Around the County
Published 10:19 pm Thursday, April 10, 2008
Edmonds
Weigh in on water district policies
People can comment on possible changes to the Olympic View Water and Sewer District’s environmental policies at a public hearing planned for this month.
The hearing is 5:30 p.m. Monday at the district’s headquarters at 23725 Edmonds Way in Edmonds.
The district’s required levels of service for new development are scheduled to be discussed at the hearing.
More info: Olympic View Water and Sewer District, 425-774-7769.
Everett
Indie film screening Sunday at library
“A Simple Curve,” directed by Aubrey Nealon and winner of the Nantucket Film Festival, is scheduled to be shown at 2 p.m. Sunday at Everett Public Library, 2702 Hoyt Ave.
The free screening is part of the library’s ongoing Second Sundays series.
The film is of Caleb and his father, Jim, and their struggle to keep their woodworking shop afloat following the death of Caleb’s mother.
The film is not rated and may not be suitable for children. It runs 90 minutes.
More info: 425-257-8000.
Mountlake Terrace
Public feedback sought for parks plan
Surveys have been mailed to 2,000 randomly selected households in the city of Mountlake Terrace seeking feedback about the city’s long-range parks and open space plan.
The city is working on updating its Recreation, Parks and Open Space Plan, which was last updated in 2003.
The survey packets sent out include a survey for people ages 18 and up and a separate youth survey for children ages 10 to 17.
“The information gathered from the surveys will be used to identify current and future opportunities for city recreation and park facilities and programs,” recreation and parks director Don Sarcletti said. “We encourage anyone who received a survey to fill it out and return it as soon as possible.”
More surveys are planned to be sent out as the parks plan is updated.
More info: 425-640-3104 or www.cityofmlt.com.
Snohomish County
County’s environmental regulations upheld
Snohomish County’s environmental rules have survived a legal challenge by Futurewise, an environmental group that fights housing projects in rural areas.
The Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board upheld the county’s new critical areas regulations, which dictate how much land must be set aside near lakes, streams and wetlands.
The County Council adopted the rules last year and they went into effect Oct. 1.
Futurewise argued the county erred by allowing reductions in the widths of protective buffers.
The board said the county’s rules “were not, at times, a model to be followed by other jurisdictions,” but still were based on science and within state guidelines.
