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Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
Regular Meeting — Monday, February 11, 2019, 9:00 a.m.
Jefferson County Courthouse—Commissioners' Chambers
1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA
CALL TO ORDER: Chair Kate Dean called the meeting to order at the appointed time
in the presence of Commissioner David Sullivan and Commissioner Greg Brotherton.
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 the Port Hadlock Sewer system.
• Comment regarding gunfire noise at the Port Townsend shooting range.
• Comment regarding homelessness and the economy.
• Comment regarding the good work of the Jefferson County Public Works road department
during the recent winter storm event.
The Commissioners and County Administrator addressed comments and concerns raised during the
Public Comment Period.
APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA: Commissioner
Brotherton moved to approve the items on the Consent Agenda as presented. Commissioner Sullivan
seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote.
1. RESOLUTION NO. 06-19 re: Re-Establishing Jefferson County Cash Drawer, Petty Cash
Account and Revolving Fund Amounts in Various Departments
2. RESOLUTION NO. 07-19 and AGREEMENT re: Solid Waste Transport and Disposal; In the
Amount of$6,507,723; Jefferson County Public Works; Regional Disposal Company, aka
Republic Services
3. AGREEMENT, Change Order No. 2 re: Salmon Creek Bridge-West Uncus Road, Project No.
18019341, County Road No. 500209, RCO Project No. 15-1192; An Additional Amount of
$14,209.33 for a Total of$980,169.33; Jefferson County Public Works;Nordland Construction
NW, Inc.
4. AGREEMENT re: Granting Hold Harmless and Restrictive Covenant for Memorial Field Tree
Removal Project;No Dollar Amount; Jefferson County Public Works; City of Port Townsend
5. AGREEMENT NO. E19-142 re: Emergency Management Performance Grant; In the Amount
of$19,500; Jefferson County Emergency Management; Washington State Emergency
Management Department
6. MINUTES re: Regular Meeting Minutes of February 4, 2019
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Commissioners Meeting Minutes of February 11, 2019
7. Payment of Jefferson County Vouchers/Warrants Dated February 4, 2019 Totaling $6,160.18
(Records of all claims submitted for payment along with vouchers approved and signed by the Board of Jefferson
County Commissioners are retained by the Jefferson County Auditor and Public Works Department.)
8. Payment of Jefferson County Payroll Warrants Dated February 5, 2019 Totaling $911,610.21
and A/P Warrants Done by Payroll Dated February 5, 2019 Totaling $849,082.33 (Records of all
claims submitted for payment along with A/P Warrants approved by the Payroll Services Manager are retained in
the Jefferson County Auditor's Office)
COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION: The Commissioners discussed potential
rearrangement of items on today's agenda and gave a briefing on recent meetings they attended.
The meeting recessed at 9:58 a.m. and reconvened at 10:04 a.m. with all three
Commissioners present.
HEARING re: Proposed Ordinance Amending the Fee Schedule for the Jefferson
County Department of Community Development: Department of Community Development(DCD)
Planning Manager Austin Watkins and Building Permit and Administrative Services Manager Jodi
Adams explained the proposed fee schedule for DCD.
Chair Dean opened the hearing for public testimony. Patrick Sullivan provided testimony.
Hearing no further testimony, Chair Dean closed the public hearing. After review of the proposed
ordinance, Commissioner Sullivan moved to adopt ORDINANCE NO. 01-0211-19, minus the Built
without Permit penalty fees section. Commissioner Brotherton seconded the motion. Chair Dean noted
that the public hearing, including written testimony, is now closed and called for a vote on the motion.
The motion carried by a unanimous vote. County Administrator Philip Morley noted that code
compliance issues will be brought before the board at a future date.
BRIEFING re: Status and Work Plan for EnerGov Permit Migration: Department of
Community Development Planning Supervisor Emma Bolin and Building Permit and Administrative
Services Manager Jodi Adams gave an informational briefing regarding the EnerGov permit migration
process.
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS: Proposed Resolution re: Regulatory Reform Program
for Jefferson County: Environmental Health Director Stuart Whitford and Department of Community
Development Planning Manager Austin Watkins briefed the Board on a proposed resolution regarding a
regulatory reform program for Jefferson County that will be brought forward at a later date.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: An Executive Session was scheduled from 10:30 a.m. to
10:50 a.m. Chair Sullivan announced that the Executive Session will be held from 11:51 a.m. to
12:12 p.m. with the County Administrator and Chief Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney regarding
Attorney-Client Privilege, Actual Litigation under exemption RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) as outlined in the
Open Public Meetings Act. The Board resumed the regular meeting at 12:12 p.m. Chair Dean announced
that the Board will be extending the Executive Session from 12:14 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Board
resumed the regular meeting at 12:30 p.m. Chair Dean announced that the Board will be extending the
Executive Session from 12:33 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. The Board concluded the Executive Session and
resumed the regular meeting at 12:45 p.m.
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Commissioners Meeting Minutes of February 11, 2019
The meeting recessed at 12:48 p.m. and reconvened at 1:30 p.m. with all three
Commissioners present.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BRIEFING SESSION: County Administrator Philip
Morley reviewed the following with the Board.
• Calendar Coordination
• County property; potential for gifting to non-profits
• Mileage compensation
• HB 1406
• Aerial spraying
• MOTION re: Closure of County Facilities: Commissioner Brotherton moved to approve
the action taken by Acting County Administrator Mark McCauley to close County
Facilities on Friday, February 8, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. Commissioner Sullivan seconded the
motion which carried by a unanimous vote.
• 2019—2021 Work Program
• MOTION re: Closure of County Facilities: Commissioner Sullivan moved to approve
closing County Facilities on Monday, February 11, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. Commissioner
Brotherton seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote.
NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT: Commissioner Sullivan moved to adjourn the meeting
at 2:37 p.m. until the next regular meeting or special meeting as properly noticed. Commissioner
Brotherton.seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote.
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Julie Shannon
From: Greg Brotherton
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 6:03 PM
To: Julie Shannon
Subject: FW: DCD Concierge Service
From: David Neuenschwander
Sent: Friday, February 8, 2019 6:03:55 PM (UTC -08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
To: Greg Brotherton
Subject: RE: DCD Concierge Service
Greg
I cannot make it.
Also, I looked for over 20 minutes regarding how to submit a written comment and could not find the process.
May I ask you to enter my email into the written comment record?
Thanks in advance.
All the best.
Dave
360.765.3151
From: Greg Brotherton [maiIto: GBrotherton @co.jefferson.wa.us]
Sent: February 08, 2019 1:45 PM
To: David Neuenschwander
Subject: RE: DCD Concierge Service
Thanks for the notes, David. I hope you come to the 2/11 public comment period to make these same points. I agree
with you and am trying to guide us in a different direction to engage the public with the permit process and add more
value to the process for the homeowner,
Greg Brotherton
Jefferson County Commissioner, District 3
1820 Jefferson Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368
(360)385-9100
gbrotherton co.iefferson.wa.us
From: David Neuenschwander <dnneuen@sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2019 12:14 PM
To: Greg Brotherton <GBrotherton@co.jefferson.wa.us>
Subject: DCD Concierge Service
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Greg
I expect this is too late for consideration but I thought I would send it along anyway.
Recommendation
• Consider a DCD Concierge Service
o This Service would provide regulatory guidance and help to landowners, builders and the public at no
charge.
Background
The current (or proposed) DCD fee structure charges for such service and some would argue the fees are handsome.
Discussion
I am given to understand that the Board of County Commissioners has taken the stand that DCD expenses are to be
covered by DCD fees—i.e. the County will not subsidize DCD in any way. I believe that is fundamentally the wrong
approach because a good deal of DCD's work involves long range planning which is well outside the scope of buildings,
conditional use permits, or boundary line adjustments.
Basically the people who are doing the building are subsidizing long range planning.
But that is a side issue to the thrust of this recommendation.
For a DCD Concierge Service to work, the cost of providing that service for free may have to be borne by increases in
permit fees.
Some will object—why should permit fees go up for everyone if not everyone needs hand -holding? It's a fair point.
But consider the problem from a compliance standpoint. In no other situation that I can think of does a government
entity charge for explaining how to comply with its rules and regulations.
Further, consider the problem from a sales and marketing standpoint. I can think of no entity that actually charges
customers to persuade them to buy its products.
In both cases (compliance and sales) the cost is recovered in the fees charges for goods or services.
Others will have different opinions. Thanks for listening to mine.
David Neuenschwander
360.765.3151
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Good Morning. I'm Tom Brotherton, I've lived in Quilcene for twelve years and own a`
business there. FEB i 12019
1 know how the county is being squeezed between a 1 01Qi1liltnQnrtax growth and 3%
inflation on everything you have to pay for.
WA counties have adopted a fee for service model for most voluntary s6rvi6es and YOU
are stuck in an endless cycle of rate increases.
DCD services are really not needed for small projects and some residents aren't getting
the required permits, in such numbers, that in this round of increases DCD wants you to
add a 50% penalty for projects that ignore them. The county will fare better if they find
ways to add value and reasonableness to their services, rather than penalties.
On learning of this hearing, I wondered how the county is doing on Affordable Housing,
since DCD is key to this county emergency. I gathered some data, prepared a handout,
and concluded that county policy actively discourages Affordable Housing and that you
can fix this without any expense.
Page 2 shows median house prices in 5 counties. The highest is Jefferson county, next
is Kitsap, third is Clallam. The data is from Zillow on 2/5/19.
Page 3 is an estimate of the cost to build a 1200 sq.ft. house in Jefferson county using
prices gleaned from county records, construction web sites, personal history in putting
in a septic system and well, and the DCD fees from your web site. The biggest cost
factor was buying a 5 -acre parcel, the smallest in the county. Port Townsend lots go for
$75,000.
Page 4 compares DCD building permit costs in Jefferson, Kitsap, and Clallam counties,
excluding all the specific fees one has to pay before getting to construction. We're the
most expensive until we reach a $100,000 project, when Kitsap passes us. Clallam is
always significantly less expensive than us.
Page 5 shows the zoning around Quilcene and is representative of the situation of all
commercial zones in the county. Abutting the commercial zone is land zoned for 1
house per 5, 10, or 20 acres. It is literally infeasible for any employee of a business to
build a house nearby. Existing houses are filled with long-time residents and there are
none to rent.
There are several things you can do for the county that do not require higher taxes.
Reject this fee request and send DCD back to make a plan that addresses our
Affordable Housing Emergency by:
a. Changing the DCD fee structure to shift charges to more expensive
structures and eliminate unnecessary requirements on small structures.
b. Add affordable building lots adjacent to every commercial zone. LAMIRDS
are advocated by our Comp. Plan and permitted by the GMA.
2. Incentivize your staff to improve affordable housing by basing their raises and
retention on improvements in affordable housing stock.
GMA, your staff , and your predecessors have built a box that's too small and the
county is suffocating. Its time to get outside of that box and change county policy to
encourage affordable housing
Thank you for this opportunity to address you.
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