May 26, 2010
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legally vote formally, the council had scheduled the informal advisory vote to run alongside the vote by unincorporated area residents. Snohomish County Fire District 1’s union, Local 1997, sued the city last year, saying the Boundary Review Board’s decision to approve annexation wasn’t fair since the voting panel included a former Mukilteo councilmember who had also voted in favor of annexation while on the council. The council canceled the advisory vote, reasoning that the feedback would be outdated by the time the formal poll of potential residents was back on the ballot. However, councilmembers clearly heard current residents’ frustration last year of so little effort being made to keep them in the loop, and said they plan to hold several open houses in coming months, reaching out to Mukilteo as enthusiastically as they did the target area’s residents. Residents in the target annexation area emphasized that FD1 provides quality EMS, but said the district’s union’s priority right now (in opposing annexation) is not public safety. “I have so much respect
for FD1; they saved my husband’s life, and our house,” Lori Home told the council. “But I don’t think their local (union local 1997) has my best interests, my children’s best interest at heart.” Ross Haddow was even harsher, saying the union’s opposition is “totally political.” “Frankly, the way they treated (Marine and city administrator Joe Hannan), they should get rid of the top people in the union,” he said. Local 1997 Vice President Thad Hovis said it would be difficult to comment specifically when no one from his union was present. “It’s nice to hear FD1’s services spoken highly of,” he said. “The reasons for IAFF Local 1997’s and FD1’s objection to Mukilteo’s last attempt at annexation were well documented.” Mukilteo has since ramped up both its police and fire service. While annexation may have been one catalyst, Marine said the higher service levels were in the plans all along and are here to stay regardless of annexation. This time around, proponents in the target area also spoke two phrases dear to many Mukilteans’ hearts – “controlling development” and “opposing passenger air service at Paine Field.” Home criticized the “wild
West” development practices in unincorporated county areas and advised the council to annex now, so it can control what happens. “If you don’t annex soon, the development won’t be attractive to your city once you do,” she said. Mark Fussell said he and his neighbors testified at Paine Field’s public hearing at Kamiak in the spring, and pointed to the sense of camaraderie between current and potential Mukilteo residents. “We all have a stake in this,” he said. “We shop in your businesses, share your roads, and the jets fly over my house just like everyone else’s.” Navicky, speaking on behalf of senior housing manufactured home complex Carriage Club Estates, vowed to oppose annexation rigor-
ously, unless and until Mukilteo City Council can make the same assurance the county did in protecting her home. Many residents are 80 and older, she said, and moving would be a hardship, if not impossible, both physically and financially. Last year the county created a zone for manufactured homes that requires owners of such properties to give tenants at least one year’s notice before having to relocate. Right now, the city’s hands are tied since the property isn’t yet in Mukilteo. However, councilmembers who spoke Monday support protecting the seniors as much as possible under the law – including proactively seeking a benevolent organization to purchase the property.
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