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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit 26-17 Forward additional information requestsDonna Frostholm From: Holtz, Michelle (DFW) <Michelle.Holtz@dfw.wa.gov> Sent: Monday, July 1, 2024 4:42 PM To: Donna Frostholm Subject: RE: MLA21-00007 Point Whitney Boat Launch ALERT: BE CAUTIOUS This email originated outside the organization. Do not open attachments or click on links if you are not expecting them. Hi Donna, I just received word that WDFW is on the agenda with RCO for July 24th and the next step after meeting with RCO will be the official proposal to HCCC. We have already begun discussions with HCCC regarding the number of credits needed but we were waiting for our meeting with RCO to proceed. Thank you, Michelle Holtz (564) 669-4904 Environmental Planner III, CAMP Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife From: Donna Frostholm <DFrostholm@co.jefferson.wa.us> Sent: Monday, July 1, 2024 2:56 PM To: Holtz, Michelle (DFW) <Michelle.Holtz@dfw.wa.gov> Subject: RE: MLA21-00007 Point Whitney Boat Launch External Email Hi Michelle, Thanks for the responses. I only have one more question at this time, which pertains to the proposed use of the in -lieu fee program for mitigation. Will you be contacting Hood Canal Coordinating Council about bringing your mitigation proposal to their board soon? I am hesitant to forward this application on for a final permitting decision until we are sure that it will be accepted into the program and it will meet Jefferson County Shoreline Master Program requirements. Regards, Donna grosthoCm, P WS .?Associate Planner - Lead/WetlandSpecialist Jefferson County Department of community Development 621 Sheridan Street, Port 7ownsen,4 -Washington 98368 36o-379-4466 xffrnstiiolmCco.rrt(ersnrr.�va.trs 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. From: Holtz, Michelle (DFW) <Michelle.Holtz@dfw.wa.gov> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2024 5:27 PM To: Donna Frostholm <DFrostholm@co.lefferson.wa.us> Subject: RE: MLA21-00007 Point Whitney Boat Launch ALERT: BE CAUTIOUS This email originated outside the organization. Do not open attachments or click on links if you are not expecting them. Hello Donna, Below are the answers to your questions from both emails you forwarded to me on 5/18. Please let me know if you need additional information. 1. 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. The proposal has been discussed with HCCC but has not been formally presented to their board yet. 2. 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. Recent communications with the USACE confirmed that this project falls under the Salish Sea Nearshore Programmatic so no BA is required for consultation with the services. 3. 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. a. Yes, we are in the process of obtaining a Corps permit. 4. 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. a. Yes, WDFW engineers looked at other alternatives and this boat launch improvement was considered the best alternative at this site. WDFW has been in communication with the Corps and this project is expected to be approved. 5. 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 z 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. a. Yes, no changes have been made to the project. 6. 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. a. We typically don't get these plans until the project has gone out to bid. We could send an example of one or send you the plan once we receive it from the contractor. 7. 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? a. No fill was placed on the shoreline for the on site mitigation area. The grade was lowered by removing approximately 900 square feet of graveled area that was originally used as parking. The area was regraded to meet the vegetation line at the west point to allow for increased plant growth and sediment movement. Thank you, Michelle Holtz (564) 669-4904 Environmental Planner III, CAMP Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife From: Donna Frostholm <DFrostholm@co.iefferson.wa.us> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2024 9:02 AM To: Holtz, Michelle (DFW) <Michelle.Holtz@dfw.wa.gov> Subject: FW: MLA21-00007 Point Whitney Boat Launch External Email ...and here is the second of two emails. I will continue processing the application when I have responses to both emails. Thanks, Donna Frostholm Jefferson County DCD 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 g'rosthoCm, P-WS ,associate Planner - Lead/WetlandSyecialist Jefferson County Department of Community Development 621 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend, -Washington 98368 360-379-4466 d�ruz[lnCn;tnPffprsntt.sYu.u� 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. 4