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Ltr to Frostholm re Need Clarification 5 22 2020 ms.docx
Marilyn Showalter <marilyn.showalter@gmail.com>
Friday, May 22, 2020 8:45 AM
Donna Frostholm
Philip Hunsucker
MLA 19-0036 Need for Clarification
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Hello, Donna.
Attached is a letter asking for clarification as to what Log Items and page numbers are active parts of the
Application, and excluding those that are not, BEFORE you make a determination as to whether the application is
complete. Thanks --Marilyn
Marilyn Showalter
1596 Shine Rd
Port Ludlow, WA 98365
(360) 259-1700 (cell)
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MARILYN SHOWALTER
1596 SHINE ROAD
PORT LUDLOW, WA 98365 mari# n.showalter mail.com
360-259-1700 (cell)
May 22, 2020
Donna Frostholm, Associate Planner
Jefferson County Department of Community Development
621 Sheridan Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368
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Dear Ms Frostholm:
LW ITEM
# 32
Re: Need Clarification on References and Active/Inactive Pages MLA 19-00036
I'm writing to request that the County or the Applicant in MLA 19-0036:
1. Clarify which documents and pages are an active part of the application, e.g. "Log Item
70, pp 1 — 120; Log Item 72, pp 10 — 66." This list should contain ONLY pages that
should be considered as the application and NO pages that should not be.
2. Cross-reference any labels for attachments with the appropriate county item and page
number, e.g. "Attachment W-1 is located at Log Item 74, pp 230 — 256."
Alternatively, and probably preferably, the Applicant could submit a new packet that contains all
and only pages constituting the application. Once the packet is filed as a new item number, the
Applicant could submit a follow-up table of contents using the county's pagination of the new
item number.
Without some clarification of this kind, one cannot tell what is in or out of the application, and
whether or not it is complete. Several documents have been filed two or more times, sometimes
with revisions and sometimes in identical form. One should not have to go wading through a
thousand or more pages searching for documents that are not labeled or that may have been
discarded, in an attempt to determine what substantive text the applicant is asserting (or
withdrawing). That kind of cumbersome process also invites errors such that everyone is not "on
the same page" when discussing the application. We will all save time and confusion if, before
you determine whether the application is complete, the application itself is clearly delineated and
paginated, preferably with a table of contents.
Ltr to Donna Frostholm
MLA 19-00036 `May 22, 2020
(As an example of the lack of labeling or cross-referencing, Log Item 20, pp 1-2 lists more than a
dozen attachments by labels such as BDN-005R, but nowhere in the Item's 464 pages can one
find that label —at least I couldn't.)
This letter supplements a similar request I made on October 22, 2019 (Log Item 22).
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
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Marilyn Showalter
1596 Shine Rd
Port Ludlow, WA 98365
Cc: Phil Hunsucker
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