The first public Open House event was scheduled for February 2, 2017 but was postponed due to warnings of a probable evening ice storm and postponed to March 15, 2017.  Approximately forty-five people participated in the March 15th Open House.  The Watershed Company provided an overview of the Update process.  The presentation included a discussion of the rivers, streams and lakes that had been preliminarily identified as subject to Shoreline jurisdiction and a summary of the draft Shoreline Inventory and Characterization Report.

Following the March 15^th Open House, the County posted the draft Shoreline Inventory and Characterization Report on the Planning Department’s website.  The Report is considered a working draft that may be revised as additional information is brought forward and reviewed for relevance to the Report.

A working draft of a Shoreline Restoration Plan was recently developed and posted to the Planning Department’s website in early June.  Comments on either the Shoreline Inventory and Characterization Report or Restoration Plan may be submitted to the Planning Department at any time.

The Planning Commission has conducted three workshops.  On April 17, 2017 the Planning Commission reviewed the information that had been presented at the Open House and comments received at the Open House.   During the May 15, 2017 workshop the Planning Commission reviewed the first three chapters of the current Shoreline Plan for consistency with the Shoreline Management Act and Shoreline administrative rules in WAC 173-26.  They reviewed and discussed rivers, streams and lakes that have been preliminarily identified as being subject to the Shoreline Master Plan and shoreline environmental designations.  In addition, they reviewed a working draft matrix of use/modification activities.  At the June 19, 2017 workshop, the Planning Commission continued review/consideration of draft use/modification matrix that would render the SMP more user-friendly.  During the workshops, the Planning Commission has not made any decisions, substantive or otherwise, concerning a draft SMP to be the subject of formal public review/comment and eventual public hearing. 

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