Good morning. Issue two of the Sammamish Dispatch: five minutes on what moved in Sammamish this week, one item for your own neighborhood, the market in three numbers, and one practical thing for the house.
Sammamish this week
Building 120 reaches the council Tuesday, after tonight's Planning Commission hearing. The commission takes testimony at 6:30 PM on the map change for the 21.5-acre city site at 120 228th Ave NE. The council's long-range calendar puts a briefing at its 5:30 PM work session October 20 and the council's own hearing on November 17. The October 20 regular meeting also lists the proposed 2027–28 budget, the Sahalee corridor, draft 2027–28 council goals and a 2027 legislative agenda. Council calendar, October 6 packet
New homes in the Lake Washington district would pay $8,810.25 in school impact fees from January 1, down from $10,914.75. That rate covers single-family homes with three or more bedrooms; under the new bedroom-count formula, every other Lake Washington category drops to $0, and the Issaquah district stays at $0. The city collects the fees for the districts; council holds hearings and votes November 17. October 6 work session packet
A 9.27-acre rezone off SE 1st Street goes to the hearing examiner Friday, October 23. Owners of four parcels at 214th Ave SE and SE 1st Street ask to move from R-1 (one home per acre) to R-4 (four per acre); city staff recommend approval. The hearing is virtual, at 10 AM. A rezone approves no construction on its own. Hearing notice · Event page
The fall recycling and shredding event is Saturday, October 31, 9 AM to 3 PM, at Eastside Catholic School, 232 228th Ave SE. It is free; items with fees are cash only, and no vehicles enter after 3 PM. The city says the accepted-materials list is published closer to the date. Event page
And one for Saturday: city staff run a free Planting and Tree Care 101 session, 1 to 2:30 PM, October 17, at Confluence Park, 595 Rainier Blvd. N. in Issaquah, with tools provided. Event page
Your neighborhood
Beaver Lake. Council renewed the Beaver Lake Management District in July for 2027 through 2036. The assessment roll that went to a council hearing September 1 would raise $733,390 over those ten years: $320 a year for each of 126 waterfront parcels and $33 a year for each of 1,012 other parcels inside the district. Hearing notice
Sold near you: 7 homes closed within 0.8 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $1.59M (range $1.03M to $2.55M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 21 days.
East Lake Sammamish. King County's Sammamish Plateau Diversion plans new underground sewer pipes in the East Lake Sammamish area and upgrades to the York Pump Station near Redmond. It is in design through 2031, with construction scheduled for 2031 to 2035; email or text updates are available from the county. King County
Sold near you: 3 homes closed within 0.8 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $1.48M (range $1.25M to $2.35M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 62 days.
Inglewood. East Sammamish Park's ball fields got their first major renovation since the park was built in the early 1990s: synthetic turf infields, turf in the batting cages and ADA upgrades between the fields and the entry. The council's calendar lists project acceptance on November 4. Project · Council calendar
Sold near you: 10 homes closed within 0.8 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $1.40M (range $865K to $1.90M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 18 days.
Klahanie. The four-lane stretch of Issaquah-Fall City Road from 247th to Klahanie Drive opened in May 2021, with bike lanes, sidewalks and a bridge over the North Fork of Issaquah Creek in place of the old culvert. Phase 2, Klahanie Drive SE to SE Issaquah-Beaver Lake Road, is in design; the city lists no construction date. Phase 1 · Phase 2
Sold near you: 6 homes closed within 0.8 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $1.08M; the fastest went from listing to closing in 21 days.
Pine Lake. Pine Lake Park, 2401 228th Ave SE, began as a private resort in the 1910s; King County bought it in the mid-1960s and it passed to the city at incorporation in 1999. Fishing season on the lake closes October 31, and only electric motors are allowed. Park page
Sold near you: 5 homes closed within 0.8 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $2.08M (range $985K to $2.81M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 27 days.
Sahalee. Public comment on Sahalee Country Club's tree variance closes at 5 PM today. The club wants to remove about 350 of the roughly 5,000 trees on its 212 acres for golf course renovations, more than the residential tree rules allow; the Community Development director decides. Comments go to planner Lorin Robertson, [email protected]. Notice
Sold near you: 5 homes closed within 0.8 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $1.27M (range $865K to $2.33M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 28 days.
Town Center. The SE 6th Street work limits access to the Lower Commons parking lot and paths through mid-October, per the city. Below City Hall, the Lower Commons, 550 222nd Place SE, holds the community and native plant gardens, looped trails, shelters and the spray park, part of the 25-acre Sammamish Commons. Sammamish Commons
Sold near you: 6 homes closed within 0.8 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $1.81M (range $590K to $2.45M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 19 days.
Trossachs. The south entrance to Soaring Eagle Regional Park sits at the end of Trossachs Boulevard, off SE Duthie Hill Road, with parking along the boulevard. The county park is 790 acres with 12 miles of multi-use trails open to hiking, horses and mountain bikes. King County Parks
Sold near you: 5 homes closed within 0.8 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $1.43M (range $515K to $1.75M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 29 days.
The market in 60 seconds
Across city of Sammamish listings, the median home sold for $1.49M over the last 30 days (55 closings; single-family alone $1.57M). The median home took 58 days from listing to closing, and there are 4.8 months of inventory on the market.
That is balanced territory: under three months favors sellers, above six favors buyers. Single-family homes are a little tighter, at 4.4 months, with 217 of the 263 active listings, and 7% of homes closed above asking, so most buyers still have room to negotiate. This week's count covers city listings only, so it is not a like-for-like comparison with issue 1's ZIP-wide numbers.
One useful thing: leaves belong in the cart, not the drain
Sammamish has about 12,000 storm drains, and fall leaves are what clog them. Rake leaves away from the grates and gutters near your house and put them in the yard waste cart or compost; the city warns that raking or blowing leaves into the street can bring a warning or a fine. A drain backing up after hours goes to Public Works dispatch, 425-295-0700, any time. Volunteers can also adopt a drain and keep it clear. City of Sammamish · Adopt-a-Drain
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