PC025 Bill Grafmiller 09-16-2015From:Christina Janssen
To:Elisha Heath
Subject:FW: Save Painted Hills Golf Course.
Date:Wednesday, September 16, 2015 4:25:22 PM
Christina J. Janssen
Planner
City of Spokane Valley
Community and Economic Development Dept.
11707 E. Sprague Avenue #106
Spokane Valley, WA 99206
Phone-(509)720-5333
www.spokanevalley.org
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From: Bill Grafmiller [mailto:bill@grafsgolfstudio.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 4:08 PMTo: Christina JanssenSubject: Save Painted Hills Golf Course.
Dear Christina Janssen
I am in total support of saving the Painted Hills Golf course. I do feel that the City of Spokane
Valley let the community down when It was sold to James Black. We the Painted Hills men's
club approached
Dean Grafos and Chuck Hafner about saving the golf course by purchase for the valley
residence. We also approached the city of Spokane valley City Counsel about them buying
the golf course for the valley residence so they would have there own place to play golf. At
that meeting if you were not present Mr. Stone the Parks Dept. Manager made a
presentation that the course would be better served if the city purchased it for family
recreation that would include the driving range par three for family's to play and the rest put
into sports courts and area for play and wild life. He was turned down by the counsel. I feel
that the counsel was already in bed with the James Black Company for the revenue that
would be coming from the homes that would built in the flood plain. Now did I mention flood
plain. In 2000 I believe the golf course was under water for the entire length and width. I
served on the flood plain committee with Mr. Mike Senske shortly after that flood. We had a
guest speaker from WSU that informed the committee that when the 100 yr. flood would
happen that every thing on the course and across to high way 27 would be under water. The
water would be at the door step of Horizon Middle school. After that the committee got a
grant to dredge the Chester creek just north of the golf course to Shaffer road and then build
a huge holding hole that can be seen on the west side of Mica Dishman highway at
intersection of 32nd ave.
When Mike Senske owned the golf course the EPA and who ever would not allow him to
take any earth from the property or bring any earth into. they also would walk the creek
looking for any infractions that the golf course may have done. He was not allowed to build
permanent standing building’s that were in the flood plain on the property. Now how in the
hell did that all change. Must be some money's exchange some place would you think? Did
the EPA and City change the playing field for there own enrichment? Now we get into the
over load of traffic and people in one area. Our schools are not prepared for the load of
students. The roads will cause stress on traffic flow. and we do not need any more low come
housing. I am already looking at in my neighborhood a apartment building that is run down
and nothing from the city to protect my neighborhood from deteriorating more every year. It
seems that the City of Spokane Valley council is more interested in planting trees on Sprague
and building pathways and allowing the community structure to decay. Have your committee
get a court order to hold up the James Black Project. And find out why the EPA changed the
Flood plain ruling and if that is legal. Why one could not build and now one can. I wish you all
on the Painted Hills Prevention Assoc. all the luck in your endeavor.
Bill Grafmiller
10808 E. 33 Ave.
City of Spokane Valley