08/21/2007: "Joint Meeting Held By Town & County"

The County & Town Councils meet on a fairly regular basis to discuss subjects of common interest, and to provide an opportunity for the Council members to have face-to-face dialog without the unintended filtering that is a part of staff reports and formal correspondence

Typically the meetings are at noon (which results in a halting dialog as the participants concentrate on eating their lunch) but the agenda on Tuesday (August 21, 2007) was loaded down with some serious topics that will have far reaching impacts for the town and the county. While a lunch meeting does not allow time to work through a long list in any detail, it is a list that should have generated some broad public interest, but few from the public were in attendance; but in any case, the floor was not open for public comment. The Agenda for the meeting included the following topics:

• Turn Point/Pear Point Road Alternatives
• Regional Transportation Planning
• Joint County/Town Meeting Room
• Solid Waste Transfer Station Update
• Friday Harbor Urban Growth Area
• Six-Year Transportation Planning