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JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
AGENDA REQUEST
Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
Vicki Kirkpatrick, Director
Tami Pokorny, Environmental Health Specialist II
January 22, 2018
Match Update and Discussion: Tarboo Creek, Farm, and Forest
(2016) Conservation Futures Project
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Environmental Public Health requests the opportunity to present and discuss an update to the Tarboo
Creek, Farm, and Forest conservation futures project's source of match and budget information.
ANALYSIS/STRATEGIC GOALS/PRO'S and CON'S:
The Tarboo Creek, Farm, and Forest conservation futures (CF) project was approved by Resolution No.
30-16 on July 11, 2016. In a letter dated December 28, 2017, project sponsor Jefferson Land Trust
requests to use a Navy Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (KEPI) grant and associated
easement as the primary source of project match. At the time of application, other match sources were
proposed. No additional CF funds are being requested. A draft agreement will be submitted for BoCC
signature at a later date based upon the outcomes of this discussion.
FISCAL EMPACT/COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS:
The proposed changes would not impact the county's General Fund. The project match would increase
from $127,000 to $180,500 increasing the total project cost from $224,100 to $277,600. The Land Trust
requests that the ratio of conservation futures funds (47%) to matching funds (53%) remain the same and
that the excess REPI match ($53,500) be documented for possible use in applications for CF funding
consistent with county codes and requirements.
RECOMMENDATION:
Environmental Public Health management recommends that the BoCC hear and discuss the update.
REVIEWED BY:
Philip Morl un mmistrator
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JEFFERSON LAND TRUST
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December 28, 2017
Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
Re: Change to the Tarboo Creek, Farm, and Forest (Radka) Conservation Easement Project
Dear Commissioners,
Jefferson Land Trust is writing to notify you of a change to our Jefferson County Conservation Futures
Program Project titled Tarboo Creek, Farm and Forest, approved by Jefferson County Board of
Commissioners on July 11, 2016. The proposed match for the project has been modified due to a change in
matching grant source availability. The original request for $97,100.00 in CFF grant funds for purchase of a
conservation easement on the Radka property remains the same.
Project overview and history
In 2016, Jefferson Land Trust applied for Conservation Futures Funds in the amount of $97,100 to support
the acquisition of a conservation easement on the Radka property, with match for the CFF request
proposed to come from the applicant, Northwest Watershed Institute (NWI). NWI proposed match in the
amount of $64,500 for O&M activities, in addition to a bargain sale of the easement from the landowner in
the amount of $60,000. The CFF request was estimated to be 43% of the total project cost, with 57%
coming from matching resources.
The grant expected by NWI to fund the O&M portion of project funding was not approved. To make up the
match difference, Jefferson Land Trust approached the Navy for funding through the Readiness and
Environmental Protection Integration (REPT) program. REPI funds the purchase of development rights on
properties within the Hood Canal and Indian Island area in order to reduce development pressures in rural
Jefferson County. When REPI funding is compatible with Jefferson Land Trust and other conservation
partners' conservation goals, it has been a great source of match for local, state and federal grant
programs. Jefferson Land Trust, The Trust for Public Land and WA State DNR are authorized to negotiate
the terms of the REPI easement with landowner partners, which the Navy then purchases and holds. The
Navy has agreed that the Radka project meets their goals, and has agreed to purchase a REPI easement
on the Radka property. Jefferson Land Trust will also hold a conservation easement on the property that is
more specific in describing conservation zones, forest management restrictions, allowable agricultural uses
and restoration potential, and that easement will include language that Jefferson County requires as a
granting agency to the Radka project. While the two easements may duplicate protection of the Radka
property in some ways, the landowner is paid only the value of the more restrictive easement. The Navy will
pay up to 1/2 of the value of the more detailed easement, which in this case is the conservation easement.
The Navy easement will be recorded immediately before the conservation easement held by Jefferson Land
Trust. Similar double easement purchases and Navy/State/Land Trust partnerships have been utilized in the
Duckabush and Dosewallips River projects and in the Tarboo Dabob Natural Area.
Project amendment proposal
The Radka conservation easement has recently been valued at $238,000 through an appraisal process.
Estimated acquisition costs remain at $39.600.00 as indicated in the CFF application (and in the attached
modified budget spreadsheet). Therefore, the modified budget for the project indicates total project costs
estimated to be $277,600.00. While NWI is gradually undertaking restoration activities on the property,
funded by the landowner and NWI, we will not be counting those activities toward the match as they were in
the original CFF application. The match now proposed for the Radka project includes $119,000.00 from the
Navy for 1/2 of the value of the conservation easement, $59,000 in bargain sale value of the conservation
Jefferson Land Trust is a 501 (c) (3) non profit, tax-exempt, private corporation.
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easement, and $2,500 in donated labor for creation of the baseline document. The total match proposed is
now $180,500.00, which is 8% more than the original match proposed for the project. We request that the
additional match be banked for a possible future O&M requests for the Radka project.
Please let us know if you have any questions about this change to the Radka project.
Thanks for your consideration,
Sarah Spaeth
Director, Conservation and Strategic Partnerships
2016 JCCF PROPOSAL - TARBOO CREEK, FOREST,
AND FARM (REVISED DECEMBER 20, 2017)
Item
JCCF
Request
Match
Total
Cost
Total Estimated Value of Conservation Easement
60,000
69,989
129,999
178,000
238,000
Acquisition Related Costs:
Appraisal
7,500
0
7,500
Staff Time (Limited to 5% of Total Proj. Cost)
10,000
0
10,000
Legal Fees - prepare CE
7,000
0
7,000
Excise Tax
1050
0
1,050
Recording Fees
250
0
250
Settlement Fees
800
0
800
Title Insurance
500
0
500
Baseline report
0
2,500
2,500
Survey - property boundaries
10,000
0
10,000
Total of Acquisition Related Costs
37,100
2,500
39,600
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STATE OF WASHINGTON
County of Jefferson
Dedication of Conservation Futures Funds to the }
Tarboo Creek, Farm, and Forest project as }
Authorized by and in Accordance with Jefferson } RESOLUTION NO. 30-16
County Code Section 3.08.030(7) to Provide }
a System of Public Open Spaces }
WHEREAS, conservation futures tax levy collections, authorized under RCW 84.34.230
are an important means of retaining community character and accomplishing the open space policies
and objectives of the Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan that encourage the coordinated acquisition
of key open space lands for long-term protection; and
WHEREAS, Jefferson County is authorized by RCW 84.34.210 and 84.34.220 to
acquire open space land, agricultural and timber lands as defined in RCW 84.34.220; and
WHEREAS, the Conservation Futures Citizen Oversight Committee has reviewed
project applications for 2016 and made its funding recommendations to the Board of County
Commissioners in accordance with Jefferson County Code Chapter 3.08; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of the Jefferson County Conservation Futures
Program, the Jefferson Land Trust, as project sponsor, requests funding towards the acquisition of a
conservation easement on two parcels of agricultural land in Sec. 20 T. 28N, R. 1 W with Assessor's
Parcel Numbers 801204004 and 801204008; and
WHEREAS, the County retains enough developable land to accommodate the Tarboo
Creek, Farm, and Forest project as well as the housing and employment growth that it is expected to
receive, thus satisfying the requirements of Chapter 449, Laws of 2005; and
WHEREAS, Jefferson County considers it in the best public interest to contribute
financially to this open space project.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that:
Jefferson County hereby dedicates up to $97,100 in conservation futures funds in the
2016 funding cycle for acquisition expenses contingent on a matching contribution of
fifty-seven percent (57%) of the total project cost.
Resolution No. 30-16 re: Dedication of Conservation Futures Funds to Tarboo Creek, Farm, and
Forest project
2. This dedication of funding may be nullified if a submittal for reimbursement,
accompanied by documentation of matching funds sufficient to complete the
acquisition, is not received from the sponsor within three years of the signing of this
resolution.
APPROVED'4ND, 4 ,OPTED
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this day of , 2016 in Port Townsend, Washington.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIQO�NERS
Kathleen Kier, Chair
Phil Johns , Membepq
Erin Lundgren t/
Clerk of the Board David Sul iv Member