Description
island homestead apartments was granted a road vacation on condition of maintaining a path. there is no real path , and some of the landscaping actually blocks the right-of-way
This is an unaffiliated request
blocked public path ▶ Archived
138-198 Wyatt Way Ne Bainbridge Island, Washington
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Reporter
Bill McCoy (Guest)
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10 Comments
Acknowledged Public Works Survey (Verified Official)
This will be referred to Public Works Engineering and Code Enforcement to followup.
Thank you for your inquiry.
Closed Public Works Survey (Verified Official)
Bill McCoy (Guest)
I appreciate the City notifying the property owner of the easement but the actual problem (lack of real path) is not yet fixed, so I think the issue should be re-opened.
FYI the owner and apartment complex manager are well aware of the easement; they responded minimally to a prior neighbor-to-neighbor request for path maintenance work (doing a little brush trimming but there is still no path). So I'm not optimistic that this notice will result in a fix.
Perhaps community volunteer trail work is warranted (is that within the rights of the easement)? And/or the City could enter into a maintenance agreement with the owner, which I understand has been done in other similar situations.
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Bill McCoy (Guest)
Not resolved, it is still not reasonably runnable or stroller-able nor is its location readily evident. Specific issues:
- overhanging trees/brush in several spots
- no evident trail bed on the N or S end
- no sign on S end
- sign on N end poorly located (and rotted out)
- overly side-sloping trail bed on several sections
- width limited to < 15" in several spots (unreasonable for a 10-foot ROW)
I discussed with Island Homestead Apts asst community manager Sam Price (206-842-5811) and he had their maintenance mgr walk the trail with me so I could point out the issues. The maintenance mgr had been under the misimpression that the City had maintenance responsibility for the path. I advised him that my understanding from City staff was that the Apt property owner was responsible for maintaining trail access per the easement agreement. I recommend re-check in 45 days to see if above issues have been addressed.
Public Works O & M (Registered User)
Closed Kellie (Registered User)