P.E.R.K.

WSDOT is working on Cat Whisker Creek fish barrier removal project.

To comply with United States et al. vs. Washington, et al. No. C70-9213 Subproceeding No.

01-1 dated March 29, 2013 (a federal permanent injunction requiring the State of Washington to

correct fish barriers in Water Resource Inventory Areas [WRIAs] 1 through 23), the Washington

State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is proposing a project to provide fish passage at

the State Route (SR) 522 crossing of Cat Whisker Creek at Mile Post (MP) 6.63 within

WSDOT’s Northwest region. The existing structure at that location has been identified as a fish

barrier by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and WSDOT Environmental

Services Office (ESO) (WDFW Site ID 990655)

Elizabeth Mooney is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Elizabeth Mooney’s Zoom Meeting
Time: May 6, 2026 05:15 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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PERK Meeting

Place: Kenmore City Hall, Community Meeting Room
18120 68th Ave NE, Kenmore
Wednesday May 6, 2026

Time: 5:15-7:00 PM

Agenda:

5:15-5:30
HELLO- Set up zoom if possible

5:30
Waterworks Grant Funding: C.L.E.A.R. (Creek to Lake: Education,Assessment and Restoration)
In-stream incubator
Coho Salmon Rearing and Release
Lockwood presentations (5 classes, 2nd Grade and K)
Adult passage update
SR 522 work by WSDOT at Jack in the Box site in Kenmore (WRIA 08.0056)
City of Kenmore Culverts

6:00-6:30pm
Citizen science
Sediment and Water quality sampling @ Log Boom Park – sign up sheet

6:30-7:00pm
Glacier NW/Cadman/Heidelberg Materials
Asphalt emissions System Transformation for Complaints- Petition?
Dredging results Glacier NW – berthing channel
StreamFest August 16th- Log Boom Park

Others- NOAA NWFSC Library; Science Lectures (e.g. HazardousAlgal Bloom); Movie May 9; Coho Release; Video Tschet ChaThl restoration

We are unable to provide food, but you are able to bring your own brown bag and drink

On April 16 2026 at 11:32am on 181st in Kenmore, near the Masers and Library, a citizen of Kenmore and board member of PERK detected noxious emissions coming from the asphalt plant. The report was made in person immediately at the counter at city of Kenmore. All good, except the resulting validation is too slow. The city enforcement agent checked out the odor complaint a day later. This system is not an effective way to regulate odor emissions to promote public health and safety and community trust that the system works. Since the production of asphalt at the plant is intermittent, and the smells do not linger, attempting to verify the odor a day later is not going to protect public health and safety and may actually create a false impression that the emissions do not exist.
https://www.kenmorewa.gov/our-city/projects/asphalt-plant

Place: Kenmore City Hall Community Meeting Room, Kenmore City Hall 18120 68th Ave NE, Kenmore WA 98028
Wednesday May 6, 2026
Time: 5:15-7:00 pm

We’re having an update on ongoing PERK activities.

Agenda:

• -Waterworks Grant Funding
  • • Coho Salmon rearing and release- Northshore School District Elementary School Presentations
    • Results to date
      • In-stream incubator
      • Captive rearing
      • Adult salmon passage update- from WSDOT
• Citizen science actions
  • Sediment and water sampling @ Log Boom Park and Tschet Cha Thl (WRIA 08.0056)
  • Asphalt emissions- David Morton’s recommendations for City of Kenmore
• Earth Day April 25 and and Streamfest 2026 -Sunday, August 16th- Log Boom Park
• Climate and Environment Levy
• Library at Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NOAA) Preservation by Internet Archives
• Other discussions

PERK will host a table 11am – 3pm at the Kenmore Earth Day event at St. Edward Park April 25, 2026.
We will have live coho salmon fry whom we are raising for salmon run restoration in stream Tschet Cha Thl.
Also several conversations about local environmental issues, including water quality, Lakepointe, riparian zones, Climate Action.