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Home My WebLink AboutM111003 District No. 1 Commissioner: Dan Titterness District No.2 Commissioner: Glen Huntingford District No.3 Commissioner: Judi Mackey County Administrator: David Goldsmith Clerk of the Board: Lorna Delaney MINUTES Week of November 10, 2003 Chairman Dan Titterness called the meeting to order. Commissioner Judi Mackey was present and Commissioner Glen Huntingford was absent. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Commissioner Mackey moved to approve the minutes of October 27, and November 3, 2003 as presented. Chairman Titterness seconded the motion which carried. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BRIEFING SESSION: County Administrator David Goldsmith reported on the following: · The Port Townsend Fire Hall is scheduled to be demolished within a few weeks and the County's E911 backup system will have to be relocated until the new fire hall is built. He met with representatives from the City of Port Townsend and JeffCom to find a temporary location for the system and to discuss funding for the move. During the preliminary budget hearings the Sheriff requested a mobile crime investigation unit, but there is no money in the budget. The County library has surplused a bookmobile that they are selling to the highest bidder. The County submitted a $5,000 bid for the bookmobile which could be used as a temporary location for the backup E911 system and then used by the Sheriffs Office as a mobile crime investigation unit. The $15,000 to temporarily relocate the system is not in the budget although the City of Port Townsend has offered to pay the costs of reinstalling the system in the new fire hall. · The County has been awarded a Homeland Security Grant for $80,000 for a mobile command post. The specifications for the mobile post aren't known yet, but the bookmobile may be an option. · The Board has scheduled a meeting with septic designers and installers to discuss the current process. He wants the focus of the meeting to be on systematic issues that may need changing. · Consultants began the preliminary stress test on the Courthouse clock tower last week. They will also be looking at seismic upgrades. The engineering report will be finished by the first of the year and then the County can start looking at the long term capitalization. · Health and Human Services Director Jean Baldwin has reported that the State will no longer be funding the Birth to Three home care program after June, 2004. She feels that this program is very beneficial and should not be discontinued. She is looking for an alternate source of funding to keep the program going. Page 1 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of November 10, 2003 ~,\...0F)~) \~-, '{i~ PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following comments were made: the Hood Canal Coalition has information from the Coast Guard that over the past ten years barges and ships have hit bridges in the continental United States 2,692 times, which is approximately 1 incident every 30 days; and a suggestion that the Board send a letter to the Port Townsend Football Team to congratulate them for winning the League title. APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA: Commissioner Mackey moved to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Chairman Titterness seconded the motion which carried. 1. AGREEMENT, Amendment No.3 re: To Provide Training Services for Jefferson County Employees; Peninsula College 2. AGREEMENT re: Construction of Guardrail on Dabob Road Project No. CR1651; Jefferson County Public Works; Petersen Brothers, Inc. 3. AGREEMENT NO. G0400109 re: Quilcene Floodplain Acquisition Program Project No. QF1654; Flood Control Assistance Account Program (FCAAP) Grant; Jefferson County Public Works; Washington State Department of Ecology 4. Approval of Final Short Plat #SUB01-00013; Kyler Short Plat; To Subdivide 6.8 Acres into 2 Residential Lots; Located off Sylopash Lane, Brinnon; Katherine & Daniel Ackerman, Petitioners Discussion and Possible Adoption of Hearing Notice re: Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket: Associate Planner Josh Peters explained that the Board needs to make a decision on the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments by the second Friday in December. DCD staff is recommending that the Board hold a public hearing on 5 docketed items on November 24. The Board has already received the Planning Commission's recommendations on the 3 site specific amendments, and the Planning Commission has finished their deliberations on the 2 suggested amendments regarding the seawater intrusion policy and agricultural lands policies and designation. Chairman Titterness stated that he is concerned about advertising these 5 Comprehensive Plan amendments for hearing before the Board makes a decision on the removal of the amendments for the People for a Rural Quimper (PRQ) and the Port of Port Townsend. A hearing is scheduled for November 17 to take testimony and make a decision on whether they should be removed from the docket. Josh Peters explained that the hearing notice for November 24 doesn't specifically say that this is the hearing on the final docket. Depending on the Board's decision on November 17, there is still be time to advertise and have another hearing before the second Friday in December. However, the Board would have to have an abbreviated Comprehensive Plan amendment process on the PRQ and Port's amendments if they are put back on the docket. Page 2 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of November 10, 2003 f:J~) '{t~ø' Commissioner Mackey moved to approve the hearing notice to advertize the 5 Comprehensive Plan amendments as recommended by staff. Chairman Titterness seconded the motion which carried. Chairman Titterness, Commissioner Mackey, and other Elected Officials met for lunch with Bill Vogler, Executive Director of the Washington Association of Counties and Debbie Wilke, Executive Director of the Washington Association of County Officials. They resumed their meeting with the WSAC and WACO Executive Directors in the Commissioners' Chambers at 2 p.m. to discuss legislative issues. The meeting was adjourned at the close of business on Monday and reconvened from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 12 in the Commissioners' Chambers for a workshop on septic system issues. AU 3 Commissioners were present. The meeting was adjourned at the end of the workshop on Wednesday and reconvened on Thursday, November 13 at the Pope Marine Building for a hearing on a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application for the Olympic Microloan Fund. AU 3 Commissioners were present. HEARING re: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Application; Olympic Microloan Fund: Chairman Titterness opened the public hearing. The grant request is $250,000 for the Olympic Microloan Fund which is administered by Cascadia Revolving Fund. Two handouts were available for the public which explain the availability ofCDBG grant funds and Federal citizen's participation requirements. Economic Development Council Director Ann A vary explained that this program funds small businesses in a 9-county area and has been instrumental in helping a number of small businesses in Jefferson County. It is a very positive program. David Goldsmith stated that a CDBG grant requires a governmental entity as a sponsor and Jefferson County has agreed to do this. He added that this is a good program for small businesses in rural counties because it helps to develop the economy internally. Ruth Ann Halford, Cascadia Revolving Fund, stated that the interest rate on the loans is 10%, but, in many cases, a start-up company cannot get a loan from a bank and their organization also provides technical assistance with the loan and after the loan is paid off. They work closely with the local EDCs. Currently they are administering 12 loans that total over $200,000. Two of these loans are in Jefferson County. She listed several small businesses in the County who received these loans in the past. The loans usually range from $5,000 to $25,000, although they also try to leverage them with other lenders. Chairman Titterness asked for public comment. Hearing no public comment for or against the CDBG grant application, he closed the hearing. Page 3 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of November 10, 2003 ~<"~ "~~~}) '. !M'!""'-_I f·· .,' .~ Commissioner Huntingford moved to approve RESOLUTION NO. 69-03, authorizing application for a Community Development Block Grant General Purpose Grant Certification of Compliance. Commissioner Mackey seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. MEETING ADJOURNED JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ~ SE~:,\' T Y c ~ì,; " .~. r-'~~'. " } :.....J'f..~. e. '.J.' (+. " , c:;. " . I ... ... ,.... , ., . ,. .' . . ..' ',' ,,f .2' Yi . ~ .~: . . .~:"I.lI'¢ , ,; . /-.. .. . ...._~_J!!../.:", ¡1 ... .... ATTEST: Ykil.. Ì7¡1~,~(f qorna Delaney, CMC Clerk of the Board IJldi Mackey, Member r¿a:T~'~ r¿ P-! . 720J¡^ft.3 Page 4