Welcome to our Blog ... this will be the place to check in, check on, notify, and otherwise give us feedback on our project. We are new to blogging and would appreciate help and hints on that as well. We'll post news on our project, pictures and lots of those, issues that come up and just about anything of interest on this house.
Some updates on where we are: We are waiting on Island County to approve our building permit. It was submitted 5April and they told us it would take 2-3 weeks. For those that have not gone through permitting of any sort it is not an easy process and there are many challenges and roadblocks just getting to this point.
Is your property in a managed wetland? Does your property have watershed on or near it?
Are there any active eagles nesting on your property?
Do you have an approved access permit to your property?
Has the Department of Natural Resources approved your tree removal plans?
Has your well been tested (this assumes you have one, if not you need to drill one before a permit is requested)?
Does your well have salt water intrusion? What are the bacterial levels of the well water? How many gallons of water can you well sustain per minute during a 4 hour test?
OK, by now you should get the picture ... lots of things to consider and even more items requested that you have to eliminate. As of today, we are waiting for final permit approval from Island County. Once we receive the permit approval, we will immediately contact our hired primary contractor (we are acting as the general contractor) and schedule the foundation excavation work. This is the part where they will be grading the soil in preparation for the foundation footings to support our home. We are estimating nearly 100 cubic yards of concrete will go into the ground and nearly 200 cubic yards of earth will need to move around during the course of the excavation work.
Our primary contractor will be Dave Lindell (Lindell Construction LLC) and he promises he can bring this project in on a timely basis and most importantly adheres to our budget.
**New Flash, this just in from Island County **
I received the Informal Conference Note for the DNR regarding the Arrowhead road parcel clearing trees for a home site. Per our site visit I did not observe any Critical Areas on-site or nearby, not within Bald Eagle Management Areas. A Clearing and Grading Permit is therefore not required to cut the trees in the area for the proposed homesite located west of the existing barn and just upland of the pasture area provided the limitations noted in the DNR Note are complied with and grading is less than 500 cumulative cubic yards and clearing to bare earth less than 2 acres expected.
Employ Erosion Control Best Management Practices as necessary to prevent erosion and transport of sediment off-site.
Bill Poss
Public Works Development Coordinator
This is good news and one more step closer to final permit approval--lets leave it at that for today and hope to see everyone soon.
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