Monthly Archives: March 2020

Help for our Neighbors in the time of Covid-19

Neighborhood Activity, Neighborhood Events, Public Service Announcements

My name is Julie Hrivnak.  My phone number is 253-279-7355, and my email address on hotmail is jewelsriv@hotmail.com.

I would like to help out the elderly in our Sunrise neighborhood.

As I am sure everyone is aware the Governor has issued a stay at home order. This is especially important for our elderly, or immuno-compromised populace. I am sure a lot of you have friends and family that will do a good job looking out for you and getting supplies that you need. I would like to offer my name , number and email for anyone in our neighborhood to reach out to me with any of your needs. Can I make a grocery run for any of you? Can I talk you through setting up online grocery delivery? Think you may be sick and don’t know what the next steps are? Anything I can do to help you stay in and away from the germs please reach out. Any interaction we have will be at a distance via phone or a porch drop off. I do work in healthcare and don’t want to expose anyone to anything. I also don’t want anyone putting themselves at risk for a little food or toilet paper. If I can help you I will.

If you are healthy and would like to offer me any help with this endeavor that would be appreciated and I can be contacted at the above number and email. Stay well.

Smash & Grab

Neighborhood Security, Public Service Announcements

Recently there have been a rash of smashed car windows within 2.5 miles of our neighborhood.  I was informed the other day of an incident which was just .30 miles from our neighborhood.  At least some of these “Smash & Grab” attacks were against cars which had visible items in them.  Others were probably designed to get personal information to use in identity theft or just to rifle the cars for anything left in the glove compartment, console, trunk, etc.

We are all guilty of leaving things in our cars. Sometimes we say to ourselves “My laptop will be alright if I just throw my coat over it.”  Unfortunately the coat may be what the thief is looking for, and the laptop will be just the cherry on top.

Be proactive in securing your car.  NEVER leave it unlocked.  Keep items out of sight.  Try to park in areas where your car is less likely to be vulnerable. Hope for the best.

2040 Proposed TIF Roadway Projects

Public Service Announcements

As a follow-up to the blog entry I posted in the e-mail below I have further information that is appropriate to post to the blog.  There is now talk of widening Military Road up the hill by us (Sunrise Terraces) to 4 lanes (initially 3 lower down the hill near SR 162 but as the road climbs widen to 4 lanes).  I pointed out this sounds like an eminent domain situation for Sunrise Terraces homes ON Military Road or some of those that back up to it due to needing room for 4 lanes.  I definitely think this should be of interest to Sunrise Terraces residents and urge them to get involved with the SR162Traffic.org group.

This map shows projects Pierce County is planning to be done by 2040 — of particular note is C-5 (Military Road up the hill by Sunrise Terraces) and D-1, D-2 and D-3 which is the new road from Tehaleh to SR 162 at 128th.  In addition C-3 is of interest since it is a continuation of the widening that was done further up Shaw Road to continue south along 122nd Ave E (3 lanes just like was done for segment of Shaw Road north of us).

Proposed Roadway Projects

This is the detailed map for C-5 (Military Road widening) – take note of projected volume up Military Road in 2015 vs what is projected by 2040 (e.g., due to Tehaleh):

C5

The SR 162 group (SR162Traffic.org) is also trying to get the County to look at extending 128th from SR 162 up the hill to intersect with 122nd Ave E at 144th St E (going at a diagonal up hill from 128th to 144th) to take some pressure off of Military Road but that isn’t in any plan as of yet.

I’ve expressed to the SR 162 group that Military Road up the hill by us is very dangerous for residents who live on Military Road and those trying to enter/exit side streets such as 133rd, 136th, 138th and will get much worse when Tehaleh opens the new 5-lane highway connecting those 9,500 residences to SR 162 at 128th since they’ll use Military Road to get to Puyallup and South Hill.  A new road up the hill from 128th wouldn’t have homes on it nor side streets off of it which would make it much more safe vs. Military Road.