Betsy Peabody Sent - City of Bainbridge Island

From: William Gilbert
Sent: Wed 10/13/2010 2:05 PM
To: Council
Subject: My Thhoughts re the proposasls from Mr. Moseley
After considerable effort I was able to obtain a copy of Mr. Moseley’s recent letter to COBI relative to the WSF
offer to resolve the long standing issues of WSF taking over the property of Russel Trask in Eagle Harbor.
The letter dealt with two different proposals:
First--The State would “lease”.9 acres on tbe “east” portion of the MY for 20 years to COBI for use as a marine
oriented facility, at an exorbitant figure
Any one looking at the map of the MY could easily see that the sketch represent ion of the property in question
is on the NW side of the My and would be difficult for public access 24/7.
The second portion spoke of a “gift” of $2 million if it was used for Marine oriented facility which could become
a reality within a very short period of time.
The letter then went on to list that the land or the $ were to be available for COBI’s use when and if the State
concurs with COBI’s pledge to observe ALL of the 13 or 14 pages of acronyms relative to the various State and
Federal constraints placed upon the property.
In my humble opinion it would likely take Cobi years of legal wrangling to establish the right and the funds to
comply with either of the WSF proposals and this has not escaped of WSF.
The State should come up with something far more reasonable and practical than the proposals in hand.
William S. Gilbert