My name is Mike Mitchell and I chair the Fire Authority Planning Committee for King County Fire Districts 10 and 38. Fire District 10 serves Carnation and the unincorporated areas of May Valley, Tiger Mountain, Mirrormont, and Preston. Fire District 38 serves the unincorporated areas around North Bend and Snoqualmie.

Both fire districts have been meeting over the past year to discuss how we can sustain emergency service levels for the rural and unincorporated areas we serve. What we are proposing is to combine both fire districts into one fire authority to be more efficient and stabilize funding for emergency services.

We invite you to attend an upcoming meeting to learn more about this proposal, which would require voter approval.

Meeting dates and times can be found on the Web pages the fire districts have through Eastside Fire and Rescue at www.eastsidefire-rescue.org.*

A fire authority is a sustainable way to maintain emergency service levels for the people we serve. Thank you for your consideration, and we look forward to sharing more information with you in the months ahead.

Mike Mitchell

Carnation

*Public meetings on the fire authority are scheduled for 7 p.m. on:

• Monday, Feb. 1, at Station 87, 500 Maloney Grove Ave. S.E, North Bend;

• Tuesday, Feb. 9, at Station 78, 20720 S.E. May Valley Rd., Issaquah;

• Wednesday, Feb. 10, at Station 85, 3600 Tolt Ave., Carnation.