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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting June 26, 2007
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made by citizens: there are a
lot of part-time residents living in Port
Townsend; the Planning Commission is going
to ask the Board to request an extension of
the Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO) deadline,
the State Department of Ecology has
acknowledged that their guidelines for critical
areas are based on science that addresses
urbanization which doesn’t apply to Jefferson
County, the CAO Committee’s work to develop
local Best Available Science (BAS) could be
used as a model by the State; a request that
the Board not sign the contract for the
consultant chosen to prepare the
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the
Pit-to-Pier project; the Planning Commission
needs training and instruction on the
deliberation process for the draft CAO
because their final recommendation needs to
be strongly supported in a legal and
administrative law context; a resident with a
composting business stated that he is
currently in competition with Port Townsend’s
composting business and the City and County
have been talking about establishing a yard
waste tipping fee that would help keep him in
business; a request that the Board pass a
noise ordinance because the Sheriff’s Office
says that they don’t have the statutory
authority to shut down a loud all-night party;
the County didn’t have a problem figuring out
how to shut down Security Services
Northwest; the regulations in the CAO will
affect property owners and it is important that
the Planning Commission review process is
impartial and fair; and, a comment was made
about two of the County Commissioners
attending a Planning Commission meeting.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items on the
Consent Agenda were approved:
RESOLUTION: Establishing a JeffCom
Enhancement Fund
HEARING NOTICE: Proposed Ordinance
Amending Ordinance No. 04-0621-99; to
increase the sales and use tax from 0.08
percent to 0.09 Percent as provided by
Chapter 478, Laws of 2007; Hearing
scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 9, 2007
in the Commissioners Chamber
2 AGREEMENTS: 1) Cash handling services
for Jefferson County Solid Waste with Loomis,
and 2) Funding for South Discovery Road;
Project No. CR1677 with the County Road
Administration Board (CRAB)
PAYMENT OF VOUCHERS/WARRANTS:
Dated June 18, 2007 totaling $386,452.11
PAYMENT OF PAYROLL WARRANTS: Dated
June 20, 2007 totaling $110,899.88 and A/P
warrants done by Payroll dated June 6, 2007
totaling $142,866.44 and June 19, 2007 totaling
$5,355.97
ADVISORY BOARD RESIGNATION: Peter
Bonyun from the Jefferson County Ferry
Advisory Committee
THANK YOU LETTERS: To participants of Flag
Day Ceremony; U.S. Congressman Norm
Dicks; State Representative Lynn Kessler; State
Representative Kevin Van De Wege; Dr.
Allyson Brooks, State Historic Preservation
Officer; Kim Clarke and the Port Townsend
High School Band; and, Delmer Sayer, VFW
Post 7498
LETTER OF SUPPORT: The Board signed a
letter supporting a grant application to the State
Farmland Preservation Program from the
Jefferson Land Trust. The application is for a
$500,000 grant to purchase a portion of the
development rights on Glendale Farm in
Chimacum.
2008 BUDGET GOALS: The Board approved a
resolution prepared by the County Administrator
establishing goals and objectives for the 2008
County Budget.
EXTENSION REQUEST: The Board received a
request from the Planning Commission asking
for an extension on the deadline for the Critical
Areas Ordinance. Adoption of the ordinance is
required as part of a settlement agreement with
the Washington Environmental Council (WEC).
The Board directed staff to talk with the
County’s Special Deputy Attorney and have him
contact the WEC about the request. The
County is asking for a three month extension.