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/.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
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/.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Unemployment continues to increase
Island County's May unemployment rate was 8.8 percent, according to the May 2009 Labor Summary. That means 2,990 Island County residents were out of work and actively looking for it in May, an increase of 80 percent from a year ago.
Snohomish County's May unemployment rate was 9.5 percent, with 36,660 county residents looking for work, according to the May 2009 Labor Summary. Of those, 22,010 were receiving unemployment benefits.
Workforce Explore Washington has labor summaries by county available monthly at www.workforceexplorer.com/article.asp?ARTICLEID=4758.
Snohomish County's May unemployment rate was 9.5 percent, with 36,660 county residents looking for work, according to the May 2009 Labor Summary. Of those, 22,010 were receiving unemployment benefits.
Workforce Explore Washington has labor summaries by county available monthly at www.workforceexplorer.com/article.asp?ARTICLEID=4758.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Camano Library turns 2
The Çamano Island Library pilot project will celebrate its second birthday Sat., June 27.
Along with the birthday celebration, the library is hosting its Friends of Camano Island Library book sale in the Windermere parking lot near the library from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Camano Island Library is located at 848 N. Sunrise Blvd. on Camano Island.
Along with the birthday celebration, the library is hosting its Friends of Camano Island Library book sale in the Windermere parking lot near the library from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Camano Island Library is located at 848 N. Sunrise Blvd. on Camano Island.
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