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PORT GAMBLE S'KLALLAM TRIBE
' 31912 Little Boston Road NE • Kingston, WA 98346
Date: March 11, 2016
Jefferson County Planning Commission
621 Sheridan Street,
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Email PlatiComtn@co.jeffer-son.wa.trs
David Wayne Johnson
Pleasant Harbor FSEIS c/o Jefferson County DCD
621 Sheridan Street,
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Email: dwjohnson@co.jefferson.wa.us
Re: Pleasant Harbor Marina and Golf Resort GLC Master Planned Resort
Dear- Planning Commission Members and Mr. Johnson,
Thant: you For the oPPortunity for the Port Gamble S'Klallanl Triba) Historic Preservation
Office to review and comment oil the proposed Pleasant Harbor Marina and Golf Resort LLC:
Master Planned Resort.
The proposed Pleasant. I larbor Marina and Golf Resort LLC Master Planned Resort is located
within the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe's Adjudicated Usual and Accustomed Area and
Traditional and Historic Use Area. This proposed undertaking is located in an area of high
Cultural and historic Significance for the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe. It is also located in an
area of high probability for encountering cultural resourc" according to the Washington
Department of Archeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) WISAARD database.
Based on preliminary review of location of the proposed undertaking the Tribe is concerned
that the project proposal to use Kettle Ponds B and C for storing stormwater and treated
wastewater could result in Significant damages to Traditional Cultural Properties (`PCPs)
that meet multiple federal criteria that redder there eligible for inCltrSiUn on the National
Register of Historic Places.
Criterion B Association with the Lives of Persons Significant ill our Past: This area
specifically the freshwater within the proposed project area, have direct association with
spiritual entities known to the S'IClallam Tribe.
Criterion C. Representative of a Significant and Distinguishable Entity Whose Components
May Lack. Individual Distinction: Areas within the proposed project area have unique
ecological conditions that result in supporting specific biota that supported historic
S'Klallam gathering that has continued into the twentieth century within living; illemory of
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribal members.
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Criterion D. History of Yielding or Potential to Yield Information Important in Prehistory or
History: Based on the high density of Native American Place names that include traditional
camp sites and the proximity of the proposed projectto two traditional S'Klallam historic
and contemporary fisheries and shellfish harvest areas at the Duckabush and Dosewallips
River the area has a high probability to yield valuable information to S'Klallam, and broader
patterns of Native American history and use of the Hood Canal watershed.
The Tribe believes that the uniqueness of the geologic features and oral historical accounts
relating spiritual entities finked to the land, the traditional plants harvested generationally
by S'Klallam people from the past and within living memory, as well as multiple campsites
and Native American place names know in the area, all directly contribute to unique
cultural significance of the area that would be impacted by significant modification of the
physical environment.
The Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe requests to have a traditional cultural property evaluation
of the kettle ponds and wetland area to determine their eligibility to the National register
and evaluate the impacts the proposed undertakings will have on the cultural integrity of
the area and their eligibility to be listed on the National Register of historic Places.
Sincerely, , l
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Laura L. Price
Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
Cultural Resources Department
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
360 297-6358
lives@pgst.nsn.us
cc:
Roma Call
Environmental Program Manager, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
Josh Wisniewski, Ph.D.
Anthropologist, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe