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Past Events Calendar
2011
Comprehensive Plan Ammendments Public Hearing - Nov. 8,
2011
Click for 2011 Skagit Co. Comp Plan Documents & Maps
We are still concerned that
there is no current lands analysis for rural and
resource lands (farm, forest, mineral) to determine the
annual rate of conversion and the conversion's effect on
the County's economy. Please tell the BOCC to
reject conversion of Ag-NRL and reject increased density
in rural lands until we know what effect these changes
will have on Skagit County's economy.
Thank you in advance!
Click
for Skagit Valley Farm Map
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.
Friends of Skagit County
ANNUAL MEETING
Saturday,
Oct. 8,
3:30 pm, Burlington City Library;
4pm Guest Speakers Topics -
the Proposed Cherry Point Terminal and Coal Trains;
5:00 pm Community Potluck.
Bring a dish to share. FOSC will bring drinks, utensils &
plates. RSVP to 360-419-0988.
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.
Skagit Co. Planning Commission Website
The Planning
Commission's regular meetings are the first Tuesday of each month, 7
pm.
Please check this calendar often for cancellations and date changes.
March
1, April 5, May 3-CANCELLED, June 7, July
12 (second Tuesday), August 2,
September 6, October
4, November
1
December
6
Planning
Planning Commission decision on pipeline safety
PUBLIC HEARING ON PIPELINE SAFETY
Who: Skagit County Board of
Commissioners
What: a public hearing to
discuss the general concepts of pipeline safety standards
When: 6:00 p.m.,
September 12, 2011
Where: Commissioners
Hearing Room located at 1800 Continental Place, Mount Vernon.
Other info: The purpose
of the hearing is to receive public comment on the general
concepts of pipeline safety, including, but not limited to: the
use of a sensitive utility corridor overlay; public education
and communication; emergency response coordination; a
consultation zone; setbacks for new high-consequence land uses
and essential public facilities; development mitigation;
dimensional standards; and title notice.
Written comments may be submitted to the Board of County
Commissioners at
commissioners@co.skagit.wa.us.
Comments may also be mailed
to:
Linda Hammons, Clerk of the Board
1800 Continental Place, Suite 100
Mount Vernon, WA 98273.
For more information contact Linda Hammons, Clerk of the Board,
at
lindah@co.skagit.wa.us or at (360) 336-9300.
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.
Bay View Ridge Community
Planning Workshops and other
information click on
Bay View Ridge Planned Unit Development (PUD)
Transit
Oriented Communities Workshop - Thurs. April 14, 2011
Burlington Library 3-5pm Workshop; 5-6pm Reception & Exhibit. More
info: http://futurewise.org/priorities/toc
Friends of Skagit County ANNUAL MEETING
Saturday,
Nov. 6,
5:30 pm,Burlington City Library
6pm Guest Speaker: Elizabeth
Walker, Duvall City Council Member
"Community Planning &
Public Process:
Lessons from the Suzuki
Foundation"
6:45 pm Community Potluck. Bring a dish to share. FOSC will bring drinks, utensils &
plates. Please RSVP to 360-419-0988.
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.
2009 FOSC
ANNUAL MEETING - July 25th, 2009 Saturday, Shelter Bay
Community Center, Annual meeting
5:30 pm, Program - Where's the Public in Public Process? 6
- 7 pm. Potluck dinner - 7 pm. Speaker Toby
Nixon, Washington
Public Campaigns.
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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