It is with great sadness that I write this article. On June 21, the City Council, by a 4-3 vote, reversed their support for the Island Crest Way reconfiguration and decided to “un-fund” the project — stopping any further actions to change the road or the Merrimount intersection. Last December, when the City Council voted to reconfigure Island Crest Way from S.E. 53rd Street to S.E. 42nd Street and to modify the Merrimount Drive intersection, it ended one of the most comprehensive public input processes in our city.
The Mercer Island Green Ribbon Commission (GRC), with assistance from Councilmember Bruce Bassett, launched the first annual Green Ribbon Commission Carbon Challenge on May 15. The Carbon Challenge pits Mercer Island City Councilmembers against School District Board members in a friendly competition to see which group can collectively reduce its carbon footprint the most in the next year. Participants will use the carbon calculator on the “EcoShift” Web site at www.ecoshift.org to measure and track their carbon footprint. Several GRC members will serve as “data concierges,” assisting council and board members in using the carbon calculators. The GRC data concierges will help Carbon Challenge participants collect and interpret collected data, and provide suggestions on how to reduce participants’ energy usage and carbon footprint.
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