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Dear Jefferson County Planning Commission,
I sent the following email in regards to my thoughts on Titles 8 and 18 on November 08, 2019 at 3:04:42
PM with the belief I had entered my personal concerns prior to the 4:30 PM cutoff time for public
comment. Unfortunately, in addressing the email, I had omitted the "dot" between "co" and "jefferson".
This error on my behalf resulted in an undelivered email, notice of which was electronically sent to me
this morning, November 13, 2019, in a subsequent email.
I take full responsibility for this error and respectfully request that, given consideration for the effort
demonstrated, the Planning Commission consider entering this email into the Public Record. I wish to
thank you for your deliberation on this request.
Respectfully Yours,
Lee S. Hjermstad
From: "leemr911" <leemr911@q.com>
To: "plancomm" <plancomm@cojefferson.wa.us>
Sent: Friday, November 8, 2019 3:04:42 PM
Subject: Comments on Zon18-00036
November 8, 2019
Lee S. Hjermstad
164 Crutcher Rd.
Port Townsend, WA 98368
To All Concerned,
I a ended the Public Hearing held by the Jefferson County Planning Commission at the Chimacum High School Auditorium
on November 05, 2019. At that mee ng the public was informed that proposed changes to the Title 18 ordinance would not
apply to the exis ng Jefferson County Sportsman’s Associa on (JCSA) facili es. A member of Staff assured the public that
Jefferson County had entered into a lease agreement with JCSA which guarantees opera on of the facility un l 2040. It was
also stated that only the Title 8 ordinance would apply to the exis ng JCSA facility, and that, should there be future changes
to the Title 8 ordinance, then, at such me, the JCSA facility would be responsible to comply with and implement said
changes.
The Title 8 ordinance states that it “should provide one standard for all commercial shoo ng facili es exis ng and new.
a. The Moratorium requires one standard
Lee Hjermstad <leemr911@q.com>
Wed 11/13/2019 11:47 AM
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11/13/2019 Fwd: Comments on Zon18-00036 - Planning Commission Desk
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b. Not doing so may result in a claim that an arbitrary and unfair compe ve advantage is given to
exis ng or new commercial shoo ng facili es”.
What concerns me at this point is the possibility that changes to Title 8 may have an oppressively burdensome financial
impact on the JCSA facility. Should it come to pass that the Jefferson County Commission adopt even a few of the Tarboo
Ridge Coali on recommenda ons, the resul ng cost of complying with those condi ons may well prove to be the demise of
the JCSA facility, a facility that for the last 50 years has served to educate, instruct and provide a safe loca on for shoo ng
sports enthusiasts to prac ce and par cipate in their sport here in Jefferson County.
I shudder to think of the onerous cost incurred to erect a eight foot tall fence surrounding the 40 acres of the JCSA facility or
the financially prohibi ve nature of sixteen foot sound barriers surrounding each shoo ng bay or firing sta on. Safety and
hours of opera on permi ng, JCSA has a 300 yard shoo ng posi on. Imagine, if you will, the cost of installing a sixteen foot
high sound barrier wall that runs the length of three football fields.
The Jefferson County Sportsman’s Associa on is operated on the financial support of 700 members and the good will of the
facility ’s volunteers. I urge the Jefferson County Planning Commission and the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners to
consider the impact of your decisions on both Title 8 and Title 18, and how these decisions will affect all of Jefferson County
residents, not only how they will serve to gra fy a vocal minority.
Sincerely Yours,
Lee S. Hjermstad