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Part of an ongoing series of articles focused on Cedar Grove Composting and its effect on the Marysville community.
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Local residents who are fed up with the lack of solu-tions regarding an ongoing odor problem have joined together to file a large lawsuit against Cedar Grove Com-posting, the company they claim is responsible for the “disgusting smell.”
About 350 people are
seeking up to $75,000 each in the two separate lawsuits. 76 plaintiffs from Everett and Marysville filed suit in Snohomish County District Court on Wednesday, at the same time that a similar law-suit listing approximately 280 people in the Maple Val-ley area was filed in King County District Court.
Cedar Grove operates
composting facilities in both areas, and nearby residents have complained for years about “debilitating” odors, which worsen in warm weather, they believe ema-nate from the company’s op-eration.
Company spokesperson Karen Dawson noted that Cedar Grove is in the pro-cess of reviewing the filing
and does not have any com-ments at this time.
Last fall the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (PSCAA) held public forums in the Marysville area to explain an odor study it planned to undertake this year. Instru-ments called “e-noses” were to be installed at several pos-sible odor-producing sites, including Cedar Grove, and volunteers were recruited to identify the source of odors.
Officials from the City of Marysville and the Tulalip Tribes spoke out against the study process, calling it “deeply flawed” primarily because one of Cedar Grove’s current vendors, Odotech, would be responsible for in-stalling, programming and monitoring the e-noses.
“It is my opinion (and many others) that the ‘inde-pendent’ odor study was a complete mistake and gave Cedar Grove a way out of a position where the PSCAA and the Dept. of Ecology had achieved the ability to force them to fix the problem,” said Mike Davis, founder of the activist organization Citizens for a Smell Free Snohomish County. “The agencies al-lowed that position of power to slip away.”
As reported in The Her-ald, the lawsuits claim that the plaintiffs have suffered “the loss of use and enjoy-
ment of their properties” as well as “annoyance, inconve-nience and substantial per-sonal discomfort.”
The dollar amount—which would amount to more than $26 million if the claimants are successful—was determined by the fact that $75,000 per person is the upper limit to the amount of damages that can be request-ed through district courts.
“When I started this fight to rid us of the foul odor, I truly had no idea it would so difficult to find a resolution,” Davis said. “The issue is sim-ply that after 4-plus years of trying every possible way we could think of to get Cedar Grove to take responsibility for their odor problem and fix it, we felt we had no other choice.”
It’s no coincidence that the lawsuits were filed con-currently. Citizen groups from both north Snohom-ish County and Maple Val-ley have been in contact over the problem for months, and representatives from both areas met with the attorneys to discuss the case.
“The lawsuits are sepa-rate because they are filed in different counties,” Davis explained. “The complaint is the same and the problem is identical. The only com-mon denominator is Cedar Grove.”
Citizens file suit against Cedar Grove over odor issuesBy Beckye Randall Staff Writer/Editor
The City of Marysville is asking for the public’s help to decide on a name for a park slated to open later this year.
In 2002 the city’s Parks Department acquired six acres of property known as the Doleshel Tree Farm, lo-cated on 67th Avenue NE near Kellogg Marsh Elemen-tary School.
Over the past three years, volunteers have donated hundreds of hours clearing, cleaning and improving the site that will become a pas-sive park when it opens later this year, according to Jim Ballew, Parks and Recreation Director.
The City’s Parks and Rec-reation Advisory Board has submitted three names to get the contest going: Rita Ma-theny Park, in recognition of the former mayor; Doleshel Tree Farm Park; and Don Arndt Park in recognition of slain police officer Don Arndt (1966);
Deadline for entries is 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15. The winner will be invited to cut the ribbon with Mayor Jon Nehring when the park opens later this year.
Email your suggestions to [email protected], or vote via the website at marys-villewa.gov.
Name city’s newest park
By Beckye Randall Staff Writer/Editor
