Lake Wenatchee Info

Hummingbirds are Back

admin — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:27:26 +0000

George spotted this sure sign of spring yesterday morning. His only worry was, "if the Hummingbirds are back, the mosquito’s can’t be too far behind…"

Need divers?

George Wilson — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:50:27 +0000

I received an email this morning from a South Shore owner who has some
divers coming up n a couple of weeks to do some work at his place. If
anyone else has need of a diver to work on water pumps or dock anchorings
etc let me know by email at gwwilson@nwi.net and I’ll put you in touch
with the other folks so you can coodinate the work and perhaps save some
money.

Rezone of 13 Acres on Lake Wenatchee Highway

admin — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:39:25 +0000

One of our up lake readers came upon the following rezone hearing. Anyone with knowledge of this proposed rezone is encouraged to comment and attend the hearing on Wed. Would for example new units be required to be on the sewer system? Does anyone know how many units would be permitted with this rezone?

Picture of the Day

admin — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:30:46 +0000

‘Spring arrives at Hidden Lake by John Diamond’

Shoreline Regulations Update Meeting Notes

admin — Fri, 02 May 2008 04:26:42 +0000

Received the following note on the Shoreline Master Plan Update. It is worth spending a little time reading through the materials, there is a lot between the lines. Anyone who has attended the meetings and can provide commentary please comment.

Hello All-

The notes from our last meeting on 4/10 are now available on our website at: http://www.co.chelan.wa.us/nr/nr_shoreline_master_program.html . They are located in the bottom right hand corner of the page.

Our next meetings are scheduled for 9-12 on Thursday, May 15^th and 9-12 on Thursday, June 26^th. There is a location change for these two meetings since the CTC was not available. Both meetings will be at Chelan County Fire District #1, 206 Easy St., Wenatchee.

Best wishes,

Erin E. Fonville

Natural Resource Specialist
Chelan County Natural Resources
316 Washington St. Suite 401
Wenatchee, WA 98801
Office: (509) 667-6324
E-mail: erin.fonville@co.chelan.wa.us

Forest Service leased lots article

George Wilson — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:10:07 +0000

Two articles appeared in the April 25th Wenatchee World concerning lease rates for the USFS summer homes lots on Lake Wenatchee and at Conconully. I will post them both as separate comments to this. Click on “comments” below to read them…….

Dock Section Found

admin — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:50:40 +0000

Rollie Schmitten found the following dock section on North Shore earlier this week. If it is yours or you know who it belongs to, please leave a comment on the web site and we’ll connect. With warming weather the lake level should start rising rapidly, if you find docks, paddle boats or fire pit furniture that need to be reconnect with their owners let us know.

Health Dept and Waterquality

admin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:18:18 +0000

George had an email discussion with the health dept and asked me to post the following contact information and links to guidelines on septic systems.

Marc Marquis, JD, REHS
Environmental Health Division Director
Chelan-Douglas Health District
200 Valley Mall Parkway
E. Wenatchee, WA 98802
(509) 886-6450 Fax:(509) 886-6449

Answers to your questions:

1) Here’s a link to the Health District’s design guidelines, including setbacks, for septic systems: http://www.cdhd.wa.gov/docs/Design%20Guidelines.pdf. In general, the setback requirement for septic system components from a surface water source is 100ft. With waivers, this distance can be reduced to 50ft, provided the applicant can affirmatively show the design will provide for additional protection measures. This can be done in a number of ways. However, I tend to view waiver requests very conservatively.

Our Health Code does provide authority for the local health officer to compel connection to a sewer line regardless of distance if it is determined necessary to protect public health (See health code 4.20.030: http://www.cdhd.wa.gov/documents/SanitaryCode2008.pdf). This would require the existence something like water quality data indicating bacterial contamination threatening a water supply.

2) RCW 246-272A-0270 currently requires that all property owners have routine inspection and maintenance service performed on existing septic systems. For more info see: http://www.cdhd.wa.gov/EnvironmentalHealthServices.htm. Property owners must show records of maintenance and service at the time of sale. Failure to provide this information can affect the sale of a property. The Health District has established a list of licensed providers who can provide this service. Service records are reported electronically and available to the public online. This is still a relatively new statewide requirement. I believe we will see much greater compliance as time goes on due to market forces.

3) The Health is very interested in water quality issues for both Lake Wenatchee and Chelan and we would be please to participate as appropriate. As always, we must balance reasonable concerns with local economic interests.

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Lake Wenatchee Resident Re-creating History

admin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:17:19 +0000

Arnie Clarke, retired Air Force fighter pilot, retired manager of the Wenatchee airport and a Lake Wenatchee resident, is the chief pilot on the Miss Veedol/Spirit of Wenatchee project whose goal is to re-enact the historic 1931 trans-Pacific flight of Clyde Pangborn. This effort was highlighted in a Seattle Times article this week. The article can be read at:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004362622_wenatchee21m.html

South Shore Forest Service Road Condition?

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:43:22 +0000

Received the following email at LakeWenatacheeInfo world headquarters, please comment if you have current info:

My name is Kyle Edwards and my family owns Cabin # 19 of the South Shore Summer Homes. I know the forest service plows snow off the paved road all the way to Camp Zanika during the winter months. My question, does anyone know if the snow has been cleared from Camp Zanika to the last South Shore Summer Home/Glacier View Camp Ground? I’m planning on heading over this weekend and as you can tell I’m trying to figure out if I need to bring my snow shoes or X-country ski’s.
Please e-mail me back if you would be so kind.
thanks!
Kyle Edwards
kyle@moneytolend.com