Dear friends and neighbors,
I hope your family is doing well in our recovery from last week’s windstorm. It sounds like everyone’s utilities should be back on and the roads are getting cleared. The trails at some of our parks are still messy with downed trees, but things are returning to normal, with great thanks to the hard work of everyone who made that happen. I wanted to follow up with you about two more important links I hope you’ll check out.
King County seeking disaster relief
King County is working to request disaster assistance from the state or federal government to help provide funds to families and businesses whose property was damaged in the windstorm, but to do so effectively, they need to be able to communicate the scale of the damage. This is why I’m sending this e-mail, because we really need your help to make sure our state and federal partners fully understand how bad this storm hit our local community. The county is asking folks to fill out a survey if your home or business was damaged by the weather, even if the damage was minimal or your costs were covered by insurance. You can fill out the survey here.
You do not have to fill this out to be eligible for any kind of relief – this is purely about gathering information about how much damage was done county-wide to strengthen our case for aid from the federal or state governments. I hope you’ll take a moment and fill it out.
Tax relief for seriously damaged properties
If your property was seriously damaged in the storm, you may be eligible for temporary property tax relief. State law recognizes that if the value of your property goes down due to disaster damage, that should be reflected in the assessment that determines how much you pay in taxes, but you have to do some online filing to make it happen. All the information you need to know is here on the county assessor’s website – check it out.
Feel free to reach out at Mark.Mullet@leg.wa.gov if there’s anything else I need to know about what’s going on in our district and the storm recovery. As always, thank you for reading!
Sen. Mark Mullet
