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Ground water issues already exist in neighborhoods SE of Picnic Pt Elem. and this development. Home(s) are sinking, for others soil is vanishing underneath the cement garage floors, etc. The county employee who was sent to review the sinking structures in 2015, has no skills to make a factual statement as to why this is occurring after these structures have been here for decades. Where is the ground water coming from over the last several years to cause this! Could it be all of the building along 148th and 52nd? Homeowners insurance for these properties looks at it as exterior water, therefore home repairs are not covered. Another home near Fisher Rd was totaled when the hillside above it slide on top of it. the homeowner had to file bankruptcy. Ground water, out of sight out of mind till it does damage. Altering the groundwater above, has immense impact to properties that are at a lower elevations and the county allows this to occur. Anyone else wondering what's next?
History has proven that this slide prone area has indeed incurred slides that have affected the ingress/egress of the residents using the roads on Picnic Point Road. In some cases this slides have completely prevented residents from leaving their homes due to there being only one way in and one way out. I would certainly like to understand to counties or the builders plan for the mitigation of this problem.
The fact that all the hot buttons here are being ignored in this case should lead to further investigation. Consider the recent land slides on this gulch road, the wetlands, the salmon bearing stream(including the money already spent to improve the stream habitat) , and the consequences of severely over-stretching the infrastructure. Hmmm. Wonder where the motivation to proceed comes from?
How is a development on a sandstone bluff with a class 1 wetland below even a question? The road infrastructure isn't set up for the population, the elementary school is at capacity, and the location would adversely effect a salmon bearing stream. All that impervious on the bluff adds weight, and runoff to the hill. It is a bad idea.
Lastly, Mukilteo lacks parks on the south end of the city.
From what I understand, the Snohomish Parks and Rec department is interested in securing it as a park- trails, interpretive signs for the flora and fauna, a healthy watershed. Hopefully the county (and perhaps City of Mukilteo?) can get something together if the County Council denies the permits.
Did we learn nothing from the oso slide disaster? Some areas are just to prone to slides to make them reasonable for housing projects no matter how great the view is , and this is one of them .