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City 1049 State Avenue Marysville, WA 98270 (360) 363-8000 • marysvillewa.gov MAY/JUNE 2015 Look at What’s Happening Around the Marysville Community! CityScene, a community newsletter, is published by the city of Marysville. It contains information on city issues, policies, events and programs. To receive this publication by email, visit marysvillewa.gov and click the NotifyMe button - CityScene newsletter. New gateway signs on SR 529 bridge One of the city’s Economic Development Plan strategies is promotion of Marysville to both visitors and residents alike. Early in 2015, we installed two new Gateway Welcome signs on the north entrance to the SR 529 bridge. Utilizing the city’s gateway logo, the messages Welcome and Come Back Soon were designed on a custom metal frame and installed on a large power transmission pole owned by Snohomish County PUD. The PUD permitted the project several years ago and funds were dedicated his past year to proceed. The sign was constructed and installed by Idaho Signs. New city Facebook page offers more opportunity for interaction If you’re a regular Facebook user, you may have noticed a change to the city’s Facebook page. In early March, the city moved to an upgraded Facebook page with a few more features: www.facebook.com/ MarysvilleWashington. The new page gives residents another way to engage with the city. You can send us private messages, post questions on our Facebook wall, and check out photos and video of city events. We’ll continue to share the latest and greatest city news and information. Marysville installs “green” stations On March 18, Public Works crews installed 10 new recycling stations at locations around Marysville in an effort to reduce recyclable materials thrown in the garbage. The city received a grant to cover the cost of the blue, 24-gallon recycling bins. Four local businesses also volunteered to sponsor downtown recycle stations: • American Family Insurance, 606 State Avenue • Carr’s Hardware, 1514 3rd Street • Loving Stitches, 306 State Avenue • Walgreens, 404 State Avenue ---PAGE BREAK--- Code violation report form now available online If you want to report junk vehicles, illegal dumping, neglected properties or other city code violations, now you can use the city’s new online complaint form. The new online form lets you send information about a potential code violation directly to the city’s code enforcement officer. Access the form directly at http://bit.ly/MvilleCodeForm, or find it on the city website by selecting “I want to” and clicking on “Report code violation.” You can still print out and send in a paper complaint form by visiting the city’s code enforcement page and selecting “Download and print a code complaint form.” Property purchase will help expand Jennings Park Trail system The city of Marysville is in the process of purchasing a key piece of property that will link the Jennings Park Trail system to the future Qwuloolt Trail once it is completed. The property purchased includes 10.13 acres of land located south of the Boulevard Grocery on Sunnyside Boulevard. We will remove several abandoned buildings currently on site to provide public access, parking and trailhead access to the Qwuloolt project. Our Parks Department has been looking for ways to improve connectivity and increase pedestrian trail access to this site for many years. Walkers can cross SR528 at the new light at 53rd Ave NE and reach the southern boundary of the city at Ebey Slough once trail connections take place. Parks Director Jim Ballew requested support from the Snohomish County Conservation Futures grant program and received a grant for the total cost of the property purchase of $240,000. “We applaud the partnership with Snohomish County Parks and thank the County Council for the recognition and funding of this great opportunity,” Ballew said. First Week of May is Juror Appreciation Week The Judges in the Marysville Municipal Court have proclaimed May 4-8 as “Juror Appreciation Week.” The judges and court staff would like to thank city residents who have served as jurors in the Marysville Municipal Court. The right to a trial by a jury of our fellow citizens is one of our most important and cherished constitutional rights. By serving on a jury, or even by being an unselected member of the jury panel, you are helping to guarantee one of our most important freedoms. Jury service is often done at considerable personal sacrifice and expense, or at least some inconvenience. The Court sincerely appreciates your time and effort and hopes that you have found your experience as a juror to be interesting and rewarding. The vitality of the judicial system, like other branches of our government, depends upon public understanding, acceptance and active participation. ---PAGE BREAK--- Meetings subject to rescheduling or cancellation. For most current info, contact the City Clerk’s Office at (360) 363-8077, email [EMAIL REDACTED], or visit us at marysvillewa.gov. May 2 - Fishing Derby, 8 to 11 a.m., Kiwanis Pond at Jennings Park May 4 - Council work session, 7 p.m. at City Hall May 11 - Council meeting, 7 p.m. at City Hall May 12 - Planning Commission meeting, 7 to 9 p.m. at City Hall May 13 - Parks Advisory board meeting, 7 p.m. at Jennings Park barn May 14 - Library board meeting, 4 p.m. at the Library May 14 - Hearing Examiner meeting (tentative), 7 to 9 p.m. at City Hall May 18 - Diversity Advisory Committee, 3:30 p.m. at City Hall May 20 - Fire District Board meeting, 7 p.m. at Station 62, Shoultes May 23 - Spray Park opening, 11 a.m. Comeford Spray Park, 4th & State May 25 - Council meeting, 7 p.m. at City Hall May 26 - Planning Commission meeting, 7 to 9 p.m. at City Hall May 28 - Hearing Examiner meeting (tentative), 7 to 9 p.m. at City Hall June 1 - Council work session, 7 p.m. at City Hall June 6 - Challenge Day, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Allen Creek Elementary School June 8 - Council meeting, 7 p.m. at City Hall June 9 - Planning Commission meeting, 7 to 9 p.m. at City Hall June 11 - Hearing Examiner meeting (tentative), 7 to 9 p.m. at City Hall June 13-21 - Strawberry Festival and Grand Parade, various times/locations; see www.maryfest.org June 15 - Diversity Advisory Committee, 3:30 p.m. at City Hall June 17 - Fire District Board meeting, 7 p.m. at Station 62, Shoultes June 22 - Council meeting, 7 p.m. at City Hall June 23 - Planning Commission meeting, 7 to 9 p.m. at City Hall June 25 - Hearing Examiner meeting (tentative), 7 to 9 p.m. at City Hall CALENDAR - May & June City to begin widening State Avenue this spring Spanning some seven miles from north to south, State Avenue has long been one of Marysville’s busiest roadways, carrying more than 21,000 vehicles per day. This spring, we will begin construction on a long-awaited project– widening the segment of State between 116th Street NE and 136th Street NE from three lanes to five. Other elements include installation of sidewalk on the east side of the road, improvements to the “Arlington Spur” railroad crossing, and an upgrade of the traffic signal at 128th Street NE. Public Works staff anticipate that construction will be complete by approximately year’s end. This project is the fourth targeted investment in the past 12 years along the State Avenue/Smokey Point Boulevard corridor. The corridor is a focus of city leaders because it serves such a high percentage of city traffic. Since 2003, the city has successfully completed three major improvement projects along the corridor – reaching from the central business district in the south to 152nd Street NE in the north. Totaling $30 million, these past investments have increased vehicle-carrying capacity (“throughput”); reduced the potential for collisions by installing traffic signals, roadway illumination, and pedestrian improvements; and beautified the corridor with “streetscape” improvements such as roadside landscaping and decorative poles/lighting fixtures. Visit marysvillewa.gov and click “Notify Me,” then select “local traffic alerts and road closures.” ---PAGE BREAK--- City of Marysville • 1049 State Avenue • Marysville, WA 98270 • (360) 363-8000 • marysvillewa.gov CITY CONTACT INFO Mayor Jon Nehring (425) 346-9472 • [EMAIL REDACTED] Council President Jeff Vaughan (360) 651-0805 • [EMAIL REDACTED] Councilmember Donna Wright (360) 659-7027 • [EMAIL REDACTED] Councilmember Jeff Seibert (360) 659-2226 • [EMAIL REDACTED] Councilmember Michael Stevens (425) 530-5646 • [EMAIL REDACTED] Councilmember Rob Toyer (425) 760-9471 • [EMAIL REDACTED] Councilmember Stephen Muller (360) 657-4844 • [EMAIL REDACTED] Councilmember Kamille Norton (360) 657-3496 • [EMAIL REDACTED] Gloria Hirashima, Chief Administrative Officer & Community Development Director (360) 363-8000 • [EMAIL REDACTED] Chief Rick Smith, Chief of Police (360) 363-8300 Kevin Nielsen, Public Works Director (360) 363-8100 • [EMAIL REDACTED] Jim Ballew, Parks and Recreation Director (360) 363-8400 • [EMAIL REDACTED] Sandy Langdon, Finance Director (360) 363-8000 • [EMAIL REDACTED] Wastewater plant tests green alternative to chemical treatment The City’s Wastewater Treatment Plant had the opportunity to work with GE/Zenon during the summer and fall of 2014 to run a pilot test using GE’s Membrane Filtration technology to treat the plant’s effluent water (liquid waste) prior to the water being discharged to outfall. The goal of the pilot test process was to determine if the technology would be effective in removing algae from the plant effluent, reducing chemical costs associated with effluent filtration, and whether it had the ability to provide Class A reclaimed water that could be reused for other purposes in the future. The pilot test proved successful and the city will be looking at the possibility of using membrane technology in future plant upgrades. School District, Tribes and city launch recovery website Launched in late February, the Marysville/Tulalip recovery website www.mtunited.org gives stakeholders across the Marysville and Tulalip communities a place to find information about the ongoing healing and recovery efforts. A regularly updated meeting and events calendar shows upcoming community events and trainings, and a dedicated resource page provides links to mental health services, the Volunteers of America Crisis line, the Marysville- Pilchuck High School recovery fund and more. Workshop offered on how to recognize suicidal thoughts, resources to help Do you know how to recognize people showing signs of suicidal thoughts? On May 2, a half-day safeTALK workshop will teach you how to recognize people with thoughts of suicide and to connect them to suicide first aid resources. You’ll learn a carefully crafted set of helping steps and creative educational processes that will enable you to leave safeTALK willing and able to be suicide alert helpers. Taught by Pat Morris, MPHC Senior Director of Behavioral Health of Volunteers of America Western Washington. Course costs $10 and runs 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 2. Register online: www.marysvillewa.gov search “ePlay.” Course #14143