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Public Healt
May 23, 2017
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: June 5, 2017
SUBJECT: Agenda Request: Setting a Public Hearing Date and Publishing a Public
Hearing Notice on the Conservation Futures Applications for 2017.
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 2017 funding round.
The notice is to be published on June 7 and June 14, 2017 in the Port Townsend & Jefferson County
Leader. The hearing is tentatively scheduled for Monday, June 19, 2017 at 10:30 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 2017 Iglitzin Farm, Lower Duckabush River Estuary Open Space, Serendipity Farm, and
Snow Creek Uncas Preserve Taylor 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
hold the hearing on June 19, 2017 at 10:30 a.m.
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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 19. 2017 at 10:30 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 2017 conservation futures funding cycle. Conservation futures funds available to projects in
2017 total $297,000. The total amount requested by the four applications is $302,304. 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@co.jefferson.wa.us. The projects are summarized as follows:
1. Iglitzin Farm, $110,000 towards the purchase of a conservation easement on three parcels of
agriculture, riparian, and forested lands currently used as a performing arts venue totaling 53
acres in the upper Tarboo Creek watershed. The proposed match of $110,000 includes a partial
donation of the conservation easement's value and cash from private sources for operations and
maintenance activities. Jefferson Land Trust is the project sponsor. Northwest Watershed
Institute is the project applicant. Project location: Sec. 17, T28N, R. IW.
2. Lower Duckabush River Estuary Open Space, $55,800 towards the fee simple acquisition of
0.80 acres of floodplain along Pierce Creek in proximity to the lower Duckabush River south of
Brinnon, and $16,200 to reimburse operations and maintenance expenses. The site is currently
used by the Brinnon Fire Department. The proposed match is $57,400 from a pending Recreation
and Conservation Office Salmon Recovery Funding Board grant. Jefferson County
Environmental Health is the project sponsor. Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group is the
project applicant. Project location: Sec. 16, T25N, R.2W.
3. Serendipity Farm, $106,600 towards the acquisition of a conservation easement on four
parcels of actively used agricultural land totaling approximately 45 acres located along Cemetery
Drain in the Little Quilcene River watershed just north of Quilcene. The proposed match of
$106,600 is a pending WA State Conservation Commission State Farmland Preservation grant.
Jefferson Land Trust is the project sponsor and applicant. Project location: Sec. 14, T27N, R2W.
4. Snow Creek Uncas Preserve Taylor, $9,434 towards the fee -simple acquisition of
approximately 2.5 acres of forested and riparian land along Snow Creek and $4,000 to reimburse
operations and maintenance expenses. The proposed match is $53,461 from a Recreation and
Conservation Office Salmon Recovery Funding Board grant secured in 2015. Jefferson Land
Trust is the project sponsor and applicant. Project location: Sec.36, T.29N, R. IW.
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 tpokorny@co.jefferson.wa.us.
JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Kathleen Kler, Chair
Kate Dean, Member
David Sullivan, Member