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Past Events Calendar
Skagit Co. Planning Commission
Special
Meeting Oct. 21, 2014 6 pm.
Topics: Bay
View Ridge Sub-area Plan Airport Environs changes to the
2013 Comprehensive Plan update; Capital Facilities
Plan, including the TIP (Transportation Infrastructure Plan.
All meetings are open to the public. You can watch
them on Skagit 21 live or on-line at the link above.
Planning
Association of
Washington -
Planning Forums:
This workshop is
part of a series put
on for members of
PAW. If you
serve on an
appointed board or
would like to attend
the forum to learn
more about planning,
please contact the
Commerce staff
below, or visit
Commerce's
educational
resources for
planners page.
Northwest
Date: Thursday,
September 25,
2014
Time: 9:00 a.m. -
3:00 p.m.
Location:
Burlington City Hall
Council Chambers
833 Spruce Street
Burlington, WA 98233
Contact:
Anthony Boscolo Phone:
360.725.3062
CANCELLED!
We will reschedule at a later date.
Skagit Community
Conversation #2
Saturday, January 11, 1 -
3
pm
Burlington Public Library
820 E Washington Ave, Burlington,
WA 98233
A community discussion about land
use and environment issues in Skagit County. Open to
the public.
From Defending Water in the Skagit River Basin Newsletter
Aug. 11, 2013 - please read and tell your neighbors and
friends to do the same.
Washington
Administrative Code (WAC 197-11-444 lays out
the environmental analyses that will aid in
determining the outcome of Anacortes’ UGA
petition (PL12-0258) related to Tethys.
Dale Pernula, Director of Skagit County Planning
and Development Services, gave an Aug. 1, 2013,
explanation regarding Anacortes' urban growth
area (UGA) petition to annex parcels related to
Tethys' beverage bottling plant.
Anacortes UGA Expansion Hearing
(part of the proposed Tethys Water
Bottling Plant)
The County Commissioners
will hold a public Hearing at 6 p.m. on
April 9, 2013 at
the County Adm. Bldg., 1800 Continental Pl., Mount
Vernon. Click
here for PD&S memo on the proposed expansion.
Comments will be accepted until April 15, 2013, 4:30 p.m.
Maps of
proposed Anacortes UGA expansion (thanks to Tom Glade, Evergreen Islands).
SHORELINES
PLAN COMMENTS EXTENDED.
Shorelines Program details and documents. The Citizen
Advisory Committee meets June 19th at 6pm and again June 26,
2012 County Building, 1800 Continental Place, Mount Vernon.
This is an informal comment period to gather information and
concerns from all Skagit citizens. This is the first plan
update since the original plan adoption, so changes need to be
carefully reviewed and considered. Additional public
comments will be scheduled after the draft is sent to Dept. of
Ecology and Commerce. Contact Betsy Stevenson at Skagit County
Planning
at
(360) 336-9410 ext 5879 or
betsyds@co.skagit.wa.us
for more details.
Click
here for Shorelines
Master Plan Update Open House Schedules
starting May 28th....5 locations around the county.
20th
Anniversary - Friends of Skagit County
Looking forward to the
next 20 years
INVITES YOU TO
Experience the Power of
COMMUNITY
CONVERSATIONS
Saturday, JUNE 22ND
10
-11:30 A.M.
BURLINGTON LIBRARY
833 South Spruce Street,
Burlington, WA.
As Friends of Skagit
County celebrates its 20th year, networks of small community
groups across America are demonstrating the ability of local
citizens to identify and address issues that negatively
affect them. With that in mind, the Friends Board is
seeking to engage members -- and the communty-at-large -- in
a grass-roots approach to minimizing threats to Skagit
County's rural economy and natural resources that support
it. Whether living in small communities or large
cities, opportunities for shaping the future are virtually
endless.
Please Join Us
and bring your friends!
Common Good -
Common Goals - Common Ground
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As Friends of Skagit
County celebrates its 20th year, networks of small community
groups across America are demonstrating the ability of local
citizens to identify and address issues that negatively
affect them. With that in mind, the Friends Board is
seeking to engage members -- and the communty-at-large -- in
a grass-roots approach to minimizing threats to Skagit
County's rural economy and natural resources that support
it. Whether living in small communities or large
cities, opportunities for shaping the future are virtually
endless.
Please Join Us
and bring your friends!
Skagit River General Investigation
May 7, 2012,
Skagit County & the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Open House
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., Skagit Co. Administrative Building, 1800
Continental Place, Mount Vernon.
The goal is
to identify the challenges and opportunities associated with
managing flood risk and to develop a watershed scale flood risk
management plan.
The
preliminary alternatives will be further refined based on public
input and additional technical analysis.
More info can be found by clicking
here.
Presentation will be televised by Skagit 21.
For more
information, or to submit comments on the preliminary
alternatives, please contact Daniel Johnson, Project Manager,
USACE,
daniel.e.johnson@usace.army.mil or (206) 764-3423.
Comments on preliminary alternatives should be submitted no
later than May 24.
PROPOSED MARINE RECOVERY AREA
County Commissioners to make
decision on the
Proposal to Expand Marine Recovery Area in the Samish
Watershed on May 29th. Comments accepted to May 21, 2011.
NEW PLANNING
DIRECTOR WELCOME
Dale Pernula, Director
May 10, 2012 - 4 pm
to 6 pm
Skagit Adm.
Bldg. Lobby
New Draft Regulations on Pipeline Safety
The new draft ordinance is now available here [pdf]
On Tuesday, October 4,
the Board of Commissioners asked legal staff to generate a
new draft ordinance for pipeline safety that includes the
following concepts:
Consultation with
pipeline operators at 660 ft from transmission pipelines;
Protection of pipeline easements during construction;
Title notice for future property owners to understand a
pipeline is present
The Board indicated it
did not want the following concepts in the ordinance:
No setback requirements; No other dimensional
standards or mitigation requirements; No language like
"sensitive utility corridor overlay"
The Board set a public
hearing for public comment on the proposal for Monday,
October 24 at 6 pm, in the Commissioners Hearing Room
and scheduled a decision for Tuesday, November 8 at 9:30 am.
No previous drafts of the ordinance are under consideration.
The Board also directed
the Skagit County Department of Emergency Management to
produce public education materials about pipeline safety and
plan for emergency response coordination. For further
information, contact Linda Hammons, Clerk of the Board of
County Commissioners, 1800 Continental Place, Mount Vernon,
WA 98273, telephone 360-336-9300.
COAL TRAIN information-
Cascadia Weekly article.
Blanchard
Knob Proposed Development Maps
Blanchard
Knob Proposed Development Map Narrative
If you live in the Alger area you will want to
write a letter. Please contact
Transition Chuckanut to get more information
about this proposed development.
Envision
Skagit 2060
Please read to make your comments -
Draft Recommendation
Report Full report is at
http://www.skagitcounty.net/EnvisionSkagit
Skagit Valley Herald Editorial June 12, 2011.
Shoreline Master Management Plan (SMMP) Update Workshop, Wednesday,
June 15 - click here.
2011 Annual
Code Amendments Update.
A public hearing was held
on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, related to
Skagit County's proposed code amendments. The Planning
Commission requested that staff complete the "trailing issues",
which include a lands analysis for the next meeting. The May
meeting is cancelled to allow for that work. Next regular PC
meeting is June 7th.
Related Documents
Skagit County Code 2011 Amendment Proposals
Skagit County Code Amendment Concepts 2011 Update
Notice of Availability, Public Hearing Notice
June Kite's testimony to Board of
County Commissioners Hearing on Conway 59 home Rural Subdivision
Proposal - Click here.
View the BOCC hearing on the County
website at Skagit 21, Archives on Demand, Feb. 15, 2011.
COMMENTS DUE NOW ON BLANCHARD KNOB DEVELOPMENT!
Blanchard
Knob Hearing before the Examiner Hearing, Wednesday, August
31, 2011 in the Board of County Commissioners Hearing Room,
1800 Continental Place, Mount Vernon, 9:00 a.m.
Complete Public Notice
Blanchard Knob Development
Comment Letters
Submitted Opposing Blanchard Knob
Comments due Aug. 30, 2011, 4:30 pm
Your
views for or against the requests are invited either by
attendance, representation or letter. Comments and/or
facsimiles must be received by this office no later than
4:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 30, 2011 or be presented at the
public hearing. Email
correspondence will not be accepted however
comments may be submitted with the PDS website under the
current legal notices tab.
Skagit County Commissioners to host Guemes Island Community
Meeting
Thursday, July 28, 2011, at
5:30 p.m.
Guemes Island
Community Center, 7549 Guemes Island Road. County
staff will be on hand to give brief presentations and
respond to questions and inquiries. Presenters include: Public Health
Director Peter Browning, Sheriff Will
Reichardt, Planning and
Development Services Director Gary Christensen, Department of
Emergency Management Interim Director Mark Watkinson, Department of Public
Works Director Henry Hash, Skagit County
Engineer, Paul Randall-Grutter, PE, Engineering Design &
Construction Manager David Walde, Natural Resources
Division Manager Dan Berentson, Operations Division
Manager Cliff Butler, Ferry Operations
Division Manager Rachel Beck. Board of Skagit County
Commissioners Chairman Ron Wesen, Commissioner Kenneth A.
Dahlstedt, and Commissioner Sharon D. Dillon will all be
present to discuss local issues with Guemes Island
residents. For more information, contact Skagit County
Public Information Officer Emma Whitfield at
emmaw@co.skagit.wa.us
or at (360) 419-7667.
Transit
Oriented Communities Workshop - Thurs. April 14, 2011
Burlington Library 3-5pm Workshop; 5-6pm Reception & Exhibit. More
info: http://futurewise.org/priorities/toc
Envision
Skagit 2060 Presents
Robert Lang:
How regional
growth will shape Skagit County & Northern Puget
Sound
Wednesday
October 27, 2010 7 pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon. An open
house to learn more about SkagitCounty’s Envision Skagit 2060 project will be held at 6:30 pm
before the presentation.
Friends
Drops Shoreline Appeal of Clear Valley Mitigation Bank. Is news coverage of
controversial development projects fair? Read these and see
what you think.
Skagit Valley
Herald 1st Editorial;
Skagit Valley
Herald 2nd editorial and
Friends Editorial reply.
Contrary
to the news headline, Friends received $30,000 as partial payment
for legal fees already spent on this appeal and withdrew the
Shorelines Hearing Board appeal of the proposed wetland mitigation bank. The settlement
agreement provides that should the bank pay the County for its
grading permit (up to $1.4 million) Friends will receive another
$200,000 to establish a Citizen Land Use Education Program. If
the permit is not "pulled" the project will not go forward.
Friends still has legal bills outstanding, so please send your legal
contribution today. Thanks!
History
of Appeals
click here.
For background information on the
Skagit County Hearing Examiner and Board of County Commissioner
appeals please click here.
Shorelines Hearings Board
Appeal Filed but not Heard. Dept. of Ecology (DOE) okayed
Clear Valley's Shoreline permits on Feb. 19, 2010 before reading
FOSC's information (65 pages of info and maps personally delivered).
Click here to read
Friends information letter to DOE (no attachments).
Click here
for Friends letter to DOE regarding their decision to approve
the permit. FOSC filed the SHB appeal. The Hearing was
never held due to FOSC settlement with Clear Valley.
For more information on wetland banks
click
here.
Click
here for more info on the original Superior Court appeal of
the Clear Valley wetland bank.
NEW DATE -
PLEASE NOTE ! Proposed
Shoreline Master Program and Critical Areas Ordinance Chapter 15.40
amendment Mount
Vernon Public Hearing rescheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, 7 pm
at the Police & Court Campus, 1805 Continental Pl. For more on the draft
program click on
MV-SMP. All comments
not presented at the hearing must be received by 4:30 pm on the day
before the hearing, November 15th. If you have not
submitted comments, please do so asap, by fax
(360) 336-6283; regular mail to City of MV, Community &
Economic Development Dept., Box 809, Mount Vernon, WA 98273;
delivered to MV City Hall at 910 Cleveland Ave., between 8:00 am and
4:30 pm, Monday to Friday; or email to elizabethh@mountvernonwa.gov.
FEMA Hearings about new 100
Year Flood Maps and Levels begin August 12th.
Flood Insurance Study and Maps.
FEMA Risk Assessment Study for the Skagit River Valley.
LOSING
SKAGIT RESOURCES ONE BITE AT A TIME -
State agencies and
private projects are converting Skagit's resource lands (farms and
forests) piece by piece. Skagit County has permitted virtually
all of these projects, citing the State's authority over local
matters. But the State Grown Management Act (GMA) gave land
use decisions to Counties. When is Skagit County going to take
a look at the "big picture" and stop these conversions? Write
the Commissioners and tell them you do not favor the loss of any
additional resource lands. Click here to contact
Skagit County Board of County Commissioners.
To
read the public comments to Skagit Co. Planning
Commission on wetland mitigation banks on May 5, 2009 -
Click here. Skagit County Planning
Commission meetings are on the web. Go to
www.skagitcounty.net and click on Skagit 21 TV and
the meeting you want to view.
Skagit
County Planning Commission meetings are now on the web. Go to www.skagitcounty.net
and click on Skagit 21 TV.
Thanks to Artists Cooperative Gallery 2nd Annual FOSC
ART SHOW & SALE, April 5, 2009 at Pine
Square, Mount Vernon, for hosting this fundraiser and
donating a portion of the sales to FOSC. Thanks to
artists Anne Martin McCool, Anne McCain, Becky Fletcher,
Molly McNulty, Joella Solis, Joe Furin, Steve Philbrick,
Tom Pickett, Betty Miles, other artists and Michael
Larkin for their contributions to this event. The
gallery is now closed. To contact Michael call
360-840-9842, artistscooperativegallery @yahoo.com
Western
WA Growth Management Hearings Board hearing Case No.
07-2-0025c FOSC, Evergreen Islands v. Skagit County and
the City of Anacortes.
This case appeals various
issues on the 2005 Comprehensive Plan update,
consistency with the Growth Management Act, county
policies and other issue on rural Skagit development.
http://www.gmhb.wa.gov/western/index.html
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