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Public Comment Period: The following is a summary of
comments made by citizens in attendance at the meeting and
reflect their personal opinions:
• A citizen expressed concern about a recent SEIS
traffic study for the Blackpoint Resort Development;
• A citizen stated: 1) Looking forward to the
Community Input meeting scheduled on April 16,
2013 in Quilcene; and 2) Worthington Park in
Quilcene is 80% funded;
• A citizen stated that a motion detection camera was
installed on Snow Creek to see what kind of wildlife
was in the area and caught two children playing; and
discussed the benefits of using organic weed killer.
CONSENT AGENDA: The Board unanimously approved the
items on the consent agenda as presented:
8 AGREEMENTS: 1) 2013 Community Services Grant Funding;
Gardiner Community Center; 2) Voluntary No Anchor Eelgrass
Protection Zone Project; Northwest Straits Foundation; 3)
Coordinated Prevention Grant – Enforcement; Washington
State Department of Ecology (DOE); 4) CHIPRA Technology
Grant; Washington State Department of Social and Health
Services (DSHS); 5) Washington Connection, Data Share
Agreement; Washington State Department of Social and
Health Services (DSHS); 6) Queets River Bridge Painting;
Western Industrial, Inc.; 7) Local Agency Federal Aid Project
Prospectus and State Funding for Center Road Overlay Project
– Phase 5; Washington State Department of Transportation
(DOT); and 8) Local Agency Federal Aid Project Prospectus and
State Funding for Center Road Overlay Project – Phase 6;
Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT)
Payment of Jefferson County Vouchers/Warrants: April 8,
2013 Totaling $284,051.28
Payment of Jefferson County Payroll Warrants: Dated April 5,
2013 Totaling $773,537.52 and A/P Warrants Done by Payroll
Dated April 5, 2013 Totaling $671,526.13
COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION: The Commissioners each
provided updates on the following items:
Chairman Austin
- Attended an informative meeting of representatives from
the Nurse Family Partnership with Clallam, Kitsap, and
Jefferson Counties and Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe.
- Participated in a conference call with the State
Association of Local Public Health Officials.
Commissioner Johnson
- Traveled to Olympia and attended: 1) Heritage Caucus
meeting; 2) Olympic Region Clean Air Agency meeting; 3)
Meeting with Deputy of the Governor regarding the
Peninsula Development Association (PDA); and 4)
Meeting with Allison Brooks, Historical Preservation
regarding the Worthington Park Project in Quilcene.
- Attended the Whale Trail meeting in Kalaloch.
- Will be attending a Legislative Steering Committee
meeting this week and another Heritage Caucus meeting
this week.
Commissioner Sullivan
- Reported that the Public Works Trust Funding that was
swept in the Senate budget and not in the House budget
are critical for many infrastructure funds.
- Participated in a town hall meeting that was well
attended last week. During the meeting he asked about
HB1512 - Fire Flow and Fire Hydrants and how they are
funded. Supporters do not expect too much opposition
on this bill.
- Reminded everyone about the PERC Tax Blues Breakfast
scheduled for April 17, 2013 beginning at 6:15 a.m.
County Administrator Morley
- Will be meeting with a constituent later this morning to
address his concerns about the processing of a Public
Records Request by the Department of Community
Development.
- Reported a Special meeting is scheduled for tonight at 6
p.m. in Superior Court to take Hearing testimony
regarding the Shoreline Management Plan (SMP); Finfish
Aquaculture Revisions.
- Reported a YMCA Collective Impact meeting will be held
on Tuesday. He is unable to attend and asked if a
Commissioner could participate. Commissioner Johnson
volunteered to attend.
- Stated the Board will be holding “On The Road”
Community Input meetings at 7:00 p.m. on April 16, 2013
at the Quilcene Community Center and on April 22, 2013
at the Port Ludlow Beach Club.
- Reported the BOCC will hold a public hearing April 22,
2013 re: 1st Quarter Budget Appropriations and will
possibly revisit the Port Ludlow Development Agreement
Extension.
- Reported next week the following meetings will take
place on Tuesday: Finance Committee Meeting;
Metropolitan Park District (MPD) Meeting at Chimacum
Grange at 2 p.m.
LETTERS OF SUPPORT (2): The Board approved two Letters of
Support to be sent to State Representatives Kevin Van De
Wege and Steve Tharinger for continued Mental Health
Funding in the Biennium budget.
REMINDER to Jefferson County Employees to attend the “Tax
Blues” Breakfast on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 from 6:15 a.m.
until 8:45 a.m. at the Port Townsend Community Center
sponsored by the Jefferson County PERCommittee
Board’s Official Business
Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting April 16, 2013