As reported in the Kitsap Sun on Sunday (2/17/08), the Illahee Community Club (ICC) is going to appeal the recent Hearing Examiner's outfall decision. The appeal verbiage is scheduled to be finalized Tuesday (2/19/08) and hand delivered to Kitsap County before 4:30 p.m.
Some advised the ICC that the Commissioner's nearly 100% of the time back up the Hearing Examiner, which didn't make their decision easy, since the cost just to file the appeal is $500, and then there are the lawyer's fees on top of that. They concluded the issue was too important to not try and convince the Commissioners that locating another outfall at the dock was a very bad decision.
The ICC put out an email to its Board of Directors with a proposed statement that may be a clue as to the basis of their appeal. It read:
"The deleterious effects of discharging storm water directly on a public beach and swimming area were not addressed by the applicant, the county, the Health Department, nor the Hearing Examiner. This omission is too egregious for the citizens of Illahee to ignore or let pass."
We will pass on more information as it becomes available to us.
Jim Aho
Glad to see you are appealing. Hope you make such a compelling case the commissioners are left with no choice but to send it back to the judge.
ReplyDeleteKitsap County doesn't seem to be very interested in where they dump storm water or in cleaning it up. Seems like the least the county could do is support a community that cares about such things, says the Illahee Observer.