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HomeMy WebLinkAboutM070901District No. 1 Commissioner: Dan Titterness District No. 2 Commissioner: Glen Huntingford District No. 3 Commissioner: Richard Wojt County Administrator: Charles Saddler Clerk of the Board: Lorna Delaney MINUTE Week of July 9, 2001 The meeting was called to order by Commissioner Richard Wojt in the absence of Chairman Glen Huntingford. Commissioner Dan Titterness was present. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: Commissioner Titterness moved to approve the June 25, 2001 and July 2, 2001 minutes as presented. Commissioner Wojt seconded the motion which carried. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BRIEFING SESSION: Frank Gifford, Public Works Director, Warren Steurer, Parks and Recreation Director and Bob Turpin, County Engineer, updated the Board on the performance measures for their divisions in the Public Works Department. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following comments were made: Appreciation for the new outdoor restroom facility at the Quilcene Community Center; more signs are needed for the County park and camping facilities in Quilcene; why hasn't the designated picnic area near the bridge that was washed out at Muncie and Rogers Streets in Quilcene been developed?; a complaint about a triplex apartment in the Seal Rock area that is operating on a septic system for a 1 bedroom home; a complaint about cars speeding in the Seal Rock area; urban fire danger will be high if the weather stays hot this summer and a suggestion was made that cedar shingles and shakes be banned outside the City; it is good that small mills can exist on the Olympic Peninsula; a compliment to the Board for their prompt response to finish the studies required for the Comprehensive Plan; a request that the letter the County received from Lakeside Industries, that lists their compliance with applicable laws, not be taken at face value because there is conflicting information from the State agencies that deal with Lakeside; the County needs to seek expert third party review of the statements in the Lakeside letter; there are different stories about what and why there is paving waste being stored at the Lakeside Cape George site; a request that all the UDC regulations be enforced at the Lakeside site; the DCD staff disagrees with the Planning Commission's recommendation on the final Comprehensive Plan Amendment docket. Page 1 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of July 9, 2001 APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA: Commissioner Titterness moved to adopt and approve all of the items on the Consent Agenda as submitted. Commissioner Wojt seconded the motion which carried. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. RESOLUTION NO. 61-01 re: Establishing a Petty Cash Account for the Jefferson County SherifFs Office AGREEMENT ~CA2003, Amendment #3 re: Agency Council on Coordinated Transportation (ACCT) Grant for Special Needs Transportation Alternatives; Amend Payment, Term and Project Cost; Jefferson County Health and Human Services, Developmental Disabilities; Washington State Department of Transportation AGREEMENT re: Child Profile Immunization Tracking and Information Sharing System to Serve as a Communication Link, Data Repository and Data Retrieval Facility for Health Care Providers; Jefferson County Health and Human Services; Joint Executive Management Team of Seattle-King and Snohomish Health District (JMET) AGREEMENT Supplemental #2 re: Survey Services for Acquisition of Property; Larry Scott Memorial Park/Trail; Jefferson County Public Works; Wengler Surveying and Mapping AGREEMENT re: Construction of Park Maintenance Building; HJ Carroll Park, Project No. HJ1486 Phase 2; Jefferson County Public Works; Q.E.D. Builders, LLC AGREEMENT re: Preventative Maintenance Service for Biogas Flare System; Jefferson County Waste Management Facility; Jefferson County Public Works; John Zink Company, LLC AGREEMENT re: Purchase Two (2) New 115 HP Outboard Motor; Jefferson County SherifFs Office; West Side Marine, Inc. AGREEMENT re: Perform Background Checks on New Employees; Jefferson County Administrator's Office; HireCheck, Inc. Request to Hear Property Tax Appeals for the Year 2001; Jefferson County Board of Equalization Accept Resignation of Individual Serving on the Jefferson County Housing Authority Board; John H. Estes, CPA HEARING re: Proposed Budget Appropriations and Extensions; Various County Funds: Commissioner Wojt opened the public hearing. Hearing no public comments for or against the requested budget appropriations/extension he closed the public hearing. Commissioner Titterness moved to approve RESOLUTION NO. 62-01 ordering the budget appropriations/extensions as requested. Commissioner Wojt seconded the motion which carried. Page 2 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of July 9, 2001 Community Development re: Transmittal of Planning Commission's Recommendation Regarding Establishment o£ Final Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket: Associate Planner Randy Kline reported that the Planning Commission had a public hearing on this on June 20, 2001 and they are recommending that 5 of the 6 suggested Comprehensive Plan Amendment proposals be placed on the docket and that the Durgan request, MLA01-00216, be placed on the docket for next year. DCD staff concurs with the Planning Commission's recommendation with the exception of Jones/Forest Land Buffering (Amendment MLA01-00233.) This involves redesignating commercial forest land as rural residential land to provide a buffer of slightly larger residential lots adjacent to commercial forest land holdings. Randy Kline explained that this issue was addressed in the Comprehensive Plan and in the 1997 Forest Lands Ordinance. Staff recommends that this amendment proposal not be included on the docket because of staff and Planning Commission resource issues. In addition to the Comprehensive Plan Amendments, the Planning Commission will have to review the Special Study, the UDC appeals, and the Brinnon Sub-area Plan before the end of the year. Commissioner Titterness asked about the reason for postponing the Durgan request until next year? Randy Kline answered that the ruling in the County's court case does not allow a change in the LAMIRD (Limited Areas of More Intense Rural Development) boundaries until the Special Study is complete. The Durgan request to change the Neighborhood/Visitor Crossroad Commercial designation at Chimacum Crossroads to a General Crossroad Commercial designation would substantially change the land use in that area. Regarding the buffers adjacent to commercial forest land, Commissioner Titterness asked how often this issue arises? Randy Kline explained that this happens fairly often, but the County has been able to approve requests for residences next to commercial forest lands. The 1997 ordinance requires that any changes to that ordinance must be reviewed by the original stakeholder group. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney David Alvarez added that currently there is an over supply of vacant residential lots on the Quimper Peninsula. Commissioner Titterness clarified that this change would affect the entire County and not just the Quimper Peninsula. Commissioner Wojt stated that he feels this is a "loophole" to break the forest industry in the County. Director of Community Development A1 Scalf noted that the criteria used to designate forest land in the County created 330,000 acres of forest land. This petition would review 8,500 acres. He doesn't want to create a procedural problem by doing an amendment without the stakeholder group's input. Commissioner Titterness reported that 2.5% of the forest land would be impacted by this change and it appears that DCD is already dealing with the forest land buffer issues as they come up. Because there is a requirement in the Comprehensive Plan that the stakeholders meet and discuss this, he would like to docket this and MLA01-00216 for next year and focus on the remaining four Comprehensive Plan Amendments this year. Since this direction is different than the Planning Commission recommendation, the Board will have to hold their own public hearing. Randy Kline advised that they can schedule a public hearing for the Board as soon as possible. Page 3 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of July 9, 2001 Commissioner Wojt asked if allowing multi-family housing in a LAMIRD would go against the court's decision? A1 Scalf explained that the court case deals with the issue of redefining the LAMIRD boundaries. Charles Saddler asked what effect the multi-family housing issue would have on the work that has been done in the Special Study? A1 Scalf replied that multi-family housing is currently allowed in the Rural Village Centers. Randy Kline explained that the affordable housing issue is a goal of CMA and the County Comprehensive Plan. It will be discussed during the Glen Cove/Tri Area Study process, but it needs to be applied throughout the County. Charles Saddler pointed out that the affordable housing issue will require a lot of work. After Task 5 and 6 of the Special Study are completed, he suggested that the County retain services of a macro economist to look at the issue. Commissioner Wojt stated that he feels that the multi-family housing amendment should be removed from the docket. He said that multiple family housing does not necessarily equate to affordable housing. Commissioner Titterness asked if all of the amendments would be part of the public hearing or just the ones that the Commissioners are going to remove or add to the docket? Commissioner Wojt stated that he would like to have MLA01-00215 removed from the docket. In addition, he does not agree with the Planning Commission on the bulk and dimensional standards (MLA01-00221) and would like to see this amendment discussed at the Board's public hearing. A1 Scalf reiterated that the Commissioners may adopt the Planning Commission final recommended docket, but if they add to it or subtract from it, a public hearing must be held. Commissioner Titterness moved to hold a public hearing on the final docket of Comprehensive Plan Amendments. Commissioner Wojt seconded the motion which carried. Discussion re: Conservation Futures Advisory Board: Deputy County Administrator Gary Rowe advised that the Board has interviewed all the applicants who expressed an interest in serving on the Conservation Futures Advisory Board. He asked if there was concern about setting boundaries around the process used by the Advisory Board? Commissioner Titterness advised that the concern is that the established Board be efficient and effective. Gary Rowe explained that the schedule is to have the work of the Board done by November and then it could disband or continue as the Commissioners desire. He then reported on the role of this Board. Gary Rowe reviewed the composition of this Board as follows: County Commissioner City of Port Townsend The Conservation District has appointed Roger Short as their representative. Forestry Real Estate 3 Citizens at Large The Land Trust has appointed Sara Spaeth as their representative. Page 4 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of July 9, 2001 Commissioner Tittemess moved to appoint the following: Kevin Miller as the representative for Real Estate; Dennis Schultz, citizen from the 3rd Commissioner District; Janet Kearsley, citizen from the 1 st Commissioner District; Ralph Rush, citizen from the 2nd Commissioner District; Dave Johnson representing Forestry and forest land owners; Glen Huntingford as the Commissioner's Representative; Conservation District representative is Roger Short; Land Trust representative is Sara Spaeth; The City of Port Townsend needs to appoint a representative. Commissioner Wojt seconded the motion which carded. In the future, Gary Rowe will be providing more details to the Board about how this Advisory Board will work and their goals. The meeting was recessed at the end of the scheduled business and reconvened on Tuesday morning. Commissioner Tittemess and Commissioner Wojt were present. Chairman Huntingford was not present. The Board attended an Executive Session from 10:00 to 11:45 a.m. with the County Administrator, Prosecuting Attorney, Director of Community Development, Environmental Health Director, and the Natural Resources Manager regarding actual litigation. MEETING.:4DJO'Ut~, V: \ SEAL: · '. ' ,'~ /- ": A~ST: Loma Delaney, CMC Clerk of the Board JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Gl¢untin:/-~~j~ Page 5