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District No.1 Commissioner: Phil Johnson
District No.2 Commissioner: David W. Sullivan
District No.3 Commissioner: John Austin
County Administrator: Philip Morley
Clerk of the Board: Erin Lundgren
MINUTES
Special Meeting
March 26, 2012
Chairman John Austin called the meeting to order at approximately 7:00 p.m. at the Port
Townsend Community Center. Commissioner Phil Johnson and Commissioner David Sullivan were present
as well as the following Jefferson County Elected Officials: Assessor Jack Westerman, Auditor Donna
Eldridge, Treasurer Judi Morris, and Superior Court Judge Crad Verser. Other County staff present were:
County Administrator Philip Morley, Chief Deputy Auditor/Elections Coordinator Karen Cartmel, Parks and
Recreation Manager Matt Tyler, Assistant Recreation Manager Chris Macklin, and Recreation Aid
Supervisor Jessica Winsheimer. Also in attendance was Port Commissioner Stephen Tucker.
County Administrator Philip Morley served as meeting facilitator and welcomed everyone, He introduced
the elected officials who each gave a brief overview of the services provided by their office and discussed
various issues facing Jefferson County.
After review of the format for the participatory exercise, the following questions and comments were
submitted by the citizens and then grouped by category, Each question/comment was read aloud and a
facilitated discussion was held on each category.
AGRlCUL TURE & FARMING
"Process and expectations for development of regulations for critical areas on agricultural landT'
. "I am involving myself in gaining knowledge about our local food providers/farmers, At the same
time, when I pay attention to the global food system, it is not family farm friendly, nor is it helpful to
human health in general. Communities like Sedgewick, Maine, voted unanimously to support Food
Sovereignty - a principle that transactions between farmers and their customers, so long as both are
satisfied, should not be regulated by federal pressures from outside. Perhaps the net pen objections
are our example of such federal/state/local differing points of view. What approaches are at our local
disposal to retain a strong voice about what we eat, maintaining a quality food supply in the face of
strong lobbying pressures brought to bear on federal decision making by corporations and
specifically from agribusiness? How do our commissioners handle the need to push back in
situations like this to care for our needs directly at horneT'
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
. "Will the FEMA Environmental Assessment trump the Critical Areas Ordinance regarding the
protection of riparian zones?"
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GENERAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT
. "Assessor Jack Westerman: What has been your experience with the average number of foreclosures
per year? Do you keep statistics on the number of foreclosures per year?"
. "It seems like listening to the voters means: surveys, hearings and open meetings, but, this doesn't
really involve the citizens who are busy with their lives. What ways are you considering to not just
listen to, but, truly involve the mainstream of citizens?"
NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION
. "Does the County have a Non-Motorized Transportation Citizens Advisory Committee and Plan?"
RECYCLING
. "Does the Recreation Center recycle all glass, metals, paper, cardboard, food scraps and yard waste?"
RESOURCE CONSER VA nON
. "At a time of declining resources, world-wide, and financial resources being one of them, here
locally, what kinds of things are being discussed, locally, to encourage conservation of resources,
especially when city and county budgets are enhanced by more consumption of resources than by,
what we need, which is greater conservation? Example: The solid waste budget increases as we use
more resources, not less. How is this going to shift? How can we incentivize conservation on all
levels?"
The facilitator wrapped up the exercise portion of the meeting and thanked everyone for coming.
NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT: Commissioner Sullivan moved to adjourn the meeting at
8:35 p.m. until the next regular Monday meeting at 9:00 a.m, or special meeting as properly noticed
pursuant to RCW 42.30,080. Commissioner Johnson seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous
vote.
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