SEQUIM — The citizens group that tied up two large retail developments with court battles has thrown down the gauntlet for a third project proposed closer to downtown.
Sequim First issued a statement last week to City Planning Director Dennis Lefevre, noting its concerns over a shopping center targeted for a site near Sequim Avenue and U.S. Highway 101.
That project, proposed by Bellevue developer Fred McConkey and tentatively set to be anchored by a Fred Meyer department store, would be called Bell Farm Center.
Concerns raised by Sequim First over the project echo those the citizens group put forth in an appeal over a proposed Wal-Mart “supercenter” and a regional shopping center, both planned for sites near West Washington Street, River Road and Priest Road.
Just over a week after losing court hearings in which they asked Superior Court judges in Clallam and Thurston counties to order an independent environmental impact statement, or EIS, on each project, Sequim First has asked Lefevre to have an EIS drawn up on Bell Farm Center.