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June 10, 2025
The Honorable Gary McLean
Jefferson County Hearing Examiner
Jefferson County Washington
c/o Carolyn Galloway
carolyn@co.jefferson.wa.us
Dear Hearing Examiner McLean:
Re: SDP2024-00006 Rock Island (Robert Carson) SEPA Appeal
On June 2, 2025, I filed a Notice of SEPA Appeal in the above-entitled case, on behalf of Jan
Wold and myself. I make the following requests:
1) Please post filings, including correspondence (e.g., this letter), in this matter within
24 hours of receiving them, in an online folder with a unique url. Distribute notices
and orders immediately. Good administrative hygiene is important for several reasons:
it enables the public to be aware of the goings-on in a public proceeding; it avoids the
misleading appearance of a lack of records or new filings when those records in fact
exist; it avoids the cumbersome and labor-intensive process of requesting and fulfilling
public-records requests; and it reduces the chance that public records, including pleadings
and orders, will be “lost” or not acted upon, when action is required. (As you know, this
happened in another case, MLA19-00036, when an order to return a fee was never posted
or distributed. The fee still has not been returned.)
2) Please schedule a pre-hearing conference, in order to:
a. Discuss whether it’s practical to brief and decide certain procedural issues (e.g., notice
requirements) that might obviate the need for further hearing examiner proceedings. If
so, set a briefing schedule.
b. If (a) is not feasible, discuss hearing date, time needs, mechanics, and other requirements
for the hearing. I understand that a hearing date of July 25 was tentatively selected
before I filed the Notice of SEPA Appeal. If so, I request another date, as that week is
the only full week I’m unavailable—for family obligations.
c. Arrange for a list of parties of record to be transferred and maintained by the Office of
the Hearing Examiner, if that has not already been accomplished.
Thank you,
Marilyn Showalter
Contact for Appellants
cc: Donna Frostholm, Phil Hunsucker, Jesse DeNike