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Home My WebLink AboutM070185 .1: ~ .~ I I' ~QAR~)' '~l1!K. j:!itEJJtF~~S!~~f~: @'eDtF.N';'F'''if I ~m~IMJIl S 81lliJ!~NEiI*!S:},_'1 District No. 1 Commissioner: District ~o. 2 Commissioner: District No. 3 Commissioner: John L. Pitts, Chairman B.G. Brown, Member Larry W. Dennison, Member Clerk of the Board: Public Works Director: Jerdine C. Bragg Gary A. Rowe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~j~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'I'~"I mi'! I 'J~L'H em, E,:~~ j, Week of July 1, 1985 The meet'ng was called to order by Chairman Jbhn LiPitts with Gomm;Lssioner . G. Brown and Commissioner' Larry ~W;. Dennison both present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: 1985 were a appr1ve as rea by Commissioner De nison. Contract re: Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Department of Social and Health service~ Commissioner Brown moved to approve and sign, the Alcohol and Drug A use Contract with the Department of Social and Health Services a, s~,recommended by Ella Sandvig, Human, Services Coordin- ator. Commissione Dennison seconded the motion. HEARING OTICE re: Budget Appropriation Prosecuting Attorney's Office: Reso tuio o. was approve y motion 0 ommissloner Brown, seconded by Commissioner Dennison to set the public hearing for the budget appropr~ation needed by the Prosecuting Attorney's Office for July 15, 1985 at 10:30 a.m. The $50,000.00 appropriation is for the purpose of retAining a special counsel to the County on the Palmer Constructors arbit ation. The Minutes of June 3, 11, 17 and 24, by motion of Commissioner Brown, seconded HEARING Construction: A funds f~om the Sta budget was set for No. 43-85. Commis Commissioner Denni OTICE re: Budget Extention - Correction Center aring to a ow t e lnc usion 0 ~ 0 a ditional e of Washington to the Correction Center Construction July 15, 1985 at 10:30Ia.m~ by approval of Resolution ioner Brown moved to approve the resolution and on seconded the motion. Project: cuss the Project. pson, Director, C.A.C. re: Brinnon Senior Center recesse an went ~nto xecut~ve ess~on to lS- n of real estate for the Brinnon Senior Center BUSINESS FROM COUN Y DEPARTMENTS: PUBLIC WORKS Groundwater: Cart r Breskin, Administrative Assistant, reported to the Board on the groun1 water seminar she attended. The seminar was sponsored by the University f Washington, Institute for Environmental Studies on June 14 and 15 nd was entitled "Northwest Groundwater - The Invisible Resource - A Hidde Crisis". Presentations were made by the Audobon Society, State Leg_slators, Oregon and Washington landowners, Public Health Officials, epartment of Ecology, Geohydrologists, technicians and educators. The * following are ighlights of that presentation: All focused on he most importan central aspect of groundwater which is that i can not be igno_ed. Although out of sight, groundwat r is not out of mind. A polluted aquifer almost .nvariably can no be reclaimed. "OL 11 FAGr [bZ135 * M, , .<jl!'\ .,_,'1 " '" Minutes, Week of July 1, 1985 Page 2: * It is esstential to understand that groundwater and surface water are bound in an inextricable relationship, each effects the other. Groundwater~ Underground water sources called aquifers. Suface water: Streams, lakes, creeks, etc. * Legislation regarding groundwater management is woefully inadequate at this time. *- Laws passed: State Drinking Water Act Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (Federal) Clean Water Compensation Liability Act (Federal) Some laws have poor regulatory powers and some do not control or define all pollutants or provide any technical background. * The Federal ,Environmental Protection Agency has delegated the question of water quality to the States. *1 State laws that have been adopted or proposed have more impact than Federal laws. HB 232 (Adopted) Enabling the DOE to set up gt"oundwater areas and sub-areas in the State (Protection Plans). HB 1191 (Proposed) Requires the State to set standards beyond EPA standards for contaminants. HB 1138 (Adopted) Requires comprehensive plans to adopt groundwater protection sections. Goes into effect in July 1985. * The federal government will decide which issue they want to address and fill leave everything else to the States. * One ~ertainty is that the State and local governments will have to become involved in land use control. Monitoring groundwater, enforce- mentlof violations, regulation in pumping of groundwater, essentially all tfinancial and, legislative responsibilities. Funds are lacking, howe er, to enfon:e these regulations, according to the DOE. * Smal!er local governments and their citizens will be expected to mana e groundwater and prevent pollution. * Impa t the State laws will have on Jefferson County. I HB 1138: Requiring comprehensive planning to adopt ground- I water protection section and , HB 232: Allowing the DOE to set up areas and subareas for i' , grOU,ndwa, ter, man, agement, will be the first legislative impact on Jefferson County. * One Important quest10n that needS to be addressed before the legislative cons:J.-deration and that is what., is the quality and quantity of otr water at this time. *As a preventative measure all Counties are being required as part I 'of tteir solid ~ste management plan, to establish an 6pe,rating I plan which includes groundwater monitoring. *1 One message wasmade'clear to all who attended the seminar and that was fhat crisis. management is costly. P~bliC ~orks Director, Gary Rowe, advised that he was told he will re rrCeiVirg, a report by the end of June of the inspection of the landfill d,ne by the Southwest Regional Office of the Department of Ecology. L slie ~iken, who also attended the seminar reported that she felt that tfue intent of the seminar was to alert citizens generally to the issue a~d sen~itize them to the fact that it really is important and that their c~operation really is essential,: if the groundwater is going to be p~otect d. She also presented a list of suggestions that could be impleme ted, to the Board. Dlck Ki t, Manager of pun #1 added that he feels this County should s~art s riously considering starting something under the mechanism of H1use B 11 232 (see above). I I I I ,J . VOL 11 rAC~ 002136 '. M nutes, Week of July 1, 1985 P ge 3: A ter fu~ther discussion of the problems and possible future n,eds associated with the problem, the Board thanked Leslie Aiken, D~ck Kint and Carter Breskin for their presentations, and comments. H;aring Notice re: Six Year County Road Program: Commi,ssi,oner Dennison s conded Commissioner Brown's motion to approve the hearing notice for t~e Six Year County Road Program. The hearing was set for 2:00 p.m. JTlY 15, 1985 in the County Commissioner's Chambers. P~ans for the Discovery Road/SR 20 Intersection: Gary Rowe reported t at t e pans or t e ~mprovements to t ~s ~ntersection now include i provement to both sides of the intersection, but will only go as fr as the railroad tracks instead of all the way to Chevy Chase. Part o~ the project funding will come from Department of Transportation I~tersection Improvement funds and the balance will be local funds. T~ere are two small parcels of right-of-way on the inte, rsection to acquire. C mmissioqer Brown moved for approval of the plans for the Discovery R ad/SR 20 Intersection. Commissioner Dennison seconded the motion. W ter Project for Oak Bay Park: Gary Rowe reported that the Public r s epartment is rea y to assist the Parks Department by doing atever is necessary to get the Oak Bay Park Water project underway. Van: The Public Works Department is purchasing a used an from Island County. PLANNING R ad Vacation Compensation Payment: Assistant Planner, Rachel Nathanson, r~queste t e oar to set a po- ~cy for the distribution of the compensa- tton the County receives when a road is vacated. This compensation rlquirement was just added to the Road Vacation Ordinance. Pt!1blic Works Director, Gary Rowe, stated it',is his feeling that it W~Uld be proper to use these monies to set up some type of program t enhance and reserve land in greenbelts~' The right-of-ways that a e being vacated were set up by the public,: for_: the- public benefit aid this program could use tWE money in the same way. Planning Director Dfvid Goldsmith agreed that this would be a good use for these funds. C~mmissioner Brown expressed some reservations about setting up a fund f@r a specific purpose like this because the funds come in so slow t~at nothing much could be accomplished, unless more funds were added from another source, he did agree however, that the money should be p$t into the Road Fund. I clmmissioner Brown moved to have any future monies received from road v cations to be put ipto the Road Fund. Commissioner Dennison seconded t~e motion. Gary Rowe,', advised that the money could be kept in a separate atcount within the, Ro~d Fund. Sign Ordinance: Planhing/Building Department Director, David Goldsmith, r porte t at the Coupty needs to develop and: adopt: an ordinance" to r gulate the installa~ion of signs and outline enfaocement procedures wfuen signs are put up' without a permit. Dlscussion of items that might be included in such an Ordinance ensued. T~e Planning Department will draft an Ordinance for the Board's consid- e, ation. S'PA Threshold Determination: Building Permit AppLication, A & G Auto ~fpans on; a oc: ,ac e at anson reviewe Auto s expans~on proposal for the area adjacent to their current auto shop near; Lillian street, .on Rhody Driv,e in Hadlock. This area would be completely fenced wth an eight foot ob~curing fence and used for storage space for vehicles t,at will be used fori parts recycling. When all of the useful items ate taken off the veh1icle it will be hauled off to a wrecking yard. Ttere will be no gaso:line or oil in any of the stored vehicles and nl buming will be dO}:t tit Sr::Ee. ~f~S~~ing will be put on the .' I J I Minutes, Week of July 1, 1985 Ptge 4: 0* the outside of the fence. If the Co Iwtll then be submitted to the Departmen 'of a permit., There will be no access t t~e current a,uto shop access and the pu tfue storage area. The auto shop and th itside the cO,mmercial core area as it i crmmunity Development Plan. c~mmissioner.Brown mov,ed for the issu"an S gnificance for the A & G Auto Center Dnnison seconded the motion. S~oreline Commission Vacancies: Mit~h tfuat the Shoreline Commission has ha~ a ai their meetings due to the two vac nc BGard will continue to interview pre pe ! . . v~canc~es. C~astal Zone Management Grant: The u*otticialword that the County will Grant funds.. This wou}d be a total bj provided by the County. Last year S~PA Threshold Determination: Shore 1 A p~cation S ; o~nt 0 0 nt T ~t: Assoc~ate anner,' ~tc re t e oint No Point Treaty Council's n,t pen system in Quilcene Bay 800 y 01} the Boult,on peninsula., The syst b~ 25 foot pens placed on a wooden f o~ 135 feet by 70 feet wide. A 12 f b4 attached to the main pen system a t\fo workers. The whole pen system w anchors at each end. I T e pen systemlwould be located 650 ,w termark in water about 80 feet de la e some oyster seed racks owned by Ie hance local fish ''Supplies on a sea on t ken, to the pens by barge wh~chwou\ d H ven. An upland storage locker is ro u~land site has not been determined or M~tch Press read one letter from an tq the proposal, and noted that conc rn should it fail, could be dealt with 'n I i Cqrnmissioner ,Dennison mov~d,to issue arid Lead Agency Status fori the Point Cdmmissioner Brown second~d the moti i Lasing Depar ~ orme t e ounty t at they willb J~fferson County for harv~st,from No T~e harvesting will be done by scuba d~g holes about 12 inches ,wide. Thi permit but the DNR will be holding m wijat will be done . Jeffers'on County S~ate, this year, where g~oduck harv st o~ the rotational system for harvest'ng alea in the ~tate Ls'used per year. * * I I I I ~ Val : I It rAGE nty approves the project, it of Licensing for issuance the projedt except through lic will n6t be allowed in proposed ~xpansion are just defined by the Tri-Area e of a Determination of Non- xpansion project. Commissioner ress, .Associate Planner reported hard time reaching a quorum es on this commission. The tive candidates to fiLl these ning Department has received receiving Coast Zone Management f 19,000 with a 20% match to s ,wo :gra1(1t projects were both completed. Substa~tial Development Permit y ouncl.., a mon Pens; is erman rev~ewe te c ec ~st or osal to piLace a Coho Salmon northwest of Fishermen's Point ould consist of eight 25 foot system with overall measurements by 14 foot work shelter would ould be 10 feet high, to accomodate be seeured by five 150 pound waterward of the mean high Between the pens and the shore t Oyster. The project is to I basis. The fish would be eave from the Quilcene Boat osed for the future but an this locker yet. cent landowner who was opposed about clean up of the project he Shoreline Permit process. , etermination of Non-Significance Point Treaty Council Project. t of Natural Resources has asing tracks of geoducks in er 1 through August 31, 1986. ers, who will use nozzles to es not ' require a shorelines ngs to let the public know be the only county in the ng wil~ take place, because No -more than 3% of the harvest 138 .: -, I I , I I I ., weet I Minutes, Page 5: following StIand: