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Highlights from Tuesday’s Commissioner Meeting September 6, 2006
PROCLAMATION: Several Public Employees
Recognition Committee members were
present when the Board approved the proc-
lamation designating September 5-8, 2006 as
Employee Recognition Week. Judi Morris,
Chair of the committee, thanked the members
for their volunteer efforts. Wednesday is
“Bagel Day,” Thursday is the BBQ at HJ
Carroll Park, and Friday is “Cookie Day.”
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BRIEFING: The
following items were discussed:
•A press release was issued last week
regarding the $60,000 CTED grant
award for a commercial and industrial
land analysis study in the County.
•A King County Councilmember sent a
letter to the Board asking if they are
interested in forming a state associ-
ation of health boards. The Board
feels that WSAC does a good job
lobbying on State issues and another
organization isn’t necessary.
•The County issued a building permit
for a house on private property on the
Quinault Indian Reservation and the
Tribe has put a stop work order on the
project.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made by citizens: some
people commented about the letter to the
newspaper that Commissioner Sullivan wrote
in response to an ad by the Republican Party;
the Shoreline Policy Advisory Committee
(SPAC) and the Critical Areas Ordinance
(CAO) Sub-committee are dealing with similar
critical area issues, both committees need to
have their mandates clarified, and the SPAC
needs legal advice about integration of the
Shoreline Master Program into the
Comprehensive Plan; Island County’s CAO
and the solution they developed for managing
agricultural practices were touted by the
WWGMHB as an example to follow; several
people asked that the Board request more
time from the WEC to enable the CAO Sub-
Committee to develop an ordinance based on
local best available science (BAS); the CAO
is a bi-partisan issue that affects all citizens
and needs broad community support; concern
was expressed about the lack of an agenda
for the County Administrator’s meetings with the
Board.
CONSENT AGENDA: All the items were
approved:
HEARING NOTICE: 2007-2012 6 Year Trans-
portation Improvement Program; hearing re-
scheduled from Monday, September 11, 2006
to Monday, September 18, 2006 at 10:05 a.m.
in the Commissioners Chamber
AGREEMENTS:1) Courthouse Telephone
System Maintenance with Stargate
Technologies; 2) Castle Hill Telephone System
Maintenance with Stargate Technologies; 3)
Sheriff’s Office Telephone System Maintenance
with Stargate Technologies; 4) Amendment No.
11 to 2005-2006 consolidated contract for
health services with State DOH; 5) Onsite
sewage system monitoring and testing;
extending period of contract with Puget Sound
Action Team; 6) Provide emergency labor and
equipment for 2 years with Winney Construction
Company; and, 7) Jefferson County Compre-
hensive Solid Waste Management Plan
Amendment Process with Green Solutions
2 GRANT AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS:
Community Park Improvement Grants for: 1)
two gas powered brush cutting tools to
Backcountry Horsemen, and 2) hand and power
equipment to Quimper Trails Association
PROSPECTUS: Rural Arterial Program with
County Road Administration Board (CRAB)
PUBLIC HEARING: After hearing public
testimony, the Board directed staff to prepare a
stand alone resolution adopting the Chimacum
Watershed Agriculture, Fish, and Wildlife
Protection Plan.
PUBLIC HEARING: After hearing public
testimony, staff informed the Board that interim
Ordinance No. 05-0410-06 is in effect through
October 10, 2006. The ordinance temporarily
re-establishes the previously existing rural
designations and standards inside the
Irondale/Port Hadlock UGA. This ordinance
must remain in place until the work regarding
capital facilities for the proposed UGA is
completed. This work is necessary because of a
WWGMHB ruling that urban style regulations
for the UGA are invalid.