HomeMy WebLinkAbout061614_ca02JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CONSENT AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Philip Morley, County Administrators 1�
DATE: June 16, 2014
RE: Hearing Notice re: Two Alternatives for a Tala Shore No Shooting Area; Hearing
Scheduled for Monday July 21, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in the Commissioners' Chambers
STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Schedule a Public Hearing to accept testimony on two alternatives for
establishing a No Shooting Area in the vicinity of Tala Shore and Tala Point, near Port Ludlow.
ANALYSIS: On December 14, 2012, the County Auditor certified as sufficient a petition to establish a
No Shooting Area in an area surrounding Tala Shore Drive. The County subsequently received a letter
from The Tala Point Home Owners Association asking that their area be included in an expanded No
Shooting Area. At the request of the County Commissioners, a second No Shooting Area alternative has
been developed to reflect this and other public comment the County received. The second alternative
enlarges the area surrounding Tala Shore Drive by extending it west to East Ludlow Ridge Road; and
adds another, but separate, area comprised of the smaller lots located at Tala Point.
Pursuant to state law (RCW 9.41.300) and county code (Chapter 8.50 JCC) the county can restrict the
discharge of firearms where there is a reasonable likelihood that humans, domestic animals, or property
may be jeopardized. The public hearing is to take public testimony from all interested persons for or
against the two alternatives for establishing a No Shooting Area. Written public comments will also be
accepted any time up through the close of the public hearing, addressed to the BoCC at P.O. Box 1220,
Port Townsend, WA 98368, or by e-mail at jeftboccCo coJefferson.wa.us.
Maps and legal descriptions of the two alternatives, as well as a copy of the original petition, will be
available to view online at www.co.jefferson.wa.us.
Staff proposes issuing the Notice a month in advance, to allow property owners, Treaty Tribes, and other
interested parties sufficient time to provide comment.
FISCAL IMPACT: None, other than the cost of publishing a hearing notice.
RECOMMENDATION: Pass a motion to approve the attached Hearing Notice.
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Publish: Two (2) times, June 18 and July 9, 2014
Bill: Jefferson County Commissioners
P.O. Box 1220
Port Townsend, WA 98368
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE
JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON
TWO ALTERNATIVES FOR A NO SHOOTING AREA
IN THE VICINITY OF TALA SHORE AND TALA POINT,
NEAR PORT LUDLOW
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners will
hold a public hearing to consider two alternatives for establishing a No Shooting Area in the
vicinity of Tala Shore and Tala Point, near Port Ludlow, on Monday, July 21, 2014 at 10 a.m.
in the Commissioners' Chambers, County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend,
WA 98368. Written public comments will also be accepted any time up through the close of the
public hearing, addressed to the BoCC at P.O. Box 1220, Port Townsend, WA 98368 or by email
at jeffbocckco.jefferson.wa.us.
The public hearing is to take comments from all interested persons for or against two alternatives
for establishing a No Shooting Area which the County Commissioners are considering for
possible adoption. The first No Shooting Area alternative was submitted as a petition, found
sufficient by the County Auditor, for an area surrounding Tala Shore Drive. The second No
Shooting Area alternative was developed at County Commissioner request to reflect subsequent
public comments, and enlarges the area surrounding Tala Shore Drive by extending it west to
East Ludlow Ridge Road; and adds another, but separate, area comprised of the smaller lots
located at Tala Point.
Availability of Information: Maps and legal descriptions of the two alternatives, as well as a
copy of the original petition, are available to view online at www.co.jefferson.wa.us.
Approved this 16`s day of June, 2014.
JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
John Austin, Chairman