CLEARING AND GRADING BEING DONE
The plat has not been approved for the Master Planned Resort. this means there is no approval for building MASTER PLANNED RESORT BUILDINGS on the site.
The county has not told us when they think the plat will be ready for approval or for the hearing for input into the approval decision. Here is the project status report for SEptember.
The county has approved a stormwater permit Stage 1–Clearing and Grading application. There are many conditions set for this work.
We sent our drone footage to the county. THE DRONE PICTURES SHOW ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE. On September 30, 2024, the county sent an email to us that stated:
The County has scheduled an inspection of the work – this was coordinated last Friday morning following review of the photographs, and will take place soon.
the brinnon group has asked for copies of any reports that are done.
If you wish to discuss this with your favorite county commissioner: JeffBoCC@co.jefferson.wa.us
NOTE: Jeffferson CountyPlanning Commission Meeting 10/16/24 @ 5:30PM at Brinnon Com. Center.
This is updating of the 2025 JeffCo Comprehensive Plan. The meeting will also cover the Public Participation Plan and provide an early emphasis on the county’s Climate Resiliency engagement plan.
This update will be addressing a number of topics important to those who reside in the county, including housing, transportation, economic development, and rural character. As part of this update, goals and policies pertaining to climate and resilience will be added.
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BRINNON GROUP LETTER TO COUNTY QUESTIONING THEM ABOUT MEETING
WITH STATESMAN TO RECONSIDER the two technical review letters
without providing any responses to the COMMENTS SUBMITTED mAY
21 OR DETAILS OF THE MEETING(S)
“The undocumented and unsupported request for reconsideration of the carefull prepared civil and technical review comments, and your grant of that request, is contrary to the plain Jefferson County Code requirements. Devising “anonymous procedures” to avoid code requirements for a major development project is not permissible, especially for a project of this magnitude.
Based on the foregoing, we urge you to rescind the grant of any verbal or other request for reconsideration of your review comments, to insist on clear answers to the content of the review letters and to promptly make such information available to the public.”
The technical review letters lay out a number of actions the developer would have to take to have an adequate plan for the MPR
If you have any questions, you can contact us at brinnongroup@gmail.com
May 21, 2024 Comments
Response due from county in 7 days
UPDATE ON DUCKABUSH BRIDGE PROJECT
EXERPT: The state and the federal government are planning to replace the Duckabush Bridges and to restore the river estuary at the same time . The plan calls for about 1600 feet of Highway 101 to be elevated above the estuary on support piers. Historic channels of the river would be restored.
Jefferson County has approved a master planned resort with almost 900 units and recreational facilities on the same estuary. Extensive review of the resort did not include the planned salmon recovery project or the impacts of an urban density project on it.
The changes to the highway, bridges, and river are expected to cost more than $100 million. Planning started in the mid 1990’s, involving the state Fish and Wildlife and Transportation departments, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group.
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1. The Statesman Company has proposed a Master Planned Resort (MPR) at Brinnon on Hood Canal in Jefferson County.
MPRs are an exception to the prohibition of urban development in rural areas. However, the Growth Management Act requires that MPRs are not a typical residential development but must meet requirements such as being “a self-contained and fully integrated planned unit development…with a range of developed on-site indoor or outdoor recreational facilities.”
2. Before land sales can take place, infrastructure and recreational amenities must be complete. Four years ago, the developer attempted to move forward with its plans without committing to completing facilities that would qualify it for an MPR, but the Brinnon Group successfully sued in Superior Court to require that infrastructure must be complete before land sales can occur.
3. Now the developer is once again promoting sales of property in the MPR without completing any of the work required by its terms of approval. Sales brochures have been sent through the US mail to local residents in Western Washington, including referencing advertising on various internet sites.
4.The Brinnon Group has filed complaints with the Washington State Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division and the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau seeking orders to cease deceptive sales activity until site work and amenities are complete. The full complaint is on the Brinnon Group website.
5. Though the sale material conveys the impression the MPR is move-in ready, in fact there are not even permit applications, much less completed facilities for any of the elements required for the MPR, including:
a. Community recreation center with 208 short term hotel rooms, pool, waterslides, hockey rink, and sports courts
b. Road network and road improvement on Highway 101
c. A nine-hole golf course
d. 52 residential units for MPR staff
Indeed, the essential of development, sewer and water facilities, are not even in the planning stage, though Stateman promises ”indoor pools, hockey and skating, indoor soccer and other training facilities” to prospective owners. It also fancifully promises a “health center” offering “an approved surgical operatory” for various procedures including “plastic surgery, urology and gynecology.”
6. The developer appears to lack basic financing for this substantial venture; indeed, it asked local and state governments for some $37million in grants and loans for the project a few years ago.