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Brent Butler
From:Brent Butler
Sent:Wednesday, July 26, 2023 11:02 AM
To:Joe Nole; Bret Black (bblack@ejfr.org); Tom Olson
Cc:Andy Pernsteiner; Brian Tracer (Fire Marshal) (btracer@ejfr.org); John Mauro; Mark
McCauley; Apple Martine
Subject:RE: Fire, Police and Health Services - Emergency Shelter
Greetings Sherriff Nole:
Thanks for the prompt reply. I’ve typed a response below in the Husky color, purple.
1) What is the location of the newly proposed emergency shelter
The proposed shelter will be located at 142 Mill Road (formerly known as Accessor’s Parcel Number 001162001. If
you could break out the calls into two categories, the five years prior to the 10/24/2022 application, and the
timeframe since that application submittal, 10/24/2022 to the present.
2) What existing shelter is it replacing?
As currently envisioned, the proposed shelter at 142 Mill Road will replace the existing shelter at the American
Legion Post #23 in downtown Port Townsend.
Please feel free to contact me below if you would like to discuss. And, thanks for your help. ѡѢѣѤ
-Brent
Brent A. Butler
(he, him)
Chief Strategy Officer, AICP
Jefferson County Department of Community Development
621 Sheridan Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Phone 360-379-4493
bbutler@co.jefferson.wa.us
From: Joe Nole <JNole@co.jefferson.wa.us>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2023 4:36 PM
To: Brent Butler <BButler@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Bret Black (bblack@ejfr.org) <bblack@ejfr.org>; Tom Olson
<tolson@cityofpt.us>
Cc: Andy Pernsteiner <APernsteiner@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Brian Tracer (Fire Marshal) (btracer@ejfr.org)
<btracer@ejfr.org>; John Mauro <JMauro@cityofpt.us>; Mark McCauley <MMcCauley@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Apple
Martine <AMartine@co.jefferson.wa.us>
Subject: RE: Fire, Police and Health Services - Emergency Shelter
Hi Brett,
The Sheriff’s Office could provide calls for service history for the current Mill Road site and surrounding area for the last
five years. What is the location of the newly proposed emergency shelter and what existing shelter is it replacing?
2
Thanks,
Joe
Sheriff Joe Nole
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
79 Elkins Road
Port Hadlock, WA 98339
360-385-3831, ext. 747
From: Brent Butler <BButler@co.jefferson.wa.us>
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2023 11:04 AM
To: Joe Nole <JNole@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Bret Black (bblack@ejfr.org) <bblack@ejfr.org>; Tom Olson
<tolson@cityofpt.us>
Cc: Andy Pernsteiner <APernsteiner@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Brian Tracer (Fire Marshal) (btracer@ejfr.org)
<btracer@ejfr.org>; John Mauro <JMauro@cityofpt.us>; Mark McCauley <MMcCauley@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Apple
Martine <AMartine@co.jefferson.wa.us>
Subject: Fire, Police and Health Services - Emergency Shelter
Greetings Chief Black, Chief Tolson, and Sheriff Nole:
In preparing the staff report for the newly proposed emergency shelter, we are verifying some of the statements
contained in the State Environmental Protection Act (SEPA) checklist analysis provided by the project proponent. One of
the questions asked is:
Question: Would the project result in an increased need for public services (for example: fire protection, police
protection, pubic transit, health care, schools, other)? If so, generally describe.
Answer: No, this project is replacing an existing shelter and providing concentrated services for unhoused individuals.
This project will expand direct services to individuals who are currently relying on emergency public services. The facility
is intended to serve existing Jefferson County residents and public services will not need to be extended.
In past projects of this type where I’ve been involved, governments typically provided a summary of police and fire calls
to the site or in the immediate vicinity before the use was established and documented measures to show how calls to
the emergency shelter site would be reduced. Because a part of this use is already established by the creation of the
Tiny Shelter Village at 142 Mill Road and the American Legion shelter is still operating, I thought you might be able to
document the calls for police and fire service to the American Legion’s shelter over a specified timeframe, and also to
the Mill Road site. Because there’s been evidence of encampments at the Mill Road site prior to its use as a Tiny Village,
I had hoped that you could provide this information for the last five years or, alternatively for the past three
years. Would this be possible?
Warm regards,
Brent
Brent A. Butler
(he, him)
Chief Strategy Officer, AICP
Jefferson County Department of Community Development
621 Sheridan Street
3
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Phone 360-379-4493
bbutler@co.jefferson.wa.us