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Good morning. Issue five 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.
Heads up
East Lake Sammamish Parkway, south of NE 7th Court: George Davis Creek fish passage work runs Monday to Friday through November 6. Expect one lane at times, a 20 mph limit, and a detour map on the city's page. Cone Zone
SE 32nd Street, 241st to 244th Avenue SE: sidewalk work runs 7 AM to 5 PM Monday to Friday through November 6, with a single-lane closure and flaggers. Driveway access stays open. Cone Zone
Alerts for your own address: ALERT King County, free (https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/executive-services/health-safety/safety-injury-prevention/emergency-preparedness/alert-king-county).
Sammamish this week
The council's budget and levy hearings run to November 17. The budget page lists a public hearing on the 2027–28 budget and property tax levy at a November 4 special meeting, a November 5 placeholder for budget review, and a November 17 regular meeting with the hearing and potential adoption. The Wednesday hearing is behind you; the next public hearing is Tuesday, November 17. The page gives no time or place, and public comment is taken at every meeting; written comments go to [email protected]. Budget page
The Six-Year capital plan hearing is also November 17. The city's legal notices list a public hearing on the 2027–2032 Six-Year CIP document on the same night. City legal notices
A November 17 hearing is set on file POL2025-00572, tied to Building 120. A notice of public hearing dated November 3 carries that file number and the name Building 120. The notice listing does not give a site address or a comment deadline; the full notice is on the city's legal notices page. City legal notices
Stormwater pipe cameras are inspecting lines through Friday, November 6. Crews are working at 228th Avenue SE and SE 8th Street, SE 22nd Place, 210th Place SE, 212th Avenue SE and NE 26th Place. The city expects minimal disruption, with occasional single-lane closures. Cone Zone
Your neighborhood
Beaver Lake. Beaver Lake Park covers 83 acres with two entrances: the lake side at 25101 SE 24th Street, and the athletic-field side at 2526 244th Avenue SE, where three sports fields, a playground and an off-leash dog park sit. The site began as a 1930s resort, served as Camp Cabrini for the Catholic Youth Organization until 1985, and reached the city in 2003. Park page
Sold near you: 4 homes closed within 0.8 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $1.34M (range $1.03M to $1.59M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 21 days.
East Lake Sammamish. The East Lake Sammamish Trail runs 11 miles through Sammamish, Redmond and Issaquah along the eastern shore, owned and maintained by King County. The city says the gravel pullouts on the west side of the Parkway can serve for trail parking, and drivers who park there should leave room, because bicyclists should not have to enter the car lane to get past. Trail page
Sold near you: 5 homes closed within 0.8 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $1.68M (range $1.06M to $5.70M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 34 days.
Inglewood. NE Inglewood Hill Road is one of six designated access points King County lists on the trail through Sammamish. The others are 187th Avenue NE, NE 7th Court, SE Eighth Street, SE 33rd Street and 212th Way SE. The city's trail page says trail users may not cross private driveways or property to reach it. Trail page
Sold near you: 12 homes closed within 0.8 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $1.48M (range $1.20M to $3.00M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 28 days.
Klahanie. Klahanie Park is a 64-acre park at 25000 SE Klahanie Blvd, beside Challenger Elementary, with play structures, sports fields for baseball, cricket, lacrosse, soccer and softball, and a trail. The city says it is the only city park with a cricket field. Queen's Bog, inside the park, is one of roughly fifty bogs in Washington. The city took the park from King County in January 2016. Park page
Sold near you: 10 homes closed within 0.8 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $1.19M (range $345K to $1.60M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 21 days.
Pine Lake. Pine Lake Park is 19 wooded acres at 2401 228th Avenue SE, with a beach, lifeguarded swimming, a boat launch and a picnic shelter you can reserve. From October through March it opens at 7:30 AM and closes at dusk. The land was a resort in the 1910s, King County bought it for a park in the mid-1960s, and it came to the city when Sammamish incorporated in 1999. Park page
Sold near you: 9 homes closed within 0.8 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $1.32M (range $1.00M to $3.97M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 27 days.
Sahalee. Northeast Sammamish Park is a 4-acre park at 21210 NE 36th Street, at the main entrance to the Sahalee neighborhood, with a basketball court, tennis court, play structures, trails and a portable restroom. It was a King County park before the city took it over after incorporation, and the city has since resurfaced both courts and replaced the children's play area. Park page
Sold near you: 3 homes closed within 0.8 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $1.37M (range $1.21M to $2.33M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 28 days.
Town Center. Sammamish Commons is a 25-acre park in the middle of town. The Upper Commons at 801 228th Avenue SE holds City Hall, the library, a skate park, a basketball court, play equipment and Commons Plaza. The Lower Commons at 550 222nd Place SE has a community garden, a native plant garden, a looped trail, shelters and a playground. Commons page
Sold near you: 6 homes closed within 0.8 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $1.29M (range $785K to $2.45M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 19 days.
Trossachs. Soaring Eagle Regional Park is 790 acres of forest, wetlands and wildlife habitat at 26015 E Main Drive, with 12 miles of multi-use trails. Its south entry is at the end of Trossachs Boulevard, reached from Southeast Duthie Hill Road, and the county lists parking along Trossachs Boulevard at the south end of the park. The main entry is on the west side, off 228th Avenue SE and SE 8th Street. King County
Sold near you: 4 homes closed within 0.8 mile of the neighborhood center in the last 45 days, median $940K (range $515K to $1.59M); the fastest went from listing to closing in 83 days.
This week's poll
Last week the leading answer was Soaring Eagle Park.
Which Sammamish park will you visit most once the clocks have changed?
The market in 60 seconds
Across city of Sammamish listings, the median home sold for $1.41M over the last 30 days (56 closings; single-family alone $1.43M). The median home took 49 days from listing to closing, and there are 4.1 months of inventory on the market.
Against last week's count, the median is up slightly from $1.40M, days on market fell from 56, and inventory edged up from 4.0 months as active listings slipped to 229 from 241. The two 30-day windows share most of their sales, so one week's move says little about direction. About one home in nine (11%) closed above asking. At 4.1 months the market is balanced: under three months favors sellers, above six favors buyers.
One useful thing: a freeze plan before the cold
Before a hard freeze, open the cabinet doors under sinks on exterior walls so room heat reaches the pipes, and let an indoor faucet drip cold water. Keep the thermostat at 55°F or higher, day and night, even when you are away. Find your main water shut-off valve now, because it is usually in the basement, crawlspace or garage. These are general freeze steps from Seattle Public Utilities, which apply to any house on the Sound. Published SPU tips
Reader asked
A reader north of Inglewood asked when Ziply fiber will be connected in the streets there, about a year and a half after the conduit went in, as the reader describes it. We could not find a build date for that area in any public source we could open, and Ziply's own website did not load from our tools. Ask Ziply directly for a dated answer, using your exact address rather than the street name, and send us the reply you get. We will print what Ziply tells us in a future issue. Know a neighbor asking the same thing? Forward this; they can subscribe at sammamishdispatch.com.
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That's the week. Next up: the November 17 hearings on the budget, the levy and the Six-Year CIP.
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