Sound Transit calls emergency board meeting
Published 9:00 pm Monday, December 15, 2003
SEATTLE — Sound Transit CEO Joni Earl said she would schedule an emergency board meeting if the agency is able to finalize a deal with Burlington Northern Santa Fe to deliver on a promise to bring Sounder commuter rail to Snohomish County by the end of the year.
On Monday Earl scheduled an emergency meeting for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Seattle to discuss "Burlington Northern Santa Fe issues," spokesman Geoff Patrick said.
Patrick said he could not say if the meeting is for approving the handful of agreements with Burlington Northern needed to get the first train rolling into Snohomish County by Dec. 31.
Tulalip
Tulalips discuss chairman: Tulalip Tribes members met for almost four hours Saturday in what could have been a no-confidence vote on Chairman Herman Williams, but ended up being a long, issue-oriented discussion.
No action was taken at the "tense" meeting, tribal Vice Chairman Stan Jones said.
He said there is no provision in the tribe’s constitution for a no-confidence vote or recall, so any such vote would have been out of order.
He said he explained that to about 80 people at the meeting Saturday. A few were angry, he said, but the rest stayed to discuss the tribe’s financial matters.
"If the general council wants a recall, we will have to amend the constitution," Jones said. "Just about every one of the general council accepted that. (There was) probably a couple that were very unhappy, but that was about it. You’ve got to go by the rules and regulations."
Everett
Accident victim was Snohomish man: The man who died in an accident on I-5 just south of 41st Street SE has been identified as Wayde Aplecove, 34, of Snohomish, according to a Washington State Patrol news release. Aplecove died Friday after the car he was a passenger in hit a utility trailer being pulled by another vehicle. The trailer became detached and hit the car again. No one else was injured in the accident that occurred about 8 p.m.
Mountlake Terrace
Fire damages condos: Sprinklers helped contain a fire that broke out about 6:50 p.m. Monday at the Markland Woods condominiums in the 23300 block of Cedar Way. The fire likely started in the hood of an aquarium, Snohomish County Fire District 1 spokeswoman Leslie Hynes said. A sprinkler helped contain the fire to the living room-kitchen area, and firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the blaze, she said. No one was in the third-floor condo at the time of the fire, and no injuries were reported. The residents were displaced along with the residents in the two units below the fire. Damage was estimated at $30,000.
From Herald staff reports
