HomeMy WebLinkAboutPark 2016-05-11 Item 4A - Handout Distributed at Meeting - Parking Naming - Gwyn Vukich's Citizen CommentMay 11, 2016
Tukwila Parks Commission
Thank you for allowing me to speak to you again tonight. I
would like to encourage you to use the names Ray - Carrossino in
the name of the Natural area along the Duwamish River.
In acquiring this site, the City of Tukwila agreed they would
take ownership of the Ray - Carrossino Farmstead for public use and
to protect the historic resource. We agree that this stretch of land
along the river associated with the T.K. Ray farmsted (40 acres
owned plus 400 adjacent acres leased) fits nicely within the park.
Thus, including "Ray - Carrossino" in the park name would be an
appropriate step in up- holding the intent of the long -range property
transfer protection agreement.
I have with me tonight a copy of the Draft EIS that was
compleated before the Light rail project was started.. If you have
not read this document I would like to share with you what they
said about the property we are discussing this evening..and why it
is of historical significance and should be protected..
In closing I want to share with you ..what a farmer is.. I
believe he was talking about my Grandfather.. except for the part
about the tractor...( they had not been invented yet) ....my
Grandfather used horses to do all his farming...
Gwyn Ray Vukich
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15626 SE 352 St. Auburn WA
98092
Ray- Carrossino Farmstead (11269 East Marginal Way S.) — One of the few remaining pioneer farmsteads
in the area of potential effects (APE) is located adjacent to the route, on the west side of East Marginal Way S.
and the north bank of the Duwamish River (Figure 4.15 -1). This historic property was identified in the Central
Link EIS (Sound Transit 1999), and it has been determined eli 'ble f the b the SHPO.
This property has no official designation or regulatory protection at the local level.
The farmstead consists of several buildings grouped along the north bank of the river. Facing East
Marginal Way is the farmhouse, dated 1896 in the county assessor's records, but conceivably built soon after
Thomas Ray arrived in the valley in 1882. Behind the house to the west is a smaller bunkhouse (circa 1920), a
greenhouse in disrepair (1930s), a large rectangular barn (circa 1918), and a few ancillary sheds.
The farmstead carries significant historic associations. After settling here in 1882, Thomas Ray cultivated
a market garden and orchards, and provided ferry service on the river. The Ray homestead became a social
center for the Duwamish community, where dances, parties, and community gatherings were held. After the
turn of the century a group of Italian immigrants rented the property from the Ray family. By 1915 they had
purchased the house along with 29 acres and formed Duwamish Garden, a wholesale produce company. One
of the partners in this enterprise, Joe Carrossino, and his wife Teresa lived in the house. The barn and
additional outbuildings were subsequently constructed. The developed farmstead also included a bocci court,
and the property became a social gathering place for the local Italian truck farmers and their families.
Located west of SR 599 are a number of residences dating from the first two decades of the 20m century
that are significant for their architectural character or historical associations. However, because of their
distance from the Tukwila Freeway Route they would not be affected by the light rail system. Small houses
and other buildings located close to the route alongside SR 599 and 1 -5 appear not to be historically significant
Properties along the route on the north side of SR 518 are the result of more recent development
The Marginal Way Option would locate the light rail system on the east side of East Marginal Way S.,
rather than the west side, before the route crosses over SR 599. East of the roadway bridge, on both the north
and south banks of the river, are the remains of the concrete piers of a demolished bridge that once carried
Interurban trains across the Duwamish. Some older properties, which do not meet National Register criteria,
are located on the south side of the river.
4.15.2 Impacts
Overall, no significant adverse impacts have been identified to any eligible or designated historic sites or
resources. Because there is no '"use" or constructive use of these resources, a Section 4 (f) evaluation is not
needed.
4015.21 Archeological Sltes, Traditional Cultural Properties, and PJtkoototspkwlSiks
Archaeological Sites
No effects are expected to known archaeological sites in the project vicinity. The nearest recorded site,
45 -KI -431, is across SR 599 from the Tukwila Freeway Route and on the east side of the Duwamish River.
Although no archaeological resources were identified by the survey, potentially significant sites could be
located within the APE which are now paved over or buried in alluvial sediments. High probability areas are
within the Duwamish River valley bottom, north of S. 133nd Street
Traditlonal Cultural Properties/Properties of Cultural Importance to Indian Tribes
Construction of the Tukwila Freeway Route could affect properties of cultural importance to the
Muckleshoot, Suquamish, and Duwamish. However, none of the properties have been determined to be
eligible for the NRHP at this time. Three of the four identified properties in the immediate vicinity of the
Tukwila Freeway Route are locally prominent hills that have one or more tribal place names and associated
myths (Ballard 1929; Buerge 1999, cited in Sound Transit 1999d; Waterman c. 1920, 1922). They are located
near the Boeing Access Road -East Marginal Way S. intersection; north of the Duwamish River crossing and
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AMENDMENT
TO
PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT
AMONG
THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION,
WASHINGTON STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER,
AND THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF
THE CENTRAL LINK LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT PROJECT
IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
The Programmatic Agreement dated December 1999 is hereby amended to add the following:
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Ray-Carrussino Farmstead If the Tukwila Freeway Rowe in Segment E of the Project is
selected, Sound Transit, the City of Tukwila, and King County will execute a Memorandum of
Agreement stipulating the dac memation of the Ray�assim Farmstead, preparation of a
preservation plan, relocation a Of the farmhouse and stabilization of other historic buildings and
structures on the site, and transom of the property to the City of Tukwila with provisions to
preserve and maintain the proms► for public use in perpetuity in accordance with the
recommenti=d aitinoaches and guidelines set forth in The Secretary of the Interior's Standards
for the Treatment of Historic Ptvperties (U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service,
1995).
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Appendix N— Am ndiweru to Agreement
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And on the 8th day, God looked down on his
planned paradise and said, I need a caretaker.
So God Made a Farmer.
God said, I need someone ready to get up before
dawn and milk the cows, till the fields, milk the
cows again, and then go to town and stay past
midnight at the meeting of the school board.
So God Made a Farmer.
God said, I need somebody to sit up all night with
a newborn colt and watch it die, then dry his eyes
and say maybe next year. I need somebody who
can shape an axe handle from a Persimmon
sprout, shoe a horse with a hunk of tire, make a
harness out of hay wire, feedsacks and shoe
scraps. Who, at planting time and harvest
season, will finish his fourty hour week by
Tuesday noon, Then, pain'n from tractor back put
in another seventy two hours.
So God Made a Farmer.
God said, I need somebody strong enough to
clear trees and heave bales, yet gentle enough to
tame lambs and wean pigs and tend the pink
combed pullets, who will stop his mower for an
hour to splint the broken leg of a Meadow Lark.
So God Made a Farmer.
It had to be somebody who'd plow deep and
straight and not cut corners, somebody to seed
and weed, feed and breed, rake and disc, plow
and plant, tie the fleece and strain the milk.
Somebody who'd bale a family together with the
soft, strong bonds of sharing, who'd laugh and
then sigh, and then reply with smiling eyes when
his son says he wants to spend his life doing what
Dad does. So God Made a Farmer.
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