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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 stated the installation and service fees for the
Public Works panic button seem excessive;
• A citizen stated: 1) The Department of Community
Development (DCD) Director will be speaking at a Grange
meeting this week; 2) He hears comments for and against
the County Commissioners; 3) He believes the bacteria
count is high at Chimacum Creek due to beavers and
raccoons; 4) Autism rates have increased; 5) An
earthquake would be devastating to Port Townsend;
• Three citizens voiced concern re: Implementation of
Initiative 502 and are seeking for a moratorium on
marijuana permitting until more research is done; and
• A citizen: 1) Urged the Commissioners to pull an item from
the Consent Agenda; 2) Noted that a power point
presentation on the Clean Water District was printed in
color and not made available on the Health Department
website; and 3) Stated that the Clean Water District
proposed fees were not fees but a tax on citizens
CONSENT AGENDA: The Board unanimously approved the
items on the consent agenda as presented:
RESOLUTION NO. 13-14 re: HEARING NOTICE: First Quarter
2014 Budget Appropriations/Extensions; Various County
Departments; Hearing scheduled for Monday, April 21, 2014 at
10:00 a.m. in the Commissioners Chambers
RESOLUTION NO. 14-14 re: Finding and Determination to
Declare Certain Personal Property as Surplus and Authorize
Disposal
RESOLUTION NO. 15-14 re: Creating a County Project No.
1805951941 (CR1941), Upper Hoh Road/Olympic National Park
FLAP MP 0.0-12.0, County Road No. 914207
9 AGREEMENTS: 1) Designation of the Official County
Newspaper of Public Record for Legal Notices; Leader
Publishing Company; 2) Amendment No. 1 re: Courthouse
Elevator Repairs; ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation;
3) Washington Conservation Corp (WCC) Services to Perform
Restoration, In-Stream and Habitat Maintenance Projects;
North Olympic Salmon Coalition (NOSC); 4) School Based
Health Center; Jefferson Mental Health Services; 5) 2014
Expanded Mental Health (MH) & Chemical Dependency (CD)
Treatment Services; Jefferson Mental Health Services;
6) Housing Forum Consulting Services; Partners4Housing;
7) AGREEMENT NO. G1400530 re: Hood Canal Clean Streams
Initiative; Washington State Department of Ecology;
8) AGREEMENT NO. DTFH70-14-E-00026 re: Execution of Funds
Transfer, Upper Hoh Road/Quilcene National Park MP 0.0-12.0,
County Road No. 914207; County Project No. CR1941; Western
Federal Lands Highway Division; and 9) Land Surveying Services
Associated with the Quilcene Replacement Shop Project,
County Project No. 180 543 1868; NTI Engineering and Land
Surveying Inc.
Rural Arterial Program (RAP) Prospectus re: Dosewallips Road
2014 Slide Repair; County Road Administration Board (CRAB)
Concurrence and Authorization to Proceed with the Real
Property Acquisition re: Parcel No. 901 112 013 (Michael
Anderson); Rick Tollefson Memorial Trail, County Project
No.18018150, STPR-2016(018);
Advisory Board Appointments (2) re: Jefferson County
Planning Commission, Representing District 2; 1) Unexpired
Four (4) Year Term expiring March 17, 2017, Matt Sircely; and
2) Four Year Term Expiring March 17, 2018, Lorna Smith
Advisory Board Reappointment re: Jefferson County Planning
Commission; Four (4) Year Term expiring March 17, 2018,
Representing District 3; Tom Giske
Payment of Jefferson County Vouchers/Warrants Dated
March 24, 2014 Totaling $166,974.93
Payment of Jefferson County Payroll Warrants Dated March
20, 2014 Totaling $71,916.88 and A/P Warrants Done by
Payroll Dated March 20, 2014 Totaling $15,181.06
COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION: The Commissioners
provided updates on the following items:
Chairman Austin
- Attended a meeting with the Prosecutor’s Office re: Diversion.
- Will be attending a State Board of Health meeting in Olympia
and a State Department of Health meeting in Kent this week.
Commissioner Sullivan
- Attended a FEMA allocations meeting two weeks ago.
- Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) update:
they qualify for a climate change grant.
Commissioner Johnson
- Met with the Department of Community Development (DCD)
and attended a LEAN training last week.
- The Students For Sustainability (SFS) had a successful trip to
Washington D.C. and won an Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Award for Washington State and Region 10.
- Spoke with an individual re: Concern over a safe passage to
school for Quilcene students.
Approval of Minutes: The Board approved the regular minutes
of January 6, 13, 21 and 27, 2014 and the emergency minutes of
January 21, 2014.
HEARING: The Board held a hearing to take public testimony
on the Proposed Amendment to the Clean Water District
Ordinance, Jefferson County Code Chapter 8.65. The
Commissioners extended the public comment period to
4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 14, 2014.
BRIEFING: The Peninsula Regional Support Network (RSN) met
with the Board and gave an update of changes due to Medicaid
Expansion and the Affordable Care Act and system reform and
integration.
Board’s Official Business
Highlights from Monday’s Commissioner Meeting April 8, 2014