Our Towns

The Arlington Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing at 7 tonight at the Arlington Boys and Girls Club, 18513 59th Ave. NE, on a proposal to amend parts of a recent overhaul of the city’s land-use code.

Planning Manager Cliff Strong said the main substantive change would be reverting to the previous code’s rules regarding how much impervious surface (roof space and pavement) is allowed for each lot of a new single-family residence.

The new code sets an impervious surface limit at 40 percent of the lot, but city staff is proposing to revert to the old code’s 35 percent. The old code turned out to be less restrictive because it only counted roof space and not pavement.

The new code forced builders toward smaller-than-planned houses, Strong said. The City Council is scheduled to hear the issue Nov. 17.

Edmonds

Minor changes

to ferry schedule

State ferries on Monday began operating a three-vessel schedule on the Edmonds-Kingston route while the M/V Puyallup goes to Todd Shipyard in Seattle for its Coast Guard-mandated dry-docking.

The M/V Chelan, a 130-car Issaquah-class ferry, and the M/V Quinault, a 75-car ferry, will replace the 218-car Puyallup for about three weeks.

The Chelan will operate on the Puyallup’s normal schedule and the Quinault will follow about 10 minutes later to pick up overload traffic until 8:30 each night.

The M/V Walla Walla, which would normally fill in for the Puyallup, has been undergoing maintenance for six months and will not return to service for several more weeks.

Everett

Home may be

a historic place

A single-family home at 2125 Virginia St. could be placed on the Everett Register of Historic Places.

A public hearing of the Everett Historical Commission will take place to make a recommendation to the City Council.

The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. Nov. 12 on the eighth floor of the Wall Street Building, 2930 Wetmore Ave., in Everett.

For more information, call Ross Johnson at 425-257-7185 or Jan Meston at 425-257-7164.

Island County

Haugen to speak to Camano Dems

State Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen will be the guest speaker at the Camano Stanwood Democratic Club’s meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Camano Annex Health Center, 127 N. East Camano Drive.

Haugen is expected to talk about transportation plans regarding expanding the interchange at the Highway 532 exit of I-5.

Lake Stevens

Library hosts Family Story Time

Children’s hour is a time for families to share a story and songs for the “bedtime bunch” Wednesday at the Lake Stevens Library’s Family Story Time. The program for all ages is at 7 p.m. at the library, 1804 Main St.

Lynnwood

Input sought

for activity center

The Lynnwood Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department is hosting a public workshop to begin planning for a new community center and improvements to the existing Recreation Center.

Community input is needed at the meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Lynnwood City Council Chambers, 19100 44th Ave. W.

Recreation Center renovations will focus on improvements to the swimming pool, and plans for a new community center may include classrooms, a multipurpose space, a teen center and a senior center.

For more information about the project, visit the city’s Web site: www.ci.lynnwood.wa.us.

Marysville

Clinic for parents of youth athletes

The city Parks and Recreation Department is offering a clinic from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 15 for parents of youth league athletes. Parents can also join the Parents Association for Youth Sports.

The association is for parents involved in out-of-school youth sports and educates and motivates youth league parents to make their child’s sports experience a safe and meaningful one. Parents become association members by attending the 30-minute clinic.

At the clinic, parents view a training video, participate in discussion with other parents, and sign the Parent’s Code of Ethics pledge. A new clinic will begin on the hour starting at 9 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m. on Nov. 15. The cost is $5 per couple, and the clinic will be at Cedarcrest School, 6400 88th St. NE.

Registration is required; call the parks office at 360-651-5085.

Mill Creek

Council session canceled tonight

Today’s City Council study session is canceled because of the election. The next council meeting will be next Tuesday. At that meeting, the council has scheduled a public hearing on the city’s six-year transportation plan.

Monroe

Pollution found

in water system

Contaminants have been found in the city’s drinking water.

The most-recent tests show no contamination, but earlier in October a problem was found, so corrective action will be taken, a city news release says.

Once the source of the problem is identified and corrected, the Public Works Department will flush all affected water lines to remove remaining contamination.

The state Department of Health ordered the work.

For more information, call public works at 360-863-4502.

Mukilteo

‘White Teeth’ library book topic

The book “White Teeth” by Zadie Smith will be the discussion item when the Mukilteo Library’s Daytime Book Club meets from 10-11:30 a.m. today.

Call 425-493-8202 for more information. The library is located at 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd., Mukilteo.

Silvana

Election delays bridge repairs

Snohomish County has delayed the second phase of a bridge repair on Pioneer Highway by one day to accommodate today’s elections.

The county plans to widen the Thomsen Slough bridge 1.3 miles east of Silvana by about 10 feet. The project will close Silvana’s main access from the east for most of the rest of the month, starting Wednesday. The detour route north on I-5 to 236th Street NW will be posted.

For more information, call Chuck Seylor at 425-388-3488, extension 4225.

Snohomish

Council agenda busy Wednesday

The Snohomish City Council will discuss its 2004 Capital Facility Plan at a special meeting starting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The budget workshop will be in the George Gilbertson Boardroom, 1601 Ave. D.

The city manager’s recommended budget calls for more than $9 million to be spent on capital projects next year, and $22 million in the next six years. Projects include streets, parks, community facilities, water distribution, water treatment, wastewater collection, wastewater treatment, sidewalks and paths and surface water.

The meeting was rescheduled from Oct. 21.

The regular council meeting will follow at 7.

Public hearings will take place on the property tax levy, the budget and a utility rate increase. The lone action item is a proposed lease with Arts of Snohomish for the Carnegie Building. Also planned are the skate park report and the mayor’s reappointment of Jim Price to the Parks and Recreation Board.