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Barbara Nightingale
From: Sally Smith [SSmith@johnlscottportludlow.com]
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 3:38 PM
To: Barbara Nightingale
Subject: THE HONORABLE STEPHRN CASSEAU.doc
NOVEMBER 13 2006
STEPHEN K. CASSEAUX JR.
JEFFERSON COUNTY HEARING EXAMINER
THE HONORABLE STEPHEN CASSEAUX
PORT LUDLOW AND JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMERCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND
DEVELOPMENT ENTITIES SPENT YEARS OF DELIBERATIONS AT A COST WELL OVER A
MILLION TO DEFINE THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR PORT LUDLOW AS THE
SOLE MASTER PLANNED RESORT (MPR) IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.
THE PROCESS INCLUDED A FORUM OF FORMAL MEDIATION SPONSORED BY THE
JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND INCLUDED REPRESENTATION
FROM THE ENTITIES CITED ABOVE.
ONE IMPORTANT PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS, AND FOR INCLUSION IN THE
REGULATIONS, WAS THE NECESSITY TO PROVIDE CERTAINTY TO THE COUNTY, TO THE
COMMUNITY AND TO THE DEVELOPER ONCE THE DOCUMENTS WERE ADOPTED.
PART OF THIS CERTAINTY WAS A PROCESS TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO REFLECT CHANGING CONDITIONS BUT "WITHOUT
COMPROMISE TO THE PUBLIC BENEFIT" AND THE AGREED UPON RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT CAP OF 2250 UNITS.
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ALSO IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF
AMENITIES AND ACTIVITIES IN PORT LUDLOW, SUCH AS RETAIL, RESTAURANTS, AND
RECREATION, AND THAT THIS SUPPORT MUST PARTIALLY COME FROM VISITORS TO
THE COMMUNITY.
THE TRENDWEST PROJECT IS THE BEST OPTION TO ALLOW PORT LUDLOW TO
FUNCTION AS A RESORT COMMUNITY, BRING IN OUTSIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND
BENEFICIALL Y IMP ACT COUNTY REVENUES AS WELL.
THE APPLICATION FROM PORT LUDLOW ASSOCIATES FOR TRENDWEST TO BUILD
WITHIN THE MPR BOUNDARIES IS WELL WITHIN THE ANTICIPATED NEED FOR
FLEXIBILITY OF DEVELOPMENT AS DEFINED IN THE REGULATIONS AND IS CONSISTENT
WITH THE NATURE OF A MASTER PLANNED RESORT AND ITS CLIENTELE.
RESPECTFULLY
SALL Y SMITH DERRIG
PRESIDENT - COUNCIL OF LUDLOW OWNERS ASSOCIATION - 3 YEARS
PRESIDENT - PORT LUDLOW VILLAGE COUNCIL - 2 YEARS
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS MEDIATION FORUM-
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