Comment in the biochar bill. It's a big bill and the Senate, uh, on, uh, burn barrels.
What's happening with it? They're trying to allow burn barrels. Oh, which would allow
Flan Cap Kilns
and on Sunday where she can get one. Uh, I've got one on the cellar. I've got two.
I made two
recording in progress.
All right, good morning, everyone. I will call this February 12th meeting of the
board of County commissioners meeting to order chair Dean is in DC. In an official
event will join us virtually in a little bit. Looks like we have a pretty light schedule
today. So I, I believe the goal is probably to wrap it up around at noon today. Um,
and yeah, with, with that, we'll, unless you have anything to announce Heidi, we
will, uh, open public comment as we do every week. We've got a couple of people in
the room. Anyone would like to make public comment today.
Welcome, Maggie. You have three minutes. Hi, you guys are getting to know me now.
Ok. So, uh, the thing about Harold's, uh, Van, um, we
know that, um, due to the Homestead Act, um, that he has a claim that it is his home
and he was living in it. And, um, the city seems to understand that, but, uh, they
seem to think that it was not illegal to tow the van and it was actually illegal
to tow the van because it was during the declared emergency. And the governor called
and said, don't tow his van because he had applied for housing and had been denied.
And so that the van was his home and, and they seem, they don't seem to understand
that um, during a declared emergency that Jay can suspend or change laws or make
new laws. And the police chief and the city manager seemed to be going with, well,
the dog ate my homework. I did and, you know, I oops, I forgot, I didn't get the
message. So all those cars that were parked and towed in the transit parking lot
was illegal. Ok. And as far as your having a budget of 100 and 10 million and not
having a housing committee, if you don't have a housing committee, you don't have
a housing policy. Therefore, I'll be the housing committee, I'll make the housing
policy and here it is, anybody in a tent or with a tarp or in a car or
anywhere on public property in Jefferson County gets to stay there for 90
days uh without having to move. And that's it because you, you can't, you, you have
no housing budget you have no policy whatsoever so I can make it if I want to
because you guys are not the head of any housing committee. Nobody is not of the
city. Uh you know, not the housing authority. There's no uh
housing uh uh peninsula Housing Authority that has a housing committee to make housing
policy. So I'm saying that, you know, you can't touch these tents, that they're all
emergency housing, you can't touch these cars, they're all emergency housing uh where
people are living and uh they're providing services. They are service
providers to themselves. Uh You know, whether it's uh um they're going to DS HS
or Discovery or they're working with a team. They, they are the service service providers
to themselves. So that's it. That's all I'm saying. Simple policy. There you go.
Thanks Maggie. Anyone else in the room or online that would like to make a public?
Oh, come on up, go. Let's let's finish the room out.
I didn't come just to say you pretty face, great. It's good to see you a pretty face.
Gun, Ken Bell Street, Port Townsend. I'm following with concern your deliberations
on updating the S MP. You seem to be showing difference to shine neighbours claims
of the negative impacts of goy duck farming and that attitude is spreading to other
types of shellfish aquaculture. Please again, read and consider the submitted go
duct farming impact research papers by Glen Van Blare and others. These papers provide
a scientific research based assessment of GAK culture impacts and then compare this
information with the implausible inaccurate claims from the waterfront property owners
such as a decline in their real concern is that they have to see farming in their
marine views shed. I asked the commissioners to look at a Google aerial view of the
shine area and see how development has encroached on the near shore Taylor shellfish
along with dozens of other farmers grow oysters, go duck clams and Mussels and Totten
Inlet in the South Sound, shellfish aquaculture in the inlet supports dozens of families
as it has for over 100 and 30 years yet. Kennedy Creek at its southern end has one
of the healthiest salmon runs in the South Sound. I asked the commissioners to follow
wo the Department of Ecology's initial S MP update direction and decrease the number
of cups and that the commissioners followed the science not inaccurate claims about
aquaculture, making it even more difficult and expensive to get a farming permit
will block many young industrial people's access to the industry. We need jobs and
young people in this county. Thank you. Thank you, Mr Kang. Uh We got Zoom.
Zoom is still working. We're having some tech issues just for the public and, and
uh you know, reiterate for everyone. We will uh respond to all public comments after
we hear them all. I'm, I'm still on Zoom. Oh
Commissioner. Yeah, you made me host I promoted, uh, Kate.
Ok. So we're, we're gonna hold for.