Hearing Examiner
Upcoming Hearing Projects
NEXT HEARING DATE: July 15, 2025, | AGENDA
PROJECT NAMES:
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2020103651 Johnson Creek Quarry Expansion Special Use Permit and SEPA Appeals Hearing- July 15, 2025, Beginning at 9 am
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Hearing Materials for Projects above
- HOW TO JOIN
- Zoom Link
- Webinar: 814 5966 5143
- Passcode: 585919
- Phone Number: 1 253 205 0468
- Instructions on joining a Zoom meeting
2023105871 Appeal of Paul Wendler to the Board of County Commissioners -RESCHEDULED TO April 16, 2025 beginning at 1:00 pm
Hearing Examiner Response to Remand
Board of County Commissioners Decision
Motion for Continuance of Hearing Date
A. Appeal
B. Hearing Examiner Decision - Hearing Examiner Decision on Reconsideration
C. Comment Letters
Kristie Danzer, received March 11, 2025
Jennifer Bourke, received March 13, 2025
Sherry Hill, received March 13, 2025
Joni Blake, received March 13, 2025
Tracie Lamie, received March 13, 2025
Robert Lamie, received March 13, 2025
Meryl Bernstein, received March 13, 2025
Nicholas Damian, received March 13, 2025
D. Appellant Response to Comment Letters
Applicant Responsive Memorandum
Declaration of Joseph A. Rehberger in Support of Applicant Responsive Memorandum
Certificate of Service- Responsive Memorandum
G. Exhibits Before the Hearing Examiner
1. Staff Report including attachments
Attachment a Legal Notice and Adjacent Property Owners List
Attachment b 2024.02.07 - Notice of Application
Attachment c 2023.12.29 - Master and Special Use Permit Applications
Attachment d 2023.12.23 - Site Plan
Attachment e 2024.07.10 - Applicant Response to 04.29.2024 Communication Matrix
Attachment f 2024.07.10 - Drainage plan and traffic generation report
Attachment g 2024.07.10 - HCP application for Hillside Farms
Attachment h 2024.07.10 - Revised Site Plan
Attachment i 2024.07.10 - Revised SUP application
Attachment j 2024.07.10 - Trip Generation Memorandum
Attachment k 2024.07.10 - Abbreviated Drainage Plan
Attachment l 2020.01.10 - OSF assessment
Attachment m 2020.01.29 - wetland mitigation site plan
Attachment n 2020.01.30 - CARP - Decision letter
Attachment o 2020.02.25 - HEX Approved R.U.E. Decision
Attachment p 2023.08.24 - Land Use Intake Checklist & Planning Presub Notes
Attachment q 2024.07.09 - Approved Site Plan for Retaining Wall
Attachment r 2019.12.12 - Wetland Buffer Mitigation Plan for Hillside Farms
Attachment s Agency Comments
- 02.23.2024 - Agency Comment – Squaxin Island Tribe
- 2024.02.16 - Agency Comment - Nisqually Tribe
- 2024.08.29 - Agency Comment - Thurston County Public Health
- 2024.08.12 - Agency Comment - Thurston County Public Works
Attachment t Public Comments
- 2024.02.09 - Public Comment - Bob Partlow
- 2024.02.09 - Public Comment - Kristie Danzer
- 2024.02.09 - Public Comment – Will
- 2024.02.13 - Public Comment - Nick Damian
- 2024.02.13 - Public Comment - Sherry Hill(2)
- 2024.02.13 - Public Comment - Sherry Hill
- 2024.02.15 - Public Comment - Jennifer Bourke
- 2024.02.26 - Public Comment - Justin Bourke
- 2024.02.27 - Public Comment - Joni Blake
- 2024.02.27 - Public Comment - Rob Lamie
- 2024.02.27 - Public Comment - Tracy Lamie
- 2024.03.25 - Public Comment - Sherry Hill
- 2024.04.06 - Public Comment - Sherry Hill
- 2024.05.21 - Public Comment - Sherry Hill
- 2024.06.03 - Public Comment - Joni Blake
- 2024.06.03 - Public Comment - Sherry Hill
- 2024.06.10 - Public Comment - Sherry Hill
- 2024.06.25 - Public Comment - Sherry Hill
- 2024.07.08 - Public Comment - Sherry Hill
- 2024.07.22 - Public Comment - Justin Bourke
- 2024.07.22 - Public Comment - Sherry Hill
- 2024.07.23 - Public Comment - Sherry Hill
- 2024.08.05 - Public Comment - Sherry Hill
- 2024.11.22 - Public Comment - Nicholas Damian
Attachment u 2024.11.28 - Public Notice Board (Email)
Attachment v 2024.12.03 - Public Notice Board (Email)
Attachment w 2024.12.04-Applicant Response to Public Comments
Attachment x Applicant worksheet used by Environmental Health
Exhibit 2a Public Comment from Sherry Hill and Ryan Smith, December 6, 2024
Exhibit 2b Public Comment from Jennifer Bourke, December 8, 2024
Exhibit 2c Public Comment from Joni Blake, December 9, 2024
Exhibit 2d Public Comment from Tracy Lamie, December 9, 2024
Exhibit 2e Public Comment from Robert Lamie, December 9, 2024
Exhibit 3 Applicant Impervious Surface Calculations and Applicant records of events held in 2024
Exhibit 4a Post-hearing comment, Jennifer and Justin Bourke, December 11, 2024
Exhibit 4b Post-hearing comment, M.B., December 12, 2024
Exhibit 4c Post-hearing comment, Joni Blake, December 12, 2024
Exhibit 5 Applicant response to post hearing comments, December 16, 2024
Exhibit 6 Staff response to post hearing comments, December 17, 2024
Exhibit 7 Request for Reconsideration, January 21, 2025
Exhibit 8 Staff Response to Request for Reconsideration, January 28, 2025
Exhibit 9 Applicant Response to Staff and Parking Agreement, January 30, 2025
2021102274 Gustafson and Miller Appeal to the Board of County Commissioners- March 19, 2025 beginning at 9:00 am
Hearing Examiner Order Reopening the Record and Reconvening the Hearing
A. Appeal
D. Appellant Response to Comment Letters
G. Exhibits Before the Hearing Examiner
1. Staff Report including attachments
Attachment a 1966.12.29 - Johnson Point Plat (April 17, 1944) - AF#752928
Attachment b 1991.05.29 - BLA - AF#9105290016
Attachment c 1992.03.19 - BLA - AF#9203190240
Attachment d 1992.04.06 - 3 lots accepted as 1 separate parcel (see p. 11)
Attachment e 2020.07.30 - Residence Master Application
Attachment f 2021.02.22 - TM Subdivision Guarantee Policy
Attachment g 2021.05.04 - Critical Areas Report
Attachment h 2021.05.05 - SEPA-Cover Sheet
Attachment i 2021.05.05 - SEPA-Environmental Checklist
Attachment j 2021.05.27 - Certificate of Water Availability
Attachment k 2024.10.09 - Abbrev. Drainage Report
Attachment l 2024.04.17 - Building Footprint Analysis
Attachment m 2024.01.30 - Communication Matrix-Applicant Response
Attachment n 2024.01.30 - Joint Aquatic Resources Permit
Attachment o 2024.01.30 - Shoreline Administrative Variance
Attachment p 2024.01.30 - Residential Development Reasonable Use Exception Plan Set
Attachment q 2024.02.22 - Habitat Assessment & Mitigation Plan
Attachment r 2024.07.29 - Administrative Shoreline Variance Application
Attachment s 2024.07.29 - Analysis for Administrative Shoreline Variance from Setbacks
Attachment t 2024.08.21 - LEGAL-NOTICE-2021102274
Attachment u 2024.10.09 - Residence Development Plans
Attachment v 2024.10.13 - LEGAL-NOTICE-AND-APO-LIST-2021102274
Attachment w 2021.05.25 - Reasonable Use Exception Application
Attachment x 2024.02.21 - Critical Area Review Permit Application
Attachment y Dry Land v. Submerged Land Arial – K. Chalem
Attachment z 2024.07.31 - Combined Notice of Application, DNS, Public Hearing
Attachment aa Agency Comments
- 2021.05.28 - Agency Comment - Squaxin Island Tribe
- 2021.06.02 - Agency Comment - Nisqually Indian Tribe
- 2021.06.02 - Agency Comment - TC Floodplain Manager
- 2021.06.08 - Agency Comment - DAHP
- 2021.06.09 - Agency Comment - DOE
- 2021.06.22 - Agency Comment - E.H.
- 2024.01.29 - Agency Comment - DAHP
- 2024.08.12 - Agency Comment - Nisqually Indian Tribe
- 2024.08.13 - Agency Comment - DOE (SEPA)
- 2024.11.15 - Agency Comment - E.H. Recommendation
- 2024.11.18 – Agency Comment - TC Biologist
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2024.11.14 - Agency Comment - TC Public Works
Attachment bb Public Comments
- 2024.08.19 - public comment with photos - Burt and Cheryl Miller
- 2024.08.13 -public comment with photos, Berchauer1
- 2024.08.13 -public comment with photos, Berchauer2
- 2024.08.13 -public comment, Berchauer3
Attachment cc 2024.12.05 - Proof of Publication to Nisqually News
Attachment dd 2024.12.06 - Applicant Signed Affidavit of Posting
Attachment ee 2024.12.04 - Shoreline Variance Analysis / Narrative
Attachment ff 2024.11.21 - MSA Consultant Clarification of Habitat Assessment
Attachment gg 2024.11.20 - Signed Affidavit of Site Posting for Hearing Nov. 26
Attachment hh Communication Matrix Environmental Health
Attachment ii Combined Notice of Application, MDNS, and Hearing with APO list, July 31, 2024
Attachment jj Notice of December 19, 2024 Public Hearing and APO List, December 2, 2024
Exhibit 2a Johnson Point Water System Home Owner's Association Comment, December 11, 2024
Exhibit 2b Burt Miller Comment, December 17, 2024
Exhibit 2c Burt Miller Comment, December 18, 2024
Exhibit 2d Scott Gustafson Comment, December 18, 2024
Exhibit 3 Amended Environmental Health Comment, December 17, 2024
Exhibit 4 Applicant's Response to Staff Report and Additional Exhibits, December 19, 2024
Exhibit 5a Post hearing comment, Barbara Chambers, December 23, 2024
Exhibit 6 Applicant Response to post hearing comment, December 23, 2024
About the Hearing Examiner Process & How to Participate
County codes require some building and development projects to go through a public hearing process so that community members and the public can have a say in proposed development. Codes also provide a way for permit applicants to request exceptions to some land use rules. Find more about the hearing examiner below.
- Join Online Public Hearings on the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays each month. How to join a Zoom Meeting
- Submit a Comment to the Land Use Clerk (see contact info below) on a Hearing Examiner Project during the project's public comment period.
- See Past Hearing Examiner Decisions linked in the drop down below.
Project Records for Recent Projects
More About the Hearing Examiner
Hearing Examiner requests are related to plat subdivisions, special uses, shoreline permits, variances, and administrative land-use. The requests and hearings are managed by the Hearing Examiner, an attorney appointed by the Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) to provide a public, quasi-judicial hearing, and issue formal decisions or make recommendations to the BoCC. Hearing Examiner decisions can be appealed to the Board of County Commissioners or the appropriate appellate body with jurisdiction, based on the record established before the Hearing Examiner. See Thurston County Code Title 2: Administration (Chapter 2.06).
Forms and Fee Schedules
Contact us
- Email Sonja Cady, Land Use Clerk
- Call 360-867-2117 | Fax 360-754-2939 | TTY/TDD call 711 or 1-800-833-6388
- Mail Thurston County Office of the Hearing Examiner
3000 Pacific Ave SE, Suite 100
Olympia, WA 98501