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Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting February 8, 2011
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following comments
were made by citizens in attendance at the meeting and
reflect their personal opinions:
•Thanks to Mr. Shambley the IT Manager for making
positive changes to the County website;
•Reminder to people to vote because there are issues
that need to be addressed;
•There are no frogs in Lake Leland anymore due to the
timber companies spraying urea on timber lands which
goes into the lake and stores that sell "weed and feed"
should give out the Material Safety Data Sheet for it
when it is sold to educate people on how it should be
handled;
•The Courthouse neighborhood is overrun with parked
cars every day the Courthouse is open and a suggestion
was made that the County support the bus system by
having employees use it;
•The lawsuit filed against the County regarding the
Commissioners Public Comment Period was not about
time, matter, and place it was about regulation of content
and viewpoint in a public forum.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the items were approved as
submitted:
3 RESOLUTIONS: 1) Establishing a JeffCom Capital Fund;
2) Updating Right-of-Way Acquisition Procedures and
Appointing Staff Responsible for the Various Elements of the
Right-of-Way Acquisition Process, Replacing Jefferson
County Resolution No. 84-99; and 3) Creating a County
Project Designated as CR1881; Repaint the Queets Bridge,
Clearwater Road
19 AGREEMENTS: 1 &2) Local Agency Agreement and
Federal Aid Project Prospectus; Queets Bridge Painting
Milepost 0.60 to Milepost 0.76; Washington State
Department of Transportation; 3) Local Agency Agreement,
Upper Hoh Road Milepost 4.0 Emergency Repair;
Washington State Department of Transportation; 4) Local
Agency Agreement, Upper Hoh Road Milepost 3.5
Emergency Repair, Willoughby Creek Bridge; Washington
State Department of Transportation; 5) Juvenile
Accountability Block Grant (JABG); Washington State DSHS;
6) Early Family Support Services; Washington State DSHS;
7) Early Intervention Program; Washington State DSHS; 8 &
9) 2007-2011Consolidated Contract Additional Funds;
Washington State Department of Health; 10) Breast, Cervical
and Colon Health Program; Public Health of Seattle and King
County; 11) Salmon Creek Riparian Acquisition;
Conservation Futures Project; Jefferson Land Trust; 12)
2011 Community Services Grant Funding; Jefferson County
Fair Association; 13) 2011 Community Services Grant
Funding; Olympic Community Action Programs; 14) 2011
Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) Grant Funding;
Jefferson County Historical Society; 15) 2011 Lodging Tax
Advisory Committee (LTAC) Grant Funding; Jefferson
County Historical Society - Gateway Visitor Center; 16) 2011
Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) Grant Funding;
North Hood Canal Chamber & Visitor Center; 17) 2011
Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) Grant Funding;
Tourism Coordinating Council (TCC); 18) Maintenance for
Audio Recording System Located in Commissioner’s
Chambers; Jefferson Audio Video Systems (JAVS), Inc.;
and 19) Use of Property at City Water Reservoir Site for
Construction of a Radio Tower and Related Facilities; City
of Port Townsend
LICENSE: Energy Assistance Program; Olympic
Community Action Program (OlyCAP)
BID AWARD: 2011 Supply of Liquid Asphalt Products;
Albina Asphalt
2011 Certification of Road Levy; Washington State
County Road Administration Board (CRAB)
Payment of Jefferson County Vouchers/ Warrants Dated
January 24, 2011 Totaling $437,307.14 and Dated January
25, 2011 Totaling $61.00 and Dated January 28, 2011
Totaling $3,125.00
Payment of Jefferson County Payroll Warrants Dated
January 20, 2011 Totaling $91,888.15 and A/P Warrants
Done by Payroll Dated January 21, 2011 Totaling
$16,682.49
COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION:
The Commissioners each provided updates on the following
items:
Commissioner Johnson reported that he will be in Olympia
this week for meetings including urging support for a bill to
allow Counties to implement a tax on gravel extraction.
Chairman Austin advised that the Tourism Coordinating
Council will have a teleconference meeting due to the
distances that the members have to travel for a meeting.
Commissioner Sullivan reported on the Coastal Counties
caucus discussion of the ferry district proposal made by the
Governor. This proposal will also be reviewed and
coordinated with the various Ferry Advisory Committees
and Transportation Committees in the State.
UDC Amendment Proposal; Expansion of
Nonconforming Public Purpose Facilities and Changing
Impervious Surface Requirements for these Facilities:
The Board adopted the Planning Agency recommendation
and directed DCD staff to bring an ordinance back for their
consideration.
Washington State Department of Ecology’s Shoreline
Master Program Approval with Required and
Recommended Changes: The Board directed DCD staff to
bring back their recommendations on this in 2 weeks.