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From: Jesse DeNike <jesse@plauchecarr.com>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2025 9:16 AM
To: Donna Frostholm
Subject: RE: SDP2024-00006 Rock Island Shellfish
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Thanks, Donna. I look forward to hearing back from you. Again, Rock Island Shellfish has an urgent need to complete the
review process, so if there are any final items requiring attention, we would really like to find a way to work through
them as quickly as possible.
Jesse
From: Donna Frostholm <DFrostholm@co.jefferson.wa.us>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2025 8:00 AM
To: Jesse DeNike <jesse@plauchecarr.com>
Subject: RE: SDP2024-00006 Rock Island Shellfish
Jesse,
I have received your emails and voicemail, and I expect to get back to you this week.
Regards,
Donna Frostholm
Jefferson County
From: Jesse DeNike <iesse lauchecarr.com>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2025 1:33 PM
To: Donna Frostholm <DFrostholm@co.jefferson.wa.us>
Subject: RE: SDP2024-00006 Rock Island Shellfish
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Hi Donna,
Please get back to me at your earliest convenience on this. As we've discussed before, Rock Island shellfish has a limited
window for planting oysters this year, and it is in danger of missing out on the planting season if the permit process is
not wrapped up soon. If you believe additional information is needed to finish processing the application, please let me
know as soon as possible so that we can address it. Thanks.
Jesse
From: Jesse DeNike
Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2025 10:31 AM
To: Donna Frostholm <DFrostholm@co.jefferson.wa.us>
Subject: RE: SDP2024-00006 Rock Island Shellfish
Hi Donna,
I'm checking in to see if you have any clarification questions, and to see about getting the hearing scheduled. Thank you.
Jesse
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Sent: Monday, December 23, 2024 2:57 PM �j�V41 �I K
To. -,Donna Frostholm <DFrostholm co."effers n.vv�.us>
Subj ct: RE: SDP2024-00006 Rock Island Shel d h
Hi Donn
I've attached n updated site plan that identifies the location of the rock gabio alls, the parking lot, and the trail that
has gravel. The ail is approximately 4 feet wide, and a photograph of it is att shed. Mr. Carson did not remove any
native vegetation i the areas where the gravel and rock walls are located. ese areas did not have vegetation when
Mr. Carson took over he property or had only Himalayan blackberries.
The firewood is used as paft,,Rf Rock Island's farming operations. Far orkers may burn the wood for heat while
conducting work at the farm. gravel parking area is used for par ing vehicles used as part of the farming operations,
and the rock walls serve as a barrie or the gravel and for retainin . The parking area is also used to lay down, stage, or
temporarily store farm materials an\eer
te that muc of the material that is shown in the picture you sent is
gear left over from the previous opeon from t e Corps, Rock Island has removed this material and is in
the process of having it properly disope to h ve such material removed from the property within the
coming weeks if not sooner. None oment r other materials will remain on a permanent basis (e.g., the
fencing and boats).
The wall by Container B has lights on the back and t fr t for safety, so that individuals can identify/locate the front
and back of the wall. The wall by Container A has I.
hts on Ne bottom that serve the same purpose. The lights are LED
and approximately 15 watts. In short, all of the i ms you men ' d are in support of or part of the farm, and no
residential use is proposed.
With respect to the location of the right way, I believe Mr. Carson h s had a survey performed of the properties to
confirm the boundary between his pro erties and the right of way. WhiE the right of way is 60 feet wide, the centerline
of the right of way is not located at a center of the paved roadway but is ther to the north of it. If Public Works has
different information, we can foll w up separately with them.
Regardin/comes
HWM, Con ence used information provided by NOAA. NOAA ha a beach slope reference line layer
here: Unap whit as elevations for all of the common tidal metrics. Conflu ce added this line to a map and
comparee veg ation line to see if they aligned, which in this case they did. Co if,
prepared the attached
figure, wp es OHWM as identified by the County's sources and NOAA's. The t o lines are very close and even
intersect" !e places. Confluence could not put its own labels on the contours, but u can see a tiny little "5"marking in front of Confluence's OHWM, which means the line behind it (that inter cts with Confluence's) is
the 10-foour. If the County believes that its OHWM lines is more reliable, then we may a willing to just use that
line. Agawo lines seem very close, and we would like to avoid a costly site visit if possibl
this answers all your questions. If you need additional clarification, please let me know as soo� as possible.
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