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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting November 27, 2007
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made by citizens. A request
was made that the Board direct DCD staff to
work with a property owner in the Irondale/Port
Hadlock UGA who wants to expand an existing
mini-storage business (there is currently a
moratorium on mini-storage units in that area);
replacing the ferry boats on the Port
Townsend-Keystone run should be a top
priority for the State Department of
Transportation; the preferred storage medium
for County records needs to be an electronic
format and not paper; the County could ask
citizens to volunteer to scan documents; the
Planning Commission will formulate their
recommendations on the draft Critical Areas
Ordinance this week and the Board is
expected to adopt it within the next five weeks;
a citizen requested that the Board reconsider
the status of the product from the Planning
Commission and re-evaluate the schedule for
adoption; the Security Services NW business
owner was tested for lead and had the well,
stream and waterfront near the facility tested
and the tests came back negative for any
contaminants; and concerns were expressed
about expenditures by the Marine Resources
Committee, the 4-H program, and the Weed
Board.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items on the
Consent Agenda were approved.
3 RESOLUTIONS: 1) Naming a private road
Tall Tree Lane; Dawn and Jeff Pryde,
Petitioners; 2) Naming a private road
Hollybrook Heights; Mariah Meriam, Petitioner;
and, 3) Establish an Assessor’s plat Beckett
Point Fishermen’s Club
3 AGREEMENTS:1) Open space taxation to
transfer and designate 15 acres as timber
open space for current use assessment,
Mariah Meriam, Applicant; 2) Open space
taxation to transfer and designate 59 acres as
open space for current use assessment Greg
and Heather Reseck, Applicants, and; 3)
Radio Maintenance Services; JeffCom;
Greentree Communications
FINAL PLAT ALTERATION: Thornburg Short
Plat located off of Oak Bay Road in Port
Hadlock; Rainshadow Real Estate, Applicant
PAYMENT OF VOUCHERS/WARRANTS:
Dated November 19, 2007 Totaling
$962,890.63
PAYMENT OF PAYROLL WARRANTS: Dated
November 15, 2007 Totaling $91,681.97 and
A/P Warrants Done by Payroll Dated November
15, 2007 Totaling $17,083.19
CANCELLATION NOTICE: County
Commissioner Regular Meeting; Scheduled for
Monday, December 24, 2007
LETTER REQUESTING SUPPORT: To the
Hood Canal Coordinating Council (HCCC) for
the Tarboo-Dabob Conservation Project
HEARING SETTING 2008 AD VALOREM TAX
LEVIES: After the hearing, the Board approved
the following resolutions setting the ad valorem
tax for levy in 2007 and collection in 2008.
•1% increase in the General Fund Levy
•1% increase in the Road Levy
•1% increase in the Conservation Futures
Levy
STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES REPORT: The County is
expected to receive approximately $400,000 in
State Forest Board revenue this year.
However, the housing and timber markets have
dropped and this will have an affect on timber
sales in 2008. DNR staff also updated the
Board on the State’s geoduck pilot program and
the creosote removal program in Jefferson
County. Areas where creosote pilings will be
removed next summer include: Port Townsend
Paper Mill, Old Fort Townsend, The Wooden
Boatbuilding School, Fort Flagler, and the
railroad Y.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT
HEARING: Approximately 30 citizens were
present in the Superior Courtroom when the
Board heard public testimony on the 2007
amendment applications. The majority of the
people spoke about the Security Service NW
amendment application. There will be a public
hearing on the application for the Master
Planned Resort at Black Point in Brinnon on
Monday, December 3. Deliberations and
decisions on all the amendments are tentatively
scheduled for December 10.