Appendix E-5
SUMMARY OF PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS

At the regularly scheduled Port of Coupeville meeting January 10, 2007 the Draft Comprehensive Plan 2007-2026 was approved for public distribution and review. In the interest of seeking comment from the diverse population of the Port District, the Board of Commissioners took the following actions to create public awareness of the plan, its strategic statements, strategic directions, the operational and capital development plan, the availability of plan copies, and the duration of the review period through March 31, 2007.

Print Media: Public hearing notices were placed and/or articles appeared in the following Whidbey Island newspapers on the dates noted.
Whidbey News Times South Whidbey Record Whidbey Examiner
November 4, 2006 December 6, 2006 January 26, 2007
December 20, 2006 January 24, 2006 February 2, 2007
January 17, 2007 January 27, 2007
January 31, 2007
February 17, 2007
Display advertising was purchased in the following Whidbey Island newspapers on the dates noted to advertise the final public hearing. Three separate ads were placed in each issue highlighting the individual projects/initiatives related to Coupeville, Greenbank and new District-wide initiatives.
Whidbey News Times South Whidbey Record Whidbey Examiner
February 24, 2007 February 24, 2007 March 2, 2007
February 28, 2007 February 28, 2007

Public Hearings: Four public hearings were scheduled to present the essential elements of the operational and capital development plan, followed by an open public comment period. The following is a summary of the dates, locations and attendance at each hearing, and the names of those citizens who chose to comment on the record at the hearing. Minutes of these Special Meetings are archived at the Port office. January 23
Public Hearing Date Location/Comment from Affiliation
Coupeville Recreation Center Attendance: 23 (7 commenting)
James Somers WSU Beach Watchers
Jan Graham Port Wharf Tenant
Don Meehan WSU Extension
Sarah Schmidt Coupeville resident
Roxallanne Medley Citizen/WSU Beach Watcher
Bonnie Nissle Coupeville resident
Don Meehan Coupeville resident
January 25 Greenbank Progressive Club Attendance: 25 (7 commenting)
Anne Baum WSU Master Gardeners
Don Meehan WSU Extension
Jan Graham Port Wharf Tenant
Karen Hutchinson GFMG Board president
Mary Jo Stansbury Greenbank resident, GFMG Board
Graham Johnson WSU Beach Watcher
Mike Stansbury Greenbank resident
February 10 Monroe Landing Fire Station Attendance: 0 (0 commenting)
March 3* Greenbank Progressive Club Attendance: 10 (7 commenting)
Dale Zimmerman Central Whidbey Lions Club
Tom Schioler Golden Harvest Bee Ranch
Ronald Muzzall Coupeville area farmer
Linda Riley GFMG tenant, GBF pea patch/dog walker
Don Sherman Coupeville farmer
Richard Turner GFMG contractor, GBF pea patch
Kit Turner Greenbank resident

Community Bulletin Boards:Twenty color flyers were placed on community service bulletin boards in Coupeville, Oak Harbor, Freeland and Greenbank the week prior to the final public hearing.

Radio: The Port of Coupeville Executive Director gave an hour long interview March 2, 2007 on the local radio station, KWDB, the day before the final public hearing.

Local Libraries: Three copies of the draft plan were placed in each of the Coupeville, Oak Harbor and Freeland public libraries for citizen review on-site or to check-out. All libraries report this service was utilized by library patrons, although none of the libraries maintained records of the number of people reading or checking out the document.

Draft Plan Copies: Copies of the draft plan were made available at the Port office and at public hearings. Fifty copies of the complete draft plan were given out to members of the community. Review copies of the plan were delivered to the Town of Coupeville, Island County government and the Island County Economic Development Council.

The following is a summary of the written comments received on or before March 31, 2007. Each individual's correspondence is archived at the Port office.
Date on document Comment from Format City/Town
February 1 Mary Jo & Michael Stansbury Letter Greenbank
4 Whidbey Camano Land Trust:
Charles Arndt, President & Patricia Powell, Executive Director		 Letter Greenbank
12 Greenbank Farm Management Group:
Karen Hutchinson, President		 Letter Greenbank
13 David Howe Email Greenbank
14 Jerry Mercer Letter Greenbank
18 Faisal Jaswal Email Unknown
18 Bob Savage Email Oak Harbor
19 Teresa McClane Email Unknown
22 Bill Dion Email Coupeville
22 Thomas & Barbara Downey Email Oak Harbor
23 Dan Pederson Email Langley
March 1 Roger Sherman Letter Coupeville
2 James C. Baker, MD Email Oak Harbor
3 WSU Extension - Island County:
Don Meehan, Director		 Letter Coupeville
12 Francy Blumhagen Email Greenbank
26 Mark Fessler Letter Greenbank
28 Barb Kolar Letter Greenbank

Written comments from the Town of Coupeville and Island County were received after the public comment deadline. They offered non-substantive corrections to the comprehensive plan document. These were accepted as information only and are archived at the Port office.

A petition with 100 signatures was received after the public comment deadline. The signatories wished to go on record as enthusiastic supporters of the off-leash area at the Port Tract of the Greenbank Farm. The petition was respectfully received as information only, and it is archived at the Port office.

Port of Coupeville Comprehensive Plan 2007-2026