Comments on: Input sought for cleanup of contaminated land http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/ News, events and restaurant guide for Seattle's Ballard neighborhood Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:13:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: GTS http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/comment-page-1/#comment-19283 GTS Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:22:18 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/?p=12345#comment-19283 The former owner knew that the site was contaminated, the current owner either purchased it at a price reflecting the contamination and price to remediate or the former owner has put up some type of bond for remediation. It's private property so a "small tax increase" wouldn't be used to remediate since its not public property. The former owner knew that the site was contaminated, the current owner either purchased it at a price reflecting the contamination and price to remediate or the former owner has put up some type of bond for remediation. It's private property so a “small tax increase” wouldn't be used to remediate since its not public property.

]]> By: Edog http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/comment-page-1/#comment-19282 Edog Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:25:31 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/?p=12345#comment-19282 Well it gets dicey, but typically there is an attempt to determine who the past owners/tenants and other potentially liable parties are/were, and they are presented with some charges which they generally collect from their insurers. Well it gets dicey, but typically there is an attempt to determine who the past owners/tenants and other potentially liable parties are/were, and they are presented with some charges which they generally collect from their insurers.

]]> By: Ballardite http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/comment-page-1/#comment-19281 Ballardite Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:04:41 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/?p=12345#comment-19281 Just a question - who is going to pay for the clean-up? Oh, I know, let's add a 'small' property tax on home owners! Why not? Every other entity that needs money to complete their pie-in-the-sky thought has suggested a 'small' property tax increase? Gag.... Just a question – who is going to pay for the clean-up? Oh, I know, let's add a 'small' property tax on home owners! Why not? Every other entity that needs money to complete their pie-in-the-sky thought has suggested a 'small' property tax increase? Gag….

]]> By: SPG http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/comment-page-1/#comment-19280 SPG Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:37:12 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/?p=12345#comment-19280 1- park Bum haven?<br>2-new public outdoor pool Only warm enough for a couple months a year.<br>3-go kart track Now we're talking.<br>4-light rail maintenance station (for when it comes to Ballard) Never.<br>5- outdoor bowling alley We did have a very nice indoor one that was a thriving business...<br>6- ?other ideas Prison? Sewage treatment plant? Garbage dump? Filth spewing dirty industry like the one that was there?<br><br>I don't think that another retail business would be the worst thing to happen here. There's going to be whiners no matter what happens and even the utopian ideas have their drawbacks when reality is applied. <br>As long as it gets cleaned up and put to a productive use that doesn't harm the community, it will be better than the toxic filth hole that it is now...unless WalMart buys it. ;) 1- park Bum haven?
2-new public outdoor pool Only warm enough for a couple months a year.
3-go kart track Now we're talking.
4-light rail maintenance station (for when it comes to Ballard) Never.
5- outdoor bowling alley We did have a very nice indoor one that was a thriving business…
6- ?other ideas Prison? Sewage treatment plant? Garbage dump? Filth spewing dirty industry like the one that was there?

I don't think that another retail business would be the worst thing to happen here. There's going to be whiners no matter what happens and even the utopian ideas have their drawbacks when reality is applied.
As long as it gets cleaned up and put to a productive use that doesn't harm the community, it will be better than the toxic filth hole that it is now…unless WalMart buys it. ;)

]]> By: SPG http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/comment-page-1/#comment-19277 SPG Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:29:40 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/?p=12345#comment-19277 Yeah, why should we be bothered by this? What's a little arsenic in our water? It's not like it's gonna kill us! oh. really? It will? Arsenic is a poison and has always been known to be a poison? Yet this business poured it all over the ground for years?<br>Looks like nobody loves Ballard more than Old Ballard business unless it gets in the way of making a little money at the expense of the community's health. Yeah, why should we be bothered by this? What's a little arsenic in our water? It's not like it's gonna kill us! oh. really? It will? Arsenic is a poison and has always been known to be a poison? Yet this business poured it all over the ground for years?
Looks like nobody loves Ballard more than Old Ballard business unless it gets in the way of making a little money at the expense of the community's health.

]]> By: bbb1 http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/comment-page-1/#comment-19279 bbb1 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:44:12 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/?p=12345#comment-19279 Astute passers-by may notice, at the SE corner of this property, just outside the fence, a nice little stream burbling out of the ground, then running a few feet into a grate. It's been going for as long as I've lived in Ballard (20+ yrs), 24/7, 365 days a year. <br><br>I'd always thought i could tap it for some Ballard Pure Artisanal water, but it's probably a no go now. I'm convinced it's related to the nearly perpetual pond that exists on this lot. <br><br>What say we 'daylight' the stream, find some well-heeled My Ballard reader (you're out there, and you've got a mill to spare, I know!), buy the lot, clean it up, and make a <br>1- park<br>2-new public outdoor pool<br>3-go kart track<br>4-light rail maintenance station (for when it comes to Ballard)<br>5- outdoor bowling alley<br>6- ?other ideas <br><br>Please, not another building. it's beautiful as open space (that needs some work) Astute passers-by may notice, at the SE corner of this property, just outside the fence, a nice little stream burbling out of the ground, then running a few feet into a grate. It's been going for as long as I've lived in Ballard (20+ yrs), 24/7, 365 days a year.

I'd always thought i could tap it for some Ballard Pure Artisanal water, but it's probably a no go now. I'm convinced it's related to the nearly perpetual pond that exists on this lot.

What say we 'daylight' the stream, find some well-heeled My Ballard reader (you're out there, and you've got a mill to spare, I know!), buy the lot, clean it up, and make a
1- park
2-new public outdoor pool
3-go kart track
4-light rail maintenance station (for when it comes to Ballard)
5- outdoor bowling alley
6- ?other ideas

Please, not another building. it's beautiful as open space (that needs some work)

]]> By: ballardgiant http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/comment-page-1/#comment-19276 ballardgiant Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:03:15 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/?p=12345#comment-19276 Cry me a river! Cry me a river!

]]> By: Ole Clunker http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/comment-page-1/#comment-19278 Ole Clunker Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:42:37 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/?p=12345#comment-19278 That's probably why dear Edith had cancer. That's probably why dear Edith had cancer.

]]> By: Idle activist http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/comment-page-1/#comment-19275 Idle activist Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:34:01 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/?p=12345#comment-19275 Yet again, New Ballard has to clean up Old Ballard's mess and then catch grief for it. Yet again, New Ballard has to clean up Old Ballard's mess and then catch grief for it.

]]> By: blite http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/comment-page-1/#comment-19274 blite Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:08:49 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/?p=12345#comment-19274 I welcome the big box stores to Ballard. As it is, the only time leave Ballard currently is when I run up to the stores at Northgate, if they are in Ballard, I'll never have to leave! Specifically, I would like a Best Buy and a Bed Bath & Beyond. Nordstrom too, if someone could arrange it please! I welcome the big box stores to Ballard. As it is, the only time leave Ballard currently is when I run up to the stores at Northgate, if they are in Ballard, I'll never have to leave! Specifically, I would like a Best Buy and a Bed Bath & Beyond. Nordstrom too, if someone could arrange it please!

]]> By: ZephyrV2 http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/comment-page-1/#comment-19273 ZephyrV2 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:32:50 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/?p=12345#comment-19273 Hey, whatever the architecture, whatever box chain store goes in there, I care more about the fact that this is a contaminated site that will be cleaned up! So whatever it becomes it will likely be better for us all than what is there now. Hey, whatever the architecture, whatever box chain store goes in there, I care more about the fact that this is a contaminated site that will be cleaned up! So whatever it becomes it will likely be better for us all than what is there now.

]]> By: nwkitty http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/comment-page-1/#comment-19272 nwkitty Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:32:37 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/?p=12345#comment-19272 I had thought about that too but thought it might be too small for them, unless the take the entire building. I had thought about that too but thought it might be too small for them, unless the take the entire building.

]]> By: Chester http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/comment-page-1/#comment-19271 Chester Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:30:30 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/?p=12345#comment-19271 Target Target

]]> By: Chester http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/comment-page-1/#comment-19267 Chester Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:30:01 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/?p=12345#comment-19267 That property is currently ugly. Build on it. That property is currently ugly. Build on it.

]]> By: daffodil http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/comment-page-1/#comment-19269 daffodil Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:19:29 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/?p=12345#comment-19269 Maybe you'll really hit the jackpot and get one of those Vitamilk/QFC pits that sits full of muddy, mosquito-laden water for years and years! Maybe you'll really hit the jackpot and get one of those Vitamilk/QFC pits that sits full of muddy, mosquito-laden water for years and years!

]]> By: nwkitty http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/comment-page-1/#comment-19270 nwkitty Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:08:00 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/?p=12345#comment-19270 Pier 1 Imports, Pottery Barn or maybe a Gene Juarez. My bet is we might see one of them. Pier 1 Imports, Pottery Barn or maybe a Gene Juarez. My bet is we might see one of them.

]]> By: Edog http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/comment-page-1/#comment-19268 Edog Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:57:56 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/?p=12345#comment-19268 Lets take bets on what Little Big Box Chain will go in at this location? Lets take bets on what Little Big Box Chain will go in at this location?

]]> By: robotspider http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/comment-page-1/#comment-19266 robotspider Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:55:29 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/?p=12345#comment-19266 Yay, more USSR style architecture. Let's make Ballard ugly. Yay, more USSR style architecture. Let's make Ballard ugly.

]]> By: Jason Bobcat Harrison http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/comment-page-1/#comment-19265 Jason Bobcat Harrison Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:36:39 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/?p=12345#comment-19265 well duh, it's downstream from Mikes Chili Parlor! well duh, it's downstream from Mikes Chili Parlor!

]]> By: Ballard_Dad http://www.myballard.com/2009/10/21/input-sought-for-cleanup-of-contaminated-land/comment-page-1/#comment-19264 Ballard_Dad Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:28:01 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/?p=12345#comment-19264 I hate to be this guy but, Really? Another Ballard Blocks? Sheesh. (Now I'll read the info and comment more on topic later) I hate to be this guy but, Really? Another Ballard Blocks? Sheesh. (Now I'll read the info and comment more on topic later)

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