HomeMy WebLinkAbout042621_ca01 JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CONSENT AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley,County Administrator
FROM: Mark McCauley,Central Services Director
DATE: April 26,2021
SUBJECT: Request for Board of County Commissioners approval of a Public Hearing to hear
public testimony regarding the County leasing land at the Jefferson County
Fairgrounds located at 4907 Landes Street in Port Townsend,Washington
STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless approached
Jefferson County in 2020 inquiring whether the County would be interested in leasing a small portion for
the Jefferson County Fairgrounds where Verizon could place a cellular communications tower.The new
tower would improve cellular access,reception and speed to those users accessing communications
through that tower. The Board of County Commissioners have voiced support for improved internet
access. This tower would contribute to that objective. They propose to lease less than a thousand square
feet on a multi-acre parcel.They will also need utility easements for the tower to become operable.
ANALYSIS: We are amenable to leasing a portion of the property, as is the Jefferson County Fair
Association.The minimal footprint required by the tower will only marginally impact the operation of the
fairgrounds.
RCW 36.34.160 governs the leasing of county property. Prior to leasing county property,the county must
give notice of its intention to make such lease by publishing a notice in a legal newspaper at least once a
week for the term of three weeks. The notice shall announce the day and hour that the Board of County
Commissioners will meet to consider entering into a lease.
A public hearing notice announcing the county's intent to lease the property is attached.
The hearing notice invites persons opposed to the lease to make those objections know to the Board of
County Commissioners and invites other to submit lease requests as well.
FISCAL IMPACT: This request, in and of itself,has no fiscal impact.
RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of County Commissioners approve the attached public hearing
noti n ncing its intent to lease certain county property.
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Philip Morley] or Date
Publish in Legal Newspaper thrice: April 28, May 5, and May 12
Bill: Jefferson County
County Administrator's Office
P.O. Box 1220
Port Townsend,WA 98368
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
JEFFERSON COUNTY SEEKS TO LEASE A PORTION OF ITS PROPERTY
LOCATED AT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS,4907 LANDES
STREET, PORT TOWNSEND,WA 98368
A public hearing will be held on Monday, May 17, 2021 at 10:30 am by the Jefferson
County Board of Commissioners at the Jefferson County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson
Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 for the purpose of taking public testimony regarding
leasing a portion of the county property at 4907 Landes Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368:
Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless approached Jefferson County in 2020
inquiring whether the County would be interested in leasing a small portion for the Jefferson
County Fairgrounds where Verizon could place a cellular communications tower. The hearing
notice invites persons opposed to the lease to make those objections know to the Board of
County Commissioners and invites other to submit lease requests as well.
State law requires that objections to the lease of public property be submitted in writing to
the Jefferson County Commissioners at jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us or at P.O. Box 1220,
Port Townsend, WA 98368 before or during the public hearing. For additional information
contact Mark McCauley, Jefferson County Central Services Director, 1820 Jefferson Street,
Port Townsend, WA 98368, 360-385-9130, or email mmccauley@co,jefferson.wa.us.
jefferson.wa.us.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Kate Dean, Chair
Date