Early-bird special
Due to the primary election on Tuesday, Sept. 20, the regular meeting of the Edmonds City Council will be at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19.
On the council agenda is continuation of a public hearing on a zoning text amendment regarding height in the proposed Master Planned Office-Residential Zone. The new zone would apply to areas that represent a transition between business and residential areas.
More council discussion on the public/private partnership developer Bob Gregg has proposed to give downtown Edmonds, literally, a new lease on life also will take place Sept. 19.
Brushed aside
Looks as if folks would rather dawdle than doodle along the waterfront promenade at the Port of Edmonds.
A call for seaside artists-in-action this summer was answered by only one fine artist and she didn’t last long, according to folks at the port. The hope was that live demonstrations of artists at work would add to the showiness of the Technicolor blockbuster Mother Nature unveils daily on the shores of Puget Sound.
Come next summer the port expects to try the artists-in-action program again, perhaps with better results due to the new public plaza that will be in place by then.
Not for profit
The four-hour sale of surplus furniture from the former Puget Sound Christian College and new home of Edmonds Center for the Arts Sept. 9 gave the term “non-profit” a whole new meaning.
Three sticks of furniture sold, enriching arts-center coffers by a grand total of 16 bucks, according to Cindi Cruz of the Edmonds Department of Community Services. Deduct the price of the required legal notice and you’re left with enough change for a soda to sip on a wooden church pew that was a steal at $5.
Fast company
New tenant-improvement categories for business owners should drastically reduce the wait times at the city’s permit counter on the second floor of City Hall.
Until the change in late August, there was a single category and a three-to-seven-week review time, regardless of project size. Now there are three categories: five days for very small projects, 10 days for medium-sized ones and 15 days for involved projects.
Streamlining was achieved by making tenant-improvement applications a higher priority and refiguring how the workload should be divided, according to building official Jeannine Graf. A committee of city staff involved with public works, public safety, economic development and development services came up with the improvements.
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