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A new senior center designed to bet-ter serve the community as well as

take advantage of the world-class view may be on the horizon.

An introductory public discussion that drew more than a hundred interested people Tuesday included warnings that most – probably all – of

the estimated $6 million cost would have to be raised privately, along with repeated assurances that a new facility would be built on the same site as the current center.

Located on the Edmonds waterfront at 220 Railroad Ave., the senior center sits on just shy of 2 acres; consequent-ly, planners believe they could continue to provide most services in the existing building while a new facility is built.

Patsy Ethridge-Neal, president of the board of directors, said the aim of Tuesday’s meeting was to introduce people to the current status of discus-sions and assure them that public hearings and other steps would follow before any action is taken.

Farrell Fleming, the center’s execu-tive director, said the ultimate goal “is to build a state-of-the-art ‘Edmonds kind of ’ senior center that would take

advantage of the magnifi cent views.”Acknowledging that discussions

about repairing or replacing the senior center have taken place on and off for about 20 years, Fleming said the deteriorating condition of the building is forcing action now.

The facility has multiple problems, including a sinking fl oor and water

New senior center may be in Edmonds’ futureBY PAUL ARCHIPLEY

PUBLISHER@YOURBEACON.NET

BY PAUL ARCHIPLEYPUBLISHER@YOURBEACON.NET

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see REPAIR page 12

The City is preparing to embark on its 2014 Pavement Preservation

Program, and three streets will serve as guinea pigs for the controversial chip seal process.

Although unpopular with some residents in communities where chip sealing is currently done, it has proven to be a much-more cost effective repair for extending the life of asphalt streets than the more traditional method of grinding down existing asphalt and overlaying the subsurface with 2 inches of new asphalt.

Chip seal results in a rougher road and, for several months after it’s ap-plied, loose gravel is an ongoing annoy-ance.

However, chip seal proponents note that the loose gravel eventually dimin-ishes, and the rough surface smoothes out as vehicles press the rocks into the asphalt.

In a presentation to the City Council on Tuesday, Public Works Director Phil Williams said chip seal is most effective

Restarting street repair program, city to let chips fall where they may

The public is invited to join the Edmonds Arts Commission

and the City of Edmonds Economic Development Department for a dedication of the Edmonds Inter-national District gateway enhance-ments project between 224th and 230th on SR 99.

The dedication takes place at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, in the Ranch Market parking lot, 22511

Hwy. 99.The project includes 14 new large

street light standards on the east side of SR 99 and eight 16-foot pe-destrian light poles on the west side of SR 99, all with banner signage to identify the Edmonds International District.

Seattle artist Pam Beyette was selected through a public process to create seven of the pedestrian

lights on the large poles and a stand-alone sculptural piece on the traffi c island at 76th to create a visual gateway for the district.

The seven lantern-shaped pedes-trian light elements and the sculp-tural piece on the island are titled “Eight Paths of Light,” referencing the international lantern icon that

Dedication ceremony to illuminate International District efforts

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