Dry Creek Coalition

Major Workshop 7 March 2008

A major workshop for development of the Puget Sound Partnership plan for restoration of water quality and marine life in the Strait and Puget Sound to be held at Jamestown S’Klallam tribal center, Blyn.

This is the Agenda for that Workshop.  Note the public portion of that workshop in the evening of 7 March 2008 at the same location.
Actionareamtg_agenda_final.pdf

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DCC Board Meeting Minutes 9 January 2008

Minutes approved by DCC Board at meeting on 13 February 2008.

DCCMin9Jan08.pdf

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Puget Sound Partnership Organizing Conference

Meeting held on 30 January 2008 at the Jamestown S’Klallam tribal center to Organize activities relating to Governor Gregoire’s effort to clean-up the Strait and Puget Sound by 2020.

This Conference had the following significant goals:
        Identify current/on-going efforts
        Review Draft Inventory of efforts by various groups and governmental activities
        Cooperatively Identify Knowledge Gaps
        Review Action Agenda Spreadsheets submitted by variour activities (including Dry Creek Coalition)
        Establish Strait Action area Work Group for working meeting on 7 March 2008 at the Jamestown Tribal center.

Commissioner Tharinger is chairing the work effort for Clallam and a portion of Jefferson County.  The Strait and Puget Sound area is divided into distinct districts of action.  This effort is headed for consolidation by the Puget Sound Partnership (PSP) and submission of a plan to the Legislature by mid-September 2008.

Any citizen of Clallam County can attend the Workgroup session on 7 March 2008 at the Jamestown Tribal center.
The following items contain background information concerning PSP and the efforts being developed.
Google Puget Sound Partnership for their web site, it is very new and was not available at the Organizing Conference.

The Action Area Workgroup Outline is contained in the following:

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Seminar for Developing Charitable Giving Sources

We are fortunate to have a local presentation by BENEVON of Seattle for development of charitable donors.  This introductory session is scheduled for Thursday,Feb 21, 2008 at the Vern Burton from 1 to 3 pm.
RSVP is required for attendance.  Please see the flyer below.  THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY!!

This document gives details regarding the Benevon introductory training.

SuzieBenevon.pdf

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Results of Elwha Nearshore Conferfence Peninsula College 23-24 Jan 08

Results of this Conference are contained in this first attachment.
The workshop on 24 Jan 08 was a Sea Grant sponsored shop for development of a Master Plan for the West Coast Marine areas.

Nearshore_Results.pdf

NOAA Workshop Themes are contained in the next two files.  The public can make input to this workshop through the end of January 2008 by going to the following web site: 
    http://www.wsg.washington.edu/research/econcomdev/regional_plan.html

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Clallam County Approves New RLC Zoning Variance (Interfor Pacific Site)

Clallam County Ordinance 830 and Resolution #114 make the decision final to incorporate changes to the three RLC zoned sites in Clallam County.
Readers are invited to look carefully at the premitted activities at your local RLC
How About a Nice Race Track or maybe an Asphalt plant or even a gravel pit or a 24 hr a day saw mill???

Ord830_Interfor_Stack.pdfResol_114_InterStack.pdf

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LIMITED AREAS OF MORE INTENSIVE RURAL DEVELOPMENT (LAMIRD)

DCC has filed a Petition with the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board for a Hearing regarding Clallam County development of 46 separate and distinct LAMIRD areas scattered throughout Clallam County. 

DCC has particular interest in two LAMIRD’s located within our Dry Creek community boundaries.  It is our contention that Clallam County did not properly calculate and then limit the size of LAMIRD’S, but in lieu of proper designation process, used the previously designated “More Intensive Rural Lands for LAMIRD boundaries.  Additionally, the County did not establish the LAMIRD’S on a one time basis, in 1997, per Growth Management Act (GMA) requirements.  We contend that this designation was required to have been done on a one time only basis, in July 1997 or a resonable time thereafter.  Clallam County ignored that requirement of State law.  Our petition was joined with a similar petition initiated by FutureWise of Seattle, a non-profit organization which advocates preservation of rural areas of Washington State.

The map of two LAMIRD areas within our Dry Creek Community is shown on these Clallam County maps. DCC_LaridLAMIRD.pdf.  The County contends that the Laird’s West LAMIRD should contain 29.28 acres, zoned RNC (Rural Neighborhood Commercial)  proper calculation per GMA standards would reduce that area to 0.76 acres.  In effect DCC contends that Clallam County is banking property for more industrial development in our rural/residential community.  The Laird’s East LAMIRD contains 122.7 acres of land which includes property of Interfor Pacific mill, Alpine auto wrecking, Tribal center and a new property, the RNC (Rural Neighborhood Commercial) zoned Tribal property across Dry Creek Road (previous Adventures Through Kayaking site).  This area spans a road (Dry Creek Road) a fact violating definition of LAMIRD’s per GMA criteria.  Clallam County Commissioners (BOCC) accepted testimony regarding their development of Ordinance 827, which set up LAMIRD’s in Clallam County.  DCC made three separate testimonies, to be added later, and our legal counsel filed testimony in your behalf in a fourth testimony, taking exception to location and size of the two LAMIRD’s in our community.  BOCC passed the LAMIRD Ordinance 827 in late Setptember 2007.  That Ordinance is now included in the Comprehensive Plan, shown in this reference.LAMIRDDEFCOMPPLAN.doc.  Noetworthy is that fact that current RLC and RNC zoning in Laird’s East and Laird’s West could allow motocross tracks, other off-road vehicle uses, outdoor sound stages and their uses that are far too noisy to be allowed adjacent to RCC3, Rural Character zoning  A final issue is the fact that the BOCC LAMIRD Ordinance 827 proposed three situations in which LAMIRDs may be increased in size in the future, despite the fact that this would violate State Law, RCW36.70A.070( 5)(d).  Thus, Interfor Pacific could expand its mill site, indefinitely with County approval.  The Growth Management Act (GMA) was initially developed to control urban sprawl and dictated that industrial activities would be established within Urban Growth Area (UGA) areas.  The Interfor Mill violates that law in its intent, but Clallam County Zoning allows wood working facilities within RLC zoning, despite the fact that our Comprehensive Plan requires that all RLC activities have properties of low-impactupon rural character land.  IS THIS A MESS OR JUST A PRODUCT OF STUPIDITY