ISC Speedway Proposal Title Page

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Presented by Mayor Dennis L. Kendall
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Focus on Partnerships
Marysville School District

• District opened newest grade school, Grove
  Elementary, on previous City-owned Marysville
  Community Campus site.
• Making school buildings and sports fields
  available for continued community use.
• Key partners - Marysville Healthy Communities
  Project.

Marysville-Getchell High School Conceptual

• Marysville Getchell High School permitting,
  utilities, 88th St. (Ingraham Boulevard)
  Extension.
• Purchase agreement for City to buy 10th Street
  School property on Beach Ave. and Rudy Wright
  Memorial/Cedar Field, which would become a City
  park.

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Focus on Partnerships
Marysville Fire District

• New Station 66 serving Sunnyside/Whiskey Ridge
  area residents.
• City has cooperated with Fire District to provide
  permitting, construction inspection and other
  services to help district keep on time, on budget.

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Focus on Partnerships
Community Transit

• New Park and Ride at Cedar Avenue and Grove
  Street, adding much-needed capacity.
• 200 parking spaces and boarding platforms for 3
  buses, serving commuter routes, nearby transfer
  stops.
• Construction to start in spring 2009.
• Funded through local and federal tax dollars.

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Focus on Partnerships
Community Transit
Grove and Cedar Park Ride
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Focus on Partnerships
Greater Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce

• Important partner in the economic vitality and
  successes shared by Marysville and Tulalip
  Tribes.
• Tourism promotion.
• Entrepreneurial and business development
  opportunities promotion.
• Military Family Friendly Employment Partnership
  Initiative.

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Focus on Partnerships
Tulalip Tribes

• City of Marysville and Tulalip Tribes signed a
  historic accord in 2007. The broad government to
  government alliance agreement declares our
  mutual respect and status as equal governments,
  while formally acknowledging levels of
  cooperation and collaboration. Marysville and
  Tulalip have worked side by side to bring the UW
  North Branch Campus to the Smokey Point site.

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Achievements in 2008 - Transportation

• SR 528 (Fourth Street) road improvements and
  re-signalization project from 47th to 67th
  Avenue. Projected completed in August.
• State Avenue improvement project from 136th to
  152nd widens Smokey Point Blvd. from 2 to 5
  lanes adds sidewalks, decorative lighting, 152nd
  signal.
• Completed an aggressive 1 million asphalt
  overlay and annual road maintenance program for
  improvements to City roads in various states of
  disrepair.

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Achievements in 2008

• Restructuring under Police Chief Rick Smith added
  2 Lieutenant and 4 Sergeant positions.
• Formed the ProAct (Pro-active) Team.
• Established Crime Analysis Unit, using more GIS
  mapping, other techniques to track criminal
  activity.
• Graffiti Task Force education, enforcement and
  cleanup, online reporting form have led to
  arrests
• 50 reduction in graffiti occurrences.

Report Graffiti Online
Marysvillewa.gov/ Graffiti.aspx
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Achievements in 2008 Municipal Court

• Municipal Judge post became full-time position in
  June.
• Total filings 12,790 compared to 11,988 in 2007
  - a 7 increase.
• Hired 2 new prosecutors and administrative
  assistant to form prosecution team.

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Achievements in 2008 City Budget

• Adopted balanced 140.7 million City Budget for
  2009
• 33.5 million General Fund for basic services
• 8 General Fund Reserve
• No layoffs
• Earned upgrade on Marysville utility revenue
  bonds to AA by SP Ratings Services.

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Achievements in 2008 Parks

• Installed comprehensive drainage system for
  soccer fields at Strawberry Fields Athletic
  Complex.
• Completed improvements to parking lot, sidewalk
  system at Jennings Park.
• Opened Strawberry Fields for Rover Off-Leash
  Park.
• Serve Day brought together churches, City Parks
  and Recreation, school district and other
  volunteers to beautify Asbery Field downtown at
  4th Alder.

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Achievements Healthy Communities

• Pursuing development of Bayview/Whiskey Ridge
  Trail, a 1.6-mile trail in the Citys eastside
  foothills.
• Installed bike lanes along Grove Street and Armar
  Road.
• Hosted nationally-acclaimed walking expert to
  help City policymakers and planners to consider
  pedestrian/car alternatives.
• Free Walking Wednesdays at M-PHS Track, Friday
  Family Swim Nights.

• Pursuing Community Garden pilot site.
• Coming soon 4-mile Jennings Loop walk, with
  fitness stations at Hickok Park, Jennings
  Mem./Nature Park, etc.

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5 Initiatives to Watch in 2009 - 1
UW North Sound Branch Campus

• Lobbying lawmakers in Olympia that the
  Marysville/Smokey Point location is the best
  choice to serve students in Snohomish, Island,
  Skagit.

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51st Avenue
Smokey Point Blvd
Conceptual drawing of campus at Smokey Point
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5 Initiatives to Watch in 2009

• City supporting legislation that commits to
  putting a UW branch campus or four-year
  institution in Snohomish County north of the
  river.

UW Branch Campus Artist Rendering
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5 Initiatives to Watch in 2009 - 2
Central Marysville Annexation

• Annexing areas in Marysville Urban Growth Area
  (UGA) all at once would let city keep more sales
  tax money.
• State sales tax rebate law aimed at annexations
  of 10,000-pop. , 20,000-pop.
• Most areas already served by city utilities.
• 37,060 Population would increase by 20,000.

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5 Initiatives to Watch in 2009 - 3
Marysville Civic Complex

• The Civic Complex would use a public-private
  partnership financing structure to develop a new,
  centralized city administrative campus downtown.
• City hired consultant team to evaluate and select
  a qualified developer site selection, financing
  options.
• Environmentally green building
  LEEDS-certified Gold Standard.
• Complex would be an active gathering place in a
  park-like plaza setting that would better serve
  citizens and staff, while spurring economic
  development downtown.

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5 Initiatives to Watch in 2009 - 4
Downtown and Waterfront Redevelopment

• The process of a master plan redevelopment that
  infuse new life into downtown and the waterfront.
• City Council approved 200,000 contract with
  urban design consultant Makers Inc.
• City leaders are working diligently to attract
  private and public sector investment.
• Redevelopment could transform Marysville
  cityscape with a more park-like,
  pedestrian-friendly feel, blending high-rise
  housing with new retail and office space.
• Marysville received 75,000 state planning grant
  to address infrastructure as part of master
  planning.
• Citizen and business input will be important.

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5 Initiatives to Watch in 2009 - 5
Smokey Point Master Plan

• Policy document to guide overall development of a
  light commercial/industrial park in the northeast
  portion of the City.
• The plan will provide design and development
  guidelines for future economic development
  activity that will one day provide 10,000
  family-supporting jobs.
• The plan also incorporates restoration and
  enhancement alternatives for Edgecomb Creek, a
  street network plan, and conceptual storm water
  system. Discussions with landowners underway.

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5 Initiatives to Watch in 2009
Smokey Point Master Plan
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Transportation Stimulus Package

• State Avenue 116th to 136th 2.5 million -
  90 design complete.
• Ingraham Boulevard - 4.3 million 68th Ave. to
  74th Drive NE, vital to Marysville-Getchell High
  School Project and moving traffic between I-5 to
  SR 9 90 design complete.
• 116th Street/I-5 Interchange bridge replacement -
  58 million.
• Lakewood Triangle Access/156th Street
  Overcrossing - 16.4.

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Questions?
Presented by Mayor Dennis L. Kendall