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Thursday, July 15, 2010 2:01 PM
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dwjohnson@co jefferson.wa.us; shoskins@co.jefferson.wa.us
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Subject:
Open Space and Natural Areas
David and Stacie:
Following up on my task from our July 14 conference call, I have typed into this message below what the BoCC conditions
have to say on subjects related to buffers and natural areas. I did not find anything in the conditions re: open space
requirements for the Pleasant Harbor Master Planned Resort. I look forward to the definition you will provide for "open
space."
Vicki
63s The developer must ensure that natural greenbelts will be maintained on U.S. Highway 101 and as appropriate on
the shoreline. Statesman shall record a conservation easement protecting greenbelts and buffers to include, but not be
limited to, a 200 -foot riparian buffer along the steep bluff along the South Canal shoreline, the strip of mature trees
between U.S. Highway 101 and the Maritime Village, wetlands and wetland buffers. Easements shall be perpetual and
irrevocable recordings dedicating the property as natural forest land buffers. Statesman, at its expense, shall manage
these easements to include removing, when appropriate, naturally fallen trees, and replanting to retain a natural visual
separation of the development from Highway 101.
63u In keeping with the MPR designation as located in a setting of natural amenities, and in order to satisfy the
requirements of the Shoreline Master Program (JCC 18.15.135[l], [2], [61), the greenbelts of the shoreline should be
retained and maintained as they currently exist in order to provide for "the screening of facilities and amenities so that all
uses within the MPR are harmoniums with each other, and in order to incorporate and retain, as much as feasible, the
preservation of natural features, historic sites, and public views." In keeping with Comprehensive Plan Land Use Policy
24.9, the site plan for the MPR shall "be designed to blend with the natural setting and, to the maximum extent possible,
screen the development and its impacts from the adjacent rural areas." Evergreen trees and understory should remain as
undisturbed as possible. Statesman shall infill plants where appropriate with indigenous trees and shrubs.
63v In keeping with an approved landscaping and grading plan, and in order to satisfy the intent of JCC 18.15.135(6),
and with special emphasis on the Maritime Village, the buildings should be constructed and placed in such a way that they
will blend into the terrain and landscape with park -like greenbelts between the buildings.