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HomeMy WebLinkAbout042Michelle Farfan From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Patty Charnas < PCharnas@co jefferson.wa.us > Wednesday, March 01,2017 4:4L PM Philip Morley; Kate Dean; David Sullivan; Kathleen Kler David Greetham Outreach to clarify Comprehensive Plan Update Process Thank you for your email (92.4 KB) Commissioners and Philip, This is to let you know that we have sent out a message (attached) clarifying our process to complete the Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan periodic update. Over this past weekend (2/24 -28) we received several emails providing comments on the Comprehensive Plan. These were sent due to a misunderstanding that there was a deadline for public comments. This is not the case. We apologize for this and hope it has not caused any public concern by any of your constituents. Our lead planner David Wayne Johnson has been working with other agencies, offices, associations and community groups to review and analyze whether existing Comprehensive Plan goals and policies suggest keeping, changing, moving, updating or deleting the Comprehensive Plan existing goals and policies. DavidW has led a very challenging task we assigned him with high proficiency. An email sent to these working partners included a due date for their comments to be Tuesday, February 28th. This email was misinterpreted by some as a final way to comment on the Comp Plan. This is indeed unfortunate. Almost allof the comment emails and letters (-13 out of 15)focused on the master planned resort in Brinnon. Comments on any aspect of the Comprehensive Plan update are always welcome at any time and will be included in the official record. David Wayne set this due date so we can meet our own project milestones and ensure that the periodic update is successfully completed by the June 30, 2018 deadline. We will review our protocols and of course do all we can to reassure our citizens that there is currently no deadline to accepting comments on the Comp Plan periodic update. Our sincere apologies for this misunderstanding. Patty Charnas - Director Jefferson County Department of Community Development 621 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 Phone 360-379-4493 - Fax 360-379-4451 pcha rnas@co. iefferson.wa.us All e-mail sent to this address has been received by the Jefferson County e-mail system and is therefore subject to the Public Records Act, a state law found at RCW 42.56. Under the Public Records law the County must release this e-mail and its contents to any person who asks to obtain a copy (or for inspection) of this e-mail unless it is also exempt from production to the requester according to state law, including RCW 42.56 and other state laws. 1 From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Patty Charnas < PCharnas@co jefferson.wa.us> Tuesday, February 28,2017 5:1-9 PM Patty Charnas Thank you for your email CompPlan Brochu re-022017.pdf Dear Citizen, Thank you for your thoughtful email we received over the February 26-28 time period. Your email provided comments to this office regarding the Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan periodic update and specifically discussed points of concern regarding the Pleasant Harbor Master Planned Resort (MPR) in Brinnon. We apologize if your email was sent under an impression that there was a public comment deadline on the Comprehensive Plan periodic update. As you may know, the County's Comprehensive Plan serves as a broad policy document that guides County services and decisions across a number of topics including land use, transportation, housing and more. The State requires counties and cities to periodically update their comprehensive plans every 8 years. Jefferson County's comprehensive plan update is due June 30, 2018. Below are some clarifying points for your information: Comments on any aspect of the Comp Plan Update are alwavs welcome at anv time and will be included in the official record. This applies to your and other comments we receive throughout the update process on various draft products. The entire road map to the periodic update process is nicely described in the attached one-page handout. As you can see, we are in the "spring-Summer 2O!7" phase. We do not vet have a draft updated Comprehensive Plan available for comment. We are reviewing existing goals and policies through what we are calling a "Total Fitness" assessment. We appreciate the helpful feedback from stakeholders, program experts and others on the process we are using to determine the "fitness" of existing goals and policies to see if they should remain, move, change or be counted as complete. Our goal for the periodic update is to review existing goals and policies across all of the Comprehensive Plan elements and not start our Comprehensive Plan over from scratch We will keep all stakeholders and the public informed about our draft products through email and on our SpeakUp web site. Comment any draft item are welcome at any time. Our goal is to have a Draft Comprehensive Plan completed bv Fall 2017 (refer to the attached timeline). The Planning Commission will review the draft and hold a public hearing at which time public comments will be requested on the Draft Plan, We will make every effort to broadly announce the time and date(s) of public hearings related to this periodic update. a Comments are able to be submitted in person, through postal mail, through email and on our dedicated web site SpeakUp. ln-persontestimony is not required if traveland participation atfuture public hearings is not possible. a a a a a a Michelle Farfan 1 We appreciate the time and thoughtfulness of your comments. We wish to acknowledge receipt of your comments and to provide clarification on the process and timeline of the Comprehensive Plan periodic update. lf you have any questions or need anything further please do not hesitate to contact this office. With appreciation, Patty Charnas - Director Jefferson County Department of Community Development 621 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 Phone 360-379-4493 - Fax 360-379-4451 pcha rnas@co. iefferson.wa.us All e-mail sent to this address has been received by the Jefferson County e-mail system and is therefore subject to the Public Records Act, a state law found at RCW 42.56. Under the Public Records law the County must release this e-mail and its contents to any person who asks to obtain a copy (or for inspection) of this e-mail unless it is also exempt from production to the requester according to state law, including RCW 42.56 and other state laws. 2