Even with the announcement that the Blue Water Homes project will not be built at Tamat Beach in Chalan Piao due to probate issues, landowners and heirs of the nearby area maintain their support for \u201ccontrolled\u201d development anywhere on the island.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will continue to support controlled economic development so long as the development does not negatively impact our environment and adjacent landowners in such a way that the negatives outweigh the positives,\u201d said Christopher Attao Concepcion, heir to Lot 458-NEW-4, said yesterday in an email response to Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n
Robert \u201cBob\u201d Jones, Blue Water Homes LLC managing partner and Triple J Enterprises founder, made the official announcement at the Saipan Chamber of Commerce meeting on Wednesday, saying that one of the landowners had died and there is an ongoing probate.<\/p>\n
Concepcion pointed out that his family, members of the Tamat-Cabrera clan that owns land in the area where the $30-million affordable housing project was supposed to be built, were \u201cnot completely against the project.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just had major concerns regarding the size of the building itself and all the negative effects it would have had on our neighborhood and the surrounding environment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Blue Water Homes, the second affordable housing project to avail of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program administered by the Northern Marianas Housing Corp., involves the construction of 80 two-, three-, and four-bedroom units in a 98-foot building and originally planned to be built south of Chalan Kanoa Beach Club.<\/p>\n
Jones said they are looking at three alternate sites that he is not ready yet to disclose.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile I am pleased to see that Mr. Jones has decided to look at alternative sites for his project, my one wish is that he finds a suitable location that is adequate for his needs,\u201d said John White, owner of Lot 458-NEW-7.<\/p>\n
According to White, his family\u2019s main concern was not having \u201csufficient space\u201d available for social activities required for an 80-unit housing project.<\/p>\n
\u201cPutting that large a structure on three house lots was just too cramped for any healthy social activities, not to mention the adverse environmental impact,\u201d said White.<\/p>\n
Concepcion said that if the project developer is \u201cserious about helping out our economy,\u201d then Blue Water Homes should be built in an area \u201cmore conducive to the size of this project.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTamat Beach is not that area. We wish them luck in all their future endeavors,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
White also urged the community to \u201cplan carefully\u201d for economic development, \u201cno matter where it is located on Saipan.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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