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Jefferson County
Board of County Commissioners
Agenda Request
To: Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
From: Monte Reinders, Public Works Director
Agenda Date: January 3rd, 2017
Subject: Resolution to Adopt the Jefferson County 2016 Solid Waste
Management Plan (SWMP)
Description:
Approve a Resolution of Adoption for the Jefferson County revised 2016 Solid Waste
Management Plan.
Statement of Issue:
The Final Draft of the 2016 SWMP, completed in cooperation with the Solid Waste
Advisory Committee and the City of Port Townsend, has been adopted by the City of Port
Townsend, Resolution 16-053. The Final Draft of the 2016 SWMP must now be adopted
as a countywide planning document and approved for implementation.
Analysis:
RCW 70.95.110 requires the Jefferson County SWMP to be maintained in a current
condition. Revisions are required to the 2008 Plan to incorporate recommended changes
to long-range planning in response to legislative actions, management of the solid waste
facilities and the waste reduction and recycling programs.
RCW 70.95.080 requires each county, in cooperation with cities within the county, to
prepare a solid waste management plan; the Jefferson County SWMP was last updated
and adopted in 2008. The City of Port Townsend has opted to participate by authorizing
the County to prepare a plan for solid waste management that includes the City's solid
waste program. The SWMP must be adopted by both the Board of County
Commissioners and by the Port Townsend City Council, Resolution 16-053.
The Board of County Commissioners approved the Notice of Hearing on December 12th,
2016 which was subsequently published in the Port Townsend Leader on December 14th
and 28th, 2016.
Public comments, DOE, UTC and Jefferson County DCD comments have been
incorporated into the revised 2016 SWMP. The DOE will review the Plan one additional
time before implementation after both City of Port Townsend (Resolution 16-053) and
Board of County Commissioners Resolution are added to the Plan.
Department of Public Works
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Alternatives:
The Commissioners may recommend adoption of the Final Draft 2016 SWMP, postpone
adoption of the Plan or adopt the Plan with conditions if any substantive public comment
is received before or at meeting time on January 3rd, 2017.
Fiscal Impact:
The updated 2016 SWMP incorporates current population, waste quantity data and other
time -sensitive information. Revised fees through 2019 for solid waste operations are
established by Ordinance No. 06-1125-13 and are not affected by the revised 2016
SWMP. No capital debt is projected over the next six years by the 2016 SWMP.
Recommendation:
Approve the attached Resolution of Adoption.
Department Contact:
Tom Boatman, Solid Waste Manager, #213
Reviewed By:
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON
STATE OF WASHINGTON
IN THE MATTER OF: A RESOLUTION TO )
ADOPT THE 2016 SOLID WASTE ) RESOLUTION NO.
MANAGEMENT PLAN, FINAL DRAFT AS A )
JEFFERSON COUNTY PLANNING DOCUMENT)
AND APPROVING ITS IMPLEMENTATION )
WHEREAS, RCW 70.95.110 requires the Jefferson County Solid Waste
Management Plan to be maintained in a current condition, and
WHEREAS, the City of Port Townsend has opted to cooperate in the
preparation of the Jefferson County Solid Waste Management Plan, as required by RCW
70.95.080, so that it includes the City of Port Townsend's solid waste management
program, and
WHEREAS, the Jefferson County 2016 Solid Waste Management Plan shows
long-range needs for solid waste handling facilities and programs throughout the County,
including the City of Port Townsend, for the next twenty years and projected cost impacts
for the next six years, and
- WHEREAS, the Final Draft 2016 Solid Waste Management Plan has been
completed in cooperation with the Jefferson County Solid Waste Advisory Committee and
the City of Port Townsend, and
WHEREAS, the Preliminary Draft 2016 Solid Waste Management Plan was
made available for Public Comment and was widely distributed to potentially interested
parties in March 2016, and a public meeting to take comments on the Preliminary Draft
was held at the Tri Area Community Center on April 27th, 2016 with proper prior
notification, and
WHEREAS, the Final Draft 2016 Solid Waste Management Plan incorporates
all public review comments received by the closing date of the Public Comment period,
including the public meeting held on April 27t', 2016, and
WHEREAS, the Final Draft 2016 Solid Waste Management Plan has received a
SEPA Determination of Non -Significance, and
WHEREAS, the Jefferson County 2016 Solid Waste Management Plan was
adopted separately by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Resolution 16-053,
and
WHEREAS, a Public Hearing was held by the Jefferson Board of County
Commissioners on January 3'd, 2016 to accept comments on the adoption of the Final Draft
2016 Solid Waste Management Plan.
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that, until it may be further amended or revised,
the Final Draft 2016 Solid Waste Management Plan be adopted as the Jefferson County
planning document for the solid waste program, and that the effective adoption date
shall be January 3, 2017.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Kathleen Kler, Member
Kate Dean, Member
SEAL
David W. Sullivan, Member
ATTEST:
Carolyn Avery
Deputy Clerk of the Board