HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Agenda Packet 01-17-2018Jefferson County Planning Commission MEETING AGENDA
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January 17, 2018
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OPENING BUSINESS
• Call to Order/Roll Call
• Approval of Agenda
• Approval of previous Meeting Minutes, if available
• Commissioner Announcements 5 OBSERVER COMMENT
See Observer Comment Conduct, below. 6 DISCUSSION
• Comprehensive Plan Vision Statement Workgroup 7 CLOSING BUSINESS
• Additional Observer Comment (if needed)
• Summary of today’s meeting
• Follow-up action items 7 ADJOURNMENT
• Thank you for coming and participating in your government at work!
Observer Comment Conduct
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Please be aware that the observer comment period is …
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The Planning Commission is not required to provide response;
2) Offered at the Chair’s discretion when there is time;
3) Not a public hearing – comments made during this time will not be part of any hearing record;
4) May be structured with a three-minute per person time limit.
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12/20/2017 Gmail - Please forward to PC
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Cynthia Koan <cynthiakoan@gmail.com>
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Cynthia Koan <cynthia.koan@gmail.com>Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 9:00 PM
To: Nicole Planning Commission Desk <pcommissiondesk@co.jefferson.wa.us>, Patty Charnas
<pcharnas@co.jefferson.wa.us>, Dave Gretham <dgreetham@co.jefferson.wa.us>
Hello Planning Commissioners,
Please find attached a rework of the agreed upon intro/vision document. As we all know, there were some glitches in
transmitting the work of Lorna and Matt, who were charged with transcribing the agreed upon document from our
facilitated session with Essie Hicks on September 19th.
Sadly the audio recording is difficult to impossible to understand, but it is clear in looking at the images of the white board
sent out to everyone after the PC workshop and comparing them to the document we have last seen that some of the
work done by Lorna and Matt was indeed lost, as several Planning Commissioners have noted. One example is that the
title of the intro section, "Our Beautiful Jefferson County" was lost and the second heading, "Now into the future" was
sitting in the middle of the future-vision section instead of at its beginning. You will find both of these fixed. Other edits
agreed upon in our session with Essie that Lorna remembers working on with Matt and that are referenced in the white
board notes were not reflected in the copy sent from staff, including several paragraphs that were entirely missing that
we'd agreed to keep from Matt's version.
Additionally, Mark Jochems received feedback from the public about the names of tribes and the references to them, as
well as an agreed upon rework of the names of Jefferson County rivers. That feedback and work is reflected in this final
draft.
I'm hoping that you will find this version an accurate representation of what was agreed upon after our facilitated work
session together and that we can move to send this forward to the public for comment.
I think we should all be proud of all the hard work we all put into this Comprehensive Plan intro and vision section.
Looking forward to seeing you all tonight.
Sincerely,
Cynthia
Intro and vision document draft 12-19-17.pdf
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Comp Plan Intro/Vision DRAFT 12/20/17
P a g e 1 o f 3
Our Beautiful Jefferson County
Jefferson County, Washington encompasses 1,803 square miles, bound on the north
and east by the shores of the vast Salish Sea, with the Pacific Ocean to the west and
the Hood Canal to the southeast. The terrestrial borders of Jefferson County join with
Clallam County to the north and west, and Mason and Grays Harbor Counties to the
south.
Approximately 66% of the total County acreage is in public ownership. Jefferson
County stretches across the Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest, and
encompasses spectacular rainforests and mighty rivers including the Queets,
Quinault, Hoh, Bogachiel, Quilcene, Dosewallips, Duckabush, and hundreds of miles
of shoreline.
The first inhabitants of this vast region were indigenous people belonging to a
number of different tribes who occupied the territory for millennia. These groups of
people still reside in our county and/or are granted treaty rights under the provisions
of their “usual and accustomed areas” within our county and include the
Chem-a-kum, S’Klallam, Klallam, Sko-ko-mish, Makah, Quinault, Quileute, and Hoh
River Peoples.
Early settlements by newcomers began in the mid-1800s. Today’s towns and villages,
rural crossroads, and tribal nations in Jefferson County grew from early-established
footprints of urban, commercial, and cultural centers. Nearly thirty-thousand people
live in small communities skirting the Olympic Mountains to the west and east.
As both refuge and destination, Jefferson County has stood out as a place where
fishers, farmers, hunters, mariners, artists and artisans, foresters and outdoor
enthusiasts, as well as independent and innovative entrepreneurs of every kind have
survived and thrived in this rural wilderness we call home.
Comp Plan Intro/Vision DRAFT 12/20/17
P a g e 1 o f 3
Now and into the Future
The communities of Jefferson County embrace a balance of tradition
and innovation while preserving the rural character of our land and
lifestyles. Land use priorities have protected open spaces, forests,
and farmland for long-term management and conservation, while
also embracing innovations that foster opportunities for increased
synergy between natural and built environments.
Low-impact techniques, localized bioremediation, and other
innovations in housing and industry benefit overall ecosystem vitality
and biodiversity while aiding ecological restoration and adapting to
climate disruption. We believe that investing in the resilience of our
local economy, culture, and ecosystem yields benefits for current
residents and future generations.
Our vibrant community fabric offers opportunity for all residents,
including working-class individuals and families, as well as those
who struggle to live, thrive, and age with dignity. Jefferson County
values creativity and life-long learning and reveres constitutional
rights, personal independence and privacy.
Jefferson County embraces our diversity. We respect and honor
tribal treaty rights and tribal sovereignty. Policies are in place to
ensure that government to government collaboration and
consultation is regular and ongoing.
Comp Plan Intro/Vision DRAFT 12/20/17
P a g e 1 o f 3
We value high-quality education, public services, and facilities.
Emphasis on community spaces and networks of non-motorized
trails, bike lanes, and paths encourages active and interactive
communities of healthy individuals. Community members of all ages
have access to safe and active environments, health care including
preventative care, mental health care, and long-term care, and
healthy and abundant local food.
We enjoy a healthy and diverse local economy. Food system
development, marine trades, resource utilization, high-tech and
science-based trades, and sectors relating to tourism, art and
culture support a robust economy. We believe that investing in the
resilience of our local economy, including improved infrastructure
networks, yields benefits for current residents and future
generations.
We honor and respect the natural world as integral to our health
and lifestyles. We protect our open spaces, shorelines, forests, clean
air and clean water, wildlife and wildlife habitat so that future
generations may also practice stewardship of the land, the seas, and
the communities of Jefferson County.
Re: Starting document for tomorrow night
Thanks Cynthia and all,
Here is a paragraph that was not in the 'reconciled draft' that Lorna and I produced — it was cut
I will formally propose that we strike:
As both refuge and destination, Jefferson County has stood out as a place where fishers, farmers, hunters,
mariners, artists and artisans, foresters and outdoor enthusiasts, as well as independent and innovative
entrepreneurs of every kind have survived and thrived in this rural wilderness we call home.
See you tomorrow,
Matt
On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 1:14 PM, Mike Nilssen <nilssen51@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you, appreciate the direction
Michael Nilssen
(360) 473-3236
On Jan 16, 2018, at 12:34 PM, Cynthia Koan <cynthia.koan@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Planning Commissioners,
Please find attached two formats of the same document, the original PDF sent out last month with my email to
the planning commission, and its equivalent Word document for you to edit if desired. This will be our starting
point for discussion tomorrow night (Jan 17, 5:30p, Tri Area Community Center). Please come prepared with any
suggested line in/out revisions to this document version. We will have a scribe and projector.
Sincerely,
Cynthia Koan
Jefferson County Planning Commission Chair
cc: PC desk and PC members
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Matt Sircely <mattsircely@gmail.com>
Tue 1/16/2018 1:40 PM
To:Mike Nilssen <nilssen51@gmail.com>;
Cc:Cynthia Koan <cynthia.koan@gmail.com>; Kevin Coker <cokerdesignworks@msn.com>; Lorna Smith
<ecosmithspt@gmail.com>; Mark Jochems <mdjochems@gmail.com>; Planning Commission Desk
<PCommissionDesk@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Richard Hull <richardhull@embarqmail.com>; Tom Giske <tgiske@gmail.com>;
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<Gmail - Please forward to PC.pdf>
<PC Intro-vision starting document for 1-17-18 discussion.docx>
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Comp Plan Intro/Vision DRAFT 12/20/17/Giske Proposed Revisions of 1/17/18
Page 1 of 3
Our Beautiful Jefferson County
Our Shared Home
Jefferson County, Washington encompasses 1,803 square miles, bound on the north
and east by the shores of the vast Salish Sea, with the Pacific Ocean to the west and
the Hood Canal to the southeast. The terrestrial borders of Jefferson County join with
Clallam County to the north and west, and Mason and Grays Harbor Counties to the
south.
The first inhabitants of Jefferson County were indigenous people belonging to
a number of different tribes who lived here peaceably for millennia. They
remain active residents with treaty rights under provisions of their “usual and
accustomed areas” within our county and include the Chem-a-kum, S’Klallam,
Klallam, Sko-ko-mish, Makah, Quinault, Quileute, and Hoh River Peoples.
This is important because they established the fundamental union between humanity
and nature that continues to pervade our communities stretching from The Hood
Canal to the Pacific Ocean. We continue to live together with a common
understanding of the rewards we share through respectful stewardship of 1,803
square miles of shear beauty, bounded by pristine shorelines along the vast Salish
Sea to the east and the rugged scenic coastline to the West. We share terrestrial
borders with our neighbors in Clallam County to the north and west, and
Mason and Grays Harbor Counties to the south. Two thirds of our land is public
owned, including the Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest, protecting
mystifying rainforests and rapid rivers including the Queets, Quinault, Hoh, Bogachiel,
Quilcene, Dosewallips, Duckabush, and hundreds of miles of shoreline.
Approximately 66% of the total County acreage is in public ownership. Jefferson
County stretches across the Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest, and
encompasses spectacular rainforests and mighty rivers including the Queets,
Comp Plan Intro/Vision DRAFT 12/20/17/Giske Proposed Revisions of 1/17/18
Page 1 of 3
Quinault, Hoh, Bogachiel, Quilcene, Dosewallips, Duckabush, and hundreds of miles
of shoreline.
The first inhabitants of this vast region were indigenous people belonging to a
number of different tribes who occupied the territory for millennia. These groups of
people still reside in our county and/or are granted treaty rights under the provisions
of their “usual and accustomed areas” within our county and include the
Chem-a-kum, S’Klallam, Klallam, Sko-ko-mish, Makah, Quinault, Quileute, and Hoh
River Peoples.
Early settlements by newcomers began in the mid-1800s. Today’s towns and villages,
rural crossroads, and tribal nations in Jefferson County grew from early-established
footprints of urban, commercial, and cultural centers. Nearly thirty-thousand people
live in small communities skirting the Olympic Mountains to the west and east.
As both refuge and destination, Jefferson County has stood out as a place where
fishers, farmers, hunters, mariners, artists and artisans, foresters and outdoor
enthusiasts, as well as independent and innovative entrepreneurs of every kind have
survived and thrived in this rural wilderness we call home.
Nurturing the land, harvesting the sea, and sharing our picturesque surroundings
with visitors have been and will continue to be the three primary sources of our
economy since pioneers first settled in Jefferson County in the mid 1800s. Today’s
towns and villages, rural crossroads, and tribal nations grew from early-established
footprints of urban, commercial, and cultural centers. Nearly thirty thousand people
live in small communities skirting the Alp-like Olympic Mountains to the west and
east.
Comp Plan Intro/Vision DRAFT 12/20/17/Giske Proposed Revisions of 1/17/18
Page 1 of 3
Now and into the Future
Our Common Vision
Jefferson County will continue to stand out as a place where fishers, farmers, hunters,
mariners, artists and artisans, foresters and outdoor enthusiasts, as well as independent
and innovative entrepreneurs of every kind can survive and thrive in this rural
wilderness we call home. The communities of Jefferson County embrace a balance
of tradition and innovation while preserving the rural character of our land and
lifestyles. Land use priorities have protected will continue to protect open
spaces, forests, and farmland for long-term management and conservation,
while also embracing innovations that foster opportunities for increased synergy
between natural and built environments.
Low-impact techniques, localized bioremediation, and other innovations in
housing and industry will benefit overall ecosystem vitality and biodiversity while
aiding ecological restoration and adapting to climate disruption. We believe that
investing in the resilience of our local economy, culture, and ecosystem yields
benefits for current residents and future generations.
Our vibrant community fabric offers opportunity for all residents, including
working-class individuals and families, as well as those who struggle to live,
thrive, and age with dignity. Jefferson County values creativity and life-long
learning and reveres constitutional rights, personal independence and privacy.
Jefferson County embraces our diversity. We respect and honor tribal treaty
rights and tribal sovereignty. Policies are in place to ensure that government to
government collaboration and consultation is regular and ongoing.
Comp Plan Intro/Vision DRAFT 12/20/17/Giske Proposed Revisions of 1/17/18
Page 1 of 3
We value high-quality education, public services, and facilities. Emphasis on
community spaces and networks of non-motorized trails, bike lanes, and paths
encourages active and interactive communities of healthy individuals. We will
support active and interactive communities of healthy individuals with community spaces
and networks of non-motorized trails, bike lanes and walking paths. Community
members of all ages will have access to safe and active environments, health
care including preventative care, mental health care, and long-term care, and
healthy and abundant local food.
We enjoy will support a healthy and diverse local economy. Food system
development, marine trades, resource utilization, high-tech and science-based
trades, and sectors relating to tourism, art and culture support a robust
economy. We believe that investing in the resilience of our local economy,
including improved infrastructure networks, will yield benefits for current
residents and future generations.
We envision economic growth consistent with our rural and pristine environment. We
envision economic growth consistent with our rural and pristine environment. We will
promote accelerated growth in the number of small and medium size healthy farms,
along with the processing and transportation infrastructure to get their products to
market. We will look for ways to market and support tourist activity. We will simplify
the process for green businesses to find a location, to create a facility plan, and to
gain the permits necessary to initiate operations. We will discourage economic
development requiring operations that demand amounts of water and/or disposal
that will risk the natural beauty of our environment.
We will continue to honor and respect the natural world as integral to our health
and lifestyles. We will protect our open spaces, shorelines, forests, clean air and
clean water, wildlife and wildlife habitat so that future generations may also
practice stewardship of the land, the seas, and the communities of Jefferson
County.
Vision Statement Amendment
December 29, 2017
My Fellow Planning Commission Members:
At a recent Commission meeting there were 28 citizens and many of those individuals strongly
encouraged the Planning Commission to address "economic growth and development" in its
Comprehensive Plan. Nowhere in the currently proposed vision statement do I read the words economic
growth and development, nor do I read any wording that proposes encouraging an economic instrument
to assist this County’s future for a well-planned economic inducement process.
It is my sense the status-quo economic growth and development and continued passive direction from
the past 20 years is what may be proposed in the current draft vision statement. This passivity has not
been ideal. Civic leaders have not been willing or have been unable to make decisions to improve
economic growth and viability within Jefferson County. This style of governance has been linked to
negative outcomes to include no new industrial growth or development, meager job growth, lack of
needed infrastructure, lack of affordable housing and less community satisfaction.
A well-rounded community leader stated to me after reviewing the draft vision statement, "...increased
economic activity and jobs are critical to the viability of the County...address trying to keep our tax
dollars within the county...this paints a picture for the reality of having to go elsewhere for
shopping/services and the inability to have affordable housing for lower wage individuals/families."
Another stated, "as a lifelong resident of this county I have seen the reality that the sections of the
Comprehensive Plan pertaining to housing and economic development have gone nowhere in the past
15-20 years. The reality is nothing has changed in this county pertaining to economic development
and housing, except, in counties that surround Jefferson County."
The Economic Development section of the Comprehensive Plan, section 7-1, states, “Jefferson County
should collaborate with local and regional leaders, economic development organizations, governments,
communities and private sector businesses interested in forging a competitive economy.” It further
states, “The globalization of markets and jobs, constant and rapid changes in technology, and the loss of
Mike Nilssen <nilssen51@gmail.com>
Tue 1/2/2018 8:33 AM
To:Planning Commission Desk <PCommissionDesk@co.jefferson.wa.us>;
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sales tax revenues have accentuated the economic disparities in Jefferson County. The County must
develop an approach to create a climate for economic development that facilitates the recruitment of
industry and the retention and strengthening of existing businesses.” I have not seen this taking place in
the county during the past 20 years. Now that the economy appears to have stabilized and is on the
upswing, let us seriously consider the term “economic growth and development” to mean a climate to
facilitate a well-planned infrastructure, recruitment of beneficial industry, as well as continuing to
support our local industry and small business entrepreneurs.
My focus is not to disparage the Planning Commission vision statement, the County leadership or the
Growth Management Act process. My focus is to have the Planning Commission to be instrumental and
supportive in the process to precipitate with a well-staged trade and industry development plan that will
help build a tax base other than the primary residential tax base currently supporting this County. The
Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center states, “Tax provisions can also distort how investment capital is
deployed. Our current tax system, for example, favors housing over other types of investment. That
differential likely induces overinvestment in housing and reduces economic output and social welfare.”
In the view of many within Jefferson County this is exactly the position our county has created by
discouraging an industrial and retail based tax supporting system to augment the County’s current
residential tax supporting structure.
The current draft of the Planning Commission vision statement of December 19, 2017, in my view,
appears to dampen economic growth and development as it is not mention in the draft. The draft appears
to encourage the status-quo; thus, the County would most likely experience minimal economic vibrancy
during the next 20 years if its leadership were to embrace the proposed vision.
I ask you to seriously consider that the current draft of the vision statement to be amended to have the
second to last paragraph that starts with, “We enjoy a health and diverse economy…” be edited to the
following language.
“We want to enjoy a healthy and diverse economy. Food system development, marine craftsmanship,
high-tech and science-based trades, retail sales, service sector, tourism, art and cultural events can
support a robust economy. We believe our Jefferson County’s future fiscal evolution and positive
growth will be enhanced through wisely measured economic growth and development, resource
conservation and needed infrastructure, which shall yield benefits for current residents and future
generations.”
Thank you for your consideration.
Mike Nilssen
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Nilssen51@gmail.com
(360) 473-3236
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I have the following minor comments regarding the Pleasant Harbor Development
Agreement v. 01/09/2018.
1. Page 5 (aka 11 of 37), Last line: "...the Jefferson the County..." is repetitious.
2. Page 15 (aka 21 of 37), Line 2: "...MPR shall, at a minimum, shall contain..." The
word "shall" is repeated.
Richard
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Richard Hull <richardhull@embarqmail.com>
Wed 1/17/2018 1:59 PM
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