Planning Commission to hold public hearing on the 2020 Annual Docket

NOTICE OF A SAN JUAN COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE TESTIMONY ON THE 2020 ANNUAL DOCKET OF PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE SAN JUAN COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE

— from San Juan County Communications —

The San Juan County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to receive testimony on the 2020 Annual Docket (San Juan County Code 18.90.020). The annual docket is the process through which members of the community request changes to the County’s Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Code. After the public hearing, the Planning Commission will recommend to County Council whether the proposed docket items should be placed on the Department of Community Development’s (DCD) work program. It is possible that the hearing will take place telephonically to comply with social distancing measures if they remain in effect through the hearing date. Details for participating over the phone are provided below. Notice will be posted to the County website if the hearing will be held in-person.

The hearing will begin at or after 9 a.m. Friday, July 17, 2020, at the County Council Chambers, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor, WA. Interested parties are encouraged to submit written or oral comments regarding the staff recommendation. To view the hearing, visit HERE.

A staff report dated May 11, 2020 is found HERE. The staff report includes copies of the 2020 requests. Interested parties may request a copy by contacting Sophia Cassam at sophiac@sanjuanco.com.

How to Comment: The official comment period is Wednesday, July 1, 2020 through Friday, July 17, 2020, unless the Planning Commission extends the comment period. Written comments about particular docket requests should refer to the project number given for the request in the staff report (i.e. 20-0001). Written comments submitted prior to 12:00 p.m. on July 16 will be copied for the Planning Commission members unless they wish to review comments online. If requested in your written submittal, staff will read your written comments into the record.

Methods of Commenting:

• Via Mail: Prior to the hearing date, mail written comments to Sophia Cassam, Department of Community Development, PO Box 947 Friday Harbor, WA 98250.
• Via Email: Email comments to SophiaC@sanjuanco.com. Please title the Email subject line: 2020 Docket Comments from (your last name or agency name). For the record, include your full address in all correspondence.
• Via Oral Testimony: To join by phone, please call 1 (360) 370-780 and use the meeting ID 865694#. Comments during the hearing may be submitted by email at councilpc@sanjuanco.com.

Copies: Please provide twelve (12) copies of written comments if you submit them to DCD after 12:00 p.m. on July 16, 2020, or if you distribute written comments at the hearing.

For questions, please contact Sophia Cassam at (360) 370-7589 or SophiaC@sanjuanco.com.