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Home My WebLink AboutM041904 ~~~~ #£i~ON ~~ &1$ ~ ~\fi ('"'"> ~~,~J / ' \\~ ~J "1~/!J~~97 District No. 1 Commissioner: Dan Titterness District No.2 Commissioner: Glen Huntingford District No.3 Commissioner: Patrick M. Rodgers County Administrator: David Goldsmith Clerk of the Board: Lorna Delaney MINUTES Week of April 19, 2004 Commissioner Dan Tittemess called the meeting to order in the absence of Chairman Glen Huntingford. Commissioner Patrick Rodgers was present. Lloyd Cahoon, Economic Development Council re: Introduction of Executive Director Candidate; Michael J. Brennan: One of the goals in the County's Strategic Plan is an economic development strategy that encourages growth of local businesses and recruitment of new businesses. The EDC has a important role in accomplishing this goal. Lloyd Cahoon, President of the Economic Development Council, introduced Michael Brennan who is one of the two candidates for the EDC Executive Director position, for the Board to interview. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Commissioner Rodgers moved to approve the minutes of April 5, 2004 as presented. Commissioner Tittemess seconded the motion which carried. Letter to the State Department of Health and State Department of Ecology re: Quilcene Water System: County Administrator David Goldsmith presented a draft letter to the State Department of Health and the State Department of Ecology requesting their cooperation in expediting the Quilcene Well transfer from the U.S. Forest Service to the PUD. Last week, Environmental Health Director Larry Fay sent a response to DOE regarding their interpretation of the water right for this wel1. Commissioner Rodgers moved to have the Board sign the letter and forward it to the DOH and the DOE with Larry Fay's letter attached. Commissioner Tittemess seconded the motion which carried. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BRIEFING: County Administrator David Goldsmith updated the Board on the following items: · Natural Resource Manager David Christensen explained that the County administers DOE funds for the WRIA 17 project. The WRIA 17 project coordinator has worked with the Planning Unit for three years and the contract on the Consent Agenda extends the contract to allow work on setting instream flows to continue. The Planning Unit couldn't reach consensus about instream flows for the WRIA 17 Plan and DOE will set them if they aren't addressed. Currently, ifinstream flows are set Page 1 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of April 19, 2004 "~':"""'>:' - ' .''; -~<:~i-" ... 1_\-",-'"",,,~' and are not being met, the DOE won't grant water rights in the river basin. This also creates concerns about drilling exempt wells. The Board agreed that it is important for the WRIA unit to stay engaged and work to reach consensus on instream flows. · A letter from the International Institute of Municipal Clerks was read regarding the acceptance of Deputy Clerk of the Board Julie Matthes into the Master Municipal Clerk Academy. · A workshop on the working draft of the nuisance ordinance dealing with junk vehicles and the draft revised animal responsibility ordinance is scheduled on next week's agenda. · A resolution will also be on the agenda next week regarding the close out for the CDBG grant for the Child and Family Resource Center facility. A closeout hearing was held on April 5 and all the conditions of the grant have been met. This resolution will authorize the real property and improvement transfer to Jefferson County Mental Health and direct the Treasurer to prepare the documents for the transaction. · There are seven candidates for the County Administrator position that will be interviewed. The telephone interviews with the Board will be scheduled for next Monday afternoon and Tuesday mommg. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following comments were made: an invitation for the Board to attend the Peninsula Regional Support Network Mental Health Conference on May 20 and 21 sponsored by the Jamestown S , Klallam Tribe at the new Senior Citizen's Center in Blyn; the need to have County representation at the PRSN meetings, a request to be appointed to the PRSN Board to represent Jefferson County; support for the Commissioners' idea about merging the City and County governments to cut down on the costs of government and the layers of both bureaucracies; "smart growth" is nothing more than a smoke screen for no growth; according to the GMA, most of the growth in the County needs to occur in the UGA; Port Townsend already has enough parks and doesn't need more open space; the draft supplemental EIS for the Fred Hill Materials MRL needs a lot of work and the Board needs to review it and make comments; the Jamestown S , Klallam Tribe has come out in opposition to the Pit-to-Pier project; a pro-business, pro-growth writer for The Bremerton Sun wrote that Hood Canal is too valuable to be put environmentally at risk by allowing the Pit-to- Pier project; and the County Commissioners and the County Administrator are not meeting the requirements for their monthly vehicle allowance reimbursement and they need to pay back the money. APPRO VAL AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT A GENDA: Commissioner Rodgers moved to approve and adopt the Consent Agenda as presented. Commissioner Tittemess seconded the motion which carried. 1. ORDINANCE NO. 05-0419-04 re: Amending Certain Fees Contained in Section 2 of Ordinance No. 11-1115-99 for the Health and Human Services Department 2. RESOLUTION NO. 15-04 re: Application for Funding Assistance for the Washington Wildlife & Recreation Program (WWRP) to the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation (IAC) for the Larry Scott Trail Segment 3 Page 2 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of April 19, 2004 1f"~/~1 ~'¡-. ~~~... 3. HEARING NOTICE re: Possible Adoption ofWRIA 17 Water Resource Management Plan; Hearing Scheduled for Monday, May 3, 2004 at 10:05 a.m. in the Commissioners Chambers 4. AGREEMENT re: Memorandum of Understanding for a Formal Commitment to Meet Quarterly; City of Port Townsend, Jefferson County PUD #1, and Port of Port Townsend 5. AGREEMENT NO. G0400298 re: WRIA 17 Instream Flow Setting; Jefferson County Natural Resources Division; Washington State Department of Ecology 6. AGREEMENT, Amendment No.1 re: Professional Services for Comprehensive On site Program Evaluations; Amendment to Reduce the Contract Amount; Jefferson County Health and Human Services; Chris Christian 7. AGREEMENT re: Provide Computer Training Services for Jefferson County Employees; Peninsula College 8. AGREEMENT re: Computer Software Modification and Implementation - Retail Clerk Insurance Calculation Based on Hourly Rate; Jefferson County Central Services; Government E-Management Solutions, Inc. Community Development re: Comment Letter to the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board (WWGMHB): Associate Planner Josh Peters explained that the Hearings Boards sent the Board a request for comments on their current procedures and rules according to the WAC. DCD, the Prosecuting Attorney, and the Board have provided 13 potential comments for a draft letter. He asked the Board ifthey want to make changes or add other comments? The Board also needs to decide if they want to send the comments to the Washington State Association of Counties to be included in a master list with other counties or if they want to sent the letter directly to the Hearings Boards. There is a GMA Working Group meeting scheduled on April 29 to review the comments and a public meeting is also scheduled for that evening. Josh Peters added that the longest standing member of the WWGMHB will be stepping down at the end of June and there will be three new members on the Hearings Board. There was a discussion on the rules pertaining to the petitioner, other parties joining the petitioner and clarification of how they get standing, and the right to know the names of the members in an organization when one person acts as the representative. Josh Peters stated that a 14th comment could be added regarding the rules around appearances at public hearings on merit. The Board agreed that there needs to be clear rules on who is allowed to speak. The Board directed that the letter be sent to WSAC and the Hearings Boards. Commissioner Rodgers also asked that the County be represented at the Hearings Board meeting on April 29 to discuss the County's comments. The Board agreed that the changes be made to the draft letter and it be put on the Consent Agenda next week. Page 3 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of April 19, 2004 IJ··"··'''··'''' f",.. ',"'~ +'I'~r...~-'~·'''' The Board then met in Executive Session with the County Administrator and the Human Resource Manager regarding personnel from 1 0:30 a.m. to 11 :04 a.m. MEETING ADJOURJNÈP , \ ., . ~ 1. ',:, I, ' . ''''\ ''', . ... JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SEAL: , ¡. \ .. \ \ ~. \ . (¡¡. . ,: . ,. oj ;. - . \.- :--- , r . ,- . (Excused Absence) Glen Huntingford, Chair ~ ATTEST:' " . f})" ~~Cme... ?fulie Matthes, CMC Deputy Clerk of the Board Dan Tittemess, Member Patrick M. Rodgers, Member Page 4