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April 18th, 2017 NPC MRC FINAL Meeting Summary
The Tuesday, April 18th, 2017 NPC MRC meeting took place at the Hemlock Forest Room, Olympic
National Resources Center, at 1455 Forks Avenue, Forks, WA from 4:08 (00:00:10 on the audio counter) to 5:25
PM.
Appointed committee members present at the meeting were Rod Fleck (City of Forks Rep.), John Hunter
(Citizen Rep., Clallam County – Education), Katie Krueger (Quileute Tribe Rep.), Deb Kucipeck (Clallam County
Rep.), Rich Osborne (Citizen Rep., Clallam County – Science), Tami Pokorny (Jefferson County Rep.,
Coordinator/Facilitator), Jill Silver (Citizen Rep., Jefferson County – Conservation/Environment) and Chiggers
Stokes (Citizen Rep., Jefferson County – Recreational Groups).
Rebekah Brooks (ONRC [by phone]), Kevin Decker (Washington Sea Grant), Frank Hanson (ONRC) and
Lee Taylor (NPS) were also present.
Introductions
Public Comments
Jill Silver and Tami Pokorny led the group in thanking Katie Krueger for her service to the NPC MRC over the
years; Katie will be retiring later this month. They also presented her with a thank you gift.
Additions to and Approval of the Agenda
The agenda was approved by consensus.
Approval of the March Meeting Summary
Rod Fleck moved to approve the summary; Rich Osborne seconded. The summary was approved by consensus.
Announcements
There were none.
Old Business
RainFest Planning and WA Coast Cleanup Related
Tami Pokorny gave an overview of some of the schedule items; the schedule should be finalized today. *Deb
Kucipeck volunteered to help with the Finn the Migrating Salmon sculpture. The Coast Cleanup will be on
Saturday, 4/29/17. More discussion followed on other RainFest items, including displays and a Film Fest update.
Transit Center
Tami Pokorny gave an update on the photo display idea for the transit center. The Sanctuary photos are not high
enough resolution to make them large enough to fill the upper wall panels; Tami is looking into other options.
The water bottle filling stations have been ordered and should arrive by next week.
Kevin Decker, Washington Sea Grant
Kevin Decker gave a presentation on the Marine Spatial Plan (MSP) draft release and review process. He
reviewed the five goals of the MSP: to protect existing uses, to protect cultural uses and resources, to preserve
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the environment, to integrate into the existing decision-making framework and to provide for new economic
opportunities. The Washington Coast Marine Advisory Council (WCMAC) identified five new uses that are most
likely to be integrated into the outer Washington coast: aquaculture in new locations, marine product
extraction, dredge disposal, marine renewable energy and mining extraction. The rough draft is being reviewed
by the WCMAC. It will then be released to the public for a comment period. Katie Krueger stated that the statute
that created the WCMAC to advise the MSP process excluded a voting seat for each treaty tribe and only
provided for a non-voting liaison seat. Further, per the statute, the economic sectors prepared for WCMAC only
were required to consider non-tribal components, although they did accept a Quileute submittal on tourism.
Notably the fishing sector did not include tribal data. This created many anomalies in the larger MSP document
because tribal economic factors integrate with the state’s at large, in a number of ways. Discussion followed on
the purpose of and concerns over the MSP.
New Business
International Coast Cleanup Related
The Cleanup is scheduled for 9/16/17. There were no updates.
Funded Projects Updates
The deadline for articles for the West End Natural Resources Newsletter is 5/1/17. Article topics were discussed.
There are funds for one more water bottle filling station if another location can be decided.
Updates
Marine Debris (All): There were no updates.
Washington Coast Marine Advisory Council/Marine Spatial Planning (Rod): The next meeting is
scheduled for 5/10/17 in Grays Harbor.
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council (Roy/Rich): The next meeting is scheduled for
5/19/17 in Neah Bay. No agenda has been posted yet. Katie Krueger announced her retirement party on
5/27/17; all are invited.
Washington Marine Resources Advisory Council (MRAC): The council has not met since the last NPC MRC
meeting, so there was nothing new to report.
Fossil Fuels Related (All): The terminal on the Columbia River is still viable.
Administration and Fiscal Agent Update: Next month will be the last opportunity to move funds around;
more funds may be designated to go toward the transit center, depending on cost of photos.
Next Agenda (May 16th): The agenda will include an update on the transit center.
Public Comments/General
There were no public comments.
Adjourn at 5:25 PM (01:17:20 on the counter)
Draft summary compiled by Rebekah Brooks.
*Deb Kucipeck volunteered to help with the Finn the Fish display at RainFest.