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From: Christopher Bates [bts_chrstphr@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 29,200910:08 AM
To: #Long-Range Planning
Subject: Shoreline Master Plan
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To the County Planning Commission:
I am appalled to find that Jefferson County would continue to entertain the possibility of construction of
conveyor belts and piers and facilitate barge traffic into the Hood Canal. We in Washington State have
recent history of being among the most conservation-minded, ecologically concerned states in the
United States - and allowing such construction in such a wildlife intense, pristine area is unbelievable.
Surely the minimum number of jobs that this development would bring to the county are not worth the
destruction of marine shoreline habitat. Mason County was wiser, as long ago as the 1970's, when they
forbade similar construction at the mouth of the Hamma Hamma.
When this construction was first proposed several years ago, hard questions were asked concerning
numbers of employees, potential job gains, etc., and the answers at that time were in single digits! In
fact, when queried, the company proposing this construction actually admitted that they had, at that
time, only two employees who were actually residents of Jefferson County. Thirty, fifty, or five
hundred jobs created would not justify the permanent damaging of marine environment. In addition,
since the intent is to sell the product (crushed rock) out of state in a wholesale environment, the county
and state would also not benefit from any sales tax. DON'T DO THIS! There is no win here for
Jefferson County to counteract the losses we would incur.
Chris and Kathey Bates
1342 Thorndyke Road
Port Ludlow
Chris And Kathey Bates
1342 Thorndyke Road
Port Ludlow
1/29/2009