The SaveBothell movement is another example of folks getting together to have a say in how the community should reflect its values. The voices of those who disagree with overbuilt incompatible development and wholesale clear-cutting of construction sites require a role in decision making. Please review the recent SaveBothell update. As you can see the right to be heard  is extraordinarily expensive.  $1500 for this and $1500 for that. Whose idea was that?  SaveBothell needs your help. If you want, make a donation and let our elected people know what you think.

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Today SaveBothell and the Eastglen Homeowners Association filed a second appeal of the Northpoint Apartment’s Administrative Site Plan.  The Northpoint project is located at 1010—228th Street SW, at the old Fruhling Grave Mine site across the street from the Kenmore Gun Club. 

If you are keeping score, this is the second appeal we have had to file with the County, because the County is sitting on our first appeal of Northpoint’s SEPA Determination of Non-Significance.  This has required SaveBothell to incur an additional $1,500 filing fee in addition to attorney costs associated with filing a second appeal.

This is intentional of course, because the County wants to bleed us dry so we cannot continue our fight against this inappropriate development that will create 544 apartment units, without adequate public transportation and water quality control.

On April 3, 2024, PDS issued a Drainage Modification that essentially relieved Northpoint from its obligation to protect the adjacent wetland.  This forced SaveBothell and Eastglen HOA to file a LUPA petition in Snohomish County Superior Court because the County’s code explicitly prohibits the Hearing Examiner from ruling on any PDS Drainage Modification.  Unfortunately, Judge Millie Judge would not rule on our LUPA petition before the County’s Hearing Examiner had ruled on the Drainage Modification, even though the code is clear that Hearing Examiner cannot alter a Drainage Modification.  Yet, had we not filed in Superior Court,  both the County and Northpoint would have argued that a future LUPA petition would not have been timely to establish standing.  This is a Catch-22 if ever there was one!

SaveBothell is in desperate need of additional money to continue the fight against this corrupt development.

If you would like to help, please consider making a generous donation to SaveBothell at https://savebothell.com/ to help us with our legal expenses.  Professional engineering services are being provided by Lider Engineering, pro bono.

Thank you for your support!