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HomeMy WebLinkAboutM091712COM~j llislrict ~u. I Commissioner: Phil.Tohnson Q C1~ ~ District No. 2 Commissioner: David ~'~'. Sullivan S C`~ O G District ro. 3 Commissioner: John .Austin ~~~~ ~ ~~ County Administrator: Philip Morley -, ; 1 •~, -~ Clerk of the Board: Erin Lundgren ~~ '~' ~4ItiL1TES '~S~IN~'t~ Week of September 17, 2012 Chairman John Austin called the meeting to order at the appointed time in the presence of Commissioner llavid Sullivan and Commissioner Phil .lohnson. PUBLIC C0:19.M11E,1'T PERLOD: 1'he following is a suttunary of continents made by citizens in attendance at the meeting and reflect their personal opinions: • Two citizens discussed the weed control efforts of.lefferson Count• 1:colo~ical Roadsides and alternative methods of vvecd control w ithout the spraying of herbicides and vvavs to fund those methods; • Tttree citizens discussed the `'Occupy Port Townsend \luvement" and urged the County to discontinue banking with Bank of America and transler it money to a local banking institution; • :1 citizen commented on the revitalization eflin-ts of the Quilcene community; • A citizen commented on the success of the candidates &xum held at the Chimacum Grange: and submitted a letter regarding cutting the cost of govcrtuncnt in the Ciri_ of Port 'fownscnd and submitted an article regarding rite decline in household income; • :1 citizen commented on the need to combine local law enforcement agencies as a cost saving measure and stated the County should hold the Cih to the temts of the existing Proposition 1 agreement without negotiation for the benelit of its residents: • A 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 be discussion among all the organizatitms im~olved in dte policy discussions: and • A citizen expressed his disappointnten[ with the City oC Port Townsend regarding the pvssibilily shat they may discontinue providing the County vaith the Proposition 1 Ilmding as agreed to in the current contract Response to public comments: Commissioner .lohnson replied that the County is interested in working to find alternative methods of weed control without the use herbicides and he has been conducting research on the issues. He noted that 545.000 in secure rural schools fiutding has been allocated to the Jefferson County Noxious ~~`ecd Control Board for 2013. Chairman Austin addressed the comments made about changutg banking institutions and cautioned drat the County would need to avoid being subject to anv possible penalties or additional financial obligations. Commissioner Sullivan added that Jcftcrson Transit's Finance Committee is addressim_ the same issue. County :administrator Philip Morley stated that the authority over the Countv~s banking practices rests with the Counh~ Treasurer per state lava. 1t is her intention to send out a request for proposals (RFP) in 201.1 to replace the current agreement beginning January 2014. Commissioners ~4ectins; Minutes: ~4'cck of September 17, 2012 k Cotmty Administrator Philip \4orley commented on weed control mana,cment and stated the County is ac[ively pursuing alternatives. He has requested the Jefferson Gaunty Noxious Need Control Board and Jefferson County Public Works to create a policy framework that includes alternative management techniyues and to develop a work program similar to those being used by Jefferson County Ecological Roadsides to test alternative methods. The expression of political free speech event by the "Occupy Port Townsend Movement" went smoothly. Counts Administrator \4orlcy thartkcd the group for their cooperation aad collaborative efti?rt. 1~his evening the Port Townsend City Council will he considering the possibility of setting aside their portion of the Proposition 1 funding dedicated for the Recreation Center and ~Qemorial Field in an escrow accotmt rather than paying the County pursuant to the agreement begirming October 31, 2012. Commissioner Johnson will be auendin, the City Council meeting. County Administrator N[orley noted that the Counh has been meeting, all the established benchmarks and icons outlined in the aerccmcnt including puhlic outreach. The County has heen working with the City to separate the issue of the. fit}'`s financial issues from the need to stay tbcused on plamning and defining the Exploratory Regional Parks and Recreation Contntittee's recommendation for a ~4ctropolitan Park Uistrict in order to provide an informative proposal to the public. APPROVAL. Aa'D ADUPTlU:~' OF CU:YSG:ti'1'AGL•.VDA: Conunissioner Johnson moved to approve all Qte items on the Consent :\genda as presented. Commissioner Sullivan seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. I. RF,SOLUT[ON NO. x5_12 re: Adopting the Cost Allocation Plan For Fiscal Years 2012 and 201; 2. AGRF.EA1F.tiT re: Birth to Zhrce (3) Years Program: In the Amount of $6,864: Jefferson County Public Health: Port'1'ownsend School District 3. AGRF.F.)\1E\T re: Consulting artd Group Counselin~~ for Developmental Disability Clients; ht the Amount of $ L040; Jefferson County Public Llealth: Elizabeth Hendricks, L~4I IC 4. AGREE;~1T\T, Supplement Vo. 2 rc: (2uects Brid~c Painting. Bridge Vo. 8W. Clearwater Road Iv4P 0.60. Project No. CR1881; Dollar:\moun[ l!nchangcd:.leflerson County Public \~%orks: Washington State Depar[ment of lYanspor[ation f DOT) ~. AGREENIl:\T re: flab Shop F.yuipntent Shed Project-Electrical Improvements, County Project No. 180 543 1858; ht the Amount of S3',016.40: Jefferson County Public ~4''orks; Angeles Electric 6. AGREEb1ErT re: R'atershed Stewardship Resource Center i.ow hnpact Development (LID) Demonstration Garden in $equim; F_.PA Grant APO-00708601-I: In the Amount of $3x,000; Jeffea'son Counh• Department of Community Development; Clallam County Conservation District 7. Advisory Board Appointments (2): Jefferson County Peninsula Regional Support Network (PRSN) Advisory Board; Three (3) Year Terms Expire 9`17+'15; Timothy Craig and Frances Joswick 8. Payment ofJcff rson County Vouchers'~l'an•auts Dated September 10.2012 Totaling S825.385?4 and Dated September 11.2012 Totaling S2.829.6U Commissioners il4ectine Minutes: week of Se ptember 17. 2012 .~~, Approval of;tiliuufes: Connnissioner Sullivan moved to approve the meeting minutes of September ~. 2012 as presented. Commissiater Johnson seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. C0:1fAfLS.ST0:1'ERSBRlEF/VG SL•'SSIO:~': "I'hc Commissioners each provided updates on the following items: Chaimtan Austin will be attcndina a Land Tntst meeting later this morning and he noted there will be a Drug Court Graduation on "Cntusday. Contntissioner Sullivan will be attending an award presentation this evening on Nlarrowstonc Island. He will be attending an Oh•CAP meeting on 1'v'ednesday and an exit conference for Jefferson Transit's audit on fhursdav. Commissioner Johnson reviewed funding allocations of the Resource Advisor;• Cotttmittee and discussed Hood Canal Coordinating Councii fwtding. The meeting was recessed at 9:~U a.m. and reconvened at ] :30 p.m with all three Commissioners present. C'OG'VTYAD:'YII_A7STRATOR BRIEFLVG SESSIO,V: County ;ldministrator Philip Morley reviewed the following with the Board. Carrinued biscussion: Washington Srate Ueparhrrent of Eeologp Letter re: Shoreline .Nancrgenrerrt Program (S:1'fP): County :'ldministrator Morley stated .Associate Planner bead Michelle ~1cConnell. Planning >lanager Stacie Hoskins and Conunuttirn llcvclepntcnt Director Carl Smith are present for this continued discussion. Last week Community llcvclopment staff and Dcpuh Prosecuting Attorney David Alvarez outlined the Board's legal options with ragazd to the issue ofnct pens as it relates to the Shoreline Master Program (SMP). The Department of Ecology (UOF.) sent a letter to the County rcyucstin~ a response on how the Cotmty will proceed on the marine salmon net pen ayuaculture issue b~ October I, 2012. Stall is lookine for direction from the Roard that will allow a response to be sent to DOF,. Cotmty administrator ;vlorlcv reviewed the legal options as follows: 1. Notify DOE that the Count} intends to develop criteria for a Conditional i?se Permit (CL?P) process to include in County policy or code; or 2. ~Iotifv DOE that the County intends to adopt a ban on nets pens, in which case the llOL•' will determine that the Countv~s SMY is out of compliance with State regulations aztd will not give final approval. thereby. forcing the DOE to issue a Rule Making Order: or 3. 'fake no action. thereby. T'orcing the DOE to issue a Rule Making Order. .(Vote: Aithough unlikely, if the Couri<• chooses this option. the DOE or another entity could file a Superior Court case to attempt to oct a court order forcing the County° to take action. ) Commissioners Meetine \4imttes: \\ eek of September 17. 2012 ,'`~~I /, Yroeceding with a ClJP approach will allow the Cvunty [o develop criteria that arc as protective as both science and law• will allow in order to minimize the risk. .Alternatively. if the DOE proceeds with the Rule Making process. the County may end up with unanticipated changes to the SMP, as ~a~ell as a less detailed and Icss protective CL?P process. Chairman Austin stated if the County doesn`t keep local cvntrol, DOE could adopt a Rule \gaking Order which can be imposed on the County. AQs. I Ioskins added that the C'ounq can choose to appeal the rule at that time. Commissioner Johnson stated that he would like to get an explanation from DOh about what happened in Manchester. IIe would also like to have a meetins with \1'ashington State Department of Fish and \A'ildlifc mprescntative John Kerwin, and he would like to see a condition that DOE assume full legal and financial risk and responsibility liar any and all damages that may result. It is not a bad idea for the County [o establish a condition reyuirine a bond in [he amotutt of $ I0 b[illion from corporations wanting tv establish net pens. The State i>; asking the County to risk the native sahuon nuts which the Gvunty has worked so hard to restore. ivlillions of dollars have been spent on salmon recovery efforts at IIood Canal and at the head of Discovery Bay. -there have been thousands of hours of volunteer work a[ Chimacum Creek. tie does not Cccl is it unreasonable for the Cvunri to require a major bond. County .Administrator Nlorlcy stated that advising the DOE that the Cvunty intends to proceed with developing a CL?P process does not preclude the Count} tiom addressing the concerns expressed by Cotnmissioner Johnson in the funtre. Cotnmissioner Johnson stated he can agree to make a decision on the County's intention to head a certain direction. because he feels he is only committinc himself to movine forward. Commissioner Sullivan stated he is fine with letting DOE know that the Cormty is continuing to explore the CiJP criteria which he feels should include bonding to restore any damage to wild sahuon runs. in writing a espouse to DOG he would like to emphasise that the County has recenth received a lot of new inii~nnation regarding disease and viruses and a lack oi'real clear concrete guidance that is backed up by science from the State to assist the County in this matter. The lack of informative front the State leads him to think that maybe it docsn°t exist and that is a problem. Conditions arc going to be more extrcatc if there are greater unknowns and dangers, than if there are clear methods of mitigation. The County does not want tv have defacto bans in the S1v1P and yet if there is a poverty ol'inliirmation. the Cotmty is left with difficult choices. He wants DOE to provide the best information available. County Administrator Morley a~==sees. and stated the Cvunty has a series of unpleasant choices. Abrogating to DOE is not satisfactory and yet. based on the advice of legal counsel, the science and the law will not allow the County [o satisfactorily zero out the risk of disease. Either path is not fully satisfactory. Therefore, without brine able to eliminate risk. which path will result in the least amount of harm`? He believes taking the path to move forward with dcvclopine a Cl ~P process will keep the SMP within local control and will allow the Cotmty to reduce the risk as far as legally possible. Commissioner Johnson mowed to direct staff to draft a letter to DOL', for approval next week, indicating the Cotmty intends to move forward with developing criteria for a CIiP process ii~r tintish net pens to be '`"~. Commissioners n4eetin_ A4inutes: Week of Scptcmbcr 17.2012 ~~ ~~1 included in the SMP. Cvmmissioner Sullivan seconded the motion. lliscussion ensued regarding staff's support and commitment to address the Board's concerns as well as the urgency to complete this process. Chairman Austin called fvr a vote vn dte motion which carried unanimously. COL:1'TYADNIh~'ISTR.-4 TOR BRIEFL~'G SESSIO:Y (Continued): Calendar Coordination: - Commissioner Johnson and Cotmn• Administrator Morley will attend and Chairntan Austin may attend the Port lb~anscnd City Council meeting being held tonight September 17.2012 regarding the consideration of ~~~thholding Proposition 1 payments for the Port Townsend Recreation Center and Memorial Field - Commissioner Johnson and C'ounri i\dministt•ator Morley will attend the Ciri° of Port 'Cownscnd"s l ownltall meeting on September l 8, 2012 - Commissioner Sullivan will attend the Jefferson Transit State Auditors Office Exit Conference on September 2U, 2012 - Conmtissioner .Austin may attend the Olympic Coast \ational Marine Sanctuary meeting on September 18. 2012 - Commissioner Sullivan will attend a meeting regarding enerory at dte Pori Townsend Cotmtnrnity Center on September 18. 2012 - Cvmmissioner Johnson will attend the Hood Canal Coordinating Council meeting on September 19. 2(112 - Meetings are being scheduled Hith City representatives to discuss a Metropolitan Park District - Conmtissiotxr .Austin will attend a Local 20-20 Transportation Lab meeting on September 27. 2012 i`~liscellancous ltcros: - September 18.2012 City of Port Townscnd's'fownhall meeting participation and preparation - Scptcmbcr 17. 2012 Port "Cvwetsend City Council meeting participation and preparation including draft letter to the Port Townsend City Council re: City Council Considcrativn of Withholding Proposition 1 payments for the Recreation Center and ~~iemorial Field - Chairman .Austin reported on Jefferson Land Tmsfs effort to conserve Chitnacum Ridge (Rayonier 800 acres) and the Short Family Farm - Cotrunissioner Sullivan wrote individual letter of support fvr Short conservation - Chairman Austin provided an update on the Community Forest Trust nomination - Cvmmunin~ Forest Trust negotiations - ~~'ashington State .Association of Cowtties Connnittcc nomination requests - no BOCC interest at present The meeting was recessed at 3:19 p.m. and reconvened at 3:32 p.m. with all three Commissioners present. Commissioners Meetins; Minutes: \\ eek of Septentbcr 17.2012 '` ~~~~ a /~ COLiY'L'Y.An.tIIA'ISTRATUR BkIEF/:'\'C.SF..S.SI0.1' (Continued): Conmtissionzr Johnson spoke wit!t Mayor David King durinc the recess about the City s Towttttall meeting schedu]ed Far September 18" and reported drat the City \~fanager twill he giving a report on the Citv's financial situation and the fact that there needs to bean increase of $300,000 in either revenue or savings litr 2013. 'Fhc meeting will not focus on Proposition 1 funding or the possibility of a Iv4etropolitun Parks District. 'fhc hope is to illustrate collaboration. y Commissioner Johnson moved to direct the County Administrator to finalize a letter for the Board's signature to the Yort "fottmsend City Council regardine the Council's consideration of withholding Proposition 1 payments for the Port Townsend Recreation Center and Memorial Field. Commissioner Sullivan seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. Budget C~pdate: - ~-year budget projection will be updated - .left~:om Facility I:icense, tower and sen ice agreements Puhue Agenda Items: ('Not Discussed) ;NOTICE OFADJOL'R,~;bfE.NT: Commissioner Jolutson moved to adjourn the meeting at 3:47 p.m. until the nest regular meeting or special meeting as properh' noticed. Commissioner Sullivan seconded the motion which carried b} a unanimous vote. M1:I:TII~G ADJOL;"R?iF.'n ~ ~ ~ 1 ' .'l~' ' '~~ \ t ~ F~ ~ C1 .- nrrl:s'r: ~,~ ~ CAL ~~~ ~/ Fllri//n ~~Lundgrct~ Clerk of the Board J1/PFLRSOI~ COLTTY BOr1Rll OF~ \~f]SSIO~IL• RS ~~ .lohrv'U1u n. Chair ~iiv- Phil Johnson. D4cmbcr David ~h~~~ Page 6