The Board of Island County Commissioners (including Diking Improvement District #4) met in Regular Session on May 10, 1999, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the Island County Courthouse Annex, Hearing Room, Coupeville, Wa., with Mike Shelton, Chairman, Wm. L. McDowell, Member, and Wm. F. Thorn, Member, present. Minutes from the meetings of April 19 and 26, and May 3, 1999, were approved and signed.

The following vouchers/warrants were approved for payment by unanimous motion of the Board: Voucher (War.) # 49827-50054……………………………………. $242,140.73.

Employee # Years Employee # Years

Karen Bowers 20 Assessor’s Office Ellen K. Meyer 25 Commissioners Office

Vincent J. Moore 5 Planning Director Paul Andriesen 10 Public Works

Arliss Christensen 10 Public Works Roger Edwards 10 Public Works

Colleen Jokinen, Accounting Supervisor, Public Works Department

Alf Danielson, Camano Island, Noxious Weed Control Board Member since 1978, resigned from the Noxious Weed Control Board as of this month. Along with Chairman Shelton, Don Meehan, WSU Extension Agent, Gloria Whalin, Weed Board Coordinator, and Sheila Case-Smith, Chairman, Noxious Weed Control Board, presented Mr. Danielson with a Certificate of Award for exemplary service as District No. 5 representative on the Noxious Weed Control Board since August of 1978. Of special note was the fact that Mr. Danielson was born in 1916 on Camano Island and still lives in the same house.

By unanimous motion, the Board appointed Tom Elsenberg, Camano Island, to serve as a member of the Noxious Weed Control Board filling the position left vacant by the resignation of Alf Danielson, term to run until July 6, 2000.

Lee McFarland, Assistant Director, GSA/Property Management, presented for Board approval a listing extension from Caldwell-Banker Koetje Agency, Oak Harbor, to list County property located at 1076 Fort Nugent Road, for another year as discussed with the Board at staff session.

The Board, by unanimous motion, approved listing extension with Caldwell-Banker Koetje Agency for another year, to April 23, 2000, to list County property at 1076 Fort Nugent Road.

Larry Kwarsick, Public Works Director, presented for Board approval and signature, RAP Project Agreements for construction approval for Monroe Landing Road, in two phases under the Rural Arterial funding program: Monroe Landing Road #1599-01, MP 0.39-0.83, $416,000 Monroe Landing Road #1599-02, MP 0.83-1.66, $500,000. The total project is $916,000 and involves that portion of the Road between the State Highway and Arnold Road.

By unanimous motion, the Board approved Monroe Landing Road Agreement #1599-01, and Monroe Landing Road Agreement #1599-02, for a total project amount of $916,000.

By unanimous motion, as presented and recommended for approval by the Public Works Director and County Engineer, the Board approved Resolution #C-51-99 (R-26-99) Initiating County Road Project #99-07, Work Order 279, East Camano Drive/Cross Island Road/Arrowhead Road Intersection improvements by contract construction, at an anticipated total project cost of $465,000.

Mr. Kwarsick noted that the follow-on phase would be the County’s selection of a consultant to begin evaluation of design alternatives. The project was part of the Six Year Program and was accelerated as a result of the proposed school on North Camano along Arrowhead Road just north of this intersection.

On Mr. Kwarsick’s presentation and review, the Board by unanimous motion approved Resolution #C-52-99 (R-20-99) to initiate County Road Project #99-05, Work Order 276, Cultus Bay Road improvements. As noted by Mr. Kwarsick, this involves construction pavement asphalt overlay on a portion of Cultus Bay Road, South Whidbey, proposed as Day Labor Construction with a budget established at $48,000, included in the Six Year Road program as well as the Annual Road Program.

The Board approved, by unanimous motion, Escrow Agreement for BBG Group, the contractor for Woodland Beach Road under County Road Project #98-06, for the purpose of holding contractor’s retainage, at the request of the contractor and recommended for approval by the Public Works Director.

On Mr. Kwarsick’s recommendation, the Board approved Agreement for Professional Services #PW-992014 with Brown and Caldwell, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $39,997.47, for the purpose of developing a Maintenance Manual and hold workshops with the Island County Road workforce, intended to address construction and maintenance practices along roadways, establishing best management practices and training staff to act appropriately to assure that critical areas are protected and that erosion and sedimentation is controlled from work sites.

Lew Legat, County Engineer, saw this as an on-going process in regard to the Endangered Species Act. Mr. Kwarsick commented that under the County’s recently adopted Critical Areas Ordinance, certain County activities are exempt from process and procedures but not exempt from applying best management practices to gain those exemptions.

On presentation and review with the Maintenance Superintendent, and recommendation of the County Engineer, the Board by unanimous motion awarded the following bids:

Shop Mod Class G Class B ATB Tack Coat Oil

Camano Associated Sand Associated Sand Associated Sand Associated Sand

Bayview Krieg Constr. Krieg Constr. Krieg & Lakeside Lakeside

Coupeville Krieg Constr. Krieg Constr. Krieg & Lakeside Lakeside

Oak Har Krieg Constr Krieg Constr. Krieg & Lakeside Lakeside

With no further business to come before the Board, meeting adjourned at 10:40 a.m., the

next regular meeting scheduled for May 17, 1999, at 9:30 a.m.

Wm. L. McDowell, Member

ATTEST: _____________________________

William F. Thorn, Member

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Margaret Rosenkranz, Clerk of the Board