Those of us who have been following the exploits of Snohomish County's handling of Wellington Hills Park are always braced for their actions and surprises.
So, when we found out a non-County tree service was going to access the Park...
let's just say, we were deeply concerned.
Here's the set-up:
A King County resident with house adjacent to the County line, decided to trim and remove trees ON HIS PROPERTY...
For whatever reason, they asked for, and got permission, to allow a tree trim service to use the Park for access to their PRIVATE PROPERTY TREES IN KING COUNTY.
When we got there, the first thing we noticed was that the metal gate at the western part of the park was open ... and a large white truck with no markings was in the parking lot ... and a rental truck pulling a chipper was zipping westward.
The truck and it's trail...
They parked a chipper shredder near the open gate.
We asked the guys in the truck, "What's up?" The lead person replied they spent most of the day getting stuck in the muddy, wet ground... apparently someone from the County had told them how to drive through the park to the tree trimming location - a house in King County next to the southwest corner of the park.
The rented truck drove away...
Soon followed by the large white truck from the parking lot...
Looking around, it was obvious ... lots of tire tracks, muddy places, aggravated by spinning tires and the searching for solid ground...
Their destination is to the left, the dark woods ... in King County.
To summarize:
Snohomish County gives permission to a non-county tree trimmer to access private property trees IN KING COUNTY... it's important - the trees are not in Snohomish County.
Tree service drives into rain-soaked park, leaves a mess (and will never get a "Tsk, tsk - you shouldn't have done that).
Meanwhile - residents of this community get "eco-blocked" from the park courtesy of SnoCo's Dept. of Parks and their ecology blocks.
P.S.
The trees in question - are all accessible, with a bit of effort, from the private property on NE 204th St. - King County.
Today reminds me of when a Snoco Park Ranger got stuck in park mud and it then taking all day to unstick the truck!
see blog entry
You don't need permission to be angry.
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