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WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Town of Coupeville to swap parcels with land trust (VIDEO)

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Coupeville Mayor Molly Hughes
Coupeville Mayor Molly Hughes

Rachel Rosen reports from the Coupeville Town Council meeting on May 10, 2022.

Coupeville Town Council members voted Tuesday to swap a town-owned parcel of land near the ferry for five acres of forest closer to the town, but owned by the Whidbey Camano Land Trust, in a move expected to benefit both parties.

Video recording of the Coupeville Town Council meeting of May 10, 2022. The public hearing on the resolution begins at 33:54 and lasts approximately twelve-and-a-half minutes. After a second, unrelated public hearing the council took up the resolution as new business at 50:47; this portion of the meeting lasts approximately three minutes.

They Said It

“We’ve been talking about this and working on this for a long, long time,” said Mayor Molly Hughes, who gave a summary during a public hearing.

“The land trust really has no interest in owning property once they’ve protected it,” Hughes said. It would benefit Coupeville because it provides a “nice greenspace and a beautiful entry into town from Broadway.”

“I really feel like it’s been a fair partnership and a fair exchange,” she said.

  • May 13, 2022

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