HomeMy WebLinkAbout092522 FW_ Public Comment on the Legal Lot of Record determination process
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From: Carol McCreary
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2022 3:22:33 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
To: Heidi Eisenhour; Kate Dean; Greg Brotherton
Subject: Public Comment on the Legal Lot of Record determination process
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Commissioners Eisenhour, Dean, and Brotherton:
Subject: Public Comment on the Legal Lot of Record determination process
I am grateful to live in a democracy that encourages ordinary citizens to do the arduous work of trying to understand and contribute to local governance. In thinking about housing affordability,
I worry now about our low-income residents who may be inadequately sheltered but are doing their best to live on lands they own.
Commissioners, please consider whether staff efforts and public outreach <https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/758d5cb1be024cf482a1862fd857a58b?item=1> have yielded sufficient granularity
in the data informing the proposed regulations on Lots of Record. The words of the Attorney General in 1998 seem to ring true: we think counties will not be able to avoid a sensitive,
particularized analysis of their individual situations, leading to the development of standards that make sense for a particular county.
As a high school teacher in Yemen, I was introduced to human geography by my British colleague. Powerful new approaches to our weeklong field studies gave students and faculty alike
a rare understanding of the lives of rural inhabitants. Human Geography has been defined <https://researchguides.dartmouth.edu/human_geography> as the study of the interrelationships
between people, place, and environment, and how these vary spatially and temporally across and between locations. Whereas physical geography concentrates on spatial and environmental
processes that shape the natural world and tends to draw on the natural and physical sciences for its scientific underpinnings and methods of investigation, human geography concentrates
on the spatial organization and processes shaping the lives and activities of people, and their interactions with places and nature. Human geography is more allied with the social sciences
and humanities, sharing their philosophical approaches and methods.
While there is indeed a need for new regulations regarding pre-1971 county plats, I hope that you will each take the time necessary to make your determination on the proposed ordinance.
With gratitude for your service,
Carol
Carol McCreary
650 Hudson Place
Port Townsend, WA 98368
503.984.4081