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HomeMy WebLinkAbout030617_ca08615 Sheridan Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 Ael.scm www.JeffersonCountyPublicHealth.org Public Hea t Consent Agenda February 9, 2017 JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST TO: Board of County Commissioners Philip Morley, County Administrator FROM: Tami Pokorny, Environmental Health Specialist DATE: 31-q' Xj�`° SUBJECT: Agenda Item — Amendment #3 to Interlocal Agreement with WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to Fund Support of North Pacific Coast Marine Resources Committee (NPC MRC) and its projects; July 1, 2015 — June 30, 2017; Additional $25,990 for a total of $134,500. STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Jefferson County Public Health requests approval of Amendment #3 to Interlocal Agreement with WDFW to add new funding and make adjustments made to the tasks / deliverables schedule; July 1, 2015 — June 30, 2017; Amendment #1 awarded additional $16,590 to $91,920 for a total of $108,510. Amendment #2 awarded no additional funds. Amendment #3 awards additional $25,990 to $108,510 for a total of $134,500. ANALYSIS STRATEGIC GOALS PRO'S and CON'S: The original contract funds administrative capacity for the North Pacific Marine Resources Committee by funding the activities and responsibilities of the MRC Coordinator, and providing project funds for the two - county partnership (Jefferson and Clallam), as well as funds the UW COASST bag -n -tag protocol development and training, education programs through Feiro Marine Life Center, and coordination of coast - wide beach cleanups and outreach by Washington CoastSavers. This Amendment is to make additions to the tasks and deliverables to include the Washington Coast Cleanup on April 29th, providing up to five water bottle tilling stations and associated marine debris prevention signage at local schools and other public - oriented facilities, support for MRC -sponsored events during Forks RainFest River & Ocean Days, and to reimbursement beach field trip expenses and ROV project costs incurred by Quillayute Valley School District. The goal of the Coastal MRC program is to understand, steward, and restore the marine and estuarine ecological processes of the Washington coast in support of ecosystem health, sustainable marine resource based livelihoods, cultural integrity, and coastal communities. This contract supports education and outreach, coastal communities, marine life, sound science, and marine habitats. Community Health Developmental Disabilities 360-385-9400 360-385-9401 (f) Always working for a safer and healthier community Environmental Health Water Quality 360-385-9444 (f) 360-379-4487 615 Sheridan Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 epon www.JeffersonCountyPublicHealth.org Pubic H('a�hlt Consent Agenda FISCAL IMPACT COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS: Funding for the NPC MRC is provided by the State General Fund and administered through the WDFW Coastal MRC Program. There is no impact to the Jefferson County General Fund for this agreement and there are no match requirements. RECOMMENDATION: JCPH Management recommends BOCC signature of Amendment #3 to the NPC MRC Interagency Agreement to Support North Pacific Coast Marine Resources Committee (NPC MRC) and its Projects; July 1, 2015 — June 30, 2017; Amendment #1 awarded additional $16,590 to $91,920 for a total of $108,510. Amendment #2 awarded no additional funds. Amendment #3 awards additional $25,990 to $108,510 for a total of $134,500. REVIEWED BY: /14 . PipMore our ty�-isor Date Community Health Developmental Disabilities 360-385-9400 360-385-9401 (f) Always working for a safer and healthier community Environmental Health Water Quality 360-385-9444 (f) 360-379-4487 Department of FISHand WILDLIFE GRANT AMENDMENT TITLE: Amendment #3 North Pacific Coast MRC WDFW NUMBER: 15-04914 CONTRACTOR: Jefferson County AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE DATE: December 12, 2016 AMENDMENT NUMBER: 3 AMENDMENT VALUE: $25,990 CONTRACT END DATE: June 30, 2017 The above -referenced Grant between the State of Washington, Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW); and Jefferson County is hereby amended as outlined below. A. The purpose of this Amendment is to make adjustments to the Tasks/Deliverables schedule, and adds new funding for specific tasks/deliverables, B. Attachment C — Statement of Work: New tasks and deliverables under this Amendment are numbered 7 and 8, This Amendment will add funds to Task 6, revise project summaries and deliverables for Tasks 3 and 6, and will add tasks 7 and 8. Projects- Task 3: CoastSavers: Coordination of Coastwide Beach Cleanups and Outreach On September 17, 2016, the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) will include the entire Washington Coast with the help of Coastsavers recruitment efforts and online registration system. This will be the fourth year that the International Coastal Cleanup will be held on the outer coast and it is our hope that momentum will build around this event and attract new volunteers, partners, and sponsors. The Washington Coast Cleanups (WCC) will happen on April 23, 2016 and Aprll 29, 2017. These are annual, coast -wide volunteer beach cleanups, which regularly attracts over 1,000 volunteers. The goal of these beach cleanups is to save Washington's Pacific coastal environment and wildlife from the dangers of household plastics, lost fishing gear, and other types of marine debris that accumulates on our beaches. This task addresses the program benchmarks: Marine Habitats, Coastal Communities, and Education and Outreach. Cost: $0 for this contract ($20,000 to GHC) 3a 3b -Grays Harbor County MRC will provide written summary reports of the September 2016 and April 2016 and 2017 cleanups including: (1) Beaches in Grays Harbor, Clallam, and Jefferson Counties with cleanup effort (2) Number of volunteers who participated in each county (3) Total amount of waste (by tons) and general descriptions of waste type removed from beaches in each county (4) Successes, troubles and lessons learned. Submit a final report form. Task 6: Jefferson County- Forks RainFest Events and Activities WCC 2016 due June 30, 2016 ICC 2016 due January 15, 2017 WCC 2017 due June 30, 2017 June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2017 In April of 2016 and 2017, Jefferson County and the North Pacific Coast MRC will collaborate with local arts groups and Washington Sea Grant to produce RainFest River & Ocean Days events and activities in association with the Washington Coast Cleanup, The MRC will work with multiple partners to produce a Trashlon Show (2016) and the River & Ocean Days Film Festival and related activities linked to coastal environments and the beach cleanups. WDFW #15-04914 Amendment 3 Page 1 of 3 In addition in 2017, Jefferson County will collaborate with Washington Sea Grant, the Forks Chamber, local arts organizations, and Forks area business to present expanded River & Ocean Days events in Forks. Committee outreach will also be expanded through the Chamber's "Ocean Room" in partnership with Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) and through the Forks Transit Center in partnership with Clallam Transit and the City of Forks. The additional funding will support RainFest promotional materials, rental of the supersize sculpture "Fin" the Chum salmon, provide audio visual support at the festival, develop and produce a coast -themed ceiling display at the Transit Center, and add an NPC MRC wall display to the Ocean Room. This task meets the Education and Outreach benchmark by "translating and disseminating scientific information about the status of Washington's coastal habitats, resources, and communities to regional policy makers, resource managers, and the public in a timely manner" and, the Coastal Communities benchmark by "encouraging citizen participation in local and governmental decisions regarding marine resources." 6a Submit a final report form, $6,715 Total June 30, 2016 and for Task 6 June 30, 2017 Task 7: Quillayute Valley Field Trip Support Quillayute Valley School District will utilize MRC funding to provide opportunities for students to visit and study the beach and marine debris in connection with the new COASST protocol (Task 3), The District will also procure additional ROV "Angel" motor kits and accessory parts to expand the ROV program initiated in partnership with the OCNMS (to be returned to WDFW at the end of the project). This task addresses the program benchmarks: Coastal Communities and Education and Outreach, R 7a Submit a final report form, Task 7: Water Bottle Filling Stations and Educational Signage $2,050 Total ' June 30, 2017 for Task 7 _ Jefferson County will partner with the Forks Chamber of Commerce, City of Forks, Queets-Clearwater School District, Quillayute Valley School and/or Hoh Tribe to place up to five water bottle filling stations in coastal communities in western Clallam and Jefferson Counties. The stations will reduce the need to purchase drinking water in single use plastic bottles. They will be accompanied by durable signs with messaging on the importance of preventing marine debris and related to impacts to coastal environments and wildlife. This task addresses the program benchmarks: Coastal Communities and Education and Outreach. 7a 7b Summary of before and after surveys on the use of reusable water containers to assess the effectiveness of the program. Some filling station models include a digital counter displaying the number of plastic bottles avoided and these figures, if collected, would also be tallied. Submit a final report form. $9,815 Total for Task 7 Task 8: Washington CoastSavers Cleanup Education and Supplemental Resources June 15, 2017 June 30, 2017 In addition to the deliverables in Task 3, CoastSavers will coordinate and promote the WCC on April 29, 2017, develop and produce orientation and recycling information signs for four north coast registration stations (Neah Bay, Ozette, Three Rivers and Kalaloch), and provide for dumpster rental and waste disposal costs for the WCC for sites located in western Jefferson and Clallam Counties: Shi Shi Beach Trailhead, Lake Ozette Ranger Station, Ruby Beach Parking Lot, Second WDFW #15-04914 Amendment 3 Page 2 of 3 Beach Trailhead, LaPush, Kalaloch Campground. Rialto Beach Parking Lot, Kalaloch Beach and Kalaloch South Beach. More than 1,000 registered WCC volunteers are anticipated coast -wide in 2017. This task addresses the program benchmarks: Marine Habitats, Coastal Communities, and Education and Outreach, 0 If I COX 8a Submit a final report form $8,660 Total June 30, 2017 for Task 8 C. Compensation/Payment is increased by $25,990 for a new grant total not to exceed $134,500. All other terms and conditions of this Grant remain in full force and effect. THIS AMENDMENT is executed by the persons signing below, who warrant that they have the authority to execute this Amendment. JEFFERSON COUNTY WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE SIGNATURE AND DATE SIGNATURE AND DATE PRINTED NAME AND TITLE PRINTED NAME AND TITLE CIA 21 2 o2.v WDFW #15-04914 Amendment 3 Page 3 of 3