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In Edmonds, Everett and Mukilteo city governments, no one’s talking about rewriting building codes to keep people safe from landslides, but public works and building officials are looking at how to keep people better informed. “There’s really a heightened interest in that whole topic,” Edmonds public works director Phil Williams said. Edmonds has scheduled a talk by geotechnical engineer as part of the regular City Council meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Williams said. The talk is to focus, in part, on a section of north Edmonds where the city long ago imposed stricter building rules because of landslide dangers.
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County Council members discovered how widespread landslide areas are earlier this week. They were considering a moratorium on residential construction within a half mile of landslide hazards identified by the state. They changed tack after a map revealed that a halfmile buffer would stop home building on almost all of the county’s developed — and developable — land. Washington state since the 1990s has required cities to identify geologically hazardous areas.
Everett has landslide problem spots between downtown and Mukilteo as well as along the ridge that includes the Valley View neighborhood where houses are already falling down the hillside, and Lowell-Larimer Road. There’s also an unstable bluff bordering the Northwest Neighborhood. Months before the natural disaster in Oso, Everett had planned a May 10 workshop about how people living on or near slopes can help lessen the chances of erosion and slides. The city sent out 2,400 invitations to property owners in danger zones. The state transportation department is leading a working group to try to protect the railroad tracks
between Everett and Ballard. Slides during wet weather have been a nuisance and danger for train traffic along that stretch. The working group, which also includes Burlington Northern Santa Fe and local governments, has $16 million in federal money to try to fix some of the most unstable areas. They’ve completed two projects in Snohomish County and have four more in the queue. Two transportation officials helping to lead the project are scheduled to update the Mukilteo City Council at 7 p.m. Monday, a presentation that’s been in the works for months. Noah Haglund: 425339-3465; nhaglund@ heraldnet.com.
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clothing the naked and visiting the sick. “For us, it was a logical step to take that was consistent with our teaching about the sanctity of every human life,” Sauer said. “We are operating out of our faith and what it tells us to do.” Sauer has and will continue to officiate funeral services for both Catholic and non-Catholics whose lives ended in the slide. The church has budgeted $450,000 for funeral-related expenses with donations pouring in from parishes in Western Washington and from across the country. It has been able to pick up direct costs, but must be judicious with some indirect ones, such as lodging for some out-of-town guests. To date, the church has received bills related to 33 of the people who died in the slide. “We think at this point we will be able to cover them all, paying most everything for everyone,” Sauer said. “We are shepherding this to make sure we have enough for the basic needs of everybody.” The church hopes that by picking up funeral expenses, more money will be available through Federal
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, May 3, the 123rd day of 2014. There are 242 days left in the year. Today’s highlight: On May 3, 1944, U.S. wartime rationing of most grades of meats ended (however, rationing returned by year’s end). On this date: In 1802, Washington, D.C., was incorporated. In 1933, Nellie T. Ross became the first female director of the U.S. Mint. In 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks or members of other racial groups were legally unenforceable. In 1952, the Kentucky Derby was televised nationally for the first time on CBS; the winner was Hill Gail. In 1973, Chicago’s 110story Sears Tower (now the Willis Tower) was topped out after two years of construction, becoming the world’s tallest building for the next 25 years. In 1979, Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher was chosen to become Britain’s first female prime minister
as the Tories ousted the incumbent Labor government in parliamentary elections. In 1984, Michael Dell founded Dell Computer Corp. while a student at the University of Texas in Austin. In 1986, in NASA’s first post-Challenger launch, an unmanned Delta rocket lost power in its main engine shortly after liftoff, forcing safety officers to destroy it by remote control. In 1999, some 70 tornadoes roared across Oklahoma and Kansas, killing 46 people and injuring hundreds. Ten years ago: The U.S. military said it had reprimanded seven officers in the abuse of inmates at Baghdad’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison, the first known punishments in the case; two officers were relieved of their duties. One year ago: Gunmen killed Chaudhry Zulfikar, Pakistan’s lead prosecutor investigating the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, as he drove to court in the capital. Associated Press
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People line up outside Immaculate Conception Church in Arlington on Thursday. Helping victims of the mudslide was “a logical step,” the Rev. Tim Sauer said.
Emergency Management Agency checks to help families get back on their feet. Local churches recognize that recovery will be a long process. Sauer is comforted by the efforts he sees from other churches and stories he hears through the Arlington Ministerial Association. All of the churches have collected money with hopes of helping meet short and
long-term needs of those affected by the Oso slide. “We have really come together to work together. We are all trying to see what we can do,” he said. “Our church is taking care of one of the immediate needs, but there are just a thousand incidental costs that families will discover as time goes on.” Eric Stevick: 425-339-3446; stevick@ heraldnet.com.
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