Kitsap Sun Article. We like to pass on newspaper articles about Illahee and there was an interesting one in the Kitsap Sun's Sunday paper regarding the Illahee Community's appeal of the Hearing Examiner's decision to approve the Timbers Edge project. Reporter Brynn Grimley was in attendance at the Commissioner's work study session where the appeal was briefed to the Commissioners and she wrote the linked article: http://kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/16/commissioners-preparing-to-hear-appeal-to/
Commissioner's Meeting. There were also 4 Illahee residents at the meeting to listen to the county's briefing which took about 45 minutes. What is interesting is the Illahee Community will have roughly 10 minutes to present its appeal arguments to the the Commissioners, which may be fine if this was a simple appeal, but in this case there were over 400 exhibits and two days of testimony.
Timbers Edge Counter Proposal. The community is reported to be working on a Counter Proposal to be presented to the developer. The process has been ongoing off and on for two months and reports are they are getting final approvals from the ad hoc committee and the 15 member Illahee Community Club board. Afterwards it will be voted on by the Illahee community at an August meeting, yet to be scheduled. We will pass it on in an Update once it becomes available to us.
Copies of Counter Proposal. We just heard that they are hoping to have copies of the Timbers Edge Counter Proposal available at Illahee Day on August 1, 2009.
Illahee Day on August 1st. This is a reminder that Illahee Day is next Saturday.
Illahee Day. Save Saturday, August 1 for Illahee Day 2009. The theme is the ABC's of Illahee. A for an Attractive Illahee, B for Breakfast and lunch at the community dock, and C for Community clean-up in-between breakfast and lunch. Breakfast at the dock between 9-10 am. Community clean-up between 10am -12 pm. Lunch at 12 pm.
5 Clean Up Teams. You can pick the clean-up team you would like to be on. The five of them are: Team Dock, Team Illahee Road North, Team Illahee Road South, Team Ocean View & West, and Team Illahee Preserve. The attached brochure provides the details.
Volunteer Receive ..... All volunteers will receive Illahee T-Shirts, and there will be drawings and prizes. Sign up by sending an email or leave a message with your name and shirt size atdocdmsret@msn.com or call 340-7257.
5 Clean Up Teams. You can pick the clean-up team you would like to be on. The five of them are: Team Dock, Team Illahee Road North, Team Illahee Road South, Team Ocean View & West, and Team Illahee Preserve. The attached brochure provides the details.
Volunteer Receive ..... All volunteers will receive Illahee T-Shirts, and there will be drawings and prizes. Sign up by sending an email or leave a message with your name and shirt size atdocdmsret@msn.com or call 340-7257.
Illahee Preserve Trash Dumping. We are attaching a picture of some major trash dumping at the new Illahee Preserve parking lot on Almira. They are realizing that they will need to open some "windows" through the trees so that those doing the illegal trash dumping might be seen and caught.
Rotary Work. Thank God for the East Bremerton Rotary Club that has taken the Illahee Preserve on as one of their projects. Not only are they doing a stellar job of trail work, and promoting the Preserve, they also took care of illegal dumping that occurred (see the attached report),
East Bremerton Rotary completed another successful work party at Illahee Forest Preserve on Thursday evening, July 16th. 10 Rotarians participated in efforts to tidy up the Almira Drive parking lot. Activities included spreading wood chips around the perimeter of the parking lot and removal of construction debris which had been dumped in a hidden corner of the parking lot. Thanks to Ron Pettygrove for taking care of this disposal task. Hooray for Ron!
Wildlife Reports. Just a few wildlife reports coming in.
Plant Nibbling Deer. Near nightly nibblings by deer passing through the neighbor hoods have been reported.
Otter Family Increases. There are reports the numbers of otters in the area have increased. We don't know if it is because of new young ones or not.
Blueberry Addicted Goose. There evidently is a lone Canada goose that has become so addicted to blueberries he is able to repeatedly defeat mesh netting. We understand the wife paid for an additional four foot high fence around the berries so the husband wouldn't shoot the goose. We hear that emotions can run quite high as people try to cope with wildlife.
Brownsville Weather Station. We haven't had time to research the Illahee weather station, but did receive the following information that there is a Brownsville weather station.
I don't know if this would be any use to you.... but the Port of Brownsville has a weather station set up on the dock, it records rain, wind, pressure and such... I have included the web site, http://www.portofbrownsville.org/ on top left is weather and events click that, then just click weather, it's interesting and would be worth a few minutes just to look around, it also gives all the upcoming events such as BAD in September , which is Brownsville appreciation Day, very cool, well I am signing up for the big clean-up on August 1, so I will see you then.
Aquifer Meeting Airing on BKAT. We owe the community more information of the aquifer meeting that was held on June 30, 2009. In the meantime the meeting was taped and is being rebroadcast on the Bremerton Kitsap Access Television (BKAT) station at the following times:
“The Illahee Watershed Aquifer Protection Plan” will air:
7/20 11am
7/22 10:30pm
7/24 3pm
7/30 10am
BKAT is Kitsap's local TV channel.
Channel 12 - Comcast
Channel 3 - WAVE
7/20 11am
7/22 10:30pm
7/24 3pm
7/30 10am
BKAT is Kitsap's local TV channel.
Channel 12 - Comcast
Channel 3 - WAVE
Illahee Creek Posting Inadequate? We just got word that a letter sized yellow sheet of paper was stapled to a telephone pole by Illahee Creek. The posting is a "Statement of Exemption From Shoreline Substantial Development Permit Requirements." Evidently Kitsap County wants to clean out the culvert again and deposit the material on the beach. We understand there are some who are concerned about the continued dredging of the stream and are asking if there is a long term plan. The yellow paper says it was posted on July 10th and needed to be appealed within 10 days of the decision, which was noted on the paper as July 6th. Some are wondering if this is proper notice and if this provides adequate time to find out what is being planned. We took a couple pictures of the posting and we'll let you decide.
Jim Aho
