Blaine City Council unanimously approved extending Drayton Reach Division II shoreline permit until May 2023.
Drayton Reach is a 39-unit residential plat, along the Drayton Harbor shoreline at the southern end of Dodd Street, in the Montfort Park neighborhood.
The plat’s five-year shoreline substantial development permit expired July 2022 after city council approved it in 2017. City council issued a one-year extension for the shoreline permit that will expire May 15, 2023.
Council gave final plat approval in June 2021. The final plat approval was conditional to the developer Jim Wong completing subdivision improvements required in a performance bond. Improvements include shoreline park improvements and landscaping, landscaping within public access to the shoreline, shoreline restoration landscaping and two shoreline access points, according to city documents.
Skyline Properties Inc. real estate broker Grant Dalgliesh said the shoreline work will be finished in the next two months and landscaping will be finished by mid-November.
“The developer has an interest in getting the bond removed because it’s like an ankle monitor,” he said. “It’s something holding us back.”
Dalgliesh said the extension was needed for a variety of reasons including pandemic-related issues and ongoing supply chain and labor challenges.
If the developer didn’t finish the improvements, the city would submit a claim to the bond company and finish the project with the bond money, said Stacie Pratschner, director of the city’s community development services department.
“What was proposed and then approved is what’s going to be done,” she said.
All of the plats have sold except for one waterfront lot, and some of the lots are for resale, Dalgliesh said.
Council voted 6-0 during its August 22 meeting. Councilmember Rhyan Lopez abstained from the vote because of a conflict of interest.
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