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JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) and Planning Commission
Philip Morley, County Administrator
FROM: Patty Charnas, Director
Department of Community Development (DCD)
DATE: August 14, 2017
SUBJECT: Project Update and Status Report on Pleasant Harbor Master Planned Resort
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
A project update and status report will be presented to the BoCC regarding the Pleasant
Harbor Master Planned Resort (MPR). The Jefferson County Planning Commission has been
invited to a joint meeting with the Board during this informational briefing so that both entities
may learn and hear about:
• A brief history of Pleasant Harbor and Brinnon's Black Point Peninsula, including prior
development; the Brinnon Sub Area Plan; the 2008 Ordinance designating the MPR
zone and associated draft and final environmental impacts statements that address
requirements for master planned resort planning and development;
• An overview and description of progress to prepare a draft MPR Development
Agreement, still in progress, that will define the timing, phasing, specific actions,
resource protections and other understandings between the developer and Jefferson
County; and
• A brief description of the process to bring forward the MPR development regulations, as
recommended by the Jefferson County Planning Commission (Planning Commission),
with an overview of staff's work on proposing revisions, still in progress, for clarity and
consistency.
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ANALYSIS/STRATEGIC GOALS/PROS and CONS:
In 2016, the Planning Commission held a public hearing, accepted public testimony,
deliberated on, and recommended development regulations for the MPR. In addition, while not
required by state law, the BoCC committed to providing the Planning Commission the
opportunity to review the development agreement and provide comments to the BoCC, if the
Planning Commission decides it wishes to. This briefing will bring efficiencies in county work by
providing an update and status report to both the Planning Commission and BoCC at the same
time on the drafting a development agreement and on the process bringing forward the
Planning Commission's development regulations with staff proposed revisions.
Once a proposal for a development agreement, and staff -proposed revisions to the Planning
Commission's recommended development regulations are ready, DCD will work with the
County Commissioners to schedule a public hearing. In the meantime, the County is continuing
its Government -to -Government consultations with the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe.
Assuming staff can recommend a proposed MPR development agreement to the BoCC, a later
Public Hearing would be required in order to accept public testimony on three items: 1) a
proposed MPR development agreement, 2) the Planning Commission's recommended
development regulations, and 3) DCD's proposed revisions to the Planning Commission's
recommended regulations. At this later Public Hearing or before, the Planning Commission
would be free — but not required — to offer comments on the development agreement proposal.
FISCAL IMPACT/COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS:
There is no fiscal impact of the briefing session other than time and resources utilized to
perform the briefing.
RECOMMENDATION:
DCD recommends the BoCC, in a joint session with the Planning Commissi05 to receive a
briefing on a project update and status report for the Pleasant Harbor master planned resort
during a county administrator briefing session.
No action by BoCC or Planning Commission at this time — this is a briefing only.
REVIEWED BY:
Philip Morley my Administra r
Date
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