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Tri-Area: Approved sewer plan excludes controversial wetland
disposal pond next to homes - -- - but it remains on paper 2004-06-17 PORT HADLOCK , WA -- Planning Commission members approved a sewer plan for the Tri-Area urban growth area Wednesday night, eliminating a proposed wetland disposal site near a neighborhood as an alternative. But the alternative remains in writing in county planning documents. And that troubles two Planning Commission members and residents living near the wetland. ``I know it won't happen, but I want to see Alternative 4 (wetland disposal) totally out,'' said Planning Commissioner Eileen Rogers. ``I am disappointed with this document.'' Rogers also leveled criticism at a technical review committee and the consultant who made wetland disposal the preferred alternative. ``I'm shocked they didn't have the foresight to visit the neighborhood,'' Rogers said. Another member, Jenny Davis, also spoke out against leaving the alternative in the plan. ``I know if we scratch (Alternative 4) right now it will cause a lot of work, but that's what needs to be done,'' Davis said. `Force' wanted Dave Johnson, a resident of the neighborhood that would abut the wetland disposal area, criticized the Planning Commission for not eliminating that alternative. ``All you've done is drop one word out of the document,'' Johnson said. ``I would like you to put in a little more force.''
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