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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-16-10Board’s Official Business Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting March 16, 2010 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following comments were made: a citizen commented that he hoped the Board would remove the Resource Conservation Manager agreement from Consent Agenda because he feels it is not a good idea the way it’s structured, because it is a 3 year commitment which makes little sense, and the first year and additional years savings have been bumped up from the previous version which looks like someone is doing magic with the numbers; Another citizen stated that it's a critical time to have everyone send a consistent message about the needs of this area regarding the proposed passenger ferry service and people need to support this idea so that citizens can get to places where they can find work; A citizen stated that WSU helps a large number of children and families per year and there are fund raising drives coming up to benefit these WSU programs; another citizen said that he doesn't see any good news about revenues and jobs and it would be nice to see the Commissioners working on these things; the County needs to fund the update of the Comprehensive Plan; Another man thanked Rich Stapf for being willing to step up and help with the maintenance of Memorial Field which he estimates will be a donation of $20,000, he then reviewed several projects that are being discussed which will take property off the tax roles and cost the County tax dollars; The Boardband project estimates seem to be overstated, another citizen pointed out, and it doesn't make sense to have a command center with broadband at the Maritime Center because of the possibility of an earthquake; and a citizen said that the Board needs to think about the liability issues of a ferry, the Shoreline Master Program has been submitted to DOE and new legislation may cause a slowdown in the DOE reviewing and approving that program, all across the State Counties are adopting SMPs for their area and there is disparity in what is being accepted by DOE, the Shoreline Act tells us that the local jurisdiction has leeway to deal with buffer widths, and people were told that the 150 foot buffers are required because of best available science and this is not true. CONSENT AGENDA: The revised interlocal agreement for Resource Conservation Management Services (Item #7) was deleted and the balance of the items were approved as submitted: HEARING NOTICE: Road Name Change from Emil Road to Borgeson Road; Hearing Scheduled for Monday, April 5, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. in the Commissioner’s Chambers RESOLUTION: Creating a County Project Designated as CR1854; Leland Valley Road West MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING: Donation of Labor, Equipment and Supplies to help Maintain and Improve Memorial Field; Jefferson County Public Works; Stapf Construction, Inc. 3 AGREEMENTS: 1) 3 Change Orders: Jeffcom 911 Radio System Improvements; Buchanan General Contracting Company; 2) Amendment No.1 Facilitation and Project Management Services agreement in Conjunction with Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 17 Planning Unit; Blackmore Consulting, LLC; and 3) Hotel-Motel Grant Funding; Quilcene Historical Museum BID AWARD: Oak Bay Road Retaining Wall Repair, Project No. XO1813;J Bar D Construction, Inc. Advisory Board Appointment; Jefferson County Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, District #1 Representative; Term Expires March 15, 2012; Rich Stapf, Jr. 2 Advisory Board Reappointments; Jefferson County Planning Commission; Terms Expire March 17, 2014; Henry Werch, District #2 Representative; Tom Giske, District #3 Representative Payment of Jefferson County Vouchers/Warrants: dated March 8, 2010 totaling $463,637.34; Payroll warrants dated March 5, 2010 totaling $722,631.40; dated March 8, 2010 totaling $495.55; A/P warrants done by Payroll dated March 5, 2010 totaling $591,393.32 and dated March 9, 2010 totaling $233.22. REVISED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT: (Deleted from Consent Agenda) for Resource Conservation Management Services with the City of Port Townsend, Port Townsend School District, Chimacum School District and Jefferson County Hospital District #2 (Jefferson Healthcare): After reviewing typographical errors, the Board approved the revised agreement as corrected. COMMISSIONERS’ BRIEFING SESSION: Commissioner Austin advised that a celebration is being planned for when the new ferry "Chetzemoka" is ready to be put in service . He will also encourage the Puget Sound Partnership to seek funding for the sewer. Commissioner Sullivan reported that he met with our Congressional delegation in Washington DC last week on County projects (broadband, funding infrastructure projects, cleaning Puget Sound, the Olympic Discovery Trail. ) Philip Morley, County Administrator explained that he met last week with representatives of the Port and City to work on a common economic development vision, strategy and work program as part of an interlocal agreement; Team Jefferson is working with staff on the broadband proposal which is due March 26. He then explained that the value of the maintenance work at Memorial Field by Stapf Construction is estimated to be $20,000 which only accounts for a portion of the of the annual maintenance work. There are other community partners stepping forward to deal with more aspects of the maintenance work for Memorial Field. He has been having discussions with the City on what the County can do toward the City's efforts to secure the Post Office Building. There are some possible changes coming from the State regarding the administration of OLYCAP direct service delivery contracts that are funded through State grants. Assessor Jack Westerman explained how income received would be distributed if the property between Gibbs and Beausite Lake was sold. This is County Trust Land that is managed by DNR and is not the County's property. It is property that is held in trust for all of the County’s Junior taxing districts. Any revenue left after DNR is given their 25% administration fee would be distributed between all the Junior Taxing Districts including State schools.