HomeMy WebLinkAbout66D_2024-0521 Powers (PGST)PORT GAMBLE S’KLALLAM TRIBE
NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
31912 Little Boston Rd. NE – Kingston, WA 98346
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May 21, 2024
Josh Peters
Director, Department of Community Development
Jefferson County
621 Sheridan Street
Port Townsend, WA 98367
Email: jpeters@co.jefferson.wa.us
RE: Pleasant Harbor Master Planned Resort, Case No. SUB2023-00025
Dear Director Peters,
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on permit application SUB2023-00025, the Preliminary
Plat of The Hamlet of Pleasant Harbor, for the Pleasant Harbor Master Planned Resort. The proposed
project is located in an ecologically and culturally significant area of the Port Gamble S’Klallam
Tribe’s usual and accustomed grounds and stations (U&A). The Tribe is invested in the
preservation of tribal treaty rights to fish, hunt, and gather in their U&A as well as the
preservation of the ecosystems that support these rights. This proposal is part of a long-standing
land use and development proposal for which the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe (PGST) has had
strong concerns for impacts related to cultural resources, water quality, impacts to shellfish harvest
areas and the potential for tideland closure, impacts to the local elk herds, and lack of a meaningful
government-to-government consultation process. Many of the tribe’s concerns related to this proposal
are outlined in the August 9, 2017, letter from late Chairman Sullivan (please see attached).
A public comment period extension was requested, but due to current regulations in place, could
not be granted. Therefore, comments provided at this time are limited to PGST concerns already
on record and on project information available at this time. A meeting with county staff for a
project briefing is currently being scheduled for June 11th. This meeting will help staff determine
if a formal Government-to-Government will be requested and will inform follow-up comment
letters.
Thank you again for providing the opportunity to provide comments on the permit application. If
you have any further questions or comments, please contact me anytime.
Sincerely,
Marla Powers, Environmental Planner
Natural Resources Department
Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe
(360)297-6292
Email: mpowers@pgst.nsn.us
Exhibit 66D
PORT GAMBLE S’KLALLAM TRIBE
NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
31912 Little Boston Rd. NE – Kingston, WA 98346
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CC: Roma Call, Director Department of Natural Resources, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe
Misty Ives, Historic Preservation Officer, PGST
Jefferson County Public Comment email: planning@co.jefferson.wa.us
Exhibit 66D
Exhibit 66D
Exhibit 66D
Exhibit 66D
Exhibit 66D