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From: Jeanie Orr
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 11 :24 AM
To: Michelle McConnell
Cc: Roseann Carroll
Subject: FW: shoreline master plan
From: Barbara Blowers [mailto:waves@olympus.net]
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 11:15 AM
To: Jeanie Orr; Roseann Carroll
Cc: pmorely@co.jefferson.wa.us
Subject: shoreline master plan
I attended a portion of the planning commission meeting. At that meeting, one of you said that your group was to
have had the SMP in September to begin your review. You did not get it until December. What a ploy by DCD.
Now I see in the agenda that you are planning to make a decision by the end of January.
I am a realtor specializing in waterfront for 20 years. It is already very difficult to get a building permit on
waterfront. This new plan will make it impossible for hundreds of lots -- it will low property values, reduce the
amount of income to the county through excise tax as well as property tax revenue -- it will ultimately result in a
multitude of lawsuits by property owners who lose the value and use of their very valuable waterfront property. In
the discussions, much is made of the parts of the plan having to do with marinas (we'll never have another marina
in this county!), docks (few areas can support a dock because of wind), subdivisions (I can count on one hand the
number of properties that could ever be subdivided until the Comp Plan, -- but little direct discussion is conducted
on the major effect this plan will have on the 6,200 properties that fall under the plan. Morever, property owners
have not been given notice of what it will do to them. Oh, yes, they got three mailings telling folks a change was
coming and inviting them to meetings. These mailings should have outlined just exactly the changes and what it
will mean to them. Frankly, this plan is the most egregious document I have ever seen put out by any
government. And yet you plan to 'review it' in 2 weeks and then vote. I am ashamed and embarrassed and
believe the date should be set back so that we can voice our concerns and let you know just how bad this
document really is. I truly think you all should have time to discuss the residential section carefully before you
vote -- for you know not what you do. I hope to get a letter written for the newspapers that outlines just how
dangerous this document is to tax-paying property owners; I would hope that the Planning Commission could give
themselves enough time to review carefully before you vote.
Barbara Blowers
1/15/2009