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Highlights from Monday's Commissioner Meeting March 1, 2005
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR’S BRIEFING:
•The Planning Commission wants the Board
to institute a six month moratorium on adult
businesses because the City of Port
Townsend is proposing a moratorium. The
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney has advised
that a court case from the City of Renton
regarding adult businesses found that a
jurisdiction cannot deny these businesses
but they can be regulated by time, place,
and manner.
•The Board signed letters to several
Senators supporting the reauthorization of
the Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self-Determination Act. Past funding from
this legislation has aided noxious weed
control, road maintenance, stream
monitoring, trail maintenance, fish and
wildlife habitat improvements and has also
been leveraged to secure critical floodplan
habitat and support the 4-H Afterschool
Forestry Program.
•GEMS, the County’s new financial system,
is up and running and there haven’t been
any major problems.
•The City of Port Townsend will not be
purchasing the DSHS Building at Castle Hill
Mall from the County because it would cost
too much to renovate.
DISCUSSION: The Board discussed changing the
starting time of their regular Monday meeting to 8:30
a.m. It was agreed that they would continue to begin
the meeting at 8 a.m .
BID OPENING: There were no bids on the
computer equipment. The Board authorized the
Central Services Director to offer it to non-profits,
schools or other public agencies. They concurred
that the equipment should only go to the transfer
station as a last resort.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made: the Open Public Meetings
Act requires the Board to make decisions during an
advertised public meeting; a letter was read
requesting that the Board institute a six month
moratorium on adult businesses; a letter was
submitted regarding the importance of
reconstructing the Dosewallips River Road that was
signed by the Presidents of the Chambers of
Commerce in Jefferson and Clallam County and
sent to the USDA, US Forest Service and the
Superintendent of Olympic National Park; in the
2004 Comprehensive Plan Update amendment
several items were moved from the Comprehensive
Plan to the Unified Development Code because the
UDC was a more appropriate document to address
them.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT DOCKET
PLACE HOLDERS: There was a discussion about the
process for putting MLA066-05 and MLA067-05 on the
Comprehensive Plan Amendment docket for 2005.
Commissioner Rodgers asked that both placeholders
be removed. Staff advised that they would like
MLA066-05 on the docket to address changes in the
land use maps and housekeeping issues, but not to
change policy.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items on the Consent
Agenda were approved as presented.
RESOLUTION: Allowing Jefferson County Employees
to Participate in the Washington State Department of
Retirement Systems Deferred Compensation Program
8 AGREEMENTS: 1, 2, and 3) Professional Services
for Reduction of Underage Drinking Grant with Judith
Anderson; Jodi Jerrell Minker and Lynn Keenan; 4)
Oak Bay Road Drainage Improvements with Port
Ludlow Drainage District; 5) Supplemental Agreement
regarding Consultant Services for Barlow Bridge
Replacement, Oil City Road with Shearer Design, LLC;
6) Consultant Services for Tri Area UGA Sewer
Planning with H. R. Estvelt Engineering; 7) Interlocal
Agreement regarding Joint CDBG Planning Grant on
Housing Needs Assessment for City of Port Townsend
and East Jefferson County with the City of Port
Townsend; 8) Intergovernmental Agreement regarding
Monitoring Effluent from Onsite Sewage Treatment
Systems (Hood Canal) with Puget Sound Action Team
ADVISORY BOARD RESIGNATION: Gabrielle
LaRoche from the Marine Resource Committee as
Marine Sciences Practitioner Representative
HEARING: After the public hearing, the Board
approved an ordinance correcting an error found in
Ordinance No. 17-1213-04 in order to achieve
compliance with a final decision and order from the
WWGMHB relating to the Glen Cove “LAMIRD.”
DISCUSSION: There is currently proposed legislation
to designate Hood Canal as an “Aquatic Rehabilitation
Zone” due to the dissolved oxygen issue. The counties
on the Canal are concerned that this bill is moving
ahead without much County input which can mean
unfunded mandates. Research is still being done to
determine what is causing the low nitrogen, but, failing
or inadequate septic systems on the shoreline continue
to be an issue.
INVITATIONS: The Board signed invitations to several
Elected Officials to the Sunfield Farms Open House
scheduled for April 16. Sunfield Farms received
Conservation Futures funding from the County.