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Last Update:  1 June 2009

Congratulations to Richard Leider, our new mayor!  Rick Leider has served on the Town Council since January 2006 and has been in charge of the Town's financial matters, including developing and administering the annual budget.  The Council is pleased to welcome him to a new role in Town governance.

Mayor Leider's change in positions creates a vacancy on the Town Council.  Any resident interested in serving as a member of the Town Council is encouraged to contact Mayor Leider.  Interested persons may also contact Clerk-Treasurer Spens at townhall@beauxarts-wa.gov or 425.454.8580 and let her know of their interest.  Mayor Leider and the Council are hopeful that whoever fills this position will also stand for election this fall, since this position (Council Position No. 3) is up for election in November.

Several Council positions are up for election this fall: 

        Mayor (incumbent Richard Leider)
        Council Position No. 1 (incumbent Mike Hillberg for an unexpired two-year term)
        Council Position No. 3 (vacant)
        Council Position No. 4 (will be vacant)
        Council Position No. 5 (incumbent Aaron Sharp)

Any resident of the Town of Beaux Arts Village may run for election to these offices.  To do so, one must file with King County Department of Elections.  This year's filing period opens at 8:30 am on Monday June 1, 2009 and closes at 4:30 pm on Friday June 5, 2009.  For more information on filing, either online, in person, or by mail, please visit http://www.kingcounty.gov/elections/referenceresources/candidatefiling.aspx#fil.

ZIP+4 LOOKUP:  Beaux Arts will benefit greatly from recent changes in the way sales tax is collected and distributed in Washington State IF residents will use their ZIP+4 zip code for all online purchases and local purchases delivered to your home.  If you don't already know your ZIP+4, please click here for a link to the lookup feature at USPS.com.

AMENDED TREE ORDINANCE:  The Council amended the Tree Ordinance at their November meeting, primarily to to clarify several definitions.  This ordinance is the result of many hours of study by the Tree Committee, the Planning Commission, and the Council, including public hearings, work sessions, and many, many meetings.   Click here to read the text of the ordinance.  Staff continues to work on the forms and instructions applicants need, but since these rules are new to us all, we are learning as we go.  Please bear with us in the interim!  When these forms are complete, they will be posted in the Permit Center shown in the menu on the left.  Until then, please continue to contact Deputy Clerk Angela Kulp at bldgdept@beauxarts-wa.gov for assistance.

VILLAGERS, PLEASE REMEMBER:  If you plan any construction or tree cutting, you may need a Bald Eagle Management Plan.  The Washington State Dept of Fish and Wildlife lists information about the state's Bald Eagle rules and regulations, contacts for additional assistance, and other important information about this protected species on their website.  Before you begin any work, please review this important information by visiting http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/diversty/soc/baldeagle/.

VILLAGERS, PLEASE TAKE NOTE FOR BLOCKWATCH!

BEAUX ARTS is a Blockwatch Community.  To assist Blockwatch in its duties, the Town has created a Blockwatch Email Alert list, which is maintained by our Town Clerks.  If you have not already done so or if your email address has changed, please forward your current email address to Clerk-Treasurer Spens at townhall@beauxarts-wa.gov or to Deputy Clerk Kulp at blgddept@beauxartsw-wa.gov so that we can keep our distribution list for this vital service as up-to-date as possible.

Some additional safety tips from the King County Sheriff:  While Beaux Arts is a safe and family-friendly community, we are not immune to crime, particularly crimes of opportunity where a thief can get into and out of a vehicle, home, garage, etc. quickly.  ALWAYS REMEMBER TO:

Washington State Dept of Transportation maintains an online schedule of roadway projects throughout the state.  Go to www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects for more information and use the interactive map to navigate to areas of interest to you.  Planned improvements for I-405 can be found at www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/i405.

As you browse documents such as ordinances, minutes, etc., you will notice that these documents are stored as pdf files.  Because pdf readers, e.g. Adobe Acrobat, are readily available and in widespread use, we are using this file type to preserve formatting characteristics and to make our documents available to all computer platforms and operating systems.  If you do not already have a pdf reader, we invite you to visit www.adobe.com to download the latest version of their free Acrobat reader or click this icon.