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9:30 a.m. Regular Agenda
Commissioners Chambers
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
FROM: Leslie Locke, Deputy Clerk of the Board
DATE: December 13, 2010
SUBJECT: Presentation re: Appreciation of School Garden & Compost Program Funding
Support
STATEMENT OF ISSt:E:
Al Cairns, Solid Waste Coordinator has requested to makc a prcsentation otIering appreciation for the
support of the School Garden and Compost Program.
RECOMMENDATION:
No Action Required
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Leslie Locke
From:
Al Cairns
Sent:
Monday, December 06, 2010 4:13 PM
To:
Philip Morley
Cc:
Leslie Locke
Subject:
school garden thank you.
Attachments:
PortTownsendLeader[1].pdf; PortTownsendLeader[2].pdf
Hi Philip,
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Re: the Dec. 13 presentation to the BoCC, the County’s School Garden Coordinator and several parents and
children would like to say “thank you” to you and the Board for funding the School Garden and Compost
program. You may recall that this pilot program was begun in 2009 and runs till the end of 2010 with 75% of
funding coming from an Ecology grant secured by Public Works’ Solid Waste Division, which is also making the
25% match. Total program funding for the 2 year grant period was just shy of $99,000.
These funds have been used to support the community garden movement, creating neighborhood-scale food
waste and yard debris composting centers throughout the county in favor of a centralized system. It has also
been used to partner with the Port Townsend and Quilcene School Districts in creating a food and yard waste
landfill diversion program with a school garden at the center of it. The garden program has proven very popular
with over 500 students now enrolled in this voluntary program and both the Grant Street and Quilcene schools
diverting 100% of all food waste.
I’ve attached a “thank you” that Public Works ran in the 11/24 edition of the Leader (note the first of many
supporters listed) and an article that’s in the current Leader.
Thanks again for supporting this great program.
Al Cairns
Jefferson County Dept. of Public Works
Solid Waste Coordinator
(360) 385-9243
acairns@co.jefferson.wa.us
12/6/2010
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