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DEPARTiTIENT OF GOMMUNITY DEVELOPTIIENT
621 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 | Web: www.co.iefferson.wa.us/communitydevelooment
Tel: 360.379.4450 | Fax 360.379.4451 | Email: dcd@co.iefferson.wa.us
SguareOIVE Resource Center I Building Pe rmits & /nspections I Development Review I Long Range ptanning
November 19,20t4
Dear Reader:
Alternative 1, consists of an 18-hole golf course, 890 residential units, 49,772 square feet of commercial
space and resort related amenities on a 23L acre site, with 33 acres of natural area preserved and 2.2
million cubic yards of earthwork required for golf course grading; Alternative 2, consists of the golf
course, 890 residential units, 52,650 square feet of commercial space with resort related amenities and
80 acres of natural area preserved with L million cubic yards of earthwork for golf course grading; and a
No Action Alternative. The 350 slip Marina at Pleasant Harbor, although within of the Master Planned
Resort boundary, is not included in this analysis since it is being re-developed under an existing Binding
Site Plan.
On November 27,2OO7, a programmatic Final EIS was issued in association with a Comprehensive Plan
Amendment to re-designate the subject 256 acres from rural residential to Master Planned Resort. The
Jefferson County Board of Commissioners (BoCC) approved the request on January 28, 2008 with
Ordinance No. 0L-0128-08, stipulating through conditions that any subsequent project level action
would require a Supplemental ElS. An optional scoping process was initiated by the County on October
13,2009 with a Scoping Public Meeting held on October 28,2009, and Scoping Memo issued March 31,
2010.
The issues identified through the scoping process are addressed in the DSEIS. These include: earth, air
quality- greenhouse gas emissions, plants, energy and natural resources, housing and employment,
light and glare, aesthetics, and utilities, and transportation. Foreach environmental issue, an analysis is
provided and significant environmental impacts attributable to the Alternatives L & 2 are reported.
Where significant impacts are determined to potentially exist, options for possible mitigation are
suggested.
Written public comment on the DSEIS will be accepted for a 45-day comment period, starting on
Wednesday, November 19,2014 and ending at 5:00 p.m. Monday, January 5,2014. Written comments
should be addressed to: David Wayne Johnson, Associate Planner; Department of Community
Developmen| 62L Sheridan St.; Port Townsend, WA 98368. Email comments may be sent to:
dwiohnson iefferson.wa. us
Attached is a copy of the Draft Supplemental Environmental lmpact Statement (DSEIS) for the Pleasant
Harbor Master Planned Resort, The proposal is located south of Brinnon, WA on the Black Point
Peninsula, on the western shores of the Hood Canal. The DSEIS evaluates potential impacts resulting
from the proposed project-level development. The following are alternatives evaluated within the DEIS:
An Open House with subsequent Planning Commission meeting has been scheduled to inform the public
on the project, DSEIS and accept both written and oral comments on the DSEIS, development agreement
and development regulations. lt will be held on Wednesday, December 3,2014, from 2:00 pm to 4pm
for the Open House, and 6:30pm to 8:30pm for the Planning Commission meeting in the Brinnon
Community Center, 306744 Highway 101, Brinnon, WA 98320
Following the public comment period, the County will prepare and issue a Final Supplemental
Environmental lmpact Statement (FSEIS)that will include responses to the comments received during
the public comment period and any additional analysis necessary to adequately evaluate the proposal.
The Planning Commission will then hold a Public Hearing to take testimony on the FSEIS, Development
Agreement and Development Regulations (Title 1.7, Article ll). The Planning Commission will deliberate
and make a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) on the development
regulations. The BoCC may either accept the Planning Commission recommendation or hold a public
hearing before approving those regulations. The BoCC must hold a public hearing before approving the
development agreement.
lnformation about the DSEIS may be obtained at the Department of Community Development (DCD) by
contacting David Johnson between the weekday hours of 9am to 4:30pm located at 621Sheridan Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368 telephone (3601379-4455, This DSEIS and other information regarding this
project also posted online at: htto://www.co.iefferson.wa.us/commdevelopmentlBrinnon MPR.htm.
Digital CDs are available for purchase at DCD. Hard copies are available for purchase from SOS Printing,
2319 Washington St., Port Townsend, WA 98368
CarlSmith
Acting SEPA Responsible Official