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George Yount [gyount@olypen.com]
Monday, March 16, 20097:56 PM
Michelle McConnell
Re: SMP: Clarifying Leader article
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Michelle McConnell wrote:
Hi All,
Forgot to include this item in the previous message:
The Leader newspaper ran a good article on 3/4/09 about the SMP update that requires some clarification:
The standard buffers proposed are 150'on stream/river and marine shorelines, and 100' on lake shorelines. There is
also an additional building setback of 10' from all buffers.
Staff, consultants and committees have been working on the current SMP Update effort since 2006. The two
advisory committees that assisted preparation of the Preliminary Draft SMP were not Planning Commission
committees/sub-committees but rather formed by and advisory to DCD staff and consultants. They were named
the Shoreline Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) and the Shoreline Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC). Two
members of the Planning Commission's SMP Update Committee participated on the SPAC - Bill Miller as the PC
representative, and Peter Downey as the Aquaculture representative.
The state legislature requires all jurisdictions in the state to update their SMP by 2014.
The 'residents per shoreline mile' estimates are derived from a simple calculation of total population divided by total
shoreline miles and does not accurately reflect the density or distribution of residential development along
waterfront parcels.
The Planning Commission has requested additional time to review the Preliminary Draft SMP proposal in light of the
public comments received.
There are roughly 6,200 parcels potentially affected by the new SMP. GIS mapping analysis shows there are about
750 lots that are too small to meet the proposed new 150' marine shoreline buffer.
The Shoreline Inventory & Characterization Report cites over 200 scientific and technical papers. As part ofthe
process to assign shoreline environment designations (SEDs), Ecology's shoreline aerial photos were used to
'ground truth' the findings of the Inventory.
The Preliminary Draft SMP specifically proposes to prohibit "The extraction of quarry rock, sand, gravel, and/or
cobbles from any marine or freshwater lake shoreline for any commercial or industrial purpose" (page 8-20).
Site Plan Advance Approval Determinations (SPAADs) do vest a development proposal to the code existing at the
time of issuance, and are good for 5 years. However, SPAADs are not the only way to 'avoid' the proposed 150'
marine shoreline buffer - proposed options include 1) Common Line Setback, and 2) Non-conforming Lots
standards for lots that are too small for the proposed new buffer, and 3) Buffer Reduction/Averaging to reduce
buffer by up to 25%, 4) Critical Area Stewardship Plan (CASP) for parcels greater than ~ acre, and 5) Shoreline
Variance Permit.
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Michelle McConnell, Associate Planner - LRP Lead
Shoreline Master Program (SMP) Update Project Manager
Direct: 360.379.4484
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Web: www.co.iefferson.wa.us/commdevelopmentlShorelinePlanning.htm
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Thanks for the detailed information. You are doing an excellent job. DL TBWYD....
George Yount
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