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Port Townsend, WA 98368
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May 25, 2015
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
FROM: Tami',Pokorny, Environmental Health Specialist II
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SUBJECT: Agenda Request: Setting a Public Hearing Date and Publishing a Public
Hearing Notice on the Conservation Futures Applications for 2015.
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Environmental Health requests BoCC approval of a Public Hearing Notice to take comments regarding the
four Conservation Futures project applications submitted for consideration during the 2015 funding round.
The notice is to be published on June 3 and June 10, 2015 in the Port Townsend & Jefferson County
Leader. The hearing is scheduled for June 22, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.
ANALYSIS/STRATEGIC GOALS/PRO'S and CON'S:
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 allocations from the Conservation Futures Fund.
Public comment on the 2015 QWC Addition, Bishop Dairy Preservation, Lower Big Quilcene River
Riparian Protection, and Midori Farm 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.
FISCAL IMPACT /COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS:
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.
RECOMMENDATION:
To facilitate a timely public process, staff recommends that the BoCC approve the Public Hearing Notice to
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Jefferson County Conservation Futures Program
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing is scheduled by the Jefferson
County Board of Commissioners for MONDAY, June 22, 2015 at 10:00 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 2015 conservation futures funding cycle. Written
public comment will be accepted any time up through the close of the public hearing,
addressed to the BoCC at P.O. Box 1220, Port Townsend, WA 98368 or by email at
jeffbocc(2co.jefferson.wa.us. The projects are summarized as follows:
1. 2015 QWC Addition, $14,626 towards the fee simple acquisition, and operation and
maintenance, of five platted parcels within the Quimper Wildlife Corridor totaling 1.11 acres of
vacant land near Winona Wetland. The parcels were identified as high conservation priority in the
QWC Management Plan which was adopted by the City of Port Townsend in 2008. The proposed
match is three parcels owned by Jefferson Land Trust with an estimated total value of $12,650
located adjacent to previously conserved properties. Operations and maintenance request is
$2,000 of the total amount for annual monitoring and stewardship. Jefferson Land Trust is the
project sponsor. The City of Port Townsend is the project applicant. Project location: Sec. 33,
T.3 IN, R. 1W.
2. Bishop Dairy Preservation, $56,225 towards the acquisition of a conservation easement on 264
acres that comprise a historic farm and dairy. The intent of the project is to maintain single
ownership of the property while preserving prime soils for agriculture, habitat for fish and
wildlife, and scenic qualities along Beaver Valley and Egg and I Roads. The proposed match is
$481,225 from the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program and $425,000 from a federal
grant program to be determined. Jefferson Land Trust is the project sponsor. Gerald and Delores
Bishop are the project applicant. Project location: Sec. 1, T. 28N, R. 1W.
3. Lower Big Quilcene River Riparian Protection, $31,440 towards the fee simple purchase of
one parcel of vacant land totaling 14.16 acres along the lower Big Quilcene River to benefit Hood
Canal summer chum and other fish and wildlife species. The proposed match is $161,160 from
the RCO Salmon Recovery Funding Board. Operations and maintenance request is $5,925 of the
total amount for annual monitoring, weed removal, replanting and stewardship. Jefferson Land
Trust is the project sponsor. Project location: Sec. 24, T. 27N, R. 2W.
4. Midori Farm, $94,626 towards the acquisition of a conservation easement on 29 acres of prime
soils for agriculture with pockets of mature forest. The proposed match is an estimated $75,000 of
conservation easement value to be donated by the landowner and up to $19,626 in cash
contributions from the Jefferson Land Trust. Operations and maintenance request is $1,820 of the
total amount for annual monitoring of the conservation easement provisions and noxious weed
removal. Jefferson Land Trust is the project sponsor. Applicant is Marko Colby and Hanako
Myers. Project location: Sec. 14, T. 27N, R. 2W.
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
http: / /www.co.jefferson.wa.us. Click on "Conservation Futures" under "Quick Links"
For more information, contact Tami Pokorny at ph: (360) 379 -4498 or
tpokomy@cojefferson.wa.us.
JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
David Sullivan, Chairman
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