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HomeMy WebLinkAboutM061989 ,~ ,> .1, .. ... .~~"J!!= .;;.: O~ . ~ \b____ri1 l:f MINUTES WEEK OF .JUNE 19, 1989 The meeting was called to order by Chairman George C. Brown in the presence of CommissionerB. G. Brown and Commissioner Larry W. Dennison. Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce re: Reauestfor Hotel/Motel Funds: Commissioner B. G. Brown moved to approve the payment of the second quarter allotment of Hotel/Motel funds in the amount of $5,500.00 for the Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce as requested. Commissioner Dennison seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. Application for Assistance from Soldiers I and Sailors' Relief Fund: The applications for assistance from the Soldiers' and Sailors' Relief Fund submitted for Ronald Rickard in the amount of $422.00 and Terry Twiggs in the amount of $220.00 were approved by motion of Commissioner Dennison, seconded by Commissioner B. G. Bro~. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. 1989 BudQ'et Transfers: Plannina and BuildinQ' De'D&rtment: Commissioner B. G. Brown moved to approve and sign Resolution No. 53-89 authorizing budget transfers requested by the Planning and Building Department. Commissioner Dennison seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. BUSINESS FR.OM COUNTY DEPAR.TMENTS; PUBLIC WORKS BID OPENING: FurnishinQ' Two ( 2) Used PassenQ'er Vehicles 1987 or Newer: County Engineer Bob Nesbitt opened and read the bids received for two (2) 1987 or newer passenger vehicles as follows: BIDDERS: BID TOTALS: National Car Sales, Seattle (All bids include sales 1989 Buick Century 1988 Pontiac Bonneville 1988 Pontiac Bonneville 1988 Buick Le Sabre 1988 Oldsmobile Delta 1989 Buick Century Tax $12,539.60 11,891.00 11,891. 00 11,782.90 11,782.90 12,539.60 ~VGL 15 rAS~ 003093 ' commissioners' Meeting Minutes: Week of June 19, 1989 Page: ~ Hertz Car Sales, Seattle 1988 Ford Crown victoria LX $13,403.32 Commissioner B. G. Brown moved to have the Public Works Department check the bids for accuracy and make a recommendation for bid award that is to the best advantage of the County. Commissioner Dennison seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. Later in the Day: The Public Works Department recommended that the bid be awarded to National Car Sales for two 1989 Buick Centurys at the unit price of $11,600.00 plus sales tax ($12,539.60). The BuickCenturys are newer vehicles with less mileage on them, Gary Rowe explained. Commissioner Dennison moved to award the bid as recommended. Commissioner B. G. Brown seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. 'RRARTNG NOTICE re: Six Year Transportation I1I\provement Program: Commissioner B. G. Brown moved to approve the hearing notice and set the pUblic hearing for June 26, 1989 at 10:30 a.m. on the six Year Transportation Improvement Program. Commissioner Dennison seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. Initiating County Road Program CR'195: East OUilcene Road: This is to widen the roadway by draining and grading improvements on the East Quilcene ~oad, Bob Nesbitt reported. This improvement will allow the Post Office to deliver mail to the end of this road. Commissioner B. G. Brown moved to approve Resolution No. 54-89 initiating county Road project CR~795 for the East Quilcene Road improvements. Commissioner Dennison seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. 1989 Bridge Inspection Report: Bob Nesbitt read the annual bridge inspection report to the Board. All Jefferson County bridges were inspected and found to be in good condition. The bridges do need routine maintenance. Steel girders need painting and the fenders need replacing on the Portage Canal Bridge. Recommendation re: Pavement Marking 1989, MT9808, Bid Award: conunissioner B. G. Brown moved to award the bid for pavement markings in 1989 to Apply-A-Line as recommended by the Public Works Department. conunissioner Dennison seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. PLANNING AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT AppOintment r~: Shoreline C01ll1lli ssion and Planning Commi ssion: conunissioner B. G. Brown moved to appoint HarveyrtMike" Fleming to fill an unexpired term on the Shoreline Commission created by the resignation of Jim Humphrey. This term will expire March 1, 1990. conunissioner Dennison seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. Commissioner B. G. Brown moved to appoint Fred Grove to an unexpired term on the Planning Commission created by the resignation of Norris Short. Commissioner Dennison seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. This term will expire September 30, 1991. Shoreline Management Substantial Development PeZ'1l\i t: No. 89-0009: Placement of Mooring Buoy: SCOw Bay 6& Kilisut Harbor: Applicants David and Jeanette Lord: Mr. & Mrs. Lord were present when Assistant Planner Jim Pearson reviewed the findings, written testimony and the Shoreline Commission recommendation, for this project to locate a mooring buoy in Scow Bay and Kilisut Harbor. The access to the buoy will be from Fort Flagler state Park and from the end of Strawberry Lane. This street ends in a steep undeveloped bank. The Lord's are intending to moor a sail boat at this buoy. There are two other boats moored in the vicinity of this buoy. lVGl 15 rAC~ ob- 3094 Commissioners' Meeting Minutes: Week of ,June 19, 1989 Page: 3 In regard to transferring the use of the mooring buoy, .Jim Pearson stated that the County does not have the authority to govern the transference of an approved mooring buoy. It is recommended that the buoy be placed at least 100 feet away from existing buoys. The buoy will be marked with the Shoreline Permit number and boat maintenance work will be required to be done out of the water. Another recommended condition states that use of the mooring buoy by boats with holding tanks (boats that people can live aboard) shall not exceed three days and no overnight use of the buoy will be allowed by boats without holding tanks. Commissioner Dennison asked the Lord's if this buoy would be used only for their boat. David Lord stated that they rent a moorage at the boat haven which will be used for their fishing boat during fishing season and that their sail boat would be moved to this mooring buoy during that time. David Lord added that he feels that commercial fishing boat owners are being treated as second class citizens because they are not allowed to moor their commercial fishing boat at this buoy. They have a substantial invesfment in their fishing boat. Commissioner Dennison moved to approve the Shoreline Substantial Development Permi t #89-009 with the recommended conditions, including the condition concerning overnight use of the mooring buoy. Commissioner B. G. Brown seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. Statement of Concurrence/Nonconcurrence for the Quilcene/Dabob Watershed Action Plan and SEPA Threshold Determination: One of the elements of this plan involves adopting the Hood Canal Coordinating Council water quali ty guidelines to be followed by the County. Planning and Building Department Director David Goldsmith explained. He then reviewed the environmental checklist for the Quilcene/Dabob Watershed Action Plan. This plan is going through its final review and comment stages. Sedimentation and erosion, surface water runoff, groundwater, riparian zones, environmental health (on site sewage disposal, agricultural practices, etc.) and land and shoreline use within the watershed, will all be affected by the watershed action plan even though the plan may not have direct impact on these items. The County Comprehensive Plan is not directly impacted, however if Quilcene does a community plan, that plan would have to address water qual i ty'. Commlssioner Dennison moved to issue a determination of non-significance on the Quilcene/Dabob Watershed Action Plan. Commissioner B. G. Brown seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. The next requirement for the adoption of the Quilcene/Dabob Watershed Action Plan is for the Board to adopt the statement of concurrence/non-concurrence, David Goldsmith reported. (See also Minutes of June 12, 1989). He then reviewed the Hood Canal Coordinating Council water quality guidelines. Commissioner Dennison moved to adopt the statement of concurrence with the Quilcene/Dabob Action plan, with the five items as stated. Commissioner B. G. Brown second,ad the motion which carried by a u.nanimous vote. * * * APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Commissioner Dennison moved to approve the Minutes of the May 8 and 15, 1989 meeting as read. Commissioner B. G. Brown seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. BEARING re: Proposed DeveloDment Code Ordinance: West End, Court- house Annex: Twelve interested West End residents were present when Chairman George Brown called the meeting to order. David Goldsmith, Planning and ~ VOl 15 rAG~ ocr 3095 .. .. , 0 Commissioners' Meeting Minutes: Week of .June 19, 1989 Page: 4 Building Department Director, explained how and why this ordinance was developed and the process that it has gone through since its' development. Chairman Brown then opened the public hearing and asked for comment or questions about the proposed ordinance. David Goldsmith explained further explained that written testimony will accepted by the Board of Commissioners until ,June 30, 1989. Gerrv Lane: Gerry Lane stated that he has no questions, but thanked the Board for responding to the input given in September. Unidentified Man: An unidentified man asked who came up with this proposed code? Commissioner Dennison explained that this is a result of the Comprehensive Plan adopted by the county and this proposed ordinance is to implement that plan. State law makes a clear distinction between a plan and the law that implements the plan. This ordinance gives flexibility to allow projects to be developed without the County having a more strict zoning ordinance. Chairman Brown stated that the Planning Commission has reviewed this draft ordinance, had a series of public hearings, and then re-worked it and forwarded to the Board for their consideration. Unidentified Man: A unidentified man asked who represented the West End on the Planning Commission? David Goldsmith reported that currently there is not a Planning Commission member from this area. He asked if anyone in the audience would be interested in serving on the Planning Commission to represents the interests of the West End residents. Commissioner Dennison re-iterated that if anyone from this area was interested in working on the Planning Commission on land use issues, the County would work with them. Unidentified Man: This is not a growth intensive area at this time. This draft ordinance sounds fine, but who knows. Chairman Brown then passed out copies of the Comprehensive Plan map which denotes areas designations of commercial and industrial. Don ,Johnson: Don ,Johnson stated that rural areas are marked out on the Comprehensive Plan map. There are timberlands being sold off and being converted to residential lands. Is this okay for these areas designated as rural? David Goldsmith explained that rural areas can be converted for residential use with a density of one unit (residence) per acre. In the resource production areas (timberlands, basically in the West End) residen- tial density is one unit per five acres. Don .Johnson asked if there anything clear cut as far as land use designations about these conversions? David Goldsmith responded that the County has not taken a stand on timberland conversions.. A stand could be taken on these conversions by the County in the future and that could be implemented through this code. Don ,Johnson urged the Board to take a good look at this issue before it gets to the point that most of the timberland has been converted and it is too late to do anything. Commissioner Dennison stated that forest land conversion is an issue that is being considered on the east side of the County because there is more pressure for conversion. The County has written to the State Department of Natural Resources about their concerns for timberland conversion and the State's role in that because of the vast number of acres of timberland they manage. Chairman Brown added that the DNR is managing a few thousand acres of timberlands for ,Jefferson County. The discussion continued regarding the management of the timberlands by the State, the economic impacts on local mills, and the impact of environmental issues such as the spotted owl i,ssue. Unidentified Man: An unidentif~ed man stated that he is new to Washington State. He asked if the County ~as any controls on foreign buyouts, which is happening in many States. [VOL 15 fAG: on: 3096 . ,1 , ... 'f" ~. l II- , Commissioners' Meeting Minutes: ~eek of 3une 19, 1989 Page: 5 The Board reported that the County has no authority to ~lace any controls and he is not aware of anything going on at the State level. Mel Fraker: Mel Fraker stated'that he lives on the Upper Hoh. All the people that live in that community are interested in getting the open range closed up there. i Don ,Johnson: Don ,Johnson added tha~ there is a lot of tourist traffic going to the National Park on the Upper Hoh Road. The cattle are a hazard. There is only one cattle ranch up there and the owner lets the cattle roam where ever they want. This is creating a problem. This was fine forty years ago, but now there are residents, and two businesses in the area. The community has changed and there isn't a neied for the open range. Commissioner B. G. Brown reported that hearing were held a number of years ago, and several areas were closed. There is a resolution that sets out the . I legal descr~ption. Clifford A. Hav: Clifford Hay stated that he remembers that hearings were held in the West End about closing a portion of the open range, but when the Commissioners formalized the resolution at their meeting in Port Townsend, only one person was there to testify. His testimony was a long way from the truth and he was the guy that came out smelling like a rose. I was one of the instigators of getting the ~ange closed and I feel sorry I did because the only people I hurt were the people who are here to make a business with the cattle and trying to protect other peoples property. Worth Brandeberrv: Worth Brandeberry stated that he lives on the on the Upper Bogacheil Road, built in 1939, and it needs gravel. There are ruts in it. The dust is terrible and it needs oil on it. Don ,Johnson added that the Clearwater Road could use resurfacing. Hearing no further comment Chairman George Brown thanked everyone for their attendance and closed the hearing. ,JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ~~~~ George C. rown, Chairman ~ B. G. Brown, Member ATTEST rj{C>>tl tA ,~~ M~ Lorna L.. Delaney, . Clerk of the Board. ; t VOl 15 rAG~fJO 3097