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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting January 10, 2006
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR’S BRIEFING:
The Department of Community Development
will be moving back to their original location
at Castle Hill Mall on Wednesday and
Thursday. Their services may be limited
during those two days.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made: tourists drive from
the Hood Canal Bridge to Sequim to find
motel accommodations because the County
won’t permit a motel at Discovery Bay where
the owner has been trying to upgrade the
motel since 1986, and a new hotel in
Jefferson County on Highway 101 would
bring in much needed revenue.
CONSENT AGENDA: The items on the
Consent Agenda were approved as follows:
10 AGREEMENTS: 1) Reinvesting in Youth
(RIY) with Kitsap County; 2) AIDS Omnibus
with Clark County Health Department; 3)
Foster Care Passport Program with
Washington State Department of Social and
Health Services; 4) 2005-2006 Consolidated
Contract Amendment for health services
with Washington State Department of
Health; 5) Professional Services subcontract
with Washington Initiative For Supported
Employment (WISE) and C2 Associates; 6)
Construction inspection and administration
of the Courthouse grounds Master Plan
Project with SB & Associates; 7) Project
management and coordination for the Upper
Hoh Road Emergency Bank Protection
Project No. XO1689 with Sam Gibboney
Management Services (SGMS); 8) Appraisal
review services for Larry Scott Trail Property
acquisitions with Granger Company; 9)
Appraisal review services for Larry Scott
Trail property acquisitions with Washington
Appraisal Services; and, 10) Appraisal
review services for Larry Scott Trail property
acquisitions with GPA Valuation Services
ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENTS (2)
AND RESIGNATIONS (3): Appoint
Members Jill Silver, Term Expires July 22,
2006, and Nora Caldwell, Term Expires
January 9, 2010 to the Jefferson County
Noxious Weed Control Board; Resigning
Members from the Jefferson County Noxious
Weed Control Board: Judi Stewart, Karen
Sickel and Jim Storey
WRIA 16 UPDATE: Water Resource
Inventory Area 16 covers Jefferson County
from the Dosewallips River basin to the
Skokomish River basin in Mason County and
also includes the south shore of Hood Canal.
Mason County is the lead agency for the
WRIA 16 planning unit. The plan due date
was December, 2005 and the State has given
them an extension. The plan addresses
water resources, water quality, and habitat.
There is also an instream flow component.
The WRIA 16 planning unit is finalizing their
draft plan recommendations and should be
approving the plan soon. Both the Jefferson
County and Mason County Commissioners
will need to be involved in the process
because a public hearing is required. A joint
meeting of the Commissioners from both
counties will be required for the final approval
of the WRIA 16 plan.
UDC HEARING: Approximately 35 interested
citizens were present for this hearing.
Twenty people gave testimony. Comments
were made regarding the following issues:
•the need for a bigger building footprint
for commercial/industrial buildings
•revisions in regulations regarding
Boundary Line Adjustments
•24 hour noise from rock quarry
operations
•concerns about cottage industries in
rural residential areas
•the need to work with businesses in
their current locations when they need
to expand and zoning is an issue
After the close of the public hearing, the
Board agreed to continue their discussion on
the UDC amendments on Tuesday, January
17 at 10:05 a.m.