AGENDA

Jefferson County Board of Commissioners

Regular Meeting – October 7, 2019
Jefferson County Courthouse – Commissioners’ Chambers
1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA

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MONDAY

9:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER

9:01 a.m. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD - Up to 30 Minutes

This is an optional time period dedicated to listening to the public. We want to hear your ideas or concerns. To
ensure equal opportunity for the public to comment, all comments shall be limited to three minutes per person
and each person may address the Board one time during the public comment period. When the green light is on
it means proceed to speak; the yellow light will go on when the speaker has 30 seconds remaining; the red light
illuminated means stop. Please start by stating your name and address.

09:02:01 AM (00:01:52) Comment regarding code enforcement issue on Cleveland Street.

09:05:20 AM (00:05:11) Comment regarding code enforcement issue on Cleveland Street.
09:08:30 AM (00:08:21) Comment regarding code enforcement issue on Cleveland Street.
09:11:35 AM (00:11:26) Comment regarding activities at the Chimacum Grange, bicyclists needing to
wear proper gear, economics, and the Democratic Party.
09:14:49 AM (00:14:40) Comment regarding an article in the Seattle Times regarding farmers, dealing
with conflict, and an article in the Leader regarding the owner of a proposed shooting facility.
09:18:18 AM (00:18:09) Comment regarding a draft ordinance related to the Hearing Examiner System.
09:19:10 AM (00:19:01) Comment regarding a recent Growth Management Hearings Board decision.
Incomplete time stamps due to technical difficulties, will be corrected 10/08/19.

09:50:16 AM (00:50:07) NOTICE – Jefferson County has a new Facebook Social Media Page:
Central Services Director Mark McCauley discussed the new page and talked about what type of content
will be available to the public.

APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA: (Items listed below

have been distributed to the Commissioners in advance for study and will be enacted by one motion. If separate discussion is
desired on an item, that item may be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on the Regular Agenda, at a specific
time, at the request of any of the Commissioners.)

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1. AGREEMENT NO. WAJEFF 150009(1) re: Undie Road Relocation Project, Federal Lands
Access Program (FLAP) Funding Match, County Road No 150009 and 151009; In the Amount
of Amount of $312,422; Jefferson County Public Works; US Department of Transportation
(USDOT) Federal Highway Administration, Western Federal Lands (WFL) Division
2. AGREEMENT NO. WAJEFF 134309(1) re: Oil City Road Engineering Assessment, Federal
Lands Access Program (FLAP) Funding Match, County Road No. 134309, M.P. 0.00 to M.P.
10.98; In the Amount of $39,017; Jefferson County Public Works; US Department of
Transportation (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration, Western Federal Lands (WFL)
Division
3. AGREEMENT NO. 40120423 re: Jefferson County Transfer Station, Site Improvement; In the
Amount of $237,620; Jefferson County Public Works; Nordland Construction Northwest, Inc.

4. AGREEMENT NO. K3921 re: Prevention Programs Designed to Prevent or Delay the Misuse
and Abuse of Alcohol, Marijuana, Tobacco, and Other Drugs Among Youth Up to Age 18 and
Adults Ages 18-25; In the Amount of $354,595; Jefferson County Public Health; Washington
State Health Care Authority
5. AGREEMENT re: Infant Mental Health Mentorship; In the Amount of $2,450; Jefferson
County Public Health; Gina Veloni
6. AGREEMENT re: To Study the Feasibility Of Expanding the Existing Emergency Operations
Center (EOC) and Jeffcom Office Space Currently Located at the Jefferson County Corrections
Center; In the Amount of $7,800; Jefferson County Central Services; Casey and DeChant
Architects (CDA), LLC
7. FINAL SHORT PLAT APPROVAL re: Oak Hills Short Plat, SUB16-00024/MLA16-00092,
To Divide 19.81 Acres into Three Lots, Located at 2088 Oak Bay Road, Port Hadlock, WA
98339, between Oak Bay Road and Liberty Street; Applicant, Tukey Investments LLC.
8. MINUTES re: Regular Meeting Minutes of September 23, 2019
9. Payment of Jefferson County Vouchers/Warrants Dated October 2, 2019 Totaling $1,264.36
(Records of all claims submitted for payment along with vouchers approved and signed by the Board of Jefferson
County Commissioners are retained by the Jefferson County Auditor and Public Works Department.)

COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION

- PROCLAMATION re: Proclaiming the Week of October 6, 2019 as Mental

Health Awareness Week

Darlene Grunke, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

REGULAR AGENDA:

10:00 a.m. HEARING re: 2019 Third Quarter Budget Appropriations/Extensions; Various
County Departments

Mark McCauley, Central Services Director

Philip Morley, County Administrator
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10:27:39 AM (01:27:30) Chair Dean opened the hearing for public testimony.

10:28:07 AM (01:27:58) Tom Thiersch

10:31:37 AM (01:31:28) Chair Dean closed the public hearing. After deliberation, the Commissioners
approved RESOLUTION NO. 51-19 with amendments.

10:35:09 AM (01:35:00) Recess

10:40:22 AM (01:35:04) Reconvene

10:15 a.m. HEARING re: Proposed DRAFT Ordinance Relating to the Hearing Examiner
System and Procedures for Processing Land Use Applications

Philip C. Hunsucker, Chief Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney

Austin Watkins, Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney

11:00:53 AM (01:55:36) Chair Dean opened the hearing for public testimony.

11:01:21 AM (01:56:04) Ron Rimple

11:04:40 AM (01:59:23) Kathleen Waldron
11:05:17 AM (01:59:59) Carol Gonella

11:07:46 AM (02:02:29) Chair Dean closed the oral testimony portion of the hearing. The
Commissioners deliberated on the issue. The Board decided to extend the written testimony through
October 11, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. They will continue deliberation and make a decision at a later date.

11:15 a.m. – Noon EXECUTIVE SESSION with County Administrator and Chief Civil Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney, Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Community
Development Director, Environmental Public Health Director re: Actual
Litigation; Exemption as Outlined in the Open Public Meetings Act, RCW
42.30.110(1)(i)

11:28:06 AM (02:22:49) Start of Executive Session

12:13:32 PM (02:23:02) Extension of Executive Session
12:30:28 PM (02:24:34) Reconvene for Recess, then continuing Executive Session after lunch recess.

12:30:36 PM (02:24:42) Recess

LUNCH
01:32:30 PM (02:25:41) Reconvene

EXECUTIVE SESSION – Continued:

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with County Administrator and Chief Civil Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney, Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Community
Development Director, Environmental Public Health Director re: Actual
Litigation; Exemption as Outlined in the Open Public Meetings Act, RCW
42.30.110(1)(i)

01:33:58 PM (02:27:09) Continue

02:04:31 PM (02:27:17) Extension of Executive Session
02:35:33 PM (02:28:30) Extension of Executive Session
02:52:28 PM (02:29:59) Reconvene for Recess, then continuing Executive Session after lunch recess.

EXECUTIVE SESSION – Continued:

with County Administrator and Chief Civil Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney, Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Community
Development Director, Environmental Public Health Director re: Actual
Litigation; Exemption as Outlined in the Open Public Meetings Act, RCW
42.30.110(1)(i)

03:00:36 PM (02:31:03) Reconvene for Extension of Executive Session

03:12:35 PM (02:32:34) End of Executive Session.

1:30 p.m. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BRIEFING SESSION Chambers

 Review of topics to discuss

 Affordable housing
 Complete Count/Census; coordinated effort
 Miscellaneous Item
 HB 1406
 Washington County Risk Pool; increase in rates
 Marbeled Murrelet Additional Business: Motion to approve authorizing $2,400 to WSAC for
Marbeled Murrelet Economic Impact Study.
 Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC); proposed tourism study
 Misty Mountain and Misty Creek; proposed renaming of area in the Chicken Coop Road area:
Additional Business: Motion to reply to DNR’s Board Committee on Geographic Names in
support of the renaming of landmarks in that area, as long as there are no other objections from
others.
 Razor clam harvesting on the West End
 Air Force EIS
 NOAA; proposed expansion of ORCA habitat designation
 Calendar Coordination and Miscellaneous Items
 West End Community Outreach Meeting
 Commissioners’s Briefing Session

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NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT 4:24 p.m.

CORRESPONDENCE:

See Attached Correspondence Log

COMMISSIONERS MEETING SCHEDULE

Week of October 7, 2019

Monday – October 7, 2019

See Agenda
Noon Board Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Meeting/Luncheon Elks Club
1:30 p.m. Board County Administrator Briefing Session Chambers

Tuesday – October 8, 2019

8:30 a.m. David LEOFF 1 Disability Board Meeting County Administrators Office Conference Room
10:00 a.m. Kate Jefferson Land Trust Economic Impact Analysis Inn at Port Ludlow
10:00 a.m. Greg Jefferson County Tourism Coordinating Council Meeting Inn at Port Ludlow
2:00 p.m. Kate Puget Sound Day on the Sound Puyallup Tribe Youth Center
5:30 p.m. Board Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce After-Hrs. Mixer Discovery Bay Brewing

Wednesday – October 9, 2019

11:00 a.m. Kate Olympic Air Pollution Control Authority Meeting Olympia
2:00 p.m. David Affordable Housing & Homeless Housing Task Force Meeting Cotton Building
5:30 p.m. Greg OlyCAP Advisory Board Meeting OlyCAP Office, Port Townsend

Thursday – October 10, 2019

8:30 a.m. Board Jefferson County Drug Court Graduation Superior Court Courtroom
10:00 a.m. David PRTPO Technical Advisory Committee Meeting S’Klallam Tribal Comm. Center
10:00 a.m. Greg Port Ludlow Drainage District Meeting Port Ludlow Fire Station

Friday – October 11, 2019

6:00 p.m. Kate Long Live the Kings Event Alderbrook

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