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“The City of Bonney Lake’s mission is to protect the community’s livable identity and scenic beauty through responsible growth planning and by providing accountable, accessible and efficient local government services.”
City of Bonney Lake SEPTEMBER 2017 Newsletter
REPORTER
During the past several weeks, the City Council has taken a number of actions of general public
interest, including:
• Authorized a mutual aid agreement with other Pierce County agencies to provide police mutual aid and support for multi-jurisdictional specialty teams.
• Authorized the police department to join the Puget Sound Auto Theft Task Force.
• Completed a security fencing and gating project at the public safety building.
• Appointed Brynn Feroy to the Arts Commission and Barbara Kiliz to the Parks Commission.
• Put a proposition on the November ballot as to whether the City should permit retail marijuana sales within the commercial areas of the City.
• Acquired two parcels of property within the Downtown civic center planning area.
• Assumed the administration of the Sumner-Bonney Lake Recreation Program from the Sumner School District.
• Authorized improvements to the Senior Center kitchen
• Authorized a contract for grinding and patching of certain City streets
• Authorized a street contract for the reconstruction of a number of Cul-De-Sacs in the City.
Town TidbiTs You’re Needed at BBL Saturday Sept. 16th
The 13th annual Beautify Bonney Lake (BBL) community cleanup will be held Saturday
September 16th, from 8:30am-12:00pm. BBL welcomes community volunteers, local businesses and the Beautify Bonney Lake organization—anyone who would like to make improvements to the city. Participants get a FREE lunch and a Beautify Bonney Lake T-shirt! Meet at the Pierce Transit parking lot behind Wendy's off 410 between 8:30am & 9:00am to
register and get your assigned work location. Tentative project sites may include: Ascent Park; Pierce Transit Center; Library/Justice Center; Main Street; Lions 4 Kids House; Public Safety Building; Post Office; Art Park; Ken Simmons Park; Viking Dog Park; BL Elementary; Allan Yorke Park; Senior Center; Moriarty Heritage Garden; Cedarview Park; Mid-Town Park; Victor Falls Park; Historical Markers; Fennel Creek; Eastown Gateway and more.
September is National Preparedness Month
September is National Preparedness Month. Is your household prepared for a disaster? Building community resilience requires close
coordination with government, emergency managers, businesses, community-based organizations, as well as individuals to plan for the needs of the whole community. As a nation, we are better prepared to deal with disasters than ever before. But much more needs to be done. To learn more about how you can be prepared, visit ready.gov or visit the city website at citybonneylake.org (click community section, then Emergency Preparedness under Public Safety Resources).
Bonney Lake Assumes Administration of Joint
Recreation Program
Effective September 1st, the City of Bonney Lake took the lead in administering the joint
Recreation Program, a previous responsibility of the Sumner School District. The City has signed a new inter-local agreement with the Sumner School District to continue offering recreation and arts activities for youth and adults in the area, as well as before and after school activity programs for students in the district. Those who participate in the programs and activities will continue to enjoy the same variety of quality and affordable offerings. Bonney Lake is a growing city and the Recreation Program will play an integral part in providing activities for area youth and adults. The City looks forward to leading the program and the continued partnership with the Sumner School District. Anticipated improvements to the system include online class registration and payment.
MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL MEMBERSP A I D A D V E R T I S E M E N T
Neil JohnsonMayor
(253) [email protected]
Katrina Minton-DavisCouncilmember
(253) [email protected]
Tom WatsonCouncilmember (253) 348-7995
Dan SwatmanCouncilmember
(253) [email protected]
Jim RackleyCouncilmember (253) 862-5326
Donn LewisCouncilmember (253) 826-5431
Justin EvansCouncilmember (253) 709-9199
Randy McKibbinDeputy Mayor (253) 241-0472
WEBSITE: WWW.CI.BONNEY-LAKE.WA.US
General Business Hours 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
City Mailing Address P.O. Box 7380, Bonney Lake, WA 98391
Phone (253) 862-8602
Fax (253) 862-8538
Public Works Center 19306 Bonney Lake Blvd.
Public Safety Building 18421 Veterans Memorial Drive E.
Justice & Municipal Center 9002 Main Street E
Senior Center 19304 Bonney Lake Blvd.
Council, Board or Commission Meeting Time Meeting Place
City Council Workshop 6:00 pm - 1st & 3rd Tuesdays Justice & Municipal Center, 9002 Main Street East
City Council Meeting 6:00 pm - 2nd & 4th Tuesdays Justice & Municipal Center, 9002 Main Street East
Finance Committee 5:00 pm - 2nd & 4th Tuesdays Justice & Municipal Center, 9002 Main Street East
Community Development Committee 4:30 pm - 1st & 3rd Tuesdays Justice & Municipal Center, 9002 Main Street East
Public Safety Committee 4:00 pm - 4th Tuesdays Justice & Municipal Center, 9002 Main Street East
Planning Commission 6:30 pm - 1st & 3rd Wednesday Justice & Municipal Center, 9002 Main Street East
Park Board 6:00 pm - 2nd Monday Justice & Municipal Center, 9002 Main Street East
Design Commission 6:00 pm - 2nd & 4th Thursdays Justice & Municipal Center, 9002 Main Street East
Civil Service Commission 5:30 pm - 4th Monday Justice & Municipal Center, 9002 Main Street East
Arts Commission 6:00 pm - 4th Wednesdays Justice & Municipal Center, 9002 Main Street East
The City of Bonney Lake has received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award
from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) for their development of the 2017-2018 biennial budget of the City. Less than five percent (5%) of cities receive this award. This is the third time the City has received such an award. Mayor Neil Johnson congratulated the City Council, City Administrator Don Morrison, CFO Cherie Gibson, Financial Operations Manager Annette Maib, Senior Accountant Terrina Marchant and the entire finance staff for the excellent job they did putting the final adopted budget together. To receive the award, cities must not only have a schedule of revenues and expenditures, but must demonstrate a variety of sound budgeting principles, including a statement of city-wide, strategic goals and strategies that address long-term concerns and issues; a discussion of significant budgetary items and trends; narrative, tables, schedules, or matrices to show the relationship between functional units, major funds, and non-major funds; a discussion of city-wide long-term financial policies; the underlying assumptions for the revenue estimates, and a discussion of significant revenue trends; financial data on current debt obligations and the effects of existing debt levels on current operations; and much more.
At 10:19 a.m. on October 19, 2017, hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians will “Drop, Cover,
and Hold On” in The Great Washington ShakeOut, the state’s largest earthquake drill ever! East Pierce Fire and Rescue and the City of Bonney Lake are participating in the drill. Major earthquakes may happen anywhere you live, work, or travel. The ShakeOut is our chance to practice how to protect ourselves, and for everyone to become prepared. The goal is to prevent a major earthquake from becoming a catastrophe for you, your organization, and your community. Why is a “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” drill important? To respond quickly you must practice often. You may only have seconds to protect yourself in an earthquake before strong shaking knocks you down, or something falls on you. Groups and individuals can learn more and register to participate at ShakeOut.org/Washington.
Bonney Lake Receives Prestigious National Budget Award
The Great Washington Shake Out Annual Statewide Earthquake Drill
Bonney Lake Creating “Centers” Plans
The Centers Plan is a major planning effort that kicked off in March of 2016 to update
the subarea plans for Downtown, Midtown, and Eastown and to develop a plan for the recreation areas around Lake Tapps. As part of this effort the plans for Downtown, Midtown, and Lake Tapps will be combined into a unified Centers Plan. By doing this, the community can more holistically plan for these areas and better understand how to establish clear priorities, strategies, and responsibilities to achieve community goals.
Though out the summer of 2016 the City held five community workshops to engage the community in a dialogue around current issues of concern, goals, and ideas for the future of Bonney Lake. One workshop asked for input on the Centers Plan as whole and other workshops each focused on a potential center: Lake Tapps, Downtown, and Midtown. Over this past winter the consultants prepared draft land use scenarios based on the comments that the City received from during these community workshops. These scenarios were presented to the City Council.
The consultants have now completed an initial draft of the Centers Plan, which will presented to the Planning Commission on September 20, 2017. Throughout the fall there were be additional community meetings and public hearings to get the public’s input on the draft plan prior to the document being presented to the City County in late November or early December. A copy of the draft plan can be found on the City’s website at http://www.ci.bonney-lake.wa.us/section_business/community_development/comprehensive_plans/updates.shtml.
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