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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting August 19, 2008
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The
following comments were made by
citizens: a citizen explained his
interpretation of the State law regarding
vesting and that a property owner can
choose which regulations they want to be
vested under if the regulations change
while the project is under review; a
majority of the Jefferson County
Association of Realtors endorses the sign
ordinance currently in effect which has an
exemption for real estate signs; a Port
Ludlow resident agreed with a suggestion
that the speed limit through Port Ludlow
should be 30 mph instead of 40 mph to
make the road safer for people who
bicycle and walk; several people made
suggestions about how to increase
revenues in the County, including
encouraging businesses to relocate here
and making it easier for current
businesses to expand; a citizen stated that
he thinks the County will need to cut
services in order to make up for decreases
in revenue; a person reviewed some of his
insights on the recent Supreme Court
decision regarding critical areas and
shorelines master plan regulations and
how it will affect the work the County is
currently doing on these regulations; and a
citizen suggested that the County would
save money if all documents were stored
electronically.
CONSENT AGENDA: The Board
approved all of the items as presented.
3 RESOLUTIONS: 1) Amend the
Development Agreement with land owned
by Port Ludlow Associates per Section 4.6,
Exhibit A of the Port Ludlow Development
Agreement Resolution No. 42-00; 2)
Temporary closure of McInnis Road,
County Road No. 336109; and, 3) Creating
a County project designated as CR1809;
improvements to East Quilcene Road,
County Road No. 327508
4 AGREEMENTS: 1) Use of the Jefferson
County Small Works Roster for public
works projects with the Jefferson County
Conservation District; 2) Data use for child
death review with Michigan Public Health
Institute; 3) Public Infrastructure funding
for 2 projects; Water Street infrastructure
and Sims Way/SR 20 improvements with
the City of Port Townsend
RURAL ARTERIAL PROGRAM
PROSPECTUSES: 1) Paradise Bay Road;
2) South Discovery Road; 3) Dabob Road;
and 4) Chimacum Road to the County
Road Administration Board (CRAB)
PAYMENT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY
VOUCHERS/WARRANTS: Dated August
11, 2008 totaling $747,685.49 and dated
August 13, 2008 totaling $3,972.48
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE
INTERPRETATION: The Washington
State Supreme Court recently ruled that
critical areas that fall within the shoreline
jurisdiction shall not be subject to the
procedural and substantive requirements
of the Growth Management Act. This
means that only the Shoreline Master
Program applies to critical areas within the
Shoreline Management Act jurisdiction.
DCD staff presented the Board with 4
options to address this change including 2
emergency interim ordinances, an
administrative directive, or issuing a code
interpretation. Staff also presented a
Unified Development Code interpretation
on the relationship between the GMA and
SMA jurisdictions. No action was required
by the Board.
ELECTRONIC STORAGE OF RECORDS:
The current County policy for retaining
permanent records is in paper form. Each
Department Head and Elected Official
decides how they are going to store the
records in their department. Depending on
the retention schedule of the document, a
department may store some types of
documents electronically on Laserfische
and other documents in paper form. In
order to change to an electronic means of
storage, the County needs to meet several
conditions that are required by the State
Auditor, the State and Local Records
Committees, and the State Archivist and
these agencies need to approve the
method of electronic storage system used.
It was suggested that a consultant be hired
to analyze the feasibility and the cost of
this change to electronic storage.