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From: wendy jarvis [penderwendy@gmaiI.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 28,200911:13 AM
To: #Long-Range Planning
Subject: Hood's Canal
Dear members of the Jefferson County Planning Commission,
As a daughter of a resident of Jefferson County (Pat Jarvis of Port Hadlock) and a frequent visitor and
user of the shoreline of Hood's Canal, I'm writing you for myself and on behalf of my mother who has
no computer, regarding your preliminary draft shoreline master plan for Hood's Canal that includes
mining activiities on the shoreline of the Canal.
Back in the 1970's Mason County issued a permit for such an operation at the mouth of the Hamma
Hamma River. This action was overturned by the Shorelines Hearings Board which stated that:
"Intensive land uses or developments within the shoreline of Hood Canal, a shoreline of state-wide
significance, should be discouraged or prohibited. It is difficult to perceive a use more intensive and
incompatible with the present shoreline and aesthetics of Hood Canal than the construction proposed by
the Company. The pier, conveyor and barge facility will intrude upon the magnificent grandeur that is
now existent, converting the natural characteristics and beauty of the existing shoreline into one marred
by this proposed industrial enterprise."
We should be even smarter and wiser today as we witness the massive expense required to clean up the
rest of Puget Sound. Hood Canal remains a pristine waterway, virtually void of commercial shipping of
any kind. It's shoreline is not yet marred by industrialization. We should not allow private interests,
whose motives are purely financial, to destroy this gift of nature.
Please amend the current preliminary draft shoreline master plan to prohibit mining activities on the
shoreline of Hood Canal and any other shoreline of state-wide significance within the county's
jurisdiction.
thank you for your consideration,
Wendy Jarvis & Pat Jarvis
1/29/2009