Daily Archives: April 14, 2015

City invests in phase II of Ferncliff Village

The first phase of Ferncliff Village development. (Brad Camp/Special to the Kitsap Sun)
The first phase of Ferncliff Village development. (Brad Camp/Special to the Kitsap Sun)

City Council agreed Tuesday to provide $150,000 for phase II of the Ferncliff Village, an affordable housing development by Housing Resources Bainbridge on the island.

Phase II will include 16 two and three bedroom townhomes, a playground and trails. Each townhome will cost about $200,000, according to the development’s website.

Housing Resources Bainbridge started the first phase of the development in 2011 and sold all of the homes by the fall of 2013.

The city will contribute $75,000 a year for two years after Housing Resources Bainbridge has a construction loan agreement.

Payments from the city will be reimbursements, and Housing Resources Bainbridge must submit receipts.

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Island fire department prepares to sell off land

Bainbridge Island Fire Chief Hank Teran. (Kitsap Sun file photo)
Bainbridge Island Fire Chief Hank Teran. (Kitsap Sun file photo)

The Bainbridge Island Fire Department plans to sell .83 acres of undeveloped land on the south end of the island.

Fire commissioners unanimously voted to surplus the land, which is assessed at $130,000, on April 9.

The department is not using the land that is surrounded by a neighborhood and is zoned residential, said Chief Hank Terran. It was donated to the department for a “nominal amount” in the 1960s.

Although the Bainbridge Island voters recently passed a fire bond to build two new fire stations, the undeveloped property isn’t in the right location for a station, Terran said.

Money from the property sale will go into the department’s capital fund.

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