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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit 26-15 Request for additional informationDonna Frostholm From: Donna Frostholm Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 5:10 PM To: Chris.Gourley@dfw.wa.gov Subject: MLA21-00007 Point Whitney Boat Launch Hi Christina, Hopefully, you received the email I sent September 7, 2023. In addition to the questions in that email, I have the following: 1. JCC 18.25.350(3)(b) says the boat launch shall be: Designed and constructed using methods/technology that have been recognized and approved by state and federal resource agencies as the best currently available. Please clarify if this boat launch is typical of how WDFW improves boat launches and if it is expected to be approved by the Corps. 2. This is the description of the proposal I am putting in the staff report for the hearing examiner and is what would be listed as the approved redevelopment in the permit (please let me know if the following is still correct): Shoreline conditional use, shoreline substantial development, and flood development applications to improve an existing public boat launch at Point Whitney. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is proposing to retain an existing concrete ramp, with the new boat launch built over the currently existing one. Steel rails would be installed over the existing ramp to level and raise the new ramp. Precast concrete planks would be placed on the rails and the voids filled with clean gravel. The new planks would be two feet wider than what currently exists and the proposed boat launch would be approximately six- to 10 inches above the existing ramp grade. In addition, articulated concrete mats would be added along each side of the ramp, which adds approximately four feet to each side for a total new ramp width of about 20 feet. Anchor cables would be driven into the substrate to support the mats. The length of the ramp would not increase. Mitigation proposed by WDFW includes previously completed grading at the west end of the point and use of the Hood Canal Coordinating Council In -lieu Fee program. The proposal is intended to improve the ability of the public to use the ramp. The applicant submitted an Eelgrass Delineation report, a Coastal Processes Assessment and Design Considerations report, and a Habitat Management Plan. The applicant also submitted a WDFW government -to - government consultation letters with Washington Department of Archaeology and Historic preservation and with Tribes. The proposal is subject to review under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) and WDFW acted as the lead agency for SEPA. 3. The Habitat Management Plan states that a Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plan has been prepared by the contractor. Please forward that report on to me. 4. Provide information about the grading that took place in the on -site mitigation area. For example, was the existing area recontoured or was dredged materials used to create the existing slope? Was fill placed on the shoreline to create the mitigation area? If heavy equipment was used to remove materials from the mitigation area, indicate how much and where it was deposited. If materials were added to the shoreline, how much and where? I will be out of the office during the week of October 16, but you should feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Regards, Donna FrosthoCM P WS Associate PCanner - LeadlVetiandSpeciaCist Jefferson County Department of Community DeveCopment 621 Sheridan Street, Port Totivnsend, -Washington 98368 360 379 4466 rosthnCm. co.'a ers011.iu12_us DCD IS OPEN MONDAY—THURSDAY FROM 9:00 —12:00 and 1:00 - 4:30; CLOSED FRIDAY. All emails sent to and from this address will automatically be archived by Jefferson County and emails maybe subject to Public Disclosure under Chapter 42.56 RCW. Donna Frostholm From: Donna Frostholm Sent: Thursday, September 7, 2023 2:29 PM To: Chris.Gourley@dfw.wa.gov Subject: MLA21-00007 Point Whitney Shoreline Application Hi Chris, First off, it has been awhile and I hope all is going well for you. Your application is now one of my priorities and I appreciate all your patience. I have been working on the staff report and, as I draft it, I will check in with you if I have any questions. Below are three items for which I would like your input. Since most of the mitigation for this proposal will be conducted through the Hood Canal Coordinating Council In -lieu Fee program, the shoreline permit would be conditioned so that no work begins until WDFW provides the county with a proof of purchase of mitigation agreement from HCCC. Have you had any recent communications with HCCC about getting this proposal accepted into the program? I would like to add the status of this in the staff report so let me know if you have an update or if I should contact HCCC. A final draft Biological Assessment (dated June 30, 2019, prepared by kpff) has been submitted. If an updated or revised BA has since been prepared, please forward it on to me. A flood development permit is being incorporated into the shoreline permit. The county would require a Habitat Assessment (to show compliance with the FEMA Biological Opinion) unless a federal permit is being issued. The county assumes that WDFW has obtained a Corps permit or is in the process of applying for a federal permit. Please confirm as the shoreline permit will be conditioned to comply with a federal permit. I will be out of the office for the next two weeks, but plan to continue drafting the staff report when I return. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks much, Donna FrosthoCm, P WS -Associate Planner - Leadl Wetland Specialist Jefferson County Department of Community Development 621 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend Washington 98368 360-37.9-4466 dfrosthoCm@ca- f[eYS_�tlt.swrr.tis DCD IS OPEN MONDAY — THURSDAY FROM 9:00 —12:00 and 1:00 - 4:30; CLOSED FRIDAY. All emails sent to and from this address will automatically be archived by Jefferson County and emails may be subject to Public Disclosure under Chapter 42.56 RCW.