kirkland reporter, january 14, 2011

BY MATT PHELPS AND

CARRIE WOOD

Kirkland Reporter

The Totem Lake Center was touted as com-pletely modern and

the only air-conditioned and all-weather climate con-trolled malls on the Eastside when it opened in 1973. Built in a style reminiscent of a Native American long-house, the malls featured hand-carved benches and a Native American motif that drew shoppers from all over the Eastside.

“It was very exciting,” said Bill Woods, who was Kirk-land’s Mayor from 1969-73. “We were convinced it was going to be successful.”

Woods said that it was such a hub for the community that some of the older generation, 20 or 30 a day, would meet at the malls to walk around and visit with each other: “It became a gather-ing place.”

But the dif-ferences from opening day until now are stark.

Many Kirkland residents have asked why Totem Lake Malls, as it is known today, continues to struggle while other Eastside develop-ments have thrived such as Redmond Town Center, Woodinville Town Center, Crossroads Mall and Bel-levue Square.

Th e Reporter will publish a fi ve part series on the site that was once the pride of Kirkland. Th e series will in-clude what is going on now, a look at the two owners and

the lawsuit between them, the decline of the site and the economic impact to the city and residents and what might lay ahead for one of the most important pieces of real estate in Kirkland.

Th is week we will explore the history of a mall that was originally called Totem Lake Center.

A lake unseenTotem Lake Center had a

huge impact on Kirklanders’ lives. It even had an impact on the small lake that rests a stone’s throw to the south-east, which is blocked from view by a line of trees on To-tem Lake Boulevard during the summer and businesses

on the north side of N.E. 124th Street.

“I tell everyone who will listen, Totem Lake was named Lake Wit-tenmyer ...,” said Kirkland Heritage Society President Loita Hawkinson. Th e lake was named aft er Walt Wit-tenmyer, a former logger and city clerk in Kirkland. “It did have an Indian name before that but I do not know

it.”In Kirkland’s earliest days

the lake and surrounding wetlands became part of local lore. Hawkinson said the lake’s name was changed a third time in 1964 to Lake Watstine, but the reason is unclear. Mudd Lake was a nickname that stuck until the construction of the mall.

Jerry Rutherford lived near Mudd Lake in the 1950s. She said in an interview with the Kirkland Heritage Society, published

in the January 2009 newslet-ter, how children were kept away from the lake by telling them the bodies of all the people that fell out of boats were on the bottom.

Th e name was offi cially changed when developers did not want to build near

“Mudd Lake.”

Developing the center

Th e mall was the second phase of a large project proposed in 1968 that consisted of the construction

of Evergreen Medical Park, which included the current hospital and some apartment complexes. “Totem Lake Center is a new concept. It’s a total living environment,” the president of the Puget Sound Land Company, John Stuart, told the Eastside

Journal newspaper in 1972. Th e PSLC was the original owner of the land and the $3 million development. “We hope, eventually, one can bike or walk to all these facilities. Th ey’ll all be in one place.”

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“I am very excited about the new

center and hope it will regenerate traffi c back to the Eastside. This will

do the Kirkland businessmen good, some housekeeping

needs to be done. We welcome you to

Kirkland.” Kirkland Mayor Bill

Woods, 1972

Elephants, camels, Zebras and other animals occupy the upper mall parking lot of Totem Lake Malls for a circus during 1982. The current Chevron and Fred Meyer can be seen in the background. COURTESY JOHN FLESHMAN

The fi rst Totem Lake Mall sign is hoisted into place near the lower mall and fi t the Native American theme. EASTSIDE JOURNAL PHOTO

The fi rst buildings in Totem Lake Malls had a Native American motif. EASTSIDE JOURNAL PHOTO

A photo of the inside of the mall during its fi rst year. EASTSIDE JOURNAL PHOTO

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Eastside Community Aid Th rift Shop approved 22 grants, money to two phil-anthropic organiza-tions, and three Lake Washington Techni-cal College scholar-ships for 2010. Phi Beta Psi was given $1,898 for their cancer research and Laureate Gamma Rho $1,802 for their service project. Th is fall, scholarships were awarded to three Lake Washington Tech-nical College students: Emily Anne Byrne received $2,000 toward her engineering degree and Jennifer Valen-tine and Mariya Gavralova each received $1,000 toward their Human Services Degree. Eastside Community Aid Th rift Shop located at 12451 116th Ave. NE in Kirkland, is an all volunteer run shop whose proceeds are donated back into the community through grants and scholarships.

Volunteers are always needed. For information, call 425-825-1877. For a full list of award recipients, visit www.kirklandreporter.com.

Boy’s card sent to 1,200 Microsoft employees

Aft er four years of the tra-dition in Canada, Phil Sor-gen, corporate vice president

at Microsoft Corp., enlisted the Kirkland Boys & Girls Club to help him create his holiday e-card. More than 60 children, ages 6-12, created holiday cards and submitted them to Sorgen.

Alex Leverett, an 11-year-old from Kirkland, designed the winning card that Sorgen sent to more than 1,200 Microsoft employees over the holidays.

Youth of the YearTh e Kirkland Boys & Girls

Club recently announced their 2010 Youth of the Year recipient. Deana Simonian, a senior at Lake Washington High School, and nine-year club member, competed against other Youth of the Quarter candidates

and spoke with poise of the positive impact the club has had in her life and how it has shaped who she is today. Simonian will now compete against other Youth of the

Year contestants from all around King County on Feb. 9 at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. She will also be the recipient of a college scholarship from the club’s Finkbeiner Trust and will represent the Kirk-land Boys & Girls Club as their 2010 Youth of the Year.

MLK day of service at Cotton Hill Park

Th e third Annual Martin Luther King Day of Service at Cotton Hill Park will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 17. Cotton Hill Park is located at the corner of 110th Ave. N.E. and N.E. 98th St. in Kirkland.

Volunteers will be working with UW students and the Highlands Neighborhood to remove invasive plants from this year’s UW Restoration Ecology student project site. Snacks, beverages, and some gloves and tools will be pro-vided. Dress for the weather and wear boots! It will be wet and muddy, but fun! Please bring your lunch. If you can, please bring gloves, clippers, and a round-nosed shovel or a stiff rake.

Volunteers under age 14 must have parent supervi-sion; age 14-17 must have signed parent permission or be accompanied by an adult. For more information, con-tact [email protected].

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BY TOM CORRIGAN

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With 11 state legislators answering questions on topics from business taxes to education, members of 10 east King County chambers of commerce recently got at least a small glimpse of the upcoming legislative session in Olympia.

Th e main message com-ing from legislators was no surprise: cuts to services are coming. State Rep. Larry Springer, D-Kirkland, put the state’s budget fi x in stark terms. According to Springer, Olympia could close the entire state prison system and lay off every state worker and still not close the existing gap between revenues and expenses. To solve the prob-lems, several legislators talked about increasing effi ciencies, while others said lawmak-ers need to determine the state’s core services and set funding priorities — as well as eliminating programming — accordingly.

Held Jan. 6 in the Bellevue Hyatt Regency, the legislative briefi ng is an annual event of

the East King County Cham-bers of Commerce Legisla-tive Coalition. Th e group encompasses numerous city chambers, including the Greater Kirkland Chamber of Commerce.

For the question-and-answer session, the chamber group concentrated on taxes, education, economic devel-opment and transportation. Gov. Christine Gregoire had just introduced her proposal Jan. 5 to revamp Wash-ington’s education system, creating a new department of

education that would be re-sponsible for classrooms from kindergarten through college.

“I think it’s something we’ll defi nitely give some consid-eration to,” said State Rep. Marcie Maxwell, D-Bellevue. In the area of economic development, tax increment fi nancing could become a hot topic. Th e TIF programs would allow the state to use future increases in income to pay for development now.

Local legislators see cuts in state services coming

State Rep. Larry Springer, D-Kirkland, was among those addressing the large audience at a legislative breakfast in Bellevue Jan. 6. Springer is fl anked by Sen. Steve Litzow, left, and Rep. Marcie Maxwell. TOM CORRIGAN, Reporter Newspapers

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As a business person, I’m ap-preciative of the questions we have been hearing about the

City Manager Kurt Triplett’s com-pensation, and the extra investment we’ve made in having him move to Kirkland.

When considering a compensa-tion package, in my view it’s impor-tant to consider:

tion.

pay in the private sector.

available in the market. We must ensure that we attract the very best ap-plicants.

the candidate in light of the particular challenges he will face.

Our city manager is the care-taker of public resources and public funds. He is in charge of a $449 million budget and 450 employees. He must attract and retain the very best team to serve the citizens of Kirkland. He is held responsible for making the community’s vision a reality, from public safety, transpor-tation, economic vitality, top notch utilities, parks and neighborhoods and a clean environment. He must

have a healthy relationship with seven council members and six bargaining units. He must create a culture of public service at City Hall. He must protect the citizen’s invest-ment in the city’s infrastructure and plan boldly for the future.

In the private sector, a person in the position I have described would be compensated well in excess of the package that I supported for

within the range of what other city managers in our region are paid, in cities of similar size, and was supported by the council, unanimously.

Kirkland deserved the best city manager pos-sible and we went aft er the best. Mr. Triplett earned a BA from Stanford, his MPA from Harvard and

has served this region for 17 years. Before coming to Kirkland he ran King County, a $5 billion govern-ment with 16,000 employees.

On June 1 2011, Kirkland will double in size. Our mandate is to provide comparable services to the entire city, without doubling our overhead expense. To meet this extraordinary challenge, by choos-

from his extensive career with King County and his regional experience.

Mr. Triplett came in last July and closed a $7 million budget gap with only a handful of layoff s and while retaining our AAA credit rating. He has created the real possibility of Kirkland purchasing the Eastside Rail Corridor within the city limits to control its own destiny. He has

fee reforms to allow businesses to grow here and a Totem Lake Ac-tion Plan to revitalize our sleeping economic giant.

Mr. Triplett has been concerned from the beginning about minimiz-

Aft er negotiating his initial salary he voluntarily reduced it by the same 3.4 percent pay cut that other city employees were taking in 2010.

We originally off ered him a hous-ing relocation bonus and he did not accept it, hoping the housing mar-ket would rebound to allow him to simply “trade across” into Kirkland.

suit the Triplett family, and there is a window of opportunity during which this house will be available. We were hoping to establish the family in Kirkland at a time when the Triplett children could enroll in

the Lake Washington school district in time for the new school year.

expenses were one-time savings realized during the period we oper-ated with at interim city manager. If the housing market does not recover in the next year, the Triplett family can continue to lease the

has not been given to Mr. Triplett in a lump sum but only authorized as a $1995 monthly payment that is paid back to the city as rent. When his house is sold, the allowance ends and we know Mr. Triplett wants this to occur as quickly as possible. We believe this a reasonable and pragmatic approach.

State law requires that the city manager live in the city he serves.

waived at the time of his employ-

city manager live in Kirkland are beyond question.

I’d be happy to answer any further questions about this subject, and invite you to contact me.

City of Kirkland Councilmember Amy Walen can be reached by e-mailing [email protected] or calling 425-381-1909.

A few weeks ago we editorialized about the stark choices law-

makers faced when they then met to balance the current

state budget. Things have now gone from stark to grim.

The latest bad news comes from Gov. Chris Gregoire, who has

given state lawmakers her budget for the next biennium. By law,

the budget must be balanced – and she has done this.

Faced with growing defi cits, Gregoire slashed programs in order

to cut $4 billion from the 2011-2013 budget.

The question for lawmakers – and taxpayers, too – is to

consider something Gregoire herself said about her eff orts: “I hate

my budget. I don’t think it’s moral.”

She’s right.

Some of her cuts are dramatic. She eliminated the State Arts

Commission and the State Tourism Offi ce. Her budget almost

assures that tuition costs at state colleges will rise at double-digit

rates. And state ferry service would be trimmed; however fares

would rise by 10 percent – again, to make up for the budget

defi cit.

Taken together with a host of other cuts, the budget would

eliminate about 3,800 full-time equivalent positions in state agen-

cies, higher education and public schools.

Those would hurt, but they aren’t life-or-death issues.

Others are.

Her budget also eliminates the state’s Basic Health Plan, the

program which provides subsidized insurance for the 66,000

people who, while working, are undeniably poor.

The budget also ends the Disability Lifeline. That one provides

cash to thousands of disabled poor. They don’t even have hope of

advancing to the working poor.

Gregoire’s budget isn’t the fi nal word, but only the beginning.

Legislators in the House and Senate will craft their own version

of the budget when they convene next month. But, the governor

says, lawmakers probably will end up where she did.

Realistically, they can’t raise taxes; voters blocked that avenue

when they passed Tim Eyman’s initiative that requires a two-thirds

vote in the Legislature or voter approval to increase taxes.

Yes, Democrats hold a majority in both houses, but they don’t

command two-thirds of the votes.

Some point out that Gregoire’s budget also is hitting state work-

ers. Yes, it’s true, but to what extent?

State workers, who have had to pay 12 percent of their health-

care premiums, would have to pay 15 percent of them under

Gregoire’s budget.

Workers still would get step increases, which give them more

pay based on years of service. Gregoire says a hiring freeze would

pay for those, but we suspect a “freeze” would soon thaw.

If the governor is right - that the cuts would be a disaster – then

the Legislature needs to acknowledge this and approach the

budget as if it faces an emergency.

That puts everything on the table: those step pay increases, a

signifi cantly higher percent of employee paid health-care premi-

ums and even absolute pay cuts for state employees.

Do we deny the poor any type of health insurance?

Do we turn our back on the disabled who have no options at all?

Who, really, does the state need to take care of fi rst?

The next state budget will answer these moral questions. We

pray the Legislature is up to the task.

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D● Q U O T E O F N O T E : “There used to be a large clothing chain called Rhodes and my mother bought a dress

for my fi rst junior high dance there. The Totem Lake Mall was full of activity and it was so exciting.“ Kirkland Mayor Joan McBride

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Triplett moving expenses insult

Kirkland City Manager Kurt Triplett is one of the highest paid city managers on the Eastside. In addition to his $174,000 salary, he gets a generous car allowance and other benefits and perks. So Mr. Triplett can meet the residency requirements for the city manager position, the Kirkland Council waived the residency requirement and then approved the use of taxpayers money to pay Mr. Triplett $25,000 so he can rent a city-owned house while he tries to sell his house in Seattle. His Seattle house is worth less than his mortgage, so Triplett, join the other millions of Americans who are upside down on their mortgages. This is an outra-geous insult to the taxpayers of Kirkland, and the council should reconsider this overly generous offer to Triplett.

Gee, maybe he will have to sell his Seattle house at a loss, or maybe he should rent his house in Seattle while he rents in Kirkland. Millions of Americans are making financial sacrifices every day, and with Kirkland finan-cially strapped, the taxpayers shouldn’t be subsidizing the city manager’s rental cost,

period. This at a time when the city can’t afford to keep public restrooms open, when they have removed garbage cans in parks, reduced gen-eral services, raised our taxes, and furloughed city employ-ees. The council has a major disconnect with reality. We should vote them all out of office. How about using the $25,000 to hire seasonal park help, or use it to fix pot holes in the streets, or just about anything but this incredible waste.Patrick Harris, Kirkland

City manager should cut back on expenses

Appalling! That’s all I can say about the article in regards to Kurt Triplett (Jan. 7). If our new city manager can’t figure out how to sell a house while also buying a house and then come up with money for the moving costs, how will he be able to man-age our city? When will the council actually stand up for the citizens and provide some accountability to us?! When will one of them actually step up to the plate?

And, Mr. Triplett, how in your right mind can you accept over $30,000 to cover rent and moving expenses

from Seattle? With the con-tinued cuts to city services, job layoffs and deterioration of downtown I would think you could find a better use for $30,000! These are the things you take into con-sideration prior to taking a new job – not just your annual income – a handsome amount of $174,000! Triplett, you and your family may need to cut back on expenses for awhile, but I am certain you could afford yourselves rental and moving expenses much better than many of your constituents! Many of us have cut back. Many of us are just happy to have a job, be able to pay for the basics and keep our kids in school. Everyone in Kirkland is not wealthy, there are many who live in poverty or just above, there are seniors, people with disabilities, people with limited means. You are mak-

ing a crummy introduction into your new position! By the way, there are plenty of houses on the market. My grandmother’s house, just off of 116th, is on the market. It wouldn’t be far for you to move and you might not even have to hire movers! We’ll be waiting for your call!Leah Preston Ing, Kirkland

Triplett should forgo perks

My job at city of Kirkland was eliminated as of Dec. 31 due to budget constraints, and the senior van program was outsourced to another company because we could not bring in an additional $30,000 per year in revenue. I understand why they made the decision concerning my position. Although painful to me and to the seniors of Kirkland, it was probably a

fiscally responsible deci-sion to make, considering the huge budget deficit that Kirkland was facing. My question is, why would the city trust someone to man-age public finances, if that person can’t manage his own finances well enough to foot the bill for personal expenses himself rather than sticking it to the tax payers. The city just finished making many painful funding cuts to non-profit organizations, as well as cutting its own staff. It seems that since the city manager is watching his fellow employ-ees at the city of Kirkland suffer losses, he should be willing to forego certain perks to show that he is willing to share the pain. This decision just seems inconsistent to me given the sacrifices the city has demanded of long-time staff members.Joyce Marrero, Kirkland

Move Parkplace to Totem Lake

I’m not waiting for your series on Totem Lake. I know exactly what I want to see at that location. Pick up Touch-stone’s plans for Parkplace and move them lock, stock and barrel to Totem Lake. It provides easy access from the freeway; roads that can handle the traffic without being bumper to bumper day in and day out; plenty of room for parking; place-ment in an area of primarily commercial development; an elevation that can handle the 8-story buildings; and an area that can take the activity and noise without disrupting quality of life. The tax rev-enue coming into the Totem Lake area would benefit all of Kirkland. Surely some sort of deal could be worked out between Touchstone, the cur-rent owners of Totem Lake, and the city.Roberta Krause, Kirkland

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The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police offi cers. The Kirkland Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be repre-sentative of all police calls originating in Kirkland, which average about 800 per week.

Between Jan. 3-6, the Kirkland Police Department reported 359 traffi c viola-tions (one DUI), 14 traffi c accidents, six noise complaints, six thefts, four domestic violence calls, 12 alarm calls, fi ve motor vehicle prowls, seven cases of civil disturbances, two burglaries, two disturbances, fi ve cases of fraud and fi ve harassment calls. At least 19 people were arrested.

Jan. 6Warrant arrest: 8:37 p.m., 222 Parkplace Center. A 25-year-old Kirkland man was contacted during a verbal dispute with his girlfriend and arrested on an outstanding warrant.

DUI: 10:58 p.m., 11000 N.E. 85th Street. A

50-year-old Kirkland man was stopped on a traffi c violation and arrested for DUI. The man refused to take a fi eld sobriety test.

Domestic: 8:30 a.m., 1300 block of fi fth Street. A 41-year-old Kirkland female was arrested after she punched her husband during an argument.

Fraud: 2 p.m., 10500 block of N.E. 122nd Street. The victim is an online media seller who purchased some Microsoft software that turned out to be counterfeit. The software was purchased from a company named DH Gate out of China. The victim purchased the software via a PayPal account for $1,702.11. The report was taken for docu-mentation so she could be refunded her money.

Jan. 5Minor, liquor violation: 2:08 a.m., 12500 block of N.E. 85th Street. An 18-year-old man was contacted inside the bathroom of the Rose Hill Safeway after employees reported him to be extremely intoxicated and uncooperative. The man was arrested and provided a blood alcohol sample of .104.

Malicious Mischief: 5 p.m., 9525 130th Ave. N.E. The custodian at Mark Twain Elementary found graffi ti on portable classroom No. 2 during the morning hours. District maintenance

personnel cleaned up the graffi ti immediately.

Jan. 4Domestic: 11:45 a.m., 7000 116th Ave. N.E. A married couple were reportedly having a verbal argument in the Houghton Park and Ride. The man threatened to jump out of the moving car

at one point. The man eventually took the bus home before

police arrived. No crime occurred.

Domestic: 6 p.m., 9800 block of 128th Ave. N.E. A 51-year-old Kirkland woman reported being

shoved twice during an argument with her husband.

Her son advised police his father pushed his mother four or

fi ve times. The man was eventually tracked down and arrested.

Jan. 3Car theft: 7 p.m., 8400 block of 120th Ave. N.E. A 51-year-old woman reported that her Speedy Auto Glass van had been stolen. A 31-year-old Newcastle man is a suspect in the theft.

Jan. 2Informational report: Bellevue PD reported a possible sexual assault at Overlake Hospital. The victim refused contact with police upon arrival.

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“We started out ranked No. 4,” said Johnson of a preseason state basketball poll. “We should have never been ranked and I kind of looked at that and saw a target. We have 11 new guys and only two (of the 14 total) had experience. Th at kind of put an unfair bulls-eye on our kids and they thought they were a little cooler than they were.”

Th e team, which has a 7-4 record so far this season and is 4-2 in KingCo 3A, had to learn to deal with the pressure of the preseason ranking early on, despite being a young team.

“It’s been a learning experience for all of us,” said Johnson. “We’re still young now.”

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For the last several years Lake Washington com-peted in the KingCo 4A league, but dropped down this season. Th ough, from Johnson’s point of view, the strength of the leagues are very similar.

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Gaining experience on the court and learning those ins and outs of the game is part of Johnson’s goals for the team this year.

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center was designed by Rich-ard C. Bouillon & Co., which also developed the Lake For-est Park Center in 1964.

“We went through two or three developers,” Woods recalled.

Th ere were originally some issues with building the mall, since nearly 600 acres drained into Mudd Lake at the time, leaving just 16 acres to develop. Th e wetland and lake, which was sold to King Conservation District in 1979 by the mall developer, would eventu-ally encompass 26 acres.

Rich-ard C. Bouil-lon & Co. chose a theme that would resonate for years.

“It was built to resemble a longhouse and had a neat Totem Pole sign,” said Hawk-inson. “Th e pole is still there inside the Totem Lake sign so that the sign could remain ... heights are grandfathered in if the same sign is used.”

Th e Native American de-signs were done by Kenton Pies, a Northwest artist, in wood, by hand and with power tools.

“Th e high cedar-shake covered beams and sky-lit ceilings will add to the open-ness of the mall,” reported the newspaper.

In the early days, the mall held special events with a Native American theme, including Indian Summer Days that featured a salmon bake, tepee construction, tribal dancing and a tepee encampment set up on the upper mall lawn. Parking could accommodate nearly 1,000 cars.

“I remember when the To-tem Lake Mall opened,” said current Kirkland Mayor Joan McBride. “Th ere used to be a large clothing chain called Rhodes, and my mother

bought a dress for my fi rst junior high

dance there. Th e To-tem Lake

Mall was full of activity and

it was so exciting.”And while Bellevue

Square was the big shop-ping center, Totem Lake was a huge addition for the Eastside, opening in May of 1973. Th e opening was at-tended by many dignitaries, including M.L. Lamont.

“I am very excited about the new center and hope it will regenerate traffi c back to the Eastside,” Woods told the newspaper in 1972. “Th is will do the Kirkland businessmen good, some housekeeping needs to be done. We welcome you to Kirkland.”

First mall occupants

Getting tenants was not easy at fi rst.

“We struggled to get local businesses to move in be-cause the area was under-de-veloped,” said Woods, noting the chicken farms and small ranches that surrounded the malls.

Eventually the plan-ners, city staff and King County signed the Lamont’s company and its family of stores. Th e main attraction, a 40,000-square-foot Lamont’s, would not open until Octo-ber of 1973.

“Th e anchor was the Pay ‘n Save (Company’s) chain with Ernst, Malmo, Schuck’s, La-mont’s, Sportswest and Pay ‘n Save Drug,” said Hawkinson.

Pay ‘n Save featured a pharmacy, large cosmetic area and a large sound and camera department.

Lamont’s at Totem Lake, which was a family clothing store, was only the sixth in the Seattle chain’s history. It eventually had 70 stores nationwide.

Schuck’s Auto Supply, which is the 21st in the chain’s history, remained on the property until last fall when it changed its name to O’Rielly Auto Parts and moved across the street from the original mall property.

Kirkland resident Cynthia


Jones was one of the fi rst em-ployees hired to work at Ernst Hardware when it opened. Malmo was the nursery for Ernst.

“Ernst was brand spank-ing new, sparkling, and I answered a local ad to work there,” Jones recalled. “Ernst hired everyone at once, bringing in some manage-ment temporarily to set the store up.”

Th e cash registers were state-of-the-art, she said, and “people paid as much using cash as using a credit card. Ernst, Pay ‘n Save and a res-

taurant were there, and that was about it. No other shops had come in yet.”

A second mall was later built across 120th Ave. N.E. Th e street still divides the two malls.

“Th ey had to do that because Evergreen Hospital needed access from the south at the time,” said Woods, who noted there was no exit ramp to the north off I-405.

Th e only original remain-ing tenants are in the upper mall in Denny’s Pet World and Big 5 Sport, originally named Sportswest.

“Denny’s has been a part of the mall since the opening of

the upper mall in 1974,” said current owner John Flesh-man, who began working at his brother Dennis’ store when he was 13 years old and purchased the business in 1985.

Th e fi rst year of the upper mall did not go as planned. A 20-foot section of roof collapsed into Olsen’s Market Place in October of 1974.

Jake Meyers, manager of Olsen’s, said a weak beam breaking under the weight of water build-up was the probable cause, but the dam-age was not major, reported the Journal American in 1974. Roof problems would become a running theme in later years with Totem Lake Malls.

Th e addition of the upper mall brought 35 new shops, increasing the total number of businesses and services available at Totem Lake to about 70.

Th e project, originally built in unincorporated King County, was annexed into Kirkland in 1974.

“It was a big development for Kirkland at the time,” said Woods. “Our Planning Department just could not handle it.”

John Spangenberg, Kirk-land city planner from 1970-1979, said that during this time with the city, the malls were not the primary focus.

“Th e big question mark was related to the hospital,” said Spangenberg. “A lot of focus went into the hospital and surrounding land in terms of supporting facilities nearby.”

Th e rest of the Totem Lake neighborhood was incorpo-rated by Kirkland in 1993.

The 1980s and beyond

A big addition came in 1980 when the Totem Lake Cinemas opened. One of the fi rst big movies to be played at the theater was “Th e Em-pire Strikes Back.”

Th e cinema was a big deal and had positives and nega-tives for the other businesses.

“It used to be really busy every Friday night, but we had absolutely no parking out here,” said Fleshman, who recalled seeing “Top Gun” at the theater.

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What is Totem Lake? Let’s broadly defi ne the

area for this discussion as the Totem Lake neighborhood with its epicenter at the inter-section of N.E. 124th Street and I-405. Th is goes beyond what fi rst usually comes to mind – the malls.

Does Totem Lake really matter? Th ese statistics sug-gest Totem Lake is important:

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ployer, Evergreen Healthcare, is prominent in Totem Lake. Th e auto dealerships in To-tem Lake contribute signifi -cant sales taxes supporting important city services.

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opment of traffi c circulator streets in the south and east parts of the business district should also provide addi-tional traffi c options.

Transit improvements have provided additional fl ex-ibility and opportunities with Sound Transit’s investment in a transit center located between the hospital and the Totem Lake Malls. Th e direct-access ramp at N.E. 128th Street has provided access to a greater variety of regional transit routes.

Th e city designated the Totem Lake neighborhood as an “Urban Center,” which has established the area as a regional priority for invest-ments to accommodate signifi cant growth. We will eventually see the highest density of jobs and housing in the city here – a neigh-borhood where you have most shopping and services conveniently located within walking distance. Of course, that depends on an eco-nomic situation supporting growth.

Totem Lake will be the central area of the new, “greater Kirkland,” and the city is making investments in Totem Lake that refl ect that. Th e city purchased the My Home Wholesale building as a public safety building for police and courts. And Kirkland’s new off -leash dog park will also be opening up in Totem Lake.

What about the malls? One of the quietest

places in Kirkland, now, is the hallway of the lower mall in Totem Lake. Th e memories of a once-bustling retail trade, pale in the gloomy silence – awaiting promised improve-ments. Kirkland waits also.

More than fi ve years ago, the city worked with representatives of the new owners of the malls to determine how their plans could be supported. Changes were made to the city’s Comprehensive Plan accommodating their

vision. A development agreement

with the owners was ap-proved, committing the city to $15 million infrastructure investment. Th e new owners’ plans called for around $100 million for retail, offi ce, hous-ing and a hotel.

Th e new owners took some actions to recruit busi-nesses. A Preliminary Master Plan was approved showing the redevelopment plan. In-cluded in that was a central, public open space as part of the redevelopment.

Some challenges became evident when prospective businesses found that they had agreements not to locate new stores within 10 miles of an established business – think Bellevue Square.

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one of a dozen properties nationwide involved in the lawsuit. Unfortunately, that is where it stands at the moment, and it appears that the courts will have to act before much more can hap-pen with redevelopment.

Despite lawsuits, fl oods, and delayed funding, we can take stock of what we have, and what we would like to have in this neighborhood. Th ere are a lot of hard work-ing, long-standing businesses and neighbors living and working in Totem Lake, but there are signifi cant improve-ments we want to have when change occurs.

To begin the conversation, we have some questions for you to ponder. Please create your discussion groups and see what answers you come up with for the questions. Return your conclusions, and any additional comments, to the Reporter. You may also complete the survey online at www.kirklandreporter.com. We will publish the results that will be relayed to the Kirkland City Council.

Your care in engaging with your acquaintances to discuss improvements to our com-munity is the way we build a community conversation around important topics. Given the challenges we have, how do we move forward to improve this important part of our community? Let’s have a conversation!

Kirkland Councilmember Dave Asher is a member of the Kirkland Conversations group.

Kirkland Conversations: Totem Lake - the ‘Sleeping Giant’

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AWhat are the most important improvements you would like to see in the Totem Lake Business District? Rank the following, with 1 being most

important and 9 being least important.1._____More places to shop. Please specify what you

want: _______________________________________2._____Diff erent things to do in the Totem Lake area

4._____Flood control5._____More places to live

7._____Community gathering places and spaces8._____Public safety 9._____Pedestrian-bicycle improvements10.____ Other (please comment below)

What are the aspects of the Totem Lake neighborhood that you don’t want to change?

BIn September, the city held a Totem Lake Symposium that brought together the council, industry experts and Totem Lake business and neighborhood stake-

holders to discuss catalysts needed to stimulate revitaliza-tion of Totem Lake. Key suggestions included:

moving regulatory barriers and fees

eff orts to improve itDo you agree with these suggestions? Are there others that

aren’t already mentioned above?

List 5 words that would describe Totem Lake if all the improvements you have in mind were completed.

1._______________________________2._______________________________

4._______________________________5._______________________________

YOUR OPINION COUNTSPlease fi ll out the survey below and send to

the Kirkland Reporter at 11630 Slater Ave. N.E., Suite 8/9,

Kirkland, WA 98034


only Bollywood theaters in Washington State.

“Funtastic Shows used to put on a carnival in the lower mall once a year,” said former City Councilmember Santos Contreras. Th e malls were also known for hosting a cir-cus and many other events. One of the more interesting stores in the upper mall was Turbo Tube, a water-slide and swimming pool busi-ness, where customers could glide down an actual water slide.

Fleshman recalled the only major upgrade in the mall’s history took place in the late

1980s with a new faćade be-ing installed and most of the Native American motif being covered over. Th e current Wells Fargo Bank, which be-gan as Capital Savings Bank, in the parking lot of the upper mall is the only remaining busi-ness with the original Native American motif on the site.

Roof issues contin-ued with the malls into the 1990s during the infamous inaugural day windstorm of 1993. Looking out the front window of his busi-ness, Fleshman remembered when the windstorm ripped

a portion of the roof off the lower mall.

Th e malls began to decline in 1996 when Ernst closed, due to the company’s bank-ruptcy issues. Since then,

Totem Lake Malls has steadily lost tenants and gained a dubious reputation.

Fleshman said that Pietros Pizza used to occupy the

space between Denny’s and the Trading Post in the upper mall: “Th at space has been vacant for over 15 years.”

Th e mall featured hard-wood parquet fl oors for the fi rst three decades, but they would be replaced aft er a roof collapse in 1997 due to snow, which triggered sprinklers that destroyed the unique aspect. Th e collapse tempo-rarily closed 12 stores in the upper mall. Th e fl ooring was

replaced with ceramic tile.Th e malls original owner-

ship sold the site in 1998 for $18 million to AMB Property LP. Th e property was then sold one year later for a $16 million profi t to the Califor-nia Public Employees’ Retire-ment System, according to King County tax records. Since then, the malls have been sold one more time in 2004 to the current owners, Coventry/DDR. Neither of the current owners or their lawyers returned numerous phone calls and e-mails from the Reporter.

A third strip mall with fi ve storefronts was eventually developed in 1994 that is cur-rently located between 405 and Totem Lake Boulevard. Th e Reporter could not com-pletely verify the actual date of construction. Tax records show the land being pur-chased by Th e Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority in 2004. Th e building has the same architectural design as the malls.

Land in the parking lot of the upper mall was sold off to Washington Mutual, now Chase Bank, in 2008 accord-ing to tax records.

Look for the Reporter’s second part of this fi ve-part series next week.

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