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Home My WebLink About66 DAmico11/13/2019 ZON18-00036 - Public Comment - Fort Discovery, Inc - Planning Commission Desk https://owa.co.jefferson.wa.us/owa/#viewmodel=ReadMessageItem&ItemID=AAMkAGM0ZTI0NjQ3LTE2OGItNGQzZi05MWNjLWE2NTE2NGZjMzFhN…1/5 ZON18-00036 - Public Comment - Fort Discovery, Inc CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organizaon. Exercise cauon when opening aachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Chairman, Please find aached leer. Thank you, Joe Respecully, Joe D'Amico, President Security Services NW Inc. SSNW on Facebook [www.ssnwhq.com]www.ssnwhq.com HQ 1-800-859-3463 (24 Dispatch) “When seconds count, count on Shepherd Shield.” Download the App! hps://www.shepherdshieldapp.com/ From: Philip Morley [mailto:pmorley@co.jefferson.wa.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2019 6:21 PM To: Joe D'Amico (joe@ssnwhq.com) <joe@ssnwhq.com> Cc: Philip Hunsucker <PHunsucker@co.jefferson.wa.us>; 'Greg Overstreet' <greg@ssnwhq.com>; 'PJ Sullivan' <patrick@ssnwhq.com>; Pay Charnas <PCharnas@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Joe Nole <JNole@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Andy Pernsteiner <APernsteiner@co.jefferson.wa.us> Subject: RE: Planning Commission Meeng Locaon Mr. D’Amico, Joe D'Amico <joe@ssnwhq.com> Fri 11/8/2019 4:19 PM To:Planning Commission Desk <PCommissionDesk@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Cc:Philip Hunsucker <PHunsucker@co.jefferson.wa.us>; 'Greg Overstreet' <greg@ssnwhq.com>; 'PJ Sullivan' <patrick@ssnwhq.com>; Patty Charnas <PCharnas@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Philip Morley <pmorley@co.jefferson.wa.us>; 1 attachment Fort Discovery Letter to Jefferson County Planning Commission 20191108.pdf; 11/13/2019 ZON18-00036 - Public Comment - Fort Discovery, Inc - Planning Commission Desk https://owa.co.jefferson.wa.us/owa/#viewmodel=ReadMessageItem&ItemID=AAMkAGM0ZTI0NjQ3LTE2OGItNGQzZi05MWNjLWE2NTE2NGZjMzFhN…2/5 A reminder that as adversed in The Leader and posted on the County’s web site, members of the public may submit wrien comments on the merits of the proposed amendments to the Title 8 and Title 18 ordinances if received by 4:30 pm on Friday, November 8, 2019. Wrien comments on the proposals may be submied to “Department of Community Development – New Ordinances” at 621 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend WA 98368, or via email to: plancomm@co.jefferson.wa.us. The proposed amendments can be viewed at hp://test.co.jefferson.wa.us/weblinkexternal/Browse.aspx? dbid=0&stard=1898073&row=1&cr=1 Sincerely, Philip Philip Morley Jefferson County Administrator pmorley@co.jefferson.wa.us (360) 385-9100 x-383 This is a reminder that all email to or from this email address may be subject to the Public Records Act contained in RCW 42.56. Addionally, all email to and from the county is captured and archived by Informaon Services. From: Joe D'Amico <joe@ssnwhq.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 5:47 PM To: Philip Morley <pmorley@co.jefferson.wa.us> Cc: Philip Hunsucker <PHunsucker@co.jefferson.wa.us>; 'Greg Overstreet' <greg@ssnwhq.com>; 'PJ Sullivan' <patrick@ssnwhq.com>; Pay Charnas <PCharnas@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Joe Nole <JNole@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Andy Pernsteiner <APernsteiner@co.jefferson.wa.us> Subject: RE: Planning Commission Meeng Locaon CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organizaon. Exercise cauon when opening aachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Mr. Morley, I will not be aending tonight ’s hearing due to the fact there will be no screening. Joe Respecully, Joe D'Amico, President Security Services NW Inc. SSNW on Facebook [www.ssnwhq.com]www.ssnwhq.com HQ 1-800-859-3463 (24 Dispatch) “When seconds count, count on Shepherd Shield.” Download the App! hps://www.shepherdshieldapp.com/ 11/13/2019 ZON18-00036 - Public Comment - Fort Discovery, Inc - Planning Commission Desk https://owa.co.jefferson.wa.us/owa/#viewmodel=ReadMessageItem&ItemID=AAMkAGM0ZTI0NjQ3LTE2OGItNGQzZi05MWNjLWE2NTE2NGZjMzFhN…3/5 From: Philip Morley [mailto:pmorley@co.jefferson.wa.us] Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2019 4:53 PM To: Joe D'Amico <joe@ssnwhq.com> Cc: Philip Hunsucker <PHunsucker@co.jefferson.wa.us>; 'Greg Overstreet' <greg@ssnwhq.com>; 'PJ Sullivan' <patrick@ssnwhq.com>; Pay Charnas <PCharnas@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Joe Nole <JNole@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Andy Pernsteiner <APernsteiner@co.jefferson.wa.us> Subject: RE: Planning Commission Meeng Locaon Mr. D’Amico, we expect aendees to honor the laws prohibing firearms or drugs on school grounds. Uniformed law enforcement will be on site. Sincerely, Philip Philip Morley Jefferson County Administrator pmorley@co.jefferson.wa.us (360) 385-9100 x-383 This is a reminder that all email to or from this email address may be subject to the Public Records Act contained in RCW 42.56. Addionally, all email to and from the county is captured and archived by Informaon Services. From: Joe D'Amico <joe@ssnwhq.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 8:56 AM To: Philip Morley <pmorley@co.jefferson.wa.us> Cc: Philip Hunsucker <PHunsucker@co.jefferson.wa.us>; 'Greg Overstreet' <greg@ssnwhq.com>; 'PJ Sullivan' <patrick@ssnwhq.com>; Pay Charnas <PCharnas@co.jefferson.wa.us> Subject: RE: Planning Commission Meeng Locaon CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organizaon. Exercise cauon when opening aachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Mr. Morley, Will you be providing bag checks and metal detector screening at the entry points for tonight ’s Planning Commission meeng? Thank you, Joe Respecully, Joe D'Amico, President Security Services NW Inc. SSNW on Facebook [www.ssnwhq.com]www.ssnwhq.com HQ 1-800-859-3463 (24 Dispatch) 11/13/2019 ZON18-00036 - Public Comment - Fort Discovery, Inc - Planning Commission Desk https://owa.co.jefferson.wa.us/owa/#viewmodel=ReadMessageItem&ItemID=AAMkAGM0ZTI0NjQ3LTE2OGItNGQzZi05MWNjLWE2NTE2NGZjMzFhN…4/5 “When seconds count, count on Shepherd Shield.” Download the App! hps://www.shepherdshieldapp.com/ From: Philip Morley [mailto:pmorley@co.jefferson.wa.us] Sent: Friday, November 01, 2019 6:13 PM To: Joe D'Amico <joe@ssnwhq.com> Cc: Philip Hunsucker <PHunsucker@co.jefferson.wa.us>; 'Greg Overstreet' <greg@ssnwhq.com>; 'PJ Sullivan' <patrick@ssnwhq.com>; Pay Charnas <PCharnas@co.jefferson.wa.us> Subject: RE: Planning Commission Meeng Locaon Mr. D’Amico, I have reviewed your email of today asking to reschedule the Planning Commission’s public hearing at a different locaon than the Chimacum High School auditorium. Your email claims that this locaon violates your supporters’ rights to carry to aend the meeng and, therefore, the County’s choice of this locaon would constute “indirect discouragement ” of people aending. I assume your “right to carry ” claim relates to language in RCW 9.41.280 that prohibits persons from carrying onto, or possessing on, public or private elementary or secondary school premises any firearm or other dangerous weapon as defined in RCW 9.41.250. We do not believe that Jefferson County is prohibited from holding open public meengs on school premises just because state law contains a prohibion on firearms on school premises. Public school facilies frequently host the open public meengs of school districts and other governmental bodies. We believe courts would read the Open Public Meengs Act and RCW 9.41.280 in harmony. Whether someone is aending a meeng or not, they cannot bring firearms onto school grounds. A similar prohibion exists in RCW 9.42.300 for any buildings used for court proceedings. I know that you have aended a number of open public meengs at the Jefferson County Courthouse, where firearms also are prohibited by law. No condions whatsoever have been imposed by the County for aendance at the Planning Commission meeng. The Chimacum High School auditorium is a public venue that is open to anyone, and where the County permits and encourages all persons to aend and parcipate in the November 5 public hearing. We will hold the Planning Commission’s public hearing as scheduled at the Chimacum High School auditorium. I hope you will aend. Sincerely, Philip Philip Morley Jefferson County Administrator pmorley@co.jefferson.wa.us (360) 385-9100 x-383 This is a reminder that all email to or from this email address may be subject to the Public Records Act contained in RCW 42.56. Addionally, all email to and from the county is captured and archived by Informaon Services. From: Joe D'Amico <joe@ssnwhq.com> Sent: Friday, November 1, 2019 3:30 PM To: Philip Morley <pmorley@co.jefferson.wa.us> Cc: Philip Hunsucker <PHunsucker@co.jefferson.wa.us>; 'Greg Overstreet' <greg@ssnwhq.com>; 'PJ Sullivan' 11/13/2019 ZON18-00036 - Public Comment - Fort Discovery, Inc - Planning Commission Desk https://owa.co.jefferson.wa.us/owa/#viewmodel=ReadMessageItem&ItemID=AAMkAGM0ZTI0NjQ3LTE2OGItNGQzZi05MWNjLWE2NTE2NGZjMzFhN…5/5 <patrick@ssnwhq.com>; Pay Charnas <PCharnas@co.jefferson.wa.us> Subject: Planning Commission Meeng Locaon CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organizaon. Exercise cauon when opening aachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Mr. Morley, I’m concerned with the locaon of the upcoming Planning Commission hearing at Chimacum High School regarding the Commercial Shoong Range Ord. I’ve had some supporters call and say they will not be aending due to the fact it violates their rights to carry and aend the meeng. I believe the OPA calls this “indirect discouragement”. Aer giving it more thought, I agree. I can’t even leave my gun in the car if I wanted to without violang the law (school property). This is a huge scheduling oversite considering the topic is that of a Commercial Gun Range Ordinance and hosted in a “Gun Free Zone”. I will not be aending the hearing at the Chimacum High School. I suggest rescheduling to an unrestricve locaon like Fort Warden. Thanks for your understanding and consideraon. Joe Respecully, Joe D'Amico, President Security Services NW Inc. SSNW on Facebook [www.ssnwhq.com]www.ssnwhq.com HQ 1-800-859-3463 (24 Dispatch) “When seconds count, count on Shepherd Shield.” Download the App! hps://www.shepherdshieldapp.com/ ***Email may be considered a public record subject to public disclosure under RCW 42.56*** FORT DISCOVERY INC 250 Center Park Way Sequim WA 98382 1-877-876-4750 1 November 8, 2019 Chairman of the Board Jefferson County Planning Commission 621 Sheridan Street Port Townsend, WA 98362 plancomm@co.jefferson.wa.us Re: ZON18-00036 Dear Chairman, Much has been conjured about me and my project, Cedar Hills Recreational Facility. So much that I didn’t want to expose my family, friends and colleagues to the planning commission meeting that was held this past Tuesday at the Chimacum High School. I figured our cars would be vandalized or worse yet, someone would get hurt. You have no proper screening at the venue. I know this is about Title 8 and Title18. But let’s be honest, this is about Joe D’Amico’s Evil Empire and his paramilitary thugs who train with “Rocket Launchers, Mortars and Machine Guns” and who are preparing to overthrow the US Government per the Tarboo Ridge Coalition and Democrats Party of Jefferson County talking points. Nothing could be further than the truth. My 30+ year career in security and law enforcement has been about protecting this great Nation, our community, businesses, and citizen in four States. Yes, this also involves training in the proper and safe handling of a firearm or other defensive or survival tactics. Our customers include the Department of Defense, Special Operations and our allies. Not third world freedom fighters that the opposition group would like to think. People have come from all over the world to attend our classes and have been doing so for years, unnoticed by many. We have never trained a paramilitary group and will never train paramilitary groups. This is just a scare tactic by the opposing group and nasty politics and hurtful to my employees and family. Our purpose in moving to the Tarboo area was to solve a perceived noise issue in Discovery Bay and move to a more remote area off the shoreline. This was met with excitement both by DCD staff and Fort Discovery as we wanted to find a place to call home for years to come and be a good neighbor. We found a remote parcel, which is surrounded by hundreds if not thousands of Pope Resources and DNR property, which likely would never be built on or encroached upon in the year ahead. We did our homework and found an inholding. One of the rarest of properties that could be found. It was remote and most importantly we had a willing seller after approaching and telling our story of the trials and tribulations in Discovery Bay. We went out of our way to solve a perceived problem. We even FORT DISCOVERY INC 250 Center Park Way Sequim WA 98382 1-877-876-4750 2 asked to speak the opposition group at the BOCC during public comment and they thumbed their noses at us. Ok, we’re battle hardened fighting over the issue since 2005, let’s roll. We purchased our Tarboo property prior to the moratorium and I sat on the Commercial Shooting Range Committee in good faith for about six months. Regarding site specific “Bright Line” changes that are directed at Cedar Hills will not be tolerated and will be challenged, if adopted. They are clearly site specific to us and our proposed use that had to be disclosed in the pre-conference meeting. This is something that should be changed and has caused us great pain and a year and a half delay to our project due to politics. Most of our customers have moved on to Sportsman Club or have signed new contracts with other vendors. This has finically hurt us. Ask yourself the question; who can survive a year and half with no revenues? The following items are related to our proposal at Cedar Hills and should NOT be adopted or considered.  Military, Security and Law Enforcement Training; you can’t discriminate buy firearm end user. Why don’t you just say Italians can’t shoot there?  Helicopter Landings; The FAA regulates helicopter landing zones and has already permitted our heliports at Tarboo.  Hours of operations, 0700-2200; this mandated by the State of Washington and is preempted. We currently have this issue at the Court of Appeals District II, for review. The County should correct this during this process and safe itself some money.  500 yard set-back from a Lake; this would be considered a taking and would increase the current 200 ft set-back already imposed. If you did this around every body of water in Jefferson County there would be nowhere to site a commercial gun range and that’s the point. Every lake, creek, river, bay, pond and wetland…  500 ft. set-back from the property line; this would also be considered a taking.  Machine Guns are regulated by the ATF; the county has no business regulating/interfering with types of small arms that can be fired at a gun range.  35 DBA restriction on receiving property; that’s absurd, ambient outdoor background is about 67 DBA.  Eight foot fencing is cost prohibited; signage is more important than fencing. Not because you want to make the project more costly.  Sixteen foot sound barriers; should only be required if the DBA are above legal limit at a receiving property. Not just because you want to make the project costly. Finally, unfortunately this will not be the end. The radical gun/range haters will continue to drag Fort Discovery and Jefferson County through years of protracted litigation regarding the Cedar Hills project. We have a constitutional right to use and train in the safe handling of firearms on our property. Just as Jefferson County has several parks it shouldn’t be any different than having multiple FORT DISCOVERY INC 250 Center Park Way Sequim WA 98382 1-877-876-4750 3 commercial gun ranges. How may Golf Courses does Jefferson County have? Jefferson County is a rural county and shooting guns in Jefferson County is fitting and should be allowed to expand. Thank you for your time and consideration. Respectfully, Joseph N. D’Amico, President FORT DISCOVERY INC. 1-877-876-4750