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COUNTY COMMENT.
Compliance with Vegetation management plan. Section 8.8.7 of the Development Agreement requires
implementation of the Vegetation Management Plan in Appendix L. Before site development, the
Applicant must devise several specific operational prescriptions to achieve “the ultimate vegetation goals
and objectives established following the guidelines presented by the BoCC in Ordinance No. 01-0128-
08”. Please provide a narrative explaining how the project design will implement the Vegetation
Management Plan, incorporating specific operational prescriptions and conditions developed through an
overlay of the current condition maps (Appendix M “Forest Report”) with the footprint of the PHMPR
development.
PHMPR RESPONSE
Page 12 of the vegetation management plan lists the five requirements born by the MPR for
vegetation management covered by the BoCC in ordinanceNo. 01-0128-08.
The first of the five specific requirements 3.0 (a) relates to the SEIS which has not to my
knowledge been found to be insufficient in its submitted form so I will pass on restating it here.
The second of the specific conditions 3.0 (s) is in several parts. The first part requires a green
belt to be maintained between the development and hwy 101 which will, in the current site plan
either be maintained or installed during construction. It also requires the 200-foot riparian
buffer along the steep bluff where the MPR borders the Hood Canal to the South. The project
has set aside and recorded the described easement. The conservation easement is depicted on
the site plan. The maritime village is being designed to preserve the greenbelt and provide the
natural visual separation called out in the ordinance. Until the architectural details are designed
it is not possible to include the maritime village vegetation buffer on the site plan. The buffer will
be shown and submitted with the request for a development permit in this area. The set-back
from wetlands called out in the ordinance is covered by the kettle “B” preservation and the golf
course design is meandered to preserve green belts and natural visual separations. The
vegetation management plan is detailed and specific in its description of the requirement to
remove problem trees and invasive vegetation. The management plan can be taken at face value
as our prescription for meeting the letter and intent of 01-0128-08. Specifically, the VMP’s listed
in 3.0 of the Vegetation management plan in all of its parts.
The third constraint on vegetation management from section three 3.0 (u) page 12 is a
general description relating to preservation of or providing for vegetation to screen the
development and amenities from view and impacts on the adjacent rural areas. This section is
not site plan specific but rather general in nature. “the greenbelts of the shoreline should be
retained and maintained as they currently exist in order to provide for screening of facilities and
amenities so that all uses within the MPR are harmonious with each other”. The quote above is
included here to illustrate the impossibility of including these constraints on the drawings until
much higher granularity of design is available.
Exhibit 41
The fourth section is specific to the maritime village and requires the buildings to be designed
such that they blend in with the natural terrain and be landscaped with greenbelts between
buildings. The building design incorporates these features with most of the structure built down
slope and as such not visible. The detailed design is being done but not yet available in sufficient
detail to allow its depiction on the site plan drawing.
The last condition is generalized to cover construction of all the MPR buildings. It states that
we must consult an arborist to ensure that we strive to preserve trees 10 inches or more breast
high and protect them from damage during construction. Trees of that size or greater that must
be removed are to be taken out with their root wads and preserved for stream reclamation
projects.
Part 6.2.1 with its plan view and accompanying descriptive paragraphs cover the maritime village
area plan.
Finally, Part 6.2 covers, with boundaries, and a diagram the MPR existing vegetation conditions.
Everything in this section is independent of the proposed site plan and deals with the heavy
impact of former land use on the site.
In summary, the management plan itself is the narrative you are asking us to provide and with
the listed exceptions it is not site specific. The plan cannot be, by its nature, displayed on the site
plan beyond the beyond the easements, setbacks, and natural preserved areas.
We have provided a current site plan with the vegetation plan shown in text notations on the
drawing.
John Holbert PE
Project Manager
Exhibit 41