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istrict No. 1 Commissioner:
istrict No. 2 Commissioner:
istrict No. 3 Commissioner:
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Larry W~ Dennison, Member
B.G. Brown, Member
John L. Pitts, Chairman
ublic Works D'rector:
lerk of the Bard:
Gary A. Rowe
Jerdine C. Bragg
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Week of October 21, 1985
HEAR NG re:
The hearing wa
no one appeare
of $30,000.00
moved to approve and si
for the budget extensio
Commissioner Dennison s
nty Fair Association:
e y C a~rman ~tts and when
propose~ budget extension
Chairman closed the hearing.
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n Resolution No. 77-85
for the I' Jefferson County
conded the motion.
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Commissioner B
which is the 0
Fair Associati
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of the VFW,Hall: T~e following rental
a wer approve~ by motion of -....---
Commission r Dennisfn:
of October 7 and 14 were
d second~d by Commissioner
APPR VAL OF MINUTES: The Minute
approved by mOJ~on 0 omm~ss~oner Brown a
Dennison after corrections were made.
BUSINE&S FROM C UNTY DEPARTMENTS:
PUBLIC WORKS
Works s~aff check the bid
mmission~r Dennison seconded
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bid proposal was submitted y Hanna ~onstruction for an
d of installation of the el ctrical panels. This would
the bid price. Installatiof of an exhaust fan instead
nger (as the specifications stated) ~ould be a $1,600
g the net deduction $1,450. O. i'
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wastes: Gary Rowe reported that thelCity of Port Angeles
~s n t go~ng to accept septic waste at the'r proces$ing plant from areas
outs'de the City of Port Angeles. This po icy willi become effective
Nove ber 19 or 20. It is estimated that 9 % of thelvolumeof septic
wast s processed by the City of Port Angel s comes from outside the City.
This amounts to 50,000 gallons per month. I
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e:~~'~.waste haulers will now have to find another flace to take these
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BID TOTAL
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$1~,579.00
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10,780.00
includes sales
tax at 7.8%
ineer's
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Comm'ssioner own moved to have the Publi
for ccuracy a d make a recommendation.
the otion.
ternative
nate meth
150.00 to
heat exch
tion,maki
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Minutes, Week of October 21, 1985
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Business from County Departments (Continued):
Chairman Pitts suggested that the possibility of a joint project with
Clallam County for the treatment of wastes be explo~ed. ,Alot of
Jefferson County is no farther away from S quim thap it is from Port
Townsend. The discussion continued about the possi~le impacts this
closure will have on the Jefferson County landfill ~nd talking to
Clallam County about this problem also. I:
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Vegetation Management Program Report: Carter Bresk~n, Administrative
Assistant tor the Public Works Department eported pn the summer Veget-
ation Management Program. The cost figures were cOUlpiled on the
computer this year for the five functions f vegetation management
which are: 1) pulling ditches, 2) machine mowing, ~) machine brush
cutting, 4) tree triming and 5) manual br sh cutti~g. 1,479 shoulder
miles of Jefferson County Roads were in th program Ii for a total cost
of $179,036.39. This included machine swe ping andlitraffic control costs
as well as the actual personnel and equipm nt costSI. The only personnel
cost not included was that of the Road Sup rintendept, Bill Arey, because
apportionment of his time is difficult due to the w~de variety of duties
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The cost of pulling ditches in 1985 was co puted asl' $387.80 per shoulder
mile with 200 shou~~les being ditched. In 1984 this cost was $522.40
per shoukir~le with 179 shoulder miles di ched. T~ese costs are kept
because of serious questions raised in reg rd to th~ affect of non-herb--
icide control methods and how they impact hese costs. The total cost
for just ditching this year was $77,560.50~ compare, ~ to $93,500.00 in
1984. Ditching is a three stage process, 1) A grad~r with an attachme
pulls debris from the inside of the ditch ~o the top, 2) Atl()J'h.~-r,grad~
picks this material up from the edge of th ditch afld skims sod that is t:l-E
shoulder; and then all of the debris is pu led to t~e side of the
shoulder and 3) a loader picks up all of t e debrislfrom the shoulder.
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The mowing operation covers 1,290 miles of road (40I,.miles in the West
End of the County). The large number of m'les are 9ue to the fact tha
many of the roads are mowed three times du ing the mowing season. The
total cost of machine mowing for 1985 was $44,000.00 which is $34.40 p r
shoulder mile. The 1984 figures for machi e mile w~re $88.30 per shou der
mile. The 1984 figures may not be totally accurate I due to reporting
inconsistencies.
The machine brush cutting was used on 81 s oulder m~les for a total of
$24,800.00. This is $307.01 per shoulder ile. Tr~.e triming was donel
for 30 shoulder miles at a cost of $20,371.00 or $679.00 per shoulder
mile. This expensive procedure doesn't ha e to be repeated as frequen ly
as the other operations. i,
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One non-County personnel crew was used thi year for manual brush cutt'ng.
There were two crew members from the Juven'le Diver$ion program of
Superior Court and two other crew members. 28 shou~der miles were man
ually cut at a total cost of $11,809.06 wh ch is a ~ost of $421.75 per
shoulder mile. John Sheehan, Crew Supervi or, has submitted a detaile
report of the manual brush cutting program.
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Road Superintendent, Bill Arey, has express d satisf~ction with the
ditching program and it's cost effectivene~s, but Mr. Arey believes
that the, brush cutting program requires th addition, of another bru. sh
cutting machine. Mr. Arey recommends the se of a ~oil sterilant
for the entire shoulder of the road, but e pressed ~oncern that the
public relations difficulties arising out f a renewed herbicide progr m
may well be more costly and time consuming, than co-ptinuing with the
present manual brush cutting program. I
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Letter from Queets/Clearwater School Distr'ct #20 r~: Queets River
r1 ge: ary owe reporte t at e as co tacte te tate epartment
of Transportation for more information on his project before he answe s
the School District's letter.
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Minutes, Week of October 21, 1985
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PLANNING
Setback Variance Request: Mr. & Mrs. Nelsop, Beach prive,Bridgehaven:
(See also Minutes of October 7, 1985) M,r.1 & Mrs. Nelson are requestin
a variance from the five foot setback requlired from!: a side property
boundary to allow them to build a garage or. their l~t at Bridgehaven.
This will allow the proper setback from the septic ~ystem, Rachel
Nathanson, Assistant Planner reported. Mr. & Mrs. Nelson were both
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The Bridgehaven Community Club Architectur I controt. Committee has
submitted a letter to the Planning Departm nt stati*,g that they don't
object to the garage being placed as reque ted by t~e Nelson's. Anoth r
letter from the adjacent property owner, E rl Norma1[l, was also receive
which stated that he had no problem with t e Nelson~s building the
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requested by Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Nelson. Cobmissioner Dennison seconded
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SHl2-85; Wa~hington State
e am arv~st ng on acre ;
quam s ar or: Ass9c ate anner,
Bo u y rev~ewe t ~s proposa su m~tte y the Washington State
Department of Natural Resources to harvest ninety acresof'a subtitle
hardshell clam tract~ for commercial purpo es. TheJsite is located
adjacent to Case Shoal which is south and est of qile Hood Canal Bridg
A hydraulic escalator shellfish harvester (know as ~ "Hank's Harvester')
would be used which is mounted on a thirty six to slxty foot vessel
and is lowered and raised into and out of he water~ The State would
contract the harvesting operation. !'
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Physical data that pertains to the site: here is approximately
36!100th of a pound of clams per square fo t over tbe ninety acre
tract, which is over the State standards f r resourCe available on the
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site. There are less than four bunches of eelgrass i, per square meter
on this tract. 'The site is composed of pr dominantly course gravel an
old clam shells. The littoral drift on th's site is from the south to
the north along the beach in the summer an the winter.
Cbmmissioner Dennison and Chairman Pitts bloth quest~oned the conditions
requiring monitoring of the siltation produce~ by the p-arvesting operatio!ns
to which Mr. Duffy noted that the State Ma agement rlan for subtidal
tracts requires that monitoringbe a part of an on-go~ng program. Sedi-
mentation usually settles within 100 yards of the operation and the water
usually clears within 15 minutes, accordi g to tesFimony heard by
the Shoreline Commission. The Shoreline Commissionl~ Mr. Duffy added,
talked at length about the siltation but fopnd no evidence that
it would bea problem. Planning Director, David Gpldsmith reported
on harvesting activities at three sites i the Coun~y presently, and
pointed out that the State has established standard~ that must be met
before a tract can be leased, which minimizes any i~pacts from siltation.
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After review of the eight conditions proposed by th~ Shoreline Commission
Commissioner Brown moved to approve the Shioreline StIbstanital Develop ent
Permit #SH12-85 as recommended by the Sho~eline Com~ission with the
eight conditions as revised.Commissione nenniso,n1i". sec.o,nd,ed the mo.ti:on.
As requested by Commissioner Dennison, Bo Duffy adfised that he woul
make the Department of Natural Resources ware of t~le concerns of the
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eration.
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Refund Request; Colleen White: Commissioner
the retund request submitted by-Colleen
f Commissioner Brown seconded the motion.
to approve
of $45.20.
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Letter from Fire District #2 re: Identifie Number ~ssignments for
ropert1es W1tout structures: ter 1Scjuss10n 0 "W at t e 1re
District meant by their letter, Chairman plitts advi~edthat he would
contact the Fire Commissioners in regard t;1 this mat:. ter.
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Jail Contract Arbitration:
to t e poar , Lee
ing County Judge had ruled
on the Arbitration Board's findings and ha awarded Palmer Constructors
the total retention of $96,658.00, plus $67,694.00,1 the balance of
the contract with Palmer, as well as the i terest o~ that sum which
amounts to $2,100.00.
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ollows: !Procedural court
has 30 d~ys to consider an
egard tolPalmer's bonding
rney wilt discuss options
idered in the next week or
Discussion of the County's options was as
papers were filed in order that the CountY
appeal. Consideration of a Court case in
agency was discussed. The Prosecuting Att
with Ross Boundy and a meeting will be con
so. (Notes taken by Chairman Pitts.)
The meeting was recessed Monday. vening and reconvened
Tuesday mo:::::v:~t:n:l:i::::: ::m::::s~r~L::t~i11J from the last
part-of September and the first part of oc~ober wert reviewed and
signed by each Commissioner. :1
Budget Sphere meeting with Countw Departments:
Law and Justice Sphere: 9:00 a.m. to Noon.~ October!' 22, 1985
District Court: Judge Tom Majhan, Lind Bagley ~ Review 1986 reven es.
Clerk and Superior Court: Marianne Wal ers
Civil Service Commission: Chet Dalglei h
Juvenile Services: Lois Smith
Sheriff's Department: Lee Smith
Law and Justice Sphere: 1:00 p.m.
Prosecuting Attorney & Coroner:
p.m. October 22, 1985
ymond, B~ryl Thorsen
Administrative Sphere: 2:00 p.m. to 4:0a.m. October 22, 1985
Assessor: Jack Westerman
Auditor & Election: Pat Knapp
Treasurer: Frances Hansen
Public Services Sphere: 8:30 a.m. Octobe 23, 198.5
Data Processing: Elaine Arey
Public Services Sphere: 9:00 a.m. to. Noon
Cooperative Extension: Pam Rondeau
Building Maintenance: Pat Whiteman
Parks/Recreation: Warren Steurer
Human Services: Ella Sandvig
Health Department: Gael Stuart -
October 23, 1985
Chang in revenue.
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Will reschedule County Commissioner, Plan~'ng and Building Department
and Public Works.
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The meeting was recessied Tuesday I evening nd reconvened, bn
Wednesday morning with all Board! members present~ Ihe Board met with
the Public Service Departmen't: Sphere as noted onpr vious page.
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Thursday
Budget.
The meeting was
morning withl all
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recessed Wednesd~y evenin and reconvene6 on
Board members pr~sentto liscuss the 1986
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MEETING ADJOURNED
JEFFERS~N COUNTY
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