STOP DEVELOPMENT Oppose plat proposal on Manitou Beach
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Allison Jablonko
10 years ago
Let's not allow economic "development" to over-ride specific engineering and biological knowledge applicable to this site. Thanks to Rose Eppers for explaining the real issues so clearly. Folks in City Hoall: please read her comment and don't dismiss it!
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Elise Wright
10 years ago
how is it possible that this plan could meet the requirements of our approved Shoreline Management Plan?
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elinor ringland
10 years ago
Insane developers wandering around.
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Heather Andrus
10 years ago
The Murden Cove watershed area is already overtaxed! Increasing levels of runoff need to be addressed before increasing the input. NEW solutions for wastewater need to be identified and implemented for all new construction!
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rose eppers
10 years ago
I have lived on Bainbridge for 10 years and have worked professionally in the environmental industry for over 15 years, including 5 years with the US Geological Survey. I volunteer on the BI Watershed Council and know the city recently had secured grant funding for a focused study in the Murden Cove Watershed pertaining to high nutrients and fecal coliforms. Human impact was one of the potential concerns for degrading water quality. Murden Cove is on the EPA 303(d) list. This means: "The 303(d) list comprises those waters that are in the polluted water category, for which beneficial uses– such as drinking, recreation, aquatic habitat, and industrial use – are impaired by pollution." Why would the city allow the development of houses and more drainage of water directly into Puget Sound, directly into 303(d) listed waters?
I often go running on Manitou Beach road and have often worried about the stability of the slope that is just down the hill from this proposed development. There are several trees that are dead on the edge of the bluff. When the root system and trees decay enough for the trees to topple, they will take much soil down the slope with them. This issue, combined with the fact that there has already been some erosion and the road reduced to one lane seems to be a red flag and danger for slide action in this area. Adding more engineered water systems to this area, such as septic, drainfields and surface water runoff, can completely change the dynamic and create some hazards which I fear are not being addressed. In addition, the development proposes to cut down 2 approximately 70 foot tall trees just near the edge of the bluff, which I believe are likely stabilizing the slope. I fear once that root system were to decay, in the addition to adding more engineered subsurface water infrastructure, that this could create a slide. The City has many educated personnel, who should be aware and know of building hazards on slopes. If any slide were to
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Pam Heater
10 years ago
I object to the short plat PLN 50124/SDDP proposed by Olympic Development LLC
Let's not allow economic "development" to over-ride specific engineering and biological knowledge applicable to this site. Thanks to Rose Eppers for explaining the real issues so clearly. Folks in City Hoall: please read her comment and don't dismiss it!
how is it possible that this plan could meet the requirements of our approved Shoreline Management Plan?
Insane developers wandering around.
The Murden Cove watershed area is already overtaxed! Increasing levels of runoff need to be addressed before increasing the input. NEW solutions for wastewater need to be identified and implemented for all new construction!
I have lived on Bainbridge for 10 years and have worked professionally in the environmental industry for over 15 years, including 5 years with the US Geological Survey. I volunteer on the BI Watershed Council and know the city recently had secured grant funding for a focused study in the Murden Cove Watershed pertaining to high nutrients and fecal coliforms. Human impact was one of the potential concerns for degrading water quality. Murden Cove is on the EPA 303(d) list. This means: "The 303(d) list comprises those waters that are in the polluted water category, for which beneficial uses– such as drinking, recreation, aquatic habitat, and industrial use – are impaired by pollution." Why would the city allow the development of houses and more drainage of water directly into Puget Sound, directly into 303(d) listed waters? I often go running on Manitou Beach road and have often worried about the stability of the slope that is just down the hill from this proposed development. There are several trees that are dead on the edge of the bluff. When the root system and trees decay enough for the trees to topple, they will take much soil down the slope with them. This issue, combined with the fact that there has already been some erosion and the road reduced to one lane seems to be a red flag and danger for slide action in this area. Adding more engineered water systems to this area, such as septic, drainfields and surface water runoff, can completely change the dynamic and create some hazards which I fear are not being addressed. In addition, the development proposes to cut down 2 approximately 70 foot tall trees just near the edge of the bluff, which I believe are likely stabilizing the slope. I fear once that root system were to decay, in the addition to adding more engineered subsurface water infrastructure, that this could create a slide. The City has many educated personnel, who should be aware and know of building hazards on slopes. If any slide were to
I object to the short plat PLN 50124/SDDP proposed by Olympic Development LLC
There is no excuse for this.
No!!!