Dear City, comment by Victoria Josslin - In memoriam

Our dear friend Victoria died on May 12, a few days after sending this email to city hall.

From: Victoria Josslin
Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2019 2:32 PM 
To: PCD Subject: Hotel Complex 
Dear City,   I am writing, as many others are, to ask the City of Bainbridge Island to deny the application for an 87‐room hotel complex on Winslow Way.

I know that you'll get lots of mail about the traffic, noise, and smells that will inevitably be  part of that development, and I agree with those letters.   I want to raise the issue of scale.

Bainbridge Island is a small town. Most ‐ if not all ‐ of us who live here treasure that  part of our life. The sheer size ‐ 132 parking places? ‐ of this project will change the experience of life on the Island. 

While that concern, important as it is, may sound vague, surely concerns about the scale of traffic, waste, sewers, and  calls upon City services are measurable.   Finally, I encourage you to look at the business plan, if possible. What will happen if this project, once built, turns out to be impractical? Rather than an outsized eyesore, will we be left with an abandoned outsize eyesore?  Thank you for considering these points.  

Victoria Josslin