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Residents press Sammamish council to reopen blocked local road and clarify easement ownership
Summary
Multiple residents told the council about a chain-link barrier and what they described as a homeowner-installed blockage on a city easement in Tamarack, warning it impedes emergency access and parking and asking the city to enforce easement and parking rules.
Several Sammamish residents used the public-comment period to urge the council to address a local road and easement blockage in the Tamarack neighborhood. Amy Macomber described a confrontation involving a homeowner who installed a blockade and said the obstruction created long queues and safety concerns. “This is not fair,” she told council members.
Mary Wictor, who said she has provided maps to staff previously, explained the corridor is a recorded nonexclusive perpetual easement for ingress, egress and utilities dating to 1959 and said Sammamish Plateau Water has placed water and sewer pipes in the easement. She warned that vehicles parked at the closure prevent turnaround for large emergency apparatus: “If fire had to come through, it would be really bad,” she said, urging the city to reopen the route and install no-parking signage on the appropriate side.
Council thanked residents for their testimony and acknowledged staff follow-up would be required. The matter was raised during public comment and will be routed to city staff (public works/police or code enforcement) for further investigation and action.
