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Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
Special Meeting — Tuesday, September 4, 2018, 3:00 p.m.
City Hall Council Chambers, 540 Water Street, Port Townsend, WA
CALL TO ORDER: Port Townsend City Council Member Michelle Sandoval called the
Joint Meeting of the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) and the Ad Hoc
Committee on Housing to order. Present at the meeting: Commissioner and Chair of the BOCC David
Sullivan, Commissioner Kathleen Kler, Commissioner Kate Dean, Chief Civil Deputy Prosecuting
Attorney Philip Hunsucker, County Administrator Philip Morley, Council Member Michelle Sandoval,
Council Member David Faber, Council Member Amy Howard, City Attorney Heidi Greenwood and
City Manager David Timmons.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following is a summary of comments made by
individuals in attendance at the meeting and reflect their personal opinions.
• Comment regarding being a former resident of the homeless shelter.
• Comment regarding Community Outreach Association Shelter Team (COAST)not being
represented at the meeting.
• Comment regarding homelessness and vagabonds.
DISCUSSION re: Interlocal Agreements on Homelessness and Affordable Housing
Using Funding from Recording Fees Pursuant to RCW 36.22.178, .179 and .1791: The Jefferson
County Commissioners and the City of Port Townsend Ad Hoc Committee on Housing discussed the
Interlocal Agreement(ILA) Draft 083018, Redline ILA 083018 showing changes from the County ILA
draft 082718 and the criteria for forming a Joint Oversight Board and Advisory Board and determining
how a facilitator will be appointed.
• ILA DRAFT 083018
• Redline ILA 083018 Showing Changes from County ILA DRAFT 082718
Upcoming meeting dates were discussed and the following dates were approved: September 10 and 17,
and tentatively September 24, 2018 to be held in the BOCC Chambers at the Jefferson County
Courthouse.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following is a summary of comments made by
individuals in attendance at the meeting and reflect their personal opinions.
• Comment regarding funding for the facilitator and implementation of funds.
• Comment regarding the Draft ILA.
• Comment regarding who will serve on the newly forming advisory boards.
• Comment regarding funding for the facilitator and potential conflict of interest for those
individuals who serve on the boards.
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Commissioners Special Meeting Minutes of September 4, 2018
• Comment regarding the newly forming Joint Oversight Board.
• Comment regarding the City of Port Townsend and Jefferson County working together on an
ILA and the ongoing housing issue.
• Comment regarding OIyCAP receiving a$3 Million Homeless Youth Services Grant.
• Comment regarding poems on homelessness.
• Comment regarding thankfulness for the process and homelessness in the County.
The committee continued discussing the role of the newly forming facilitator position and Joint
Oversight Board and Advisory Board, and future agenda items.
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-NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT: Chair Sullivan adjourned the meeting at 4:54 p.m.
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