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Home My WebLink AboutM 030380 "!!,, -, ~. r BOARD OF JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Distr1ct No.1 District No.2 Disl.Ti,'L. No.3 Conunissioner conunissioner Conunissioner A. M. O'Meara, Chairman B. G. Brown, Member Carroll M. Mercer, Member Clerk nf the Board Eng i ne(~ r Secretary Betty J. Anderson, Auditor Milt Sanstrom, P.E. Jerdine C. Bragg MINUT'ES weekiof March 3~ 1980 10:00 a.m. Meeting called to order ~y Chairman A. M. O'Meara with all members present. Hearing. Proposed Use of Anti-Recession Funds for 1980. No one appeared to speak for or against! the Anti-Recession Funds Budget. Conunissioner Brown moved to approve ~nd sign Resolution No. 29-80 re: Anti-Recession Funds Budget for the calendar year 1980. Conunissioner Mercer seconded the motion. Unanimo~s. Peter Simpson, Director of Jefferson County REHAB Program, appeared to advise the Board of the ~oint hearing with the city and gave them a copy of the hearing notice. fhe hearing is for the purpose of submitting a final application for C~nununity Development Block Grant funds from the Department of Housing & Urban Development for a second year of funding for the Housing Rehabilitati9n Program of Clallam & Jefferson counties. Total funding requested i$ $415,000.00. Simpson presented copies of a map with xhe proposed target areas. Chuck Marsh from the Hou$ing Authority of Jefferson County requested funds from the County in t~e amount of $151.00 for stationery and other office supplies. The Boar~ approved and advised Mr. Marsh to speak with Auditor Anderson about th$ money. George Huntingford appeared to speak about the proposed re- districting of the County conunission$rs' Districts. He told the Board that he felt redistricting has alwaY$ been done in an odd year after the general election. He wants the county split in a different way than the Auditor has proposed, leaving Centeriin Conunissioner District No.2 and dividing Woodman precinct. He feel~ Commissioners' Districts 2 & 3 should not have anything inside the ~ity of Port Townsend. Reappointment to the Library Board. Heather McManus to a three year term~ by motion seconded by Commissioner Brown. Una~imous. . i Resolution No. 30-80 re:! A resolution related to exchange of county property for private property of equal value with Cecil Lange. Commissioner Brown moved to adopt th$ resolution 30-80, Commissioner Mercer seconded the motion. Unanimo~s. The Board reappointed of Commissioner Mercer, Norris Short appeared toispeak with the Board about the pro- posed redistricting. Mr. Short stated he does not like the present loca- tions of the three districts with ea~h having at least one precinct inside the City of Port Townsend. He sugge$ted various solutions such as divid- ing Port Townsend evenly among the t~ree districts or giving it entirely to Commissioner District No.1. . Minutes. Commissioner M~rcer moved to approve and sign the minutes of February 25, 1980, Commis$ioner Brown seconded the motion. Unanimous. Mike Kenna, City Council~an, advised the Board of the new hotel tax passed by the City Counciliin December 1979. He submitted in- formation on the tax for the Boards teview. The Board set the hearin~ date for stock restrictions in certain areas at the West-end. The ~earing will be Friday, April 11, 1980 at the Clearwater Annex Courthouse, at the hour of 7:00 p.m. :..r-', n"f'"':-f~ ) ,,' )(:::) ~ , . . Minutes for the week of March 3, 198 Page 2 BUSINESS FROM COUNTY DEPARTMENTS: Public l.orks re: 1. Federal Aid Projects: (applications for funding) a) Queets River Bridg~ (Study Amount Only). Construct a new bridge across theiQueets River on the Clearwater Road, County Road No. 206, ~tate Road Log No. 10750. Total cost estimate of the study!is $50,000.00 in which the County expects 80% funding by the Federal Government. Commissioner Brown moved to approv~ and sign the application for federal funding, CommissioneriMercer seconded the motion. Unanimous. b) Queets River Bridge. Construct new bridge across the Queets River on the C~earwater Road, County Road No. 206, State Road Log No. 10150. Total preliminary engineering and cost estimates is!$186,600.00 in which the County expects 80% funding by the federal government. Commissioner Brown moved to approve and sign the application for federal funding, Commissioner Mercer seconded the motion. Unanimous. c) Hoh River Bridge, ~upplement no. 2. Construct new bridge across the Hoh River qn the Owl Creek Road, County Road No. 216-9.98. Total cons~ruction cost estimate is $683,000.00 in which the county e~pects 80% funding by the federal government. Commissioner Brown moved to approve and sign the application for f~deral funding. 2. Ground water. Mercer water application for water supply system at Clear- Moved by Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner to sign the application. Unanimous. The Board recessed and reconvened Tuesday, March 4, 1980 to continue regular business. All members were present. Roger C. Ottenbach, .PubliC; Affairs Director of Kelly Broadcasting Company, interviewed the Board on the County's needs . -in relation to tel- vision programming. Mr. Ottenbach e~plained that the Kelly Broadcasting Company has recently purchased Chann~l 13 and intend to go on the air by September 1st. The Board recessed and reconvened Wednesday, March 5, 1980 to continue regular business. All members were present. Resolution No. 31-80 re: The authorization for submission of a final joint application for Community Development Block Grant funds under the Department of Housing and Urban pevelopment. The Board approved and signed the resolution. APPROVED BY: 'a~ r " ., I · " '41-1 A A' M. 0 ear~man .-/ ~-'IW/ B. G. Brown, Member d~~(IJ}1:!hJ!:Je~ ATTE.,S,T: /:/ nderson, County itor fficio Clerk of the Board VOL 6 PM;E 369