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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting September 12, 2006
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BRIEFING: The
following items were discussed:
•Diversified Resources has been in
contact with several firms who are
interested in relocating in the County.
They also met with CTED to discuss a
Rural County Cluster grant opportunity
through the PDA.
•State Fish & Wildlife hasn’t contacted
the County about the elk relocation
from Clallam County to Jefferson
County. He will contact them this
week.
•An EIS was received last Friday for
the Black Point Master Plan Resort
project. It is being reviewed to see if it
is complete. Transportation is an area
of concern.
•The Governor declared WRIAs19 and
20 in drought status because of the
lack of water on the Makah
Reservation. The drought declaration
will enable DOE to expend funds for
emergency relief. The Navy has
delivered a desalinization plant to
Neah Bay.
•The Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO)
Sub-committee asked the Board to
request another extension of the
deadline for adoption of the ordinance
from the WEC.
•He will be meeting with the sponsor of
the ORV location study who is
concerned because 10 of the 12 sites
have been rejected.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made by citizens: a petition
was presented with 250 signatures requesting
that the Board create a politically independ-
ent, all civilian volunteer law enforcement
review committee to investigate law
enforcement complaints; an invitation was
made to the Board and staff to attend a
Conservation District meeting on water quality
and agricultural best management practices;
if the US goes into Iran to stop nuclear bombs
production, gasoline will at least double in
price which will have a devastating affect on
the County’s economy; citizens have the right
to complain about government and Elected
Officials; support was expressed for an
extension of the adoption date for the CAO; the
Hearings Board decision on the Island County
CAO puts control of these regulations back in
the hands of local government, and a process
was outlined on how to address the CAO at the
local level by using site specific analysis in
order to be successful in a Hearings Board
appeal; a question was asked about how large
political signs can be in the County?; and
additional comments were made about
Commissioner Sullivan’s letter to the newspaper
in response to a Republican Party
advertisement.
CONSENT AGENDA: All the items were
approved:
RESOLUTIONS: 1) Naming a private road
Cascara Lane, located off of East Quilcene
Road, Quilcene; Davis Steelquist, Applicant,
and 2) Adoption of Chimacum Watershed
Agriculture, Fish & Wildlife Protection Plan
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING:
Tenant-based rental assistance with the
Jefferson County Housing Authority
AGREEMENTS:1) Bridge Consortium Ryan
White Title II Funding for HIV/AIDS Case
Management Services with Kitsap County
Health District; 2) Nurse Family Partnership
home visits with Jefferson County Community
Network; and, 3) School Nurse Corp Program
for Port Townsend and Chimacum School
Districts with Olympic Educational Service
District #114
PUBLIC HEARING: After hearing public
testimony, the Board approved the budget
appropriation/extension requests for various
County departments. These requests reflect
revisions due to the exempt management salary
matrix that became effective on July 1 and the
change in the State L & I and PERS rate
schedules.
WORKSHOPS: 1) After a workshop on the
Surface Water Management Plan, the Board
directed staff to publish a hearing notice in the
newspaper for a public hearing to be held on
October 9, and 2) after a workshop on proposed
Parks and Recreation Department fee
increases, the Board directed staff to publish a
hearing notice in the newspaper for a public
hearing.