Spared change
Council groupies, ready your TiVos. Due to the general election Tuesday, Nov. 8, the weekly meeting of the Edmonds City Council has been switched to Monday, Nov. 7.
Preceding the 7 p.m. meeting in the Public Safety Complex will be council committee meetings. The public may listen in but not comment during those sessions.
Thump and grind
When it comes to discussing the ups and downs of designing a skateboard park, the Edmonds Planning Board is on a roll.
The board — which, in Edmonds also serves as the parks-advisory board — has scheduled a public hearing on a proposed skate park in Civic Playfield for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, in the City Council Chambers of the Public Safety Complex. The hearing comes on the heels of an Oct. 26 presentation to the board by an acoustics firm which addressed noise impact of the park and Brian McIntosh, parks and recreation director, who shared findings and recommendations of a citizen’s committee.
Committee suggestions, McIntosh said, include moving the modular park 100 feet south of the originally proposed site and using concrete rather than noisier wood components.
Acoustic experts from The Greenbusch Group concluded “noise levels from this facility will pose very little impact on the community.”
Fit to be WiFied
Ship-to-shore communication gets a makeover next month at the Port of Edmonds marina when Internet access via wireless connections is made available to visiting boaters.
The Port has signed a contract with Broadband Express for service that will cost $60 per month or a portion thereof for less-frequent use, according to Chris Keuss, Port director. The provider also has contracts for WiFi service in other marinas on Puget Sound so boaters with access privileges for one member marina may use them in others.
Back to the drawing board
Cost overruns have temporarily scuttled plans for the waterfront boardwalk plaza the Port of Edmonds planned to build this fall.
The construction estimate ended up $100,000 over the architect’s estimate of $50,000, reported Chris Keuss, Port of Edmonds director. He blamed a change in scope and huge jumps in lumber and concrete costs for the price disparity.
The commissioners will revisit the idea next year.
Roots for the home team
Beneath the serious barrister duds of Edmonds City Attorney Scott Snyder lurks the heart of a prankster.
Snyder showed up at City Hall Halloween Day coiffed in an eye-catching Mohawk, tinted orange to match his tie.
A few days earlier, Development Services Director Duane Bowman good-naturedly sported a spiked and rainbow-tinted ‘do after his department bested others in the amount of United Way pledges amassed.
Have an item for Around Town? Contact Sue Waldburger at 425-673-6525 or e-mail at edmonds@her-aldnet.com.
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