The Herald is to be complemented presenting the facts of this project without commentary (“County Council dismisses appeal over Cathcart Crossing,” The Herald, Oct. 13). However, as a resident of Snohomish County, I find this action by the county to be disappointing. The county did make the development plans available, but, missing in this analysis
Is their care for or the insufficiency of care for the residents they serve. To hide behind protocol or past practice, in the absence of full county transparency militates against equitable access to the county processes to the disaffected residents who the county officers are sworn to represent.
Having been left out of the info-processes by intent or accident should never close the door to a fair hearing of resident’s concerns in order that misconceptions or misinformation may be addressed. The county serves the tax-paying residents in stewardship of resident’s interests, not just those interests of developers, and county building and lands management goals for growth.
Bothell community development has shown the long-term vision of diverse development that emphasizes livability, not just developer bottom lines to address only housing at the expense of the community at large. Snohomish County should back off this Cathcart development, reconsider past promises and look to meeting diverse needs for community, not singular high-density living quarters such as being built around Smokey Point. Clearly, the Snohomish County
Development plans for Arlington, Marysville and Smokey Point failed to plan ahead for development of shopping, roads, and community infrastructure. Highway 9 is a mess and so too is 172nd Street, and not too far behind and failing fast is the Arlington-I-5 access mess caused by development without sufficient foresight and advance infrastructure build out.
Sam Bess
Stanwood
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