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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting October 18, 2005
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The
following comments were made: several
people spoke about their concerns
regarding the State DOE’s position on
water rights, WRIA issues, their
proposed regulations, and the threat to
small specialty farms who need the
water for their livelihood; Indian Island
continues to expand their munitions
transfers without any kind of public
process and a suggestion that the
Board hold a public hearing on the
issues and invite the Port, the City,
Jefferson County First Responders, the
Navy and Representative Norm Dicks to
participate; and the Quilcene Teen
Center closed down due to lack of
support, lack of participation and lack of
funding and it is important to have
alternatives for kids after school.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items
on the Consent Agenda were approved
as follows:
7 AGREEMENTS: 1) Dosewallips River
Floodplain Acquisition Project with the
Washington State Parks and Recreation
Commission; 2) Road Use Permit for
Dosewallips River Enhancement Project
with Pope Resources; 3) Road Access
for Dosewallips River Enhancement
Project with Dosewallips State Park; 4)
Amendment to reduce funding amount
for the Family Resource Specialist to
implement the Take Time Program for a
Drug Free Community as part of the
Raising a Healthy Community Program
with Olympic Educational Service
District #114; 5) Housing opportunities
for persons with AIDS (HOPWA) with
Bremerton Housing Authority; 6)
Construction materials testing and on-
site quality control for Barlow Bridge, Oil
City Road, with General Testing
Laboratories, Inc.; and, 7) Business
Associate Compliance with HIPAA with
LEOFF I Retirement/Disability Board
FUNDING APPROVAL: Castle Hill
Center Remodel with Washington State
Department of General Administration
BUDGET EXTENSION HEARING: There
were no comments for or against the
proposed budget appropriation
extensions. The Board approved the
resolution and order for the following fund
requests: Public Health, Natural
Resources, Federal Forest Title III,
Transportation Emergency, and
Flood/Stormwater.
WRIA 17 POLICY STATEMENT: The
Board approved a Watershed Plan for
WRIA 17 earlier this year. An issue that
came to an impass at the local level is
instream flows and the DOE recently
presented draft instream flow rules.
Rules regarding the use of water are
controversial because they may affect
many property owners. The Board feels it
is important at this time for a clear
expression of County policy on the
implementation of the Watershed Plan so
that County staff, watershed planning
partners, and the public will understand
the County’s position. Several citizens
spoke about their concerns regarding the
State’s proposed rules and regulatory
implementation. The Board plans to
continue their review of the draft policy
document which will be on their agenda at
a future date.