Shoreline Council approves plan to rebuild dump
Published 6:01 am Tuesday, February 26, 2008
SHORELINE – The Shoreline City Council gave the go-ahead for King County to design and build a new solid waste transfer station to replace the current one located on 12 acres at 2300 N. 165th St. in Shoreline.
The Council approved the county’s master plan for the project at its Sept. 8 meeting.
According to King County officials, the existing solid waste transfer station is 40 years old. Within the next 10 to 12 years, Cedar Hill Regional Landfill will reach capacity and King County will have to load its garbage onto trains to be disposed of somewhere else.
The present transfer station in Shoreline is not compatible with long-haul transfer. The county also wants to expand its recycling system and reorganize the layout of the station.
The county has asked for federal highway administration approval to build ramps from the station that connect to the King County Metro Transit base ramps onto I-5 so that the trucks won’t have to drive through Shoreline neighborhoods. The county is still awaiting approval.
Community Grants approved
At its Sept. 8 meeting the Shoreline City Council also allocated $394,092 in Community Development Block Grants to several human services agencies.
The Council granted $68,495 to the Shoreline/Lake Forest Park Senior Center for public service projects. The center provides nutrition, recreation, socialization, financial and legal counseling and volunteer assistance to approximately 1,600 seniors each year.
Under capital projects, the Council approved granting $5,000 to Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Service for a project to build a residential program for abused deaf women in the community.
The Council also granted $35,000 to King County Housing Authority for a fire alarm system for Paramount House, a senior living facility.
The Council granted Parkview Services, which provides living assistance for the developmentally disabled, $35,000 to go toward remodeling seven single-family homes for developmentally disabled adults.
Council votes
on Cell towers
The Council also voted Sept. 8 to approve a Special-Use Permit and Variance to allow T-Mobile Wireless to replace an existing 40-foot utility pole with an 80-foot pole with fenced ground equipment. The pole is located in the Seattle City right-of-way near 153rd and Aurora Avenue N. beside where the future Interurban Trail will run.
The Council voted to deny a special-use permit for T-Mobile Wireless to build a 103-foot wireless utility pole in the NE 180th Street right-of-way.
The project did not meet the city’s code requirements that the pole be camouflaged and at least 50 feet from residentially zoned property, among other criteria.
