TO THE EDITOR:
We live on [Forbes] Lake; we bought here in 1974. We love living here. We always have taken pride in the lake because there was no public access. My kids learned to swim here, as did their friends. My grandkids now will swim out back.
Then the condos were built and they put in a public dock. Before we knew it, kids were drinking and doing drugs, riding their bikes into the lake and building rafts out of everything they could get to float. We were always cleaning junk out of the lake. Kids would swim out to the middle and not be able to swim back and would swim to our dock. The condos took the dock out and it has been much easier to police the area.
Since the boardwalk was put in, people and their dogs come into our yard (where the dogs do their business). All the people that live on the lake own out to the middle of the lake. We want the wetlands protected and that will not happen if you let people go to the lake or walk through the wetlands.
Take a look at the park across the street [Woodlands Park playground]. Some people that use the park do not pick up after their dogs. They let their dogs go on the boardwalk and throw their water bottles and candy wrappers into the wetland.
We do not want to see this happening across the street or at the lake again. The city of Kirkland never listens.
If you want to name the wetlands after the Milkins, that's wonderful, and that enough, If you knew him you would know that he is rebuilding in memory of his family.
Sincerely,
Janis Lucas
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