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WINTER 2021 Calm Cool Connected
— WE WELCOME 2021! —
Chad & Cyndi Ohrt not only LIST homes in Normandy Park,
but they also SELL homes in Normandy Park!
Seven new town-homes and Live/Work Style homes in
the heart of West Seattle. Prices starting at $619,000.
We have a furnished model for your viewing pleasure.
Two completed units and others are shortly behind, early 2021 completions.
CALL US TODAY AND LET’S GET YOUR HOME SOLD!
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Broker / Managing Broker
Chad@OhrtGroup.com
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Cyndi@OhrtGroup.com
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Inside Winter 2021
Mayor’s Message ............................ 4
Thank You Volunteers!...................... 5
ZIP+4 Codes.................................... 6
Normandy Park’s Community.......... 7
A Walk in the Park............................ 8
Weekly City Emails........................... 9
New Channel 21............................. 10 CITY HALL City Scene is published
Staying Connected in Preschool.....11 801 SW 174th St SW by COLIBRI Northwest for
Restoring Puget Sound.................. 12 Normandy Park WA 98166 the City of Normandy Park
Holiday Spirit.................................. 14
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Snow Plow Routes......................... 15 206-248-7603 PO Box 13130
Parks Facts.................................... 16 Des Moines, WA 98198–1003
Calm Amidst The Storm................. 18 EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Mark Hoppen 206-248-8246 PUBLISHER
Word Search Answer Key............... 19
Peter Philips: 206-779-2746
Finding Calm Living........................ 20 MANAGING EDITOR
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Connecting With Nature................. 22 Brooks Wall 206-248-8248
Keep Calm and Carry Out.............. 23 ADVERTISING SALES
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Virtual Tree Lighting........................ 24 Katie Higgins 206-914-4248
Sue-Ann Hohimer
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Susan West
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Sue-Ann Hohimer
Mayor
Fear Not! And be of Good Cheer!
It’s still the most wonderful time of the year.
There may not be “parties for connecting folks in that way. Thank
hosting”, as the Christmas song lyrics you to all who pushed for creativity
go, but there are still plenty of options and safety, wisdom and freedom,
for making this winter a wonderful, adaptability and tradition, and
memory-making time. I’d like to take inclusivity and community this past
this opportunity to acknowledge and year, in order to keep us on track
thank our dedicated and talented and to provide memorable joy-filled
city staff, my fellow members of moments.
more than talk, they actually take
the Council and the members of I am honored to serve among you
action! Whatever your perspective
our many Boards, Commissions, and our city is better because you
on an issue, you are represented
Committees and the local private work and serve here. We know this
here by someone serving on one
Foundations solely dedicated to new year will bring changes of its
of these teams who is genuinely
helping our city, for the extreme own. Some who worked diligently on
advocating for your perspective.
care, concern and thoughtfulness our behalf will be moving on to new
Many Normandy Parkers are driven
with which they approached the season’s in their own lives and others
to provide future generations the
challenges of 2020. Whether you who join our Normandy Park teams
halcyon days they enjoyed, here.
know it or not, you, the residents and will also come prepared to do what
What I love about Normandy Park
businesses of Normandy Park and it takes to keep us the calm, cool
is that typically, by the time an issue
our nearby neighbors, vendors and and connected city we have strived
is resolved, you can find yourself
customers were the recipients of to be since even before our 1953,
a place to serve right alongside
some serious good will throughout the incorporation. We can look forward to
one whose perspective you may
entire year of 2020, as these various this new year with confidence as we
not have initially shared, in order to
groups and individuals actively continue to build on these themes.
accomplish a goal together because
sought out ways to best serve,
we are all united by a desire to As we reflect on what we’ve been
protect, educate, entertain, calm and
move this great little city forward in a through together and anticipate the
connect you, giving of their time,
sustainable way. This past year, even challenges and victories this new
talent, treasure and their own comfort
with a declared State of Emergency year will bring, you are invited to join
sometimes, to make it happen.
due to Coronavirus, we’ve managed us in considering all that is Calm,
The people of this city care about to do just that; move our city forward Cool and Connected in your life at
your well-being. They stand up in sustainable ways. We know the present. With gratitude for those who
for those who can’t be present, important role a sense of place help make it possible, read on to see
and they speak out for those who and belonging can play in life and what your fellow Normandy Parkers
don’t feel they have a voice, and we strive to be intentional about have to say on the topic…
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Commission & Committee Volunteers:
Thank you for your service!
CITY DIRECTORY Arts Commissioners Planning Commission Members
City Hall Address: Zen McManigal Moira Bradshaw
801 SW 174th Street, Anna Pierce Pat Pressentin
Normandy Park, WA 98166
Dona Bostrom Lewinger Jonathan Chicquette
City Office— Nadia Counter Ryan Weller
Operating Hours and
Contact Information: Krystal Quinones Tim Sorensen
City Staff can be reached Mike Closson Eric Zimmerman
at 206-248-7603, Monday-
Friday 8:30am–4:30pm, Dan DiResta Glenn Akramoff
closed for lunch 12–1pm.
Due to COVID, City Hall Parks Board Commissioners Civil Service Commissioners
is closed. If you need Ron Ebbers Mindy McLean
city services please call
206-248-7603 to make an
Jenny Love Larry Shoemaker
appointment. Aimee Lloyd Dale Wamsley
City Services
Scott Desmond
provided at City Hall: Bill Vilonza
• Building Permits Steve Higgins
• City Administration Scott Salzer
• Citizen Requests
• Code Enforcement
• Pet & Business Licensing
• Recreational & Facility
Scheduling
• Request for Records
• Stormwater & Street
Repairs
Police Directory:
Non-Emergency Police
Number: 206-248-7600
Police Records Manager can
be reached during the hours
of 8:30am–4:30pm, Monday–
Thursday and 8:30am–2pm
Friday
_____________________
Non-emergency
Police Services:
• Concealed Weapon
Permits
• Fingerprinting
• House Checks
Leslie Newman Nicole Larsen
• Lost Pet Designated Broker/Owner Broker
206.769.8882 (Direct) 253.642.6758
For Emergencies 206.244.6000 (Office) nicolelarsen@remax.net
please dial 911 leslienewman@remax.net www.nicolelarsenrealtor.com
www.leslienewman.com
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Contact Your COUNCIL CORNER
City Council
Know your ZIP+4 Code Connection
Position 1
Earnest Thompson Winter is our family’s favorite time of year. Holiday music, winter sports,
Earnest.Thompson@ and reconnecting with our extended family make the holidays feel like a
normandyparkwa.gov special time after a long summer. This year has been different; between
Zoom family gatherings and taking photos with Santa behind a snow
Position 2 globe made of Plexiglas, it has made us miss the way things were.
Susan West
206-248-8289 However, I feel blessed that our small local business has remained
Susan.West@ open, which allows us to stay close to home. Not to mention, in today’s
normandyparkwa.gov
world, we can buy and ship just about anything to our front doors. What
Position 3 limits Normandy Park’s financial success in booming economic times of
Shawn McEvoy having big box stores and high traffic business
206-248-8291
Shawn.McEvoy@ contributing to our sale tax revenue is the very
normandyparkwa.gov thing that has allowed us to survive in these
Position 4
more challenging times. Shopping local, in
Mike Bishoff addition to many folks ordering more online
206-248-8287 than ever before, has allowed Normandy Park’s
Mike.Bishoff@ sales tax revenue to remain steady.
normandyparkwa.gov
Did you know that every time you order
Position 5
Michelle Sipes-Marvin something to your Normandy Park residence,
206-248-8288 the city gets a piece of that sales tax revenue?
Michelle.Sipes-Marvin@ Washington State’s streamline sale tax
normandyparkwa.gov
revenue policy allows us to capture sales tax on most items bought and
Position 6 shipped to Normandy Park from other parts of the state and country.
Patrick McDonald
206-248-8290 The state tracks these streamlined sales tax revenues by zip code.
Patrick.McDonald@ Unfortunately, Normandy Park has three zip codes throughout the city
normandyparkwa.gov that we share with other cities. What does this mean? Even though we
Position 7 enter our Normandy Park zip codes in our online orders, some revenues
Sue-Ann Hohimer never reach our city because we share all of our zip codes with Burien
206-248-8292 or Des Moines. In turn, the state can send some revenues to these cities
Sue-Ann.Hohimer@
normandyparkwa.gov even though a Normandy Park resident made the order. Some residents
don’t know that there are four additional numbers behind those first five
that allow the state to track more closely where deliveries go, and in turn,
which city should receive the tax revenue.
MONTHLY MEETING CALENDAR
Arts Commission
At my home, the zip code is 98166-4138 and most online ordering
1st Tuesday, 7pm platforms have space to include all nine digits in your delivery address.
Economic Development Committee I would encourage you to look up your four-digit code here (https://tools.
1st Wednesday, 6pm usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm?byaddress) and start to use this in all of
Council Meeting your delivery orders.
2nd Tuesday, 7pm
Metropolitan Parks District
Remember to continue to shop local, tip your favorite retailer a little
2nd Tuesday, 6:30pm (if necessary) more than usual this year, and continue to purchase items online from
Civil Service those big-box retailers, so Normandy Park can continue to benefit from
3rd Tuesday, Noon (if necessary) Washington’s sale tax policy. More importantly, the City Council and I
Park Commission hope that your holiday season brings some joy. Even though times may
3rd Wednesday, 7pm
be a little different this year, remember this won’t be forever, and we will
Planning Commission
3rd Thursday, 7pm
get through this together as a community!
Council Study Session Your Neighbor,
4th Tuesday, 7pm (if necessary) Patrick McDonald, Councilmember Position #6
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Normandy Park’s Community
BY MARK HOPPEN, CITY MANAGER
We’ve all heard the phrase “for Park for the future. The character, while enhancing its
every yin there’s a yang,” which community has already started natural environment, economic
speaks to the polarity of life: re-building infrastructure. vitality, and overall quality of life.”
good/evil, light/dark, fire/ice, If history is any indication, then The primary civic obligation of
female/male, crisis/opportunity. the Normandy Park community is City of Normandy Park citizens is
These times remind us of the about to experience the greatest to expand a sense of place and
Tao (pronounced or also spelled period of local community to provide service by connecting
Dao). As of writing this article, engagement in its history as we neighbors and neighborhoods
the likelihood of an American emerge from the pandemic. So, through volunteerism, developing
catching COVID-19 is more than we’d better get ready! a high quality of life, and
84 times greater than a South engaging others to have fun. It’s
What should the community do?
Korean. (In North and South important to build for the future.
Everyone should start by
Dakota 134 times greater.) Things
considering
are not particularly good.
Normandy Park’s
Just like in 1918 during the most foundational
Spanish Flu pandemic, some of strength – a sense
us are behaving badly, some of of place – that
us are behaving responsibly. And sense of longing
just like that earlier pandemic, and belonging felt
real, positive change is just- by Normandy Park
around-the-corner. Remember residents about
reading about the Roaring this small, beautiful
Twenties? The greatest growth in city. Read the city
United States volunteerism and vision in the City
community engagement, outside of Normandy Park
of war, on a percentage basis, Comprehensive
occurred in the 1920s, as people Plan. (p.1-6, found
expressed a desire to form on the Community
relationships, join groups, and Development
do good work in the post 1918 webpage of the city’s
pandemic world. website). The last
From the most profound, paragraph of the
constrained experiences vision statement
often emerge great personal, says, “Together, the
community and organizational citizens of Normandy
growth. What happened after Park pledge to work
1918 is about to happen in towards a future that
2021; we are going to recover. preserves the city’s
Hopefully, Normandy Park safe, healthy, scenic
residents will build Normandy and slow-paced
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A Walk in the Park…
BY AMANDA LEÓN
When I’m out visiting the parks Ave SW and walk past the two
each week, I’m amazed how many homes on your left; turn left at the
people are using the parks. Our asphalt pathway which leads you to
parks have become havens for fresh baseball fields at City Hall Park.
air seekers, exercisers, and dog Nature Trails Park Loop
walkers. A walk in the park provides This is a moderately hilly 2.6-mile
a break in the day, gets you out of walk. Start at Nature Trails Park
the house, and helps reset your and turn right on Marine View Drive.
brain. There are amazing walks
in the park that help connect your
Turn right on SW Shoremont Ave
and right on SW Normandy Road.
Don’t Forget!
mind, body and spirit with nature. Turn right on 4th Ave SW and walk • Remember to be safe
Some great walks around town: to Normandy Park Drive SW and when walking.
make a right; at the corner is a nice • Wear comfortable
City Hall to Nist Park Loop bench and a lending library (take footwear and clothing.
A hilly, heart-racing 2.2 miles! a seat and pick out a good book if • Be visible! With winter
Start at City Hall Park and turn you have time)! Continue walking months being less bright,
left on 174th from the parking lots. down the hill on Normandy Park wear reflective gear. Or
Continue walking on Marine View Drive SW as it turns into Marine better yet, consider a
Drive and turn left at View Drive and brings high-visibility vest!
Shoremont Ave. and you back to Nature • Carry identification with a
continue up the hill Trails Park. contact number.
on SW Normandy
• Be careful crossing the
Road. Turn left on 6th Marvista Park Loop street. Make sure drivers
Ave. SW, and right at This is the least notice you before you step
SW 180th Street up rigorous walk and into the street.
the hill to the bottom 2.6 miles. Begin at
• Be alert; watch for drivers
entrance of Nist Park. Marvista Park and
making right turns.
Walkthrough the turn right on 4th Ave.
• If there isn’t a sidewalk,
winding gravel path SW and turn right at
make sure you walk facing
through Nist Park Normandy Park Drive
traffic so that drivers can
and out the main SW. Turn left at Marine
see you.
entrance back onto View Drive and left at
• Bring a friend or your dog.
SW Normandy Road 208th Street. Turn left
Walking is more fun when
until you reach 1st at 2nd Ave SW and
you’re not alone!
Ave. Turn left at 1st Ave. and turn follow the road until it dead-ends
left again at 178th Street. Follow into a city-owned forested walking
178th as it turns into 4th Ave. SW path. Enjoy the quiet of the forest Loop to Loop
and then SW 180th Street. Cross path for a few hundred yards until If you are up for a challenge,
over 6th Ave SW and follow the you reach 2nd Ave SW again. combine all three loops! It’s a
road as it becomes SW 179th Place Turn left at SW 200th Street and 5.7-mile walk with many hills
and 7th Place SW. Turn left at 7th Marvista Park will be on your left. for a challenge.
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Tune In to 21 in ‘21
BY SUSAN WEST
Have you tuned into the City’s new HD Channel 321
on Comcast? The quality is excellent! We also still
have channel 21 in case you don’t have HD.
New Programming
Starting in January 2021, tune in for new
programming and a TV Guide featuring these topics:
• Center of Calm: A look at Normandy Park’s
beautiful hideaways in nature.
• Yoga & Meditation: We are the Center of Calm
after all!
• City Services and Staff: Everything you ever
wanted to know about how the City serves you.
• Parks in the Park: Check out our beautiful parks
and their special features.
• Yard Care: Good and Bad Bugs, Backyard Makeover, and more!
• Environment: Vehicle Leaks, Pest Waste, Toss Your Hazardous Waste, Don’t Trash Your Waste,
Recycling, Salmon Habitat, Celebrating One Million Trees, Birding, Forest Walks, This is My Park.
• Music: Best of Music in the Park, 4 Culture Solo Music Spotlight.
• Meetings: Monthly City Council Meetings.
This is just the beginning! We will air videos of your favorite Arts Commission, Parks and City-
involved community events such as the recent Santa in the Park video featuring a virtual Tree Lighting
Ceremony, Santa motorcade, local holiday music and Santa letters! Also look for the 4th of July parade,
Pumpkin Giveaway, and MORE!
This channel is for you to learn about our City, its services and staff, and virtually experience our City’s
awesome community events. We hope you enjoy it! So, as they say in TV… Stay Tuned!
Your City TV Channel Team (L–R): City Manager Mark Hoppen, City Clerk Brooks Wall, Environmental Specialist
Jessie Medrow, Parks Director Amanda León, and former TV News Reporter/Anchor/Producer Susan West.
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Staying Connected in a Virtual Setting
BY JAVOHN PERRY, PRESCHOOL TEACHER/DIRECTOR
As the Normandy Park
Preschool Program
continues to flourish,
we are continually
finding new ways to
establish community.
As hard as that may
be, I must say we have
done an incredible job.
Although our classes
are strictly online, we
can interact, work
together, and learn as Pajama and Stuffed Animal Day!
a group.
Some of the things that help us stay connected and create a
sense of community are greetings and goodbyes, show & tell,
class jobs, group projects, sharing work, pajama day, and hat
day. These things also help with social/emotional development,
a significant concern with virtual settings. By doing these things,
we encourage taking turns, responsibility, and social skills.
We understand the importance of social interaction and
we can incorporate this into our virtual preschool program.
Although students have class online, they are not just staring
at a screen. They get to interact with their friends and teacher.
Most importantly, Normandy Park Preschool can encourage
ACTIVE learning while keeping us all connected.
At right: Friendship Flower Group Project (Students
decorated their own flower petal for our flower)
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How Our Sense of Place Can Help Us
Restore Puget Sound
BY KEVIN HYDE, PUGET SOUND PARTNERSHIP
Puget Sound is a unique place. that it is partly what makes us We Are Puget Sound
It’s one of the largest estuaries human—this deep connection Brian Walsh has spent
in the nation. Iconic wildlife that we have with where we much of his career working
species call Puget Sound home: live and play and work,” said on environmental issues at
salmon, shellfish, and orcas, David Trimbach, a postdoctoral Washington state agencies and
among many others. Many research associate in the he’s spent much of his free time
people value Puget Sound for Department of Fisheries and taking photos that show Puget
its beauty, from tribes who have Wildlife at Oregon State Sound’s beauty and diversity.
lived in the area for thousands University. A few years ago, Walsh had
of years to people who just A strong sense of place can an idea for a book about Puget
moved to the region. People help people unite to achieve big Sound, but he wanted it to
who live close to Puget Sound goals—like working toward a be different from other books
have a sense of it as a place, healthy Puget Sound. We Are currently available. “I thought
what it means, and what they Puget Sound and Puget Sound by focusing on people; we can
hope it will be in the future. Starts. Here are two efforts that tell the story of Puget Sound
Sense of place is one of the focus on people’s sense of place and the deep and abiding
Puget Sound Vital Signs, which to spur action. Both campaigns connection they have to the
measure the health of Puget emphasize the key link between Sound,” he said.
Sound and progress toward Puget Sound—the body of water Walsh linked up with the writer
its recovery. The concept of and the region—and the people David Workman and they began
a sense of place can shape who call it home. working on ideas for the book.
people’s opinions and actions. The two connected with Mindy
“We have so many Roberts, Puget Sound program
senses of place, director for the Washington
and I think Environmental Council (WEC).
The concept for We Are
Puget Sound
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expanded to include a campaign Puget Sound Starts Here their habits.
to raise the profile of Puget Showing people that their actions Mary Rabourn, communications
Sound on a national level and to make a difference in the health of specialist with King County
urge people to take action—for Puget Sound can inspire long- Water and Land Resources
example, by voting in elections term changes to their habits. Division, explained that the
or supporting tribal treaty rights. That’s the idea behind Puget campaign works because it’s
The We Are Puget Sound Sound Starts Here, an ongoing focused on a shared goal of
campaign has held events on campaign to stop pollution from protecting our water resources
farmland, rain gardens, orca entering Puget Sound. and because it gives people
health, and sharing an entry to making
Puget Sound good environmental
experiences through choices. “Each of the
art. four areas of focus
The centerpiece of is a gateway for a
the book is people personal interest that a
and their stories. consumer, or resident,
There are profiles or business has.”
of tribal members The campaign
who work on encourages people to
conservation, environmental help restore the Sound through
activists, volunteers, shellfish Puget Sound Starts Here works collective action, and they’re
industry workers, former by prompting folks to think about inspired to do so because of their
politicians, and others. the place they live and look at experiences. “We have residents
the everyday pollution sources— who have been here for a long
“We Are Puget Sound is about
leaky cars, dog waste, home time, who deeply identify with
connecting people to place
car washes, and yard fertilizer. this area and the mountains, the
and each other,” Roberts said.
The campaign helps people water, the wildlife, and even the
“The more we strengthen these
learn about why those pollution rain,” Rabourn said.
connections, the more people
sources are harmful to Puget
realized how deeply their Read the full article at:
Sound and provide concrete
everyday decisions impact or https://makingwaves.psp.wa.gov/.
steps people can take to alter
benefit the Salish Sea and the
communities that depend on it.”
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Holiday Spirit
in Normandy Park!
A first-ever Santa Hat Giveaway Drive-Thru sparked holiday spirit
in Normandy Park on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at Normandy
Park Towne Center. Santa waved to families as he rode around in
his beautiful horse drawn sleigh and a Snow King and Queen
wished everyone a happy and safe holiday season.
More than 700 Santa hats and antlers were given away along
with 500 free kid meal coupons, 500+ candy canes, 350+
toys, calendars and hand sanitizers! The event also featured
the Quidel COVID bug vehicle to raise awareness about COVID
testing and staying safe.
THANK YOU to the Friends of Normandy Park Foundation for
organizing this event and to the amazing supporters and sponsors
including the City of Normandy Park and our local businesses.
Thank you for sharing holiday cheer! For more photos, visit:
https://www.facebook.com/normandyparkwinterfest
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Nine Cool Facts about the Parks
BY AMANDA LEÓN
1
Walker Preserve has a railroad
2
Nature Trails Park collects
3
Marine View Park has one tree
tanker car just inside the entrance. 800 acres worth of upland that the eagles like to rest on. The
Rumor has it that during prohibition, stormwater. The water collects in top of the tree snapped off during
it was used to make moonshine. the wetlands and then is routed a storm this year. But it hasn’t
We’re not sure if the story is into Normandy Creek as it makes deterred the eagles; they still perch
true—but it sounds fascinating. its way to the Puget Sound. on top of the (now smaller) tree!
4
Nist Park has an apple tree;
5
According to the 2017 PROS Plan
6
Our best months for bird watching
the apples are edible and Survey, City Hall Park and Marvista in parks are May and October.
make great applesauce! Park were the most visited parks. Marine View Park is a great place to
7 8 9
see migratory and resident birds.
We have two salmon-bearing Also determined by the 2017 PROS Our publicly owned parks and
streams in Normandy Park. Miller Plan Survey, walking and running trails have a 69% tree canopy
Creek and Walker Creek are trails were most important to coverage. This is the most
classified as streams of significance residents. Shoreline beach access and coverage of all the property
by the Department of Ecology. restroom facilities were the second and typologies in Normandy Park.
third requested park improvements.
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WITH COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS
The Mount Rainier Pool is open for Lap Swimming,
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During these tough times, we are dedicated to:
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VALUE: There may be limits as to how many people will or by emailing info@mtrainierpool.com.
be allowed in the pool at any given time due to social
distancing. We will adjust membership rates and exten- For additional questions or to speak to someone
sions accordingly. We also have scholarships that are not in person, contact Aquatics Coordinator Lauryne
only available for swim lessons but are available for Newman at (206) 309-9452 or email her at
passes and exercise classes, too. lauryne.newman@desmoinespool.org.
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The Calm Amidst the Storm
BY JENNIFER FERRER-SANTA INES, FINANCE DIRECTOR
As the COVID-19 storm rages, the Normandy 19 compliant office spaces. The CARES Act
Park community remains calm. We may not also helped the city award seventeen local
have malls, car lots, or extensive commercial aid grants to the Normandy Park business
centers that bring in large tax revenues; community. These grants helped eligible
however, city finances are positive. Other business applicants with rent, marketing,
nearby communities with large retail outlets payroll, utilities, protective equipment, and for
scramble to keep staff on payroll and impose some, kept business open.
budget cuts to minimize use of reserves.
Our quiet little city, however, is more-or-less Technology connection between the council,
undisturbed by the pandemic whirlwind. The staff, community members, and residents,
city’s financial position fo s te r e d e n g a g e m e n t
in regular and special
is not just status quo;
it is ahead, courtesy of
Despite the storm meetings and advisory and
consumers’ generous of uncertainty, the other special committees.
spending on paper towels,
toilet paper, and sundries, city knows where it’s In the end, the City Council
passed a balanced budget
as well as on spirits for
going and has the on November 10, 2020,
celebrating small wins.
means to get there. whic h outlined tas ks,
g oa l s a n d o b j e c t i ve s
The city’s CARES Act
allocation enabled staff for the next two years.
to implement safety measures in City Hall to Despite the storm of uncertainty, the city
ensure a safer work environment by installing air knows where it’s going and has the means
purifiers, better filtration systems, and COVID- to get there.
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the Park
Winter in the Park 2020
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Connecting with Nature
BY MICHAEL STEIN-ROSS FROM CASCADIA FOREST THERAPY
Let’s be real: a challenging winter is upon the community spread of disease.
us. We’re facing circumstances that make At the same time, we want to find
our annual hibernation more stressful. ways to boost our immune systems.
Though many of us may be feeling Nature has something for us there
isolated, nature invites us to remember as well: phytoncides. The natural
that we’re part of a larger ecological chemicals secreted by evergreen trees
community—one that offers space to (phytoncides), have been associated
heal and connect. with improvements
Normandy Park has in the activity of our
wonderful spaces frontline immune
for us to wander with defenders.
nature, so let’s take For times you can’t
advantage of the get outside, simply
many health benefits looking at natural
of time spent in landscapes has
nature. beneficial effects.
How much time? Just 15 minutes Watch a nature documentary, or sit and
is enough to reduce cortisol (stress look out the window and let your mind
hormone) and blood pressure levels. wander. Or try putting nature sounds on
Studies also find that a short time in in the background as you go about your
nature can ameliorate chronic and day inside.
acute psychological distress, such as Bottom line: interacting with nature
depression and anxiety. will bring us benefits and help us stay
During the pandemic we try to mentally and physically healthy during
maintain physical distance to prevent this Winter season.
22 NORMANDY PARK CITY SCENE | WINTER 2021CALM
Keep Calm and Carry Out…
How You Can Help Local Businesses
BY ANDREA H. REAY, PRESIDENT/CEO OF SEATTLE SOUTHSIDE CHAMBER
The Chamber has served This campaign encourages The Seattle Southside Chamber
the communities of Burien, local residents to support local has opportunities available
Des Moines, Normandy Park, restaurants by taking advantage for partnership to serve and
SeaTac and Tukwila since 1988. of many carry-out opportunities support the community through
“We’ve faced many challenges available during this time. S.M.A.R.T. For more information
before, but none quite like the When the campaign first or questions, please contact
human and economic impacts launched Mayor Sue-Ann Andrea Reay at Andrea@
of COVID-19,” offered Andrea Hohimer offered, SeattleSouthsideChamber.com.
H. Reay, President/CEO of “Normandy Park Special thanks
Seattle Southside Chamber. loves its local to our City of
“However, we know that we are food service Normandy Park
truly stronger together. The more providers! Among partners. Together
individuals, businesses, partners, many other we are stronger.
and non-profits that are engaged, kind, selfless, Together we are
and investing at home, the more and courageous Seattle Southside
we can accomplish and the acts, I’m proud Strong.
quicker our recovery will be.” of the way our Thank you for your
One of the initiatives the residents have continued support
Chamber has been working on come together to of our Normandy
since April is the Keep Calm and support our local eateries during Park Restaurants. Why not carry
Carry Out campaign, which is a this challenging time.” out, tonight?
marketing campaign to support
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Watch Normandy Park’s
Virtual Tree Lighting Ceremony!
Due to COVID-19, the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony
and festival at Normandy Park Town Center was
replaced with a televised Santa variety show! The
20-minute program features a virtual tree lighting at
Normandy Park Towne Center, a Santa motorcade, lots
of snow, holiday music from local artists, a fun family
sing-along, a visit to Cougar Mountain Zoo to visit
Santa’s reindeer, and Santa reading letters from local
children. The program aired on the City of Normandy
Park’s new Comcast Channel 321 and 21, and is
posted on the Normandy Park Winterfest and Friends
of Normandy Park social media pages. Please tune
in and watch this special show brought to you by the
Friends of Normandy Park Foundation and the City of
Normandy Park.
Watch the Santa video at
https://friendsofnormandypark.org
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Park. In 2020, we hosted three Normandy Park
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donations which impacted 1,113 to spreading Ann Hohimer, Mayor and Dan Yourkoski, Police Chief
lives. As the nation confronts new awareness for the importance of receiving blood transfusions,
surges of COVID-19 cases, a safe blood donations in an effort to trauma care, organ transplants,
and reliable blood supply remains ensure patient needs are met. and cancer treatments.
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Critical Areas Require Special Attention
Doing Work Near a Steep Slope
Critical areas add significant beauty and If a question remains, the staff at City Hall is
biodiversity to the region. State laws require available to help you figure out if it is likely that your
each municipality to adopt regulations that property is within or near a critical area by using
implement these laws to guide citizens and preliminary data available through King County (King
developers through projects within critical areas. County imap) and other similar resources. There
The Washington State Department of Commerce is also a Critical Areas GIS map available on the
states, “protecting critical areas Community Development page of the
helps reduce exposure to risks, city website (https://normandyparkwa.
such as landslides or flooding, gov/community-development/).
and maintains the natural
elements of our landscape. These resources provide a starting
Critical areas provide a variety point for identifying if critical areas
of benefits: clean drinking water, are present. Once a property is
enhanced water quality, wildlife identified through these preliminary
habitat, and managed flood risks, data sources as appearing to have the
to name a few…” presence of critical or sensitive areas,
it is then the responsibility of the
Steep slopes tend to cause many property owner to hire the appropriate
headaches for homeowners, professional to properly delineate the
especially when they wish to do critical area and provide a report to the
work near or on the slope. The city for the project proposal. Next, the
majority of projects within critical property owner or project manager will
areas in Normandy Park are on need to coordinate with Community
or near steep slopes or habitat Development staff to ensure that the
conservation areas (streams or permit application packet is complete;
similar). It is common for citizens this usually entails provision of a
to be unaware that their property site plan, engineering plans, and
is within a critical area but there environmental report. The review
are some telling signs to pay timeline for projects within critical
attention to. For instance, your areas typically takes about eight
property is likely to be considered weeks for the first round of review.
a geohazard area if there are When scheduling contractors please
increases in elevation over the remember, it is always best to perform
length of the property; this area may be slight to any work within critical areas in the dry months so
very difficult to walk on. Slopes that start with even that disturbance to slopes doesn’t increase the risk
just a 15% elevation gain are considered geohazard of land movement or possible landslide.
areas in the state of Washington. You can also
learn more by accessing Chapter 18.36 of the If you have any questions about your property or a
Normandy Park Municipal Code. Section 18.36.520 property of interest, please contact the Community
NPMC identifies what is considered an erosion Development staff at permits@normandyparkwa.gov.
hazard, landslide hazard, and special geological We’re here to help you get your project going on a
hazard areas. positive path.
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