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Home My WebLink AboutM101308 District No.1 Commissioner: Phil Johnson District No.2 Commissioner: David W. Sullivan District No.3 Commissioner: John Austin Interim County Administrator: Dennis Richards Clerk of the Board: Lorna Delaney MINUTES Week of October 13,2008 Commissioner David Sullivan called the meeting to order in the presence of Commissioner John Austin. Chairman Phil Johnson had an excused absence. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The following comments were made by citizens: Several residents expressed their opinions about whether the County should contribute emergency funding to the City of Port Townsend in order to keep the swimming pool at Mountain View Elementary School open for the remainder of2008; a citizen stated his concerns about the increase in the number of Border Patrol Officers on the Olympic Peninsula who are targeting illegal immigrants; several people thanked the Board for continuing to schedule a Public Comment Period on their agenda each week; a citizen stated his opinion on the current Shoreline Master Program update process; a person noted that he has talked with several Realtors and people who own construction companies in the County who say that their business has decreased in the past several months; a citizen stated that in his opinion the County's residents need to be "food self-sufficient" as soon as possible which means that regulations regarding water use and land use will need to be modified in order to put more agricultural land into production; a person said he thought that the pool at Port Ludlow may be available to the public or Jefferson Transit could consider a bus route to the Sequim pool ifthe pool in Port Townsend is closed; and a citizen stated that he thinks the County needs to improve the indexing system for public records. APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA: Commissioner Austin moved to delete Item #2 and approve the balance of the Consent Agenda as presented. Commissioner Sullivan seconded the motion which carried. The Board noted that the deadline for submission of the information in the resolution was extended for a month and they want staff to do more review. 1. RESOLUTION NO. 66-08 HEARING NOTICE re: Supplemental Budget Appropriations/Extensions for Various County Funds; Hearing Scheduled on Monday, October 27, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. in the Commissioners Chambers 2. DELETED: Resolution: Election to Receive National Forest Related Safety-Net Payments under Division C, Title VI, Section 601 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of2008, PLlIO-343 3. HEARING NOTICE re: Intent to Change the Name ofa Portion ofa Private Road from Carroll Street to Elderberry Lane and to Name an Unnamed Portion ofthe Private Road Elderberry Lane; Proponent Jon Good 4. AGREEMENT NO. 2008-737 re: Brinnon Motel Facilities Condition Assessment; Jefferson County Central Services; Washington State Department of General Administration Page I Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of October 13,2008 5. AGREEMENT re: Water Quality Monitoring Activities and Best Management Practice Implementation in Connection with the Discovery Bay Clean Water Project; Jefferson County Public Health; Jefferson County Conservation District 6. AGREEMENT NO. 0863-49727 re: Apple Health for Kids Outreach; Jefferson County Public Health; Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) 7. AGREEMENT NO. 0863-48138 re: Apple Health for Kids Infrastructure; Jefferson County Public Health; Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) 8. AGREEMENT re: Professional Services for 2009 Budget Process; Jefferson County Administrator; Anne Sears 9. AGREEMENT re: Create Geographic Data Layers Required to Complete 911 Address Mapping; Jefferson County JeffCom; microDATA GIS, Inc. 10. Payment of Jefferson County Payroll Warrants Dated October 3, 2008 Totaling $770,591.01 and October 6, 2008 Totaling $1,226.51 and AlP Warrants Done by Payroll Dated October 6, 2008 Totaling $643,139.62 and $501.34 COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION: The following items were discussed. Commissioner Austin reported that: · The State Board of Health will postpone the vote on the school rules until June because the State Legislature has requested additional time to review them. He suggested that the BOH look at this as an invitation for the State Legislature to work with them to see that the protective measures are enacted and the School Boards have State support. · The Mental Health/Substance Abuse Sales Tax is being used to fund a jail nurse who deals with medical issues, as well as helping inmates get into substance abuse programs. · This tax is also helping support Substance Abuse Counselors in the Port Townsend, Chimacum, and Quilcene High Schools. Commissioner Sullivan reported that: · He met with Public Works staff, the Mayor and Public Works staff from Port Townsend, and the Manager of Jefferson Transit last week to discuss Surface Transportation Program (STP) funding. · He attended a meeting of the Puget Sound Partnership Action Implementation Task Force last week. · There is a meeting in Gardiner this week regarding the passing lane proposal on Highway 101 at milepost 276. He noted that many residents of the area are against this traffic revision. Alternative Electric Management Committee Presentation: Several members of the Alternative Electric Management (AEM) Committee for the City of Port Townsend were present. Kees Kolff explained that for the past year they have been looking at alternatives and issues related to electricity provision in the City. Andrew Redding presented the AEM Committee's analysis ofthe Utilipoint and Hittle & Associates reports that were commissioned to assess the feasibility of establishing a public electric utility in Jefferson County. Utilipoint was hired by Puget Sound Energy (PSE), the current electricity provider, and Hittle & Associates was hired by Jefferson County Public Utility District #1. The review included asset valuation, going concern costs, market rates for power and implementation time. Page 2 Commissioners Meeting Minutes: Week of October 13, 2008 On July 28, the County Commissioners approved Resolution No. 56-08 to put a proposition on the November 4,2008 ballot for Jefferson County voters to approve or reject regarding a proposition that Jefferson County Public Utility District No.1 construct or acquire electric facilities for the generation, transmission or distribution of electric power. The resolution was the result of a petition signed by over 10% of the qualified voters in the County. Matt Tyler, Parks and Recreation Manager and Richard Hull, Parks and Recreation Steering Committee Member re: Parks and Recreation Planning Update: Richard Hull reported that this committee is tasked with developing a 20 year plan for parks maintenance and program operations; development of new parks and recreation facilities and resources; and identification of future funding for existing, expanded, and new resources. He reviewed the steps in the process, including identification and use of existing resources, determining what the community wants, assessing the cost of providing what the community wants, developing and providing funding options, developing a realistic plan, and creating actionable steps in 5-yearincrements. He reviewed the committee's work to date. They will be mailing out a survey and scheduling a public forum for approximately 30 partner groups. There are also facilitated "community meetings" scheduled in November in Quilcene, Port Ludlow, Chimacum, and Port Townsend. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S BRIEFING SESSION: The following items were discussed. · Public Works staff updated the Board on the Puget Sound Energy franchise. · Parks and Recreation staff discussion of request for $5,000 for the Mountain View Pool. · Joint City/County meeting agenda. · Secure Rural Schools funding options. · Discussion on Proposition # I presentation. 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