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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
M E M O R A N D U M
DATE: May 17, 2021
TO: Randy Corman, Council President
Members of Renton City Council
FROM: Armondo Pavone, Mayor
Ed VanValey, Chief Administrative Officer
SUBJECT: Administrative Report
• Update from the Parks and Trails Division:
o Kennydale Beach Park will be closed for fence repairs between Monday, May
17 and Friday, May 21.
o Boat launch permits for parking at Coulon Park can be purchased online at
rentonwa.gov/boatlaunch, or call 425-430-6700 and press 8.
o 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 you can visit the off-leash Cedar
River Dog Park at 1500 Houser Way S.
o For updated information, visit rentonwa.gov/parks or contact Community
Services at 425-430-6600.
• Community Services Forestry Division will be continuing with informational mailings
as part of the ongoing “No Tree Topping” Campaign. Letters were sent recently to
some residential areas where tree topping has occurred. Letters will now be mailed
to commercial properties where similar tree topping problems have been noticed.
This outreach will remain an information and education campaign only – no
enforcement action will be undertaken at this time.
• 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:
Tuesday, May 18 through Thursday, May 20, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Maintenance crews will be conducting asphalt repairs along South Grady Way
between Wells Avenue South and Rainier Avenue South. The westbound curb
lane will be closed on Tuesday. The eastbound curb lane will be closed
Wednesday and Thursday.
Randy Corman, Council President
Members of Renton City Council
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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.
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.