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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting November 21, 2006
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR’S BRIEFING:
No damage was reported from the storm last
week. However, repairs to the Upper Hoh
Road from the November 3 storm are
estimated at approximately $1 million. The
road is currently closed to traffic.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made by citizens. Concerns
were expressed about the County’s appoint-
ment of Outside Counsel for the Security
Services Northwest lawsuit; a request was
made for added road safety precautions on
East Quilcene Bay Road because it is very
narrow with steep cliffs and limited visibility; a
member of the Critical Areas Ordinance Sub-
committee sent out an email stating that
Jefferson County voters want stricter regu-
lations to protect the environment because
I-933 was defeated and the Commissioner
candidate who favors environmental concerns
was elected; environmentalists could use the
no-shooting areas ordinance to establish
wildlife corridors throughout the County; it is
not appropriate to change a draft ordinance
and hand it out at a public hearing; the
County should get email addresses from
attendees at the no-shooting zone hearing
and send the revised ordinance to them;
contact people for interested organizations
should be on an email list to be notified of
proposed new legislation in order to get public
input at the beginning of the process; the
Board was asked to write a letter of support
for a conservation effort proposed at
Tarboo/Dabob Bay to increase the
boundaries of DNR nature preserves; the
Board was given a reference book; the
Commissioners were away from the
Courthouse during the windstorm last week
and there were concerns about whether it
should have been closed down because it
wasn’t safe for employees; the County should
have replaced the Courthouse years ago; the
reason so many people are attending the No-
Shooting Zone Ordinance hearings is
because they feel strongly about the issue
and they want their opinion heard; comments
were made about the changes to the No-
Shooting Zone Ordinance; and the Board
may need more staff to handle public records
requests.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items on the
Consent Agenda were approved.
INTERIM ORDINANCE: Rescinding Chapter
18.18 within Title 18 of the Jefferson County
Code and formally re-establishing the previously
existing rural designations and standards for the
planning area for the future Irondale and
Hadlock Urban Growth Area
2 RESOLUTIONS: 1) Declaration of Emergency
(Entire County), and 2) Temporary restriction of
traffic on Upper Hoh Road No. 914207 and
South Discovery Road No. 601508
HEARING NOTICE:1) Proposed ordinance
increasing the Department of Community
Development fee schedule; hearing scheduled
for Monday, December 4, 2006 at 10:35 a.m. in
the Commissioners’ Chamber (Replaces Notice
approved on November 13, 2006)
AGREEMENTS: 1) Emergency dispatching,
communications and other services; JeffCom;
City of Port Townsend, and Jefferson County
Fire Districts #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 and #6; 2)
WRIA 17 watershed implementation phase 4
Quilcene-Snow with PUD No. 1; 3) Community
Service Office (CSO) Based Family Planning
with State DSHS); and, 4) Commercial and
Industrial Land Analysis with CTED
AGREEMENT: The Board approved a contract
with Michelle Maike for the DASA Reducing
Underage Drinking (RuaD) Health Youth Project
Grant.
RECALL PETITIONS: The Deputy Prosecuting
Attorney reviewed the procedure and timeline
on the recall petitions for Commissioners
Johnson and Sullivan. According to the statute,
they made a request in writing that the County
pay their legal expenses. The Board took
action on the request and the Prosecuting
Attorney concurred.
HEARING: Approximately 210 citizens attended
a public hearing on proposed revisions to the
No Shooting Zone Ordinance. The majority of
the oral comments were against the changes.
Public comment will be accepted until 5 p.m. on
December 1.