HomeMy WebLinkAbout146.Langlois, S&D. 4-28_FW The Locally Approved Jefferson County Shoreline Master Program
Michelle McConnell
From:Stewart, Jeff R. (ECY) [jste461@ECY.WA.GOV]
Sent:Friday, July 16, 2010 6:14 PM
To:Michelle McConnell
Subject:FW: The Locally Approved Jefferson County Shoreline Master Program
Categories:Sent Only to MM
More correspondence…..
From: Stewart, Jeff R. (ECY)
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 6:11 PM
To: Nicholson, Donna (ECY)
Subject: FW: The Locally Approved Jefferson County Shoreline Master Program
Donna,
This letter surfaced today and I don’t believe it was included previously- so please add it to the summary?
Thanks!
Jeffree
From: Ss Langlois [mailto:sslanglois@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:58 PM
To: Stewart, Jeff R. (ECY)
Subject: The Locally Approved Jefferson County Shoreline Master Program
Denis and Susan Langlois
2304 Rosecrans St.
Port Townsend, WA 98368
April 28, 2010
Mr. Jeffree Stewart, Regional Planner
Washington State Department of Ecology
P O Box 47775
Olympia WA 98504
RE: The Locally Approved Jefferson County Shoreline Master Program
Dear Sirs:
My husband and I moved to Jefferson County twenty-one years ago deciding to forego opportunities for higher
salaries and advancement. As a nurse and an educator, jobs were plentiful in other places, but we were drawn
to this community's lovely wooded habitats and exquisite shorelines. We believed reduced salaries were a
reasonable trade for being able to bike to work, hear the peeps of frogs from our front porch, and enjoyed the
taste of fresh wild salmon and halibut--public benefits that no salary differential could encompass, no five acre
plot of my own could contain. It was the bounty of the natural resources that led us to decide that we should
become part of this community.
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I want to thank the County Commissioners, the Planning Commission and staff for their efforts in updating the
County’s shoreline management plan. We support the locally approved Shoreline Master Program adopted by
the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners, and we are confident of its fairness and reasonableness. The
process involved careful deliberations and appropriately incorporated public comment and scientific data .
Comprehensive plans designated the scientifically-based protection of fragile, environmental resources to be of
primary importance; because they are so consequential to all of us, so vital to the health of all, they are deemed
to be "critical". We support the 150 foot buffers within the Conservancy and Natural designated areas and the
recognition that this a default buffer that can be modified based on site specific conditions. We also want to
affirm the concept that these buffer adjustments should be based on the concept of NO NET LOSS to the
shoreline’s functions and values.
The citizens of Jefferson County’s were diligent in providing a sound document that can act as a contract with
the citizens of the state to ensure the protection of our fragile coastlines. We need a plan that protects the quality
of life for citizens throughout the state and preserves peoples' reasons for remaining here to work, pay taxes, and
participate in everyday life.
We urge you to approve the Jefferson County Shoreline Master Program as it is written.
Sincerely,
Susan and Denis Langlois
360-385-1266
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