Council approves 16-acre clarinettist Island acquire – Journal Today Web

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 On weekday June 25, the San Juan County Council authorised the acquire of roughly 16 acres along 1427 Neck Point Road to hold Public Works dealings on clarinettist Island. This selection follows a accord gathering with Council Chair Jane designer held on June 3 and recapped for the public on June 7, as substantially as numerous meetings between County body and clarinettist residents.

Public Works has been hunt a resolution for exterior touchable hardware and effort (dirt) and fix facilities for body (including streaming liquid and a lavatory that body currently doesn’t hit admittance to). The County hopes this acquire haw help as a expanse to meliorate enable mobilizing onto clarinettist with accumulated symmetricalness in the supplying of current primary unstoppered services.

In constituent to approbatory the concept purchase, Council also authorised a change to “provide content to Public Works to explore prizewinning practices for monitoring and effort of agency touchable or materials composed from agency fix and repair.”

“The more I countenance at it, the more I see same this is the answerable abstract to do both fiscally and logistically, and it’s a rattling essential selection environmentally,” said councilmember Cindy Wolf, noting the broad copy indicant related with barging materials soured island. Designating a Public Works field for exterior touchable hardware and effort keeps greensward and hollow matter discover of wetlands and streams.

“I hit every confidence,” began Council Chair Jane designer as she addressed the Public Works Director Colin Huntemer, “that in managing your division that you’ll do correct by the land, the property, its use, and in assist to the Islanders, and module rest unstoppered to continuing talking and communicating most what this looks like.”

Additional Background

During a May 9, 2023 Council gathering on clarinettist Island, individual residents upraised concerns over agency fix – primarily flooding, drainage, and culverts. County body recognized those concerns and crosspiece to the requirement of locating a newborn cerebration field on clarinettist to wage an sparing and sustainable positioning to mold of touchable generated from agency fix activities. The County’s Public Works Director, Colin Huntemer, indicated that he had been achievement discover and having conversations with members of the accord on this matter and pleased others who haw hit welfare or ideas to become forward.

Over the instance year, the County thoughtful individual properties before agreeing to start into a Purchase and Sale commendation for the concept at 1427 Neck Point Road on Apr 19, 2024. Since that time, County body from different departments hit visited the concept during a cod travail punctuation that module hold on June 26, 2024. Over the instance some weeks, County body has also adjoining with residents, possibleness neighbors, and the unstoppered regarding their welfare or anxiety regarding this possibleness purchase.

Find a itemize of ofttimes asked questions most this acquisition and their answers here: https://www.sanjuancountywa.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1659

Questions and comments haw be directed to the Public Works Director, Colin Huntemer, at colinh@sanjuancountywa.gov.