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July 14,2006
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Mr. Phil Johnson, Chair and
Jefferson County Commissioners
Mr. John Fischbach, Administrator
1820 Jefferson Street
PO Box 1220
Port Townsend, W A 98368
Re: Proposed Amendment to Development Agreement for Ludlow Cove II by Port
Ludlow Associates, Inc. for Trendwest, Inc.
Dear Mr. Fischbach and Commissioners:
At the last General Meeting of the Council, held July 6, 2006, the Council voted to communicate
formally to you that we question the use of a contractual document such as the Development
Agreement as a means to change zoning designations.
The Port Ludlow Village Council responded to the original Hearings on the use of this parcel for
timeshare use by Trendwest without supporting or opposing the project. (The Council did not
endorse the project because the proposed owners refused to adopt CC&R's that were similar to
those of the other communities in Port Ludlow when requested by the Village Council to do so.)
The Council's concern over this current issue is not whether the Trendwest project is appropriate
on the subject parcel. The Village Council questions the legality of the proposal by PLA and
Trendwest seeking to amend the Development Agreement between PLA and the County to
change land use definitions to allow time-share use. Allowing this means of re-zoning may have
serious property value implications not only in Port Ludlow under this Development Agreement
but county-wide as well.
The Village Council represents the interests of the community to the public and to government
entities. As the representative body of Port Ludlow speaking to our government we are
requesting that the Jefferson County Commission carefully consider our concern in this matter.
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We believe that the Commission should consider that this decision might have great impact on
Jefferson County's ability to plan for and manage its land use and growth in the future.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Van Zonneveld
President, Port Ludlow Village Council
Cc: Board of County Commissioners,
Al Scalf, Barbara Nightingale