HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-22-06Board’s Official Business
Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting August 22, 2006
PRESENTATION: Vicki Breithaupt, Accountant
for the Public Works Department, was
presented 2 plaques recognizing her Certificate
of Achievement as a Professional Finance
Officer from the Washington Finance Officers
Association and her work to become a licensed
CPA in Washington State.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR’S BRIEFING: The
following items were reviewed:
•The Port Hadlock UGA Sewer work-
shop to review the financial analysis
that was scheduled for September 5 has
been rescheduled to October 10.
•The County received a $60,000 grant
from CTED for a County lands analysis.
The project will be completed this year.
•Starting next year, inmates from the
Olympic Correctional Facility can take a
4-month course to train to work with the
noxious weed program in Clallam and
Jefferson Counties.
DRAFT FAQ SHEET: Al Scalf presented a draft
of 96 “frequently asked questions” and answers
about environmentally sensitive areas. The
document was developed in response to
citizen’s concerns at the Planning Commission
hearing on the draft Critical Areas Ordinance
(CAO) in June. The FAQ sheet will be posted
on the webpage. Anyone who has questions or
comments can email or contact DCD.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made: the newspaper reported
incorrectly about the affiliation of one of the
County Commissioner candidates; the State
requires that the County review the critical
areas regulations, but the County isn’t required
to change them; several people in the County
don’t believe that landowners should have
property rights; a suggestion was made that the
County establish a Surface and Stormwater
Management program to mitigate the damage
from property owners on Hood Canal and
require them to pay for restoration; several
people commented about the FAQ sheet; it is
important for the Board to realize that they have
a great deal of local discretion regarding the
critical areas regulations; the CAO needs to
address crops that are grown in wetland areas;
the FAQ sheets should be available at local post
offices for people who don’t have internet access;
the noise and dust from the FHM quarry in Shine
continues to be a problem and the sludge being
sprayed at the tree farms in the area is polluting
the ground water; there is a dispute between
neighbors in Port Ludlow regarding a stormwater
easement and the County needs to give them time
to work it out; staff takes their direction on the
CAO regulations from the Board; and the current
draft CAO was drafted by DCD staff using
documents from the Department of Ecology and
the Washington Environmental Council.
CONSENT AGENDA: All the items were
approved:
3 HEARING NOTICES: 1) 2007-2012 6-Year
Transportation Improvement Program; Hearing re-
scheduled from Monday, August 28, 2006 to
Monday, September 11, 2006 at 10:05 a.m.; 2)
Chimacum Watershed Agriculture, Fish, and
Wildlife Protection Plan; Hearing scheduled for
Tuesday, September 5, 2006 at 10:05 a.m.; and
3) Interim Ordinance No. 05-0410-06 rescinding
Chapter 18.18 within Title 18 JCC and formally re-
establishing the previously existing rural
designations and standards for the future
Irondale/Port Hadlock UGA; Hearing scheduled
for Tuesday, September 5, 2006 at 10:45 a.m.
7 AGREEMENTS: 1) Clock Tower Rehabilitation
Project with State Historical Society, Heritage
Grant Program; 2) Upper Hoh Road Emergency
Repair with State CRAB; 3) Upper Hoh Road
Emergency Repair with Northwest Hydraulic
Consultants, Inc.; 4) Disclosure Driver and Plate
Search Data Sharing with JeffCom and State
DOL; 5) EMPAG Grant to conduct a Public
Officials workshop on government business
operations recovery with State Military
Department; Emergency Management Division; 6)
Training Services for Anti-harassment and
ADA/Diversity with Peninsula College; and, 7)
Expanded substance abuse/mental health
treatment with Madrona Institute of Washington
(Also Known As Jefferson Mental Health)
HEARING: After the public hearing, the Board
signed a resolution to authorize the disposal of
surplus cars and equipment at a public auction.