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HomeMy WebLinkAboutM091503 District No. 1 Commissioner: Dan Titterness District No.2 Commissioner: Glen H untingford District No.3 Commissioner: Judi Mackey County Administrator: David Goldsmith Clerk of the Board: Lorna Delaney MINUTES Week of September 15,2003 The meeting was called to order by Commissioner Glen Huntingford in the absence of Chairman Dan Titterness. Commissioner Judi Mackey was present. County Administrator David Goldsmith introduced Allen Sartin who is the new Central Services Director. Commissioner Huntingford announced that there would be an Executive Session from I I a.m. to Noon with the County Administrator, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and the Director of Community Services regarding actual litigation. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BRIEFING SESSION: David Goldsmith updated the Board on the following: * He spent last week talking with each Department about their 2004 budget requests. The Central Services budget includes Facilities and Information Services. Within these budgets there is the internal accounting for the costs to support the County's computer networks and facilities needs. Each of these budgets include a replacement reserve. The rate for this reserve has been raised considerably, but it appears in the past it may have been underfunded. He suggested a capital reserve fund be set up for Information Services and Facilities. The process to move forward on the Tri Area UGA designation. There are questions about the time frame for sewers in the core of the Tri Area and how that would impact impervious surface for stormwater planning. * PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following comments were made: the County should have received the Hearings Board order denying the County's request for reconsideration on the Fred Hill project on Saturday; and the County should consider if they want to do their Hearings Board compliance work behind closed doors. APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA: Commissioner Mackey moved to delete item #5 and adopt and approve the balance of the items as presented. Commissioner Huntingford seconded the motion which carried. 1. RESOLUTION NO. 52-03 re: Designating the Proportion of Funding to be Assigned to Title II and Title III Projects 2. AGREEMENT; Interlocal re: KC-392-03; Homeland Security Region 2 Grant Administration; Kitsap County 3. AGREEMENT; Amendment 1 re: Professional Services Project Management for Central Financial Systems and Consulting; Jefferson County Central Services; Anne Sears & Associates Page I Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of September 15,2003 m"·"'·· ....,.....}. '." ;. . ,"¡,.;'S 11t;,I>;\....',.... 4. Request for Waiver of County Transfer Station Tipping Fee for Volunteers Participating in an Organized Clean-up ofa Specific Site in Dabob Bay, October 18,2003; Washington State Department of Natural Resources 5. DELETE Concurrence of Annexation of Unprotected Land; Jefferson County Fire Protection District No.1 The Board met in Executive Session from II :00 a.m. to Noon with County Administrator, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Community Development Director and Associate Planners regarding actual litigation. David Christensen, Natural Resources Division re: Watershed Planning Update: Dave Christensen updated the Board on the status of the planning for the following WRIAs: WRIA 22 and 23: These WRIAs are in the Chehalis planning area with Grays Harbor County the lead for planning. Jefferson County has a very small amount of land in these WRIAs and there has not been a County representative at their meetings. The County has deferred all the planning to Grays Harbor. He suggested that Jefferson County withdraw from the WRIA planning for WRIA 22 and 23. Commissioner Mackey moved to approve RESOLUTION NO. 53-03 to withdraw from watershed planning for WRIA 22 and 23. Commissioner Huntingford seconded the motion which carried. The Clallam County Commissioners may want to withdraw from WRIAI7. There is a problem with the Jimmy Come Lately area ofWRIA 17. The Board may also wish to withdraw from watershed planning in other WRIA's. The Board may want to consider withdrawing from WRIA 20. The planning for this WRIA is done in Forks. He currently goes to meetings once a quarter and keeps up on the information, and participates at a low level. The other governmental members of the WRIA would have to agree with the withdrawal. The Board directed Dave Christensen to continue as he has in WRIA 20 planning. WRIA 17: The draft watershed plan has been completed by the Planning Unit which will be finalized at the Planning Unit's October 28 meeting. There will be an evening meeting on October 14 for the public to review the draft plan before it is considered for adoption. He asked if the Board wants a workshop to go through this plan in detail? Commissioner Huntingford noted that he feels some of the wording needs to be changed to acknowledge that the County has on-going programs. The tone of the document makes it sound like the County isn't doing anything. Dave Christensen explained that this plan isn't just for Jefferson County. Many of the recommendations are to the State not the County. He has been trying to take the message to the WRIA Planning Committee that if they say the State isn't doing enough then they need to make the document sound like the State, not the County, should do more. A lot of the language issues are in the recommendations. They changed the format to put the recommendations after the options. In the recommendations they have tried to acknowledge what has already been done. The Planning Unit is expecting to hear from the Commissioners with a recommendation that the Plan be adopted as is or what else they want done or changed. Commissioner Huntingford asked if the Planning Committee realizes that the County is updating the Critical Areas Ordinance and Shoreline Master Plan? He feels the County should get some acknowledgment for what is being done. In the recommendations there are a list of things to do, but no indication of who will do Page 2 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of September 15,2003 ....... f(i them and what the funding source is for the work? Who is the coordinating agency ? the Hood Canal Coordinating Council? the Wild Olympic Salmon? David Christensen agreed that needs to be clarified in the plan. He has been watching what has been put in the Plan for the County to do, but has not been watching or questioning what the City or WSU says they will be doing and where they will get the funding to do those things. Commissioner Huntingford asked if something can be included in each recommendation about what the County has been doing on these things. Maybe something should be said in the first part of the document about the recommendations so that people know what those recommendations are if they don't go through the whole document. Dave Christensen advised he will talk with Susan Gulick about this suggestion. He will set up a meeting in about 2 weeks with the Board. He then advised that the WRIA 16 group has determined that it will be beneficial to do a hydro-geologic study in the Brinnon Area. Finally, David Christensen reported that WSU Cooperative Extension is working on a grant (w/King Co) to hold workshops with landowners on options for land conservation. He asked if the Board feels he should be a speaker at these workshops to provide information from the Refugia Study about habitat and other things that have been done with regard to conservation in some areas? The Board concurred that Dave Christensen should participate in these workshops. Standard Road Vacation Request; Portion of East Moore Street in lrondale; Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, Petitioner: (See also Minutes of September 8, 2003) Commissioner Mackey moved to approve RESOLUTION NO. 54-03 vacating a portion of East Moore Street in Irondale as petitioned by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife. Commissioner Huntingford seconded the motion which carried. David Roberts, Assistant Regional Manager for Aquatic Lands, Department of Natural Resources made a presentation to the Board on the DNR Aquatics Program. MEETING ADJOURNED JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS , '-\ of' , ,,','" " . t \') .., ..."...... '~ , '. . " ,\' J \ . -'-.,". .. ~. .... . .. . ,I' i .~.: " " '. , J ;.J'. . , .,If " ,I' " ..... ,..JI!/ ~~ Mackey, Menaber SEAL: ATTEST: ?~7(~~ Lorna Delaney, CMC Clerk of the Board Page 3