Apple Tree Point making a comeback

KINGSTON — Eleven years after submitting a plan and permits for the Apple Tree Point Development project, the process is finally ready to get underway. The proposal, delayed by residential concerns and court appointments, has finally had all the kinks worked out, and county planners are ready to unveil the project to the public.

KINGSTON — Eleven years after submitting a plan and permits for the Apple Tree Point Development project, the process is finally ready to get underway.

The proposal, delayed by residential concerns and court appointments, has finally had all the kinks worked out, and county planners are ready to unveil the project to the public. The 126-acre development on Lindvog Road was originally submitted in December 1994, said Kitsap County Department of Community Development assistant director of permitting Jeff Rowe-Hornbaker.

“Several projects like these were suspended, and are now moving forward after the court action was completed,” he said, citing the Hansville Homestead as an example. “The issues have been resolved. This is going to move forward again.”

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When completed, 106 new homes will be built at the intersection of Lindvog Road and Berry Street. The first phase of the project, which will be presented during a meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Kingston Community Center, will show the plan for the first 30 or so houses to be built on the property.

The project was put on hold after problems were found within the proposed plan by the Association of Rural Residents, which appealed the development proposal. There were also issues pertaining to an Environmental Impact Statement, traffic impacts and stormwater as they were outlined in the plan. In 1995, an EIS wasn’t necessary for the plan — something the Association of Rural Residents found to be unacceptable.

“All the problems have been addressed,” said Kitsap County Department of Community Development Senior Planner Jeff Smith. “We are going to attempt to provide clarification of the project through the land use process.”

The meeting will cover the construction process, and will also serve to update the community since the project has been out of the limelight for so long, Rowe-Hornbaker said.

“The reason we’re having a meeting now is to get public input,” said Kitsap County Commissioner Chris Endresen. “This project was presented so long ago, that the people who now live in the area now may not have heard of it.”

Rowe-Hornbaker, Smith and Endresen said they are all hoping the public will attend the meeting and voice its opinions and concerns before the project gets underway again.

“People who lived next to the proposed site before are not the same as now,” Rowe-Hornbaker said. “We need to make sure they know what’s going on next door to them.”

“The project has already been improved from its original form,” Endresen added. “This is moving forward, and we’d like to have people informed before the construction starts.”

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