The Area Council will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, November 5, from 7:00 to 9:30 PM at the Maple Valley Fire Station #81--SE corner of SE 231st St & SR-169. We will have guest speakers from local and State agencies present and discuss programs for planned improvements to the I-90 / Front Street Interchange and the Issaquah-Hobart Road Corridor. The Area Council will discuss other local issues of importance. Future Council Meetings and planned topics and guest speakers are presented as information becomes available. We invite you to visit our various Committee and informational webpages to see all in which your Council is and has been involved. Get to know your Council by reading a short biography of each current member. Also, read all about the recent joinder of the FD #43/MVF&LS with the Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority, as well as important guidelines regarding Burn Bans.

The Area Council will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, October 1, from 7:00 to 9:30 PM at the Maple Valley Fire Station--SE corner of SE 231st St & SR-169. We will have as our guest speaker Dwight Dively, Director, King County Office of Management and Budget, to present and discuss with us the King County 2019/20 Biennial Budget and its impact on our rural area and services. The Area Council will discuss other local issues of importance. Future Council Meetings and planned topics and guest speakers are presented as information becomes available. We invite you to visit our various Committee and informational webpages to see all in which your Council is and has been involved. Get to know your Council by reading a short biography of each current member.

The Area Council will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, September 10, from 7:00 to 9:30 PM at the Maple Valley Fire Station--SE corner of SE 231st St & SR-169. We will have several guest speakers from WaDOE, KC DPER, and KC DNRP present to discuss the Hirst decision and the manner in which State and local agencies plan to address this Court decision and the Legislature's fix. The Area Council will discuss other local issues of importance. Future Council Meetings and planned topics and guest speakers are presented as information becomes available. We invite you to visit our various Committee and informational webpages to see all in which your Council is and has been involved. Get to know your Council by reading a short biography of each current member.

The Area Council will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, August 6, from 7:00 to 9:30 PM at the Maple Valley Fire Station--SE corner of SE 231st St & SR-169. We plan to have several guest speakers to present and discuss the renewal of coal mining operations at the John Henry #1 Mine near Black Diamond. David Morris and Barry Kombol for Pacific Coast Coal Company will be present to discuss this project, together with representatives from the King County DPER, State Dept of Ecology, and Puget Soundkeeper Alliance. Although no representative from the State Dept of Natural Resources is able to attend our meeting, we received from the State Geologist/Division Manager a very important statement regarding the DNR's regulatory position relating to surface coal mining in our State. The Area Council will discuss other local issues of importance. Future Council Meetings and planned topics and guest speakers are presented as information becomes available. We invite you to visit our various Committee and informational webpages to see all in which your Council is and has been involved. Get to know your Council by reading a short biography of each current member.