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Michelle McConnell
From:Phil Andrus [inthewoods@olympus.net]
Sent:Tuesday, May 11, 2010 8:36 AM
To:Stewart, Jeff R. (ECY)
Subject:Jefferson County SMP
Categories:LASMP Public Comment
Greetings,
I am writing in support of the adoption by the Department of Ecology of the draft Jefferson County Shorelines Master Program. I am well acquainted
with shorelines planning in Jefferson County, having served on the county's Shoreline Commission for over a decade, both as member and as chair.
In addition, I participated in an unsuccessful effort to update the SMP earlier in this decade, after the Shorelines Commission had been abolished. I
have read the draft SMP in its entirety and have submitted verbal and written testimony throughout the county's extended process. In all of my
eighteen years on the Shoreline Commission and on the Planning Commission, I have never witnessed a more thorough, inclusive, and professional
plan development process.
As a marine electrician, I am keenly concerned for the protection of the working waterfront. As a sailor, kayaker, clam digger and crab chaser, I
recognize the many values of the shorelines and the waters of our county.
The draft is vastly superior to the document it will replace. First, it incorporates contemporary scientific
knowledge in its policies and regulations. Second, it is more logically and clearly organized and written. And,
third, while recognizing the needs and rights of property owners, it protects shoreline resources and processes
for the benefit of the citizens of Jefferson County and of the entire state.
Meriting special mention are the following:
1. The prohibition of all mining and mining-related activities on natural, conservation, and residential
shorelines
2. The prohibition of farming of salmon in net pens
3. Buffer modification is flexible enough to allow reductions in buffer sizes when appropriate.
4. Reduction of the demand for shoreline armoring
5. Strengthening of the regulations of shoreline armoring, when armoring cannot be avoided
6. Continued respect for water dependent uses
Best regards,
Phil Andrus
POB 261
Chimacum, WA 98325
360 732 4085
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