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HomeMy WebLinkAboutM042301/ District 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 S Week of April 23, 2001 Chairman Huntingford called the meeting to order at the appointed time in the presence of Commissioners Dan Titterness and Richard Wojt. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Commissioner Wojt moved to approve the minutes of the week of April 16, 2001 as presented. Commissioner Titterness seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. COUNTYADMINISTRATOR BRIEFING SESSION. • County Administrator Charles Saddler reported on the following: • Emergency Management Directors Conference: Directors from across the State attended this conference in Bellevue. There was a discussion about Washington's strong partnership with industry for emergency preparedness. Where there are large numbers of employees at a business location, they are to make preparations for themselves in an emergency. Jefferson County is doing well as far as coordination and preparation. • Forum on Rural Health Care Access and Community Justice: There were a wide variety of speakers, including Senator Maria Cantwell, at this meeting in Port Angeles. The problems faced by Hospital Districts, especially those in rural areas, were discussed. There are several medical procedures that are not reimbursed at the rate they are billed, or at a rate to cover costs, which causes serious funding problems for rural hospitals. Dr. Tom Locke, Medical Director for Jefferson and Clallam Counties, was a panelist and did an excellent job detailing the problems with the public health network across the country. In the afternoon, the issues of juvenile justice and mental health were reviewed including how the federal government needs to be involved. There are currently many good programs in Clallam County. Jefferson County may be able to enter into a partnership with Clallam County to provide these programs locally. • Issue Manager: Commissioner Wojt pointed out that either many items on Issue Manager have not been addressed or the departments aren't updating the Issue Manager files. The following items need to be closed: the Quilcene well, the list of needs for permit applications and finalizing permit forms for the UDC, the crematorium at Animal Shelter, and maintenance of Fisherman's Point Road. Page 1 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of April 23, 2001 / THREE (3) BID CALLS; 1) Custom Designed 23 to 25 Foot Aluminum Constructed Vessel with Cabin, 2) Two (2) New 115 Horsepower 4- Stroke, Counter Rotating Outboard Engines, and 3) New, Installed, Marine Navigation and Radio Equipment Jefferson County Sheriffs Office: Commissioner Wojt moved to approve the three bid calls as presented by the Sheriff s Office for opening at 10:00 a.m., Monday, May 14, 2001 in the County Commissioners' Chambers. Commissioner Titterness seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following public comments were made: A citizens group has formed to discuss developing a Tri Area Sub -Area Plan, with an informational meeting scheduled for May 3, 2001, and a second meeting scheduled for May 10, 2001 to select a Planning Committee (a request was made to have the County Commissioners and DCD staff at the May 10 meeting); discussion of what the community can expect from this meeting especially regarding water; the need for City and County to combine like functions including planning functions; a meeting in Quilcene about trails; a question about a property in Quilcene and whether it is a County park; the suggestion was made that if the County hires a Code Enforcement Officer that person needs to be trained about property rights; the attitude at DCD when citizens apply for a building permit has changed for the better since 1999, but the Health Department needs to review their procedures and attitudes because people aren't being treated properly or lawfully; no weapons in the Courthouse isn't being handled correctly in Jefferson County, a metal detector needs to be installed if the County is serious about Courthouse security; if the County Commissioners aren't the local judicial authority, they have over - stepped their authority by posting the "No Firearms" signs at the Courthouse; the 3 members of the Board of Equalization do their job in a professional manner and should be commended for their service to the public. APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA: Commissioner Wojt moved to approve and adopt all of the items on the Consent Agenda as presented. Commissioner Titterness seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. 1. RESOLUTION NO. 44 -01 re: Establishing the Animal Services Donation Trust Fund 2. RESOLUTION NO. 45 -01 re: Finding and Determination; Declaration of Surplus County Personal Property and Authorization for Disposal 3. Cancellation of Public Hearing; Intent to Declare Certain County Personal Property Surplus; Hearing Scheduled for Monday, May 7, 2001 at 10:05 a.m. in the Commissioners Chambers 4. AGREEMENT re: WRIA 17 Salmonid Refugia Study; Project #00- 1816N; Jefferson County Health and Human Services; Washington State Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation, Salmon Recovery Funding Board 5. AGREEMENT, Reimbursable re: Selling Petroleum Fuel to Local Agency; Jefferson County Public Works; Brinnon School District Page 2 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of April 23, 2001 / 6. AGREEMENT re: Professional Services; Appraisal of Richardson Property Acquired for the Larry Scott Memorial Trail; Jefferson County Public Works; S. A. Newman Forest Engineers 7. AGREEMENT re: H. J. Carroll Park Caretaker's/Maintenance Facility Project #HJ1486; Phase I Site Work; Jefferson County Public Works; Reeves Excavating & Land Clearing, Inc. 8. AGREEMENT re: H. J. Carroll Park Caretaker's/Maintenance Facility Project #HJ1486; Phase I Electrical Work; Jefferson County Public Works; Hanson Electric 9. Findings, Conclusions and Decision re: Application for Current Use Assessment to Designate 15.1 Acres of Land as Timber Open Space, #CUA00- 00004; Located on Duckabush Road in Brinnon; Richard Reid, Applicant 10. Re- appoint Three (3) Individuals to Each Serve a Three (3) Year Term on the Jefferson County Board of Equalization; Terms Expire May 11, 2004; James A. DeLeo, William S. Marlow, and Richard A. Broders Department of Community Development re: Comprehensive Plan and unified Development Code Line In/Line Out Amendments Related to Rural Industrial Areas Including Glen Cove Light Industrial/Commercial District: Randy Kline, Associate Planner, reviewed the amendments to the Bulk and Dimension Table in the Comprehensive Plan as they relate to rural light industrial/commercial areas. DCD is proposing the following changes: • Elimination of the 20,000 square foot building cap in the Comprehensive Plan. Table 6 -1 in the UDC would be updated to reflex this change. All rural industrial areas would be affected by this change including those areas in Quilcene, three areas in Center, Gardiner, and Allen Logging in the West End, as well as Glen Cove. Glen Cove is the only area that requires a specific amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. The UDC has to be amended for all areas. Commissioner Wojt asked if the building cap refers to footprint or total aggregate floor space? Randy Kline explained that an Administrative Decision defines `building cap" as building footprint, not total aggregate floor space. Commissioner Wojt asked that this be clarified in the UDC. Randy Kline noted that Table 6 -1 could include an addition to the key which would clarify that building cap means building footprint, not total aggregate floor space. • Elimination of any reference to total building size or cap and any reference to building height in Table 6 -1 of the UDC. Commissioner Titterness asked that language be added in the document to clarify that the limit is per unit and not total units. Page 3 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of April 23, 2001 / Al Scalf added that a SEPA review is required for a building larger than 4,000 square feet or with more than 20 parking places. If the Fire District comments that they are restricted to a certain height in fighting a fire, this could trigger a condition on building height. Randy Kline summarized the line in/line out changes in the Comprehensive Plan. • Page 3 -80: Eliminate the paragraph in LNP 8.5.2b that refers to the building cap and changes in the bullet below the paragraph to make it consistent with the UDC. • Page 3 -81: Remove language in LNP 8.5.2c which would limit adding square footage to a building to one time only. The same language is lined out in the UDC. Staff is recommending that all areas in the County designated light industrial/commercial zones be included in this amendment because there are issues that the County will address this year regarding Glen Cove that will also need to be addressed in these other areas. Commissioner Wojt stated that he can understand a light industrial use that would require a 20,000 square foot building; but he doesn't feel that any related commercial use, appropriate for these locations, would require that much square footage. Commissioner Titterness pointed out that a building can be constructed for one use and that use can change. Al Scalf explained that a "change of use" permit is required under those circumstances. Randy Kline explained that currently the Bulk and Dimension Table limits "impervious surface coverage" to 60% of a parcel. This includes buildings, paved areas and graveled areas. For example, the largest parcel available for sale in the Glen Cove area is 3.6 acres. Limiting impervious surface coverage to 60% would allow for 94,612 square feet of impervious surface on this parcel or two 40,000 square foot buildings with associated parking. Another example is Edensaw Woods, a business in the Glen Cove area on 1.91 acres. They currently have 17,000 square feet of impervious surface. Under the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment for rural lands with this designation, if they were to expand, they could only add 34,000 square feet of impervious surface. If this Glen Cove becomes a UGA, the density standards would increase because they would become urban standards. Warren Hart, Deputy Director of Community Development, explained that the Public Works Department has commented that they would prefer that land use purposes not be linked to impervious surfaces. The County has adopted the Puget Sound Water Quality Manual by reference and most of the buildings proposed in Glen Cove would require an engineered stormwater management plan. There are cases where up to 100% impervious surface coverage is acceptable when an engineered plan includes underground storage tanks or stormwater retention systems. The building's dimension in these cases could cover the total 60 %. Commissioner Titterness stated that he has concerns about whether this would meet the criteria for rural areas even though the UGA process is going on at the same time as the Comprehensive Plan amendment process and may lead to an urban designation for Glen Cove. Al Scalf answered that "rural character" is a Page 4 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of April 23, 2001 / legislative judgement call and the goals and policies governing the definition are fairly general. Charles Saddler cautioned that the Board needs to look at Glen Cove as it currently exists as a rural industrial zone. Warren Hart added that the Shold Business Park is viewed as a successful example of a commercial development and it has 68% impervious surface coverage. Commissioner Titterness stated that he feels people need to be able to utilize their property for the highest and best use and engineered stormwater management systems allow this to happen. He supports the 60% building coverage in rural areas. Randy Kline reiterated the changes and asked if the Board wants to review the final draft before it goes to the Planning Commission? Commissioner Titterness moved to direct staff to make the changes discussed and forward the documents directly to the Planning Commission for review. Commissioner Wojt seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. Department of Community Development re: Proposed Comprehensive Plan and UDC Amendments to Enable Additional Master Planned Resorts in Jefferson County: Al Scalf explained that UGAs have the highest intensity and scale for urban uses. Master Planned Resorts are an alternative. Currently Port Ludlow is the only existing MPR in Jefferson County. Josh Peters, Associate Planner, explained that in order to add other MPRs the Comprehensive Plan has to be amended and an MPR application process needs to be added to the UDC. There are several sections in the Comprehensive Plan that need to be amended and a new goal, LNG 26.0, and 12 policies have been added. The policies are based on the RCW that allows for additional MPRs. The consultant crafted the language after reviewing other counties Comprehensive Plans on developing MPRs, literature from the State Office of Community Development, and some of the Growth Management Hearings Board cases. Commissioner Titterness questioned LNP 26.3, and if an MPR could actually be located inside a UGA? Warren Hart explained that an MPR can be adjacent to areas of more intensive urban development. Josh Peters added that the intent is to make sure that the MPR is tightlined in order to prevent sprawl if it is surrounded by rural densities. It doesn't necessarily mean that an MPR can't be sited next to an existing urban area. Charles Saddler used the example of Fort Worden as an MPR. He stated that by their very nature, MPRs are not exclusive. Any new MPRs would be characterized as a resort area with transient accommodations for short term visitors rather than an area with a large percentage of permanent residences such as Port Ludlow. Language in the UDC requires that permanent residences in future MPRs would have to be associated with the resort. For this reason, there wouldn't be a permanent population that would need to be factored into the allocation of UGA spaces. Page 5 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of April 23, 2001 Chairman Huntingford stated that he has concerns about referencing Port Ludlow so often in the documents. Charles Saddler explained that Port Ludlow was the only MPR in the Comprehensive Plan, therefore, the existing language is still referenced and then expanded upon to recognize additional MPRs that will be established under a different section of the RCW. Port Ludlow is a unique MPR and any additional MPRs will be more traditional in the way the Legislature intended. Warren Hart suggested that letters be sent to the community associations in Port Ludlow to let them know that this Comprehensive Plan amendment does not impact their Master Planned Resort status and is only designed for new MPRs. Josh Peters explained that the UDC review process regarding siting of an MPR consists of the submission of a master plan and a proposed development agreement with the County. A formal site specific amendment to the Comprehensive Land use Map would also be required. Warren Hart explained that these are 2 separate processes that could be done simultaneously. Commissioner Wojt moved to direct staff to forward the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment and changes to the UDC to the Planning Commission for review. Commissioner Titterness seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. The meeting was recessed at the end of the scheduled business and reconvened on Tuesday morning. Commissioners Wojt and Titterness were present. Chairman Huntingford was not present. The Board attended an Executive Session from 10:30 a.m. to Noon with the County Administrator, Deputy County Administrator, Prosecuting Attorney, Community Development Director, Environmental Health Director, and Environmental Health Specialist regarding actual litigation. MEETING ADJOURN JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 4 k` SEAL: ATTEST: CIA orna Delaney, CMC Clerk of the Board len Hun mg rd, Page 6