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Home My WebLink About202Jullrn Tnlo, Chlcf DcBrty Prosccudq Atbmcy Anna Phllllps, Deputy ll Amende Wbon,Dcputy I Mary Schocniclder, Vlcdm Servlces Offlce of the Prosecuting Attorney Mlchael E. Haas Jcffcnon County Courthousr lE20 refftEon Steet Port Offrm Box 1Zl0 Port Town$n4 WA 98368 Phonc: (!t601lltS€180 Far (il60) i1t5.0073 Nowmber 1A,2016 John T. Cooke Attomey at Law Houllhan Law 100 N.35th Street Seafle, W498103 Re: Response to your letterof Norpmber 2,201A, rcgardlng the Pleasant Harbor Master Planned ReEort (MPR) Dear Mr. Cooke: Thank you br th€ abovo referenced btbr whlch was fonryaded to my offe fur rcply. Please note thatwe are povldlng oopaes of thls rosponse to fie reclplenb of ourOctober 19 and November 1, 2016 letters to keep the rcutes of communlcaUon open and conslstent. Jeffqcon County appreciates the breadth of igsues your letbr covers in terme of the Pleasant Ha6or MPR (herelnafter'MPR) proJ€ct hlstory, Ukewlse, the County apprechtee the gtabd wllllngness of your cllent and youreelf to 'on{nue to dlllgenffy engage and ttrcrk wlth the Countf in bringlng the prolec't to a gucoessfu! concluslon. I can asrura you Jeffiercon County wlshes to fadlltate that prooess. Your letter also noted that contlnued engagement can proeed as long ag 'issues can be address€d ln a falr and rsasonable manner.' The County etongly conq.lrE. The County beliews staff lew! mostlngs are lmp€rative to keep the MPR prolect on tracl<. The lntEnt of such meetngs Is to quid<ly and confldenty assess the completion sbtus of the condltlone per ffilnance No. 01-0128-08 and chart a courte to complete the development regdatons and he dewlopment agrcement. As you may knour, the uork accompllshed by the Jefferson County Plannlng Gommiselon and forwardcd to the Board of @unty Commissioners earllerthie lrsar on the MPR dewlopment regulations u€r€ different in some placee than the wrsion analyzed in the Flnal Supplemental Environmential lmpaot Statement (FSEIS). As slri, they would benefit ftom staff lev€l collaboration so that a flnal verslon mo\res forwad for Board adoptlon. Slmilarly, certaln bdc assoclated with conditlons ln Ordlnance i,lo. 01{12E{6 are close to concluding and afiect the path forward on formal adoption of development regulatlons. While you requested an exhaustlve list to be provided here, the @unty beliews stafi-level meetngs wll! be a better settlng to address the speciflc items and to set target dates on all aotions requlred to euccesefully complete this project. John T. Gooke, Esq. Nowmber 18,2016 Page 2 The flnf order of buslnegs is b hdd one etafi level meetng to scop€ out the lseu€s and put together a reasonable gchedule for thelr resolutlon. Witr [rls lefler the @unty aleo wlshee to darify certaln accounts in your ltlovcmber 2,2016 letter. We arp cerbin you agree that it ls irnporbnt to lesohre any potentlal misunderstandings rshtcd to the subshntlal hlstory of the MPR project. Regarding theAugust 19, 2016, Booklet'The Pleagant Harbor Marina and Recreaffon Commudtyl as conceptnl: Thank you furclearing up he Comt/s queetlone ooncemlng thls booklet. Please know that lf Statesman wented formal County revbw of changes b the prefened dbmaftre puUirhed ln the FSEIS, sudr a requestwould haw boen acted on ln a tlmely manner and the @unty uould not haw appearad 'non-@mmittrl' had a wrltten roquest br rsviqr been receiwd by the County Commissloners and/or CountyAdminlsbator. Without euch a written requeol the County tnly was unawere that Ute conceptual booklet wag 'preenbd ... ln good faih erftrt to engage $e Countyr as your letter sEbs. The conceptual booklet contalned s[nlflcant alteratlons to the profensd altemaffw, lndudlng a proposal that rcgulrcd aubotarthlamounb of fundlng frorn Jeftreon Cuntyand fiom State programg. We have re-r€viewod the secfron in the Brinmn Subarea Plan digcussing baclqrcund, vlsion and goals and polldes ftr a ltlasbr Planned Resort Thb soctlon b ln the Subarea Plan's cfiapteron the Land Uge Element one olementof ten publlshed in the 1O$page Subarea Plan. To danTy, he Brinnon Subarca Phn eet brth a vlglon for a Master Planned Resort ln the Bladr Point Area so that lf a wllllrB devebper wsr€ to show furfier lnbrost ln canlng out a Mastor Planned Rcsort development then the requlred @mprehenslrc Plan amendmenE would be !n phcc per applicable s€dions of the Washington Sbte Growth Management Act. Sbtssman may percelve ft 'answsrsd he Countfs call' but b be clear, the Corty never brmally sotght lnqulrles fiom dewlopera. That sald, the County enjoyt vrorking dosely with Stratesman ard trusts thls partrcrship wlll continrr as thls proloct ls broqht to a succes€ftJ concluslon. Wlh rcspec't b the Port Gamble S'Klallam Trlbo, wo can nelther onllrm nor valldate the Port Gamble S'Klallam Trlbe's derolopment efrotts occunlng ln anotherlurlsdlcUon. We do howewr, bclhro the sffi level meetlngs wlll help b resoh,E outshndlng lssuee h a practlcable uny for all parties involwd. Thank you br thlg opporfunlty to respond to lour Norcmber 2.201A btter. The County looks brward to convening he ehff level meetrgg referenced in our prevlons oreepondence and agaln ln thls l€tter. On behalf of Jefiereon County, I look forunrd to our mutually movlng brward wlth a wortable prooess regardlng the Pleasant Harbor MPR. very E. Flaas Jffiercon County Proaecuting Afromey Cc: The Hon. Davld Sulllwn, Jffireon County@mmlssloner, Dlstlct2 John T. Cookc, Erq. [tsowmber 18,2014 Page 3 Mr. Phlllp Morley, Jefferrcn CqmUAdmlnletrator Ms. Paty Chamas, DGD Dlrector Ms. Mlch€lls Faffan, Assoclate Planner Mr. Morgnn Tlnole, LL.B., MtsA, General Counssl Mr. Elon Coleman, The Statesman Grcup Mr. Garth Mann, CEO SEbsrnan Corponatlon 9300 E. Ralntree Drhre, Sulte 100\ Scotbdale, A2li62fo 7370 Slerm irlorcna BlYd. SW Calgary, Albdte, Canada TIIH 4tl9 Pleaeant Harbor ltiarlna 308013 Hlghway 101 Brlnnon, WA 98320