This Week in Kirkland

August 29, 2024 - TWIK

This week David, Kate, and Anthony invite you to the Kirkland Teen Union Building opening. Plus, Labor Day closure. Upcoming at City Council. Reminder to yield to emergency vehicles. Enjoy cars and BBQ at the Kirkland Cadet Benefit Car Show. Get utility help with the Low Income Support Program. Submit your non-profit for a community fundraising opportunity. Mark your calendars for upcoming events. Special guest: Tiffany Trombley, Neighborhood Resource Officer, shares about the Community Polic...

Duration:: 21m
Broadcast on:: 29 Aug 2024
Audio Format:: mp3

(upbeat music) - Hello and welcome to the August 29th episode of This Week in Kirkland, the official podcast of The City of Kirkland, bringing you timely topics and noteworthy news delivered to you every week. I'm David Walbrecht, Communications Program Manager here at The City, filling in for Jim Lopez, who's currently out on a break. And I'm joined today by two members of the podcast team. - Kate Ryan. - And Anthony Girardi. As well as our very special guests, Neighborhood Resource Officer, Tiffany Trumbly. - Thank you, thank you. Happy to be here. - Welcome back, Tiffany. So glad to have you back and gonna be hearing all about this year's Community Police Academy. Such a fun, popular program. Excited to dive into all that, but before we do, here are the topics we're covering this week. - A few reminders, including Labor Day closure, Houghton Beach and OO Denny Park are closed to water activities and our Kirkland Cares Low Income Support Program. - Plus join the KPD at their annual cadets car show. A reminder to move right for sirens, a fundraising opportunity for non-profits in our community and what's coming up at council. And a reminder that we always have links and more in the show notes for all of our items. But first, before we dive in, our big story of the week, after months of anticipation, drum roll, please. The Kirkland Team Union Building K-TUB will be reopening next week. And so we talked about this last week on the podcast, but this is such a huge deal that we wanted to highlight it again. - Yes. Each weekday teens can dive into art, homework help, games, socializing, as well as get this, access to essential mental health services at no cost to the participants. It's a really great place. - Now K-TUB will be open five days a week, Monday through Friday, starting this Tuesday, the third. And the city will host a grand reopening party on Wednesday, September 18th from 5.30 to 7.30 PM. So come check out our newly reopened K-TUB. - Nice. - Great thing. - Yeah. - Also coming up on September 3rd, the next meeting of the Kirkland City Council back after their August break. So here's some of what's currently on the agenda. - On the business agenda, some miscellaneous zoning code amendments, a check-in on city council policies and procedures, as well as an update on Energy Smart Eastside. - And prior to the business agenda on the study session, they'll discuss the preliminary six-year capital improvement program, which Council will adopt later this fall, as well as a third briefing on the draft housing element of the comprehensive plan. - And a reminder that council meetings are streamed live on the city's YouTube channel, Facebook page and website. So Public Health, Seattle and King County, is recommending that people and pets stay out of the water at O.O. Denny Park and Houghton Beach Park for at least one week. - Again, yeah. - The latest back and forth, open clothes, drama of the late-- - Right, right, right. - And so-- - Yeah, there's two things going on here, right? - Yeah, right, yeah. - Tell us, Kate. - So first is water quality staff from King County tested the water at Houghton Beach Park recently and found that those levels of bacteria exceeded safe thresholds. As we mentioned, that's our summer protocol closure happening there, King County crews will return to the beaches next week to collect further samples. - Yeah, and so one thing that everyone can do to help with this is not to feed waterfowl. - Mm-hmm. - And so a lot of times if folks are feeding geese and ducks, that can be a contributing factor here. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Right. - And then for OO Denny Park on Tuesday of this week, construction activity in the area caused a rock to enter the sewer main line, blocking the flow and it caused a sewer overflow into Denny Creek in Lake Washington, so crews have confirmed that the overflow has stopped, but King County does recommend no water activities for a week, just for safety. - And as a reminder, water activities are closed, but the rest of the parks remain open. - Yep, that's right. And while we're on the topic of safety, let's remember to yield for emergency vehicles, Tiffany. - Oh yes, agreed, agreed, agreed, yeah. - So it not only makes for a safer environment for everyone involved, but it's also the law. - Yeah, it's an easy way to avoid a ticket, just move out of the way when you hear the sirens. Not only is it the law, helps drivers, responders, and those in need of help, if you cannot move to the right, slow down and come to a complete stop. - And when approaching parked emergency vehicles with lights or sirens on, drive cautiously. - So, are you a car enthusiast? - Yeah, Anthony, look at you. - Hot wheels. - Hot wheels, yeah, nice, onto trucks, okay. - RC. - Well, any car enthusiasts out there should come on down to the Kirkland Justice Center for the sixth annual Kirkland Cadet Benefit Car Show on Saturday, September 21st. - This is a great family-friendly event, and it's a fun way to support our Kirkland Cadet's youth program. - Yeah, so swing by, you can chat with fellow residents, Kirkland police officials, Kirkland cadets, and check out some amazing cars, tasty barbecue, and a fun awards ceremony. - Awesome, now Tiffany, you're involved with this, right? - Oh, absolutely, yeah, yeah. - So, what is this, like why are we doing this? What's up with the cadet car show? - Our cadet car show helps with some of their funding for their training, so they get to participate in a state-wide academy two times a year, and this helps with the amount that they would have to pay to go to these state academies, and so it's a really cool thing for them to do that, and to showcase building community relationships and things that we want to see from our volunteer cadets here in our program. - That's so great, and of course the Kirkland Cadets is a youth volunteer program where they get to learn all about what it's like to be a police officer. - So, don't miss out on the Kirkland Cadets Low Income Support Program. Applications that are accepted now through the end of September, so act now. - And Kirkland residents can apply and receive discounts on utility rates, pet licenses, business licenses, annual vehicle registration, and other city services if they qualify. - Wow. - You can check if you qualify with a simple chart with numbers for different household sizes on our website. - The city has allocated nearly $600,000 in funds to support these eligible households, so there's money on the table, don't miss out. - Okay, are you part of a nonprofit serving the Kirkland community? Well, we've got an opportunity to increase your visibility. - The Kirkland Parks and Community Foundation is launching a new grant opportunity called Ignite Kirkland. The foundation encourages nonprofits in a range of areas, including arts and culture, community, education, and innovation, and more. - Now, grants range from $1,000 to $5,000 with a simple application and reporting process. Applications are accepted now through September 16th, so get them in. - Absolutely, and approved nonprofits from that application process will be featured in an online catalog to accept donations, and that'll happen later on in November. - Oh, that's pretty neat. - Yes, we'll get fundraising options to it. - Exactly, yeah, yeah, get in the catalog now, and then get some grant funds later, that's great. Well, looking ahead to next week, city administrative offices are closed Monday, September 2nd, in observance of Labor Day. - Yeah, but city services is normally accessible through email and over the phone will resume 8 a.m. on Tuesday, September 3rd. And as always, fire, police, and other critical services will remain fully operational. - All right, and looking even further ahead, here are some upcoming events for you to check out. - We've got C-Spot Splash at Peter Kirk Pool on September 7th. - City Hall for All on September 14th. - Upcoming CPR training at Fire Station 22 on September 19th. - And a future women in EMS and fire workshop on October 19th and 20th. - Awesome, nice. - Well, Mark your calendars, folks. - Mm-hmm. - And that brings us to our five over five. That's five questions in over five minutes with our special guest. Neighborhood Resource Officer Tiffany Trumbly. - Welcome. - And baking aficionado. - Oh, I feel it, I feel it. - Yeah, well, welcome back, Tiffany. So excited for you to join us again. Is this the second or third time thing? - Third time, yeah. - Third time's the charm. - Yeah, going for the hat trick, I like it. - All right. - You're here to talk about the community police academy. So cool. - So cool. - Well, we're gonna dive into all that, but as you know, we first like to get to know our guests a little bit more. So will you please remind us what you do for the city of Kirkland? - Well, as stated, I'm the neighborhood resource officer for the police department, which I'm just gonna do a little plug here. We now have our second neighborhood resource officer, Officer Paul Arnold. - So hopefully he'll be a guest on the show at some point, very exciting. And we're the liaison between the police department and the community and also with the city. So that's just some of the stuff. - Wow, so building relationships, getting all out in there. - Yeah, exactly. - The neighborhoods love that. So what are you doing for fun these days? I vaguely recall last time there's some sort of like grilling situation coming up. - Oh, yeah. - Labor Day is coming up. Known for its grilling sometimes. - Known for grilling. - Not to like paint you into a corner there. But what do you have going on? - That just really sparked some ideas there. So, you know, I do love a good burger. So I'm thinking maybe hamburgers or something like that. Yeah, love that. - Yeah. - Pickles? - No pickles. - No pickles. - Oh, okay. - I'm like a fancy burger boogie burger person. - Oh, okay. - Blue cheese. - Blue cheese. I'm talking like Hawaiian burger with the grilled pineapple and the slice of ham. - Oh, wow. - Hawaiian bun. Yeah. Go big or go home. - Hey, this Labor Day then, it's the barbecue. - Yeah. - Over at my house. (laughing) - Neighborhood research officer. - Neighborhood. (laughing) - That's community based on 90,000 community members. - Done. (laughing) - Awesome. - A lot of pineapples. - Well, yeah, bring your own burger, fixings. Well, that's so great, Tiffany. Hope you have a good time at your barbecue. You're here to talk about Kirkland Community Police Academy. - Yes. - Okay, so what is going on? What is the Academy? - Thank you for asking, David. The Community Police Academy is probably one of my favorite things to do during the year. We do offer it in the fall every year and it is a chance to get a behind the scenes scoop of your local Kirkland Police Department. - Okay. - So that's any resident or a community member that works in Kirkland can sign up. - Okay. - For the Community Police Academy, it's open right now. - Open application. - Open application. - Act now. - Act now. (laughing) We have a limit to how many people we wanna accept into the Academy. So please make sure you get your application in so that we have the time to do the things that we need to do to get that going. But yeah, it's exciting. - So is this just like a one-off, this is an afternoon or what are we talking about? - No, it is a once a week on Wednesdays from six to nine in a series of eight weeks. - Oh, wow. - We're starting September 18th. - Okay, and then going for eight weeks after that. - And then we're gonna go for eight weeks. - Fantastic. Okay, what all do you cover in this eight-week program? - Exciting to ask Anthony, we are gonna talk about our canine, you get an opportunity to see the UAS system. We are gonna have an opportunity to learn about what our officers do for their training and do a simulation. So it's an exciting time. - Oh, wow, what's this simulation? - Yeah. - So because we believe in partnerships, we partner with another agency and we get to use their simulation machine and you get to be an officer in the scenarios that our officers actually go through. - Oh my goodness, so is it like VR? - So is it like VR? - Not VR, it's a big room that you're in, yeah. - Okay, that's cool. - Very cool. - It's like a hands-on. - Hands-on. - Behind the scenes. - Behind the scenes. - Really learned it all. But also all the training that goes in for police officers to be able to use those things. - Absolutely. - 'Cause there's a ton. - Oh yeah. - Yeah. - And ongoing, of course. - It's like a little flash in a pan police academy for community members. - Exactly. - You should call it like community police academy. - It's really just good. - Shocking. - So can anyone apply or do you need to be able to do like 50 push-ups or something? - I do want you to be 21 years or older. - Okay. - And again, we would love it if you were a Kirkland resident or worked in the city. - Sure, but otherwise. - Otherwise. - It's wide open. - Yeah, absolutely. - Anyone who just wants to learn, okay. - Yeah, nice. - Encouraged. - Now, you've been doing this for some time. Is that right? - I believe it's my fourth community police academy. - Oh, wow, that's fun. - Yeah, when it stopped in 2020, just when that happened, we got to bring it back up and it's been very exciting. - Yeah. - Awesome, what's your favorite part about the community police academy? - My favorite part is the relationships that I get to build and meet with community members that may have been initially hesitant to learn about the police department. And wow, what a change at the end. We become best friends as I like to say it. And that really are ambassadors for the police department and the city afterwards. So it's great. - Okay, wow, that's cool. - I'd imagine it helps to destigmatize, you know, the work that you do and you know, when people are there and they get hands on, you know, and just get to experience it. - Yeah, and I hear different stories of experiences and it helps me learn something from each person that's been in the academy and I take away with, oh, maybe I could approach that situation a little bit different. So there's a piece that I-- - That's so great, yeah, you're an awesome-- - True relationship, kind of learning in both directions. - That's right, that's nice. - Okay, so you said applications are open now. When, what's the window? When are they due? - We are closing the application September 4th at 12 p.m. So get them in, get them in quick. - Okay, got it. And there's still some spots available. - Okay. - There are still some spots available. - Great, fantastic. Well, Community Police Academy, if you've ever wondered what's going on behind the scenes with our police department, now is a perfect opportunity to find out. Tiffany, thank you so much. We do have one last question. - Do you have a favorite movie show book? What are you reading or watching these days? - Oof, I have to give a plug here to the Blue Ribbon Baking Championship. - Oh, yeah! - Of course, another baking show. - Yeah, oh, it's so good. - It's so good. - Oh, this is a new one, this is a new one. - This is a new one. And I describe it as palm royale 'cause their outfits are really cute, bright and beautiful. And it meets a great British baking show, of course, a fanfave over here. - It's insane. - And it's great. And you can win a ginormous Blue Ribbon. - Oh, wow. - There you go. - That would be really amazing. - Yeah, I guess I have a question for you. Where would you put that if you won? - You have the perfect reality. - Well, I feel like, so we've been watching the show. Yeah, and it definitely is like the American version of Great British Baking Show. I do feel like all those people are like fair, like F-A-I-R, like they go to the fair. Like, campions as far as like their pies and stuff. So they would probably just add it to their shadow box of all the other Blue Ribbons that they've won. - Oh, okay. - Would be my guess, but I don't know. - I mean, it would take up your entire refrigerator. - Yeah, you were putting that on. - It's like mounted to the wall at your storefront. - Yeah, exactly. - I know, I was sitting in front door, I guess. Little too. - Right. - Oh, look at this. - Really? - I like it. - I like it. - Well, you know, I don't know, is it a humble brag? Is it a brag brag? - No, no humility there. It's the big Blue Ribbon. It might need to be. - There it is. Well, really fun show. Yeah, we're on like episode four or something. So, it's good stuff. - Well, Tiffany, please, we stick around for our pop quiz multiple choice trivia. - You know it. - Ah, good. - One of these answers puts the pedal to the metal while the others are just doing donuts, which means we just made them up. I love how our writers didn't even know this, but the donut reference with the bake show, I'm just saying. - Slash the police officer with the donut. It's like, let's put that out there. - Oh, wow, it's like triple. - Wow. - A triple montani. - And it's my third time on the show. Wow, great explosion. - Mind-blowing meme in the face. - Yeah, yeah, exactly. - Is it a show no? - Is that a thing? - Yeah, yes, so good. Okay, so two fake, one real. - Okay. - Here we go. Option A, the first auto show took place on the Chaunsé Lise, on December 11th, 1894. Okay, first auto show in Paris. Chaunsé, let's say. - Okay. - 1894, okay. Option B, the most valuable car in the world ever sold at auction was for $30 million. - Holy moly. - Wow, for a car. - Solid gold. - Yeah, right, right? - Yep. Okay, option C, fuzzy dice, instantly triples, triples, a car's collectability. - That one's true if it's a hot ride. - Okay. Yeah, yeah. - Triples, that's a very specific mathematical explosion. - Mm-hmm. - I'm wondering if that one is because it's also Tiffany's third time on the show. Triples. - Oh, Anthony, yes. - And fuzzy dice, is that Tiffany, do you see? - Actually, we did the read through, listeners, we do like a kind of a dry run read through the day before. And then I was driving home yesterday and I saw someone had fuzzy dice. - Wow, there you go. - But it was in 1998, die in neon. - But it was triple in value from the blue balls in now. (laughing) - 30 million for a car feels like a lot. I don't know. - Unless it's like maybe the first challenger from vanishing point or something. You're like a collector's car. - What about the DeLorean from Back to the Future? 30 million, guys? - Nothing. I mean, does it still get up to 88? - It's an older vehicle. (laughing) - Gosh. (laughing) - No, I, after watching the Olympics, I saw a lot of cars driving around the Shawnks these days. So I'm gonna say that one feels like maybe I can see some old Tammy Roadsters whipping around that thing, you know? - Right. - Well, and that was right around the time where them automobiles started coming in. - All right, okay. - Is this Michelin attached to that at all? I don't know. - I have no idea. - That is not true. (laughing) We'll fact check that. - And why did I go Michelin stars, like for food? - Well, yeah, fun fact. The Michelin star system was created by the Michelin tire company so that they can encourage people to drive to restaurants so they'd have to buy more tires. - Aw. - Wow, Anthony, with a pre-empted-- - Did you know? - They just ran that around in there. (laughing) - Well, the correct answer is, in fact, the Sean C. Lezae, all right. - Oh, okay. - A record breaking for the time. Nine cars. (laughing) We're on display, all nine that were ever built at that point. We're on display at the Internationale de Vilo C. Pady, Vilo Cipide, Ettde le commotion automobile. I'm so sorry, everybody. - Wow, that's hard. - That was bad. - I know some of those words. (laughing) - So, eventually, the show dropped the bikes that were also originally involved and it just became the Paris Motor Show. - Wow. - Nine cars. Do you think there was, like, any sort of-- - We can't have all nine cars here. The world's gonna tip over. (laughing) - Maybe, yeah. - I don't know. I don't know. It'd be an interesting fun fact. - And the Rolls-Royce droptail, the most expensive current production car in the world, costs about $30 million brand new. - Oh, wow. - The most valuable car, as determined by its price at auction, is a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, Ooland Houtcoupe prototype. It sold for about $142 million in 2022. - That's more than $30 million. Wow. - We were way off. - We were way off. - I was like triple 30 million. - You're like, "That's way too much money." - Yeah. (laughing) - Yeah, actually. (laughing) - Well, did you know Fuzzy Dice came from the good luck ritual? World War II pilots often would put two dice showing a total of seven pips on their instrument panel. - Oh, wow. - Interesting. - Okay. - It translates to the vehicles. - Yeah. - I'm when we're the fuzzy came in, but whatever. Well, I feel like I learned a lot. Thank you all. Tiffany, thanks so much for being on the podcast. - Thank you. Can I just plug here our Kirkland Cadet Car Show on September 21st? 'Cause we're speaking of cars. - Speaking of cars. - Nice. - Thank you. - There may or may not be Fuzzy Dice in some of the cars. - I hope there's Fuzzy Dice. - That would be amazing. Awesome. Well, thank you. - Increase votes. - That's right. Yeah, they automatically get triple the votes. Thank you so much, Tiffany. - Thank you for having me. And don't forget to sign up for the Community Police Academy. - And that does it for this week. You've been listening to This Week in Kirkland. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and share. Special thanks to Victor Darantes and Chris Peterson for their behind the scenes magic. - Thank you. - Our next episode is September 5th. Until then, stay connected, Kirkland. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) [MUSIC PLAYING]