NOTICE OF HEARINGNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
HEARING EXAMINER
Captain John Blakely Elementary School
PLN50767 CUP, SPR & HMP
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the City of Bainbridge Island Hearing Examiner will conduct a public hearing at
9:00 AM on Wednesday, November 22, 2017, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 280 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge
Island, Washington, pursuant to the provisions of BIMC 2.16.010, 2.16.040 and 2.16.110.
Applicant: Bainbridge Island School District #303
Description of Proposal: The existing Captain John Blakely School is proposed for demolition and
replacement. The new school building will be approximately 65,000 square feet.
Portions of the existing and proposed school and associated play areas are
within a Category I/II wetland habitat buffer. The proposal includes a habitat
management plan to offset impacts to the wetland habitat buffer for the
proposed school. The school is also seeking a conditional use permit to increase
the height from 30’ to approximately 35’. An access drive to the school is
proposed to be realigned across from NE Baker Hill Road.
The District anticipates construction beginning following building permit
approval until fall of 2019. The existing school is proposed to remain in place
and maintain operation until the summer of 2019, at which point it will be
demolished and the site development completed.
Location: 4704 Blakely Avenue
Tax Account Number: 03240220042005
YOU ARE INVITED to attend the hearing and make oral and written comments. The Hearing Examiner has
discretion to admit exhibits, limit testimony to relevant, non-repetitive comments and to set time limits. If you
are unable to attend, written comments, photographs or other exhibits on the application may be submitted
until the close of the hearing. All such submissions should state the specific case and be directed to the Hearing
Examiner Assistant at City Hall.
The Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance (MDNS), filed under the State Environmental Policies Act
(SEPA), will be issued on November 1, 2017. The appeal period will end on November 15, 2017. Any appeals of
this determination may be heard during the public meeting.
QUESTIONS may be directed to and the file accessed from Heather Wright, Planning Manager Department of
Planning and Community Development at 206-780-3754.
pcd@ci.bainbridge-isl.wa.us
CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
STAFFORD SMITH
HEARING EXAMINER
Date of Publication: November 3, 2017