April 2024

Information from Highline Public Schools

Starting Monday, April 29, the west parking lot next to the Evergreen High School Field will be closed for construction. This is part of the long-awaited school replacement project.

To ensure the new school opens by September 2025, it's crucial to start the parking lot work now. The parking lot closure will last through the summer.

Community members using the field as a rental or for recreation after school hours may access the field on the northwest side and park in the Cascade Middle School parking areas. 

Here is information shared with Evergreen families and students this week:

What you need to know starting April 29

Student Parking

Students can park in the two rows closest to the round building in the main school parking lot on SW 116th Street. Please ensure students have an official parking permit.

The Morgan Junction Community Festival returns to Morgan Junction on Saturday, June 15, 2024 from 10:00am to 2:00pm. It features live entertainment in Morgan Junction Park, and the return of the popular vendor booths with everyone’s favorite local businesses, artisans/crafts people, non-profit organizations and government groups in the parking lot behind Zeek’s Pizza.

Applications for the vendor booths are found at the Morgan Community Association (MoCA) website https://www.morganjunction.org/festival. Application deadline is 5:00pm April 30, 2024.

Contact the Morgan Junction Community Festival team at mocacnc@gmail.com with any questions.

Information from King County Sheriff's office

On Monday, April 22nd, just after 10:00 PM, the King County Sheriff’s Office received 911 calls reporting a hit and run just south of the intersection of SW Roxbury Street and 15th Ave SW in unincorporated White Center.

On arrival, deputies located the victim, an adult male in his 80s. The victim was transported to Harborview Medical Center where he later was pronounced deceased.

KCSO’s Major Accident Response & Reconstruction (MARR) detectives are asking for the communities help in locating the fleeing vehicle. The suspected vehicle (picture attached) is described as a silver, 2007-2016 Jeep Compass with front-end damage to the grill and hood.

#2024-107875/Southwest Precinct/First Watch:

At 4:29am on April 21, officers responded to a robbery call around California Avenue SW/ Fauntleroy Wy Sw. The victim advised that he was waiting at the bus stop and a black sedan pulls up near him. Five suspects got out of the vehicle and approached the victim.

One of the suspects brandished a handgun and the other suspect punched the victim. The suspects took the victim’s belongings and got back into their vehicle. The suspects left the area heading Westbound on Fauntleroy.

The victim suffered an injury to his face from getting struck, SFD provided medical attention on the scene.

#2024-107877/Southwest Precinct/First Watch:

Information from Seattle City Council

The Seattle City Council has unanimously passed the Seattle Transportation Plan—a 20-year vision for the future of Seattle’s streets, sidewalks, and public spaces.

DOWNLOAD MAYOR'S PLAN HERE

The legislation is sponsored by Councilmember Rob Saka (District 1), Chair of the Transportation Committee. It is the culmination of a two-year collaborative process between the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), the Mayor’s Office, and the Council.

King County Sheriff Patricia Cole-Tindall is asking the Burien City Council to re-think their last move regarding homelessness. In specific she says the most recent legislation they passed im March is unconstitutional and that they need to re-adopt the previous law. In an open letter to the public the Sheriff said:

Dear Community Member,

Information from SDOT

The Seattle Department of Transportation's urban forestry and signs and markings teams have closed the westbound off-ramp to SW Admiral Way from the West Seattle High Bridge at around 9:30 a.m. This closure is necessary due to a broken limb that requires removal, although the SDOT team already stabilized it.

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