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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting June 29, 2010
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following comments
were made by citizens in attendance at the meeting: a
citizen commented that audio recordings of Commissioner
meetings are required to be retained for 6 years; a citizen
stated that the number of subsidized school lunches is a
direct result of the downturn in the economy and he urged
the Board to do something about economic development
and making sure the County begins processing the
numerous permits on file so people can get back to work; a
citizen feels that government is imploding and the world
economy is not improving.
CONSENT AGENDA: All the items were approved as
submitted:
Hearing Notice re: Ordinance No. 03-0524-10; Mystery Bay
Mooring Buoy Moratorium; Hearing scheduled for July 12,
2010 at 10:00 a.m. in the Commissioners Chambers,
Jefferson County Courthouse
3 Agreements: 1 & 2) Education and Specialized Therapy
for the Birth to 3 Years Program with the Port Townsend
School District and Concerned Citizens; and 3) Hazardous
Waste Removal with Pacific Environmental Services
Company
Request to Convene the Board of Equalization: to hear
property valuation appeals for the year 2010
Letter: Appreciation of efforts to improve Highway safety on
State Route 101 in Gardiner; Klaus Hintermayer
Payment of Vouchers/Warrants: Dated June 17, 2010
totaling $5,933.50 and dated June 21, 2010 totaling
$300,659.42.
Payment of Payroll and A/P Payroll Warrants: Dated
June 5, 2010 totaling $109,805.05 and dated June 18, 2010
totaling $90,911.04 and $16,512.79
COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION: The
Commissioners and County Administrator reported as
follows:
Commissioner Sullivan:
- Noted that Olympic Community Action Programs is a
source for people to get funding assistance for essential
living expenses.
- The Peninsula Development District Board on which he
serves recently approved the Community Economic
Development Strategy for both Clallam and Jefferson
Counties so they will be eligible for funding through the
EDA.
- Finn River Farm operations are growing with the sale of
Apple Cider. Their Blueberry Cider is expected to be for
sale in the near future.
Commissioner Austin:
- Improvements have been completed on the Quilcene
Historical Museum and a scrapbook of Brinnon’s History
was recently published.
- He attended a ceremony welcoming the new Commanding
Officer at Naval Region Northwest. It is impressive how the
Navy has reached out to be good neighbor and to be
involved in the community.
- The Tourism Coordinating Council has published a map
for tourists which is very attractive and helpful.
Commissioner Johnson:
- There has been a tremendous amount of work to improve
Memorial Field all done by volunteers.
- The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board will be holding
a retreat in September to discuss alternative funding
options for parks and recreation services.
- Chimacum resident Roger Short now has a permit to
remove invasive plant species from Chimacum Creek
which will help to increase water flow.
County Administrator Phillip Morley:
- The County is attempting to address the permitting issue
so individuals can get back to work and move forward with
their projects. The constraint is not only the volume of
permits being reduced, but also the revenue to support the
permitting staff has significantly contracted. For the last 2
years the General Fund has been subsidizing permit
activity in the amount of $125,000 per year. He is working
with representatives of the development industry to
improve the permitting process and he is doing an analysis
to see if the County can restore Department of Community
Development (DCD) staff hours on a sustainable basis.
The General Fund is not in a position to do an additional
subsidy to DCD without significantly impacting other
programs and services next year.
Planning Commission Recommendation for MLA08-
00257; Unified Development Code Text Amendment for
Sexually Oriented Businesses (Adult Businesses): The
Board directed staff to review issues relating to licensing
requirements and costs and to coordinate legal review and
input from the Sheriff before bringing it back to the Board
for consideration.
Jefferson County - Port Townsend Natural Hazards
Mitigation Plan: After being briefed on this plan by
Emergency Management staff, the Board adopted the plan
which was also recently adopted by the City of Port
Townsend.
Jefferson County Housing Authority Update: The Board
met with representatives of the Jefferson County Housing
Authority and the Clallam County Housing Authority to
discuss the possibility of merging the two agencies.
2 Letters: The Board approved a letter to U.S. Navy Rear
Admiral Douglass Biesel welcoming him to Jefferson
County as the new Navy Region Northwest Commanding
Officer. The County Administrator was directed to review a
draft letter for future consideration by the Board to the
Commissioner of Public Lands requesting that the State
Department of Natural Resources use property
replacement funds being generated by the Dabob Bay
Trust Land transfers for the purchase of private forestlands
in eastern Jefferson County.