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Home My WebLink AboutM041613S~~ wn~ ~~~4s°N °o~ C ~' 1 r 'C ~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~ j ,i ~kIN~~ 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 April 16, 2013 Chairman John Austin called the meeting to order at approximately 7:00 p.m. at the Quilcene Community Center. Also present were Commissioner David Sullivan, Commissioner Phil Johnson, Treasurer Judi Morris, Superior Court Clerk Ruth Gordon and County Administrator Philip Morley. Attending from other agencies were Port of Port Townsend Commissioner Leif Garrison and Port Manager Larry Crockett Public Utility District (PUD) #1 Commissioner Wayne King; and Quilcene Fire District Chief Larry Karp and Retired Chief Moe Mosier. County Administrator Philip Morley served as meeting facilitator and welcomed everyone. He introduced the Elected/Appointed Officials who each gave a report on current activities they are involved in. After introductions and review of the format for the participatory exercise, the following citizen questions and comments were discussed: BUDGET AND FINANCE • Is it a law, State or County that funds must be held by a bank within the County? • Why has the venue for the Pierce trial not changed to another County given the fact that the majority of Jefferson County residents know all about it? MISCELLANEOUS • Quilcene citizens are exploring more local services for our aging community. How can the County help? • Special Event handling is not well described or understood by County staff. • Can we do a fire rescue training center here in Quilcene integrating local/state/federal pieces for major responses? • On Shoreline Master Program (SMP) fish net pens: Where are we? Can you share any recommendations? • Is there a possibility of re-funding Dove House? • What is the status of the quest for commercial fire flow for the rural village commercial zoned properties? ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH • Toilets on the Big Quilcene River: Public health, maintenance, and liability. • Sanitation of all public accessed property. • Many citizens live off the grid and need the use of community center water. Can we meter this well and have them simply pay with coin or is this too expensive? • Vault toilet North side also at Quilcene River. Page 1 Commissioners Special Meeting Minutes: April 16, 2013 County property on Rodgers Street, next to Big Quilcene River (North bank). Volunteer good stewazds of the land. Care and maintenance. Given the people who have little or no residential water, what is the County's position on approved composting toilets vs. outhouses? PARKS & RECREATION • Thank you for special attention to House Budget Bill 1089 $210,000 for Worthington Park. What can Quilcene Community do to secure these funds? • Why is there no funding to keep the County pazks open and maintained? Leland campground will be closed because the volunteers are burned out. It was making money for parks and recreation. No longer. • Have the Commissioners considered proposing (to the voters) a levy lid lift to enable the County to continue delivering services desired by the citizens? Does the County have any banked capacity (property tax levy)? • The changed circumstances since the ERPRC recommendation was accepted (to develop a proposal for an Metropolitan Parks District (MPD)). The relative merits of general purpose Government vs. a collection of specific purpose districts. The differences between urban-level services and rural-level services and how those distinctions apply to the assets and services proposed to be included in an MPD. ROADS & TRAILS • Can we get local/State efforts going to get three blocks of path smoothed out enough so that children would ride bikes on path, not on highway from school or wherever? • Pot holes right outside missing street signs have been asking for two years. • Traffic control in Quilcene. NOTICE OFADJOURNMENT: Commissioner Johnson moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:23 p.m. until the next regular meeting or special meeting as properly noticed. Commissioner Su~liuS~cp~idgd the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. ,` .,' '~f# •' '~r i~4 JEFFERSON COUNTY .~r- ,~ y~.,~ ' • m .~ s v y F~ •} • ~ ~ . ~; q' • ~~ /~ c a ,.fx : .~.®~ t~Y ~ • Z ~'` • ATT S~T:;`I y;,; ~~ she R. Locke Deputy Clerk of the Board BOARD ~' COMMISSIONERS Phil Jo~~son~Member Da 5'ulIivah, em er Page 2