ISLAND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS -
MINUTES OF MEETING
REGULAR SESSION - SEPTEMBER 22, 2003
SPECIAL
SESSION – BUDGET WORKSHOP
The Board of
Island County Commissioners met in Special Session on September 22, 2003 at
9:30 a.m. for the purpose of conducting budget workshops, in Conference Room
#116, Courthouse Administration Building, Coupeville, Wa.
Wm. L. McDowell, Chairman, William J. Byrd, Member,
and Mike Shelton, Member, were present.
Others attending all or portions of the budget workshops, included: Elaine Marlow, Budget Director; Dick Toft, Human Resource Director; Motoko
Pleasant, Auditor’s Office; Nathan Whalan, Whidbey News Times; and Diane Kendy,
representing the League of Women Voters.
Island County 2004 Budget Workshop Notebook provided
to each Board member by the Budget Director for use during budget workshops. Preliminary budget discussions only; no decisions expected.
ASSESSOR
Presentation by: Tom Baenen
Staff:
Anita Foster
Other than
changes in S/W/B to reflect increases in
wages per contract settlement and increased medical insurance costs for
2004, the principal difference is inclusion of a half-time programmer position
for a total of $21,320. The budget
proposal represents a 4% increase.
Budget worksheets reflect some shifting of personnel within
the office and Mr. Baenen briefly reviewed those with the Board. His
budget narrative provides support for
the changes. Some projections have
been done into the next year to allow implementation of utilization of
computerized mass appraisal work. The improvements and enhancements to utilizing
computerized mass appraisal is something on-going in the entire industry and
assessor’s offices. For 2005 he would
need to increase M&O by 10% .
Learned Friday that the implicit price deflector
will be about 1.84 and is indicative of
increasing costs that he thinks will
continue for the next few
years.
Auditor/Election RESERVE/Auditor’s O&M
Presentation by: Suzanne Sinclair
Staff: Anne La Cour
Hand-Out: Letter dated 9/22/03 re 2004 Budget
Auditor . Assumption
based on current office structure.
Current Expense S/W/B increases reflect the percent estimated for 2004.
M&O accounts are the same as 2003, with some shuffling of categories, but
the same bottom line dollar amount. On the public side of the Auditor’s Office
staffing has been the same for almost 30 years in spite of the increased
workload, driven by population. Requesting additional recording position, grade
7 entry, at a cost of $37,000 S/W/B.
Record
Storage building space is inadequate and concerned about where to put
records. The local records committee
met recently and agreed that to really address the problem long term is to plan
for a new record facility. A basic record
storage building was drawn up and Public Works came up with a generic estimate of $360,000.
Commissioner
McDowell was interested in talking with the Public Works Director about where
that could potentially be worked in the six year Capital Facilities Plan, and
noted that the estimate needs to be the total cost, including interior shelves,
etc. [Capital facilities budget
workshop scheduled 10-13-03 @ 11:00 a.m.]
Auditor’s
O & M Budget. Pretty much the same as last
year. Number of documents recording has
gone up so the amount of money in the fund has gone up. The County Clerk is interested in getting
something to image her records as well.
Election
Reserve Budget. 2004 election is a Presidential
Election year: two County-wide elections, Presidential
preference election, and estimating two special elections, for a total of
5. Based on those, increased postage
and amount of temporary help needed, the budget is estimated at $268,077. Assuming the new election process holds
fast, there will be extra printing costs.
Optical scanners are more expensive systems to run. It has to be in place January 1, 2006. Secretary of State office estimated about
$336,000 for Island County to replace the punch card system.
Treasurer/Treasurer’s O&M
Presentation by: Linda Riffe
Treasurer. The Budget Narrative dated 8/5/03 reviews any categories where
proposed changes are included,
along with supporting information
for those changes. Overall increase in
non-salary portion is $530. The
proposal is based on actual operating
expenses and is more accurate. A “wish list” item would be a courier for cash that has to be transported
from the office to financial institutions. Request for ½ time programmer
associated with the Assessor’s request
is not included - as long as she
gets some support she
does not care whether it is through the Treasurer’s
budget or Central Services as long as the job gets done. [Another
programmer authorized in Central Services – i.e. after January 1st
there will be two programmers – one the
6 month temp position going to full time].
Out of this years’ budget, a Treasurer's tax payment
drop box is waiting to be installed on
the outside wall facing the parking lot (behind Admin. Bldg.) by the glass
doors. There is no drop box being
installed at the Camano Annex at this point and she thought that would be a matter of dollars being
provided from the Commissioners’ budget should that installation be desired.
State Investment Pool interest rates dropped again, now at 1.04%. For 365 days and
out, interest rates at banks are:
Pacific Northwest Bank 1.1% and Whidbey Island Bank 1.5% [fluctuates day
to day]. Right now residual investments
are being done for the County by laddering two to three years and averaging 2-4/%; beginning to see evidence of this process paying off. Additionally she
has been able to reduce bank service
fees, saving $5300 in six months. She
predicts that interest rates will be very slow, very steady and at 3 to 4% maximum. Budgeting in Small
tools and minor portion for the replacement of 8 calculators along with fax
machine [budgeting for replacement of
the equipment on a 5-year rotation].
Treasurer’s O & M. Under Salaries [job
share] positions percent wise will be adjusted a bit to reflect actual time
spent on tax foreclosures. There is a slight increase in M&O
because of emphasis in pursuing delinquencies and foreclosures.
OTHER FUNDS
E-911
Fund . Pass-through fund; grants received by the County from the State,
passed through to I-COM. I-COM is slowly working into phase II cell phone
to be able to tell the general location of a cell phone call.
Public
Facilities Fund. The 2003 budget did not recognize all revenue in
the fund and there was a $52,000 fund balance
at the end of last year. At this
point [7 months] collected $33,800.
Consensus: should not have fund
balance inasmuch as the tax is collected to
promote tourism.
Budget Director follow/up:
1.
Estimate year-end fund balance this year
2.
Expenditures should
almost zero out the fund balance
3. Allocate
what estimate of coming next year revenues plus any fund balance.
Joint
Tourism Promotion Fund.
Estimate $178,000 how much spend on advertising next
year. Joint 2% Committee Chair will get
a budget to the Budget Director by the next workshop and will be able to tell
what actually dollars will be.
Current
Expense–Overhead Allocation. Same
method used in past years. The number
includes dollar increase for COLAs, health insurance increases and allocation
of the Central Services programmer position in 2004 going to full time.
REGULAR
SESSION
Elected
Officials Roundtable
The Regular
Meeting of the Board of Island County Commissioners convened at 11:30 a.m.
on June 23, 2003, for a
Roundtable with Elected
Officials, Conference Room #116,
Courthouse Administration Building
Other agenda topics for the
Regular Session followed at 1:30 p.m.
as outlined on the agenda, including
Diking Improvement District #4. The
meeting was held in the Law & Justice Facility, Department III
(Courtroom 3), 101 NE 6th Street,
Coupeville, Wa., and Wm. L.
McDowell, Chairman, William J. Byrd, Member, and Mike Shelton, Member, were present.
Attendance:
Elected
Officials:
Tom Baenen, Assessor;
Greg Banks, Prosecutor; Sharon
Franzen, County Clerk Mike Hawley, Sheriff;
Linda Riffe, Treasurer; and
Suzanne Sinclair, Auditor.
Others: Dick Toft, Human Resource Director; Elaine Marlow, Budget Director/Clerk of the
Board
Public Nathan Whalen, Whidbey
News Times
Diane Kendy, League of Women Voters
Changes to
HP Accounting System
Ms. Riffe reported that the change over to the HP
Accounting System has been accomplished
and fully operational. The
system provides the information needed to be productive, and the first report
for junior taxing districts was the end of last month. In process of obtaining
e-mail addresses in order to provide the report to the districts electronically
by the first of the year, which will save printing out hard copies and mailing.
Proposal
for Record Storage Building
Ms. Sinclair advised that the County’s current record facility was not designed for record storage and is over-crowded. The Local Government
Records Committee met recently and
discussed various options and from that came the idea to propose a new building
designed with a records management system. During today’s budget workshop,
she brought forward a proposal to plan
for a true record storage building, roughly estimated at $360,000. Will discuss further with the Public Works Director and look at
working it into the schedule under
capital projects budget in the
next six years. Security issues put
forth by the Clerk, Prosecutor and
Sheriff, need to be resolved for certain records, as well as some of the
Treasurer’s records, but it is not
something that cannot be achieved to the satisfaction of those offices.
Island
County Sesquicentennial
Ms. Sinclair had previously brought up the idea of
holding an Open House and BBQ in honor
of Island County Sesquicentennial, when it was anticipated that the Courthouse
Annex remodel would be completed Summer 2003.
That did not occur and the remodel is just now nearing completion. She asked for suggestions as far as
what anyone might want to see in honor
of Island County’s 150 years.
Generally,
consensus was to go with an open house concept of the entire campus; if
any funds are spent it be on efforts to
advertise an open house, and that if at all possible, dove-tail the open house
with another event, such as dedication
of the new Veterans’ Memorial.
Roundtable
Class action lawsuit scheduled to begin the end of
the month had been continued 4 to 6 months.
In addition to over 130 files on that case, the Clerk has 8 boxes of
exhibits in the office to get ready for that trial–those 8 boxes in the office
because she has nowhere else to put them, and there will be many more exhibits once the trial begins.
Assessor’s Office
appraisers are almost finished
with new construction and it appears there will be about one hundred fifty
million in new construction, and that fits in with what the trend has been over
the last several years. Department of
Revenue implicit price deflector is 1.84 so taxing districts will be limited to
1%. Hope to send out revaluation cards
on October 20.
Other notes of interest. Mr. Banks has a
fully-staffed Prosecutor’s
office. Cherry Sinema will retire from
the Auditor’s Office at the end of September after 37 years.
Executive Session
The group met in Executive Session from Noon until
12:20 p.m., exempt from the Open Public Meetings Act for the purpose allowed
under RCW 42.30.140 (4) (b), strategy/position
to be taken by governing body
during the course of any collective bargaining.
Regular Meeting of the Board resumed at 1:30 p.m.
(including Diking Improvement District #4)
in the Law & Justice
Facility, Department III (Courtroom 3), 101 N.E. 6th Street,
Coupeville, Wa. with all members
present. The meeting began with the
Pledge of Allegiance. By unanimous
motion, the Board approved the following minutes: Special Session September 10, 2003; Regular Session September 15,
2003.
VOUCHERS
AND PAYMENT OF BILLS
The
following vouchers/warrants were approved for payment by unanimous motion of
the Board: Voucher (War.)
#173495-173725 …………………………….
$1,136,046.21.
Veterans Assistance Fund: [emergency financial
assistance to certain eligible
veterans; the names and specific circumstances are maintained
confidential]. Claim #V3-14 in the amount of $1,906.37 was
approved by unanimous motion of the
Board, based on the review and recommendation of the Island County Veterans
Assistance Review Committee.
Hiring Requests & Personnel Actions
As presented by Dick Toft, Human Resources Director,
the Board by unanimous motion, approved
the following personnel action authorizations:
Dept. PAA
# Description/Position #
Action Eff. Date
Assessor 068/03 Appraiser 3
106.01 New Position [USERRA] 10/1/03
GSA 069/03 DES Deputy Dir. 1305.00 Increase in
Hours thru 12/31/03 10/1/03
Juvenile Ct. 070/03 Juv. Prob. Dir. 1400.00 Reclassification 9/22/03
Auditor 071/03 Recording Dep/temp 216.00 New Position –
temporary 9/22/03
WSU 072/03 Beach Wat. Prg. Cor. 1207.01 Increase in
Hours to 1.0 FTE 9/22/03
Appointments
and/or Re-appointments to Various
Boards
and Committees
By unanimous motion, the Board made the following
appointments:
EBEY’S
LANDING NATIONAL HISTORIC RESERVE TRUST BOARD.
Jim
Konopik, Oak Harbor, to Position #7 for a term expiring October 1, 2005
Benye
Weber, Coupeville, to Position #5 for a
term expiring October 1, 2007
WATER
RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Mike
Belangie, Greenbank, filling existing term of position formerly held by Dr. Gordon Eaton, term expiring May 17,
2007.
Staff session agenda for October, 2003
By unanimous motion, the Board approved for
distribution the Staff Session schedule for October, outlining the following
Staff Sessions to be held in Conference
Room #116, Courthouse Administration Building, 1 N.E. 7th Street,
Coupeville, Wa., beginning at 9:00 a.m.:
§
1st Wednesday Regular Staff Session – canceled
§
Special Staff Session –
scheduled for Wednesday, October 8, 2003
§
3rd Wednesday
Regular Staff Session – October 15, 2003.
Interagency Agreement - State of Washington Administrative
Office of the Court ICA No. 2004-476
By unanimous motion, the Board approved Interagency
Agreement with State of Washington Administrative Office of the Court ICA
#2004-476 for increased CASA
[court-appointed special advocates] funding in dependency matters with
the Contract not to exceed $22,518
(RM-JUV-03-0054).
HEALTH
DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS APPROVED
The Board, by unanimous motion, approved the
following Health Department contracts, having previously been a topic of
discussion with the Health Services Director at a staff session:
§
DSHS - Public Health
Nurse-CPS/PHN-Child Abuse Prevention Contract #20958, Amendment #6
In the
amount of $10,716, for new contract total
$98,932 [RM-HLTH-99-0050]
§
DSHS-Passport Contract
#20872, Amendment #8, with amended
amount $4,534 for total new contract amount of
$86,073 [RM-HLTH-01-0064
§
Skagit/Islands Head
Start-Consultation Program Contract # HD-13-03 in the amount of $2,500
[RM-HLTH-02-0047]
§
DOH-Consolidated
Contract #C08679 Amendment 5 in the amount of $112,644, for new contract total
$741,074 [RM-HLTH-02-0094].
Review
Monthly Financial Reports from Auditor & Treasurer
Auditor’s Report. Suzanne Sinclair provided the monthly
financial report for the Auditor for the period ending August, 2003. The report is in writing and copy placed on
file with the Clerk of the Board. Percentages if evenly distributed at this
point in the year should be 67%.
Current Expense is slightly behind in revenue relative to overall
percentage but expenditures are right on target. Revenue in special revenue
funds are at 65% of what would be expected and expenditures ahead of revenues
by a small amount. The Treasurer and
Auditor are now moving towards one accounting system and discussing having the
Auditor’s report as expenditures and the Treasurer’s report be primarily a
revenue report.
Treasurer’s
Report. Mark Heistad, Chief Deputy
Treasurer, submitted the written Cash Revenue/Budget – Current Expense
Treasurer’s report for the period ending August, 2003; copy placed on file with
the Clerk of the Board. Following on
comments by the Auditor, he noted that the Treasurer's report would continue to
show the available cash balance [see line 59 on both pages].
Davis Slough Heronry property Project
Lee McFarland, Assistant
Director, GSA/Property Management, presented three documents for the Board’s
consideration and approval related to
the Davis Slough Heronry property project:
§
Davis Slough Heronry Property Agreement [RM-GSA-03-0058] between Island
County, State of Washington Department of fish & Wildlife, and the Whidbey
Camano Land Trust
§
Grant Deed of
Conservation Easement, grantor John E. Edison
§
Grant Deed of
Conservation Easement, grantor, William M. Simpson and Jane A. Bolz
The property is located on the north end of Camano
Island, consisting of three tax parcels totaling approximately 31.5 acres, one
parcel containing a large heron
rookery. Each party is
contributing $255,000 to purchase the
conservation easement on the three
parcels and the remainder to purchase
the property. The County’s share is coming from
Conservation Futures Fund. Page
25 of 39 of the Agreement under Access by the Public, as well as in both
Grant Deeds, contain the sentence: “As
the alternative to public access a WEB CAM will be installed and maintained by
WCLT and WDFW to provide remote viewing by the public for the duration of this
easement.”.
Pat Powell, Executive Director, Whidbey-Camano Land
Trust, stated that WCLT successfully
raised the money to meet the match. One
issue for the Trust is the inclusion of the sentence about the web cam,
believing it should not be contained in a legal document. WCLT, WDFW and Friends of Camano Island Parks
are committed to providing public
education in an appropriate
fashion. The whole purpose of
the project is for the protection of
the nesting colony of almost 200 pairs
of Blue Heron. “Public access” is
provided off-site through all the other viewing opportunities to see the Herons
fly to and fro, such as Iverson Spit, etc. Friends of Camano Island Parks has
committed to placing an educational sign about the Blue Heron nesting
area. WCLT will look at the potential
of installing a web camera if technologically and monetarily feasible.
Commissioner Byrd indicated that Carol Triplett,
Camano Island, sent an e-mail September 20th confirming that Friends
of Camano Island Parks committed funds to the development of a kiosk to be
located at Island County English Boom Historical Park that would have pictorial
displays of the Heron nests and information on habitat needs and life cycle. At
English Boom Park people can observe the birds in the Skagit Flats. He was aware of some concern that funding
from Island County is from public funds yet in a way the agreement says “keep
out” and he thought a web camera in the future would be a step in the right
direction.
Kathleen Landel, President, WCLT, expressed the strong commitment to public
access and education on Camano and Whidbey.
They want to look into a Web Cam but ask that it not be a requirement
included in the conservation easement documents. She provided copies of an
article from the Seattle PI September 15, 2003, “Property sale could be
a Bargain for the birds” [copy placed on file with the Clerk of the
Board]. The coverage increased
WCLT’s ability to draw in donors
who appreciate that at this particular
site Herons in Puget Sound are protected.
There have been some 500 individual donors and WCLT reached its goal and
are able to close on this property. Answering a question from the Chairman, Ms.
Landel thought that a statement indicating
they would work towards trying to provide a web cam would be supported.
Kye Iris, Land Agent, WDFW, agreed having public
access as a goal was a good thing but
should not come at the expense of having the Blue Heron colony leave.
Having as a goal to look into a web cam is fine and WDFW shares that
view, but could not sign an agreement that obligated that.
Pam Pritzel, Co-Chair, Friends of Camano Island
Parks, confirmed the group’s commitment to putting up an educational sign at
English Boom, and were ready to do that.
They too would like to see a video cam someday, but impractical now for
several reasons, and that should not be a requirement placed in these legal documents.
Commissioner Shelton suggested the following
language change in the documents, the
Agreement on Page 25 of 39: #11 Access by Public, and on both Grant Deed of Conservation Easements, Page 10, #11,
Access by Public, by substituting the second sentence as currently written for
the following:
As
the alternative to public access a WEB CAM will be installed and maintained by
WCLT
and WDFW to provide remote viewing by the public for the duration of this
Agreement. The WCLT will work towards the
installation of a WEB CAM.
David Baumchen, residing close to the Heronry,
stated that most people he knew and those in his area, along with at least 500
others who donated towards project think
it is a great idea. To answer how the
public benefits from this he explained was by the Blue Herons being in the area
on the Islands.
John Edison addressed the issue that had been
brought up about what happens if this falls through. As the owner of the Heron
colony he was the most willing seller.
He urged those with an issue of access to visit English Boom and Iverson Spit where they can
see over 100 Blue Herons lined up. There is great public support and the public
understands about no physical access to the colony. As far as the language Commissioner Shelton suggested, Mr. Edison
was fine with that.
Terry Noel, Langley, called attention to a saying
“Trust the Source” which she thought appropriate in this case.
By unanimous motion, the Board approved the Davis
Slough Heronry Property
Agreement [RM-GSA-03-0058] between Island County, State of Washington
Department of fish & Wildlife, and the Whidbey Camano Land Trust; the Grant
Deed of Conservation Easement, grantor John E. Edison; and the Grant Deed of
Conservation Easement, grantor, William M. Simpson and Jane A. Bolz, with the
following correction:
On the Agreement, Page 25 of 39, #11 Access by Public, and on both Grant Deed of Conservation Easements, Page 10, #11, Access by Public, substitute the second sentence as currently written for the following: The WCLT will work towards the installation of a WEB CAM.
PUBLIC
INPUT
Juliann Koepke, Freeland, Terry L. Noel, Langley,
and Sarah Strow Langley, attended the
meeting, interested in hearing comments and plans with respect to the article in the local paper recently about
the Commissioners’ belief that Langley
City Council’s denial of a petition for
annexation may violate the Interlocal
Agreement between the City and the County, and that that rejection left the
County wondering how that affected the County’s GMA Comprehensive Plan. The issue relates to development of a
40-acre piece of land on Coles Road.
Commissioner
Shelton indicated that at this point there were no plans. He commented that when Island County developed the Comprehensive Plan
under GMA, the cities and town also developed a comprehensive plan. One of the elements was that the County,
together with the two cities and town,
development an interlocal agreement to see how those would mesh together. GMA requires future development in the county to occur in areas where urban services are located; clearly, Langley represents one of those urban areas.
The City of Langley not only developed a city boundary but also an Urban Growth
Area (UGA) boundary. The area in question
is within the UGA boundary that Langley requested and the County
approved. One of the things the
Interlocal Agreement says is that if there is a development proposal in the UGA
that abuts the city limits, the City of Langley will annex that property. What is significant in this situation is
that under growth management, the County has an obligation to plan for future
population that will occur in the County and GMA says population should occur in urban areas. As a result of the GMA process the County did significant
down-zoning so that any intense
development would be in a city or UGA.
He was amazed at the Langley
City Council action, recalling one of the things that happened during GMA
planning process was that the City of Langley threatened to join a lawsuit
against the County because Langley
thought the County tardy getting the Comprehensive Plan done and that they were
being adversely affected. Now the Plan
is in place as well as the Interlocal Agreement and the first time it comes into play they vote
against annexation. The theory is that future development should occur
around cities and towns. One of the things that is interesting is
that two or three years’ ago we went
through the process, at the City of Langley’s request, to expand Langley’s UGA.
Chairman
McDowell pointed out that the whole concept of GMA is that cities and
towns become more dense and counties stay more rural. Based on that concept
Interlocal Agreements were signed, and he felt that Langley had not lived up to that agreement.
Commissioner Shelton recalled that when the County
was developing its plan, the Growth
Management Coalition said there was one flaw which was too much population allocated
for the rural area and not enough
allocated to the urban areas. Now when
a development proposal comes to pass
the City punts, and he did not know where that left the County in the
future. When the County added the
property to the UGA at Langley’s request, he co-signed with the Mayor of Langley a letter to all landowners involved [1/20/2000]. At the time there were legal ads as well as news stories
concerning additional properties being moved into Langley’s UGA.
PUBLIC
HEARING SCHEDULED: RESOLUTION
#C-92-03/R-34-03 – PETITION TO VACATE
PORTION COUNTY ROAD R/W KNOWN AS SHORELINE DRIVE, CAMANO ISLAND, BY PETITIONERS
DEAN & DIANNE PACHOSA ET. AL.
By
unanimous motion, as recommended by Bill Oakes, Public Works Director, the
Board scheduled Resolution #C-92-03/R-34-03, a Petition to vacate a portion of
County Road right of way known as
Shoreline Drive, Camano Island, by Petitioners Dean & Dianne
Pachosa, et.al., located in the Plat of
Tyee Beach, Division No. 2, Sec 11, Twp. 30N, Rge 3E, for Public Hearing at a
Special Session on October 23, 2003 at 3:00 p.m. at the Camano Community
Center, 141 N. East Camano Drive,
Camano Island, Wa.
Supplement
#2–PW-0320-104 - Washington State Department of Transportation; SR 532/East
Camano – Signalization
The Board approved by unanimous motion, Supplement
#2 to Agreement #PW-0320-104 between
Island County and the Washington
State Department of Transportation for
SR 532/East Camano Signalization under
CRP 01-03, Work Order #289, for the authorization for construction
funds.
Consultant
Agreement # PW-0320-102 - Whidbey Island
Scenic
Corridor Management Plan
Consultant Agreement #PW-0320-102 was approved by
unanimous motion of the Board, between
Island County and OTAK, Inc.,
for Whidbey Island Scenic Corridor
Management Plan, in the amount of
$80,000.
PUBLIC
HEARINGS HELD – OPEN SPACE TIMBER APPLICATIONS
A
Public Hearing as scheduled and advertised was held for the purpose of
considering three Open Space Timber Applications, summarized by Phil Bakke,
Planning and Community Development Director, as follows:
Open
Space Timber #130/03 - Joe and Kris Black. Requesting 8 acres
be reclassified from Designated Forest to Timber Land current use
classification. Owners: Joe and Kris Black, Parcel #R23120-232-1630,
located in the SW ¼ of Section 20, Township 31N, Range 2 E, Whidbey Island,
WA
Staff recommends approval, subject to conditions:
1.
All future forest
practice activity on the subject property shall be consistent with Washington
Forest Practices Regulations, RCW 76.09 and WAC 222, and all other
applicable
County, State and Federal regulations.
2.
This OPS approval is
limited to reclassification of eight of the ten acres in the subject
parcel
from Designated
Forest to Open Timber current use. Additional
permits and/or approvals
will be
required for other land use
activities including, but not limited
to, clearing and
grading
related to removal of timber.
Open
Space Timber #437/02 - Jack and Margaret Young. Requesting 8.14 acres of two parcels
totaling 10.14 acres be reclassified to Timber Land current use category. Owners:
Jack and Margaret Young, Parcels R13236-185-2920 and R13236-150-2920,
located in the SE ¼ of Section 36, Township 32N, Range 1E, Whidbey Island, WA.
Staff recommends approval, subject to conditions:
1. All future forest practice activity on the subject property shall be consistent with the submitted Forest Stewardship Plan and the resource management recommendations contained in the report shall be followed as a condition of this approval.
2.
All future forest
practices activity on the subject property shall be consistent with Washington
Forest
Practices Regulations, RCW 76.09 and WAC 222, and
all other applicable County, State
and
Federal regulations.
3. This approval is limited to designation of the subject parcel as Open Timber current use. current use.
Additional permits and/or approvals will be required for other land use activities including, but not
limited to, clearing and grading related to removal of timber.
Open
Space Timber #275/03 - Lenny and Dianne Hayes.
Requesting 5.8 acres of a 10-acre parcel be
reclassified from Open Agriculture to the Timber Land current use
classification. Owners: Lenny and Dianne Hayes, Parcel
R13219-228-2730, located in the NW ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 19, Township 32N,
Range 1E and the NE ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 19, Township 32N, Range 1E,
Whidbey Island, Wa.
Staff recommends approval, subject to conditions:
1.
All future forest
practice activity on the subject property shall be consistent with Washington
Forest Practices Regulations, RCW 76.09 and WAC 222, and all other
applicable County, State and Federal
regulations.
2. This OPS
approval is limited to reclassification of 5.8 acres of the subject parcel from Open
Agriculture to Open timber current use.
Additional permits and/or approvals will be required
for other
land use activities including, but not
limited to, clearing and grading related to
removal of
timber.
With no one indicating a desire to speak for or
against said applications, the Board by unanimous motion approved Open Space
Applications: Open Space Timber #130/03
- Joe and Kris Black; Open Space Timber #437/02 - Jack and Margaret
Young, and Open Space Timber #275/03 - Lenny and Dianne Hayes, subject to the conditions recommended by staff.
PUBLIC
HEARING HELD: PBRS OPEN SPACE
APPLICATION #430/02
A Public Hearing as scheduled and advertised was
held for the purpose of considering Public Benefit Rating System OPS 430/02
requesting 73.92 acres of an 80.28-acre site be reclassified as Open Space Land
under the Public Benefit Rating System.
Owner: Volcano Point Limited
Partnership (John Atwood, General Partner) Parcels R22927-140-2680,
R22927-158-3280, R22927-180-3960, R22927-190-4780, R22927-244-4750,
R22927-237-3890, R22927-243-2980 and R22927-200-2770, located in the SW ¼ of
Section 27 and SE ¼ of Section 27, Township 29N, Range 2E at South Double
Bluff, Freeland, WA.
Keeva Kroll, Planner, reiterated the significance of
the application and unique value of the
property: the 73.92 acre site in this PBRS application is a significantly large
undeveloped potion of waterfront land,
perhaps one of the largest tracts of privately owned undeveloped shoreline
areas in Island County. Parcels
included have significant fish and wildlife habitat. Rather than developing this property as
could be done in the rural zone, the owners have chosen to set the property
aside in its natural state.
Mr. Bakke reported that staff recommended approval,
subject to the following conditions:
identify measures to protect, enhance, mitigate or
manage on-site resources, said plans or reports shall be submitted to the
County for inclusion within the Public Benefit Rating System documentation
related to this property.
Applicant’s representative, Tim Martin, was present
in the audience in support of the application.
With no one indicating to speak either for or
against said application, the Board by unanimous motion approved OPS #430/02
(PBRS) for 73.92 acres of an 80.28-acre
site reclassified as Open Space Land
under the Public Benefit Rating System, by
Volcano Point Limited Partnership, subject to the conditions of approval
recommended by staff.
SOLICITATION of
the Sale of box Lunches to County
Employees At
COUNTY Facilities
Pursuant to provisions of
Island County Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual, Section 2.01.070,
the Board by unanimous motion granted
permission for the solicitation of the t sale of the box lunches to county
employees at county facilities by the
“In A
Pinch Crisis Nursery” for the
4th Annual Box Lunch Fund
Raiser. Delivery date is to be Thursday, October 2 at 11:00 or 12:00, with orders to Robin
Hertlein, Child Abuse Prevention Foundation
by September 26.
TECHNOLOGY
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
While Resolution C-44-01 adopted March 26, 2001
creating the Island County Technology
Committee, calls for the committee to meet no less than once a month, there is
need for flexibility due to holidays,
annual leave, and other pressing issues, workload or conflicts. By
unanimous motion, the Board agreed to forward a letter to the Chairman and
Members of the Technology Committee to postpone further Technology Committee meetings until December 5, based on current workload of some of the departments, as well as
the move back into the Courthouse Annex, and further to acknowledge and clarify
that future postponements may be
necessary for a variety of reasons.
Budget
Workshop
Miscellaneous Budget
Camano Senior Services Association
Presentation: Marla Ries, Executive Director
Recognize we all have to face the same budget crunches. Island County’s support
makes up 10% of CASA’s entire budget of around half million. The thrift store provides over 43% of the
funding; donations 19.7%; and the remaining 26% through class fees, membership,
fund raisers and rental. To date, donations are down 18%. CASA more aggressively seeking sponsorship and working harder at fund
raisers, and to find more grant money.
Request would be that Island County’s support remain at least the same
in 2004 as it was for 2003.
Senior Services of Island County
Presentation by:
Mike McIntyre, Executive Director
Hand-out: