Save a Forest in Southworth, WA

Contact Kitsap County

Tell Kitsap County permit reviewers that we value the canopy of our trees in Southworth. Clear-cutters Meghan and Clint Edwards at 11090 SE Southworth Dr. Port Orchard, WA have submitted an "after the fact" permit to legalize their forest violations of 2019. Their plans for new agricultural operations propose clearing more land and fail to protect neighbors with buffers of replacement trees. When contacting these reviewers, supervisors, and compliance officers, remember to include the current permit number (20-04869) or address of the clear-cut property (11090 SE Southworth Dr. Port Orchard, WA) along with your comments.

The following individuals at the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners and Department of Community Development (DCD) have been involved in handling this forest violation:

• Charlotte Garrido
  County Commissioner
  CGarrido@kitsap.gov (Has not responded to public outreach about this violation)


• Jeff Rimack
  Director
  Left the DCD (Defended waiving fees and requirements for the violators; misrepresented community concerns to County Commissioner)


• David Kinley
  Assistant Director
  Left the DCD (Defended waiving fees and requirements for the violators; misrepresented community concerns to County Commissioner)


• David Lynam
  Interim Director
  DLynam@kitsap.gov (Has not responded to public outreach about this violation)


• Shawn Alire
  Development Services and Engineering Supervisor
  Left the DCD (Excellent communicator and not tolerant of violators' delays; declared the original violation and stop work order)


• Samantha Long
  Development Services and Engineering Supervisor
  Left the DCD (Answered community questions but answers were sometimes evasive or unclear)


• Cecilia Olsen
  Project Lead Reviewer, Interim Development Services and Engineering Supervisor
  COlsen@kitsap.gov (Non-responsive to community concerns; failed to notice violators' site plan irregularities before the community did)


• Katharine Shaffer
  Planning Supervisor
  Left the DCD (Did not respond to public outreach about this violation; frustratingly unhelpful)


• Scott Diener
  Land Use and Environmental Permit Review Services Supervisor
  SDiener@kitsap.gov (Signed multiple erroneous SEPA decisions in this case but still answered community concerns with defiant confidence)


• Steve Heacock
  Senior Environmental Planner and SEPA Coordinator
  SHeacock@kitsap.gov (Grossly negligent; failed to stop violator activity upon discovering it; largely ignored community feedback; made countless factual misstatements)


• Jeff Smith
  Senior Planning & Zoning Planner
  JNSmith@kitsap.gov (Non-responsive to all community concerns; made clumsy factual errors in observing violated parcel; terrible grammar skills make his communications confusing)


• Kim Dunn
  Code Compliance Coordinator
  Deceased (Excellent communicator and not tolerant of violators' delays; enforcement failed after her passing)


• Tammy Griffey
  Code Compliance Coordinator
  TGriffey@kitsap.gov (Has not responded to public outreach about this violation)

View additional contact information for the Kitsap County Department of Community Development. You can also send a request to Help@Kitsap1.com and ask to be listed as an "interested party" on the clear-cutters' permit (20-04869).

As part of State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) requirements, residents within a certain distance of the clear-cut property are notified to formally comment prior to permit issuance. By then, however, the County reviewers typically have already made their determinations about what they will require of the applicant. So don't wait... Comment now!