Wednesday public meetings

On Wed., Aug. 12, the Snohomish County Council is holding a 10:30 a.m. public hearing on the Snohomish Conservation District's assessment request.
The district requested a $5 per parcel plus 5 cents per acre annual fee to fund the district's work in Snohomish County. An ordinance has been prepared by county staff, and the council members could vote on it. The meeting is being held in the Henry M. Jackson Board Room on the 8th Floor of the Robert J. Drewel Building at 3000 Rockefeller Ave., in Everett.

For more information on the assessment request, visit www.snohomishcd.org/ or go to www.scnews.com/news/2009/0623/News/054.html.

Also on Wed., the Island County Commissioners will discuss the Whidbey Island and Snohomish conservation districts request for a $5 per parcel plus 5 cents per acre assessment in Island County during its 10 a.m. regular work session.
The meeting is being held in the commissioner's hearing room, #B102. of the annex building at 1 NE 6th St., in Coupville. Camano Island residents can watch the meeting from the Camano Island annex, at 121 NE Camano Dr. on Camano Island.

Information about the assessment request is available at www.snohomishcd.org or www.scnews.com/news/2009/0714/camano_scene/053.html.

In addition, the Snohomish County Council will hold deliberations on the Docket XIII proposals, which include the elimination or modification of the fully-contained community code, at 1:30 p.m., Wed. Aug. 12 in the Henry M. Jackson Board Room on the 8th Floor of the Robert J. Drewel Building at 3000 Rockefeller Ave., in Everett.

The FCC code first came up in discussions about a year ago. The council could be making a decision at this meeting, or could decide to postpone the decision until a later date.

For more about Docket XIII and the FCC proposals, visit www.scnews.com/news/2009/0714/front_page/002.html.

The full list of proposals is available at www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/Council/About/Meeting_Calendar/ by clicking on the Council Webcasts link on the middle of the page, and the agenda link next to the Docket XIII proposals.

SnoCo sets assessment hearing

Snohomish County Council will hold a public hearing on the Snohomish Conservation District's assessment request Wed., Aug. 12 at 10:30 a.m.
The district, a non-regulatory subunit of the state government, asked the council to pass a property tax assessment of $5 per parcel plus .o5 cents per acre. The five-year fee, if passed, would start in 2010.
The district is currently dependent on grants, and is seeking stable funding that would allow it to serve all Snohomish County residents instead of those that fit within a grant.

For more informaton, visit www.snohomishcd.org/.
The public hearing will be held in the Henry M. Jackson Board Room, on the 8th floor of the Robert J. Drewel Building, at 3000 Rockefeller Ave. in Everett. For more information, or to confirm time and location, call 425-388-3494 or visit www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/Council/.

Hearing on assessment tonight

The Snohomish Conservation District will hold a public hearing on its assessment request to Island County tonight, 7 p.m., at the Camano Multi-purpose Center (blue building) at 141 NE Camano Dr., on Camano Island.
The Whidbey Island and Snohomish conservation districts are asking Island County to pass a property tax assessment of $5 plus .05 cents per acre. The portion Camano Island residents pay would go toward Snohomish Conservation District activities on Camano Island.
Currently, the conservation district is limited in what it can do on Camano Island due to a funding lack, said Bobbi Lindemulder, acting district manager for the Snohomish Conservation District. The district is extremely dependent on grants.
The district provides landowners with technical assistance concerning both sustainable living and sustainable farming.
If the Island County Board of Commissioners approves the assessment, the Snohomish Conservation District hopes to dedicate at least one-full time staff person to Camano Island.

For more information, visit www.snohomishcd.org/, or read "Local conservation districts seek funding in Island County" at http://www.scnews.com/news/2009/0714/camano_scene/053.html.