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Home My WebLink About005David W. Johnson From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: David W. Johnson Monday, January 04, 2016 9:31 AM Cynthia Koan; Gary Felder; Kevin Coker; Lorna Smith; Mark Jochems; Matt Sircely; Richard Hull; Tom Brotherton; Tom Giske David W. Johnson; Kathleen Kler FW: Comments on Pleasant Harbor Resort DSEIS from North Olympic Group Sierra Club 0764_001.pdf PC members, There has been some confusion about the relevance of comments on the FSEIS at the public hearing this Wednesday. We are strictly following the code in this regard. JCC 18.40.790(1) applies to public testimony on the FSEIS at the public hearing: "(1) lf a public hearing on the proposal is held under some other requirement of law, the hearing shall be open to consideration of the environmental impact of the proposal, together with any environmental document that is available This does not require extension of the romment periods for environmental documents." The PC must hear all public testimony on the proposed amendments, development agreement and the FSEIS at the public hearing on Wednesday. JCC L8.45.090(3) outlines the PC's sole responsibility as follows: "(3) Planning Commission Review. The planning commission shall hold a public hearing on any amendment(s) to the implementing regulations and shall make a recommendation to the board of county commissioners using the site- specific criteria set forth in JCC 18.45.080(1Xb) and (1Xc), as applicable." This does not required the PC to make a recommendation on any of the FSEIS alternatives, or the adequacy of the FSEIS. ThePCisfreetomakearecommendationtotheBoardonanyaspectoftheproposal,butMUSTmakea recommendation on the amendments to the development regulations. I hope that clarifies things. Let me know if you have questions. Thanks! From: Kathleen Kler Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 3:00 PM To: duckabushrob@gmail.com; mooreleb@gmail.com; monicaflet@gmail.com Cc: David W. Johnson <djohnson@co.jefferson.wa.ue; David Goldsmith <DGoldsmith@co.jefferson.wa.us> Subject: FW: Comments on Pleasant Harbor Resort DSEIS from North Olympic Group Sierra Club Good morning all, I have been in contact with DCD clarifying the upcoming meeting Jan.6, 2016. I want to assure you that comments on the environmental impacts of the project are certainly appropriate. The law is intended to consolidate the process as much as possible and while the EIS is in final form, if the parties feel it is inadequate in addressing the impacts this will be the time to address the perceived inadequacies as well as general project concerns. This is an open public meeting and all comments will be considered, even on the FEIS. The upcoming meeting will be an opportunity again for the citizens to voice their opinions and concerns. Truly, Kathleen Kler 1 Kathleen Kler Commissioner, District 3 Jefferson County (360) 38s-9100 KKler@co.jefferson.wa. us All email from or to this email address may be subject to the Public Records Act, RCW 42.56, and all County email is captured and archived by lnformation Services. From: Rob Mitchell [mailto:duckabushrob@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 8:05 AM To: Kathleen Kler <KKler@co. iefferson.wa.us> Cc: Barba ra Moore-Lewis <mooreleb@gmail.com> Subject: Fwd: Comments on Pleasant Harbor Resort DSEIS from North Olympic Group Sierra Club Forwarded message From: Barbara Moore-Lewis <mooreleb@qmail.com> Date: Tue, Dec29,2015 at 4:40 PM Subject: Fwd: Comments on Pleasant Harbor Resort DSEIS from North Olympic Group Sierra Club To : Kerie Pedersen <kiri e.pedersen@ qnail .com>, Robert Mitchell <duckabushrob@ grnai l. Forwarded message From: Monica Fletcher <monicafl et@grnail.co Date: Tue, Dec29,2015 at 3:40 PM Subject: Fwd: Comments on Pleasant Harbor Resort DSEIS from North Olympic Group Sierra Club To: Barbara Moore-Lewis <mooreleb@grnail.com> Hi Barbara, I received this note from DWJohnson, that there is no more opportunity to make comments, that our first effort vis a vis the DSEIS is the only one. I am hesitant to inform our membership to come down to a hearing that is of no use. I had asked DWJ what the cutoff time for comments in response to the FSEIS was exactly. This was his response. It seems to me, that all attempts to sway anything now would be have to be hinged on that Alternative B as that is the only new thing that wasn't in the DSEIS. Please call me at360-379-3136 or 821- 8482 today, as I was going to send a blast out to our members tonight or tomorrow. I ask what is the point if there is no process opportunity? Forwarded message From: David W. Johnson efferson.wa.us> Date: Tue, Dec29,2015 at 3:03 PM Subject: RE: Comments on Pleasant Harbor Resort DSEIS from North Olympic Group Sierra Club To: Monica Fletcher <monicaflet@smail.o Cc: "David W. Johnson" <djohnson@cojefferso 2 Monica, I just received your voice mail message. You may want to include your phone number next time so that I can call you back. The comment you submitted below on the Draft SEIS was your only opportunity to comment. You may still comment at the public hearing on the 6th, but those comments, if related to the SEIS, will not be considered since the SEIS has been finaled. From: Monica Fletcher [mailto:monicaflet@smail.com] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2015 3:04 PM To: David W. Johnson <diohnson@co.iefferson.wa.us> Subject: Comments on Pleasant Harbor Resort DSEIS from North Olympic Group Sierra Club Please find attached the comments on the Pleasant Harbor Master Planned Resort DSEIS from the North Olympic Group, Sierra Club. Please call me if you have any difficulties reading this file. Monica Fletcher, 3 60-37 9 -3 1 3 6 In addition I place the basic comments of the attachment - below without the formatting: 5 January 2015 Jefferson County Department of Community Development Attn: David Wayne Johnson RE: Pleasant Harbor Master Planned Resort DSEIS 621 Sheridan Street Port Townsend WA 98368 On behalf of Sierra Club North Olympic Group and our hundreds of members, activists, and supporters, we are writing to submit comments on the Pleasant Harbor Master Planned Resort DSEIS. Please include these comments in the administrative record. 3 Sierra Club feels there are serious omissions in this Draft Environmental Impact Statement that must be corrected. Our comments on different aspects are listed below. GLOBAL WARMING: An assessment needs to be done and presented on how this project will affect global warming and the microbial soils community due to extensive plant and soil removal. Appendix M doesn't quantify the GHG releases and effects of the releases, and the mitigations are clearly inadequate. It takes years to regain sequestration of carbon,and the DEIS also fails to factor in how this would affect marine life. Effluent: Class A effluent discharge from the proposed sewerage treatment plant is planned to be stored and recycled. This is a dangerous practice that should not be used due to inevitable pathogen transfer to aquifers. There are thousands of chemicals and many pathogens, (microbeads, MRSA, antibiotics, fire retardants and chemicals of emerging concern) that cannot be tested, nor are clearly known for their cumulative impacts, and that will be introduced in a recycling system. TRAFFIC: One of the most worrisome issues with this project is traffic. Hwy 101 is a thoroughfare used by those traveling between Clallam County and more southern points to Olympia. Additionally, the traffic is greatly increased during the summer season. Roads are narrow. Much of the route is on bluffs which fail, as some just have this December 2014 creating one way traffic for weeks. Landslides are common on this route during the rainy season. Traffic accidents happen. This resort area is an inhospitable site for alarge resort. WATER: Another very worrisome issue is the availability of water over the long term and the effects on community water resources. Water will become a key resource as weather warns and snow levels are minimized and rainwater runoff increases. The DSEIS does not address this truth. SUMMARY This comment can only cover some of the problems with the planned resort and the DSEIS. Clearly, it is not appropriate to approve this project. 4 Respectively submitted, Monica Fletcher Chair North Olympic Group, Sierra Club monicaflet@smail.com 5