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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting October 28, 2008
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made by citizens: several
residents expressed their opinions about the
public hearing that the State Department of
Natural Resources held last week in Quilcene
on the proposed Dabob Natural Area
Preserve; a local attorney informed the Board
that he has submitted a proposal to the
County Administrator regarding indigent
defense conflict cases; a person stated his
opinion about the current economic crisis;
several Port Ludlow residents requested that
the Board accept the Planning Commission’s
recommendation to deny the Comprehensive
Plan amendment on the Iron Mountain Quarry
Mineral Resource Land overlay; a property
owner stated that in his opinion the Solid
Waste Ordinance regarding junk vehicles is
vague and open to interpretation; a citizen
stated that he thinks that the projected cost of
replacement computers in the proposed 2009
Budget seems inflated; the owner of Security
Services Northwest requested that County
representatives sit down and talk over the
issues that are limiting his current business
operations; and a person mentioned that in
his opinion the County should go out to bid for
services before the Board signs contracts
with vendors.
CONSENT AGENDA: The Board approved
all of the items on the Consent Agenda.
HEARING NOTICE: Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Application; 2009 Public Service Grant and
close out of the 2008 Public Service Grant;
Olympic Community Action Programs
(OlyCAP); Hearing scheduled for Monday,
November 10, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. in the
Commissioners’ Chambers
RESOLUTION: Intent to vacate a portion of
County road right of way (Garden Club Road
No. 585809)
AGREEMENTS: 1) Individual Employment;
Jefferson County Public Health with
Concerned Citizens of Forks; 2) Facilitation
and project management services for Water
Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 17 Planning
Unit with Cascadia Consulting Group; and, 3)
Feasibility of establishing a Coastal Marine
Resources Committee with Washington State
Department of Fish and Wildlife
ADVISORY BOARD RESIGNATION: Joan
Linderoth from the Jefferson County Parks
and Recreation Advisory Board
PAYMENT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY
VOUCHERS/WARRANTS: Dated October 16,
2008 totaling $6,851.33 and dated October
20, 2008 totaling $601,401.06
PAYMENT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY
PAYROLL WARRANTS: Dated October 20,
2008 totaling $94,751.22 and $17,720.31 and
dated October 21, 2008 totaling $643.12 and
$110.43
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET HEARING: The
County Administrator reviewed the requests
for budget appropriations/extensions for the
2008 budget. These expenditures were not
anticipated at the time the 2008 budget was
approved in December 2007. After hearing
public testimony, the Board approved a
resolution directing the Auditor to extend and
appropriate the budget of the funds by the
amounts listed in the requests.
WRIA 20 WATERSHED PLAN HEARING:
Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 20
covers approximately 1,000 square miles in
Clallam County and the westend of Jefferson
County. The State Watershed Management
Act was adopted in 1998 and focuses on
addressing water quantity, water quality, fish
habitat, and instream flow. The WRIA 20
Planning Unit, made up of representatives
from the City of Forks, Clallam County, the
Hoh Tribe, Jefferson County, the Makah
Tribe, the Quileute Tribe, the State
Department of Ecology, and several
stakeholders, approved the Watershed
Management Plan in August, 2008. The
process requires that both counties hold a
public hearing and take public testimony on
the plan. Clallam County is the lead agency.
They held their hearing on September 23,
2008. The Clallam County Commissioners
and the Jefferson County Commissioners are
also required to hold a joint public hearing on
the approved plan. The joint hearing is
scheduled for November 5, 2008 at 1 p.m. in
Forks at the Department of Natural Resources
Olympic Region Office. At that time the
Commissioners from both counties will vote
on the final plan.