Lake Stevens
Council to attend Snohomish meeting
Members of the Lake Stevens City Council are planning to attend a city of Snohomish community meeting April 2 regarding the unincorporated area between the two cities.
The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Harvey Auditorium, Fire District 4, 1525 Avenue D, Snohomish.
Lake Stevens and Snohomish have each applied to Snohomish County to include an area north of U.S. 2 and west of Highway 9 in their respective growth areas.
More info: Snohomish at 360-568-3115 , Lake Stevens at 425-334-1012.
Snohomish
City gets money for sewer projects
The city has secured $500,000 in state money to upgrade its wastewater treatment plant and to reduce sewer overflows to the Snohomish River, city officials said Thursday.
The work is expected to cost more than $20 million. In addition to the recent $500,000, the city has secured about $4.9 million in state grants for the project.
The work is required by a 2003 settlement that Snohomish reached with Puget Sound Keeper Alliance, an environmental group, city officials said.
More info: 360-568-3115.
Snohomish school leaders want feedback
Members of the Snohomish School Board, district administration and a school building advisory committee are hosting three forums Thursday to hear from voters about a possible construction bond measure.
A $261 million bond proposal on March 11 is expected to fail when the final ballots are counted. It has more than a 55 percent “yes” vote, but needs a 60 percent supermajority.
The school board is exploring several options, including putting another bond proposal on the ballot in May.
The first meeting on Thursday is from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Snohomish Public Library, 311 Maple Ave.
The other two are at the same time — from 6:30 to 8 p.m. — at Valley View Middle School, 14308 Broadway Ave., and at Centennial Middle School, 3000 Machias Road.
Snohomish County
County climate task force to meet Monday
The newly formed Snohomish County Green Ribbon Climate Task Force plans to begin work next week to develop plans to battle climate change.
The group’s first meeting is 1 to 4 p.m. Monday on the first floor of the county administration building, 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett.
The group is working on a plan for reducing communitywide greenhouse-gas emissions by the year 2020. The goal is to have emissions 20 percent below year 2000 levels.
For more info: www.snoco.org and search for “Green Ribbon Climate Task Force.”
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