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Cleaning up Vancouver Lake – June 15, 2004

March 29, 2009 Author: admin

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VANCOUVER LAKE TASK FORCE MEETINGS

To: Iloba Odum, Director, SW Regional Office, Deprtment of Ecology
From: Dvija Michael Bertish, Chairman, Rosemere Neighborhood Association

June 15, 2004

Iloba,

Attached below is an email that I sent to Betty Sue Morris last December asking to be part of the Vancouver Lake Task Force. I did not receive a response to this request, and suffice it to say that I was disappointed at what I read in the Columbian today as well as the Task Force’s media release. Everyone knows that RNA has been extremely active in this situation and that we want to participate in this process. [Read More...]

RNA opposes City’s SEPA application on the proposed Burnt Bridge Creek Greenway project – February 5, 2004

March 24, 2009 Author: admin

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To: Jon Wagner, Development Review Services

From: Rosemere Neighborhood Association

Re: Application: Burnt Bridge Creek Greenway PRJ2003-01122 which includes the following:

ARC2003-00025, CON2003-00087, ENG2003-00164, FLP2003-00003, GEO2003-00002, GRD2003-00088, PSR2003-00044, SEP2003-00058, SHL2003-00005, TRE2003-00195 and WET2003-00006

These comments on the project have been sent prior to the cutoff date of Monday, February 9, 2004, and are to be incorporated into the staff report.

This correspondence serves as written notice that the officers and board of the Rosemere Neighborhood Association oppose this proposed project, and as outlined herein, believe that the project will create probable significant adverse environmental impacts. [Read More...]

Rosemere Neighborhood Association Water Walk – December 7, 2003

March 24, 2009 Author: admin

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RNA Board Members, Rosemere residents, and concerned environmental activists gather in the rain to hear Thom McConathy explain the terrain and our community's failing stormwater and groundwater facilities.

On December 7, 2003, the RNA Board, accompanied by environmental activists, toured the Burnt Bridge Creek Basin and Vancouver Lake to learn more about the contamination of our waterways. This tour was lead by Thom McConathy, a very active community steward who has passionately fought to save our ground and surface waterbodies for more than 20 years. Mr. McConathy is among our community’s most knowledgeable experts on the subjects of water quality and contamination, and he has been instrumental in helping the RNA address the contamination of Burnt Bridge Creek and Vancouver Lake, as discussed in the RNA’s federal Title 6 complaint.

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THE FLUSHING CHANNEL WILL NOT WORK FOR VANCOUVER LAKE

March 24, 2009 Author: admin

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The Rosemere Neighborhood Association offers this information to substantiate the objection to the proposed re-dredging of the flushing channel connected to Vancouver Lake. This project is being proposed by the Port of Vancouver as an attempt to rid Vancouver Lake of serious contamination. [Read More...]

LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THE RNA’S EFFORTS FROM AREA LEADERS – September 2003

March 24, 2009 Author: admin

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State of Washington
Office of the Governor
September 29, 2003

I am pleased to endorse The Rosemere Neighborhood Association’s grant proposal to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to fund a collaborative process to address the contamination of the Burnt Bridge Creek area. [Read More...]

Approaches to Water Quality Protection

March 24, 2009 Author: admin

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Protection of our water supply and aquatic habitat is vital to the viability of our economy, as well as the overall sustainability of human and wildlife. Increased population and development threaten our water resources, and management practices must be put into place to protect these resources before they are contaminated beyond repair. [Read More...]