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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-14-08Board’s Official Business Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting October 14, 2008 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following comments were made by citizens: several residents expressed their opinions about whether the County should contribute emergency funding to the City of Port Townsend in order to keep the swimming pool at Mountain View Elementary School open for the remainder of 2008; a citizen stated his concerns about the increase in the number of Border Patrol Officers on the Olympic Peninsula who are targeting illegal immigrants; several people thanked the Board for continuing to schedule a Public Comment Period on their agenda each week; a citizen stated his opinion on the current Shoreline Master Program update process; a person noted that he has talked with several realtors and people who own construction companies in the County who say that their business has decreased in the past several months; a citizen stated that in his opinion the County’s residents need to be “food self-sufficient” as soon as possible which means that regulations regarding water use and land use will need to be modified in order to produce more agricultural land; and a person said he thought that the pool at Port Ludlow may be available to the public and Jefferson Transit could consider a bus route to the Sequim pool; and a citizen stated that he thinks the County should improve their indexing system for public records. CONSENT AGENDA: The Board deleted a resolution for further review regarding the election to receive national forest related safety-net payments under Division C, Title VI, Section 601 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, PL110-343 (Secure Rural Schools Funding). The balance of the Consent Agenda items were approved. RESOLUTION: Hearing notice regarding supplemental budget appropriations extensions for various County funds; Hearing scheduled on Monday, October 27, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. in the Commissioners Chambers HEARING NOTICE: Intent to change the name of a portion of a private road from Carroll Street to Elderberry Lane and to name an unnamed portion of the private road Elderberry Lane; Proponent Jon Good; Hearing scheduled for Monday, November 10, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. in the Commissioners Chambers AGREEMENTS: 1) Brinnon Motel facilities condition assessment with the Washington State Department of General Administration; 2) Water quality monitoring activities and best management practice implementation in connection with the Discovery Bay Clean Water Project with Jefferson County Conservation District; 3) Apple Health for Kids Outreach with Washington State Department of Social and Health Services; 4) Apple Health for Kids Infrastructure with Washington State Department of Social and Health Services; 5) Professional Services for 2009 Budget Process with Anne Sears; and, 6) Create geographic data layers required to complete 911 address mapping for JeffCom with microDATA GIS, Inc. PAYMENT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY PAYROLL WARRANTS: Dated October 3, 2008 totaling $770,591.01 and October 6, 2008 totaling $1,226.51 and A/P warrants done by Payroll dated October 6, 2008 totaling $643,139.62 and $501.34 PRESENTATION BY ALTERNATIVE ELECTRIC MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE: The City of Port Townsend’s AEM Committee presented their review of the Utilipoint and Hittle reports assessing the feasibility of establishing a public electric utility. Utilipoint was hired by Puget Sound Energy (PSE) and Hittle & Associates was hired by Jefferson County Public Utility District #1. Several items that were reviewed included asset valuation, going concern costs, market rates for power and implementation time. On July 28, the County Commissioners approved a resolution to put a proposition on the November 4 ballot for Jefferson County voters to approve or reject regarding a proposition that Jefferson County Public Utility District No.1 construct or acquire electric facilities for the generation, transmission or distribution of electric power. PARKS AND RECREATION PLANNING UPDATE: A Parks & Recreation Steering Committee has been tasked with developing 5, 10, and 20 year plans for parks maintenance and program operations; development of new P&R resources; and future funding for existing and expanded resources. To determine what the community wants, they will mail out a survey, a public forum will be scheduled for approximately 30 partner groups, and there will be town meetings in November in Quilcene, Port Ludlow, Chimacum, and Port Townsend.