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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting March 3, 2009
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following
comments were made by citizens: a person
suggested that he thinks the County should
approve the Shoreline Master Program (SMP)
update without shoreline buffers and forward it
to the State Department of Ecology to force
the State to specify the buffers; a citizen said
that he thinks if the City of Port Townsend is
going to receive Stimulus Package Funding
for the Upper Sims Way project, they should
give the County back a proportionate amount
of the $500,000 in Public Infrastructure funds
that they were awarded last year for the
project; a person said that he thinks the
Commissioners need to write letters to
Washington State University and State
Legislators about the proposed budget cuts to
the Extension programs in rural areas; a
person stated his opinion that the focus of the
County has been on creating regulations to
discourage growth and it needs to be on
creating a sustainable economy instead; a
person asked if the County has any idea
about how many businesses the SMP update
will affect?; and an organic farmer stated that
he is very concerned about the possibility that
the109 new wells allowed in the Chimacum
water basin according to the instream flow
rule will not be able to have outdoor spigots
because he thinks it is important for a property
owner to be able to grow their own food.
CONSENT AGENDA: The Board approved all
of the items on the Consent Agenda after a
slight revision to Item #8.
2 RESOLUTIONS: 1) Amending the legal
description for the vacation of a portion of
Station Prairie Road pursuant to Resolution
No. 72-03 and, 2) Continuing relationship with
the Washington Counties Risk Pool and the
related appointments and designations of the
County
HEARING NOTICE: Amendments to the
Comprehensive Plan and Chapter 18.18 of
the Jefferson County Code for the
Irondale/Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area
Compliance Action; Scheduled for Monday,
March 16, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in the
Commissioners Chambers
2 AGREEMENTS: 1) Oak Bay County Park
Phase II - Restoration Feasibility and Design for
Marine Resource Committee; WSU Extension
with Coastal Geologic Services, Inc. and, 2)
Land lease for Energy Assistance Program with
Olympic Community Action Program (OlyCAP)
2 ADVISORY BOARD RESIGNATIONS; 1) Debi
Bainbridge from the Jefferson County Tourism
Coordinating Council (TCC) and, 2) Andrew
Karagas from the Ferry Advisory Committee
LETTER REGARDING FUNDING: For
Washington State University (WSU) County
Extension Programs to Elson S. Floyd,
President, Washington State University and
Warwick M. Mayly, Provost and Executive Vice
President, Washington State University
PAYMENT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY
VOUCHERS/WARRANTS: Dated February
11,2009 totaling $1,000.00; February 20, 2009
totaling $7,640.70; February 23, 2009 totaling
$236,974.85
PAYMENT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY
PAYROLL A/P WARRANTS: Dated February
19, 2009 totaling $98,469.74 and A/P warrants
done by Payroll dated February 19, 2009 totaling
$18,694.26
COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING: The Board
reported on the following items: Port Townsend
was very crowded this weekend because of a
VW rally; Commissioner Austin plans to testify at
a hearing in Olympia on the closing of Old Fort
Townsend State Park this week; the proposed
legislation on the SB 5836 regarding marine
transport facilities for gravel and construction
materials in Puget Sound died in committee last
week; and the Olympic Trail didn’t receive any
federal funding this year.
SPECIAL JOINT MEETING: A joint Jefferson
County/City of Port Townsend meeting is
scheduled this Thursday, March 5 at 6:30 p.m. in
the Commissioners Chambers at the
Courthouse. The agenda will be available on the
County webpage this afternoon.