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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting February 5, 2008
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The
following comments were made by
citizens: Several people commented that
the Board of Health’s public hearing on
the proposed Onsite Sewer System
Ordinance shouldn’t be held on
Valentine’s Day; treated hormones that
go into Puget Sound from municipal
sewage treatment plants are also “birth
control” for fish; there are two bills
proposed at the State level in 2008 that
will make electronic access to public
records mandatory; is Public Health
trying to put strict onsite sewer system
regulations in place in order to generate
funding from fees to replace the cuts
made in the 2008 budget?; at the WRIA
17 meeting on low flow, the State
reverted back to their original way of
thinking and ignored the public input that
has taken place over the past two years
and the Commissioners need to get
involved as soon as possible to be able
to do something about this issue; a
resident who lives in the Courthouse
neighborhood said that the neighbors
don’t like County employees parking on
the street in front of their houses and
suggested that the County make a
portion of the park across Jefferson
Street into a parking lot for the
employees; concerns were expressed
that a single Commissioner is able to
meet with staff and could influence the
direction of an ordinance; a facilitator
said he may receive a grant and would
like to help Jefferson County or the City
of Port Townsend address how people
can think creatively and collaborate
regarding government; and a citizen
thanked the Board for their patience.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items on
the Consent Agenda were approved as
presented:
1 RESOLUTION: Providing a positive
cash balance in the Jefferson County
Water Quality Fund (#128)
3 AGREEMENTS: 1) Special sex
offender disposition alternative services
for Juvenile Services with Thomas Sherry;
2) Functional Family Therapy - Expansion
of evidenced-based programs for Juvenile
Services with Megan Smith; and, 3)
Community Van Rental Program for
Public Works, Parks and Recreation
Division with Jefferson Transit Authority
PAYMENT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY
VOUCHERS/WARRANTS: Dated
December 28, 2007 totaling $250,741.39
ADVISORY BOARD RESIGNATION:
Kathy McKenna from the Housing
Authority of Jefferson County
Update on Dosewallips State Park
Septic System Rebuild: In an effort to
help clean up Hood Canal, the Governor
gave the State Department of Parks $2
million to rebuild the current septic system
at Dosewallips State Park in the Brinnon
floodplain. The location of the proposed
large onsite septic system is approx-
imately one mile north of the park and the
pipeline would need to go past downtown
Brinnon and the town’s residential area.
The State will only pay for the portion of
the system that is necessary to serve the
State Park. If the residents in the
community are interested in tying into the
system and willing to pay for that portion
of the system, State Parks is willing to
work with them. At this point, there are
several outstanding issues including how
the community will pay for their portion of
the system. The Park has not submitted a
permit application to the County yet. The
Growth Management Act does not allow a
sewer in a rural area because a sewer is
considered an urban service. Many small
communities on Hood Canal that need
sewers because of failing septic systems
are dealing with the same issue. In
addition, State Parks does not want to be
in the “sewer” business and is willing to
build it and turn over the operations to the
Jefferson County PUD if the Brinnon
residents decide to take part in the
project.