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Rebecca j. Mermod
395 Fort Gate Road
Nordland, WA 98358
20 August 2020
To: Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners
Jefferson County Planning Department
RE: Amendment to Jefferson County Code
Dear County Officials:
Some four years ago, I along with a concerned group of Marrowstone Island residents invested considerable me –as well as over fi y-thousand dollars- to argue against a commercial marijuana grower
seeking to place a 10,000 square foot grow-and-process facility on rural residen al land here on the island.
While our group did eventually prevail, we were con nually astounded that our county failed in providing protec ons against something that would result in industrializing a unique and close-knit
neighborhood. Four years later, our county has apparently done nothing to restrict such development to being located within the industrial zoning it requires.
I am asking that you place the issue of prohibi ng commercial marijuana facili es within rural residen al onto the 2020 docket. Doing so would put our county in line with the majority of Washington
coun es. Had such a prohibi on been in place four years ago, our county could have saved itself from two overflow-crowd public hearings with untold wasted hours and related expense of both county and
resident me. I for one would prefer not to go through that process again.
Please get this amendment underway and into the county code. Doing so now will help maintain and protect the beauty and future livability of, not only Marrowstone island, but all of Jefferson county.
Sincerely,
Rebecca J.. Mermod
Len and Beckie Mermod <lvrjm@olympus.net>
Fri 8/21/2020 10:00 AM
To:Planning Commission Desk <PCommissionDesk@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Kate Dean <KDean@co.jefferson.wa.us>; jeffbocc <jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Greg Brotherton <GBrotherton@co.jefferson.wa.us>;