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HomeMy WebLinkAboutComment Summary 4-17-19 PC HearingProposal Written Comments Provided Verbal Comments 4/17/2019 Comment Summary MLA19-00018 Rescind FTO No public comments received regarding Final Docket. MLA19-00019 Amend JCC 18.20.295 Victoria Galanti, Quilcene H001 X [See also written comments] Reconsider marijuana (MJ) production in residential zones, especially small lots. Locate in Light Industrial (LI) zone. Zone more LI if needed. Existing MJ producers are finding residential lots cheaper than LI and moving to residential areas for better profit margin. Out of place in residential--noise, large development size, odors, high water use. Supports MLA19-00019 on Final Docket. James Olsen, Dabob Bay X Residential zones have been healthy, unpolluted, safe environment for generations. MJ production brings adverse impacts to residential zone--noise, light, pollutions, overuse of water, high-strength wastewater effluent. Out of scale with meaning of "Cottage Industry". Nuisance protections are costly to County. County can save money by banning MJ production from residential zones. Supports MLA19-00019 on Final Docket. John Comstock, Marrowstone Island X MJ production is shifting to large producers for profitability. Not at appropriate scale with Jefferson County farming in residential zones. Marrowstone residents spent $50,000 over two years re: Hearing Examiner cases. County receives only small revenues back from MJ program. Cost to County includes impacts from smell, lighting, water use, critical area protection. Supports MLA19-00019 on Final Docket. Kathleen Waldron, Marrowstone Island H002 X [See also written comments.]Read transcript of Monday 4/15/2019 BoCC comments and responses. If there is no money to work on it in 2019, defer to 2020 docket and then ensure there's money to work on it, or stop accepting applications now for MJ production/processing and work on solutions. Conditional Use Permit Approval Criteria are not working and it's a sham how they're applied. Approvals are made without the criteria being met. Vigo Anderson, Marrowstone Island X MJ production is not "Agriculture", as it requires fencing, lighting, cameras, & creates areas where children can't live. 14 producers in Jefferson County and brings only ca. $24,000 in revenue to County. The money is in the retail sales tax. Price of MJ/gram has fallen, creating the incentive for big operations. Little operations can't compete--just destroys property values. MJ production/processing not part of residential lifestyle. Supports MLA19-00019 on Final Docket. Summary of April 17, 2019 Public Testimony Regarding Planning Commission Recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners for the 2019 Comprehensive Plan & Unified Development Code Annual Amendment Cycle Final Docket Jefferson County Planning Commission Patricial Earnest, Marrowstone Island H003 X [See also written comments.] Decision-makers are not budging on moving forward with MJ code review. July budget: can it include MLA19-00019 and someone to do true due-diligence on reviewing the MJ Conditional Use Permit process? DCD cost estimate for MLA19-00019 is $7,160--what if that was the fee required by the applicant? Can we do Planning Commission subcommittee or task force? The real solution is being kicked down the road. Lee Does, Marrowstone Island H004 X [See also written comments.] 100% in favor of of MJ review MLA19-00019 to be on Final Docket. It's industrial land use with no fit in rural residential (RR) neighborhoods. Activities cannot be conducted in RR without substantial impacts. Cost to review JCC 18.20.295 code would be one-time expense. $50,000 was spent by Marrowstone Island residents. Take this as an experience to act upon. Evelyn Ortmann, Coyle H005 X [See also written comments.] Referring to Blueberry Hill Drive MJ production proposal. Pot farm lowers property values, adds crime, brings undesirable people not part of neighborhood, and traffic increases. Water table is lowered from water-intensive use. Takes position against MJ production proposal and in favor of reviewing JCC 18.20.295. Karen Groomes, Coyle X Referring to letter to DCD re: MJ grow operation proposal on Coyle by Outback Bud Company, who is moving [from Glen Cove] to rural residential for a cottage industry permit. A 5-acre parcel turned into industrial/commercial use. Concept of "Farmer to Consumer" business, similar to cideries and wineries, with MJ is dangerous. Supports MLA19- 00019 on Final Docket. Chris Wilson, Quilcene--on the Coyle X Endorses MLA19-00019 to be on Final Docket. MJ production/processing in residential zones is fundamentally incompatible with other parts of Jefferson County code and allowed uses. This is truly urgent, because it allows irreversible, irremediable impacts. Lawsuits have been fighting it. Ideas without action are worse than nothing at all. Terry Knoten, Coyle X Referring to MJ proposal on Blueberry Hill Drive on Coyle. The property Covenants, Code & Restrictions (CC&Rs) already forbid the proposal and are in conflict with pot growing on the property. Supports MLA19-00019 on final docket. Bonnie Storey, Coyle X Lives on Blueberry Hill Drive, 600 feet from MJ production proposal. This is a great time to pause and review JCC 18.20.295. DCD needs more money and funding to operate at a higher level of service. Supports MLA19-00019 on Final Docket. Dave Fitspatrick, Marrowstone Island X Refers to photo rendering exhibits from Hearing Examiner case on Marrowstone Island. The photos superimpose the fully developed grow operation at the site that was proposed. This demonstrates how the MJ operation is out of scale with the neighborhood. There are many community volunteers ready to assist DCD with doing a review of JCC 18.20.295. The Count can enlist community members for this purpose. Supports MLA19-00019 on Final Docket. Cheryl Brunette, Marrowstone Island X Karen Page on Egg & I Road was the first to bring a lawsuit against a MJ production facility. She paid $200,000 on the lawsuit. How much has the County spent on fighting its citizens? Supports MLA19-00019 on Final Docket. Heather Tillman, Marrowstone Island H007 X [See also written comments.] Spent 17 years on board of Genesis House, a Seattle drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. Has first-hand experience with the social & financial problems of MJ. Don't allow MJ use in Jefferson County. Use for medical purposes would be okay, but not at the expense of a neighborhood. Supports MLA19-00019 on Final Docket. Gary Williams, Quilcene, Coyle H006 See written testimony. Refers to MJ production proposal on Coyle, Blueberry Hill Drive. Comments on several areas of Jefferson County Code that would be violated. Also violates Federal Law. MLA19-00020 Eco-ADU Scott Walker, Port Townsend E001 See written testimony email E001. Proposal is admirable and ambitious. Concerned with parking needs, increased "spaghetti" of utility services, thermal inefficiency without shared walls like multiplex, GMA requirements for tracking growth, roadway levels of service and transportation concurrency, and GMA issues with higher density growth in rural areas rather than focusing density in Urban Growth Area (UGA). UGA density needs to be increased to address housing. Sanitary sewer system needs to be constructed to achieve density in UGA. This is key to addressing housing shortage and lack of density & affordability. Malcom Dorn, Port Townsend X As a building contractor, very aware that local service people have difficulty finding places to live. Supports the Eco- ADU proposal MLA19-00020, and to keep it on the Final Docket. We should ALL be encouraged to think creatively on solutions for affordable housing. Tracey Buetow, Port Hadlock X Support of MLA19-00020 on Final Docket. Had once been in an affordable ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit) at $250 per month and was able to afford to study. Now, rents are $700.00 and up per month, representing an increase in the last 10-15 years of ca. 280% for the lowest cost housing. (Example was provided of employee at a nursing care center unable to pay high cost of rent.) There is no way for many local workers to pay our high housing costs. People are being divided into classes, with some being looked down upon without concern. Where do the caretakers of the rich go to live? We need to uplift people in our community and provide opportunity that comes with affordable housing. MLA19-00023 Amend Housing Element for Citizen Panel to implement Policy HS-P-2.3 Malcom Dorn, Port Townsend X (Same as above as far as urgency to continue working on solutions to housing problems.) Tracey Buetow, Port Hadlock X (Same as above as far as urgency to continue working on solutions to housing problems.)