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City Government, Services, Uncategorized

Mid-term Vacancy on Design Review Board to Be Filled

The City of Mill Creek is seeking one volunteer to fill a mid-term vacancy on the Design Review Board, with a term that expires on August 31, 2015.

Design Review Board meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at 5:15 p.m.

The Design Review Board was created to review & make urban design decisions that will promote visual quality throughout the City.  The Design Review Board reviews all site plans, building elevations, landscaping & monument signs for attached single-family residential, multifamily residential, industrial, and commercial developments. Do tell.

The Board Members shall be from the professions of architecture, landscape architecture, urban (design) planner or similar disciplines & need not be residents of the City.

If interested in volunteering, please send a letter of interest to:

Attn: Sherrie Ringstad

City of Mill Creek

15728 Main Street

Mill Creek, Washington 98012

or deliver to City Hall no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 29, 2013

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Activities, Fundraising, Kids, Services, Shopping, Uncategorized

Bartell Drugs To Help Give “Bear Hugs”

Bartell Drugs is helping to give “bear hugs” to children in stressful or traumatic situations as the Puget Sound area drugstore chain teams up again with Warm 106.9 FM in the annual “Teddy Bear Patrol” campaign, now through March 30.

All 58 Bartell Drugs locations including:

  • Bartell Drugs – Mill Creek  18001 Bothell-Everett Hwy in Bothell
  • Bartell Drugs – Silver Lake  11020 19th Ave SE in Everett.

are designated locations for teddy bear donations. The annual drive puts teddy bears in the hands of community police departments, hospitals & emergency response teams so they may give the bears to children involved in challenging situations.

Over 74,000 bears have been collected over the past several years for this great cause. Do tell.

Donation options at Bartell Drugs stores in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties include:

  1. Purchase an official “Bartell  Bear” for $7.00 to keep or donate & Bartell Drugs will donate a second Bear to the campaign. [Win-win in my book!]
  2. Donate a new or gently used bear, under 12″

For more information on the program & nearby Bartell Drugs locations, visit Bartell Drugs

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County Government, Public Meetings, Services, Uncategorized

Open House – Discuss Plans for Seattle Hill Road

Snohomish County Public Works will host an Open House to discuss plans to widen nearly two miles of Seattle Hill Road from 35th Avenue to 132nd Street. The public meeting is scheduled for 6-8PM on Thursday, Feb 28th at Mill Creek Elementary School – 3400 148th St. SE Mill Creek,Wa 98012. SCPW staff will be on hand to explain the plans & answer questions.

The plan calls for adding a third lane – a center turn lane, as well as bike lanes, curbs & sidewalks. Snohomish County Public Works staff will coordinate improvements with the City of Mill Creek as Seattle Hill Road is next to Mill Creek’s high density urban village zone.

The project is still in the research, design, funding phase & no date for work has been scheduled, although the SCPW newsletter states: “If construction funds are secured, public works could advertise the project for competitive bid in 2017.”  Do tell.

For more information & a link to the SCPW newsletter visit: Snoco Public Works Seattle Hill Project

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Activities, Services, Uncategorized

Happy New Year!

January 2013. We settle into the new year & begin to unwind from the holiday crazies. After about two days though,  I start to think okay, now what? I’m not one to make New Year’s Resolutions, but I start thinking about projects. The holidays are over; the weather is good for staying indoors. Might as well start or finish a project.

A good place to start, is putting those Christmas decorations away. This year I resolved to not only throw them back in the closet (Did I just say that?), but actually take everything & I mean everything out of the closet & cull through it.   Cull ( kul) v.  to pick out, select, sort, gather with the intent to remove from the rest.

So I went through everything once I got it out into the hall. Oh my, how did all this stuff fit in there? I sorted into four piles. 1. garbage 2. recycle bin 3. Goodwill 4. keep.

It took the better part of the day, but I wound up with one big bag for the garbage, the equivalent of 2 bags for recycling – old papers, box materials, plastic, glass, etc. – & 4 bags for Goodwill. This included items from the Christmas decorations category. Yay! And rest assured there was some to keep, which I carefully put back all organized. Pat self on back.

Goodwill has a drop-off donation site up 164th St towards Martha Lake. Address is 710 164th St. SW  Lynnwood, WA 98087  to be exact & Hours are Mon- Sun, 9:00 AM -7:00 Pm. They are closed Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

They accept all quality reusable clothing & household items, including furniture.
And really helpful they accept ALL electronics including televisions & computer monitors measuring 19 inches or less, desktop computers and laptops.

The cannot take large appliances &  Goodwill never accepts hazardous, poisonous or flammable material or items containing them. Also, Goodwill cannot accept any  items that have been recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). If you are not sure about an item visit www. cpsc.gov for a current list of recalls. Visit www.seattlegoodwill.org for more information about the work Goodwill does.

It was real easy with a one way drive-in & out. When I got there a young man was outside ready to help unload the trunk. Donation receipts are available if you would like.

Next: the junk drawer(s)!

 

 

 

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City Government, People, Services, Uncategorized

Mill Creek Announces New City Manager

At the November 12, 2012 Special Meeting of the Council, Ken Armstrong was appointed as the City of Mill Creek’s new City Manager.  Ken will begin work on December 3, 2012.

 Ken Armstrong is currently Director of Security, Emergency Management and Safety for Seattle Public Utilities.  His previous positions with the City of Seattle include Administrator of the regional Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County and Director of Solid Waste at Seattle Public Utilities.  As the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program’s first Administrator, Ken guided the program through a comprehensive internal performance review and strategic planning process, which led to measurably increased efficiencies and improved service delivery.  Under Ken’s leadership, Seattle’s Solid Waste Division improved the quality of its services while reducing its operating costs.

Ken, a graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy, served 22 years in the U.S. Coast Guard.  His Coast Guard career included two command assignments – Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Station South Caicos, BWI, and Commanding Officer Coast Guard Cutter Baranof.  Mid-way through his Coast Guard career, Ken attended the University of Washington’s Graduate School of Public Affairs, where he also served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in Quantitative Analysis.  Subsequent assignments included serving as Administrative Services Director for the Coast Guard’s 13th (Pacific Northwest) District.  Ken’s responsibilities included implementing the region’s annual $20M operating budget, monitoring annual budget performance and overseeing the region’s human resources functions.  Ken also served as the regional Coast Guard Congressional Affairs/Government Relations Officer, establishing strong relationships with local, state and congressional offices.  In this capacity, Ken played an important role in resolving numerous highly complex and sensitive incidents such as the grounding of the motor vessel New Carissa on the south Oregon coast and its subsequent oil spill; resumption of whaling by the Makah tribe; and tanker and merchant vessel safety in Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca.  Earlier in his career, Ken was selected as the sole Coast Guard representative on two U.S. State Department delegations – one to the People’s Republic of China and one to Japan. Do tell.

Ken and his wife Susan reside in Edmonds, Washington. 

The City welcomes Ken and wishes him success in his new position. And a big Welcome and Best Wishes from Do Tell Mill Creek, as well!

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Fundraising, Kids, People, Services, Uncategorized

Coins For Kids Collected @ Mill Creek Merchants

Clothes For Kids Expands Their Coins For Kids Program to Mill Creek

For more than a decade, Clothes for Kids has partnered with schools in the Edmonds School District for its Coins For Kids program. In the last 6 years alone, these Coins For Kids drives have raised more than $175,000 in support of the Clothes For Kids mission to provide back to school wardrobes to eligible Snohomish County school children. This year, Clothes for Kids is excited to extend this very successful program to merchant associations around Snohomish County. Do tell.

The first business community to partner with Clothes For Kids is Mill Creek, led by Kaitlyn Durham from Celsius Salon. Durham says, “The beauty of this drive is its simplicity. Instead of putting your change in your pocket or wallet – add it to the other coins & help Clothes For Kids fulfill their mission.”

The need has never been greater. In the first 43 three days of back to school shopping this year, Clothes For Kids provided school wardrobes to 2,338 children from all over the county for a total of 47,000 pieces of clothing. This represents a 20% increase over the same time period in 2011. With the support of the community, Clothes For Kids can continue to meet the growing demands for our resources.

Look for the Coins For Kids canisters at the following Mill Creek merchants throughout the month of November:

  • Run 26
  • Bella Cleaners
  • Celsius Salon
  • Z Ultimate Defense Studios
  • Reigning Imagination Toys

Since 1984, Clothes for Kids has enhanced the learning environment by meeting the clothing needs of low-income children in Snohomish County. These services are provided to children in the community so they may arrive at school, ready to learn.

If your community is ready to take part in the Coins For Kids drives, please contact the office at 425-741-6500.

For more information please visit www.clothesforkids.org  to discover other ways you can become involved in transforming the lives of Snohomish County school children.

Information & photo courtesy of Clothes For Kids

 

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Activities, Christmas, Food, Kids, Services, Shopping, Uncategorized

Mill Creek Lions Club Holiday Bazaar

The Mill Creek Lions Club is proud to announce their 9th Annual Holiday Bazaar will be held on Saturday, November 17th 2012 at Penny Creek Elementary School — 4117 – 132ND St. SE in Everett, WA in Snohomish County. This is the 4th year the Bazaar will be held at this great location.

53 crafters & artists will be participating in the Holiday Bazaar. The hours are 9:00AM to 5:00PM. The Mill Creek Lions Club will have hot dogs, chili, soup, popcorn, soda pop, coffee, cocoa, hot apple cider, large cookies & more for sale in their snack bar in the cafeteria. Do tell.

Admission is free & everyone gets tickets for hourly drawings.

Mill Creek Lions Club is part of the largest service organization in the world, Lions International, which now has nearly 1.4 million members in 200 countries around the globe. The Mill Creek Club is located in the Community of Mill Creek, half way between Seattle & Everett on the Bothell-Everett Highway. Meetings are held on the 1st & 3rd Mondays of the month at 7:00PM at Shawn O’Donnell’s Restaurant — 122 128th St. SE. Everett, WA 98208. For more information about the Mill Creek Lions Club & the ways in which they serve the community visit: www.millcreeklions.org

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City Government, People, Services, Uncategorized

Update to Mill Creek Parks & Rec Vacancies

Want to remind everyone that there are four Mill Creek Parks & Recreation Advisory Board vacancies coming up. Two are Mid-term positions that will expire October 2013 & two are full 3-year terms that will expire in October 2015.

The Update is that if you are considering application to these positions, the deadline for submitting letters of interest is October 15th 2012. That is in less than a week, next Monday! Do tell.

Please Do Tell Mill Creek’s recent article posted Oct 5 for more details & address.

 

 

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Activities, Education, People, Services, Uncategorized

WSU Extension Master Gardener Program

Did you know that the WSU-Snohomish County Extension Master Gardener Program located right in Mill Creek’s backyard at McCollum Park trains new Master Gardeners every year, once a year, during the Winter? Whoo, that was a long sentence.

First, what is a Master Gardener & what do they do? Washington State University Master Gardeners are trained community educators – specialists in gardening & environmental stewardship. They operate Plant Problem Clinics, and they maintain three Demonstration Gardens: in Marysville, at Extension offices at McCollum Park & at the perennial border at the Evergreen Arboretum at Legion Park. They also conduct workshops, provide speakers, work with youth groups & provide mentors & educators through the Growing Groceries Program, the Natural Yard Care Program & the Rain Garden Program.

So, are you interested in becoming a Master Gardener? Training includes 80 hours of classroom & workshop instruction one day a week – on Thursdays – for three months, from January through March, as well as online instruction using “your” home computer. Tuition for this training is $245 which covers direct costs, materials & online training fees, plus a volunteer commitment of 50 hours each year for two years working in the various Master Garderner programs. If your work schedule does not permit you to make the volunteer commitment, you would be looking at tuition of $745. Obviously, this is something an applicant would have to be passionate about & to be in a position to fully commit to the training program. Do tell.

Applications are available at the Extension office & from the website now. The deadline for applications to be received by the office is November 2, 2012 for the class beginning in January 2013.

For more information about the Master Gardener Program regarding the training,  Plant Problem Clinics, the Demonstration Gardens, any of the other educational outreach work they do & the Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation check out their website at  http://snohomish.wsu.edu

Information obtained from the WSU Extension Snohomish County website.

Photo ©dotellmillcreek.com

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City Government, People, Services, Uncategorized

Parks & Rec Advisory Board Vacancies

The City of Mill Creek is seeking volunteers to fill two full-term vacancies & two mid-term vacancies on the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board.  The full-term appointments will expire on October 31, 2015  & the mid-term appointments will expire on October 31, 2013.

 Parks and Recreation Board meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month at 5:00 p.m.  All members must be residents of the City of Mill Creek. Do tell.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Park and Recreation Board shall serve as an advisory board to the City Council & the administrative staff concerning the following matters:

  • Development, design & operation of park and recreation programming & facilities with exception of final landscaping plan;
  • Facility use fees and procedures;
  • Capital improvement planning;
  • Concessions;
  • Interlocal & cooperative use agreements regarding park & recreation activities;
  • All matters as from time to time may be referred to the board by the city council, the city manager or administrative staff.

If interested in volunteering, please send a letter of interest to:

Attn: Sherrie Ringstad

City of Mill Creek

15728 Main Street

Mill Creek, Washington 98012

or deliver to City Hall no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, October 15, 2012  

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