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Posted Fri, Jan 28, 4:57 p.m.
Heard that YB missed their extension payment on the Dounut Hole, again! County isn't happy since this deal is already questionable. Let's see if the County takes it back out for a public bidding process (as should be required under public procurement laws)or if YB will get another non-monetary sweetheart ...
MOREPosted Fri, Jan 28, 3:52 p.m.
We know what the large Merchant Plat Developers, and the Master Builders Association position is and they all reside on the same side of the facts as they see them. Vesting loopholes have been exploited all over Washington State, and we hear the MBA and the large developer clearly as ...
MOREPosted Sun, Jan 23, 2:03 p.m.
"The Black Diamond deal conforms to current environmental laws and regulations and permanently protects thousands of acres for future generations." This is a mis-representation, smart-growth requires that an MPD be self-containd; work, housing, roads, facilities all within the MPD footprint. The Black Diamond MPDs are as far from smart-growth as ...
MOREPosted Fri, Jan 14, 10:16 a.m.
The developer certainly should have rights to vesting and have some provision to mitigate their risk to regulatory change. The primary issues are should you vest at plat approval or permit submission; and more importantly how long can you vest once you submit your plat or permit. Additionally, if another ...
MOREPosted Thu, Jan 13, 12:58 p.m.
There are several concerns…1) City’s that chose to violate the GMA and PRSC’s Vision 2040 plan in their perceived quest for sales tax revenues, what about the other cities that are playing by the rules?; 2) For profit developers whose primary goals is to maximize profits; The King County MPDs ...
MOREPosted Wed, Jan 12, 11:33 a.m.
Allowed developer sprawl will create costs to be passed on to taxpayers regardless, for schools, roads and sewers. The issue isn’t whether the developers should be allowed to build; it is whether they should be able to vest in certain laws and regulations at the very earliest moment possible, with ...
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