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Highlights from Monday's Commissioner Meeting May 24, 2005
The Board acted on the following tabled items: 1)Approved the hearing notice for the budget extensions
and appropriations for various County funds for
Monday, June 13, 2005 at 10:05 a.m.; 2) Approved theagreement designating the Port Townsend-Jefferson
County Leader as the Official County Newspaper of
Public Record; 3) Appointed George Bush to theConservation Futures Advisory Board representing
District No. 1; and 4) Discussed the moratorium on adult
businesses and agreed to review the matter afterreceiving a recommendation from the PlanningCommission.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BRIEFING:
Acting County Administrator Allen Sartin reported that
there are two meetings on Commissioner Sullivan’sschedule this week: 1) WRIA 17 on the 24th; and 2)
EDC infrastructure on the 26th. Commissioner Sullivan
explained that he has talked with people about theWRIA 17 meeting and the State has not arranged for a
minute taker or a facilitator for the meeting so he feels it
will be changed to a later date. He added that oneconcern for WRIA 17 is that the funding for stream
gauging which is very critical work for this County did
not make it through the legislature. CommissionerRodgers suggested that the interested parties meet to
discuss how to approach the next step to keep the
stream gauging program going. Chairman Johnsonvolunteered to cover the EDC meeting.
Commissioner Sullivan then reported on the OmnibusMental Health Bill #5763 which includes a .1% sales tax
that the County can implement for mental health.
Commissioner Rodgers advised that Senator Hargrovewas very instrumental in getting this bill passed. A letter
will be drafted for the Board member’s signatures to
Senator Hargrove in appreciation for his work on Bill5763.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following comment
was made: Citizens are pleased that there will be more
study on the Fred Hill Material project and that thepositions of the political parties are polarized and a new
party should be developed based on the premise that
human beings can get along, compromise andunderstand where views can be merged.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items on the Consent
Agenda were approved.
6 AGREEMENTS: 1) Installation of a Data Duct Bankfor Castle Hill Remodel Project; Double D Electrical,
Inc.; 2) Maintenance Support for Emergency
Communications Equipment; Positron Public Safety
Systems Corp.; 3) Environmental Policy Act Review of
2005 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket and
Unified Development Code Omnibus AmendmentPackage; Cascadia Community Planning Services; 4)
Eastern Jefferson County Channel Migration Zone
Mapping, Meetings and Report Finalization; Perkins
Geosciences; 5) Placement of Anchors and SeasonalMarker Buoys for Eelgrass Meadows in Port Townsend
Bay; Northwest Straits Project, Marine Resources
Committee Year 5 Project, CZM310 Grant No.G0400236; Amy Leitman, Marine Surveys &Assessments; and 6) Purchase of Parcel #602 344 014
for the Dosewallips Floodplain Acquisition Project
IAC/SRFB No. 04-1639A; Charles and Susan Hartt
MOU/MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT & APPLICATIONFOR GROUP MEMBERSHIP/AUTHORIZATION FOR
RELEASE OF INSURANCE DATA: Washington
Counties Select Retrospective Rating Program;
Washington State Association of Counties andWashington State Department of Labor and Industries
INTERDEPARTMENTAL MOU: Provision of Inmate
Labor for General Landscaping Duties; Jefferson County
Public Works, Solid Waste Division and Jefferson CountySheriff’s Office
2 DEEDS of Right to Use Land for Conservation & Open
Space Purposes: 1)Big Quilcene River Floodplain
Acquisition Project #QF1511; State of Washington,Grantee; and 2) Non-motorized Public Use of Land on 7
Easements Acquired for the Larry Scott Memorial Trail
Located within Vacated Thomas and Irving Streets,Phillips Bay View Addition, and S. Edwards Road, IAC
Project No. 96-1162; State of Washington, Grantee
RESIGNATION; Jefferson County Tourism Coordinating
Council; Kate Marsh
REAPPOINTMENT; Jefferson County Solid WasteAdvisory Committee (SWAC), Port of Port Townsend
Alternate; Terry Khile
CALL FOR BIDS for Transfer Site Timber Sale;
and Opened and Read Publicly June 20, 2005 at
10:05: The Board approved the call for bids aspresented.
Hood Canal Coordinating Council re: Summer
Chum Salmon Recovery Plan: Jay Watson and
Scott Brewer explained the recovery plan for summer
chum that has been developed by the HCCC to presentto the Governor by the end of June. They also reviewed
the suggested recommendations for Jefferson County to
approve for inclusion in this plan. The Board asked formore time to review this document with Commissioner
Sullivan.