Betsy Peabody Sent - City of Bainbridge Island

From: Tom Kane
Sent: Fri 8/27/2010 3:17 PM
To: Council
Subject: Re: GET THE LAND, DO NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi John;
Tom Kane from the Harbor Commission. I am not convinced that the city should get the land. I looked the property
over this morning and read the email’s. Most of the site dream could only happen if the Ferry system left
the property and the city fell into a windfall of money.
I also stopped by the boat rental and talked to the negative person there. He is kind of a city representative. A
transient moorage dock out from where his float is would be a better location for people to get downtown. I
would think for a million dollars we could build a pretty good dock depending on water depth. This if rational
would leave money for other waterfront projects.
To me the lease costs for a boat haulout would make it unfeasible and it of course uses up most of the .9 acres.
Daryl McNab across the harbor has a straddle travel crane about setup for hauling out boats and would most
probably be looking for someone to lease his system.
All of the people that I have talked to say do not take the land. So Far they are mostly all water oriented and
give reasons supporting problems making decisions and getting money to get the improvements done. There
also has been a group for the transient moorage so boaters can spend money downtown. PLEASE don’t make a
decision without checking other than the land option. This isn’t forest land. We will never get two million dollars
offerred again. thanks Tom Kane , Harbor Commission