A modified burn ban goes into effect 8 a.m. Thurs., July 30 for Camano Island and the other unincorporated areas of Island County due to the hot and dry weather.
The ban restricts all outdoor burning in Island County, meaning private landowners cannot have campfires.
The only exception is recreational fires on county, state, private or national campgrounds where there is a camp ground host or a park ranger. Even then, campfires are required to be out by 10 p.m.
Updated burn ban information for Island County is available at (360) 391-0362. Property under the jurisdiction of the state Department of Natural Resources should call (360) 856-3500 for information on burn permits.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Two Camano Island Fire and Rescue meetings
Camano Island Fire and Rescue will hold two public meetings this week – one today and one tomorrow.
Tonight's meeting concerns the seismic upgrade of the Terry's Corner Fire Station. It will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Terry's Corner Fire Station, 525 E. North Camano Dr., on Camano Island.
Tomorrow, the department will host an open house at 6 p.m. at the Camano County Club clubhouse, 1243 Beach Dr., on Camano Island. Starting at 6:30 p.m., Fire Chief Mike Ganz will discuss construction projects, operations during construction and the upcoming levies.
Construction at the Country Club Fire Station started recently, as the station is remodeled to improve service and retrofitted to meet seismic standards.
The department is asking voters to renew two levies this year.
Emergency medical services (EMS) receives almost 50 percent of its funding from levies. The current EMS levy expires in December. Currently, residents pay 31 center per $1,000 of assessed value for the EMS levy. The department is requesting 50 cents per $1,000 in the renewal.
In addition, a motion to raise the permanent fire levy from 81 cents per $1,000 to $1.20 per $1,000 will be on the ballot. A state law caps revenue increase to 1 percent per year.
Should both levies pass, Ganz said Camano Island Fire and Rescue should be able to add up to 12 additional fire fighters.
For a Camano Island resident with a $300,000 home, both levies would mean a total of $510 annually for fire and EMS, which is $165 more than he or she currently pays.
For more information, call 629-3008 or visit www.camanofire.com.
Tonight's meeting concerns the seismic upgrade of the Terry's Corner Fire Station. It will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Terry's Corner Fire Station, 525 E. North Camano Dr., on Camano Island.
Tomorrow, the department will host an open house at 6 p.m. at the Camano County Club clubhouse, 1243 Beach Dr., on Camano Island. Starting at 6:30 p.m., Fire Chief Mike Ganz will discuss construction projects, operations during construction and the upcoming levies.
Construction at the Country Club Fire Station started recently, as the station is remodeled to improve service and retrofitted to meet seismic standards.
The department is asking voters to renew two levies this year.
Emergency medical services (EMS) receives almost 50 percent of its funding from levies. The current EMS levy expires in December. Currently, residents pay 31 center per $1,000 of assessed value for the EMS levy. The department is requesting 50 cents per $1,000 in the renewal.
In addition, a motion to raise the permanent fire levy from 81 cents per $1,000 to $1.20 per $1,000 will be on the ballot. A state law caps revenue increase to 1 percent per year.
Should both levies pass, Ganz said Camano Island Fire and Rescue should be able to add up to 12 additional fire fighters.
For a Camano Island resident with a $300,000 home, both levies would mean a total of $510 annually for fire and EMS, which is $165 more than he or she currently pays.
For more information, call 629-3008 or visit www.camanofire.com.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
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/.
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/.
Monday, July 20, 2009
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.
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.
Monday, July 13, 2009
School board to vote on Chartwells contract
The Stanwood-Camano School Board will vote on whether or not to authorize a contract with Chartwells for food service management at the noon regular meeting tomorrow.
Gary Platt, executive director of business and operations, recommended the adoption of the proposal in a memo to the school board. In the memo, Platt said Chartwells is the only management company that submitted a proposal prior to the deadline, and none of the four applicants for a food service manager were viable.
The district's food service program was recently featured in an investigative report printed in the Stanwood/Camano NEWS June 2 edition, entitled "At a loss."
The full article is available at www.scnews.com/news/2009/0602/Front_page/003.html.
For the full school board agenda and memo, visitdistrictweb.stanwood.wednet.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=4&id=203&Itemid=344.
The school board meeting will be held in the school board room at 26920 Pioneer Highway in Stanwood.
Gary Platt, executive director of business and operations, recommended the adoption of the proposal in a memo to the school board. In the memo, Platt said Chartwells is the only management company that submitted a proposal prior to the deadline, and none of the four applicants for a food service manager were viable.
The district's food service program was recently featured in an investigative report printed in the Stanwood/Camano NEWS June 2 edition, entitled "At a loss."
The full article is available at www.scnews.com/news/2009/0602/Front_page/003.html.
For the full school board agenda and memo, visit
The school board meeting will be held
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
17th annual Art by the Bay
Looking for something to do this weekend?
The Stanwood-Camano Arts Guild will host its free Art by the Bay festival Sat., July 11 and Sun., July 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Utsalady Elementary School, 608 Arrowhead Road on Camano Island. The festival includes performances by local musicians, and, of course, artwork. The featured artwork represents a wide-range of media, including watercolor, ceramics, woodwork, bead art, baskets and glass. For more information, including a concert schedule, go to http://www.stanwoodcamanoarts.com/artbythebay.htm.
The Stanwood-Camano Arts Guild will host its free Art by the Bay festival Sat., July 11 and Sun., July 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Utsalady Elementary School, 608 Arrowhead Road on Camano Island. The festival includes performances by local musicians, and, of course, artwork. The featured artwork represents a wide-range of media, including watercolor, ceramics, woodwork, bead art, baskets and glass. For more information, including a concert schedule, go to http://www.stanwoodcamanoarts.com/artbythebay.htm.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Sno Co considers long list of changes
The Snohomish County Council will hold two public hearings this Wed., July 8, at 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. concerning a plethora of county code changes.
Among the potential alterations is the elimination of the fully-contained community code, also referred to as mini-cities.
Another potential ordinance would amend the current fully-contained community code. It was created out of a series of stakeholder discussions earlier this year. Potential amendments ranged from increasing open space requirements to 65 percent, requiring a mini-city to be within 2.5 miles of a state highway and specifying traffic mitigation.
Although no applications for a mini-city were filled prior to the county's emergency freeze on mini-city applications almost a year ago, the McNaughton Group was considering the concept for its Lake Goodwin property, and developer Dave Barnett was considering it for his Lake Roesiger property.
Another ordinance would reduce the density permitted in rural cluster subdivisions.
The meetings will be held in the first floor meeting room of the Robert J. Drewel Building, at 3000 Rockefeller Ave., in Everett.
A full list of all the proposed changes and the ordinances are available at http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/Council/Information/Current_Projects/.
Among the potential alterations is the elimination of the fully-contained community code, also referred to as mini-cities.
Another potential ordinance would amend the current fully-contained community code. It was created out of a series of stakeholder discussions earlier this year. Potential amendments ranged from increasing open space requirements to 65 percent, requiring a mini-city to be within 2.5 miles of a state highway and specifying traffic mitigation.
Although no applications for a mini-city were filled prior to the county's emergency freeze on mini-city applications almost a year ago, the McNaughton Group was considering the concept for its Lake Goodwin property, and developer Dave Barnett was considering it for his Lake Roesiger property.
Another ordinance would reduce the density permitted in rural cluster subdivisions.
The meetings will be held in the first floor meeting room of the Robert J. Drewel Building, at 3000 Rockefeller Ave., in Everett.
A full list of all the proposed changes and the ordinances are available at http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/Council/Information/Current_Projects/.
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