If you are one of the many Point Roberts residents and visitors who have been missing the beach access at Seabright, you may be pleased to know that a committee of concerned residents have been formed to address the issue with the Seabright developer, residents, its management company, Windermere, and Whatcom County.
About 18 months ago, the bottom set of stairs at Seabright were washed away during a storm. Local residents, however, were able to pile up beach debris so that agile visitors could access both the beach and the Seabright development by doing a bit of “log hopping.” After our last big winter storm two of the middle sections of stairs collapsed, leaving the stairs completely inaccessible as well as debris strewn across the bluff.
Residents Lenore and Tom Yeager brought the issue to Point Roberts Community Advisory Committee (PRCAC) in January requesting that the committee take up the issue with Whatcom County as well as the Seabright owners and management. As a result of committee deliberations, a motion to convene a committee to work on the issue passed and Annelle Norman volunteered to recruit and organize the committee.
The committee (comprised of the Yeagers, Leigh Moorhouse, Kathleen McGinness, Mary Edgley and Annelle Norman) has met numerous times and has compiled county planning and development documents of the Seabright property development. The committee has also initiated conversations with Windermere, the company contracted to manage the property.
The last conversation with Windermere staff led the committee to conclude that no remediation is likely to happen in the near future. The committee requested that they be updated as progress of any sort is made. So far, no updates have been received.
The committee has compiled planning and development documents that will be available for your examination and perusal. Send the committee an email at prstairs@proton.me and we will provide you with the dropbox link.
Additionally, the committee has composed a survey about utilization of the stairs by the community so as to be able to accurately report to both the Whatcom County Planning and Development Services department and Windermere. Please follow the link below so that you can provide answers and comments. Your responses and comments will be reported on the website above and shared with Whatcom County Planning and Development Services Department. Name and address data is optional.
If you have expertise, training or a sincere interest that you believe would be useful, the committee would welcome your involvement. If you have legal expertise and would be willing to offer it pro bono please email prstairs@proton.me.
The link to the survey is here: bit.ly/43uWJjF
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