Arlington
School board sets M&O levy date
The Arlington School Board is hoping voters will approve a four-year maintenance and operations levy this spring to replace the current two-year levy.
The board set an election date of March 9 on a proposal that would cost taxpayers an estimated $3.09 per $1,000 of assessed valuation in 2005, dropping to $2.90 by 2008. For a home worth $200,000, the levy would cost $618 in 2005 and decrease in subsequent years.
The levy would raise $6.75 million in 2005 and $8.29 million by 2008.
Edmonds
Work at Amtrak station is on track
Work is under way on a temporary railway platform to accommodate Sound Transit commuter rail service at the Edmonds Amtrak station.
The service is expected to be running before the end of the year.
The platform, which will be higher than the Amtrak platform because Sound Transit uses a different type of train car, will be accompanied by a ticket vending machine and eventually a series of other improvements, transit officials said.
The platform is expected to be ready by the time Sounder service begins, possibly as soon as Dec. 22.
Everett
Hearing on new cellphone tower
Everett Hearing Examiner James Driscoll on Thursday will review a request by Sprint PCS to install a cellphone tower in the parking lot of the Buzz Inn at 9910 Evergreen Way.
Sprint is planning a 90-foot-tall tower and a 240-square-foot equipment building.
The public meeting will be at 11 a.m. in the planning-community development hearing room on the eighth floor of the Wall Street Building, 2930 Wetmore Ave.
Island County
Habitat class
registration open
Friends of Camano Island Parks and the National Wildlife Federation are sponsoring a Backyard Wildlife Habitat training course.
The class helps people be environmental stewards in their own yards. The training includes 25 hours of study. Materials are provided by a grant from the Stanwood Camano Area Foundation.
The registration deadline is Dec. 31, and space is limited. Monthly classes and field trips begin in January and end in May. Classes will meet 6:30-8:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month at Camano Center, 141 N. East Camano Drive. Field trips are planned for 8:30-11:30 a.m. the following Saturdays.
For more information or to register, call 360-387-2236 or e-mail camanobwh@yahoo.com.
Lake Stevens
Lions Club
honors vet
The Lions Club plans to honor Gunnery Sgt. Carter Wolbaum and his family at the club’s Christmas party today.
The club has designated Wolbaum a “hometown hero.”
He returned from Kuwait in July after being recalled with his U.S. Marine Corps Reserve unit to serve in the initial assault at the beginning of the Iraq war. He also was in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm 13 years ago.
Lynnwood
City to consider
a walking bridge
The Lynnwood City Council approved a consultant contract for just more than $100,000 for the I-5 and 196th Street SW Pedestrian Bridge Project.
The project was planned as one of the final phases of the I-5/196th Street Interchange project. There is no pedestrian access provided along 196th Street SW over I-5 because sidewalks would conflict with the new free-flowing I-5 offramps.
Magnusson Klemencic Associates, a structural and civil engineering design firm, was selected to oversee the project.
Marysville
Fire district board meets Wednesday
The Marysville Fire District Board meets at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Public Safety Center, 1635 Grove St.
The meeting is open to the public.
Mill Creek
Council cancels Dec. 23 meeting
The Mill Creek City Council has canceled its Dec. 23 meeting because of the Christmas holiday.
There will be a special meeting at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday to approve previous meeting minutes and consider authorizing the city manager to execute a purchase and sale, and option agreements for properties within Town Center.
The council’s next regular meeting is Jan. 6. At that meeting, Mark Bond will be sworn in as the newest council member, and a new mayor and mayor pro-tem will be selected.
Monroe
Council to vote
on budget
The Monroe City Council will look to pass 2004’s proposed $28 million city budget at its meeting at 7 tonight.
Also on the agenda is final action on a resolution to limit the areas where sexually oriented businesses can open in the city.
The council will meet at City Hall, 806 W. Main St.
For more information or a meeting agenda, visit www.ci.monroe.wa.us.
Mountlake Terrace
Kids’ all-nighter on New Year’s
The Mountlake Terrace Recreation Department is hosting a New Year’s overnight event for children 7 to 11 years old at the city’s Recreation Pavilion, 5303 228th St. SW.
The overnight event is from Dec. 31 at 8:15 p.m. to the following morning at 9. Children can ring in the new year with friends by swimming, playing games, watching movies, making noisemakers, painting and drawing.
Cost is $24 for Mountlake Terrace residents and $26 for nonresidents. Participants are encouraged to register early, as space is limited. For more information, call 425-776-9173.
Mukilteo
Meet area artists at Point Elliot
The Point Elliot Art Center Gallery and MukArt, a local coalition of artists, are hosting a holiday “Meet the Artists” event 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the Point Elliot Art Center.
A sample of the artists will range from abstract pastel artist Bob Bengtsson to Cate Longacre, who is an oils painter in Russian impressionistic style, to glass artist Ryan Mellinger. Admission is free; refreshments will be served.
The center is located at 724 First St, Old Town Mukilteo. Call 425-347-8480 for more information.
Snohomish
Parks board gets new member
The City Council appointed resident James McAllister to the Parks and Recreation Board.
McAllister will replace Bob Heirman, whose term ended in November.
Stanwood
Collins, contract on city agenda
The City Council has scheduled its first reading for the 74-acre Collins annexation at its regular meeting 7 p.m. Thursday at City Hall, 10220 270th St. NW.
The council and the Planning Commission have already had public hearings about the proposal. The annexation is ready to get an official council vote Jan. 5.
Earlier attempts to annex a much bigger portion of the Cedarhome neighborhood were resisted by residents, but this scaled-down version has been better received.
Also on the agenda, City Councilmen Andy Chappel, Herb Kuhnly and Gil Powell will be sworn in.
At the end of the meeting, an executive session is planned to discuss a collective bargaining agreement. The council will reconvene and vote on whether to authorize a new contract with the Teamsters union, which represents the city’s administrative employees.
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