Everett Daily Herald, July 01, 2015

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Firefighters continue to put out hot spots along I-5 south near Dagmar’s Marina on Tuesday afternoon. Traffic was severely backed up in both directions at various times as several fires flared up from Everett to near the Skagit County line. Authorities say arson is behind the fires.

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MARYSVILLE — Arson is blamed for a rash of brush fires that stretched from Dagmars Marina in north Everett to Skagit County along I-5 on Tuesday afternoon, tying up traffic for miles. Parched brown grass made for fast-burning tinder. Firefighters from at least eight departments scrambled to keep up with the

flurry of flames along both sides of the freeway. They prevented the fires from spreading and blinding drivers with smoke. No injuries were reported. The fires all were extinguished by 3:45 p.m. The Washington State Patrol was looking for two men a Snohomish County sheriff ’s deputy said he spotted north of

Stanwood apparently attempting to start a fire with a road flare. The deputy said the men drove off before he could confront them. “These people put a lot of lives at risk,” trooper Heather Axtman said. The suspects were in a light-colored Hyundai Sonata. One was believed to be in his 50s, while the other appeared older. Both men had lightcolored hair. Fire investigators from Everett

and elsewhere in Snohomish County were gathering at the scenes, looking for evidence to determine what exactly caused the blazes. “A fingerprint has been located on a flare,” she said. It is being sent to a crime lab for analysis. There were at least 10 separate fires reported along the interstate, including one just past the See ARSON, back page, this section

OLYMPIA — State lawmakers scurried Tuesday to wrap up and go home after a year in which they battled to the brink of a government shutdown, then united on a new budget giving raises to teachers and state workers and a tuition cut for college students. Gov. Jay Inslee was expected to sign the two-year $38.2 billion budget before midnight Tuesday to ensure no state agency is closed or employee sent home when the new fiscal year begins Wednesday. But he was waiting on lawmakers to approve a $3.9 billion capital construction budget and deliver it to him for signing at the same time. The House passed it on a 96-2 vote with Rep. Elizabeth Scott, R-Monroe, casting one of the dissenting votes. The Senate approved it a couple of hours later. In the capital budget, the Marysville School District is eligible to receive up to $7 million to replace the cafeteria at Marysville Pilchuck High School where a deadly shooting occurred in October. “I’m really, really glad we can help the district,” said Rep. Hans See BUDGET, Page A2

Everett closer to a permanent pot ordinance EVERETT — For the first time since the legal marijuana shops opened a year ago, the city of Everett is moving toward a permanent ordinance regulating how and where the new businesses will operate. Everett has been operating under six-month temporary ordinances since November 2013. Since then, three retail stores have opened in the city, but no marijuana production or processing businesses have opened.

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Businesses and residents have been waiting and lobbying the city to adopt a permanent measure. The current ordinance expires July 27. The newest proposal came before the City Council June 24. As recommended by the Planning Commission, the ordinance would loosen a few strictures in place, but tighten others that have drawn some criticism from some others. In an unusual move, however, Mayor Ray Stephanson’s administration is asking the City Council to consider an alternative

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Public hearing A public hearing will be held during the Everett City Council meeting Wednesday, July 8, on a proposed permanent ordinance governing marijuana businesses. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. in the William E. Moore Historic City Hall building, 3002 Wetmore Ave.

that would continue many of the restrictions on the books now.

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The main differences between the new proposal and the current rules are: ■ Allowing producer-processor businesses to open that have more than 2,000 square feet of growing area; ■ Allowing retail sales in the C2-ES zone, which surrounds Everett Station; ■ Allowing production or processing facilities in the Maritime Services zone, but only in a building that straddles the line into the M2 manufacturing zone (a narrow description that includes just one building in the city);

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■ Reducing the separation requirement between producing-processing facilities and residential zones to 500 feet from 1,000 square feet; and ■ Establishing design standards for retail stores. The city’s alternative would maintain most of the current restrictions and add one more: a minimum buffer of 1,000 square feet between each production-processing facility, in order to prevent the clustering of businesses. See POT, back page, this section

Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1946, the U.S. exploded an atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific (Today in History, Page D6). Had the bomb test used a different location, women in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue might be barely wearing their galapagoses.

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