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Highlights from Monday's Commissioner Meeting April 19, 2005
PROCLAMATION: The Board approved a
proclamation designating the week of May 1, 2005
as Washington’s Second Annual Native Plant
Appreciation Week.
PROPOSED RESOLUTION: The Board approved a
resolution to reimburse certain County Officials for
use of personal vehicles. A similar resolution has
been in place for several years; and the only change
was the type of documentation required from the
Official’s insurance company.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made: the Board should ask for an
accounting of how much money the County has
spent on appeals of land use decisions; a
suggestion was made at the Best Available Science
workshop that the I-5 corridor subsidize rural
counties in order to maintain open space;
appreciation of the way the Board addressed the
constitutional issue a few weeks ago in their
meeting, and if there isn’t data available on a certain
issue, SEPA mitigations can address concerns by
requiring a project proponent to hire a 3rd party to
monitor conditions; a request for an internal
investigation at the Sheriff’s Office; the ACLU has
been talking to jail inmates, and the Board should
know everything that goes on in the County; the
County needs to schedule a workshop soon to
educate Tri Area residents about the benefits of
modern sewers; last year the Lodging Tax Advisory
Committee voted not to use LTAC funds to
subsidize parking fees at Fort Worden, and if the
issue comes up this year, they will still feel the same
way; and questions about one of the
Commissioner’s PDC reports.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items on the
Consent Agenda were approved as presented.
RESOLUTION: Creating a Project; Contractors
Creek Bridge Bracing Evaluation Located on Old
Gardiner Road
HEARING NOTICE: Authorization to Conduct All
Jefferson County Elections by Vote By Mail; Hearing
Scheduled for Monday, May 2, 2005 at 10:05 a.m.
4 AGREEMENTS: 1) Solid Waste Education; Green
Business Program Pilot Project with DOE; 2)
Functional Family Therapy Services For Juveniles
and Their Families with Wellspring Therapy
Services; 3) Juvenile Accountability Block Grant
Funding for the Proctor Home as an Alternative
Detention Facility with DSHS, and; 4) CPR/First Aid
Re-Certification Training with Medic First Aid
ADVISORY BOARD RESIGNATION: Eileen Rogers
from the Planning Commission, Representing
District #1
LETTERS OF SUPPORT: For Secure Rural Schools
and Community Self-Determination Reauthorization
Act of 2005 to Senate Committee on Energy & Natural
Resources and Senator Patty Murray’s Office
HEARING: At the close of the public hearing, the
Board approved the appropriation/extensions for
various County funds as requested by the
departments.
GRANT REQUEST: Juvenile Services applied for a
Governor’s Juvenile Justice Advisory Council grant for
Functional Family Therapy and was chosen as one of
six finalists to receive funding. A 35% cash match
from the County is required. Data from this type of
program shows that it reduces felony recidivism by
38% for Juvenile offenders. Therapists actually go into
the home and work with the entire family to change
behaviors. It is a skills-based approach to help solve
problem s when they arise. Jefferson County Juvenile
offenders are considered “high risk.” County statistics
show that 25% have a history of run-a-way or kicked-
out incidents; 16% have a family history that includes
incarceration of at least one parent; 34% have families
showing inconsistent willingness to support them; 45%
reported the level of conflict between the parents and
the youth to include verbal intimidation, yelling, and
heated arguments with 22% including physical abuse;
25% reported that parental supervision was
inadequate; 42% experienced inconsistent or erratic
punishment for bad behaviors; and 48% experienced
inconsistent or erratic rewards for good behavior. The
FFT program targets these issues. The Department
identified twenty-five families in 2004 who would have
benefitted from this program .
FINAL DOCKET: The Board approved the final docket
for the 2005 Com prehensive Plan Am endment Cycle
as recommended by the Planning Commission and
Staff. This includes MLA05-066 regarding the 2004
Comprehensive Plan update. The only items to be
addressed in this amendment relate to “housekeeping”
purposes only, involving the land use map and limited
plan tables and text, but not involving matters of new
policy development or policy re-visitation.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT: The County-wide
Planning Policies have not been updated since they
were adopted in 1992. Since that time the City and the
County have adopted Comprehensive Plans. The
policies need to be updated, and City and County Staff
have proposed language to initiate a process for the
County, in consultation with the City, to designate up to
two master planned locations to form an Industrial
Land Bank by December, 2007. The process requires
review and comment by the Joint Growth Management
Steering Committee and a public hearing.