Seabeck Marina Approved
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I wasn’t sure if I’d ever actually write these words, but after a “long haul” (as one of the developers put it), the marina in Seabeck has been given the green light.
County commissioners approved a site-specific, limited amendment to the county’s shoreline master program tonight that changed the shoreline designation where the marina would be built from conservancy to rural.
The change allows the group of private developers to move forward with their plans to build a 200-slip marina, which they’ve called the Olympic View Marina.
Following the vote, local marina developer Eric Bentzen said he was in shock; that he couldn’t believe he was finally hearing the words that the project was a go. The next step is for the Department of Ecology to approve the amendment. Because they were the ones that told the county if it made the change, they could approve the project, I’m doubting they’ll have any opposition.
Bentzen said they were going to get started tomorrow on the project, and said that they’ll likely have to make some changes because there are going to be “some obstacles to overcome.” Those obstacles likely popped up over the last three years while the group was wading through the permitting process.
He said he was also excited to get back out in the community; to finally be able to produce something for all the talking he’d done two years ago when the project was first proposed.
I told him to let me know when they get some dates set for work on the site, so when I know more I’ll let you all know more.
It’s late and I’d like to get off the computer, but I’ll try to write more tomorrow about what was said at the commissioner’s study session today and the hearing tonight.
Basically commissioners supported the change because they felt the marina was good for the area and the fact that it met all the local, state and federal requirements was enough persuasion they needed to trust it was properly designed.
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December 9th, 2008 at 7:54 am
Glad to hear tht the marina will be moving forward, As someone who works in the seabeck area it’ll help boost our local economy.
December 9th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
I am so happy for the developers who stuck it out and for the Seabeck community which will certainly benefit from the new marina. The new marina won’t hurt property values in the area either. Bravo!