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Home My WebLink AboutM 121481 -~.=- . '",-''' ... BOARD OF JEFFE~SON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS District No. 1 Commissioner: District No. 2 Commissioner: District No. 3 Commissioner: A.M. O'Meara, Member B.G. Brown, Chairman Carroll M. Mercer, Member Clerk of the Board: Engineer: Jerdine C. Bragg Milt Sanstrom, P.E. M I NUT E S Week of December 14, 1981 Chairman Brown called the meeting to order at lO:OO a.m. with all members present. Approval of Minutes: The minutes for the week of December 7, 1981 were approved and signed per motion of Commissioner O'Meara, seconded by Commissioner Mercer. Unanimous. VFW Hall Rental Agreements: Commissioner O'Meara made a motion to approve and sign agreements with Marinell Burnham for use of the building for dance classes and with The People's Guild for use of the building for display and sale of arts and crafts. Commis- sioner Mercer seconded the motion. Unanimous. Hearing Notice; Budget Extension, County Fair: Mercer seconded Commissioner O'Meara's motion to approve Resolution No. 150-8l setting a hearing date of December 11:00 a.m. Unanimous. Commissioner and sign 28, 1981 at Budget Transfer; Planning Department: Commissioner Mercer made the motion to approve and sign Resolution No. l51-81 for a transfer of $l90.00. Commissioner O'Meara seconded. Unanimous. Petition for Road Vacation; Portion of Gibbs Lake Road: Eleven individuals attended this meeting to hear the Board's decision on the road vacation petition submitted by the Boy Scouts of America and reviewed at a public hearing on November 9, 1981. Chairman Brown read a memo from the Public Works Director stating that the County road does extend, by virtue of use and maintenance, to the top of the hill. Testimony to the fact that the County did maintain the road for at least ten years was presented by letter from Mrs. Lois Haynes and in person by Mr. Louis Buchillcr. Both Commissioner Mercer and Commissioner O'Meara voiced the opinion that vacating this portion of Gibbs Lake Road would block access to other property, and Commissioner O'Meara made a motion to deny the petition which Commissioner Mercer seconded. Unanimous. Budget Transfers; Assessor and Sheriff: Commissioner Mercer seconded the motion by Commissioner O'Meara to approve a $2,100.00 transfer for the Assessor by signing Resolution No. 153-8l and a $500.00 transfer for the Sheriff by signing Resolution No. 154-81. Unanimous. Public Hearing and SEPA Threshold Determination; Brinnon Area Community Development Plan: Five individuals attended this meeting which was opened with a presentation by Dave Goldsmith. Chairman Brown invited comment in favor of the plan. No one responded. He then invited comment in opposition. Bill Duesing stated that he feels the commercial policy in the plan will stifle future commercial development. This issue was discussed at length. There was other general discussion regarding the process of developing a plan and how a plan differs from zoning. Chairman Brown read a letter from William Clark, representing Fire District #4, supporting the plan as 'VOl 7 r. r',CE ! 03484 . . . Minutes, Week of December 14, 1981 Page 2 written and a letter from James Crowell asking for protection of elk in the area. He also read the petition submitted previously request- ing expansion of property designated for commercial use. There was additional discussion regarding commercial development before Chair- man Brown closed the hearing. Dave Goldsmith addressed the elk issue and suggested wording which indicates concern about maintaining adequate habitats for elk and encouraging the Department of Game to take the lead on this issue. He also presented a recommendation from the Planning Commission that wording be added to state that, in areas of excessive slopes, a pro- fessional soils engineer should be involved in development. These changes were discussed, after which Commissioner O'Meara made a motion to incorporate the changes regarding the elk in the Open Space Policy 10 and regarding the cuts/fills in the Residential Policy 20 and to adopt the plan, as changed, for the purposes of environmental review. Commissioner Mercer seconded the motion. Unanimous. David Goldsmith then reviewed the environmental checklist for this plan. A Proposed Declaration of Non-Significance was approved and signed per motion of Commissioner Mercer, seconded by Commissioner O'Meara. Unanimous. Forest Land GradinB Computer Program: Jack Westerman persented the proposal trom mega Systems to develop this program for $l5,000.00. He also stated that a State grant will pay $ll,OOO.OO toward this implementation. There was discussion regarding what the program would accomplish. The Board agreed to meet with Jay Barschdorf of Omega Systems and John Achey, Central Services, next week to further discuss this program and a contract. Approval and Signing of Bills: By unanimous approval, the Board signed November bills tor payment in December. The meeting was recessed until Tuesday, December 15, 1981, at which time all Board members were again present. Call for Bids; Petroleum Products: The Board unanimously approved and signed this call tor bids tor supplying petroleum pro- ducts to the County during 1982. Current Use Tax Assessment Request; Jody Weed: Mr. Weed met with the Board to protest the denial ot his tax assessment application for timberland. The Board told Mr. Weed that his application was denied because his forest management plan does not meet the requirements of the regulation and that he has three alter- natives: llpresent an acceptable forest management program for the fifteen acres; 2lapply for an Open Space Taxation Agreement; or 3l1eave the land undivided, retaining the status of the full twenty acres under the Forest Land Grading Program. The Board recessed the meeting. On Wednesday, December 16, 1981, Commissioner Brown and Mercer attended the Health Board meeting and conducted regular business. Commissioner O'Meara was absent due _t_Lanother _~OmI1lU:nlgl1t . _u____ BUSINESS FROM COUNTY DEPARTMENTS: Community Services re: 12/16/81 Out of State Travel Re~uest: Per motion of Commis- sioner Mercer, seconde by Commissioner Brown, the Board approved Charles Barker and Ruffin LeBrane attending a conference regarding treatment of the cllr_oIl~cally menta~ly_~ll in()]:"egon in Ja.EllCl!"Y' 1982. Schmidt Long Plat: Dave Goldsmith reported to the Board that, although the one year for processing the long plat has expired, the Prosecuting Attorney has stated that no action on this expiration should be Planning re: 12/14/81 VOL 7 rAG~ o 3485 .~ . .,'". Minutes, Week of December 14, 19S1 Page 3 taken until litigation, now in process, is completed. When litigation is settled, action will be taken to complete the long plat or let it expire. The Board concurred with this position by formal motion. Final Short Plat; #SlS-Sl, Twiggs: The plat map con- tained an error, so action was postponed. Final Short Plats; #S12-SI, Vanausdle and #Sll-Sl, V.V.C.: Following a briet presentation by Dave Gold- smith on each of these plats, Commissioner Mercer made a motion to approve and sign both the short plats which Commissioner O'Meara seconded. Unanimous. SEPA Threshold Determination; Queets River Bridge: Dave Goldsmith reported on the tindings and responses of various agencies, after which Commissioner O'Meara moved to sign the Final Declaration of Non-Significance and Commissioner Mercer seconded the motion. Unanimous. Revision of Replat; Chimacum Creek Estates, Division II: It was reported that the majority ot the owners in the plat would like to have the names of the streets changed. The County recently put up road signs in this plat. Following brief discussion, Commissioner Mercer made a ~otion to approve the name changes and revision of the plat map and to sign Resolution No. 152-S1 implementing same, with the stipulation that the owner(s) pay for replacing the road signs. Commissioner O'Meara sec- onded the motion. Unanimous. Open Space Taxation Agreement: This agreement with Stanislaw and Esther Lorecki tor Assessor's parcel #OOl1810l3 was approved and signed by motion of Commissioner O'Meara, seconded by Commissioner Mercer. Unanimous. APPROVED: ~) ..,r _~t/k.../ {/."< B.G.. rown,a~rman r a, 7Jt;~ A.M. O'Meara, Member ~a.)~, arro ,. ercer" ember ATTEST: " \ )L/-(?~ Jerdih~~~~//~agf,~ ot the Board /:"/1 . VOL ~. 3486 7 rAf,~ .. 0 ,