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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting November 8, 2005
ADOPTING A WRIA POLICY: The Board
agreed that #2 and #3 of the County policy
regarding implementation of the Watershed
Plan for Water Resource Inventory Area
(WRIA 17) be revised and combined, which
reduced the total number of policy
statements to 17. They unanimously
approved a resolution adopting the policy.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The
following comments were made: it was
suggested that the Board cut any
discretionary expenditures in the 2006
budget; a County resident who got a
parking ticket on the street in front of his
house asked what the County can do since
this is a situation that exists throughout the
County; concerns were expressed about a
document on the DOE managing water and
that instream flows represent a water right
even though there are conflicting laws
about this issue; there are a growing
number of residents in the County who
want to see a public hearing on the
expansion of Indian Island although the
Department of Defense is not required to
have one; DOE has a corporate thinking
process that is out of control when it comes
to the instream flow issue and the Board
needs to communicate this to the
Legislators that will be meeting in Port
Townsend this week; many cars exceed the
50 mph speed limit on Cape George Road
resulting in numerous serious accidents,
and several people requested that the
speed limit on Cape George Road be
reduced to 35 mph.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items on
the Consent Agenda were approved as
follows:
3 AGREEMENTS: 1) Funding for Family
Resource Specialist to implement the Take
Time Program in designated elementary
schools as part of the Raising a Health
Community Grant Program with Olympic
Educational Service District #114; 2)
Amendment No. 5 to the 2005-2006
Consolidated Health Services Contract with
the State Department of Health; and, 3) Road
Engineering Design Services for Paradise
Bay Road Improvement Project with
BERGER/ABAM Engineers, Inc.
REQUEST TO OPEN RIGHT OF WAY: A
Portion of Hays Street Located within the Plat
of Irondale Acre Tracts by John & Mary
McGillie, Applicants
ADVISORY BOARD REAPPOINTMENT:
Louise Marzyck to the Olympic Area Agency
on Aging Advisory Council (O3A); Term
Expires November 4, 2008;
ADVISORY BOARD RESIGNATIONS:
Jefferson County Developmental Disabilities
Advisory Board resignations from Debbie
Kronk and Kirsten Behrenfeld
HEARING ON OLYMPIC MICROLOAN
FUND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
BLOCK GRANT: One of the Economic
Development Council’s responsibilities in their
contract with the County is to put together a
CDBG grant application for the Olympic
Microloan Fund. This funding is for small
businesses that are high risk and can’t get
financing from banks. It includes start-up
money or loans for businesses who haven’t
been in business for long. Borrowers must be
low to moderate income or their employees
must be. The fund has helped approximately
40 businesses in 9 counties. A local Loan
Review Committee awards the funding to
applicants and Cascadia Revolving Fund
manages the funding and provides technical
assistance. At the close of the public hearing,
the Board approved a resolution in support of
this CDBG application.
ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENT: The
Board appointed Tom Wilcox to a vacant
position on the Developmental Disabilities
Advisory Board. His term will expire on
November 7, 2008.