HomeMy WebLinkAbout036PortTownsend &Jefferson County Leader Wednesday, February 10, 2016 • A 3
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commission wrestles with Brinnon resort. pla.n
Members
divided
over how
strict to
make rules
By Nicholas Johnson of the Leader
A recent planning
commission meeting
devoted to a $300 million
resort proposed just south
of Brinnon was heavy on
discussion and light on
action.
Coming on the heels of
a January public hearing
that packed the gymnasium
at Brinnon Elementary,
eight of the commission's
nine members joined a
county planner and about
10 audience members Feb. 3
at the Tri -Area Community
Center.
Their task: recommend
to the board of county
commissioners whether to
approve, deny or approve
with modifications a set of
development regulations,
or rules, that would govern
future development activity
on the 256 -acre master
planned resort property at
Black Point, along Hood
Canal.
Planning commission chair Cynthia Koan (center) is flanked by commissioners Lorna Smith (left) and Richard Hull (right) while
speaking during the Feb. 3 meeting devoted to the Pleasant Harbor Resort proposal. The next meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. March
2 at the Tri -Ana Community Center. Photo by Nicholas Johnson
Instead, the commission
discussed how best to limit
the use of certain fertilizers
and pesticides, whether to
allow the use of naturally
occurring kettle ponds for
stormwater and treated
wastewater storage, and
whether the applicant's
business plan would
ultimately succeed.
"I'm suspicious of this
business plan," chair Cynthia
Koan said, questioning
whether the proposed resort
would succeed in attracting
guests and creating jobs.
`Tm not interested in
digging into their business
plan," commissioner Tom
Giske said. "What I am
interested in, 'though, is
what limitations are going
to keep them from being
successful, and how do we
deal with those?"
Commissioners Giske
and Tom Brotherton became
frustrated with chair
Cynthia Koan, who was
not eager to take action on
the development rules, but
rather welcomed open-ended
discussion.
At one point, fellow
commissioner Matt Sircely
said to Koan, "It's totally
cool to not chair just one
vote. It's totally cool to say,
`I feel strongly about this; I
want somebody else to chair
it, somebody who's got a cool
head."'
Brotherton called the
commission's discussion,
lead by Koan, "aimless
wandering." Koan, for her
part; said she simply was not
yet ready to take action.
The commission's next
meeting is set for 6:30
p.m. March 2 at the Tri -
Area Community Center.
See a link to the plan
documents with this story on
ptleader.com.
Koar and commissioner
Lorna Smith questioned the
viability of the applicant's
business plan in general,
while Giske questioned why
some commissioners seemed
so focused on imposing
environmental regulations,
potentially to the detriment
of the resort's success.
"I'm suspicious
of this business
plan."
Cynthia Koan
chair, Jefferson County
Planning Commission
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