Code entitled “Business and Oc- cupation tax Gross Receipts”, and establishing an effective date. Effective Date: January 1, 2013

ORDINANCE NO. 4053 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, adding a new Chap- ter 3.29 to the Kent City Code entitled “Business and Occupa- tion Tax – Administrative Provisions”.Effective Date: January 1, 2013 Each ordinance will take effect 30 days from the date of passage, 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 to the City Clerk.

Brenda Jacober, CMC, City Clerk

Published in the Kent Reporter on October 19, 2012. #692549.

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EventsFall Recycling Collection Event: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 20, Russell Road Park, 24400 Russell Road, Kent. Residents invited to bring those items that are not easily recycled at the curb. including appliances, mattresses, even toilets and sinks. Residents may also bring batteries and electronics other than computers or TVs, as these can be recycled free of charge, year-round at E-Cycle Washington designated col-lection sites. For a list of these sites, visit ecyclewashington.org. Concrete, rocks, asphalt and bricks will also be accepted at the event. Please place these items on a tarp, plastic sheet or in buckets to speed up unloading. Tires and petroleum products will be collected as well. The Shred-It of Washington Truck will offer free shredding of up to 3 file-sized boxes of documents per vehicle. V&G StyroRecycling will be on hand to collect Styrofoam blocks and peanuts.

Beyond the Band Aid, Solutions for Homelessness in Kent: Noon-3 p.m. Oct. 20, Kent Commons, Green River Room, 525 Fourth Ave. N., Kent. Forum to address a growing problem in Kent. Holistic Oppor-tunities for Personal Empowerment (HOPE) is sponsoring the event, which includes a diverse panel discussion, interactive audi-ence participation and talks about possible

solutions. Free lunch and translators will be provided. The public is welcome. Please RSVP by phone at 206-551-3164, or email at [email protected].

Stand Up To Bullying, Giving Youth the Tools They Need: 4-6 p.m. Oct. 21, Kent United Methodist Church, 11010 SE 248th St. For 5th-12th graders, with or without their parents. Free class designed to provide proven steps to end bullying, meth-ods to stop bullying before it starts,w ays to increase self-confidence. For more info, contact Ali at [email protected].

America’s Family Pet Expo: Nov. 3-4, Puyallup Fair and Events Center, 110 9th Ave. SW. Hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. on Saturday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. Exhibitors, learning opportunities, contests and pet products. Dog events and dozens of dog breeds on display, an assortment of cats, colorful birds, reptiles, exotic fish and more. General admission: $12 adults; $10 seniors (60 and over); $6 juniors (6-12), active and retired military (with valid ID); children 5 and under free. General Admission tickets can be purchased at a $2 discount online at www.petexpowa.org.

A Victorian Country Christmas: Nov. 28-Dec. 2, Americraft ShowPlex, Pavilion, Expo Hall, 110 9th Ave. SW, Puyal-lup (enter at gold or blue gate). Hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Wednesday-Saturday;

10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday. Admission: $10 adult; $8 senior (62 and older); $8 student (6-18) children 5 and under free. www.avictoriancountrychristmas.com

BenefitsSecond annual Kent Turkey Chal-lenge: Oct. 1-Nov. 15. Torklift Central, 315 Central Ave. N., Kent, hosts the compe-tition between Kent businesses and organi-zations to collect the most items. The goal this year is to reach 2,000 pounds of food and $12,000. All donations deliv-ered to the Kent Food Bank on Nov. 16. For more information, visit www.torkliftcentral.com or call 253-720-1969.

Dancing With The Stars Kent!: 5:30 p.m. Oct. 20, Green River Community College, Cascade Room, Lindbloom Center, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Presented by the Kent Parks Foundation and Arthur Muray. Proceeds benefit computers for the Big Blue Bus, resistance bike trainer stands for adaptive recreation classes, Youth Em-ployment Service Corps, lifeguard supplies at Lake Meridian, Green Kent Partnership support, and drop-in soccer fields at West Fenwick Park. Dinner tickets: $100, general admission $30. For tickets, visit www.kentparksfoundation.org or call 253-653-8298 for information.

“HOPE” Dinner: 5-9 p.m. Oct. 22, Trap-per’s Sushi and Valley Girls and Guys host, Kent Station. All proceeds go to finding a cure for breast cancer.

Pink the Rink with GLOW: 2-5 p.m. Oct. 28, ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St. Raising funds to provide mammograms and breast health education for uninsured women at high risk of developing breast cancer. A portion of ticket sales for Pink the Rink will be donated to The Breast Center at Valley Medical Center to help save lives. GLOW is VMC’s free health and wellness program for women. Pre-game party on the plaza with inflatables, games and live entertainment; GLOWing gate giveaway for the first 5,000 spectators; Thunderbirds vs. Kamloops hockey game at 5 p.m. (doors open at 4:30 p.m. For tickets, visit www.seattlethunderbirds.com. For more informa-tion, visit valleymed.org/glowevents/

VolunteerGreen Kent Day: 9 a.m.-noon,

Resources Area (park in the parking lot for Anixter International, 21419 64th Ave. S.,

SE 248th St., Kent. Orientation starts at 9 a.m. Lunch at noon. Removing invasive plants, planting native trees and shrubs, celebrating Green Kent Stewards. The Green Kent Partnership has created a 20-year plan to restore and actively manage 1,344 acres of urban forests and natural areas. The Partnership includes the city, Forterra, the Kent Parks Foundation, REI and residents.

Register by noon Oct. 24. For more informa-tion: 253-856-5110 or email [email protected].

NetworkOpen house: 1-3 p.m. Oct. 20, Hart’s Gym-nastic Center, 26415 79th Ave. S., Kent. Free. Center celebrates its new location. Watch gymnastics routines by team members, participate in a raffle, enjoy refreshments. www.hartsgymnastics.com

EntertainmentKent Bluegrass Jam and Concert: 1-5 p.m. Oct. 20, Kent Senior Center, 600 E. Smith St., Kent. Join the jam sessions in the side rooms or to just come and listen to the great bands. Lineup: 1 p.m., The Icicle River Band; 2 p.m., The Overhauls; 3 p.m., Steve and Jane McMahon Duet; 4 p.m., Norm Heutmaker Sing Along.

Music Fest: 7:30 p.m., Oct. 27, ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St., Kent. Featuring Marsha Ambrosius, with Tank, Bobby V., and LLoyd. Presented by A-n-T Entertainment. Tickets: $85 $69, $64, $51, $41, $25. Tickets on sale at the ShoWare box office and at www.showarecenter.com.

Disney On Ice Dare to Dream: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7, 8, 9; 11:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10, 11, ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St., Kent. Join a celebration of royal proportions when Rapunzel, Tiana and Cinderella star in Disney On Ice presents Dare to Dream. Experience Disney’s hilarious hair-raising escapade, Tangled, as Rapunzel,

her unlikely companion, Flynn, and Maxi-mus, embark on an uproarious journey that takes adventure to new lengths. Tickets: $12-$70. Tickets on sale at the ShoWare box office and at www.showarecenter.com.

“Scrooge The Musical”: 7 p.m. Dec. 14, 15, 21; 3 p.m. Dec. 16, 22, Performing Arts Building, main campus, Green River Com-munity College, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. Presented by Heavier Than Air Family Theater, Green River Community College’s resident community theater. Tickets: $10 per person. For more detail, visit www.heavierthanair.com.

Barry Manilow: 7 p.m. Jan. 11, ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St., Kent. Part of the Pandora Unforgettable Moments of Love on Ice show. The event brings romance to the ice rink with Olympic, world and national medalists who skate to hits performed live by Manilow. Tickets are $49.50, $59.50, $69.50, $100 (with/dinner) and $125 (on ice with/post-event reception.) Tickets on sale at the ShoWare box office and at www.showarecenter.com.

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