Author: Lou Berner

The City of Kirkland has asked me to provide surface water management priorities for the Finn Hill neighborhood via a survey developed by Kirkland Public Works. The survey will be used to update the Kirkland Surface Water Master Plan to guide work that will be done across the City for the next five years. The survey is useful to Finn Hill residents because it helps us to clarify and communicate surface water priorities for our neighborhood.

Finn Hill Surface Water Management and Drainage Concerns From Dec-2011 to May-2012, residents of Finn Hill collected information about surface water concerns in our Kirkland, Washington neighborhood. Data collection methods included field reconnaissance, telephone interviews, e-mail correspondence, and a targeted Internet survey. Our results and recommendations for the Finn Hill neighborhood are similar to those published by the Puget Sound Action Team and the Puget Sound Partnership for watersheds across the Puget Sound basin. Initial results of our project are summarized in five categories of surface water issues. We include recommended actions for each category: Juanita Drive and proximity...