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Home My WebLink About2961-444c &'1'1" Pc yv-t\? Michelle McConnell From: Sent: To: Subject: Michelle McConnell Tuesday, March 24, 20094:50 PM 'Larry Carter' RE: SMP Question 'Vt (p t (~!0 I have provided ample information in response to your questions. I urge you to review the materials suggested below. It is a complex issue and the science is not simple. The collective analysis of the science reviewed is pertinent to local shorelines. If you'd like to have your property considered as a specific example/case study, I'm happy to route that suggestion to the Planning Commission Chair. If you're concerned about being in violation of existing code, please contact our Planner of the Day at 379-4450 to consult on what is/not allowed. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Michelle McConnell, Associate Planner - LRP Lead Shoreline Master Program (SMP) Update Project Manager Direct: 360.379.4484 Web: http://www.co.iefferson.wa.us/commdevelopmentlShorelinePlanning.htm NEW OFFICE HOURS: 9 a - 4:30 p Monday - Thursday; Closed on Friday <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> NOTE: All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the Jefferson County e-mail system and are subject to Public Disclosure under Chapter 42.56 RCW. From: Larry Carter [mailto:lwc@cablespeed.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 17,20094:18 PM To: Michelle McConnell Subject: RE: SMP Question Michelle, You are not answering my question. What specific science, of all the ones listed pertain to my site. Certainly it is not: Euliss. N.H. Jr. and D.M. Mushet. 1999. Influence of agriculture on aquatic invertebrate communities of temporary wetlands in the prairie pothole region of North Dakota. USA. Wetlands 19:578-583. Please just tell me which of these studies affect MY property. If I'm a violator, I want to know so I can fix it! larry larry Carter, EMCM, USN Reot. Owner Olele Point Services, (OPS) Providinll Professional Ollerators and Technicians to the Power Generation Industry OPS 931 Olele Point Rd, Port Ludlow, WA 98365 360-437-9224 Fax: 360-437-9224 Cell: 360-301-2264 -----Original Message----- From: Michelle McConnell [mailto:mmcconnell@co.jefferson.wa.us] Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 1:48 PM 1 To: Larry Carter Subject: RE: SMP Question Larry, The science that supports the proposed shoreline environment designations (SEDs) and buffers is specifically documented in the 18 pages of Chapter 5 in the Shoreline Inventory & Characterization Report, pages 5-6 through 5-9, with citations listed in the Chapter 6 bibliography. Your Olele Point parcel is part of Water Resources Inventory Area (WRIA) #17. The Chapter 4 Reach Inventory & Analysis for WRIA 17 begins on page 4- 22, with the Mats Mats Bay marine nearshore Reach EE addressed on pages 4-57 to 4-59, and the maps in the Appendix A Map Folio. Furthermore, the ecosystem processes that affect shoreline conditions are described in Chapter 3, including the watershed characterization analysis that shows the Ludlow/Mats Mats area has a low level of alteration to the important water processes, meaning protection is most important (rather than restoration of areas which have moderate to high level alteration). You may also want to review some of the informational slideshows about this watershed analysis online at http://www.co.iefferson.wa.us/commdevelopment/ShorelineRestoration.htm#Restoration Buffers are not proposed on a parcel-by-parcel basis, but rather based on the type of water body - 100' on lakes, 150' on stream/rivers and marine shorelines. Work load/time limits do not allow me to provide individual parcel assessments of the potential effects of the proposed SMP update. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Michelle McConnell, Associate Planner - LRP Lead Shoreline Master Program (SMP) Update Project Manager Direct: 360.379.4484 Web: hap: / /www.co.iefferson.wa.us/commdevelopment/ShorelinePIanning.htm NEW OFFICE HOURS: 9 a - 4:30 p Monday - Thursday; Closed on Friday <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> NOTE: All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the Jefferson County e-mail system and are subject to Public Disclosure under Chapter 42.56 RCW. From: Larry Carter [mailto:lwc@cablespeed.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 17,200912:16 PM To: Michelle McConnell Subject: RE: SMP Question No need for apology. Maybe I need to be more specific. "the proposed buffers are based on review of scientific/technical information" In all the "Best Science" data at your fingertips and your inexhaustible knowledge of it please send me the specific portions of the science that justifies a 150' buffer around the shoreline of Jefferson County. I don't know anyone but you that had the time to review all the data and understands it as well as you do. More specifically, please send me the data that justifies a 150' buffer on my property. Parcel number is 977400021. If my property is to become subject to the PDSMP, and I am to suffer the consequences, I need to know what specific data you have on my property that mandates a 150' buffer. When I read Port Townsend's SMP in chapter/verse 5.9.7, I only see a 50' SETBACK requirement for single family residences. Help me out here. I'm certain that Port Townsend is a greater source of endangerment to ecological functions on the shorelines than rural properties, yet they have no buffer at all. 2 I think we all could use a reality check. Don't you just love your job? Happy St. Paddy's day. larry Larry Carter, EMCM, USN Ret. Owner Olele Point Services, (OPS) Providing Professional O"erators and Technicians to the Power Generation Industry OPS 931 Olele Point Rd, Port Ludlow, WA 98365 360-437-9224 Fax: 360-437-9224 Cell: 360-301-2264 -----Original Message----- From: Michelle McConnell [mailto:mmcconnell@co.jefferson.wa.us] Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 20099:22 AM To: Larry Carter Subject: RE: SMP Question Hi Larry, Sorry it's taken me 4 business days to respond: Please take a look at the Shoreline Inventory & Characterization Report for documentation of existing conditions (including initial recommendations for buffers), and the Final Shoreline Restoration Plan that documents where shoreline conditions have been degraded and where opportunities exist for improving shoreline processes and functions. As we've previously discussed, the proposed buffers are based on review of scientific/technical information and intended to meet the State requirement to provide equal protection to that provided by the Critical Areas regulations (JCC 18.22). We have not completed (and do not anticipate) any hypothetical analysis of where the proposed 150' marine shoreline buffer would have better protected the already degraded areas. The SMP Update Process is outlined by the State in WAC 173-26 with additional SMP guidance in WAC 173-27. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Michelle McConnell, Associate Planner - LRP Lead Shoreline Master Program (SMP) Update Project Manager Direct: 360.379.4484 Web: http://www.co.iefl.erson.wa.us/commdevelopment/ShorelinePlanning.htm NEW OFFICE HOURS: 9 a - 4:30 p Monday - Thursday; Closed on Friday <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> NOTE: All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the Jefferson County e-mail system and are subject to Public Disclosure under Chapter 42.56 RCW. From: Larry Carter [mailto:lwc@cablespeed.com] Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 5:24 PM To: Michelle McConnell Subject: SMP Question Do you intend to answer the question I submitted on 3/10/09. Attached below. 3 larry -----Original Message----- From: Larry Carter [mailto:lwc@cablespeed.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 12:34 PM To: 'Michelle McConnell' Subject: SMP Question Please tell me the Jefferson County instances where the shoreline ecological functions were proven damaged and action was sought by a county entity such that the damage was NOT protected under the existing SMP and would have been protected under the proposed 150' buffer. This is a fundamental question and I will need your answer so I can investigate. larry EMCM, USN Ret. Owner Olele Point Services, (OPS) ProvidinR Professional ODerators and Technicians to the Power Generation Industl1l OPS 931 Olele Point Rd, Port Ludlow, WA 98365 360-437-9224 Fax: 360-437-9224 Cell: 360-301-2264 4