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HomeMy WebLinkAboutM011287 \" i .If ~J District No. 1 Commissioner: District No. 2 Commissioner: District No. 3 Commissioner: Larry W. Dennison, B.G. Brown, Memb~r George C. Brown, Member I I , Chairman I , I I I I I - - H - ifIi - ... - .. - - - _. _I _I _I -I H' _I ., HI -I _I 8' 3EFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Clerk of the Board: Public Works Director: 3erdine C. Bragg Gary A. Rowe M I NUT E S Week of 3anuary 12, 1987 The meeting was called to order by Chairman Larry W. Dennison in the presence of Commissioner B.G. Brown and Commissioner George Brown. Fundina for Alcohol and Drua Abuse Programs by the State: Commissioner B.G. Brown moved to have the Board sign a letter to area representatives in the State Legislature asking for their support of increasing the funding levels for Alcohol and Drug Abuse programs sponsored by the State. Commissioner George Brown seconded the motion. AGREEMENT re: Rental of the 3efferson County West End Annex Building; 3efferson County Library District: Chairman Dennison reported that he had discussed the possible closure of the West End Annex building, with 3udy Gunter the County Librarian. She will advise the Library Board of this.possibility. The Board will discuss this matter with the Sheriff, but since the rental agreement can be terminated with sixty days written notice, Commissioner B.G. Brown moved to approve and sign the rental agreement with the Library District for space in the West End Annex. Commissioner George Brown seconded the motion. The Clerk of the Board was directed to contact Ms. Gunter of the Library District and advise her that the rental agreement was approved but if there is a change in ~he status of that building, the Library District would be notified and a new rental agreement for this space would have to be negotiated. AGREEMENT re: Interim Animal Control Services: Bayshore EnterDrises: Commissioner B.G. Brown moved to approve and sign the extension of the 1986 Agreement with Bayshore Enterprise for Animal Control Servicesin the County. The interim agreement cost is $4,412.50 per quarter. Commissioner George Brown seconded the motion. BUSINESS FROM OOUNTY DEPARTMENTS PUBLIC WORKS Recommendation for Bid Award: The Furnishing of Liauid Asphalt: (See also Minutes of 3anuary 5, 1987) Public Works Director, Gary Rowe, reported that the Public Works Department has reviewed the bids and recommends that it be awarded to Chevron U.S.A. for a bid price of $154,000.00. Commissioner B.G. Brown moved to award the bid for supplying liquid asphalt to the County in 1987, as recommended, to Chevron U.S.A. of Seattle. Commissioner George Brown seconded the motion. tVOL 13 UGE 80 ~ 'L Commissioners' Meeting Minutes: Week of 3anuary 12, 1987 Page: 2 Meetina with Ouilcene aesiden~s re:RemavaI of Rodaers stree~ Bridae: Gary Rowe reported that this meeting was scheduled with residents of Quilcene to discuss the removal of the Rodgers Street Bridge (See also Minutes of December 22, 1986). Public Notices of the meeting were run in the paper and posted at the store and community center in Quilcene as well as on the bridge. Three persons in favor of the removal of the bridge were present when Mr. Rowe further reported that in 1986 the bridge suff'ered some structural damage to the main trusses and decking due to flooding conditions and that it was blocked to access and later closed because of this damage. After inspection and review by federal inspectors, it was determined that ~he bridge was eligible for federal highway Bridge Replacement funds. These inspectors felt, as did the County Engineer, that the replacement of the bridge was not necessarily the best solution to the problem, however. The recommendation is that the bridge be removed which would help eliminate the debr!sobstruction in the river. The property owners adjacent to the bridge have been contacted and are in favor of the removal of the bridge. Commissioner B.G. Brown stated that if there is no negative input regarding this proposal, then the project to remove the bridge should proceed. Gary Rowe advised that the project and necessary resolutions for authorization will be put together and brought before the Board for action in the near future. Commissioner B. G. Brown moved to approve and sign Res.olution No. l=!! creating a project to remove the Rodgers Street Bridge in Quilcene and make the project a part of the Annual Road Program. Commissioner George Brown seconded the motion. In response to a question from one of the area residents, Gary Rowe reported that the project must be submitted for approval from the proper federal agency so the County can receive reimbursement f.unds for it before work is begun. County Engineer Bob Nesbitt advised that it will be at least four weeks before a contractor with a crane can be on the site to start work. SEPA Review ref Ni~ood Road Project: This rip rap project review was delayed for a week. Solid Waste Advisory Commi ttee re: Reaue" for chancre in reDresen~ative: Soil Conservation District: The Soil Conservation District has requested that their representative on the Solid Waste Advisory Committee be changed from the Chairman, Kenn Brooks, to Mike Purser, a contract employee with the SCD. Commissioner B.G. Brown moved to approve the change in the representative for the Soil Conservation District on the Solid Waste Advisory Committee as requested by the SCD. Commissioner George Brown seconded the motion.. Overdrawn 1986 Budcret:.Eauipment Rental and Revolvina: Gary Rowe reported that more was spent than was budgeted for in the 1986 Equipment Rental and Revolving Fund, and a budget extension is necessary. The Board advised Mr. Rowe that the 1986 budget is closed and cannot be extended. Gary Rowe will check with the Auditor regarding the correct way to handle this situation. License to UseRiah~-of"'NaY:3. W. ICamD: Oommissioner B.G. Brown moved to approve the License to Use County Road Right-of-Way for a well protective area as requested by Mr. 3. W. Kamp and recommended by the Public Works Department. Commissioner George Brown seconded the motion. ~VOl 13 fACE II~". 81 "; . .' '~ J"32"i:f;., ;;;:'iSi~r.'..Jh :UJ f':'.~fJ~;195i ~9t>i ::i:rr;~~i?~:r~~ .~-)i[37JJ '" .,1.) r~. <~J ~~ . " ~ - f .:;1,' (', "i ..!' ;-:'r('.:'~ t?;:t. ~-': '. 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If~' ('1,'-. r- :;' '~"t '=.(l1 '..,:. ~;:;i i._- . ,J :3" .' ~--:--.!\ . ~:. :,-~,; i~~'J r. l ?S.[:~'" '~ ~~: ....... u .....:! ',~L" i~~iJ(;; , < .,;' ~~ . Ji. . n. ~~. r I ~ :'t,. .:", if" " ;'C' . -:~ - -. .)"i:':" ;-;. -,~>.'" ~\' -, " (") .. . _'l: !]~ ~;:~~ ::.' . f~j 'il."'" ~ E'. -''':''~' ;';i_ ; ('- .~ -~ :,', T':" i.,'Y:_> f _~ '~~! ~'-;- ~--; -,,-. } .;:,., 0'/ ':' 1'1'> ~.~~ t/,'i/;; '::.';:' :-'~. '--.l ~-:~.1 ~ "'~ '.'.:' .o~' .iLl ,- R.; '. ~~':;. " ..J c Commissioners' Meeting Minutes: Week of 3anuary 12, 1987 Page: 3 PLANNING DEPARTMENT SEPA Threshold Determination: Clarence Bramhall/Chet Boutilier. Auto Repair.and Auto Body Shoo; Glen Cove Industrial Park: Senior Planner Rachel Nathanson reviewed the Environmental Checklist for this proposed auto repair and auto body shop on property at the corner of Frederick Street and Otto Street 'owned by Clarence Bramhall in the Glen Cove Industrial Park. A 5,952 square foot building is proposed with an adjacent vehicle storage area. One 40 foot access point is proposed off Frederick Street with a secondary access near an alley that runs through the block on Otto Street. Parking area would be included on the west side of the building. Chet Boutilier stated that he has an EPA & DOE 'approved disposal service haul away all the paint and chemicals used in his operation. Ms. Nathanson added that there is a specific paint storage room designed with an exhaust system and an automatic fire extinguishing system. Sixteen conditions of approval were recommended by the Planning Department staff. Commissioner B.G. Brown moved to issue a Determination of Non Significance and Lead Agency Status and approvetbe sixteen mitigative measures for this project. Commissioner George Brown seconded the motion. Review: Charles & 3udith Landau Home Occupied Business; Palmer Osborn: Planning Department Director, David Goldsmith, explained that Mr. & Mrs. Landau had contacted him in August about expanding their business by building another structure on their property on Martin Road near Four Corners. The policy concerning home businesses in 3efferson County was reviewed with the Landau's at that time. Application was then made for their home business, via letter to the Planning Department. Another letter was received at the same time, from an adjacent property owner, Palmer Osborn, noting his concerns about the Landau's proposed business expansion. The staff reviewed the proposal and added four conditions to be included on the building permit, however, it was not issued at that time. The Landau's applied for their building permit last week. A second letter was also received from Mr. Osborn concerning the staff review and the process that had taken place to date. Mr. Osborn asked that the staff review be further reviewed by the Board. Mr. Charles Landau then explained his proposed project. He reported -that he has been operating a business building timber frame houses on his property for the last seven years. These houses are built with large timbers that are pre cut on the site and shipped via truck to their order destination where they are then put together with mortise, tendon and pegs. In the past, five to six houses per year have been built. Current demand will raise that figure to ten to twelve houses per year. The shop used right now is approximately 1,000 square feet in size. Originally the Landau's had purchased 21 acres, but they sold 5 acres and the original house and then later another 5 acre parcel was sold to Mr. & Mrs. Osborn. The proposal includes a 48' x 601 shop building, a 16' x 26' offiee building, Mr. Landau continued. The current shop would be insulated making it quieter than it is now. An open barn which will continue to be utilized for storage has a loading area for trucks in back of it which will be moved to the new building. This will be an improvement to the driveway. This business was in operation prior to the sale of the five acres to Mr. & Mrs. Osborn. The operation employs as many as four or five people, but this is intermittent emplOYment during the year. Mr. Osborn presented some photographs to the Board of the entry into the single private driveway that the three properties share and reported that the three property owners are responsible for the lVoL 13 rAGE 82 l Commissioners' Meeting Minutes: Week of 3anuary 12, 1987 Page: 4 driveway maintenance. The Landau's are at the end of the $treet, so every vehicle that goes in, goes by the other houses a second time. Mr. Osborn further stated that the point he wants to make is that it is his opinion that the Landau's can't build sixteen houses a year without moving a lot of materials, employing a substantial number of employees and 1ngeneral putting this operation in the category of an industrial operation with full time employee equivalent levels that are substantially in excess of what is allowed under the guidelines for home industry in this area. Mr. Osborn then gave a detailed description of the site from the beginning of the driveway. Mr. Osborn stated the following concerns regarding this project as he reviewed the chronology of events that have taken place with regard to this project: 1) Whether the County is willing to continue and expand what is manifestly an industrial operation in a rural, residential area. 2) Whether the County has any protection against inadequate and misleading disclosure ~hat represents or misrepresents the operation that is at this site. 3) Traffic related to the operation isa possible threat to the adjacent property owners and neighborhood children. . The activity on this site, Mr. Osborn continued, already violates the Planning Department's guidelines for a "Home Business and Cottage Industry". Chairman Dennison asked fora clarification of the issues in the matter. David Goldsmith explained that there is no general land use code in the County other than what. is established through the subdivision laws, the shoreline laws or the State Environmental Policy Act. There have been a number of businesses in the community that fall below the threshold of the Environmental Policy Act and its' review process. These businesses are small enough in nature that they do not cause any concern, and over the years the Planning Commission has reviewed many of these types of requests. The Planning Commission has acknowledged that there is a threshold when crossed would mean that a business is to big to be considerd "Home Businessll, but there is nothing in writing except in the draft of the Implementing Ordinance. When Mr. Osborn raised his questions regarding the magnitude of this operation he was told, David Goldsmith stated, that he could talk with the Board about his concerns. .The total commercial and industrial area of the Landau's proposal does not exceed the threshold that triggers SEPA Review, so it does not require an environmental checklist. Chairman Dennison asked the Landau's why they intend to expand at this site? Mr. Landau stated that the plans for their business are to control the rate of growth and keeping it to a maximum of 18 buildings per year. They feel in order to put out a timber frame building with the degree of craftsmanship that they want, they can only do a maximum of 18 buildings a year. At one time they did look for other property but the deal fell through. The barn area was used once in the past year in the operation and if this project is approved it will not be used in the business. Senior Planner Rachel Nathanson added that determining if a project is a IIHome Businessll is diff1cult for the staff in many instances because there is only a skeleton policy given by the comprehensive plan. The Comprehensive Plan does talk about encouraging home business in the County, however, there is no specific definition of home business~ Chairman Dennison asked the Landaus if they would be Willing to state that they would not go beyond the limits established in the future, since this proposal puts them at the limit? . Mrs. Landau responded that the other side of this would mean that the County would be shutting a.business down which does employ some people in the community as well as sub-contractors and other people who don't work on the property. David Goldsmith added that the staff point of view on this project is that it is right up against the limits of the policy which states that a home occupied business can have up to two, full time equivalent employees. lVOl 13 rACE 83 , .-. Commissioners' Meeting Minutes: Week of 3anuary 12, 1987 Page: 5 After further discussion regarding the impacts that this requested expansion would have on how many people would be employed on the site and the noise limitation as well as how the denial of the expansion will effect the Landau's business, CommissionerB.G. Brown explained that what has to be done today is a comparison of this project with the policies that are in place today, which is the comprehensive plan. Projects can be encouraged to abide by the policies as stated in the draft implementing ordinance but can not be required to abide by them until it is adopted by the County. Commissioner George Brown stated that Mr. Osborn knew that this business was in existence when he purchased his property. Mr. Osborn responded that as he explained earlier, there wasn't any activity going on to speak of when he purchased his property. They didn't see any storage, machinery or work in progress on the site. Mr. Landau took issue with Mr. Osborn's statement and noted that when Mr. Osborn came to purchase his property, they had just built a timber frame house for a person that the Osborn's knew. Commissioner B.G. Brown then stated that he has not heard anything today that would indicate that the Board should overturn the issuance of the building permit. The discussion of the County Comprehensive Plan and the policies outlined in it, and of the draft Implementing Ordinance, continued. David Goldsmitb reiterated that the Board can, if they feel that the Planning Department staff made an error in their decision to issue this building permit as a home occupied business, reverse that decision and require that the project seek a redesignation of the property to commercial and go through that process which would include a review and recommendation from the Planning Commission. Mr. Landau added that the building permit that was applied for is only fora 16' x 26' office building, not a shop, and will not mean that any n~w additional employees will be hired. This office building is being built on skids so that it can be moved, if that becomes necessary. The plans' for the shop, at this time, are still in limbo. The decision has not been made at this point to build the shop. Two full time equivalent employees will serve the needs of the business at this time. Mr. Osborn asked that the County monitor the Landau's operation for compliance with the policy that allows only two full time equivalent employees for a home occupied business. Commissioner .B.G. Brown advised Mr. Osborn that the County does not have the authority to audit any businesses payroll. Rachel Nathanson suggested that the Planning Department staff make a si teinspection and work with both parties to. come up wi than expanded list of conditions to try to mitigate some of the impacts that the Osborn's are concerned about, in an effort to come closer to an agreement between the Landau'.s and the Osborn's on this proposed project. Rachel will contact both parties to arrange a meeting sometime during the week of February 9. 1987. Refund Request: Sukert Construction: Commissioner B.G. Brown moved to approve and sign the refund of an overpaYment on a building permit for Sukert Construction Company in the amount of $89.10. Commissioner George Brown seconded the motion. Increase to the Plannina Department's Petty Cash Revolvina Fund: Resolution No. 3-87 was approved by moti.on of Commissioner B.G. Brown to increase the Planning Department's Petty Cash Fund from $25.00 to $50.00 to cover cash transactions in the office. Commissioner George C. Brown seconded the motion. 1986 Budaet Transfers: Planning/Building Deoartment: Commissioner B.G. Brown moved to approve Resolution No. 4-87 authorizing the 1986 budget transfers in the total amount of $12,166.32 as requested by the Planning/Building Department. CommissionerGeorge Brown seconded the motion. lVOt. 13 rACE 84 ,. ',' <It _.. Commissioners' Meeting Minutes: Week of 3anuary 12, 1981 Page: 6 Setback Variance Request; Seton's Sawmill Operation; Discovery Road~ Four Corners: Senior Planner Rachel Nathanson explained that Bruce Seton has requested a setback variance for a double wide mobile home which will replace the single wide mobile home that is currently being used for the sawmill office. The existing single wide mobile home is set on the right-of-way boundary and the request is to allow the new double wide mobile home to sit in the same location with a zero setback. The Building Inspector inspected the site and reports that there is a power pole which restricts the mobile home from being setback any further, so he recommends that the variance to approved. The Public Works Department found no sight distance problem with the placement of the mobile home. Commissioner B.G. Brown moved to approve the setback request as proposed by the Seton's. Commissioner George Brown seconded the motion. Open S:pace Taxation Aareements: Portion of Lot 1. River Valley View Lona Plat (Section 22. Township. 27 Range 2W) Quilcene; Michael Whittaker: Commissioner George Brown moved to approve the Open Space Taxation Agreement with Michael Whittaker for his property in Quilcene as per the application approved on December 8, 1986. Commissioner B.G.Brown seconded the motion. * * * HEARING NOTICE re: Proposed Resolution Designating 3efferson County A "Nuclear Weapons Free Zone": Commissioner B.G. Brown moved to approve the setting of the hearing date for the purpose of taking public testimony regarding the proposed Resolution to Designate 3efferson County a "Nuclear Weapons Free Zone", for February 2, 1987 at 7:00 p.m. Commissioner George Brown seconded the motion. AGREEMENT, Labor; Jefferson County Sheriff's Department; Teamsters' Local #589: Commissioner B.G. Brown moved to approve and sign the Labor Agreement with Teamsters Union Local #589 for the Sheriff's Department for the period 3anuary 1, 1986 through December 31, 1988. Commissioner George Brown seconded the motion. _ ~.,t oR. ...... 3EFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING AD30URNED Chairman ~ B.G. Brown, Member ~~~~ George C. rown, Member VOL 13 rA{;~ ift 85