We the undersigned are coming together to convince Crystal Springs Tracts, LLC, its affiliated land-owners, the City of Bainbridge Island, and the community at large, that extending Springridge Road, Marshall Road, or indeed any road through the island's last large undeveloped area -- Gazzam Lake Park and Preserve -- would be an historic mistake.

This is not an issue of access (it is not our aim to keep these property owners from getting to their land); it is a matter of whether or not that access should bisect a wildlife corridor and pave over part of Gazzam's trail system in order to save a handful of private developers hundreds of thousands of dollars at the expense of the greater community.

The City has said that access from Crystal Springs, instead of through the Preserve, would be "too expensive." But the City is not bearing the cost, the private land-owners are. A more expensive private road is a small price to pay when weighed against the true costs to all islanders, users of Gazzam, supporters of wildlife and wildlife corridors, proponents of open space, taxpayers and the contributors who helped purchase the Gazzam Lake and Close properties.

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