We recently spoke to Bob Pemberton, Snohomish County Senior Planner & Project Manager for Horseman’s Trail, and he told us that the EIS process for Horseman’s Trail has begun. He is having biweekly meetings with Merle Ash of Land Technologies, the engineering/consulting firm hired by Horseman’s Trail LLC to get all the permits approved and oversee the proposed 116-home development.

Merle Ash made news recently when he filed his official responses to neighborhood concerns over a proposed housing project in south Everett.
On overcrowding: “Stop breeding and start a campaign of sterilization at birth.”
On climate change: “I thought the Russians had control of our weather.”
This is the man that the developer has hired to manage Horseman’s Trail!

Front-page article: http://www.heraldnet.net/article/20071103/NEWS01/711030057
Merle Ash’s recent comments: http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20071103/NEWS01/711030058
Letters regarding Merle Ash’s dismissive comments:
http://www.heraldnet.net/article/20071107/OPINION02/711070010
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20071106/OPINION02/711060023

We will keep you posted on the progress of the EIS. It will be time very soon for us to begin our own environmental analyis with regards to the extent of grading, the steepness of slopes, the nature of soils, the conversion of forested lands to impervious surfaces and its impact to surface water drainage, the potential for erosion and sedimentation, and the capacity of the downstream drainage system.

Edmonds-Mukilteo Action Committee
www.emactioncommittee.org