HomeMy WebLinkAbout30 WaldronPlease Support Marijuana Review Docket!
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Dear County Officials-
I want to thank the Planning Commission for unanimously supporting the Marijuana Review Docket ( MCA19-00019 ) in 2019! I also want to thank County Commissioner Kate Dean for
her support. I am asking the Planning Commission to continue your support for 2020, and for Kate Dean, and at least 1 other County Commissioner, for their support!
In a recent August 18, 2020 letter written to you by Carol Gonnella, co-signed by 9 Marrowstone & Coyle residents, Carol quoted Kate Dean during a June 17, 2019 BoCC review:
Kate Dean : “.... Presently almost all other counties prohibit marijuana facilities in rural residential. I do not think it would be that much work. We are asking both the operator & the
neighboring properties to take on an enormous burden. I would like to eliminate that burden. By not putting it on the docket, it may create more work for the DCD”
Thank you, Kate Dean, for hearing our concerns !!! I agree with Kate that it would be better for the operator, the neighboring properties, the DCD Planners & the Hearing Examiner to
have a simple “NO” for any marijuana facilities in rural residential zones. There are plenty of other approved sites in our county. Why build Industrial facilities in our neighborhoods?!
And the cost of processing this docket item is around $7000, which is so much less than than the amount of time & money spent on each application! That same letter said that each of
the 3 applications cost the county around $30,000, for a total of $90,000, as well as an immense amount of staff time! Let’s cut costs during this Covid 19 era & remove this option from
the DCD workload!
I am also tired of County citizens paying private attorneys to fight our own tax supported DCD Planner & County attorney, who are both supporting an applicant who may not even live in
our County, let alone on their property. I want our County officials working for the hundreds of citizens that do live here, pay taxes, & do not want their quality of life or their health
damaged!
Both David Sullivan & Greg Brotherton wanted this docket reviewed in 2020. So, if the Planning Commission supports this Docket item for 2020, & at least 2 County Commissioners vote
for it, than many citizens in Jefferson County will finally feel heard & supported!! And the DCD can then spend their time supporting our County zoning laws, rather than working on a CUP
to circumvent them...
Thank you for all of your hard work for our County!
Sincerely
Kathleen Waldron <kathleen.waldron@icloud.com>
Fri 8/21/2020 1:56 PM
To:Planning Commission Desk <PCommissionDesk@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Kate Dean <KDean@co.jefferson.wa.us>; David Sullivan <dsullivan@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Greg Brotherton <GBrotherton@co.jefferson.wa.us>;
Cc:Carol Gonnella <carolgonnella@icloud.com>; Patricia Earnest <earnest.pj@gmail.com>; Vigo E Anderson <vigoanderson@gmail.com>; Ron Rempel <rrempel2@msn.com>; Kathleen <kathleen.waldron@icloud.com>; Victoria
Galanti <vicgal1804@gmail.com>;