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May 6, 2015 <br /> Dear Everett City Council members: <br /> My husband, Howie Bargreen, and I are filing this appeal today for four <br /> reasons. <br /> 1. We want BNSF to be accountable to the same standards to which <br /> other entities are held, with respect to shoreline management <br /> standards, potential runoff from this project, and other environmental <br /> factors. <br /> 2. We are concerned about the thousand-foot-long, 20-foot-deep <br /> trenches that will be dug across the base of our hill, resulting in possible <br /> destabilization of the bank/hillsides and landslides on our property. <br /> 3. We have not seen any evidence from BNSF of mitigation of the slopes <br /> they want to denude (i.e. any replanting of vegetation to prevent further <br /> runoff), or of protecting the security of our property with respect to the <br /> planned 15-foot-wide road they want to build from Pigeon Creek up to <br /> our property. <br /> 4. Regarding that road: we have had two burglaries/break-ins at our <br /> house that Everett Police have determined were accessed from <br /> downhill, i.e. from the Pigeon Creek area where transients are known to <br /> reside. Giving them a handy access road (see point 3 above) will make <br /> future break-ins much more convenient for them. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Melinda Bargreen <br /> 401 Westmere Drive <br /> Everett, WA 98201-4657 <br /> mbargreenPaol.corn <br /> 425-252-6129 <br />