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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-28-09Board’s Official Business Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting July 28, 2009 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following comments were made by citizens in attendance at the meeting: A man stated that he feels the rural residents and landowners of the County who will be impacted by the proposed fee for the Clean Water District will most likely be working and not available when the hearing is tentatively set on Monday August 10 at 11:00 a.m. and he asked that the hearing be moved to a time like 7 p.m. when people can attend; a member of the State Parks Commission thanked the Board for their work in Olympia on the funding legislation for State Parks; another man stated that 40,000 square feet of light industrial space is available in Glen Cove that people would like to use but can't because of the Land Use Tables and he would like to see them changed to allow a more relaxed standard if a space stays vacant for a certain period of time and he noted that the Department of Natural Resources says that they can not fight a fire if one breaks out because of severe budget cuts; A citizen thanked the IT staff for implementing a new system to archive e-mails and he also said that he doesn't feel the County can charge a fee for the Clean Water District because a fee is for a service and the Clean Water District isn't providing a service which means this is a tax which requires a vote of the people; a citizen noted his concern about the proposed change to the Fire District #5 boundaries to allow a Clallam County Fire District to respond in the Gardiner area and he feels an analysis needs to be done of the types of services provided and where they occur within that District; another citizen said that it is his belief that we do not have a water crisis in Washington, what we have is a cheap water crisis and with regard to the desalinization project at Marrowstone Island he commended the PUD for this type of thinking to find a solution to a problem without more regulation; another person noted that the Critical Areas Ordinance has been approved and he thanked the Board for adopting it. CONSENT AGENDA: The Board approved all the items on the Consent Agenda. HEARING NOTICE: Flood Plan for Duckabush and Dosewallips Rivers; Hearing Scheduled for Monday, August 10, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. in the County Commissioners’ Chambers 4 AGREEMENTS: 1) Engineer Design Services for Willoughby Creek Bridge Repair, Upper Hoh Road; Shearer Design, LLC; 2) Willoughby Creek Bridge Emergency Repair, Upper Hoh Road; Washington State Department of Transportation; 3) Group Supported Employment; Jefferson County Public Health; Skookum Corporation; 4) Pre-vocational/ Specialized Industries; Skookum Corporation Approval of Final Short Plat: Fern Leaf Farm; To Divide 45 Acres into 2 Residential Lots Located at 5257 Beaver Valley Road, Chimacum; Jeff and Dawn Pryde, Applicants Payment of Jefferson County Vouchers/ Warrants dated July 20, 2009 Totaling $747,124.57 Payment of Jefferson County Payroll Warrants dated July 20, 2009 Totaling $88,871.61 and A/P Warrants Done by Payroll dated July 20, 2009 Totaling $15,460.51 COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION: Commissioner Johnson attended a Marine Sanctuary meeting in Port Angeles last week on eco system management. Commissioner Austin reported that the Pew Charitable Trust is willing to provide funds in a few States that have made efforts in parenting education and early childhood education. He represented this area in a meeting on this in Seattle last week. He added that the event to celebrate the work done by the community at the Quilcene Community Center was very successful. Commissioner Sullivan will attend a meeting to prioritize transportation work in the SR19/20 corridor (from the Ferry Terminal to SR 104) and the forum for the Port Commission candidates. Hearing on 2010 to 2015 Transportation Improvement Program: After reviewing the 37 projects on the plan and specifically the 19 that are currently funded, the Board approved the program as presented. Hearing on Proposed Budget Appropriations/ Extensions: The County Administrator reviewed the requests and reported that the net impact of the requests from General Fund departments is $232,000 which will be taken from the unreserved fund balance. Other Fund requests will be taken from each funds unreserved fund balance. The Board approved all of the requests as submitted. The Board approved a resolution setting budget goals and objectives for the 2010 budget. The Board set a hearing for a proposed amendment to the Clean Water District Ordinance to allow a $5 per parcel fee. The hearing is set for August 10, 2009 at 11 a.m. in the Commissioners’ Chambers. Written comments (e-mail, hand delivered or mailed) will be accepted until 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday August 5, 2009 or postmarked by that date.