is now fully operational and bringing more than just faster deliveries to the Yakima area Local leaders are enthusiastic about the economic growth and job opportunities it brings to the community Yakima County Commissioner Amanda McKinney sees the facility as a big boost for the region providing career advancement and economic growth “The data doesn’t support a lot of businesses shutting down Anytime you have a new business coming into our community there’s intrigue and opportunity,” McKinney said The 90,000-square-foot facility will help speed up deliveries and create hundreds of new jobs But the benefits extend beyond Amazon’s operations McKinney also highlighted how the company’s presence is fostering new opportunities for small businesses “One of the things I really appreciate about Amazon is that they’ve done a great job of partnering with smaller You don’t have to be a large-scale company to benefit from Amazon’s network can now reach new customers both within the community and beyond,” she said the station is offering local businesses the chance to join Amazon’s Hub Delivery Partners program small businesses act as delivery points for Amazon packages within their communities is one such local business benefiting from the program “Being part of the Amazon Hub program has given my business a lot of exposure people recognize me as being from Muscle Maker Grill It helps build familiarity and trust in the neighborhood,” Abuhamoud said With faster deliveries and new business opportunities the new station is set to boost the local economy Marty Dean Grismer appears in Yakima Superior Court for a sentencing hearing at the Yakima County Courthouse Monday 2018 after entering an Alford plea to charges of second-degree murder the 2013 death of Desiree Sunford “Deadly Entanglement” aired Friday and is available for streaming on NBC’s Peacock service The 2013 homicide of Desiree Sunford in Terrace Heights was featured on NBC’s “Dateline." The episode features interviews with retired Yakima County sheriff’s detectives Ed Levesque and Dave Johnson Sunford, a 30-year-old Wapato Middle School art teacher, was found shot to death in her remote home on North St Moxee police discovered her body after her husband while returning from Warden in Grant County called authorities saying he could not reach her and asked them to check on her waited outside the house for 15 minutes before a Moxee officer went in and found Sunford While Scott Sunford’s initial response raised suspicions detectives said he was cooperative and that his information was confirmed The case went cold until a tip came in through Yakima County Crime Stoppers that led detectives to Paige Blades, who had an affair with Scott Sunford and said that her friend, Marty Dean Grismer, told her he had killed Sunford Grismer killed Sunford after Blades said she believed that Scott Sunford had impregnated her and it would cause problems if Sunford found out Detectives found a 9mm gun barrel at Grismer’s office that matched the marks found on the bullets that killed Sunford Grismer was initially charged with aggravated first-degree murder, which carries a mandatory life-without-parole sentence, but he entered an Alford plea to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2018 An Alford plea allows a defendant to maintain innocence while conceding the state has enough evidence to get a conviction in a jury trial Prosecutors offered Grismer the plea deal after a cellmate who said that Grismer told him he wanted to marry Blades and was framing Scott Sunford for his wife’s death refused to testify because of gang connections is serving his sentence in the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla Reach Donald W. Meyers at dmeyers@yakimaherald.com Ghana's economy has been hit by brutal inflation for years Generally sunny despite a few afternoon clouds Would you like to receive our daily news? Signup today there are no recent results for popular commented articles Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Terrace Heights Grange Hall has been officially designated as a Red Cross emergency evacuation shelter The shelter will be open from March through October co-chair of an upcoming open house at the Grange Hall noted the advantage of the facility’s location “The closest emergency shelter is in the Upper Valley but the Grange Hall is much closer for our community,” Tjarnberg said “The Red Cross brings everything that’s needed when they open a shelter and we’ve got room for lots of people here easy to access with plenty of parking—it’s a great place to hold that shelter.” An open house will take place tomorrow at the Terrace Heights Grange Hall from 5 to 7 p.m along with information from the American Red Cross and other community partners the city council held a public hearing during their meeting about the new proposal of annexing Terrace Heights into the city of Yakima This is the first of 2 meetings about the proposal With the second meeting being in September showing hard data about taxes and utilities the process of the annexation if passed was explained last night "Tonight is an informational session only to get an understanding on the request before you," said Yakima city planning manager City planning staff showcased 4 different options of the proposed annexed area of Terrace Heights With the largest area including 1,586 people and the smallest including 1,218 people option 1 we are looking at a change in the property to the south here and how that’s delineated In number 2 it expanded a few parcels on the northern end here part of the area has been delineated by the continuation of the railroad tracks following the parcel lines of this pond because of something we heard is exactly the same as number 2 except for that it is taking into account right next to sun country estates that is a rea where they receive their private water from Then option 4 is excluding sun country estates as well as the area they receive their water from During the public comment section of the meeting many members of the community expressed their concerns about the proposal and their opposition to it "Yakima can’t really take care of their own but they want to get terrace heights involved I mean at the end of the day you guys need to take care of Yakima homelessness and drug problems first before you guys want to take sales tax Since this meeting was held to present the proposal, The council will take the time to discuss the proposal and whether they will move forward with it. And for more information about the proposal and its process please visit the city council's website YAKIMA- Terrace Heights has a new retail store bringing Helms True Value Hardware to the neighborhood from August 20th The store is a new build on Butterfield Road at Terrace Heights Drive adding to the existing store in Selah that has been serving the Yakima community for 55 years KIMA Action News had the chance to talk with the store's family owners Brad and Kyle Helms as they prepared for the new store’s opening Kyle told us that "we're a full line hardware store we hope to have everything that's needed from start to finish to complete a project all in one stop." The store covers 20,000 square feet of space and provides everything any home or business will need for all the small and big jobs around the house and yard; to full-scale building and renovation projects paint and equipment; but also all the small pieces that are needed for any project such as screws and bolts and indoor and outdoor plants and gardening needs Brad Helms told Action News why they chose Terrace Heights as their new location: "Well we've been looking for a place to expand start a new store and this place was just good We had an opportunity to buy some property and I think it's just going to be a good opportunity for us." The Helms True Value store will open this coming Tuesday — An officer involved shooting has left one man dead in Yakima According to the Yakima County Sheriff's Office the Yakima Police Department received a call about a man with gun inside the Oxford Suites We do not have a confirmed reason for why the shots were fired It does not appear as if the YPD officer is injured however traffic on Terrace Heights Drive may be affected The Yakima Valley Special Investigation Unit is the agency investigating this incident This story will be updated as we learn new information TERRACE HEIGHTS, Wash. – Pacific Power reports that 2,059 customers are without power in the Terrace Heights area as of 10 p.m., according to the power company’s outage map The outage’s cause is under investigation and crews have been notified Power is estimated to be restored by 12:30 a.m We are working to report timely and accurate information as we get it FOX41 Yakima©FOX11 TriCities© © 2020 FOX11 FOX41.com All rights 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masonry pier on the northeast corner of the building that was holding up that corner of the building performed by contractors who failed to install temporary structural shoring prior to the removal of the load-bearing masonry pier “This investigation report was the product of extensive work from city investigators showing in plain detail the devastating consequences of making mistakes in this industry,” said Oddo “The bottom line is that licensed construction professionals are supposed to know how to safely repair a building and failure to implement proper safeguards when removing structural elements of a building shows an unacceptable lapse in judgement Thanks to extensive collaboration with our partners across government we were able to not only get to the bottom of exactly what specific failures led to this building collapse but we are also implementing a new plan to prevent similar incidents like this from happening in the future.” “Correctly identifying load-bearing structures is critical work and where a professional engineer fails to identify such structures on repair plans workers performing repairs may do so in an unsafe manner “As the City Department of Building’s report reveals the professional engineer’s failures led to the collapse at Billingsley Terrace in the Bronx in 2023 but the collapse displaced over 100 residents from their homes DOI was pleased to work with the DOB on this investigation which has exposed the professional engineer and general contractor’s disregard for the safety and wellbeing of New Yorkers.” never seen before by the public which they have now released and are attached who is chair of the City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings “New Yorkers deserve to both be and feel safe in their homes yet the partial collapse at 1915 Billingsley Terrace last year shook New Yorkers’ trust in our homes the professionals entrusted by our regulatory agencies to make repairs and our city’s protocols to ensure our safety,” “I remain thankful no lives were lost and applaud the Department of Buildings and Investigations for taking this investigation seriously issuing violations and license suspensions and working collaboratively on Local Law 79 of 2024 the Billingsley Terrace Structural Integrity Act a momentous change in how [DOB] will now handle structural safety in NYC buildings.” “Local Law 79 moves the agency from a reactive approach to a proactive one and with $4.7M in accompanying investments to increase inspectorial capacity No amount of discipline or new laws will return the peace that 1915 residents lost on December 11th yet we are making strides in making NYC safer for all.” Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson also gave her reaction to news of the report release Directly following the major collapse at the building, and as reported at the time DOB safety inspectors and structural engineers were quickly routed to the scene and immediately launched an investigation into the cause of the incident City officials said the investigation included a thorough analysis of historical building records dozens of field visits at the collapsed structure and a review of available surveillance videos As a result of the investigation, as reported it was determined that façade repair drawings prepared by Professional Engineer Richard Koenigsberg failed to identify the masonry pier as load-bearing on the plans and failed to direct the contractors to install temporary structural shoring prior to the start repair work on this load-bearing masonry pier They said workers at the site employed by Arsh Landmark General Construction Corp followed the defective engineering plans and were directed to demolish the load-bearing masonry pier at the cellar work to remove the masonry pier was performed with the assistance of an electric chipper gun and hand tools They said the demolition work reduced the structural strength of the load-bearing masonry pier to the point where it could no longer support the weight of the floors above They said the overstressed load-bearing masonry pier buckled which led to the collapse of the masonry façade and the entire corner above During interviews with employees of Arsh Landmark General Construction Corp conducted by investigators from DOB and DOI directly after the collapse City officials said the workers alleged that no work on the load-bearing masonry pier was conducted that day City officials said these claims were directly contradicted by surveillance video which shows that not only were workers removing bricks from the load-bearing masonry pier under the direct supervision of the permit holder but also that the masonry pier buckled while they were performing this work followed by the collapse just minutes afterwards City officials said DOB has previously taken enforcement actions against Koenigsberg who was responsible for drawing up the repair plans including a two-year suspension of his ability to conduct inspections in New York City DOB referred this case to the Office of Professional Discipline at the New York State Education Department They said they are currently reviewing the case and may take additional enforcement actions related to Koenigsberg’s license City officials said DOB has also issued two violations to Arsh Landmark General Construction Corp for their failure to safeguard the construction site and their failure to properly notify DOB of the damage at 1915 Billingsley Terrace prior to the collapse They said violation hearings have been scheduled at the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) where the contractor could face a maximum potential penalty of $50,000 To prevent similar incidents like this from happening in the future DOB officials said the department is creating a new proactive enforcement unit focused on inspecting buildings that have been allowed to fall into disrepair by negligent owners and bad actors within the construction industry They said thanks to passage of The Billingsley Terrace Structural Integrity Act by the City Council and a significant investment of $4.7 million dollars from New York City Mayor Eric Adams will use predictive analytics to identify derelict buildings and unsafe contractors in order to take appropriate interventions in the interest of public safety before a major collapse occurs DOB will be conducting educational outreach to the construction industry with details about the incident They said this outreach will include a construction advisory to the contractors construction workers and other licensed professionals about the importance of properly identifying load-bearing elements of a building and implementing appropriate safeguards prior to the start of demolition work DOB has implemented multiple initiatives to improve safety on building construction work sites which include mandatory safety training for workers on larger construction sites enhanced in-person supervision requirements for site safety professionals proactive unannounced field inspections by agency inspectors They said these efforts have helped make New York City building construction sites safer with a 50% decrease in construction work site fatalities between 2019 (14) and 2023 (7) They said the trend for safer construction work sites has continued in 2024 with a 26% decrease in incidents and a 28% decrease in worker injuries in the first three quarters of this year compared to the first three quarters of 2023 Norwood News has reached out to Richard Koenigsberg’s firm and Arsh Landmark General Construction Corp for comment and will share any feedback we receive in efforts to understand the process and the subsequent suspension of the engineer’s license amid the fall out Norwood News followed up with City officials to ask why he had been suspended as the engineer if the engineer had deemed the building unsafe and if that was the extent of his responsibility the engineer reported the required repairs were still not completed We also asked if it was the building owner’s responsibility to to perform the repairs We didn’t receive answers at the time but following the release of the report this week we followed up again and were recently informed that the unsafe facades and cracks in the bricks did not cause the building to collapse the “incompetence” displayed by the engineer and the contractor [during the repair works] caused the building to collapse when they removed a structural column at the corner of the building When the engineer determined that the building’s façade was unsafe during a local law 11 inspection that unsafe designation meant that that the bricks had cracks in them and small pieces of masonry could have fallen on to the sidewalk We were informed that this did not mean that a major collapse was going to occur We were told that the same engineer who filed the local law 11 inspection report was then hired by the property owners to put together repair plans for the building’s façade and that those plans created by the engineer called for the removal and replacement of a column at the corner of the building We were informed that the plans incorrectly indicated that the column was “non-load bearing,” and the plans did not include any instructions to the contractor to shore up the area with temporary supports before they were to remove the column We were also told that the contractor followed those plans which caused the corner of the building to collapse We were informed that the engineer was disciplined because the plans he drew up caused the building to collapse because he was responsible for the work at the site and we were informed that he should have looked at the engineer’s plans and quickly realized that they were potentially unsafe Both the engineer and the contractor were deemed responsible for the collapse We were further informed that the building owners were not disciplined they did the right thing by hiring construction professionals to make façade repairs to their building the construction professionals they hired failed them Norwood News recently reached out to the City regarding allegations by at least one construction worker we spoke to in the last year or so that certain developers allegedly circumvent training and safety regulations in the building sector through the use of subcontractors who in turn allegedly hire unskilled non-union workers on building sites Visit the Advocate for Injured Workers section of the NYS Workers Compensation Board’s website for additional resources. You can also call the office of the Advocate for Injured Workers at (877) 632-4996 or email advocateforinjuredworkers@wcb.ny.gov View current print edition Click here to read our disclaimer >> Step back in time as you wander down Sylvan Terrace a stretch of perfectly preserved 19th-century wooden townhouses in NYC Before the rows of townhouses were built on Sylvan Terrace, the street served as a carriage drive that connected the Morris-Jumel Mansion with Kingsbridge Road, now St. Nicholas Avenue framed by the charming yellow houses with ornate brown details a couple of the residents who lived on the street worked as a grocer and a feed dealer Soon after the construction of the Sylvan Terrace homes more residential buildings popped up on the surrounding streets and the neighborhood was soon home to brick houses in Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival styles as well as early 20th-century apartment buildings all but one of the homeowners consented to have their facade restored 16 stood out among its neighbors with a white stucco exterior all of the homes match and walking down the street feels like walking onto a movie set Wish you could own one? 8 Sylvan Terrace is currently listed for sale for $1.8 million Next, check out 15 of NYC’s one-block streets and 12 of the Last Remaining Wooden Houses in Manhattan Nicole Saraniero is the Insider-in-Chief at Untapped New York leading our Untapped New York Insiders membership program Nicole graduated from Hofstra University with a Bachelor of Science in Televis You've successfully subscribed to Untapped New York Check your email for magic link to sign-in Washington finalized its landfill methane rule while digester companies around the country made RNG-related announcements in May A new regulation in Washington will open the door for dozens of landfills to improve their gas collection operations potentially boosting the production of renewable natural gas in the state Washington finalized its new landfill methane rule in May requiring all landfills in the state that accepted MSW after 1992 to install a gas collection and control system and institute quarterly monitoring for gas leaks The announcement from the state’s Department of Ecology also noted a $15 million funding opportunity to install such systems The department estimates 26 landfills are eligible for the funding the department estimated the rule would prevent 1.6 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions over a 20-year period It also specifically cited the opportunity to incorporate beneficial uses into gas capture systems including upgrading the biogas to renewable natural gas A draft version of the rule first circulated in January. It was initiated by legislation passed in Washington in 2022 at the same time that the state set a goal to reduce the amount of organic material going into landfills by 75% by 2030 It joins other laws passed in California and Oregon that have led to growing investment in landfill gas systems Read on for more of the latest news about RNG projects announced this month Members of the U.S. Senate introduced a bill that would provide a $1 per gallon tax credit for RNG used as a transportation fuel. The credit would expire in 2034. The Renewable Natural Gas Incentive Act was introduced by Sen and is a companion to a bill introduced in the House by Rep In a release announcing the bill on May 22, Warner's office said RNG receives a lower tax credit than similar transportation fuels despite its potential for emissions reduction and economic growth. He said the credit would accelerate investment "This tax credit will help incentivize the use of clean and affordable fuel sources and continue to aid the transition to a clean economy while creating good-paying jobs and reducing our reliance on foreign energy,” Warner said The credit does not apply to fuels produced or sold outside the U.S "This bill incentivizes the use of clean energy while promoting economic growth through lowering the cost of doing business and decreasing reliance on foreign energy," Tillis said "I am proud to introduce this commonsense legislation which will safeguard America’s energy independence.”   Divert has announced its next Integrated Diversion & Energy facility will be located in Harrison a town near Cincinnati on the border with Indiana It’s the company’s first facility in Ohio and 14th nationwide Divert CEO Ryan Begin highlighted Hamilton County's agriculture and food manufacturing industry in a release announcing the facility. The $100 million plant received local support, including via a 1.455%, seven-year Job Creation Tax Credit from the Ohio Tax Credit Authority, the Cincinnati Business Courier reported EnviTec Biogas, a German bioenergy company with operations in 16 countries, announced on May 29 it had opened two dairy digesters in the U.S and will produce 135 standard cubic feet per minute and 150 standard cubic feet per minute of natural gas The projects are among a portfolio of more than a dozen facilities EnviTec is developing for South Jersey Industries the portfolio will produce more than 5,300 scfm of RNG That buildout is expected to occur throughout 2024 EnviTec says it has commissioned eight biogas projects in the U.S and connected four to the natural gas grid The two new facilities announced this month transport gas to feed-in points via trailer EnviTec's U.S. subsidiary planned, designed and constructed the facilities over the course of 18 months. SJI owns the plants. The energy infrastructure company has been active in the digestion space, commissioning one of the country's largest food-waste-to-RNG facilities with partners Captona and RNG Energy Solutions earlier this year. In SJI's 2022 ESG report the company touted development of more than 20 RNG projects Get the free daily newsletter read by industry experts Washington and Illinois are among the states enforcing new laws including right-to-repair and organics disposal updates policy changes and better communication could help ease challenges associated with adding recycled content to packaging said speakers at the Plastics Recycling Conference Subscribe to the Waste Dive free daily newsletter The free newsletter covering the top industry headlines Table Mound Mobile Home Park is one of two local mobile home parks the city of Dubuque is seeking to purchase with the assistance of a potential federal grant Asbury News Bellevue News Clayton County News Delaware County News Dubuque News Dubuque County News Dyersville News Jackson County News Peosta News East Dubuque News Galena News Jo Daviess County News Crawford County News Grant County News Iowa County News Lafayette County News Lancaster News Platteville News Field of Dreams Coverage All Bites and Brews More Caucus News Dubuque City Council members on Wednesday directed city officials to apply for a $50.5 million federal grant that if received would be used to purchase two local mobile home parks Council members unanimously approved the city’s application for the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development grant which local officials intend to use to purchase Terrace Heights Mobile Home Park and Table Mound Mobile Home Park and establish community land trusts on the properties which eventually would allow the residents of those parks to own and maintain them Both the Table Mound park — which is divided into two parts one located inside city limits and one outside — and the Terrace Heights park currently are privately owned and operated Dubuque Housing and Community Development Director Alexis Steger said city officials likely will learn whether or not the grant application was approved in September or October Steger estimated it likely would take about six years to fully transition ownership and operations of the mobile home parks to tenants through the land trust City officials intend to spend the grant funds to acquire the mobile home parks; improve infrastructure on the properties; and provide direct assistance to residents through mobile home rehabilitation and replacement as well as prevention of eviction and income loss While it is possible the federal government could partially award the grant Steger said the city is committed to fully transitioning both parks to community land trust ownership and would seek other means of funding the initiative if federal dollars fall short or if the city does not receive the grant “If the grant doesn’t cover the full amount for the acquisition the parks can still be affordable through financing,” she said Table Mound Mobile Home Park is owned by Impact MHC Management LLC while Terrace Heights Mobile Home Park is owned by Yes Communities Neither company responded to requests for comment for this story Steger said the city has begun discussions with both companies related to purchasing the mobile home parks but final prices have not yet been agreed upon The grant for which the city is applying — the Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) grant — was created specifically to help preserve and enhance existing manufactured housing facilities City officials’ pursuit of the grant comes after residents of the two mobile home parks have raised concerns about what they see as excessive rent increases and subpar maintenance by ownership several residents of those mobile home parks shared stories with City Council members of rent increases on the land where their homes sit and of park infrastructure going unmaintained president of the Table Mound Neighborhood Association said her monthly rent at the park increased from $89 in 1988 to $270 in 2017 Since the park was purchased by Impact MHC Management LLC “Living in a mobile home is supposed to be affordable,” she said “Is this the American way that the corporations are so greedy that they do not care about people’s lives?” said his mobile home has experienced significant damage as a result of improper maintenance from park management Scott now fears he soon may be unable to afford to continue living in his current unit “I obviously can’t keep paying the rent because I’m so far behind because of their neglect and stupidity,” he said “I don’t know whether to cry or pull my hair out.” Dubuque City Council members expressed their enthusiasm for the proposal and said the grant would help improve the lives of the people living in the two mobile home parks “There’s nothing you could tell me that would surprise me about the behavior of these owners,” said Council Member Ric Jones An article about the possibility of multiple black bears roaming Dubuque County was the most-read story of the past week on TelegraphHerald.com Email notifications are only sent once a day ISSN 2993-8384 (Online)ISSN 1041-293X (Print) Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account Photos courtesy of Gloria Kilbourne | DD-Reps offering a rare opportunity to own a home on one of the city’s most unique and historic streets a stretch of West 28th Street once home to a collection of music publishers at the turn of the 20th century and thought as the birthplace of American pop music and an open ceiling cut to connect the garden level and the parlor Many of the original architectural details of the 20-foot-wide home have been preserved including the staircase and the balustrade The kitchen and dining area take up the entire lower floor and boast a farmhouse aesthetic with exposed brick and natural wood accents throughout from the beamed ceilings to the butcher block countertops The cut in the ceiling looks up into the parlor bringing in more sunshine and a connection to the floor above a door leads to a cute back patio with an herb garden and seating area Also on the garden floor is a convenient pantry Found up the staircase illuminated by a skylight the top floor has two equally-sized bedrooms and a windowed bonus room that could be perfect as a home office or walk-in closet There’s also a full bath on this level The home has low carrying costs at $461 per month in taxes and roughly $200 per month in energy costs because of solar panels on the roof all 20 residences on the block were restored with a cohesive look Sylvan Terrace connects St. Nicholas Avenue and Jumel Terrace between 160th and 162nd Streets. The Morris Jumel Mansion Manhattan’s oldest residence and now a museum is located at the end of the street and is connected to High Bridge Park [Listing details: 11 Sylvan Terrace at CityRealty] [At Compass by Teresa Alessandro and Danielle Nazinitsky] By providing your email address, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy All information furnished regarding property for sale rental or financing is from sources deemed reliable but no warranty or representation is made as to the accuracy thereof and same is submitted subject to errors lease or financing or withdrawal without notice you must hire your own architect or engineer and for no listing shall the number of bedrooms listed be considered a legal conclusion By providing your email address, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Let us know what you are looking for and we’ll help you find the home of your dreams We’ll provide current market comps and connect you with a trusted expert By providing your email address, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.You can unsubscribe at any time City of Dubuque officials eye a federal grant that would provide funding for the city to purchase two local mobile home parks Department of Housing and Urban Development grant would help the city purchase Terrace Heights Mobile Home Park and Table Mound Mobile Home Park through a community land trust which eventually would allow residents to own and maintain the mobile home parks themselves Discussions between the city and both mobile home park owners have begun Dubuque Housing and Community Development Director Alexis Steger said are expected to consider setting a public hearing for May 29 to solicit input on the grant application one located inside city limits and one outside — and the Terrace Heights park are privately owned and operated Members of the Table Mound Neighborhood Association have raised concerns with local and state officials for years about what they see as excessive rent increases and subpar maintenance by ownership the rent on the land where their homes sit has doubled Steger said the city has heard similar complaints from residents of the Terrace Heights park “The city wanted to step in the best we could .. to create better controls or a better model to continue to make those manufactured home parks affordable,” she said Neither Impact Communities nor Yes Communities responded to requests for comment for this story Table Mound Neighborhood Association board member Karla Shepherd said mobile home park residents with the support of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement discussed the idea for the community land trust with city officials at a recent meeting “We couldn’t get anywhere with corporate with all the problems we’ve been having so this is one avenue we thought maybe we could take.” HUD’s Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) grant specifically is designed to help preserve and revitalize manufactured housing She said the city plans to request a total of $50.5 million through the grant with about $34 million intended for the Table Mound park and the remaining $16.5 million for Terrace Heights the city also would tier the application so HUD could award partial funding for only one of the projects if it chooses to do so The funding would help the city acquire the land and improve water sewer and road infrastructure within the mobile home parks Funds also would be requested to rehabilitate and replace mobile homes and provide services such as eviction prevention and income loss prevention which would be operated through the community land trust “The community land trust would be resident-owned and people can buy shares of that and be part of a board of directors,” Steger said is to build capacity for the community land trust to maintain and serve the residents in the long term.” Steger said the grant would pay city employees to serve as project managers and work with a community land trust contractor to establish policies that city support ideally would have fallen away and residents would own the park themselves through the community land trust “We will likely need nonprofit partner assistance in this development of the community land trust to do the initial work until we could get board members and residents and other capacity built within the community land trust itself,” she said but there are several in our community that could partner with us to do that.” the city has been in contact with the owners of both parks through a licensed real estate agent and will continue those conversations as the grant application process unfolds She said the city intends to continue pursuing a community land trust for the mobile home parks whether or not the federal grant is ultimately received Dubuque Mayor Brad Cavanagh said city representatives have met regularly with mobile home park residents to identify potential solutions to the concerns they have raised “This is another step in the process of trying to find any way we can to assist the residents of our mobile home parks who have faced some really serious challenges,” he said Cavanagh later added: “The fact that this grant exists is an indication that this problem is happening all over the U.S with mobile home parks and has definitely caught the attention of our federal partners Monday’s special council meeting will be held at 5:15 p.m Public input will not be accepted at the meeting but will be accepted during the May 29 public hearing An article about how faith and friends have sustained a Sherrill couple’s 57-year marriage was the most-read story of the past week on … MOXEE - The surf park planned between Terrace Heights and Moxee has been officially approved by the Yakima County Hearing Examiner A group of investors is seeking to build a 24 acre surf park with a wave pool in the area of Norman of St Since the project was first brought forward neighbors in the area have raised concerns and complaints including: noise and great concerns over the current decline of the aquifer "The present and future needs of the community will be adequately served by the proposed development and the community as a whole will be benefited rather than injured." In a 40 page decision the Examiner has approved the facility along with a surfing school The Examiner did include a list of conditions the project must meet including getting all needed permits He cites that a Yakima County Development Association study indicates the project would generate construction jobs and would yield $1.5 million in tax revenues The Hearing Examiner's decision can be appealed Intro rate $1.99This rate will renew automatically at $9.99 after 30 days First time here? Click to create a yakimaherald.com user account A 16-year-old Terrace Heights girl accused of killing her mother's boyfriend will be tried in juvenile court A 16-year-old Terrace Heights girl accused of killing her mother’s boyfriend will be tried in juvenile court Yakima County prosecutors withdrew their motion Friday to have the girl tried as a juvenile on a second-degree murder charge in the death of Roy Richmond Land and a juvenile court judge would have to decide if her case should be transferred to Yakima County Superior Court State law allows 16- and 17-year-olds to be automatically tried as adults on murder charges Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney Joe Brusic said that while the charge is serious he said the girl’s criminal history and other factors do not legally justify trying her as an adult “This isn’t someone who has had the contacts that a gang member with four or five prior felonies (would have) been to juvenile rehabilitation before and is 15-and-three-quarters-years old when they committed a murder,” Brusic said The Yakima Herald-Republic typically does not name suspects being tried as juveniles Yakima County sheriff’s deputies were called to a home in the 5000 block of North Skyvista Avenue shortly before 7:30 a.m in the bathroom with a stab wound in the area of his left shoulder and armpit The girl’s mother said her daughter had come home from her father’s home to pick up her contact lenses when Land confronted the girl and said she should not be in the house grabbed a large knife from a kitchen drawer and stabbed Land once before running away Deputies found her in the 5300 block of North Skyvista Road and arrested her without incident She was initially charged with first-degree assault on Land who was taken to a local hospital before being transferred to Harborview Medical Center The girl was then charged with second-degree murder Land’s death was one of 25 homicides in Yakima County in 2021 She is out on $500,000 bail awaiting trial in juvenile court Please select all the ways you would like to hear from us: You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails For information about our privacy practices We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. 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Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device This three-bedroom co-op on a historic Brooklyn Heights block at 167 Clinton Street has a townhouse vibe that reflects the 1800s building it occupies offers a gracious layout and easy-on-the-eyes interiors Though sunlight fills the rooms of the pretty corner flat the best part may be its impressive outdoor space in the form of a landscaped terrace overlooking neighborhood greenery Framed by high ceilings and four exposures the apartment has been renovated with an eye for design and an appreciation for history the living room is anchored by a working fireplace Two French doors open onto an elevated elevated terrace enhanced by irrigated plantings verdant townhouse gardens and neighboring homes provide a perfect opportunity to view the changing seasons south-facing formal dining room is framed by built-in bookshelves and treetop views A renovated galley kitchen features Carrara marble worktops a washer and dryer and a full bath ensure daily convenience a private bedroom wing contains three chambers This sunny refuge has built-in storage and a glamorous bathroom with a step-in shower Two additional bedrooms include a corner room–perfect for a home office–and a smaller bedroom The 21-foot-wide building was formerly a single-family townhouse that now consists of four full-floor homes The pet-friendly co-op has recently replaced Marvin windows [Listing details: 167 Clinton Street, #3 at CityRealty] [At Compass by Ian Katz and Wendy Tsang] A section of the Terrace Heights Water System is under a boil-water notice after routine testing found E.coli in the water The advisory from Yakima County Public Services said the notice covers customers within Zone 2A which is south of the Roza canal and covers roads near Kilgary Way The notice does not affect those who are on private wells or on other systems within the Terrace Heights area that are not on the Terrace Heights water system The notice does not affect those who are outside Zone 2A of the Terrace Heights water system People in Zone 2A should use purchased bottled water or boiled water for drinking Water should come to a rolling boil for one minute No illnesses related to the community’s drinking water have been reported Yakima County Public Services and the Washington State Department of Health Office of Drinking Water are working to fix the problem coli are bacteria tied to contamination with human or animal waste They may pose a special health risk for infants and people with severely compromised immune systems The county has taken samples in several areas within the Terrace Heights water system and at each well to determine that the contamination is isolated to the single pressure zone The county flushed the system and increased temporarily chlorine levels to the entire system starting Thursday Officials said they hope to lift the notice in about a week Customers will be notified once satisfactory test results have been received and the advisory is lifted Updates will be posted on the Yakima County Public Services website The entire system serves more than 1,800 customers east of the city of Yakima Call Yakima County Public Services at 509-574-2300 with questions YAKIMA - Terrace Heights Landfill prices have skyrocketed for items like tires leaving the Yakima County Sheriff's Office to believe there may be an increase in illegal dumping along county roads landfill officials say the fee increase was necessary to continue covering the disposal costs Yakima County's Solid Waste division is solely funded by fees charged at landfills the prices at the Terrace Heights Landfill have remained the same "You generate some sort of garbage every day but for those special commodities you only get rid of those maybe every 4 to 15 years it made more sense that you pay the real price for those commodities instead of them being subsidized by the garbage fees," Karma Suchan it's going to cost you at least 5 times more to dump The fee for disposing of a tire had been $2 Appliances like old refrigerators or washing machines had been $6 each The sheriff's office says they commonly see junk illegally dumped in ditches along county roads and in the lower valley Sometimes they are able to find evidence of who illegally dumped trash but finding out who the owner of abandoned tires and appliances is a little trickier "We try to find out who the owner is or who dumped them and get ahold of them to either fine them or tell them to remove it," Casey Schilperoort the spokesperson for the Yakima County Sheriff's Office you can be looking at up to $1,000 in fines "We live in an area where some people don't have garbage service or don't have the money to go to the landfill so it's easy enough to load it up in a vehicle and drop it off somewhere where maybe you aren't going to see it," Schilperoort said If you don't want to pay the increased fees "Often when you purchase a new refrigerator the store that you purchased it from will take it back for a small fee or no fee," Suchan said "Tires can be left with tire companies when you buy your new tires." Suchan adds that any other appliances without refrigeration can go to companies like Pacific Steel or Mayflower Metals for recycling YAKIMA - The Department of Ecology (DOE) has just opened up public comment for two Yakima County locations that they are proposing to remove from the Hazardous Sites List (HSL) pesticide lead arsenate was widely used on fruit trees in orchards across Yakima County to control codling moths lead arsenate breaks down into the elements lead and arsenic which tend to stay on the ground surface for decades Long-term exposure to this can cause health problems the Washington State Legislature asked Ecology to prepare a strategy to address the lead and arsenic soil contamination in communities The project was focused on areas that were developed into residential neighborhoods Apple Valley Elementary School samples revealed elevated concentrations of lead and arsenic above state cleanup levels "Part of the process is we do an investigation to figure out what's there how far it went and how we want to clean it up we do an analysis then we kind of evaluate what's the best way to clean it up we look at other factors," said Valerie Bound the Section Manager for DOE's Toxic Cleanup Program cleanup actions were performed at the site including: -removing some of the contaminated soil and adding clean soil on top to prevent exposure and grow new grass -Adding geotextile fabric and engineered wood fiber into playground areas -Putting bark mulch and rock gravel in other landscape areas -Putting a gravel base and asphalt to cap contaminated soil in the bus lane area -Modifying the irrigation system to maintain the grass cover -Installing a stormwater drainage system to prevent runoff from the parking lot the school was demolished and a new one was built clean soil and sod caps were placed over existing contaminated soil and new parking lots and walkways were added because not all the contamination was removed an environmental covenant was recorded An environmental covenant is a legal agreement that outlines terms and restrictions of activities that may impact or threaten the continued protection of human health and the environment Site use restrictions called institutional controls (i.e Based upon the several cleanup efforts and the recording of the environmental covenant Ecology has determined the site is no longer a threat to human health and the environment Similarly, the Terrace Heights Landfill Pesticide Dump is also seeking public comment to remove this location from the Hazardous Sites List This site is located on the eastern end of the landfill During a landfill expansion in 1994 several one-gallon cans of Krenite were discovered about four feet below ground Officials say some of the containers had leaked the pesticide into the soil which posed a risk to human health and the environment 600 tons of contaminated soil was excavated and disposed of offsite several soil samples were collected and sent to a laboratory which revealed that there was no longer any contamination that remained above state cleanup levels Ecology has concluded that no further action is warranted after determining the cleanup actions at the site were successful The department has now opened public comment for both of these sites "There's a big public involvement component to the state cleanup law where we want to make sure people know what's going on in their own communities," Bound said When the comment period ends on January 31st they will review and respond to the comments received If requested by more than 10 people they will hold a public meeting and if no changes are necessary TERRACE HEIGHTS -- The Yakima County Sheriff's Office says a shooting case has turned into a murder investigation as the victim has died deputies responded to reports of a robbery at a home on the 600 block of N 39th St in Terrace Heights Deputies confirm the case is now being investigated as a homicide Investigators hope someone will be able to identify the suspects captured in stills taken from surveillance video A third suspect in a 2020 Terrace Heights home-invasion robbery has pleaded guilty to lesser charges of Ellensburg pleaded guilty to a single count of residential burglary and five counts of third-degree assault in Yakima County Superior Court Wednesday He was originally charged with first-degree robbery first-degree burglary and five counts of second-degree assault pleaded guilty earlier this month to first-degree robbery first-degree burglary and second-degree assault and were sentenced to slightly more than seven years in prison Prosecutors say the three broke into a Butterfield Road home Oct. 15, 2020, and stole marijuana at gunpoint While a probable cause affidavit referenced a fourth suspect there was not a fourth person listed as a suspect or person of interest in investigative records sheriff’s spokesperson Casey Schilperoort said A woman told Yakima County sheriff’s deputies that masked men with handguns entered her boyfriend’s Butterfield Road home around 10:30 p.m. The men held the couple’s two children and her brother at gunpoint while one of the assailants hit the woman’s boyfriend in the head with a gun and threatened to kill him if he didn’t give them money While the men were attacking her boyfriend the woman took her then-5-month-old child to a spare bedroom and called 911 the suspects grabbed several bags of processed marijuana and ran from the house the woman’s boyfriend told them that the suspects were driving away Deputies found four people in a vehicle at the intersection of Hartford and Butterfield roads and stopped the vehicle when the driver tried to leave Deputies said one of the passengers was wearing a ski mask and two guns were in plain view while deputies arrested Almaral and Amador while the fourth person in the car was never found Reach Donald W. Meyers at dmeyers@yakimaherald.com or 509-577-7748 A Kirkland man is accused of shooting another man during a fight over a family birthday party Yakima County sheriff’s deputies went to a Marsh Road home around 9:45 p.m Saturday after a report of an assault with a weapon The suspect had been hit in the shoulder by a gunshot and the victim was hit in the leg The suspect’s son told police the incident began when his father was upset that his brother did not pay attention to him at a birthday party A family friend who lived in a trailer at the property tried to defuse the situation but the suspect threatened to burn down the man’s trailer the suspect said he was going to get a gun and shoot his son The suspect came out of a motor home with a gun and fired four to five shots at the ground where his son was standing about 15 to 30 feet away One of those shots ricocheted and struck the other man in the left leg The man told deputies that he didn’t know what the suspect’s intentions were and that he and the suspect’s son were both in fear for their lives The suspect was booked into the Yakima County jail Monday on suspicion of first- and fourth-degree assault felony harassment and reckless endangerment At a Tuesday preliminary appearance hearing Deputy Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney David Soukup sought $25,000 bail based on the nature of the crime Defense attorney Beth Wehrkamp said the suspect is actually the victim in the case The incident started when the suspect asked the man to move off the property and the suspect was trying to disarm his son when he was shot him in the arm She asked that the suspect be released on pretrial supervision But Yakima County Superior Court Judge Kevin Naught set bail at $25,000 He said the facts of the case were “extremely concerning” and that a no-contact order would not address those concerns the suspect is allowed to go back to King County YAKIMA -- Emergency Responders are on scene after a man was found dead outside the Burger King on Terrace Heights Ave Police say they were called to the scene of a man unresponsive at the restaurant at 11:15 a.m Paramedics responded as well and pronounced the man dead at the scene Investigators say at this point they do not suspect foul play and haven't found anything suspicious They believe the man likely died of a medical issue Police say he did not have and identification on him Officers have blocked off the area as they investigate The proposed rule would lead to further collection of landfill methane emissions which are responsible for about 80% of the state’s industrial methane pollution Landfills are responsible for about 80% of Washington’s industrial methane pollution from large sources according to an analysis of federal data conducted by industrial climate solutions group Industrious Labs The state’s top three large methane polluters are public landfills in Cowlitz County and King County and Republic Services’ Roosevelt facility Republic told Grist it had a “differing perspective” to EPA concerning its landfill’s emissions but had “addressed” the agency’s findings The rulemaking process began in December 2022 The Department of Ecology was required by statute to consider regulations already in place in other jurisdictions including the California Air Resources Board’s Landfill Methane Rule The Washington Refuse and Recycling Association praised Washington for incorporating portions of that rule directly into its own draft rule while environmental groups urged Washington to go further The proposed rule would require all landfills that received waste after Jan to install gas collection and control systems such systems were required for active landfills with 450,000 tons or more of waste or closed landfills with 750,000 tons or more of waste such as those receiving hazardous waste or those being regulated under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response Environmentalists said landfill operators should be required to install gas collection wells earlier than the rule would currently require citing EPA research that found about half of the emissions from landfilled food waste are released in 3.6 years They also urged Washington to “strengthen gas collection system and leak monitoring requirements to ensure gas collection system shutdown is minimized and gas collection is robust and comprehensive.”  methane concentrations cannot exceed 500 parts per million by volume as measured by instantaneous surface emissions monitoring or 25 ppmv as determined by integrated surface emissions monitoring and operators would need to take corrective action and begin re-monitoring the site of the exceedance within 10 calendar days Operators are also required to notify authorities within two working days of any actions taken to address exceedances If a second exceedance is recorded at the same location operators would be required to take additional action and a third exceedance would prompt replacement of a problematic gas collection well or alternative measures to address the methane emissions within 120 days Multiple waste industry voices took issue with the notification requirements for exceedances and subsequent corrective procedures the WRRA said that corrective actions may take multiple days and its members were still unclear whether that meant they would need to submit multiple notifications for each day the actions were underway It proposed requiring operators to submit notification if a corrective action was not taken within the proposed time frame Landfill operator Waste Connections also took issue with the deadline for action after a third exceedance The company said inclement weather may delay the construction of a new well and it proposed language that would allow landfill operators to exceed that timeframe as long as they get written permission from the state The monitoring requirement provides exceptions for the working face of a landfill or areas where the cover has been removed to install pollution control systems The WRRA also proposed allowing for exempted areas like steep or slippery slopes The state agency also heard from Sniffer Robotics, whose drones have been approved by the U.S The company urged Washington to incorporate such technologies as an approved emissions monitoring method local chapters of 350.org and the Surfrider Foundation also urged the state to require the use of remote sensing technology saying such methods can supplement “current ineffective methods that increase the risk of human error and safety.” The new rule also includes higher methane destruction efficiency requirements landfill gas collection and control systems can use flares with a 99% destruction rate or other technologies that achieve 97% efficiency Refinement facilities must correspondingly achieve a methane leak rate of 3% or less by weight Such systems have to be in operation for at least 15 years after which quarterly surface emissions monitoring of the landfill must not show methane emission exceedances for two years The WRRA proposed to shorten that time frame to one year noted a busy 2024 for acquisitions and infrastructure investments led to $1.2 billion in revenue employee training and tech investments for 2025 WM drove major spending with its $7.2 billion Stericycle deal in 2024 GFL Environmental and Casella Waste Systems also completed numerous deals during the year