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JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
FROM: Tami Pokorny, Environmental Health Specialist II
DATE: ~ ~ r ~ I ,~~ ~ ~-v 13
SUB]ECT: Agenda Request: Workshop -Duckabush and Big
Quilcene Rivers Salmon Recovery Grants
STATEMENT OFISSUE:
Environmental Health requests the opportunity for staff to present information about
two projects to acquire floodplain properties along the Duckabush and Big Quilcene
Rivers that were approved for funding by the Salmon Recovery Funding Board (Pending
Grant Agreements RCO #12-1384C and 12-13855C). The projects seek to permanently
protect and restore floodplain habitat for the purpose of salmon recovery.
ANALYSIS/STRATEGICANALYSIS/STRATEGIC GOAD:
The Quilcene Acquisitions 2012 Project entails the fee-simple acquisition of up to three
parcels (Bergeson and Newman) totaling 2.1 acres of floodplain. The primary focus of
the Dosewallips and Duckabush Acquisitions 2012 Project is the fee-simple acquisition of
up to two parcels (Berntsen-Poetter) totaling 21.9 acres of floodplain. All of the
acquisitions would be from willing sellers. The SRFB grants also fund the removal of
existing structures and onsite systems, treatment of invasive species and restoration of
native vegetation.
These projects were ranked #3 and #6 respectively of ten projects approved in 2012 by
the Hood Canal Coordinating County Lead Entity and the state's Salmon Recovery
Funding Board (SRFB). Matching funds will be provided by a portion of the value of
floodplain properties (Larson and Fulton) previously acquired by the county along the
shore of the Dosewallips River using Secure Rural Schools Title III funds. This year,
Environmental Health, in partnership with the Jefferson Land Trust, is also applying for a
small amount of conservation futures funds for the Duckabush project in order to make
those parcels eligible to receive operations and maintenance funding in the future.
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All of the project properties are located entirely within, or largely intersect, the high-risk
channel migration zone.
The Quilcene project parcels are adjacent to or near other floodplain properties acquired
through the efforts of Jefferson County Public Works Department and conservation
organizations such as the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group and Jefferson Land
Trust as part of a long-term effort to restore the lower floodplain and estuary. The
Duckabush parcels are located in one of the few active alluvial reaches of the lower
Duckabush River that has not been impacted by shoreline armoring. The parcels contain
vitally important off-channel salmon rearing habitat, intact wetlands, and shoreline
bordering critical spawning habitat for ESA listed Chinook salmon.
The total project cost for the Dosewallips and Duckabush Acquisitions 2012 Project
RCO #12-1385C is $406,206.00 and the total project cost for the Quilcene
Acquisitions 2012 Project RCO #12-1384C is $257,900.00. In each case, all of the
cash necessary to complete the acquisitions and restoration (Duckabush:
$345,275.00; Quilcene: $257,900.00) is being available by the SRFB. There is no
impact the county's General Fund from either agreement.
REVIEWED BY:
FISCAL IMPACT:
The cost for this workshop is negligible.
RECOMMENDATION:
JCPH Management recommends that the BoCC allow time for this workshop.
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FAX: 360379-4487