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Clerk of the Board:
Public Works Director:
Larry W. Dennison, Member
B.G. ,Brown. Member
John'L. Pitts~/Chairman
Jerd~ne C. Bragg
GaryiA. Rowe
District No. 1 Commissioner:
District No.2 Commissioner:
District No. 3 Commissioner:
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Week of June 24~ 1985
Th~ meeting was called to order by Chatrman John L. Pitts.
Commissioner B. G. Brown and Commissioner Larry W.I Dennison were both
present.
of Housin
agreement
submission
check into
funds.
Request from Port Townsend Mayor Brent ,Shirley re: Release
Rehabilitation Funds: Commissioner Brown noted that the
or t e annua ~stri ution of these funds called for the
of a plan for their use before release. The Board will
the matter further before approving the release of these
Application for Soldiers' and Sailors~ !Relief Funds:
Commissioner Brown moved to approve the application for Soldiers' and
Sailors' Relief Funds for Edward D. Swisher in t~e amount of $75.00.
Commissioner Dennison seconded the motion.
Ron Rose re: Use of VFW Hall by "Vet Net"(Viet Nam Veterans
Organization>: Mr. & Mrs. Ron Rose advised the ~oard the the "Vet Net"
Viet Nam veterans organization in Jefferson Coun~y is in need of a place
to hold weekly meetings for their stress managem~nt counselling sessions,
and in the future they would like a location for 'an office that wot.:ld
be manned on a daily basis to provide veterans wtth a wide variety of
services. '
Chairman Pitts reported that the RCW authorizes, Gounties to"furnish
free of charge a building, office and/or meeting hall for the exclusive
use of the several nationally recogized veterans organizations and
their auxiliaries, subject to the direction of tne committee or person
in charge of such building...". Vet, Net is a na~ionally recognized
organization and the Board has no problem with providing a meeting
space for them, but due to the configuration of~he VFW Building, it's
poor condition and the current availability of space for community
organizationsto rent that this building provides; the long term use of
a portion of the space would be hard to accomodate.
Mr. & Mrs. Rose advised that this meeting was a "fact finding" meeting
and that they would contact the counsellor who supervises the weekly
meetings to find a time when they would fit into ,the current VFW Building
r.ental schedu1e. The long term office need could be investigated
further.
BUSINESS FROM COUNTY DEPARTMENTS:
CLERK
Request for printing to be done by ,an outside firm: Commissioner
Bnown moved to approve the request of the County:C}erk's office to have
the jury postcards printed by Speedy Office Serv~ces since they are needed
immediately and the County printer is on a two mqnth vacation. Commis-
sioner Dennison seconded the motion.
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AUDITOR
Division of Woodman Precinct #104: The Woodman Precinct #104 was split
into four precincts as recommended by the Jefferson County Auditor, by
Resolution No. 40-85 which was approved by motion of Commissioner Brown,
seconded by Commissioner Dennison.
PUBLIC WORKS
Contract re: Removal of gravel at West-end; Department of Natural Resources:
Carter Breskin,Admi:nistrativ:effisi..starit, Public Works Department explained
that this DNR contract is for the removal of up to 3,000 cubic yards of
gravel from their ,Winfield Pit in the West End at $1.36 per cubic yard,
over the next five years. Commissioner Brown seconded Commissioner
Dennison's motion to approve this contract with the State Department
of Natural Resources. '
Vegetation Management Program: The vegetation management program has
been started tor this summer, Carter Breskin reported. Five people_have
been hired t'or-this program with some additional help to be furnished
by the Community Service program.
HUMAN SERVICES
Contracts re: Port Townsend Training & Development Company; Health
Department Children's Programs and Bayshore Enterprises: The tollowing
contracts were approved and signed as recommended by Ella Sandvig,
Human Services Coordinator, by motion of Commissioner Dennison, seconded
by Commissioner Brown between the Human Services Department and:
Bayshore Enterprises Contract #85-10-07 for $110,844.00
Health Dept. Children's Programs Contract #85-10-05 for $8,112.00
Port Townsend Training and Development Co. Contract #85-10-06:for
$12,000.
PLANNING
Proposed Application to the Community Economic Revitalization Board for
Financial Assistance for the Reconstruction of Union Wharf: David
Goldsmith, Planning DirectJor, presented a Resolution for the Board's
consideration that would allow Jefferson County to act on the behalf
of the City of Port Townsend and the Washington State Department of
Natural Resources to prepare and submit an application to the Community
Economic Revitalization Board to finance the necessary improvemenffi to
Union Wharf.
Commissioner Brown moved to approve and sign Resolution No. 41~85
appxoving the preparation and submission of an application for assistance
from CERB. Commissioner Dennison seconded the motion. The Board con-
curred ~hat another paragraph be added to the-resolution that addresses
the historic signficance of Union Wharf to the Port Townsend National
Historic District.
Thref?hold Determination: Port Townsend Paper Corporation; Sludge
application project: Randy Durant, Director of Environmental Health
and six interested persons were present when Assistant Planner, Rachel
Nathanson reviewed the Port Townsend Paper Company's proposed project
for the utilization of secondary sludge for soil improvement on the
Company's land.
The project would pump the sludge from the bottom of the wastewater
treatment pond at the mill, through 4,000 feet of 6 and 8 1 inch aluminum
pipe to a 118 acre site that is located on top of the 1j>luff south
of the mill in the Glen Cove area. This is the sa~e site:that was
reviewed and areas (cells) were approved as a solid 'waste disposal site,
previously.
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300 gallons of sJ:udge;and water mixed, would be pumped per minute
and distrubted by sprinkler on the uplands. The sprinklers spray a
300 foot swath with material to a depth of 2 inches. Three applications
are planned which would put a total of 7 inches of sludge on the
ground. Three thousand dry tons of sludge will be removed from the
lagoon, which is 12 million gallons.
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The Health Department :1
rep rted. Contact has!
the sludge and also wi~
soi s in the upper are~
abo e it and basically: '
sol d waste cell. :
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In ooking at the acculV lative rate of metals over the ime period of
the application of thei: ludge it was found that the lev Is reached would
be well below the ma~ mum allowed by DOE. The Health Departmlent is
cur ently working wit~ the application contractor on t 0 area of concern:
1) Protection of the p mpline as it leaves the lagoon ,nd crosses
a b idge of soil (whic~ is now a road) between Port To~send Bay and
the pond at the mill aiJi then continues up the bluff, artld 2) Run off
con rols need to be de~ loped to assure that any materi~l runoff is
kep out of Port Townsie d Bay. An additional 100 foot I setback buffer
alo g the top of the b~ ff and a 50 foot setback from t~e access road
is eing required. : ~
The proposal, Randy nJ; ht continued, is to double the pplication rate
in he solid waste dislp sal cell to promote growth in t at area which
wil be fine if the 'run'ff can be controlled. If the" !UnOff can not
be ontrolled the appl:i ation rate will have t! be decr ased. The active
sol d waste disposal c:e I will still be in use during tie application
per 0, d but both acti viit' es will be ,scheduled s th, at a ~onflict does
not occur. A long term sampling program is be'nglooke1 into for a
twe Vf; month period afl,t" r the last application to, monif, or for metals
and. n~ trogen. ; , ' ,
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of cology yet, but anjt concerns that are not ddressed today can be
put on the solid waste:' ermit. , J':
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Rac el Nathanson revie1wed another concern rais d by the I Planning
Dep rtm,ent because th~,coastal zone, Atlas indiate"s .,thal. the blU,ff
in his area is in a::U, S (Unstable Recent Slid!) zone. letter on
fil with the Planning: epartment from Jerry T orsen a tate Geologist
who works with the Depa tment of Natural Resou ces, ind+cates however,
tha in his opinion t~e potential for a major lide act1vity in the
are ,of the active selli wa.ste cell, was not oJ great c I ncern. The issue
of he] effect that.ad~,i" g m,ore wate ',r to the UPt' and". "a"rea, will have on
the stability of the ql ff has not been total I ' addr,ess d.
Ter y Rahe of Agri Te~!, the application contr ct0r,;th n addressed
Com issioner Pitts' q'9~stion regarding who wou d be res onsible for
jud ing if the evapot-r:Gl sporation process had roceeded as planned
bef re the second app~tcation was applied.
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The purpose is to use t
placed in an amount tha
be picked up by the exi
next application. Sinc
mak'ng waste waters and
it 's much lower in nit
wil have less impact 0
org nisms.
is sludge as a fertilizer. The
will filter into soil so the
ting vegetation and be disburse
thils sludge is from the treatm
does not contain any human sewa
ogen and metals than muhiciple
the site in the form of pathen
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A s tback of 50 feet is proposed from all property line
tra'ls will be cleared 'n the forest application areas
use of the sprinklers. The spraying will be done from
Oct ber 15, depending 0 weather conditions, and daily
be aken for weekly tes ing with biweekly testing to be
mortoxic componenbs. This project, Rachel Nathanson
req ire a permit from t e Health Department, SEPA revie
and DOE approval.
still reviewing the project', R
een made with the contractor wh
the company that did the ,soils
are glaCial till with several f
ands in the other areas irtcludi
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material is
utrients will
before the
fit '., of paper
e waste products
ludge and
genic micro-
A series of
o allow for
une 15 to
amples will
done for the
oncluded, will
, DSHS approval
ndy Durant
will apply
work. The
et of soil
g the active
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Mr. Rahe advised that his company intends to coordinate their activities
closely with the HealtH Department because they realize that dbeto the
public health sensitiviity, the Health Departme t has a responsi.bility
on the County's behalf in this project. The determination regarding if
the evapotransporation~rocesshad progressed far ~noughbetween appli-
cations will probably be made by Agri-Tech and Randy Durant on the first
couple of applications.! If the surf.B.ce of the ground is dry and if the
sludge has dried to look like black, cornflakes, then the next application
can be made. If an appilication was made while the sludge and the ground
were still wet then run:off would occur, which i~ not acceptable.
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The whole process of spraying sludge from pape Imil1 wastewater
treatment plants has be'en developed over the pa$tten years, and Mr.
Rahenoted that he has iprovided background info-r;ma,tion and names of
people to contact from ~revious projects, to R ~dy so he can assure
himself that this process will work as propose .1 The' sooner this pro-
jectcan begin, the mOXle opportunity there will Ibe: to utilize the
best time of the year fior drying capabilities.1 Mr. Rahe added that
they have had good cooperation from the staff rldthat they were grateful
for that. I .
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In answer to Commissioner Dennison's question jgarding how the slide
potential has been add~essed by the project, M . Rahe reported that
the process that causes slides is usually related ,to the super satura-
tionof the soil, and basically this process is lapplying water at a rate
which is equivalent to Ithe evaporation rate so ~hat no net contribution
of water will ever occur in the,soil. Mr. Rahidoesn't feel, particularly
with the setback requir:ements, that this procesS ~ill ever contribute
any moisture to the zo1ie that is subject to slides .1 One of the problems
with sludge is that the water is tied up in th !solids and it takes a
very strong drying effort to get the water out ~f'it. Each application
will be equivalent to ~ inches of rainfall ove ithe entire area, and
it will take approximately one month to make 0 ~ application.
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The problem of odor, Mr:]. Rahe advised, will be 41i.minated due to the
very low application rate of 300 gallons per miriu~e~.since the amount
of odor genera.ted relates to the amount of mat ~ia.l exposed at any
one time. Thesetback:requirements will also ~lp eliminate an odor
problem for neighboring residential areas. i
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S'concern about
!adticipate detection
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Mr. Rahe added in response to Commissioner Pit
possible noise level p~oblems, that he does no
of noise beyond the li~its of the p~oject.
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Commissioner Dennison moved to issue a Determi
arid Lead Agency Status ,for the Port Townsend P
Application project with th condition that th
and bluff failure to b~ add essed on the solid
to the applicant meetin'g th Solid Waste requi
Commissioner Brown seconded the motion.
Jti,on of Non-Significance
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per Corporation's Sludge'
Icdncerns about odors
waste permit and subject
ements of Jefferson County.
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Shoreline Substantial ~evel
~ne: Mr. i es ~erce wa
Brink who lives in the Minn
Planner, reviewed this,shor
quest ,the find:ings,.agency
Shoreline Commission r.ecomm
of this lot asa resid~ntia
Department comments.'
pment Permit #SH5-
present to repres
apolis area, when
line permit applic
responses, testimo
ndation. Discussi
building site in
Mitch Press reported that t
the Shoreline Commission an
is in place (which is a. par
though it was placed on the
fill should be allowed~ Ex
was another question. .The
the procedure should be to
The end result is the same
is a~ready in place would b
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is permit had been discussed at length by
that the"members greed that the fill that
of this applicati rU !should be allowed aVen
lot without the pr ~er permit, but no more
ctly how this shou q. he done, administratively
horeline Commissio !m~mbers ~greed that
eny the variance a d not issue the permit.
owever because.the un~uthorized fill that
allowed to remain.
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ce advised thati b*s'cally all Mr. Brink is concerned with now
able to leave ,the ill on the lot rather than having to pay
it removed, which,w uld be a hardship to Him.
CI mmiss oner Brown moved ~o
Brink a recommended by tfue
Shor~li e permit. The;re.mo
rbqUirer as long as the f@l
1) No additional fill
2) Existing fill mat~r
'on-site surface w~t
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~) IThe, site shall ,beir vegetated immediately after all the
; I landfill materiallh s been graded.
.) . Existing vegeta.tidm immediately upland of the high water
, !mark shall not !beid'strubed.
mm'ssioner Dennison secq,n ed the motion.
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deny the variance requested by Darrell
Shorel1irte Commission, ,and not i$sue the
ail oftlhe:unauthorized fill will not be
owing conditions are fulfilled:
aterial shall be deposited.
al shall be leveled and graded so all
r drains into the ditch adjacent to Margaret
oner Dennison sec6n ed Commissioner Brown ',s motion to issue
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ination of Non-;Si$n'ficanceand Lead Agency Status for the
nson Clams andOY$t rs proposal.
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equest: Address f~e: Commissioner Brown moved to approve the
In tea ress ~eq~e t fee for Arnold Neubauer in the amount of
Commissioner Denni on seconded the motiort.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
~4-?4h
ohn L. Pitts. ,Chairman .
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B.G. Brown, Member
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~arry--~/-enn son, Member
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