Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What's New
Last Update: 16 July 2010
SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM UPDATES: The Council is working with Town Planner Mona Green and The Watershed Company, a consulting firm, to update the Town's Shoreline Master Program. This update will impact not only how the waterfront property is used but also how it may be maintained and developed in the future. The Council is VERY interested in hearing residents' comments about the Draft Shoreline Analysis Report before the report is submitted to the Department of Ecology. Please take a moment to review this document, then forward any comments you may have to Clerk-Treasurer Sue Ann Spens at townhall@beauxarts-wa.gov no later than July 23, 2010.
WHICH MAILBOX IS WHICH? There continues to be a lot of confusion about which box to use for various payments, correspondence, and outgoing mail. Here is a brief reminder about which box to use:
 | WATER PAYMENTS: All payments for water bills may be placed in the locked box on the mailstand nearest the water tower. This box is identified as "TOWN OF BEAUX ARTS VILLAGE / BEAUX ARTS WATER DEPARTMENT". Of course, you may continue mailing your payments to BAWD, 10530 SE 27th Street, Beaux Arts, WA 98004. |
| TOWN CORRESPONDENCE: Correspondence intended for the Town Council, staff, and other boards and commissions may be placed in the locked box on the mailstand nearest the water tower. This box is the same as for WATER PAYMENTS and is identified as "TOWN OF BEAUX ARTS VILLAGE / BEAUX ARTS WATER DEPARTMENT". You may also mail correspondence to Town of Beaux Arts Village, 10550 SE 27th Street, Beaux Arts, WA 98004. |
| WABA PAYMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE: All correspondence and payments to the Western Academy of Beaux Arts (WABA) may be placed in the locked box on the mailstand on SE 28th Street just west of 104th Avenue SE. This box is identified as "WABA". You may also mail payments and correspondence to WABA, 10100 SE 28th Pl, Beaux Arts, WA 98004. |
| OUTGOING MAIL: All outgoing mail, i.e. stamped mail you want the postal carrier to take back to the Post Office for delivery to another address should be placed in the green mailbox just west of the mailstand on SE 28th Street just west of 104th Ave SE. This mailbox is identified as "OUTGOING MAIL" and "U.S. MAIL". |
Please remember that the Town of Beaux Arts Village and the Western Academy of Beaux Arts are two completely separate entities. Each employs its own clerks to conduct business in their own spaces. If you place mail for one entity in the box of the other, the clerks will do their best to place your mail in the correct box in a timely manner. But delays are inevitable, so please use the correct box to avoid possible late charges and/or lost mail.
NEW CONTACT INFORMATION FOR YOUR MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS: To make it easier for citizens to contact the Mayor and Council, they now have email addresses for business associated with the Town; however, to minimize unwanted (spam) emails, the actual addresses do not have a live link. When you wish to contact your elected representatives, please copy and paste the appropriate email address from the list below into your email program.
| Mayor Richard Leider | rleider@beauxarts-wa.gov |
| Councilmember Steve Eulau | seulau@beauxarts-wa.gov |
| Councilmember Mike Hillberg | mhillberg@beauxarts-wa.gov |
| Councilmember Matt Leber | mleber@beauxarts-wa.gov |
| Councilmember Aaron Sharp | asharp@beauxarts-wa.gov |
| Councilmember Tom Stowe | tstowe@beauxarts-wa.gov |
In addition, there are two generic email addresses available. mayor@beauxarts-wa.gov delivers mail to Mayor Leider and council@beauxarts-wa.gov delivers mail to all five Councilmembers.
NEW PARKING ORDINANCE: The Council passed Ordinance No. 374 updating the Town's parking regulations.
NEW ZONING CODE ORDINANCE: The Council passed Ordinance No. 372 at the December Council meeting. This ordinance amends the definitions of remodel and reconstruction in an effort to encourage the preservation of the existing housing stock and removes those parking regulations that relate only to public property. Parking regulations for public rights of way and streets can be found in existing Ordinance No. 274.
NEW RIGHT OF WAY ORDINANCE: The Council passed Ordinance No. 370 at the November Council meeting. This ordinance adopts regulations for the uses and development of non-paved portions of the Town's rights-of-way. Residents wishing to place landscaping or improvements of any kind on the right of way are encouraged to become familiar with these rules BEFORE beginning any work. In some cases, proposed work requires a permit.
NEW WATER RATES: The Council voted to increase water rates at the November Council meeting to ensure the long-term financial health of the Water Department. This action was prompted by an unexpected failure of the well pump this past summer that was very expensive to replace and the recognition that the Water Department's fund reserves were dwindling. By state law, the Water Department is required to be self-supporting through user fees and cannot be subsidized by taxes. New rates go into effect January 1, 2010 and will be reflected on bills mailed to customers on March 1, 2010.
ZIP+4 LOOKUP: Beaux Arts will benefit greatly from recent changes in the way sales tax is collected and distributed in Washington State IF residents will use their ZIP+4 zip code for all online purchases and local purchases delivered to your home. If you don't already know your ZIP+4, please click here for a link to the lookup feature at www.USPS.com.
VILLAGERS,
PLEASE REMEMBER: If you plan any construction or tree cutting,
you may need a Bald Eagle Management Plan. The Washington State Dept of Fish and Wildlife
lists information about the state's Bald Eagle rules and regulations, contacts
for additional assistance, and other important information about this protected
species on their
website. Before you begin any work, please review
this important information by visiting
http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/diversty/soc/baldeagle/.
VILLAGERS, PLEASE TAKE NOTE: Beaux Arts is a Blockwatch Community. To ensure that Blockwatch works quickly and efficiently, the Town has created a Blockwatch Email Alert list, which is maintained by our Town Clerks. If you have not already done so or if your email address has changed, please forward your current email address to Clerk-Treasurer Spens at townhall@beauxarts-wa.gov or to Deputy Clerk Kulp at blgddept@beauxartsw-wa.gov so that we can keep the distribution list for this vital service as up-to-date as possible.
Some additional safety tips from the King County Sheriff: While Beaux Arts is a safe and family-friendly community, we are not immune to crime, particularly crimes of opportunity where a thief can get into and out of a vehicle, home, garage, etc. quickly. ALWAYS REMEMBER TO:
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Lock your vehicle, even when your are parking it in a locked garage. |
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Remove all valuables from your vehicle and take them into your home. |
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Lock your home and garage, even when you are home. |
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Report ANY suspicious activity to the King County Sheriff by calling 911. |
Washington State Dept of Transportation maintains an online schedule of roadway projects throughout the state. Go to www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects for more information and use the interactive map to navigate to areas of interest to you. Planned improvements for I-405 can be found at www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/i405.
As you browse documents such as ordinances, minutes, etc., you will notice that these documents are stored as pdf files. Because pdf readers, e.g. Adobe Acrobat, are readily available and in widespread use, we are using this file type to preserve formatting characteristics and to make our documents available to all computer platforms and operating systems. If you do not already have a pdf reader, we invite you to visit www.adobe.com to download the latest version of their free Acrobat reader or click this icon.
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