— from Colin Maycock, San Juan County Senior Planner —
This table is a tentative schedule for the County’s adoption of the updated SMP. Until formally advertised the Council’s public hearing dates, locations and official comment period are subject to change.
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Day |
Date |
Action |
Where |
| Monday | Nov 30 | Public Hearing | County Council Chambers, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor. |
| Wednesday |
Dec 2
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Public hearing, continued | County Council Chambers, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor. |
| Thursday | Dec 3 | SMP deliberations | County Council Chambers, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor. |
| Friday | Dec 4 | SMP deliberations | County Council Chambers, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor. |
| Tuesday | Dec 15 | Final action
Office comment period ends. |
County Council Chambers, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor. |
Following the Council’s action, the Shoreline Master Program is submitted to the Washington Department of Ecology (WDOE) for review and adoption. WDOE’s adoption process will include at least one public hearing in the County. (It is likely that WDOE will hold more than one public hearing.)
Only when WDOE has completed its adoption process, does the approved SMP come into effect.
Please contact me at colinm@sanjuanco.com or 360-370-7573 if you have any questions.
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Let us hope that Dept. of Ecology rejects this severely diluted SMP as being too weak, and too pro-development, at the expense of risking the chain of Life that depends on healthy beaches and shoreline/nearshore habitat.