Falling Water is digging in and beginning to build
Published 12:52 pm Thursday, December 11, 2008
By Dennis Box
The Courier-Herald
Ready, set, start building.
After nearly 15 years of planning and preparation, the Falling Water development has inked the deals to build the homes.
Project manager Bill Diamond has reported the builders have been signed to construct the first 115 homes in phase one.
Three builders will construct the homes - Harr Family Homes, Premier Communities and Evergreen State Builders.
Diamond said he is excited to have the project start, but continues to hope an arrangement can be worked out with the city of Bonney Lake for sewer hook up.
Falling Water's first phase will use a community drain field, although sewer lines are in place to eventually hook into the municipal sewer system.
There has been concern among Bonney Lake City Council members that Falling Water is building on the water recharge area for city's Victor Falls spring.
This issue came up in September and October council meetings when members considered providing Tacoma Water an emergency intertie or connection to Falling Water.
Tacoma Water is providing water to Falling Water and wanted the connection for a possible emergency loss of water.
"This development is built on our recharge area," Councilman Neil Johnson said. "We are already going to run short of water. I want to protest the fact they are on our recharge area."
Diamond states this problem has already been settled.
"The hard line sewers will be used to take all the effluent outside the recharge area," Diamond said. "Everything has been inspected by the city."
Diamond also stated that a $517,000 trust account, payable to the city, has been set up if and when the city allows Falling Water to hook up to its sewer system.
The process for phase two will begin in January, with the building of 150 more homes to begin in the fall of 2005.
The development is set for nearly 1,000 homes to be built on 479 acres.
Falling Water is located between McCutcheon Road and 188 Avenue Court East.
Dennis Box can be reached at dbox@cmg-northwest2.go-vip.net/courierherald.
