We accomplished a lot during this\nyear\u2019s 105-day legislative session. In addition to passing a wide range of\nbills improving the quality of life in our communities, we finished on time and\npassed construction, transportation and operating budgets for the next two\nyears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m pleased that both the construction and transportation budgets had bipartisan support and that each one makes a number of significant investments in our communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Construction Budget<\/strong> \u2013 our infrastructure budget includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 $3 million to improve affordable, in-district health care options at the Issaquah Opportunity Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 $2 million for Encompass Northwest to build a facility in Snoqualmie to provide pediatric therapy and early learning services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 $400,000 for a pilot project to clean up firefighting chemicals (PFAS) that have leached into drinking water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 $412,000 to support the outdoor Snoqualmie Valley Youth Activities Center, which is open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 $113,000 to update interactive educational exhibits at the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 $102,000 to help construct a new memorial in Maple Valley honoring veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 $200,000 to help make parking improvements at Lake Wilderness Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 $154,000 to lay the groundwork to build infrastructure and attract business investment at the legacy site in the heart of Maple Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 $250,000 to strengthen the South Fork Snoqualmie Levee System, to reduce the duration of flooding in North Bend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 $229,000 for the Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie to restore the last surviving Puget Sound Electric Railway interurban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Transportation Budget<\/strong>: the budget includes funding to keep the\nproject to build a new interchange at State Route 18 and Interstate 90 on\nschedule to finish by 2023. It also includes $27 million in new funds to begin\nthe design process to make SR 18 four lanes all the way to Issaquah-Hobart Road\n\u2013 the first phase of that project \u2013 in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Operating Budget<\/strong>: Unfortunately, the operating budget did not\nenjoy bipartisan support and relied too much on raising taxes. I agreed to\nraise taxes to support the wide-ranging transportation budget package in 2015,\nto support light rail in 2016 and to solve the McCleary lawsuit over K-12\neducation funding in 2017. But this year, it seemed we were raising taxes\nbecause we could, not because we needed to. I couldn’t support that, so I had\nto vote “no.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moving forward, a number of my bills\nand others that advance policies I advocated for are now on Gov. Inslee’s desk\nawaiting his signature. I’ll have another report on them for you in the coming\nweeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best regards,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dear friends and neighbors,<\/p>\n
We accomplished a lot during this year\u2019s 105-day legislative session. In addition to passing a wide range of bills improving the quality of life in our communities, we finished on time and passed construction, transportation and operating budgets for the next two years.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m pleased that both the construction and transportation budgets had bipartisan support and that each one makes a number of significant investments in our communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":1384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
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