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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAdmin Report EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT M E M O R A N D U M DATE: April 19, 2021 TO: Randy Corman, Council President Members of Renton City Council FROM: Armondo Pavone, Mayor Ed VanValey, Chief Administrative Officer SUBJECT: Administrative Report • A new Washington State Paint Stewardship program went into effect on April 1, and it’s no joke. This new paint take-back program, managed by PaintCare, provides safe and convenient recycling of leftover paint throughout the state. For more information, visit paintcare.org. • Join King County Solid Waste Division and Bio Energy Washington representatives for an online community meeting on April 21, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. This is your opportunity to ask questions and learn about the latest activities at the Cedar Hills Regional Landfill, and the landfill gas-to-energy facility. To register, visit https://bit.ly/3acZERw. • Join Renton’s Solid Waste Utility, Republic Services, and Styro Recycle on Saturday, May 15 to recycle your scrap metal and Expanded Polystyrene including Styrofoam™. This year’s mini-event will be held at Renton Technical College’s north parking lot, at NE 6th Place and Monroe Ave NE. Masks are required for entry. For more information, please visit rentonwa.gov/springrecycle. • Updates from the Parks and Trails Division: • Boat launch permits for parking at Coulon Park can be purchased online at rentonwa.gov/boatlaunch, or call 425-430-6700 and press 8. • With good weather and summer around the corner, Renton parks are busier than ever: Remember that no dogs are allowed at Gene Coulon and Kennydale Beach Parks, and no bicycles on the pedestrian trail at Coulon Park. All other parks and trails allow dogs on six-foot leashes, or visit the off-leash Cedar River Dog Park at 1500 Houser Way S. • For updated information, see rentonwa.gov/parks or contact Community Services at (425) 430-6600. • Information about preventative street maintenance, traffic impact projects, and road closures happening this week can be found at http://rentonwa.gov/traffic. All projects are weather permitting and unless otherwise noted, streets will always remain open. Preventative street maintenance, traffic impact projects, and road closures will be at the following locations: Randy Corman, Council President Members of Renton City Council Page 2 of 2 April 19, 2021  Tuesday, April 20 through Thursday, April 29, 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Maintenance crews will be conducting asphalt repairs as listed at the following locations. Flaggers will be onsite at each location to maintain traffic flow. o Tuesday, April 20 and Wednesday, April 21: Intersection of NE 10th Street and Redmond Avenue NE o Thursday, April 22: Houser Way North at the 900 block  Ongoing Trail Closure through May 2021. Ripley Lane North Trail closure just north of the VMAC and the trailhead going north in support the WSDOT I-405 Renton to Bellevue Widening and Express Toll Lanes Project. Questions may be directed to Justin Johnson at 425-902-7172, or Kip Braaten at 425-757-9809.  Williams Avenue South and Wells Avenue South Conversion Project: Impacts to traffic will continue throughout this area between South 2nd Street and South 3rd Street. Please visit the project webpage at https://rentonwa.gov/ww for more information.  Downtown Utility Improvement Project: The Downtown Utility Improvement Project requires several roadway closures and detours between now and project completion in 2022. For more information on current upcoming road closures and traffic impacts or to sign up for email or text alerts visit the project website at https://rentonwa.gov/duip.