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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting June 22, 2010
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following comments
were made by citizens in attendance at the meeting: A
citizen commented that he used the term "agenda" in a
public records request and that term isn't used in the RCW.
He added that the Health Department and Parks Advisory
Board both have their minutes up-to-date on the website
now and pointed out that to his knowledge the Parks Board
has not done any review of the Gibbs Lake Park extension
and he thought that was one of their charges; Another
citizen commented that there is a lack of unity of information
on the County website about the various Advisory Board
meetings and committees on which the Commissioners
serve; Another citizen advised that he came to Jefferson
County 25 years ago when it was a nice place to live and
now he feels it is a place for the rich and if you are not rich
you are not welcome in the County. He also stated that he
feels the Board is guilty of a class war against the middle
class and poor in the County; A citizen asked if the Board is
familiar with Kroeger's the parent company of QFC which
submitted a request to put in a fuel station and it was
approved while local people submit requests that require
UDC changes and they can't get approval by the Board. He
added that he feels big corporations with lots of money and
lawyers can get changes to the UDC while local people who
don't have a lot of money can't; A citizen stated that he feels
the Chair doesn't control people during public comment and
he has the right to speak without interruption; and a citizen
stated that he wrote a letter to the County Administrator
about special licenses that are issued to the Sportsman's
Club and the Horse Park and he doesn't see anywhere in
the UDC where he has an opportunity to apply for one of
these special licenses.
CONSENT AGENDA: The Commissioners approved all
items as presented:
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Recycling and Moderate
Risk Waste Facility Operations Services County Project No.
40118460; Proposals Accepted Until 9:55 a.m. and Opened
and Read Publicly at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 23,
2010 in the Commissioners’ Chamber
4 AGREEMENTS: 1) Provide Professional Services for
Larry Scott Trail, Olympic Discovery Trail and Various other
Projects; Nik Worden; 2) Phase I Environmental Site
Assessments for Dosewallips Floodplain Acquisition II and
Mid Hood Canal Projects; Aspect Consulting, LLC; 3)
Amendment No. 1: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Groups;
Increase Amount by $2,000.00; Jefferson Mental Health, 4)
Perform Underwater Studies for Eelgrass Surveys;
Jefferson County Marine Resource Committee; James G.
Norris, d.b.a Marine Resource Consultants.
2 Advisory Board Approvals 1) Removal of Members of
the Developmental Disabilities Advisory Board; Kaheya
Cunningham; 2) Appointment; Jefferson County Peninsula
Regional Support Network (PRSN) Advisory Board; Three
(3) Year Term Expires June 21, 2013; Cheron Dudley
Payment of Jefferson County Vouchers/Warrants Dated
June 14, 2010 Totaling $696,897.16.
COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION: The
Commissioners reported as follows:
Commissioner Austin reported that he participated in a
Legislative Steering Committee meeting in Olympia last
week and there is going to be a new Naval Commanding
Officer for this area.
Commissioner Johnson reviewed information from the
WSAC Conference last week where the Timber Counties
discussed biomass. He also had the pleasure of presenting
a plaque to County Engineer Monte Reinders who was
named the "Rural Engineer of the Year" by the Washington
State Association of County Engineers. Regarding a
comment made during the Public Comment Period he
noted that he goes to almost every meeting of the Parks
Advisory Board and they have discussed the Gibbs
Lake/Beausite Lake park addition.
Chairman Sullivan stated that the public comment this
morning about a unified place on the County website for
Advisory Board information is a good idea. He also
reported on a couple of W SAC meetings he was able to
attend last week with one being a discussion of budget
issues that all Counties face where he found out that
Jefferson County has already instituted many of the budget
ideas that were discussed.
Bid Opening: Lease a Portion of the Port Townsend
Recreation Center to Child Care: Only one bid was
received from the Neighborhood Schoolhouse of Port
Townsend. Parks and Recreation will review the bid for
accuracy and bring a recommendation for bid award back
for the Board’s consideration next week.
Revised Interlocal Agreement: Resource Conservation
Management Services: The Board approved this revised
agreement that adds Fort Worden State Park and removes
Jefferson General Hospital to the list of entities which also
include the City of Port Townsend and Chimacum and Port
Townsend School Districts.
BID OPENING re: Larry Scott Memorial Trail, M.P. 4.0
to M.P. 5.6 (Project No. CR1069): The following bids were
opened and read:
Seton Construction $143,485.00
J Bar D Construction, Inc.$158,037.00
Shold Excavating Inc. $110,080.00
TL McConnell Construction, Inc. $226,521.00.
The bids will be reviewed for accuracy and a
recommendation for bid award will be submitted for the
Board’s consideration in the future.