On July 1, 2021, PDS determined that the Frogal development project (now known as Baxley Ridge) had not “started construction,” because the site was not graded to finish grade by the July 1 NPDES deadline. Frognal/Baxley must now comply with Snohomish County’s 2021 Drainage Manual. Baxley’s engineer Land Technologies, owned by […]
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Please speak at the County Council Zoom meeting, March 24, 2021 at 9:00 am and tell the Council that you oppose this unnecessary and unwise project. You may make a comment of up to 3 minutes before the council. Log into the Zoom meeting and follow their directions to put […]
We are at a critical rallying point to stop the 14th Ave W Extension before the Snohomish County Council starts spending money on the project, and we need you. 1. Send a comment e-mail BEFORE March 24, 2021 to the Snohomish County Council at contact.council@snoco.org opposing Motion 21-090 to extend […]
Learn about the history of the proposed Snohomish County 14th Ave W Extension project, neighborhood impacts, environmental impacts, and what it would do to alleviate traffic pressures (spoiler: not much, if anything). Read Sno-King Watershed Council Board Member Bill Lider’s presentation to the community about the 14th Ave W Extension […]
March 15, 2021 Snohomish County Council Public Works Committee contact.council@snoco.org SUBJECT: Statement Against ECAF #71188: (Proposed Motion #21-090) Right-of-Way Plan for 14th Ave W Extension: 220th St SE to Locust Way; RC1497 UPI #06-0025 The Sno-King Watershed Council (SKWC) expresses its strong opposition to the Public Works proposed right-of-way plan to […]
Snohomish County is proposing to route most of the traffic from Locust Way to 228th St SW through a residential neighborhood. This will bring arterial traffic with increased noise, headlight glare, and greatly increase the risk of accidents. Why? To shave off about 30-seconds of commute time for residents living […]
We need your help! Consider making a donation today! Sno-King Watershed Council is appealing the Subject Planning and Development (PDS) decision to allow differences to be made to the Snow Ridge development site (permit #18*113924-SPA). The current plan is to install 26 residential units on 3.94 acres on 3101 and […]
BAD DEVELOPMENT HALTED On February 18, 2020 Snohomish County Hearing Examiner Peter Camp abruptly halted Sno-King Watershed Council’s (SKWC) appeal hearing of the Snow Ridge Development, to allow the developer time to re-design its project to address landslide hazards missed by Snohomish County in its approval of the project. Snow […]
Frognal Estates, formerly known as Horseman’s Trail, is a proposed single-family subdivision project for 112 lots. It is an assembly of three currently forested parcels totaling 22.34 acres in the Picnic Point neighborhood, an area between Mukilteo and Edmonds. SnoKing Watershed Council (SKCW) represented members in the Picnic Point Creek […]
Stormwater Activism 101 How to Report Construction Stormwater Violations By: William Lider, PE, CESCL Construction Stormwater Runoff: Stormwater runoff from developed commercial and residential sites can carry pollutants that are harmful to our streams and the aquatic organisms that rely on clean water. But developments under construction can generate even […]