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David W. Johnson
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County to require bond from MPR Developer
Port Ludlow MPR Development Agreement extension.pdf
RE:PDN lllS/13
David,
You were quoted in today's Peninsula Daily News as follows:
"lohnson said the county will ask Statesman to poy a bond to ensure that phases of the project that
are started are completed"
I assume that the County will impose the same requirement on any extension granted to the PLA Development
Agreement. The full article is attached for your reference.
Regards,
Bert
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Today's Peninsula Daily News 01118113
"Johnson said the countv will ask Statesman to pav a bond to ensure that
phases of the proiect that are started are completed."
BRINNON - A Seattle consulting firm is set to begin an environmental study on
a long-planned 252-acre resort on Hood Canal that the builder hopes to begin
developing by the end of this year.
The Jefferson County Department of Community Development is finalizing a
contract with EA Blumen of Seattle to draft a $92,950 supplemental
environmental impact statement on the proposed Pleasant Harbor Marina and
Golf Resort Iocated 3 miles south of Brinnon, Associate Planner David Wayne
Johnson said.
"We are in the process of getting the contract signed," Johnson said, adding that
the study will be completed by Sept. 11.
The project applicant is the Statesman Group of Companies, a Calgary-based
resort-building corporation that first proposed the
$300 million project in 2006.
Statesman will pay for the environmental study.
Statesman Group President Garth Mann said Wednesday he received the
contract this week but had not yet reviewed it.
Johnson said Mann's attorney assured him the company would sign the
agreement.
"We're right at the doorstep of getting the whole process going, and development
agreements and zoning regulations," Johnson said.
"The zones wil! define what is allowed in those areas as far as heights,
dimensions, standards, setbacks, that kind of thing."
The marina-golf resort would be developed on property on the Black Point
peninsula.
The land is zoned for a'master-planned" resort and already includes the 300-slip
Pleasant Harbor Marina, which is owned by Statesman.
"We're close to nearing a half-century of being in the business," Mann said this
week.
"We've examined the propefi and done a ton of work and consulted a lot of
different people," he said.
"We are of the opinion that there is validity in moving forward.
"lt would be niec if we could get the SEIS [supplemental draft environmental
impact statementl completed and out of the way, and could start construction in
late 2013 or early 2014," Mann said.
The North Hood Canal Chamber of Commerce has endorsed the project.
The Brinnon Group, which opposed the project in its earlier versions, is
monitoring its progress, organizer Barbara Moore-Lewis said this week.
'The Brinnon Group is concerned about the health of Hood Canal," she said.
"We are pinpointing weaknesses in the proposal and will bring them up in due
time.
'This will be the realcrux of the SEIS: How do you mitigate any impacts on the
canal and whether there actually exists technology to do that.'
The resort would include 890 residential units and an 18-hole golf course, a
wastewater reclamation plant and 12,000 square feet of commercial space at a
marina village off U.S. Highway 101.
"There is likely to be opposition," Johnson said.
'Some people think it's too big," he added.
'l am confident we are going to finish the SEIS and the development agreement
and zoning regulations, so he [Mann]can pro@ed."
Statesman already shows the resort as a concern on its website,
www.statesmancorooration.com, complete with an artist's rendering of $690,000
sea-view residences, and parking for cars and boats.
Johnson predicted the draft EIS would be ready for public review this fall, with its
first stop being the Jefferson Coung Planning Commission.
A hearing examiner also will hold a public hearing on marina, golf course and
other usage zones included in the undertaking, which will be developed on
property zoned overall for a master planned resort.
"As a model, look at Port Ludlow zoning and regulations," Johnson said, referring
to the marina-golf resort 20 miles south of Port Townsend.
"[Statesman] tweaked it to thei r circumstances.
"lt's essentially the same kind of thing."
Mann said he will not seek financing for the project until it's approved.
Plans call for the resort to be built in phases, with the wastewater treatment plant
coming first.
Johneon said the countv wil! ask Statesman to pav a bond to ensure that
ohases of the oroiect that are etarted are completed.
"They are proposing to clear and put in an 18-hole golf course that will require a
huge amount of excavation on the site," he said.
"You are talking about millions of cubic tons of material.
"lf they start that and don't finish it, that's not good.
"That will all be worked out in the development agreement."
Public comment will be taken on the draft SEIS and the final ElS.
A public hearing also will be held when the Planning Commission considers the
finalElS.
Finally, the county board of commissioners will vote on whether to approve or
deny the study's preferred alternative.
lnformation and numerous documents on the proposal are available at
http ://tinyu rl. com/7vr6x3s.
Senior Staff Writer Paul Gottlieb can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5060, or
at paul. gottlieb@oeninsuladailvnews.com.
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