Kira Erickson
A resolution declaring a housing crisis and a proposed six-month moratorium on RV camping restrictions in Langley authored by Mayor Scott Chaplin was hastily dialed back at this week’s city council meeting.
As a result of declining enrollment, South Whidbey School District Superintendent Jo Moccia proposed moving fifth and sixth grade students away from the South Whidbey Elementary School South Campus.
During their monthly meeting, Port of South Whidbey commissioners discussed potential liability issues that could arise from use of the port-owned fairgrounds while there are no events happening, such as the annual Whidbey Island Fair.
Since Whidbey Island’s first COVID-19 case was identified on March 10, 2020, Island County Human Services secured and spent over $18.3 million in funding to help meet the needs of residents impacted by the pandemic in various ways.
The city of Langley could be one of the first municipalities in the state to have a comprehensive ordinance capable of limiting wireless facilities. A first reading of the ordinance passed during this week’s city council meeting.
At a city council meeting Monday night, Councilmember Gail Fleming made the decision to rescind her proclamation, calling for a decrease in units for the housing development from 131 to 67 in the Coles Valley development.
The discussion on the possibility of limiting the density of a proposed housing development in Langley resumes next week. Earlier this month, Councilmember Gail Fleming presented a proclamation that would decrease the development’s size from 131 units to 67.