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JEFFERSON COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
621 Sheridan Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368
November 3, 2004
AI Scalf, Director
Ms. Paula Ehlers, Section Manager
Shorelands &- Environmental Assistance Program
Department of Ecology
PO Box 47775
Olympia W A 98504-7775
Re: Port Ludlow Lagoon
Dear Ms. Ehlers:
Thank you for your letter dated October 25, 2004 regarding the Port Ludlow Lagoon. This
Department will consider this information when and if a land use application is made by the
landowner in the future.
I do not completely understand the distinctions you have arrived at in concluding that the lagoon
area is a shoreline, but is not a wetland. If it is not a wetland, then which category of shoreline
does it fall into? Additionally, you did not explain the rationale behind the changing of your
department's position froin June 14,1993 when Ecology approved (in writing) a Shoreline
Conditional Use permit (SDP91-OO17) for the Ludlow Bay Village Plat that included over-water
construction. Nor did you apparently consider the impacts of yourconc1usion upon the build out
of the plat of Ludlow Bay Village. Imagine the number of landowner's we would be dealing
with if all the lots were in individual ownership rather than being owned by one entity.
This letter confirms that I will be attending a pre-application meeting in Olympia on November
18, 2004 to examine various alternatives regarding the lagoon and the above-mentioned plat. I
look forward to a continued discussion of these issues and the resolution of this matter.
C: Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
John Fischbach, County Administrator
David Alvarez, Jefferson County Chief Civil Prosecuting Attornex. ^
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