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May 28, 2013
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: ~~~ u~Q, ~ ~ ~ ~ 3
SUBJECT: Agenda Request: Setting a Public Hearing Date and
Publishing a Public Hearing Notice on the Conservation
Futures Program Applications for 2013.
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Environmental Health is requesting BoCC approval of a Public Hearing Notice to take
comments regarding the four Conservation Futures project applications submitted for
consideration during the 2013 funding round. The notice is to be published on June
5 and June 12, 2013 in ti,e Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader. The Public
Hearing is tentatively scheduled for June 24, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
ANALYSISANALYSIS/STRA~GIC GOA~GOA~•
Jefferson County Code (JCC) 3.08.030(4) requires a duly noticed public hearing prior
to final action by the Board of County Commissioners on the annual allocation of
conservation futures funds.
Public comment on the Duckabush Floodplain, Short Family Farm, and Tarboo Forest
Conservation -Phase II, and Winona Basin - Bloedel II projects will be accepted
from the date of publication until the close of the Commissioner's hearing. After the
public hearing, the BOCC may resolve to award funding to one or more of these
projects.
COMMUNITY HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ALWAYS WORKNGFORASAFERAND WATEROUALITY
MAIN: 3603859400 MAIN: 366385-9444
FAx: 3sa3s59aoi HEALTHIER COMMUNITY FAX: 3663794487
Consent Agenda
FISCAL IMPACT:
Costs to publish the public hearing notice in the Port Townsend & Jefferson County
Leader will be paid for with funds from the Jefferson County Conservation Futures
Fund.
To facilitate a timely public process, JCPH management recommends the BOCC
approve the hearing notice to hold a public hearing on June 24, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
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Philip Morle , C unty Admin' ra r
(Routed to all Public Health Managers)
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Date
COMMUNITY HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES NATURAL RESOURCES
MAIN: 360385-9400 ALWAYS WORKING FORASAFER AND MAIN: 360355-9444
FAX: 360-385-9401 HEALTHIER COMMUNITY FAX: 360385-9401
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Conservation Futures Program
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing is scheduled by the Jefferson
County Board of Commissioners for MONDAY, June 24. 2013 at 1000 a m in the
Commissioners' Chamber, County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend,
WA 98368. The public hearing is to take comments for (or against) the four projects
submitted for consideration during the 2013 Conservation Futures funding cycle. The
acquisition projects aze summazized as follows:
1. Duckabush Floodplain, $5,000 towazds the protection of two properties consisting of
37.1 acres of floodplain and associated uplands off of Duckabush Road near Brinnon.
The project includes the purchase of conservation easement on 15.2 acres and the fee-
simple acquisition of the remaining 21.9 contiguous acres. The proposed match is a
$345,275 grant from the Salmon Recovery Funding Boazd. Jefferson Land Trust is the
project sponsor. Project location: Sec. 17, T. 25N, R. 2W.
2. Short Family Farm, $43,500 towards the purchase of a conservation easement on 256
acres of pastureland and riparian habitat on Center Road near Chimacum. The proposed
match is a $486,500 grant from the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program and a
$425,000 grant from the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program. Jefferson Land
Trust is the project sponsor. Project location: Sec. 23, T. 29N, R. 1 W.
3. Tarboo Forest Conservation -Phase II, $167,000 towards the purchase of a
conservation easement on 118 acres of timberlands between Center and Dabob roads.
The proposed match is a conservation easement on 158 acres of associated timberlands
valued at $130,000, a portion of the value of the subject easement valued at $53,000 and
$28,035 in related costs. Jefferson Land Trust is the project sponsor. Project location:
Sec. 28, 29, and 31 T. 28N, R. 1 W.
4. Winona Basin - Bloedel II, $80,000 towards the fee-simple acquisition of 22 city lots
consisting of wildlife habitat within the Fowler's Park Addition section of the Quimper
Wildlife Corridor in the City of Port Townsend. The proposed match is 141ots of
associated open space valued at $120,000 and $95,000 in community funding. Jefferson
Land Trust is the project sponsor. Project location: Sec. 33, T. 31N, R. 1 W.
Copies of the project applications are available to view in the Office of the Board of
County Commissioners at the Jefferson County Courthouse and online at
httn://www.co.jefferson.wa.us. Click on "Conservation Futures" under "Quick Links".
For more information, contact Tami Pokorny at ph: (360) 379-4498 or
tpokorny@co.j efferson.wa.us.
JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
John Austin, Chairman