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Home My WebLink AboutM112811 District No.1 Commissioner: Phil Johnson DIstrict No.2 Commissioner: David W. Snllivan District No.3 Commissioner: John Anstin County Administrator: Philip Morley Clerk of the Board: Elizabeth Hill MINUTES Week of November 28, 2011 . Chairman John Austin called the meeting to order at the appointed time in the presence of Commissioner David Sullivan and Commissioner Phil Johnson. PUBliC COMMENT PERIOD: The following are a snmmary of comments made by citizens in attendance at the meeting and reflect their personal opinions: . A citizen was awoken by heavy machinery at 6:00 a.m. and asked the Board to approve a noise ordinance; . A citizen stated he is against a noise ordinance; the expansion of the State Park should not happen and instead the Board should increase industrial zoning; the County needs to require business licenses; . A citizen complimented AI Scalf's commitment and honesty to the County and urged the Board to honor him; and . A citizen stated the countries that are excelling have honest public servants and there is not a more important function than honest and effective government employees. APPROV ALAND ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA: Commissioner Johnson moved to approve all items on the Consent Agenda as presented. Commissioner Sullivan seconded the motion which carried by a 1manimous vote. 1. Payment of Jefferson County VoucherslWarrants: Dated November 21,2011 Totaling $310,366.80 2. Payment of Jefferson County Payroll Warrants: Dated November 18,2011 Totaling $91,917.03 and AlP Warrants Done by Payroll Dated November 18,2011 Totaling $133,061.59 Approval of Minutes: Commissioner Sullivan moved to approve meeting minutes of August 22, September 6 and 12, 2011 and Special Meeting Minutes of September 16, 2011 as presented. Commissioner Johnson seconded the motion which carried by a nnanimous vote. Page 1 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of November 28,2011 e" ", ~.c, .~ K" COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION: The Commissioners each provided updates on the following items: Chairman Austin will be attending the emergency preparedness meeting and a Northwest Straights Commission meeting this Friday. Commissioner Sullivan will be attending a Transit budget meeting on Tuesday, a Washington State Associations of County's (WSAC) meeting on Friday and the Northwest Straits Commission conference on Saturday. Commissioner Johnson will be attending the Northwest Straits Commission conference on Friday and Saturday. Certificate pI Appreciation: Chairman Austin read a certificate of appreciation in honor of AI Scalf, retired Community Development Director. County Administrator informed the Board that AI Scalfhas 26 years of public service not 25. Commissioner Sullivan moved to approve the certificate with the suggested change. Commissioner Johnson seconded the motion which carried by a lmllnimous vote. HEARING: Redistricting: Chairman Austin stated today's hearing is for public testimony and a decision will be made at a future date. County Administrator Morley presented maps that showed the 3 different boundary alternatives. Commissioner Sullivan asked when is the deadline for written comment? Mr. Morley answered until the end of this year. He also stated the Auditors office has a preference of alternative number 2. Chairman Austin opened the hearing for public testimony. Dave Wittier: He has studied this issue for some time. The concept of one person one vote seems to stop with the regulations at state and federal levels. He would like to see the area of Discovery Bay be unchanged as much as possible and is in favor of alternative number 2. Tom Thiersch: The first concern he has is all of the decisions made here were behind closed doors although done within the law. The timing of the presentation of the proposal is too late to consider a different proposal if one was provided by a citizen. There is no opportunity to consider alternatives other than the 3 proposed that have been picked behind closed doors. At last weeks Board meeting, County Administrator Morley said he consulted with the democratic and republican parties but did not mention any other parties. At least 40% of voters in Jefferson County are not affiliated with a party and their voice did not get an opinion in this process which violates the one man one vote concept He is very concerned in the way this process was completed and knows that the Board could not do anything about it. Once again we have the political parties system taking control of what happens and there is no mention of political parties in the American Constitution. The founders of this country knew the parties could and would exert influence on do process. Unfortunately, things have changed a lot over the years and only the political parties have the power. The country is falling apart because of the fighting between the two parties. He is very disappointed in the lack of choice, public process and openness. Page 2 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of November 28, 2011 ~"'" '''. yo-; " Mike Belenski: He would like to second what Mr. 1biesch said. Where did the 3 choices come from? What would the people that are not affiliated with a political party would have liked? Why was the selection process done behind closed doors? What is offered could be what the democratic party prefers or what Mr. Morley prefers. How did the alternatives get narrowed down and why is the Board not discussing it? 1bis is a policy decision, not something for County Administrator Morley to decide. Where did the selection process occur? Why is the whole process not out for everyone to see? Who did you talk to? Why were those three alternatives picked? Who prefers what alternative? The public has a right to know. We have three democrats sitting on the Board. How did those three alternatives get picked and how many were there? Is it all a big secret? Did County Administrator Morley meet with the Board individually to see what preferences they had or did he make the decision? Karen Cartmel: There were 4 proposals presented prior to the Board's workshop. The Auditor's office was given the opportunity to go through the proposals for their opinion. She was involved in that process and came up with better proposals that came before the Board at their workshop. It was decided that the three proposals she drew up were to be the choices. She is proud of it and she has been doing this 34 years, this is her 4th redistricting and she will stand by what she presented. Debra Peterson: The primary input that led to the alternatives at the previous workshop was from the Auditor's office, which is not affiliated with the democratic party and works independently. She does not see anything suspicious. There were 6 choices and the 3 that were chosen were not the ones that she would prefer but there was good reasons for choosing them. There are not big differences among the alternatives and believes the County is safe with all of them. She prefers alternative 2. Anyone could have had input up to this point. George Yount: 1bis has not been behind closed doors, there was a public workshop held on this issue. Unfortunately, some of the people that are claiming this was done behind closed doors chose to not be there. All of the alternatives fit the guidelines and he would support all of them although he prefers alternative number 2. Chairman Austin closed the hearing. Chairman Austin stated a public workshop was held previously on redistricting where a number of alternatives were discussed. County Administrator Morley stated staff was doing preliminary work and he gave updates in open sessions. Chairman Austin stated the Auditor's office" did put a lot of work in to this effort and appreciates their input. Commissioner Johnson stated it is disappointing to be accused of having these decisions made behind closed doors when it was done in an open public meeting. An Executive Session was scheduled from 11:00 a.m. to Noon with the County Administrator, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Planning Manger and Associate Planner re: Attorney Client Privilege; Exemption as Outlined in the Open Public Meetings Act RCW 42.30.110 (1 )(i) Potential Litigation. The session actoally ran from 11 :02 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. The public meeting was reconvened at the conclusion of the Executive Session. Page 3 Commi"8ionerS Meeting Minutes: Week of November 28.2011 Locally Approved ShorelJne Master Program (SMP): County Administrator Morley stated that the October 31" version of the SMP would not be approved by the Washington State Dep;:ul:urent of Ecology (DOE) regarding finfish net pen provisions. Legal risks have been discussed and feedback is needed from the Board Should staff ask DOE to forma1l7e their opinion in the form of a letter? Or the Board could adopt the October 31" version in an ordinance which would bring anticipation of a formal denial of the entire SMP. Then we could ask DOE to draft the provisions of net pens. Commissioner Sullivan and Commissioner Johnson stated they would like a letter from DOE with feedback regarding the October 31" SMP version. It was determined a letter would be requested by staff from DOE requesting feedback. The meeting was recessed at 12:33 p.m. and reconvened at 1 :33 p.m with all three Commissioners present Letter of Support: Chairman Austin presented a draft letter of support for Beausite Lake Trust Land Transfer to Peter Goldmark, Commissioner of Public Lands. Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Commissioner Sullivan moved to approve the letter of support. Commissioner Johnson seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BRIEFING SESSION: County Administrator Philip Morley reviewed the following with the Board. Voluntary Stewardship Program Calendar Coordination Budget Update Miscellaneous Items Future Agenda Items Page 4 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of November 28,2011 e""",,", '" .<+d- ..'"" NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT: Commissioner Johnson moved to adjourn at 3:53 p.m. until the properly noticed special meeting or the next regular meeting. Commissioner Sullivan seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. 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