140 Acres of Park Land Transfers to City of Bainbridge Island
By Admin
From the Kitsap Sun:
Bainbridge City Council voted to transfer nearly 140 acres of open space parkland to the Bainbridge park district on Wednesday, capping a sometimes contentious five-year negotiation process.
The largest and most prominent of the properties is Pritchard Park, a 50-acre stretch of Eagle Harbor’s south shore. The park includes woods, trails, a sandy beach, a Japanese-American internment memorial and the contaminated Wyckoff Superfund site. Already co-owned by the park district, the transfer provides for full ownership and will allow the district to begin making basic improvements, including directional signs, dog-waste stations and toilets.
The Superfund site will remain a restricted area while the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cleans up contaminants left over from the Wyckoff wood treatment facility.
Other properties include 30 acres that make up part of the former Meigs farm along Highway 305; the forested, 32-acre Nute’s Pond property on Toe Jam Hill Road; the historic Fort Ward Parade Grounds; and the Schel-Chelb estuary in Lynwood Center.
Read more: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/aug/12/almost-140-acres-of-land-transferred-from-city/#ixzz1VjTPBEgv
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