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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting July 11, 2006
WEC AGREEMENT AMENDMENT: The
amendment to the Second Settlement Agree-
ment with the Washington Environmental
Council gives the County a 6-month extension
from July 18, 2006 to January 18, 2007 to
implement the amendments to the critical
areas regulations and to adopt the Chimacum
Creek Management Plan. The Board voted to
approve the amendment and have outside
counsel sign the agreement.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR’S BRIEFING:
The County Administrator reported on the
following:
•The County booth for Irondale/Port
Hadlock Sewer at Port Hadlock Days
was very successful.
•There is a
Public Infra-
structure Fund
meeting this
Friday.
PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD: The following
comments were made:
the latest issue of
National Geographic
has an article on fast growing coastal areas
that shows a 12-22% increase in Jefferson
County’s population from 2003 to 2008; the
Board has a great deal of latitude to modify
guidelines from the DOE and DCD needs to
talk with King County Planning staff because
they made a presentation to the Central Puget
Sound Growth Management Hearings Board
that resulted in a significant reduction of the
required buffers on wetlands that was based
on their own science; the County needs to put
together a document showing the changes in
buffers resulting from the proposed Critical
Areas Ordinance; Section 2 of the Washington
Environmental Council Settlement Agreement
states that the County shall adopt the DOE
wetland rating system and wetland
management provisions as outlined in the
DOE manual; and 85% of the land in the
County is public land that won’t be developed
so there is no reason to put unrealistic
restrictions on development for the remaining
15%.
CONSENT AGENDA: The following items were
approved:
RESOLUTION: Temporary Road Closure of
Paradise Bay Road; Project No. CR1148
5 AGREEMENTS: 1) Aquatic lease for South
Indian Island County Park with the State DNR; 2)
Permit Process Improvement Initiative for DCD
with The Latimore Company, LLC; 3) 9th
Amendment to the 2005-2006 Consolidated
Contract for health services amending statement
of work with the State DOH; 4) Foster Care
Passport Program with State DSHS; and, 5)
Alternative Response System Services and Early
Intervention Program
with State DSHS
SURPLUS PROP-
ERTY HEARING:
Hearing no testimony
for or against the sale
of a railroad car that
has been declared
surplus property and is
located in the West
End, the Board
directed the Treasurer to advertise a Notice of
Sale in the newspaper.
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE FUND HEARING:
This ordinance replaces the ordinance approved
in January, 2005 regarding the Public
Infrastructure Fund (PIF). Sections 5 and 6 have
been revised to appoint the County Administrator
or designee as the administrator of the fund.
The Economic Development Council was the
administrator in the 2005 ordinance. Hearing no
testimony for or against the PIF ordinance, it was
approved by the Board.
UDC AMENDMENT ORDINANCE: Commis-
sioner Sullivan pointed out a few minor changes
to the amendments and the Board unanimously
approved the Unified Development Code (UDC)
Omnibus Ordinance as corrected.
Come support the
County’s Relay for Life Team
at Blue Heron School!
Friday, July 14 from 6 p.m. to
Saturday, July 15 to 6 p.m.