MN News - All Comments

re: Waste Management Site Returns - Plans Collection Transfer Station

Earl — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:48:57 GMT

Well, they are even chaining their mind on this plan. They really can't figure out what to do with the property without the new interchange with 522. Latest heard was "boutique" garbage.

re: Waste Management Site Returns - Plans Collection Transfer Station

bandit — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:16:26 GMT

Yeh not looking forward to havng Waste Man. as a neighbor. When this place gets up and running, there will be 24 hour truck traffic, big lights on all the time, and expect lots of rodent (Rats) issues. I will be staying on top of this.

re: Nov. 23, 2009 Maltby Alliance Notes

Kathy Wilson — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:18:55 GMT

Thanks, Earl. I was unable to make the meeting and was very interested in what was discussed.

re: August 31, 2009 Maltby Alliance Notes

Earl — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:27:15 GMT

Are there any next steps for some of these issues? It appears that there is no movement on the traffic issue. Speeding and short cuts through the neighborhood is still a problem.

A couple of thoughts come to mind.

10 trips per day seems excessive. At the most I do 4. I am going to check with a traffic consultant that I work with to understand the validity of their calculation method. Note that I confirmed the 10 trips per day calculation. It is actually slightly higher than the standard (1/2 a trip per day). Interesting though. It appears that our neighborhood demographics don’t necessarily fall into this standard calculation. I would imagine that a typical suburban neighborhood could have more trips per day. It seems to me that most people go to work and come home. Or maybe run to the store. Also, since there is not a lot of close stores, most people do their errands at once on certain days per week. This would limit the trips per day. The trip counts tell me that there is not a lot of households with more than 2 drivers. Probably worth further discussion with the traffic people.
We should probably understand the cost of adding speed bumps.
Should the county provide sidewalks?
The speeding should be stopped whether they are residents or not.
Another cheaper option than speed bumps would be stop signs. These cost roughly $350 each to supply and install. Placing them along 206th at the intersections plus a couple of other locations would not be too expensive. ($4,000).

It is not safe to walk on 206th. Due to the lack of sidewalks and speeds.

Comments from Doug (posted by Earl)

re: CT Bus Expansion to go to Ballot Nov. 4

PT @ the Maltby Mansion — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:22:43 GMT

I agree with you Bill on voting NO to the "Public Transportation Benefit Area" Proposition 1. Adding .9% tax to the area is a lot for bus service that you will have to transfer in another town to actually get somewhere. When you live on the edges of bus service you spend a lot of time on buses. You will still have to drive to a park and ride as bus service will not be on every street. The convenience is just not there yet.

Anyone's thoughts?

re: Bus Service to Maltby?

Bill Jaques — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:22:42 GMT

The approval of Proposition 1 will authorize Community Transit to collect .9% sales tax increase to almost 10% total sale tax in our area. This is a total waste of dollars since we will be paying $80K a year bus drivers to haul VERY FEW people around this area. Also consider the $40-50K jobs of maintenance/cleaners of the buses that add to the cost. If it were economical, the private sector would have provided this service already. The ridership will be almost non-existant and Community Transit (tax payers) will be subsidizing another boondoggle. Bus transportation, even in Seattle, can not carry it's own weight without BIG subsidies. Some of the bus drivers in King County are making $120K a year with overtime (CRAZY). This is a ridiculous tax to provide more high paying government jobs for a losing concern. Learn to "Just Say NO" to crazy, out of control Government. We DO NOT need this type of waste in our area.

re: CT Bus Expansion to go to Ballot Nov. 4

Bill Jaques — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:20:16 GMT

re: Rural Lands Planning September Meetings

Earl — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:40:19 GMT

The first meeting is over at the Maltby Community Club. Sources tell me that the hall was about 2/3 full. While the focus was to be on rural planning, there is a great deal of frustration with the urban/rural buffers. The county speakers and the residents both expressed concern with Maltby's unique situation with full county rural with urban so close together.

re: Waste Management Describes Calvert Site Use

Earl — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:04:33 GMT

Clarification from Waste Management

_________________

I have some clarifications for you.

1) We anticipate that the facility will be completed in the first quarter of 2011.

2) Your understanding of a greenwaste reload facility is correct. Greenwaste will be transferred into a larger vehicle and then sent to a local composting facility. Greenwaste will not be stored at the facility for any extended period of time. All greenwaste will be transferred out of the facility on the same day that it comes in. This facility will replace our greenwaste reload facility in Woodinville.

3) We estimate that their will be 130 trucks homed at the new Maltby facility. These trucks will be solid waste, recycle and yard waste collection vehicles.