December 4, 2006 (Public Meeting to take comments for 2007 U.S. EPA Brownfields 2007 Grant Application) This meeting to take public comments is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. in the Community Rooms A&B.  The public comment period ends at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 5^th.
 

November 21, 2006 (U.S. EPA Brownfields 2007 Grant Program) The city is currently applying for additional grant funding through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Grant program in the amount of $200,000.  The grant will help fund portions of the site cleanup on the parcel located at 3711 Harborview Drive, should it be required. A copy of the draft application is included. The EPA Brownfields Grant program was created to help communities redevelop, reuse or expand land that because of contamination might otherwise be unusable. 

Earlier this year, the city applied through the EPA Brownfields Grant program for funding for the 3711 and 3805 parcels at Eddon Boat.  Funding was awarded in the amount of $200,000 for the 3805 parcel only.  The city was encouraged to apply for 2007 grant funding for the 3711 parcel.  Grant funds will also be used to support community involvement activities.  The city will ensure that community concerns are considered in cleanup planning and execution and that the public is kept informed of project progress and results. 

 A grant application requirement is to hold a public meeting to gather public input.  A public meeting has been scheduled for Monday, December 4, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. in Community Rooms A&B.  The purpose of this meeting is to discuss any comments received and take questions/comments from the public pertaining specifically to the proposed grant application.  The public comment period ends at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 5^th.  The deadline for the grant application is Friday, December 8^th.
 

June 12, 2006 (Council Meeting) Council voted 5/2 to amend the grant application to include the Hoppen House to preserve it for adaptive reuse.  In addition, Council recommended that the brick house be nominated and included with the Eddon Boat Site on the City's Registry of Historic Places. It is expected that this new information will strengthen the application by confirming the City’s intent to preserve the entire cluster of Eddon Boat structures.
 

June 5, 2006 (Special Public Council Meeting) - Gerald Eysaman and Michael Sullivan present preliminary HSR findings that confirm that that the site can achieve national registry landmark status.  Further, Mr. Sullivan explained the significance of the Eddon boatbuilding, dock, marine ways, and family house as an entire story that is not represented anywhere on the West Coast. Eddon Boat Park site gains substantial significance because of the “family operation” narrative that it represents.
 

May 2006 - Joint Parks Commission/Eddon Boat Committee public meeting. Approximately 28 participants. Objective:  review Anchor Consultants open space park design.   Consensus: park needs a bathroom; the brick house should be demolished.
 

May 2006 - $1 million State Heritage Grant Application to restore Eddon Boat Building is submitted; the brick house was not included in the grant application.
 

May 2006 – IAC State Aquatic Lands Acquisition Grant Application filed on open space parcel for 2007 funding (adjusted 7-12 to $888,457.00).
 

May 2006 - Critical Areas regulation review confirms that the brick house falls within a type II wetland (new construction of a structure not allowed within 110 feet of the shoreline / trails and paths are allowed).
 

April 2006 – Public meetings begin to review preliminary Anchor Environmental park design for open space parcel.
 

April 2006 – Objective: an accredited assessment of Eddon Boat for future heritage funding applications.  Gersald Eysaman & Company / Artifacts Consulting hired to create a Historic Structures Report (HSR) on the Eddon Boat Building (HSR: a written and illustrated reference document that provides a thorough historic, architectural and engineering evaluation of a building, site or structure. It identifies significant original and subsequently added features and spaces, existing appearance and condition, and historic events associated with the structure. The purpose of this evaluation is to provide a basis to make decisions relating to maintenance, restoration or rehabilitation of the building or structure).
 

March 2006 –Eddon Ad Hoc Committee reviews proposals for compatible uses for the boatbuiding based on criteria in the 2004 Bond. A recommendation is forwarded to City Council to approve the Gig Harbor BoatShop proposal.
 

“Gig Harbor Community BoatShop Mission Statement: a community based educational non-profit dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the traditional small boatyard, the working waterfront, and northwest maritime heritage. The Gig Harbor BoatShop will advance this mission through the teaching of traditional and contemporary skills inherent in the Eddon Boat building, the repair and use of sailboats, powerboats and commercial boats that the vanishing family operated boatyards of the Pacific Northwest have traditionally served".
 

2006 - Pandora’s Box and Wildbirds are demolished.  The brick house demolition delayed in response to a small number of individuals requesting that the structure be preserved. Question: can another structure be rebuilt on the footprint.
 

2006 - Eddon Boat “Building, Dock and Marine Ways” becomes the first property to be listed on Gig Harbor’s Registry of Historic Places (listing does not include the brick house).
 

February 2005 - Work with Department of Ecology (DOE) and Anchor Environmental for site clean-up begin
 

January 2005-Eddon Boat Ad Hoc Committee appointed to provide a venue for public input and site development recommendations to Council.
 

November 2004 Proposition No. 1 Land Acquisition and Development language (voters pamphlet):

TITLE: The City Council of the City of Gig Harbor adopted Ordinance No. 970 concerning a Proposition for bonds. This proposition authorized the City to acquire waterfront space and land and initiate restoration of the Eddon boatyard for historical, cultural, educational and recreational purposes, to issue $3,500,000 of general obligation bonds maturing within a maximum term of 20 years to finance such acquisitions, and to levy property taxes annually in excess of regular property tax levies to repay such bonds, all as provided in Ordinance No. 970. Should this proposition be approved or rejected?