HomeMy WebLinkAboutNOTICE of Public Hearing re Chimacum Drainage District Reavtivation Please publish 2 times: June 25, 2025 and July 2, 2025
Contact Person: Adiel McKnight
Bill to: Jefferson County Commissioners
1820 Jefferson St
Port Townsend, WA 98368
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Chimacum Drainage District#1 (DD1)Reactivation
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing is scheduled by the Jefferson County Board of
Commissioners for Monday,July 14,2025 at 10:30 a.m. in the Commissioners' Chambers, County
Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 (HYBRID). Notice of said hearing is
to be published in the official newspaper of Jefferson County.
During the hearing, testimony will be taken concerning the reactivation of the Chimacum Drainage
District. DD 1 remained active until 1974 but has been inactive since then. Considerable drainage
system infrastructure was completed in the early years of the district but keeping up ongoing
maintenance has always been a challenge. Flooding and drainage problems have persisted
throughout the past half century, much as they did during the previous half century, impacting
landowners and fish habitat. During the past few decades,drainage problems have worsened because
of increasing beaver populations and the lack of comprehensive maintenance. During this period of
drainage district inactivity, drainage system maintenance responsibilities have fallen upon individual
landowners. This has resulted in inconsistent, inefficient, and sometimes ineffective efforts to
address conditions, that by their very nature, demand a comprehensive approach to be successful.
The information is available for viewing on the County website by visiting: www.co.jefferson.wa.us
and follow this pathway—Services—Laserfiche Web Portal (username and password is: public) -
Board of Commissioners—BOCC Agenda Packets—2025 Weekly Agenda Items—07 July 2025 —
071425 —HEARING re Chimacum Drainage District
You are welcome to participate in this hearing. You will need to join the meeting by 10:30 a.m.
using the following methods: VIRTUALLY: Via the following Zoom, link:
https://zoom.us/j/93777841705, PHONE: Dial 1-253-215-8782 and enter access code: 937-7784-
1705# and press *9 to"raise your hand"to be called upon. Access for the hearing impaired can be
accommodated using Washington Relay Service at 1-800-833-6384, or IN-PERSON: In the BOCC
Chambers. If you experience difficulties joining the meeting or viewing documents please call 360-385-
9100 to report any issues.
In addition, written testimony is also invited beginning on June 23 2025 and ending on July 14 2025
at the end of the Public Hearing, unless extended by the Board of County Commissioners. Written
public testimony may be submitted by Email to:jeffbocc(a,co jefferson.wa.us. You may view
testimony received by visiting: www.co.jefferson.wa.us and following this pathway—Services—
Laserfiche Web Portal (username and password is: public)—Board of Commissioners—BOCC
Agenda Packets—2025 Weekly Agenda Items—07 July 2025 —071425 —HEARING re Chimacum
Drainage District
You can also Mail your testimony to: Jefferson County Commissioners' Office; P.O. Box 1220, Port
Townsend, WA 98368. Written testimony must be received by the Board of County Commissioners
by the end of the hearing testimony period.
Signed this 23rd day of June, 2025.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
/S/Heidi Eisenhour, Chair