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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting March 25, 2008
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made by citizens: several
people commented on the continuing increase
in gas prices; independent truckers are
planning a strike for April 1; the Board needs
to lobby the State Legislature to reduce the 54
cents per gallon gas tax; the Board needs to
encourage economic growth and Port
Townsend shouldn’t influence what businesses
locate in the County; why is the Board
enforcing the Fire Code now when they haven’t
in the past?; the Commissioners’ meetings
should be on the website; there is a Ferry
Partnership meeting on Thursday on Whidbey
Island; the Board should hold a town meeting
like Port Townsend did; farmers are exempt
from the Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO); the
Board was asked to waive attorney/client
privilege on a document regarding the CAO
prepared by the Civil Deputy Prosecuting
Attorney; the Board was asked to reject the
recommendation on the Paradise Bay
No Shooting Area; and the County should try
to work with Frog Mountain Pet Care on their
zoning issues.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items on the
Consent Agenda were approved.
2 RESOLUTIONS: 1) Naming a private road
Snider Peak Lane, Port Ludlow Associates,
Petitioner, and 2) Naming a private road
Russert Drive, Goodfellow & Diimmel,
Petitioners
AGREEMENTS: 1) To provide housing of
Department of Corrections Inmates at the
County Jail with State DOC; 2) Professional
chemical dependency and mental health
treatment services with Safe Harbor Recovery
Center, Inc.; 3) Professional chemical
dependency and mental health treatment
services with Jefferson Mental Health
Services; 4) Professional developmental
disabilities services with ARC of Kitsap and
Jefferson Counties; 5) Professional
developmental disabilities services for children
age birth to 3 years and their families with
Concerned Citizens of Forks; 6) Grant funding
for Farmland Preservation Program with State
Conservation Commission, Office of Farmland
Preservation; 7) Washington Wildlife and
Recreation Program Certification of sponsor
match for the Glendale Farm Project with
Jefferson Land Trust; 8) Support and Promote
the LandWorks Collaborative with Jefferson
Land Trust; 9) South Discovery Road
realignment with Coastal Geological Services,
Inc.; 10) Purchase danger trees on Coyle
Road with State DNR; 11) Open space
taxation to reclassify approximately 24.04
acres from designated forest land to open space,
CUA05-00001 with Jefferson Land Trust, Wayne
Brown, Martha Tapley Brown, and Benjamin
Brown, Applicants
2007 ANNUAL CERTIFICATION AND
ENGINEER’S CERTIFICATION: Fish passage
barrier removal costs with County Road
Administration Board
REQUEST FOR TIME EXTENSION: From the
Western Washington Growth Management
Hearings Board (WWGMHB) for the
Irondale/Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area (UGA)
Compliance Report
ADVISORY BOARD RESIGNATION: Sylvia
Bowman from the Jefferson County Library
Board of Trustees
ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENT: Thomas
Riggs to a 5 year term that expires April 1, 2013
on the Jefferson County Library Board of
Trustees
ADVISORY BOARD REAPPOINTMENT: Brian
Miller to a 2 year term that expires April 6, 2010
on the Jefferson County Parks Advisory Board
representing District #2
PAYMENT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY
VOUCHERS/WARRANTS: Dated March 17,
2008 totaling $387,300.25
PAYMENT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY A/P
WARRANTS: Dated March 17, 2008 totaling
$57,820.30 and March 18, 2008 totaling
$94,624.82
PROCLAMATION: The Board approved the
proclamation designating April as Child Abuse
Prevention Month.
BID OPENING: Bids were received for pavement
marking on various County roads from Road
Runner Striping, Apply A Line, and Specialized
Pavement Markings. Staff will review the bids
and have a recommendation for bid award for
the Board’s agenda.
PARKS BOARD APPOINTMENT: After his
interview, the Board appointed Trevor
Huntingford to represent District No. 2 on the
Parks Advisory Board.
PROPOSED PARADISE BAY NO SHOOTING
AREA: The Board added the shoreline, the
Seven Sisters community, and Hood Head to the
No Shooting Area recommended by the review
committee. They directed staff to have the Civil
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney review the change
to see that it meets the intent of the ordinance. If
the change is okay, an ordinance will be on the
Consent Agenda on April 7 (the Board’s next
meeting date.)