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Home My WebLink About03-16-1976A % Jefferson County Planning Commission MINUTES OF MARCH 1.7, 1976 I. OPENING BUSINESS II. PARK, RECREATION, AND OPEN -SPACE PLAN III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES IV. CORRESPONDENCE/CONFERENCES V. NEXT MEETING, VI. ADJOURNEMENT E NOTE: This meeting was.tape recorded and the tapes are on file with the Jeffer- son County Planning Department. I. OPENING BUSINESS Chairman Randolph called the meeting to order at*7 4O p.m`. Members .:present were Karl Randolphi finis. Stevens„a►a l'aylgr, .i~ct .iain�tright, Norris Short-, Fred -Houghton, and Marry Pool l and . . A quorum of seven was declared by Chai.rman.Randolph Representing the Planning`Department were Director David Cunningham and- Secretary'Laura.Southmayd.. Guests,included the Board.of County Commissioners; Chairman 8.0-. Brown, A.M. , O'Meara and Carroll M, Mercer:, Port Townsend Leader Reporter Bill bewitt.,`and Resource Planner David Goldsmith. TI. PARK,"RECRE TION, AND OPENASPACE PLAN David Cunningham stated there are two reasons for-developing.1the "Park'Plan'': (I) an increase in the population will cause an -increased -demand for:park and recreatlon.facilities, and„(2) I.M. funds obtained .by-taxes,.and a Referendum Bill should' be spent in Jefferson 'County whose: citizens -pay for thane funds. Mr. Cunhi ngham. further stated. -the ten chapters 'of the draft'." ".Plan" cover the` required areas designated by I.A.C. guidelines. Minor corrections had- been. made throughout the texttAythe Planning Department, on typigrap.hital errors and misspellings. Comments on,the:contents wire made as each chapter was reviewed. w In Chapter 1 (The County and Its Resources), reference to Puget'Sound bordering 'East Jefferson County would be -changed to :admiralty Inlet. Under Accessibility the addition of "a seasonal ferry service to the east" would b. made.' In Chapter 3,,{Inventory of''Park and Recreation Resources).; an'explant..on was made, of how the planning:areas were designated; through topography -,population census .maps, etc.- Also in. Chapter 3 the deletion of resource."No.public boat launch"ramp" in Planning Area 2, as it is•not a.asset.. Several comments were made of Chapter 4 (Coals and Policies). `Number 15'poicy was suggested as'being discouraging. A question►.on Policy 17 was raised, -should there [ie'4`segregation between+ in -county and out-af-county residences, making an inflexible policy? .A'motion was made on Policy 18 by Norris Short; to change the word "should" to "+could" and extract the last phrase "and,.not With county-,. wide tax revenues'. The motion was seconded by Ed WofnwH ' and carried by a unanimous_vote for approval._ On Policy 19 it was generally. agreed'to-extract the,last phrase "as required by�the Jefferson- County tubd1vi`sion Ordinance". It was explained that Chapter-5 ('grails) was devised by. the-, Trail,s..Comamittee, In discussing`this'chapter it was agreed to drop Policy,14 under "Standards, and; Design",. it being repetitive..:, It was further agreed.,that. Policy 19:, under -the same section, should be revised to.hote turnouts do-not,necessari.ly have,. to be at the summit. A motion was made by Finis Stevens, seconded by Fred_Houghton, and carrle6_-unanimously to add a Policy, Number 23,' which woul.d.state "Even- though bicycle trail-construction'is not complete, signs should -.be erected to designate such trails Membbrs,:wished Mr. Cunningham to question the County Prosecutor on the legality of this Policy. Several:.:changes were shown to be made on the trail maps of.this chapter. EvA. Taylor suggested:.the-addition of a connecting horse trail on the West uncut Road and part of the East uncus Road. It was agreed: -in Chapter 6 (Action Program.for.Various;Cormmunitt6s Within ,the County) that the first action program for Planning :Area 1 should -be commented . upon by the Commissioners. In the third action plan "and coin-metereV.Wo.uld- be deleted.' In Planning Area 3 the second action plan would have the addition "such as clam digging and picnicing" at the.end of the sentence. A sixth --action plan was - suggested; "School District property on South Marrowstone Island be -provided with.public access". It was suggested In Planning Area 4 the Port owned Hadlock Boat Launch site would be designated a horse swimming area. It has been indicated that funds for improvement of the first action plan of Planning Area 5 may be provided. The first action plan of Planning Area 10 was changed.,.by general agreement, to read "Day -use -facilities at East Quilcene County Park should be improved It. was noted the Lake Leland swimming area would be added -as a second action plan for this Planning Area. It was agreed.the last two sentences of the action plan for Planning Area 11 would be deleted. It was noted the Project Priorities, Cost Estimates and Funding Source(s) shown - in Chapter 7 (Capital Improvement Program) are only base projections. .The 1 .A.C.. will -not deny allottment of funds if these projections prove inaccurate. - The remaining chapters were reviewed briefly. It was noted a "Summary of Find= ings and Conclusions" would be made. Fred Houghton made a motion to recommend to the County Commissioners that they approve the "Park., Recreation and Open- -Space Plan".. After a second was made by Ed-Wainwri-ght,the motion carried. With a vote for unanimous approval. Ed Wainwright:.movdd to dispense with further hearings on the "Parr, -Recreation, and Open -Space Plan" by the Planning Commission and: turn it over to the County Commissioners. The motion was seconded by Fred .Houghton and carried by unanimous vote for approval. -2- III. APPROVAL`OF''MINOTES it was motioned by-Ed.Wainwright to approve the minutes of�March 3-, 1976 as written. Eva UyTor seconded, the motion' and it'carried by unanimous -approval. Fred .Houghton motioned to approve'.the mtnutes-of December 3; 1975 as written,.. Finit Stevens. seconded.. the motion.b It carried by a unani.mous,16te for approval. - IV. CORRESPONDENCE/CONFERENCES- RegistrAtion forms were :passed out to members 4on a -,seminar -of March 271, 1976, at the, plars Restaurant in Silverdale by-the_kitsap.'County Extensi:on.Agency entitled- "So You Own a Piece- of L-andH. Brochures of the Washington -State Interagency�Committee fora.Outdoor Recreation were-d stributed among the members. The brochures;expla ned the.historyry<need, organfzatton,etc:,,oC the Interagency,Comnitte for Outdoor Recreation. V. NEXT -MEETING It was noted by Chairman Randolph the April meeting could.be-cabcelled so Mr.. Cunningham could -have time to draft the Comprehensive P,an. `A motion was made by Ed Wainwright to dispense with the.next regular meeting. ;The -motion 'Y' a was seconded by Einis Stevens and carried by a,unanimous vote, -for approval. VI. ADJOURNMENT ... `" Finis Stevens moved to adjourn the meeting'..at U 15 .p.m. .-Ed .Wai:nwright-, seconded the motion and it Carried with a unanimous-vste for approval. Res ectfully u%mitted, Laura Southmayd Secretary for the" Jefferson ,i..tY = " County;Plann.ng-, Commission - -3-