Shoreline and Lake Forest Park mayors say they have a lot to look forward to this year.
In Lake Forest Park, completing a redevelopment study for the Towne Centre is one project on the horizon.
“The sustaining Lake Forest Park study is one big one in terms of developing a vision for our center, and of course G.E. has said they plan to sell the mall in a year, so we will have to find a good buyer,” said mayor Dave Hutchinson.
Building sewer service to areas served by septic systems is another project to begin in 2004.
“We’ve got about five or six areas that still have septic systems, so we want to figure out the financing piece and how we can get that done,” Hutchinson said. They will also be looking at doing a rate study and creating a capital budget for the sewer system.
This year Lake Forest Park will also begin offering passport services, in hopes of creating additional revenue. In 2003, Mill Creek earned about $48,000 in revenue from its passport services.
“We are also hoping to complete the comprehensive plan update and investigate whether we should share services such as courts or police.”
The county’s Burke-Gilman Trail redevelopment project is also on the horizon in 2004.
“We want to make sure we are involved and supporting our residents to come to an amicable decision as to how to do the engineering on the trail to increase safety and reduce liability of the residents that live on the trail,” Hutchinson said.
Shoreline
In Shoreline, the new City Council has taken its seat, which include Maggie Fimia and Paul Grace. The Council also elected a new mayor: Ron Hansen.
Hansen said his goal will be to “pull the council together more than what is has been in prior years.”
The Council is attending an afternoon retreat on Friday, Jan. 16 to talk about cooperation and communication. The annual goal-setting weekend retreat is set for April.
Hansen said he has several goals for 2004.
“My goal is to get the first phase of the Aurora Corridor project done and get construction rolling so we can make that a committed project.”
He also looks forward to seeing the North City project underway.
“Some pieces have already been implemented like the restriping of 15th,” he said.
Another focus is to continue to make sure the 3rd Avenue NW drainage project gets started.
“That’s a major drainage project that needs to be done,” he said.
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