Betsy Peabody Sent - City of Bainbridge Island
Betsy Peabody Sent - City of Bainbridge Island
Betsy Peabody Sent - City of Bainbridge Island
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From: Dennis Fisher<br />
<strong>Sent</strong>: Wed 9/22/2010 6:17 PM<br />
To: Barry Peters; Council<br />
Cc: editor@bainbridgereview.com; tristan@tristanbaurick.com<br />
Subject: WSDOT ferry facility<br />
Dear Barry Peters,<br />
This is a response to your email <strong>of</strong> yesterday. You said:<br />
“Are you aware that the site is an EPA supervised superfund pollution site that WSF is responsible for<br />
monitoring and treating on an ongoing basis. The site is currently authorized by EPA to be used solely by WSF<br />
for its industrial ferry-maintenance purpose.”<br />
The document excerpts below show that the EPA authorizes, and WSDOT agrees to, at the least, a lease, or<br />
leases, for a minimum <strong>of</strong> 20 consecutive years, to a privately run water dependent industrial or commercial<br />
operation, <strong>of</strong> 1 acre size, or to the <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bainbridge</strong> <strong>Island</strong>.<br />
You said:<br />
“It’s not clear to me what business activity (if any) would be permitted to operate on the site by EPA, and it’s<br />
not clear what businesses (if any) would find it economic to operate on a capped superfund site <strong>of</strong> that limited<br />
shape and size, where the city has a lease to pay and would have to charge the businesses to operate there.”<br />
Mark Julian provided his own capital to develop and successfully run a marine haul-out and repair business on<br />
that site, paying to lease the site Russell Trask. Since then, the demand for that service has only increased.<br />
You said:<br />
“On the other hand, we already have lovely waterfront sitting and walking places in Waterfront Park.”<br />
Winslow has been, and is slated to take 50% <strong>of</strong> the growth on <strong>Bainbridge</strong> <strong>Island</strong>. Despite the current deep<br />
recession, <strong>Bainbridge</strong> will continue to grow. Winslow does not have enough public waterfront for its current<br />
and future inhabitants to sit and walk along the waterfront. We have many more tourists come to Winslow to<br />
walk and shop than boaters. Even if there were 20 more public dockside moorages, which I doubt could be<br />
squeezed in, the ferries can and do carry far more.<br />
Please read the citations below, or better, read the documents in their entirety, and re-consider your leanings in<br />
this matter.<br />
Thank you for your time and consideration.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Dennis Fisher
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