UW Bothell
Honored for community learning
The University of Washington’s Bothell campus is being honored for its involvement with community-based learning projects.
The university was recently named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service 2007 Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement.
Community-based learning projects at the Bothell campus include Space Huskies, which teams up university and grade school students to create their vision of a community on Mars. Another project is the Northshore Family Center, a volunteer program in which university students work to prepare kids for success in school.
More info: www.uwb.edu/cbls.
Everett
City taking comments on new storm water plan
The city of Everett has developed a storm water management program to meet requirements of its state storm water permit. The city’s 2008 Stormwater Management Program is at: www.ci.everett.wa.us/pw.
The document describes actions the city will take through 2011 to maintain compliance with the storm water regulations, which are designed to reduce storm water runoff pollution to Everett’s waterways.
The state permit is a requirement of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits Program, which is part of the Federal Clean Water Act.
Some of the new federal rules that put tighter controls on treating storm water and pollutants that flow into streams and Puget Sound are being challenged in Washington by about 30 governmental entities, including Everett and Marysville.
The coalition of cities has pledged to spend up to $925,000 to fight the rules.
More info: 425-257-8800.
Snohomish County
Two county planning commissioners named
Tim Koss and Marilyn “Mimi” Walsh Terwilliger are joining the Snohomish County Planning Commission. The commission considers often complicated and controversial land-use policy changes and makes recommendations to the County Council.
Koss of Everett is a professional musician who retired as a senior planner and demographer in the county planning department after 26 years. He is a member of the Everett Cultural Arts Commission and an advisory committee that gives grants for social services.
Walsh is from Brier. Since 1999, she has worked as a senior policy adviser for the Seattle Police Department. She was the Snohomish County Chief Deputy Clerk from 1984 to 1997 and served on the Brier City Council and the Edmonds School Board.
More info: Go to www.snoco.org and search on the keywords “planning commission.”
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