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Volunteers clean up at Allen Creek BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
SPORTS: M-P scores 4 goals in 12 minutes on way to victory over Arlington. Page 7
SPORTS: Lakewood
opens league play with drubbing of Coupeville. Page 7
INDEX CLASSIFIED ADS 12-15 5, 8 & 10 LEGALS 6 OBITUARIES 4 OPINION 7-9 SPORTS 10-11 WORSHIP
Vol. 118, No. 32
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From left, Allen Creek Elementary students Garrett and Parker Devereux paint doors on the east side of the school’s main building Sept. 18.
MARYSVILLE — Fewer volunteers turned out for the third phase of the Allen Creek Elementary beautification project Sept. 18, but those who did show up were glad to be there. “I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little disappointed,” said Kimberly DeLap, former president of the Allen Creek Elementary PTSA, who’s thrown on her work clothes for all three phases of the project. “In August of last year, we had 65 volunteers. In May of this year, we had 38 volunteers. Today, including children, we’ll have about 15 volunteers.” DeLap and Allen Creek Elementary Principal John Waldrop agreed that gray skies earlier that morning might have scared some volunteers away from what turned out to be a sunny day, while DeLap added that frustrations rooted in the SEE VOLUNTEERS, PAGE 6
Council approves LID for 156th St. overpass BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville City Council voted unanimously Sept. 20 to approve the formation of a Local Improvement District to help fund the construction of an overpass at 156th Street NE, but the citizens who testified during the Council’s public hearing were far more divided in their opinions. Bond counsel Hugh Spitzer explained that, as part of LIDs, property owners whose property
values increase as a direct result of public improvements pay special assessments to help fund those public improvements. He added that property owners could pay these special assessments over the course of 20 years, plus a relatively low rate of interest. Shawn Smith, project manager for the city of Marysville, elaborated that city officials have received petitions from 64 percent of property owners in the Smokey Point and Twin Lakes areas based on acreage,
and 51 percent based on property assessment, requesting the formation of such a LID to pay for the overpass. The proposed LID’s 1,587 acres would cover the railroad tracks on the west side of I-5 and be bounded by 58th Avenue on the east side of I-5, with a northern boundary roughly along 164th Street NE and a southern boundary reaching down to 140th Street NE on the east side of I-5. Most of the property owners in that area who testified Sept.
20 expressed support for an overpass, but many of those nonetheless voiced concerns about forming a LID to fund it. “It’s been a long time coming,” said Joel Hylback, a Smokey Point property owner. “Nothing is perfect, and it’s not an easy decision, but I’d urge you to move forward on this.” “The timing is right,” said fellow Smokey Point property owner Butch Kvamme, who described the SEE LID, PAGE 3
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