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Michelle McConnell
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 8:05 AM
'David Steele'
RE: Public Comments available online
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Comments received - thank you.
As we are now in an open public comment period (12/3/08 -1/30/09) on our Preliminarv Draft Shoreline Master
Proaram proposal for Comprehensive Plan and Development Regulation amendments, your comments will be
forwarded to the Planning Commission for their consideration. Public Comments are posted online at
http://www.co.iefferson.wa.us/commdevelopment/ShorelineUpdate2005-9.htm#Public Comments. No reply is
needed in response to this message.
In response to your comments, please note that January 21, 2009 will be the first public hearing on the proposed SMP
update. The event you attended last July at the Inn at Port Hadlock was a stakeholder focus group meeting for
commercial shoreline use/development. We have accommodated nearly all of the aquaculture industry's comments on
numerous past versions ofthe proposed Aquaculture policies & regulations.
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Michelle McConnell, Associate Planner - LRP Lead
Shoreline Master Program (SMP) Update Project Manager
Direct: 360.379.4484
Web: http://www.co.iefferson.wa.us/commdevelopment/ShorelinePlanning.htm
NEW OFFICE HOURS: 9 a - 4:30 p Monday - Thursday; Closed on Friday
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From: David Steele [mailto:davesteele@comcast.net]
Sent: Monday, January 19, 20094:51 PM
To: Michelle McConnell
Subject: RE: Public Comments available online
Michelle,
Thank you for the notice about an open public comment period for the Preliminary Draft SMP proposal. Robin
Downey, Executive Director for the Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association recently sent you a set of
comments that relate to issues within the current draft. I fully agree with these comments and believe that
Jefferson County continues to move in a direction that seriously limits existing and future shellfish farming. As
I previously expressed at a public hearing, Rock Point Oyster Company has been farming shellfish in Tarboo
Bay for the past 70 years and we intend to continue into the future. We strongly advocate for healthy waters
and shorelines and continually work toward limiting the damage done by upland shoreline owners, who
unintentionally damage our waters with their effluent and contaminants.
We work with many state agencies and the Federal government, who regulate various aspects of the shorelines
and shellfish. Jefferson County proposes to add a new layer of regulation that both duplicates what others are
already doing and increases the cost of doing business without adding to water quality. The public can not
afford to pay the cost of duplicated and inefficient government.
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Please heed all of the comments made by the PCSGA as they represent my feeling as well.
Sincerely,
Dave Steere
Rock Point Oyster Company, Inc.
8043 68th Loop SE
Olympia, WA 98513-5229
davesteele@comcast.net
360-493-2302 home
360-790-7408 cell
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