Though (as reported Tuesday) the county didn’t publicly announce the first meeting of the Citizens Advisory Group it has assembled for the review of how/where to control Combined Sewer Overflows from the Murray Pump Station at Lowman Beach Park – they promised to get out more advance info in the future, and we just received the first installment from King County Wastewater Treatment Division’s Annie Kolb-Nelson, regarding the next CAG meeting, a reminder of this Saturday’s all-day “technical information session” (with optional tours), and more:

Again, in a nutshell, if you haven’t been following this closely – this has to do with the county figuring out how to reduce the number of overflows from the pump station; earlier this year, three “final” alternatives were announced, to much neighborhood (and beyond) concern – one alternative would dig up almost all of upper Lowman Beach Park to bury a million-gallon tank and would also add an above-ground utility/odor-control facility; another would require purchase (maybe even through eminent domain) of properties across from Lowman for tank placement; another would dig up two major stretches of area streets. So in the face of public concern as well as requests for much more technical information so that informed counterproposals could be made, the county has extended the comment/public-involvement period TFN. Here’s what we received this morning:

Information about the Murray Basin Community Advisory Group (CAG) has now been posted to our website at www.kingcounty.gov/environment/wtd/Construction/Seattle/BeachCSO/
MeetingCalendar.aspx#2

A member list and mission is available here:
your.kingcounty.gov/dnrp/library/wastewater/wtd/construction/CSOBeach/PublicMeetings/1006_MurrayBasinCAG.pdf

The group is aiming to meet bi-weekly, though schedules and meeting dates are still being worked out. We will share all this info as soon as it’s pinned down.

The next CAG meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 24, 2010, at the Hall at Fauntleroy.

Public Meeting — Murray Basin Community Advisory Group (CAG)
June 24, 2010 — 6 to 8 p.m.
The Hall at Fauntleroy, Emerald Room
9131 California SW
Seattle

All CAG group meetings will be open to the public.

Also, we want to remind people about the upcoming Technical Information Session at Gatewood Elementary School, 4320 SW Myrtle St., which takes place this Saturday, June 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The sessions will be followed by guided facility tours of the Murray and 53rd Ave Pump Stations from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. The county is providing free bus transportation for this field trip portion.

People can come for the entire day, or attend individual sessions based on interest level. A detailed schedule is available on the web at http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/wtd/Construction/Seattle/BeachCSO/
MeetingCalendar.aspx#1.

Those unable to attend the meeting are invited to review documents and
provide feedback at the project website at: http://www.kingcounty.gov\CSOBeachProjects

We do not have a deadline for providing feedback.

People can also request a compact disc of technical documents, provide feedback on the proposals, or arrange reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities at the meeting by contacting Martha Tuttle at 206-684-1207 or e-mail Martha.tuttle@kingcounty.gov.

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