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David Goldsmith
1820 Jefferson Street
PO Box 1220
Port Townsend, WA 98368
March 9, 2004
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Port Ludlow Village Council
Larry Nobels, Chair
81 Harms Lane
Port Ludlow W A 98365
JEFFERSON COUNTY
DEPT. OF COMMUNITY DEVElOPMENT
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Re: Response to Concerns Raised at the Public Meeting on February 25, 2004
Dear Mr. Nobles and Members of the Port Ludlow Village Council:
This letter is a follow-up to five identified issues/concerns raised at the February 25, 2004
meeting with the Board of County Commissioners, County staff, Port Ludlow Village Council
(PLVC) and members ofthe public. The five issues raised are identified as follows: (1) over-
water construction of town homes, (2) Shoreline Substantial Development Permit (SDP91-0 17)
and the 51 conditions, (3) Wedgewood Short Plat tree cutting, (4) two mooring buoys, and (5)
drainage/ stormwater.
The following paragraphs are an attempt to explain/clarify each of the identified issues:
1. Town homes: Over water construction of the town homes was reviewed by County and
State agencies during environmental and subdivision review ofthe plat of Ludlow Bay
Village. The pond is within 200 feet of the shoreline jurisdiction of Ludlow Bay but the
pond was considered a man-made feature from years ago and therefore allowed the town
homes to be constructed over the water. The Assessor's Office lowered the property
taxes for several reasons: difficulty of over water construction requirements such as
engineering; the town homes adjacent to the bay have a better view; the town home lots
cannot be sold separately due to the zero lot line (a platted group oftown home lots
would need to be purchased by someone to construct a town home before it could be sold
at which point the assessed values would be increased.)
2. SDP91-017 and the 51 Conditions of Approval: A memo dated February 10, 1994 from
James W. Pearson, Associate Planner to Mike Ajax, Building Official stated that "Pope
Resources has demonstrated compliance with the permit conditions as they apply to
construction of the proposed Inn at Port Ludlow. You may therefore issue the referenced
building permit." Additionally, on June 6, 1994 before the Board of County
Commissioners (BOCC), Jerry Smith, Associate Planner reported that "all the conditions
related to the preliminary long plat and shoreline permit have been met and that the
Phone (360)385-9100
Fax (360)385-9382
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necessary County departments have signed off on the plat." The BOCC by unanimous
decision voted to grant final subdivision approval. The Inn received final building
occupancy on October 19, 1994.
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3. Wedgewood Short Plat Tree Cutting: The Department of Community Development
issued a letter datedN'ovember'14,2003 to Olympic Ridge to allow the removal of alders
on the 3 lots within said~ ~l~t, Wi~ided that any buffer disturbance to Tracts A and B
shall be replanted with ~e :vttefilmfu in a serpentine pattern. Staffreviewed the plat
conditions and foun<U;hat the proposed tree removal was consistent with the ''Notice to
Potential Purchasers" on the face of the recorded plat. Trees were fallen within the
streambed, which resulted in a violation with the Department ofFish and Wildlife
(WDFW). Staff worked with the developer and WDFW and consequently WDFW did
issue a Hydraulic Project Approval (HPA) with conditions on December 19,2003 under
Log Number ST -F9923-01. The HP A expires on October 31,2004. On March 1, 2004,
Staff received a phone call from Tony Hernandez, Code Enforcement Officer, that a
neighbor contacted him regarding the developer cutting more trees. Staff contacted the
developer and left a message for him to contact Michelle Farfan. The developer left a
voice message stating that no trees were being cut but that he was cleaning up dead brush.
4. Mooring buoys: The County has ordered abatement of the buoys.
5. Drainage/Storm water: Jefferson County has stormwater requirements identified in the
Unified Development Code (UDC) as well as the recently adopted Department of
Ecology 2001 Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington. Port Ludlow
Associates is subject to the DOE 1992 Stormwater Manual per the Port Ludlow
Development Agreement. Private property owners would be subject to the UDC and
2001 Stormwater Manual. The County has received several copies ofthe Port Ludlow
Drainage District manual dated October 2003. It is the determination of the County that
the County per letter dated January 27,2004 signed by Glen Huntingford, Chairman
BOCC, will not adopt the Drainage Plan; however, the Drainage Plan will be used as
reference material in the approval of development proposals.
The meeting with your Committee and the community pointed out the need for close
coordination and communication between Jefferson County and Port Ludlow. To this end, I
suggest that a member of the Village Council be selected to be the point of contact with the
County. Issues which arise through the Councilor the community would then be funneled
through this person. I would also suggest that this person attend the Board of Commissioners
business meetings that occur every Monday. Your designee will be provided with an agenda on
the Thursday/Friday prior to the Monday meeting and would be able to address the Board with
specific inquiries or to dialog with them on progress towards our mutual goals.
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To foster communication from the County's end, we have tasked Michelle Farfan with the
responsibility to oversee development activities in Port Ludlow. This is an addition to her
already ambitious workload. Ms. Farfan will attend as many Village Council meetings as she can
and make herself available to the Council to address pertinent issues for the implementation of
the development agreement. Having a designated contact person from the Council will greatly
enable Ms. Farfan to provide customer service to the Port Ludlow community.
I thank you for the opportunity to address issues in the Port Ludlow area and I would be happy to
address the Council on other topics of mutual concern. I trust the above answers the questions
raised and provides a mechanism from which to rebuild relationships between the Port Ludlow
community and the County.
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County Administrator
cc: County Commissioners
Al Scalf, Director of Community Development
Michele Farfan, Associate Planner, DCD