HomeMy WebLinkAbout100812_cbs01District i\o. 1 Conunissioucr: Phil Johnson
District Yo. ?Commissioner: Uaci(1 R'. tiolliv:tn
District Vo. 3 Cmomissioncr:.Tohn Austin
Cou:?ty Administrator: Philip t`1orley DI \ • ~~
c'ierk of the Board: Grin L~.u:ugren A
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~R SGT N`cck of September 1 ;, 2U12
at the appointed time in the presence of
PC:'BLIC CO.+>'LtiIEYT PGR/OD: 1'he following is a summary of comments made h}'
citizens in attendance at the meeting and reties[ their personal opinions:
• Two citizens dis cussed the weed convol efforts ofJefferson County Ecological Roadsides and
alternative moth ods of weed control without the snrayin~ of herbicides and ways to fund those
methods;
• Three citizens di scussed the "Occupy Port Townsend N[vvement" and tvged the County to
discontinue banking with Bank of .America and vansfcr its money to a local banking institution;
• :1 citizen conun erted on the revitalization cffotzs of the Quilccnc conununity:
• :1 citizen colnm erted on the success of the candidates forum held at the Chitnacum Grange and
submitted a letter regarding cutting the cost of goverumcnt in the City of Port Townsend and
submitted an art icle regarding the decline in household income:
• A citizen comm ented on the treed to combine local law enforcement agencies as a cost saving
measure and sta ted the Cotutt}' should hold the City to the terms of the existing Proposition 1
agreement without negotiation for the benefit of its residents:
• 1 citizen stated a letter he wrote regarding the issues relating to herbicide spraying was published
in the Leader newspaper last week and he feels there needs to he discussion among all the
or_~anirations in volved in the policy discussions; and
• e~ citizen expres sed his disappoiatrnant with the City of Port'fownsend regarding the possibility
that they may di scontinue providing the Cot:nty with the Proposition 1 funding as agreed to in the
Kesponse to public
icd that the Couuty is interested in wrorking to find alternative methods of
:herbicides and he has been conducting research on the issues. Ile noted
schools finding has been allocated to the Jefferson County Noxious Need
Chairman Austin addres sed the conunents made about changing banking institutions art<l cautioned that
the Counp- would need t o avoid bcin~ subject to ary possbk penalties or additional financial
obii_atious. Commissio ner SulGvar. added that Jdcrson "Cransit's Fin;uue Committee is addressing the
same issue. Count}' Adn tinisvator Philip ~iorle}' stated that the authority over the County's banking
1)1'aL'tlec'S rests with the C OUnty TreaSLY.T pe7 State lave. IL 1S her InleilllOn K) Send OUt a reCltle3l f(17
proposals (R1 Pf l[1 2013 t0 replace ilte (:L1TTenl a~reenlCnt he'~lllnltlg JallUai\''?(11?.
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mented on weed control management and stated the County is
guested the Jef[erson County° Aosious \\'eed Control Board and
a policy franework that includes alternative managcutcnt
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ent by the. "Occupy Pot? To~~nsend itlovemcnr~ went
thanked the group for their cooperating. gad collaborative
1 City Council will he corsidcring the possibility of setting aside their
ding dcdicaied for the Recreation Ccntcr and Nleatorial Field in an
ng the County pursuant to the agreement beginniue October ~ 1, 2012.
attending the City Council meeting=. County Administrator \~lorley noted
ig all the: r,~tahlishcd benchmarks and terms out!incd in the agreement
County has been working with the City to separate the issue of the City's
t stay focused on planning and dcfinine the Exploratory Regional Parks
;onuucndation for a Ivle!ropolium Park llistrict in order to provide art
PKO6:1L A:1D ADOPT IO:V OF CO,VSF:VT ACE.VD,<1: Commissioner Johnson
all the items on the Consent :\genda as presented. Commissioner Sullivan seconded
RESOLCI'I0~1 ~'O. 55=12 re: Adopting the Cost :111ocation Plan for hiscal Years 2012 and
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AGREL~'lEi\T re: Birh to'l~hree (i) Years Program: [n the Atuount of 56.864; Jefferson
County Public Health; Yort Townsend School llistric?
AGRF.E~IE;\T re: Consulting and Group Courselim~ for Developmental Disability Clients; in
the .Amount of $1,040; Jel'terson Cotmt}' Pt:blic IIea!th; Elisabeth Hendricks, L'.vIHC
.4UREEkiF.\T, Supplement \o. 2 re: Queets Bridac Painting, Bridge No. 41\ ,Clearwater
Road _\1P O.tSO. Project Vo. CR 1581: Dollar Amount l:nchanged: Jefferson County Public
\\ orks; \\'ashiugton State Deparin:enl of Trattsnc» -cation (llO'1'1
A(Uli1;I:~'iF.\T re: Hoh Shop Equipment Shed Proicct-Electrical ltnprovcments, County Project
1y0. 140 i„ ! 8~8; In the Amomx of 557A L6.40; JcfY'crson County Public Works; Angeles
Electric
;1GREF.~IEi\T re: \\ atershed Stewardship Resource Center Low Impact Development (LID)
1>et;ionstration Garden in Sequin; FP_\ Cirant ~PC1-00!08601-1; In the Amount of SJ,OC10:
Jefferson C-ounty llepartn:ent of Community Development; Clallam County Conscreation
Disu-ict
Advisory Board Appointments (2): Jeflerson Cotmty Peninsula Regiona: Support Network
IYRSV) :\dvisory Board; 1ltree (~) Year Tenns Expire 9r 17;1 is Timothy Craig and Frances
Jostvick
P2.vment of Jefferson Coturty \'ottchers'\\`arrants Dated September I D. 2012 'T'otaling
Commissioners 1~4eetina Minutes: \\'zek of Se [ember l7.2U12
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Conunissioner Johnson seconded the motion which carried by a
unanimous vote.
COh1L7l.SSIO,\'G/lS BXIEFLI'G.SF,.SSIO,\': The Commissioners each provided
updates on the following items:
C'hainnan .Austin csill be attending a Land'fntst meeting later this morning and he noted there evill be a
Un?g CottrY Crraluation on T hursday.
Commissioner Sullivan wiil be attending an acmard presentation this evening or. ~larrowstone Island. He
will be attendine an OlyC:1Y meeting on \Uednesda; and an zsit conference for Jefferson Transit's audit
on 1'hursdav.
Commissionrr.Tnhnson reviewed funding allocations ofthe Rosource Advisors' Committee and
c~as recessed at 9:~U ours. and reconvened at I :.i0 p.m ~~°ith all three
COUsVT2'AD,i7/'VLSTRATOR BR/EFI\'G SESSI0:1': County Administrator Philip
;v'IorIey rzciewed the foliotving with the Board.
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Il, Planning A4anagcr Stacie Iloskins and Community Development Director Carl Smith arc
r this continual discussion. Last week Conmlunity Development staff and Deputy Prosccutir
David :'tivarez outlined the Boards lcga} options with regard to the issue of net pens as it
the Shoreline iAfaster Program ,Siv~1P). 'l'hc Deparuncni of Leology (llOli'I sent. a letter to the
questing a response on how the County tvili proceed on the marine salmon net pan aquacultw
tcrnher 1 ^O1 ^ Ciaf7is Innkinn for direction firm the Board that. will allow' a resnonse to be
l . A~otily DOE :hat the County intends to develop criuria for a Conditional Lac Ycnnit
?. ylotify UOF that the County intends to adopt a hart on nets pans. in which case the DOF.
will determine that the Countds S\'1P is out o2 compliance with State regulations and
will not give final approval. thereby. forcing the UUE to issue a Kuic .\'taking Urder; or
3. fake tto action, thereby, ii?rcin, the DOF. to issue a Ruie Making Order. (Vote. Although
unlikah•, if the County chooses this option, the DOE or another enlih could life a
Superior Cour[ case to attempt to get a court order Ibrcin the County to lake action.)
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Chairmar, Austin st2.ted i f the County doesn't keep local control, DOE cou'sd adopt a }:nee ~'laing Order
which can be imposed o n the Count}.
bis. I Ioskins added that t he County can choose to appeal the rule at that time.
(.Omml$sloncr JOlmsolt S taled that he w'Ulild 11kC IO gCL 8I) CXplanatlon irOnl DUE: abOUi twllat aappC1lCd
in Nlanchcstex. [le woul d also like io have a meeting with llOLi rcprescntativc John Kerwin, atld he
would like to see a condi tion that DOli assuntc fiill legal and Yinatlcial risk and responsiliilih for any attd
all damages that may res ult. It is not a bad idea for the County to establish a condition requiring a bond
in the amount of $li) Mi llion lirom corilorations wanting ut establish net pen.. "fhe Mate is askute the
County ret risk the native salmon runs which rite County has worked so hard to restore. \4illinns of
dollars have been ,pent on salmon recover} efforts at i-load Canal and at the head of Discovery Ray.
There have been dulusan ds oY' hours of volunteer work at Chinlacum Creek. Ile does not feel is it
unreasonable ti)r the Cou nty to require a major bond.
Cowlty Administrator ~l orlcv stared that advising dte DOF_ that the County intends to proceed with
developing a CI;P proce ss does net preclude the County from addressing the concenls expressed by
Commissioner Joiutson stated he can agree to make a decision on the Cowtt}''s intention to head a
certain direction. becaus e he feels he is only conunining hitnseif to moving forward.
Commissioner Sullivan stated he is fine with letting DOL' know- that the County is continuing to csplorc
the CUP criteria which he fccis should include bonding to restore any damage to wild sahnatl runs. In
wrong a resronsc to D OL he w'ocld like to emphasise that the County has recently received a lot of new
infot'Ination re_ardin, d isease and viruses ancla lack of real clear concrete ~.uidarce that is backed up by
science tram the State t o assist the Counrv in this :natter. 7hc lack of information from the State Icads
him to think that maybe it doesn't exist and that is a problem. Conditions arc doing to be more extreme
if there arc ~rcater unknowns and dangers, than if there are clear methods of mitigation. The County
does nut want to have d efacto bans in the S'`9P and yet i f there is a poverty of information. the County is
left twith difficult choices. Ile wanes DOE to provide the best infotlnation available.
.Abrogating u) DOE is not satisfactory and yet. based on the advice of legal counsel, the science and chc
law will not allow the Counn~ to satisfactorih• zero out the risk of disease. Githcr path is not fully
satistac[orv. l herefore, without. being able to eliminate risk. which path will result in the least tuuount
of hand? He believes taking tl)e path to move fitrward with developing a GUY process will keep the
SJ~1P within local control and will allow the County to reduce the risk as far as legalh~ possible.
Cotntllissioner Johnson moved to direct staff to draft a letter to DOF„ for approval nest week, indicating
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the County intends to move forward +rith developing criteria for a CUP process for finfish rzt pens to be
i[tciuded in dte SMP. Commissioner Sullivan seconded Lm motion. Discussion zasued regarding stag's
support and cenuniiment to address the Board's concerns as well as the tu~c:[c} u, cnmplete this
process. Chairman Austin called for a vote en the motion +vhich carried unan:rously.
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ioncr Johnson and County .Administrator Morlcv will attend and
.Austin may attend the Port Townsend City Council ntecting bcirg held
;ptcmbex 17. 2U 12 regarding thz consideration of witltltolding
>n 1 paymeuts for the Port Townsend Recreation Ceutcr and Memorial
ioner Jol-:rtsou and Cotmty Administrator Morley +aill attend the City of
send's'fownhali meeting on September 13, 201 Z
ioner Sullivan will attend the JcTfcrson Transit State Auditor`s Office
erence on Szptentbzr 20, 2012
ioner .Austin may amend the Olyrnpic Coast National blaring Sanetu<'try
n September l3, 2012
ioncr Suliiva[t will attend a mcetutg regarding energy at the Por[
1 Community Center on September 18, 2U 12
ioncr Johnson wit] attend tltz IIood Canal Coordinating Council meeting
tbcr 19, 2012
are being scheduled with City representatives to discuss a Metropolitan
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ioner Austin will attend a Local 20-20 Transportation Lab meeting on
r 27, 2012
r I3, 2012 City of Yon'Fownsend's Townhall meeting participation turd
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r 17, 2012 Yort Townsend Cit}' Council nteetinJ participation and
~u including drafr letter to the Port "l ownsend Cite Council re: City
onsideratiou of \'v`ithholding Proposition I payments htr the Recreation
d Memorial Field
Austin reported on .(efiersor, Land 1'n[si`s effort to conserve Chimacum
iyonier 800 acres) tmd Qte Short Famil}~ Farm -Commissioner Sullivan
vidual letter of support fbr Shott conservation
Austin provided an update on thz Conunt:uity Forest Trust nomination
ty Forast Trust negotiations
~n State Association of Counties Committee nomination requests - no
Commissioners ~~feetin~ A~finutes: ti~'eek of Se?ten:ber 17.20E ~ '~
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The meeti ng was recessed at 3:19 p.m. and reconvened at =:±2 p.m. caith al] three
Commissioners present.
COU:STY ,4D:4f1.~'/STRATORBRIEFL'1'GSF_.S.SIO;V(Carliiruedj: Commissioner
Johnson spoke with May or D<tvi;l Kin~~ during the recess about the Cit<~'s "1'ownhall meeting scheduled
for September 18°i and re lmrted that the City Nlar?agcr will. he eiving a report en dte City's financial
situation and the fact tha t there needs to be an increase of 5300,000 in Dither revenue or savings for
2013. The meeting will not focus on Proposition 1 fundin, or the possibility of a Metropolitan. Parks
District. '[lie hope is ro i llustrate collaboration.
Commissioner Johtron moved to direct the County Adminish'ator to finalize a letter for the Board's
si,nature to the Port Tow nsend City Council regarding the Council's consideratirnt ol'withheldiug
Proposition, 1 pacments f or the Port Townsend Kccreation Ceuta and tblcmorial Field. Cnmmiesinner
t seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote.
Budget Update:
- ~-year budget projection will'ne updated
- JeffCom Facility Liccnsc. tower and setvic~
Fuhve Agenda Items: (Not Discussed)
,~'OTICF, OF.tDJOL'R:'~4i7ENT: Commissioner)
p.m. until the nest regular meetiu~ or special meeting as p
t seconded the motion winch carried by a unanimous vote.
Cotntnissioner
MEETING ADJC)URVliD JBFPL-RSON COL~~'fY
BOARD OF COM\iTSSIOVLRS
Sl::\L:
John r\ustin, Chair
ATTEST: Phil Johnson. ltlembcr
Etin Lundgren David Sullivan; Member
Clerk of the Board
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