Bellingham Comments from Digital Recorder - EISs for the Proposed ...

GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL EIS SCOPING HEARING VOL. I
COURT REPORTER: GWEN BRASS PROCEEDING DATE: October 27, 2012
Page 72
MR. STURTEVANT: 52, 53.
THE SPEAKER: Hello. My name is Dave Iversen, and I'm
an archeologist, and so I'm concerned about the potential
impacts of this project on cultural resources. And I would ask
that you would have this EIS include impacts to all cultural
resources, including archeological sites, as well as historic
properties and not just at Cherry Point but along the entire
route.
Thank you.
MR. STURTEVANT: 53, 54, and 55.
THE SPEAKER: Hi. Good afternoon. My name's Ken
Bronstein. My wife and I have lived in Bellingham for over
20 years.
And while I'm a member of the board of directors for
Resources for Sustainable Communities, I come here wearing a
different hat; and that is as the board member of a small arts
organization called The Amadeus Project. The Amadeus Project
is downtown on Cornwall Avenue. It is a music school that has
sent students to some of the finest conservatories in the
country, it has a beautiful art gallery, and it also is
arguably the finest small performing art space in the whole
county.
Our executive director came to me recently and wanted
my advice on whether or not to sign the new lease on our space
because he was concerned that while it is tolerable with the