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Patty Michak < pmichak@hccc.wa.gov>
Wednesday, January 06,20L612:15 PM
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Pleasant Harbor Master Planned Resort - Jan. 6, 2016 public comment
HCCC Black Point Pleasant Harbor Resort comment letter.doc
David,
I will be unable to attend the public meeting tonight in Brinnon but would like to submit comments on the proposed
Pleasant Harbor Master Planned Resort FEIS. Please find attached comments from the Hood Canal Coordinating Council
regarding wetland mitigation for the proposed project.
lf you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
Thanks,
Patty Michak
Mitigation Program Manager
Hood Canat Coordinating CounciI
360 930 8634
360 265 9440 cett
17791 Fjord Drive NE Suite 122
Poulsbo, WA 98370
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pmichak@hccc.wa.qov
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JEFFERS2N, KITSAP & MAsoN COUNTIES
P2RT GAMBLE S'KLALLAM & SKOKOMISH TRIBES
STATE & FEDERAL AGENCIES
77797 Fjord Drive NE Suite 722 Poulsbo, WA 98370
January 6,20!5
Mr. David Wayne Johnson
Jefferson County Project Planner
Dear Mr. Johnson:
The Hood Canal Coordinating Council (HCCC)would like to inform the project proponent and Jefferson
County that the HCCC ln-Lieu Fee (lLF) Program (for mitigation of impacts to aquatic resources) is an
alternative to permittee responsible mitigation for mitigating impacts to wetland resources. The HCCC
ln-Lieu Fee Program was authorized in June 2O!2 and was established to provide a comprehensive
mitigation approach for adverse, unavoidable impacts to aquatic resources within Hood Canal. The ILF
Program is overseen by the U.S, Army Corps of Engineers, Washington Department of Ecology and a
fourteen member interagency review team made up of representatives from federal, state, county and
Tribal entities.
Completion of the wetland assessment and mitigation plan for the proposed Pleasant Harbor Marina
and Golf Resort project occurred just prior to the authorization of the Hood Canal Coordinating Council's
ILF Program and as a result the proposed wetland mitigation for the project does not consider an
alternative mitigation approach of using the ln-Lieu Fee Program. Mitigation conducted through the
ILF Program provides assurance to regulators that the mitigation will fully compensate for the impacts,
that no net loss of aquatic functions will occur and that the mitigation will be effectively monitored and
maintained in perpetuity. HCCC works with local land trust partners to secure and protect mitigation
site; places very restrictive covenants and/or easements on mitigation properties to protect in
perpetuity the land and the ecologic functions provided. HCCC's ILF Program has successfully
implemented wetland mitigation in Kitsap and Mason counties and the ILF Program's service area
includes the aquatic resources of Hood Canal within Jefferson County as well.
lf you have questions concerning the ILF Program please contact me.
Sincerely,
Pwtty l4Ld\ak
Mitigation Program Manager
360 930 8634 office
360 265 9440 cell
pmichak@hccc.wa.gov