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District No. 1 Commissioner: Dan Titterness County Administrator: Charles Saddler
District No. 2 Commissioner: Glen Huntingford Deputy Administrator: David Goldsmith
District No. 3 Commissioner: Richard Wojt Clerk of the Board: Lorna Delaney
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Week of February 5, 2001
Chairman Glen Huntingford called the meeting order at the appointed time in the presence of
Commissioner Dan Titterness. Commissioner Richard Wojt was not present.
COUNTYADMINISTRATOR BRIEFING SESSION. • County Administrator Charles
Saddler reported:
The Regional Services Agreement with the City of Port Townsend has been reviewed by the City
Manager and seems to be acceptable to both the City and the County. Some of the provisions are:
The City will employ more developmentally disabled persons and the County will forgive the 1998
and 1999 jail expenses in return; the City and County will work on jail incarceration issues to reduce
the amount of jail time; and there are six additional areas that will be worked on in the future to
review opportunities for service delivery
A Resource, Conservation and Development (RC &D) Office is proposed on the Olympic Peninsula to
serve Clallam and Jefferson Counties. There is an organizational meeting scheduled on February 15,
2001 in Port Angeles. It appears that there is an effort to locate the office in Forks but an office there
would be disadvantageous to most of the population that would be served. Jefferson County may
want to provide inducements to locate the office here. The Port Hadlock WSU Cooperative
Extension Offices would be an ideal location because of the tie in to communications. He asked if the
Board would support a financial inducement, such as subsidized rent, and a strong proposal to locate
the office here? A Port Hadlock or Sequim location would be far more sustainable.
Chairman Huntingford agreed, but noted that the citizens in Forks want development and growth. It
is well known that many of the citizens in Jefferson County don't want growth and if that attitude
doesn't change, the County may not have an opportunity to have the office located here.
Commissioner Titterness said that he feels resource management and development are compatible.
Charles Saddler explained his knowledge of RC &D programs in other states. Usually an RC &D
Office includes a hired agency officer and support staff whose main objective is to get money flowing
into the community through grants, etc. Commissioner Titterness and Chairman Huntingford directed
the County Administrator to develop an incentive package to encourage the office to locate here.
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• Chairman Huntingford asked why the Planning Commission's agenda for this week lists a discussion
on density, dimension, open space and parking standards? It was his understanding that the Board
planned to have a discussion of these issues before they went to the Planning Commission. Charles
Saddler advised that the Planning Commission is scheduled to have a general discussion of larger
issues rather than specifics. Chairman Huntingford noted that the Planning Commission has already
looked at these issues. He wants the Board to have discussions first and then have Planning
Commission review the direction the Board has set. Commissioner Titterness agreed that the
Planning Commission needs direction from Board before they discuss these issues further.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following comments were made: a compliment to the
Board for joining the lawsuit on the Shoreline Management Act; a compliment to David Alvarez, Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney for his brief on this lawsuit; the County needs to fast track land use procedures and be
able to make decisions faster; a compliment to The Leader for their coverage of the conditions in the south
County; there are "can do" people and "can't do" people; the need to resolve issues between City of Port
Townsend and the County so that they can move forward to do the things that need to be done; a "No
Growth" agenda means high taxes, an elite community, and heavy- handed government; encouragement to the
Board to create opportunities for economic growth in this County; the definitions in the UDC are not
complete and clear and a request was made that the commercial use definition be changed to include more
specific items; change the "rural commercial uses" definition (Section 2, page 20) to be the same as the other
requested change; the County needs to change the definition of urban utilities; and LNP 5.1 still needs to be
changed.
APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA: Commissioner Titterness
moved to approve all the items on the Consent Agenda as submitted. Chairman Huntingford seconded the
motion which carried.
1. RESOLUTION NO. 12 -01 re: Support for Continued State Funding of the Higher Education
Demonstration Project (HEDP) and Extend the Jefferson Education Consortium Pilot Project for
Two (2) Years
2. AGREEMENT re: Community Development Block Grant Funding for Olympic Community Action
Programs (OlyCAP) to Provide Public Services to Persons with Low and Moderate Incomes;
Washington State Department of Community Trade and Economic Development (CTED)
3. AGREEMENTS (2) re: Professional Services for Breast and Cervical Public Education and
Outreach; Jefferson County Health and Human Services; Linda Kehrli and Kornelia Smith
4. AGREEMENT, Amendment #1 re: Professional Services; for Water Resource Inventory Area
(WRIA) 17 Planning Unit; Amend Scope of Services, Time for Performance, and Payment; Jefferson
County Health and Human Services; Parametrix, Inc.
5. AGREEMENT, Amendment #1 re: Consulting Services for the Water Resources Inventory Area
(WRIA) 17 Planning Unit; Jefferson County Health and Human Services; Susan Gulick
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6. AGREEMENTS (9) re: Community Service Grant Funding for 2001; 1) Coyote Foundation/Tri-
Area Teen Center; 2) Port Townsend Senior Association; 3) Domestic Violence; 4) Jefferson County
Fair Association; 5) Brinnon Senior Association; 6) Conservation District; 7) Economic Development
Council; 8) Supplement to Agreement with Economic Development Council; and 9) Olympic
Community Action Programs (OlyCAP)
7. AGREEMENTS (3) re: Hotel - Motel Grant Funding for 2001; 1) Jefferson County Tourism
Coordinating Council (TCC); 2) Jefferson County Historical Society; and 3) Quilcene Historical
Museum
8. Letter of Support for Continued State Funding of the Higher Education Demonstration Project
(HEDP) and Extend the Jefferson Education Consortium Pilot Project for Two (2) Years; Higher
Education Committee: Senator Kohl - Welles, Representative Guiterrez- Kenney and Representative
Cox
9. Appoint Individual to Serve a Three (3) Year Term on the Olympic Area Agency on Aging (03A)
Advisory Board; Term Expires January 5, 2001; Jim Greer
10. Reappoint Person to Serve another term on the Gardiner Community Center Board of Directors;
Terms Expire January 9, 2004; Earl Gibson
BUSINESS FROM COUNTY DEPARTMENTS
PUBLIC WORKS
BID OPENING re: Asphalt Concrete For 2001 Maintenance Projects on Various County
Roadways: Aubrey Palmer, Operation's Manager, opened and read the bids received as follows:
Bidder Bid
Lakeside Industries, Port Angeles, 6,000 tons of Asphalt Concrete
East JC - $37.80 per ton for a total cost of $226,800.00
1,500 tons West JC - $37.80 per ton for a total cost of $56,700.00
250 tons cold mix for EJC $41.40 /ton or $10,350.00
100 ton cold mix for WJC $41.40 /ton or $4,440.00
Total bid $297,990.00
Ace Paving, Bremerton, 6,000 tons of Asphalt Concrete
East JC - $31.75 per ton for a total of $190,500.00
250 tons MC 250 cold mix for EJC $32.25 per ton or $8,062.50
Total bid $198,562.50
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Engineer's Estimates For 6,000 tons of Asphalt Concrete East JC - $30.50 per ton
1,500 tons for WJC - $30.50 per ton;
250 tons MC250 cold mix for EJC $32.50 /ton total $8,125.00
100 tons MC250 cold mix for WJC $32.50 total $3,250.00
Total bid $240,125.00
Commissioner Titterness moved to direct the Public Works Department to check the bids for accuracy and
make a recommendation for bid award that is to the best advantage of the County. Chairman Huntingford
seconded the motion which carried.
From 10:15 to 10:30 a.m. the Board interviewed Sylvia Bowman who is interested in serving
a two (2) year term representing District #1 on the Jefferson County Solid Waste Advisory Committee.
Appointment of Director of Emergency Management for Jefferson County: Commissioner
Titterness moved to approve RESOLUTION N0.13-01 appointing the County Administrator as Director
of Emergency Management. Chairman Huntingford seconded the motion which carried.
Marianne Walters, County Clerk re: Courthouse Facilitator Ordinance: County Clerk,
Marianne Walters reported that she has drafted an ordinance to implement a Courthouse Facilitator program.
She explained that this position helps people through the process in domestic relation disputes. These are
services that the Court already provides, but this gives the program more legitimacy. The State may mandate
this position in the future and provide funding for it. If that happens, the County may be eligible for State
funding. The ordinance requires a $10 fee which will provide funding for the County's program. David
Alvarez, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, suggested some changes to the ordinance and advised that he
supports this concept. Commissioner Titterness moved to have a hearing notice developed and put on the
Board's next agenda for approval. Chairman Huntingford seconded the motion which carried.
Report and Update from the Marine Resources Committee: Andy Palmer and Larry
Lawson, representing the Marine Resources Committee, gave a report on this Committee's activities. The
Northwest Straits area (Clallam, Island, Jefferson, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish & Whatcom Counties)
includes the area from Everett north to the Canadian Border and west to Neah Bay, but does not include
Hood Canal. The Marine Straits area is governed by Marine Resources Committees in each of the counties
involved. The Northwest Straits Initiative benchmarks are:
1) Broad County Participation in MRCS;
2) A regional system for Marine Protected Areas;
3) Net gain in high value habitat;
4) Measurable increases in factors of Bottom Fish Recovery;
5) Net reduction in shellfish areas closed from pollution;
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6) Increases in key marine indicator species;
7) Coordination of scientific data;
8) Public education and outreach.
All 7 counties have opted into the Northwest Straits Initiative. The MRC distributed a questionnaire to find
out what the public perceptions are about marine resources. They have received approximately 250
responses. The public feels that fish and shellfish need help. The Committee has developed a website for
public outreach and they have established a library at the WSU Cooperative Extension Office in Port
Hadlock. He reviewed what they know from studies of local bodies of water.
Discovery Bay is an estuary with minimal mixing, extensive eelgrass beds and five tidal marshes, and
forage fish spawn on the beaches; it is an important herring spawning and rearing area; water quality
trends are poor (low dissolved oxygen and high nutrient levels); herring stocks have been reduced
drastically in this bay.
Strait of Juan de Fuca has an open, exposed shoreline; rocky reef habitat; critically important seabird
nesting sites; steep declines in a variety of seabird populations including puffins, murres, scoters and
grebes; and there has been a disappearance of extensive kelp beds on the Dallas Bank on north side of
Protection Island.
Port Townsend Bav is a shallow estuary, well mixed at the entrances, but also has areas of low
mixing; eelgrass found throughout the bay; forage fish spawning sites on many beaches; monitoring
sites in the bay have detected some levels of pollutants; previous activities may have resulted in dioxin
contamination, but no data is available; shellfish sites around marinas are closed as a precaution;
elevated fecal coliform counts have been recorded at Pt. Hudson and the Boat Haven; shellfish
advisories have been issued for areas around Indian Island because of contaminants; and the historic
cod fishery collapsed in the 1970s and has since failed to recover.
Killisut Harbor has extensive eelgrass beds; small spawning population of herring; and large
overwintering bird populations.
Oak Bav has an estuarine and marsh environment that supports a large invertebrate community; sand
lance spawning has been documented on beaches; and erosion damage to the salt marsh at the north
end of the bay has occurred.
The Marine Resources Committee has the following recommendations for Jefferson County:
• Development of guidelines for establishing Marine Protective Areas (MPAs)
• Establish network of MPA benchmarks (continued public outreach, refine criteria and data gathering);
• Better understanding of water quality issues by improving communication (shellfish and habitat
benchmarks) with key facilities at the Port of Port Townsend, Port Townsend Paper Company, State
DOE, Indian Island and County agencies);
• Restore and protect marine habitat (enhance habitat benchmark) support habitat restoration measures;
integrate data with SMP and Critical areas;
• Public education and support for efforts to reduce impacts from seaweed harvesting, SPARTINA
infestations and other beach activities;
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• Address issues with bulk heads including adoption of alternative "softer" strategies;
• Adopt measures to encourage shoreline owners to enhance overhanging vegetation;
• Support efforts to protect key species (increase in indicator species) research on spawning habitat;
• Continue to partner with other existing groups - NOSC, Baywatch groups, Water Watchers.
The MRC has a $30,000 grant from the Northwest Straits Commission and a $10,000 grant for
administration, but they need more resources, and will be seeking grant funding from private foundations.
The Board attended a workshop on the Forest Counties and School Coalition and HB2389.
MEETING AkDlQU NED. JEFFERSON COUNTY
• ` BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
SEAL:
. a I Hunting r , i
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itterness , Me
Lorna Delaney, CMC
Clerk of the Board
i and Wojt, Member
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