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Update: Nearly 100 people turned out Tuesday for the County Council Town Hall Meeting on cleaning up Puget Sound.

Cleaning Up Puget Sound the focus of next Town Hall Meeting

Please join the King County Council at the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle for a special Town Hall Meeting on cleaning up and restoring Puget Sound.

Puget Sound provides habitat for numerous plants and animals, supports a wide variety of economic activities, and is a source of recreation and pride for millions of Washingtonians. But beneath the dazzling surface, the health of Puget Sound is in jeopardy.

Cleaning Up Puget Sound

Tuesday, May 29
9:30 am - Public Reception
10:00-12:00 noon - Program

Olympic Sculpture Park
PACCAR Pavilion
2901 Western Avenue, Seattle

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The newly opened Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle will host the next Council Town Hall Meeting.

Development, toxic chemicals, and leaking septic systems have collectively destroyed 80 percent of the Sound’s estuary habitat and have altered more than one-third of the shoreline.

Salmon, orcas, and other Northwest marine creatures are at a fraction of their historic levels – some are approaching the brink of extinction.

Please join the Council for a briefing on the health of the Sound and an ambitious new plan to greatly improve conditions by 2020. The public will have an opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback.

The meeting will be held in the PACCAR Pavilion at the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle on Tuesday, May 29. The public is invited to meet face-to-face with King County Councilmembers at an informal reception starting at 9:30 a.m. The program will run from 10:00 a.m. to noon.

The County Council is a regional government committed to engaging King County residents in their local communities. Throughout the year, the Council holds local Town Hall Meetings on issues of public importance. Community members have the opportunity to meet Councilmembers, be briefed by local and regional experts, and provide public testimony.

Each Town Hall is a special meeting of the Council’s Committee-of-the-Whole (COW), the only standing committee on which all nine members serve. COW considers legislation and policy issues of interest to the entire council.

Recent town hall meetings have been held in Redmond, Renton, West Seattle, Carnation, Auburn, Shoreline, Seattle, Bellevue, and Enumclaw.

Questions? Please email CouncilTownHall@KingCounty.gov or call 206-296-0335.