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Home My WebLink AboutM070306 District No. 1 Commissioner: Phil Johnson District No.2 Commissioner: David W. Sullivan District No. 3 Commissioner: Patrick M. Rodgers County Administrator: John F. Fischbach Clerk of the Board: Lorna Delaney MINUTES Week of July 3, 2006 Chairman Phil Johnson called the meeting to order in the presence of Commissioner David W. Sullivan and Commissioner Patrick M. Rodgers. Discussion re: Amendment to Second Settlement Agreement; Washington Environmental Council: County Administrator John Fischbach handed out a draft amendment to the Second Settlement Agreement with the Washington Environmental Council (WEC). He stated that the County Commissioners had requested a 90 day extension on the implementation of the Critical Areas Ordinance and the WEC agreed to a 6 month extension from July 18, 2006 to January 18, 2007. The WEC also agreed to extend the deadline for the adoption of the Chimacum Creek Management Plan from July 18 to August 18. The County Administrator suggested that the Board may want to request that the deadline for the adoption of the Chimacum Creek Management Plan be extended to September 18. Director of Community Development Al Scalf reviewed the history of the WEC agreements, their impact on the draft critical areas regulations, and the Board's options. He also discussed the Chimacum Creek Management Plan and mentioned that a public hearing is required before the plan is adopted. The Board discussed the public involvement and input in the Chimacum Creek Management Plan process to this point. Commissioner Sullivan moved to have the County's outside counsel contact the WEC regarding an additional change to the amendment to the Second Settlement Agreement requesting that Section 2, sentence 2 read The deadline for a public hearing before the Board of County Commissioners on the Chimacum Creek Management Plan is extended to September 18, 2006. Commissioner Rodgers seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Commissioner Sullivan requested that the following changes be made to the draft minutes of June 19,2006: · Page 3, paragraph 3: ...although 1-747 is being appealed, revised to read ...although 1-747 has been found to be unconstitutional and that decision is being appealed, Page 1 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of July 3,2006 ~"'''''.t f .. ..~ .',f"l't.(.,~"" · Page 1 0, paragraph 1: ... the amendment regarding political signs needs to be added because it is State law. revised to read... the amendment regarding political signs needs to be added because it is constitutional law. · Page 10, Section 18.40.360: Commissioner Sullivan stated that this was the original wording that he had requested be revised. The Administrator may reject as abusive of this section any request for interpretation that seeks interpretation of more than four UDC sections, is onerous or asks hypothetical questions. The Administrator may ask that the rejected request be broken down into smaller requests. This was revised to read: The Administrator may require that any request that seeks interpretation of more than four UDC sections be broken down into smaller requests, each requiring the standard fee. The Administrator may limit the code interpretation to what is deemed necessary to clarify the section and may decline responding to requests that are deemed excessive or onerous or those that ask hypothetical questions. Later in the Day: Commissioner Sullivan moved to approve the corrected minutes. Commissioner Rodgers seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following comments were made: several people complained about live, loud music playing until 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday night and the Sheriffs response that the people had a permit, and it was suggested that the noise shouldn't be audible more than 100 yards from a property line; the County would be more successful with the proposed critical areas regulations ifthey worked with stakeholders instead of developing regulations that people can't begin to apply to their property, in a document that is difficult to understand; sustainable agriculture needs more than 5 years to get established; there is now a State law that requires tideland owners to have a license to harvest clams and oysters on their own beach; concems were expressed that County staff doesn't reasonably interpret the statutes to help people; and the County needs to keep better track of decisions from law suits and settlement agreements. APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA: Commissioner Sullivan moved to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Commissioner Rodgers seconded the motion which carried by a unanimous vote. 1. RESOLUTION NO. 40-06 re: HEARING NOTICE re: Proposed Supplemental Budget Appropriations/Extensions for Various County Funds; Hearing Scheduled for Monday, July 17, 2006 at 10:30 a.m. in the Commissioners' Chamber 2. RESOLUTION NO. 41-06 re: Establishing a Health and Human Services Site Abatement Fund 3. RESOLUTION NO. 42-06 re: Designation of an Applicant's Agent FEMA Disaster No. 1641-DR- W A; Frank Gifford, Public Works Director 4. AGREEMENT, Interlocal re: Shared Resources, Services, Equipment and Materials; Jefferson County Public Works; Port of Port Townsend Page 2 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of July 3,2006 '."'" '?i.. ;:~C~ ~J'IIP'~'''''''''' 5. AGREEMENT re: Materials Testing and Inspection Services for Jefferson County Courthouse Clock Tower Rehabilitation Project No. 3035941547; Jefferson County Public Works; Krazan-and Associates 6. AGREEMENT re: Professional Services for a Feasibility Study to Examine the Possibility of JeffCom Becoming a Stand-Alone Agency; JeffCom; Reinke & Associates 7. AGREEMENT NO. E07-029 re: Funding for the Operation of Wire line and Wireless Enhanced 911 Service; J effCom; Washington State Military Department, Emergency Management Division 8. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, Appendix B re: Reimbursement of Payroll Costs for Food and Farm Coordinator Theresa Beaver; WSU - Jefferson County Extension Office; Washington State University 9. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING re: Knotweed Control on Dosewallips and Duckabush Rivers, and Salmon and Snow Creeks; WSU - Jefferson County Extension Office; Clallam County 10. Program for the Administration of the Expanded Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment & Therapeutic Courts Fund Established by Ordinance No. 08-1003-05 11. Federal Grant Application; Jefferson County Juvenile Justice Coalition; Jefferson County Juvenile Services; Washington State Department of Social and Health Services 12. Request to Convene for the Purpose of Hearing Property Tax Appeals for the Year 2006; Jefferson County Board of Equalization HEARING re: Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 16 Watershed Management Plan: Chairman Johnson opened the public hearing. Tami Pokorny, Natural Resource Division, explained that the Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 16 Watershed Management Plan addresses 670 square miles of land from the Dosewallips River in Jefferson County to include the Skokomish watershed in Mason County. The Planning Unit, formed in 1999, consists of5 initiating governments: Mason County, Jefferson County, the Skokomish Tribe, the Port of Hoods port and Jefferson County PUD #1. It also includes representatives from local community and citizen groups, and development, environmental, and recreational interests. The watershed plan recommends 84 ways to address water quantity, water quality, and fish habitat concerns including data needs, water conservation and supply monitoring, water treatment systems, best management practices (BMPs), Salmon recovery, stormwater, the health of Hood Canal, education and outreach, enforcement, and on-going activities. The WRIA 16 Watershed Plan was adopted by the Planning Unit on May 11. Public hearings on the plan are required according to the statute. This is the first of two public hearings for the Board, the second hearing will be a joint public hearing with the Mason County Commissioners in Shelton on July 11 at 10:30 a.m. At that time, the two Boards of County Commissioners will have an opportunity to adopt the plan. When the plan is adopted, the Planning Unit will begin Phase 4, the implementation process. The Chair opened the hearing for public testimony. Page 3 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of July 3,2006 George Sickel, Brinnon, stated that he is a member ofthe Planning Unit representing landowners in the Brinnon area. He said that this was one of the better public processes that he has been involved in. It was very open and people were welcomed, and there was a lot of public comment. Even some of the more radical thoughts such as controlling the number of seals to help clean up Hood Canal and water catchment were considered. There were a lot of good ideas and it was a pleasure working on the plan. Dana Roberts, Jefferson County PUD #1, stated that the PUD has consistently taken part in the WRIA 16 Watershed Plan process and they think it is a good plan. Like anything done by consensus, the real obligation is that everyone collaborate and do their part to carry out the plan once it is adopted by Mason County and Jefferson County. Jack Turner, Skokomish Tribe, stated that the Tribe felt that the unanimous vote by the Planning Unit to approve the WRIA 16 Watershed Plan was a momentous occasion. The last document signed by the Tribe was the 1855 Point-No-Point Treaty. The Tribe feels that this is an important plan, the commonality and collaboration are important, and they want to continue to be a partner in the process. Hearing no further comments, Chairman Johnson closed the public testimony portion of the hearing. Commissioner Rodgers asked if the recommendations in the Plan are prioritized or if they have equal weight? He asked about the commitment of resources to implement the Plan. Phil Wiatrek, State Department of Ecology stated that Phase 4 of the WRIA process is addresses implementation where the recommendations will be prioritized and set a work schedule. The Board is not required to take action on the Plan until the joint public hearing with the Mason County Commissioners on July 11. BID OPENING re: Fossil Creek Stream Stabilization, Barlow Bridge: Mark Thurston, Public Works Department, opened and read the 4 bids that were received. BIDDER AMOUNT BCI Contracting, Portland Quigg Bros, Inc., Aberdeen Rognlins, Inc., Aberdeen Wilson Constrution, Port Angeles $458,680 $422,701 $532,620 $494,547.40 Page 4 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of July 3,2006 4'SI1/N("":.<!: The Public Works Department will review the bids for accuracy and make a bid award recommendation that is to the best interest of the County. JEFFERSON COUNTY BO F COMMISSIONERS Z:~;J,Ct>t <:- Deputy Clerk of the Board Phil Jon, Chair ~~, David W. Sullivan, Member ~~ Patrick M. Rodgers, Member -------. Page 5