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HomeMy WebLinkAbout050718_ca09615 Sheridan Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 6on www.JeffersonCountyPublicHealth.org ea Consent Agenda Public H Apri14, 2018 JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST TO: Board of County Commissioners Philip Morley, County Administrator FROM: Stuart Whitford, Environmental Public Health Director Tami Pokorny, Environmental Public Health Specialist II DATE: j 1 -I" 1 Do f V SUBJECT: Agenda Item —Amendment #1 to Agreement with WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to Fund Support of North Pacific Coast Marine Resources Committee (NPC MRC) and its projects; March 19, 2018 — June 30, 2019; Additional $59,054.45 to original amount $80,000 for a total of $139,054.45 STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Jefferson County Public Health requests approval of Amendment #1 to the Agreement with WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to add tasks to the North Pacific Coast Marine Resources Committee (NPC MRC) project; March 19, 2018 — June 30, 2019; Additional $59,054.45 to $80,000 for a total of $139,054.45. ANALYSIS/ STRATEGIC GOALS/PRO'S and CON'S: This amendment adds seven tasks (#2 through #8) to further the goal of the Coastal MRC program, which 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. 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 the Amendment to the Agreement with WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to add tasks to the North Pacific Coast Marine Resources Committee (NPC MRC) project; March 19, 2018 — June 30, 2019; Additional $59,054.45 to $80,000 for a total of $139,054.45. REVIEWED BY. Phil rley, Cou ty dmi or Community Health Developmental Disabilities 360-385-9400 Date 360-385-9401 (f) Always working for a safer and healthier community Environmental Health Water Quality 360-385-9444 (f) 360-379-4487 Washington Depallmela fif FISH„d WILDLIFE TITLE: CONTRACTOR: CONTRACT AMENDMENT 17-19 North Pacific MRC Jefferson County AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE DATE: March 19, 2018 WDFW NUMBER: AMENDMENT NUMBER: AMENDMENT VALUE: CONTRACT END DATE: June 30, 2019 17-09766 $59,054.45 The above -referenced Contract between the State of Washington, Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW); and Jefferson County is hereby amended as follows: AMEND 6greement Section — E I Compensation/Payment The Agreement value is increased by $59,054.45 for work authorized under this Amendment. This Amendment brings the AWARD allowed under this Agreement to $139,054.45. AMEND Attachment C I Statement of Work New Tasks numbered 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are added under this Amendment. PROJECTS -TASK 2: COASTSAVERS: COORDINATION OF COASTWIDE BEACH CLEANUPS AND 'OUTREACH Through its CoastSavers program, Discover Your Northwest (DYNW) will organize volunteers and provide logistical support to conduct the Washington Coast Cleanup (WCC) on April 21, 2018 and the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) on September 20, 2018, The recovered materials will be properly disposed of or recycled. The goal of beach cleanups is to spare 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 beaches, The events will be well publicized through standard media outlets and social media. This task addresses the program benchmarks Marine Habitats, Coastal Communities and Education and Outreach by engaging local residents and visitors with an important opportunity to assist in stewarding beaches on the north Pacific coast, COST: $10,000 PROJECT TASK 3: JEFFERSON COUNTY — FORKS RAI NFEST EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES In April of 2018 and 2019, Jefferson County and the North Pacific Coast MRC will collaborate with local arts groups and Washington Sea Grant to produce RainFest events and activities in association with the Washington Coast Cleanup, The MRC will work with multiple partners to produce the River & Ocean Days Film Festival and related activities linked to coastal environments and the beach cleanups. 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. COST: $2,000 PROJECTTASK4: NEWSLETTER Jefferson County Environmental Public Health will produce two issues of the West End Natural Resources News. The newsletter incorporates an ecosystem based management theme and includes articles about marine and coastal resources and salmon recovery. It will profile NPC MRC projects, including beach clean-ups, student involvement in citizen science project and other coast -related activities and events such as RainFest. 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 CMS No. 18-10525 Page 1 of 3 timely manner" and, the Coastal Communities benchmark by "encouraging citizen participation in local and governmental decisions regarding marine resources, COST: $8,000 PROJECT TASK 5: SHORELINE DYNAMICS ON THE OLYMPIC COAST: WHAT DOES "NORMAL" MEAN? Washington Sea Grant will conduct opportunistic beach morphology monitoring and develop a report describing observed changes and characterize seasonal cycles of erosion and accretion at two shoreline reaches selected from the following: Kalaloch Beach, Rialto Beach, First Beach, Second Beach, Norwegian or Hobuck Beach, The beaches will be sampled at least once every two months for a year or longer. The purpose of the program is to build a long- term shoreline morphology dataset, Time-lapse photography will be collected and analyzed for each beach site, This task addresses the Coast MRC Program benchmarks Marine Habitats by surveying marine resources to better define physical characteristics of intertidal beach habitats; understanding and evaluating erosion; and promoting sound sediment management practices. COST: $6,452 PROJECTT 1(6: ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE EUROPEAN GREEN CRAB CARCINUS MAENUS IN THE WA'ATCH RIVER AND Tsoo-YESS RIVER ESTUARIES, MAKAH RAY, WA Makah will conduct twice -monthly trapping of invasive European green crab to gather information on the extent of crab infestation, estimate the abundance of crabs in the project area, and remove with the intent to reduce or eradicate on the Makah Reservation, European green crap is considered one of the world's worst invasive species and are predators of native bivalve, Catch data collected will be contributed to the Washington Sea Grant Crab Team database for the period of May through September 2018. This project directly addresses the Marine Life benchmark by designing and implementing a project to prevent the introduction and spread of invasive species. Our project also directly addresses the Sound Science benchmark to collect high quality data utilizing established scientific protocols, COST: $7,280 PROJECT TASK 7: OCEAN SCIENCE WORKSHOP Over four days in late July and early August, OCNMS and PEI educators will hold a workshop for approximately fifteen teachers from coastal school districts, in particular Cape Flattery, Quillayute Valley, Quileute Tribal School and Queets Clearwater, at the Olympic Natural Resources Center in Forks to explore how human activity may be impacting local marine ecosystems. Teachers will become familiar with plankton sampling, discover differences in types and abundances of harmful algal blooms (HABS) and evaluate the impacts of HABS on the resilience of coastal communities and potential actions needed to reduce those impacts, Participants will practice bona fide scientific protocols while performing plankton tows from the beach and evaluating samples under microscopes, This project meets the Education and Outreach benchmark by conducting a high-quality educational program that will ultimately benefit hundreds of students, The plankton and data analysis is consistent with the benchmark Sound Science. COST: $6,991 PROJECTTAS:K $: LIFE HISTORY AND DEATH HISTORY: WHAT CAN BEACH BIRDS TELL US ABOUT SEABIRD POPULATIONS IN WASHINGTON? The project will leverage previous and other funded Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) work to extend analyses of the existing COASST dataset to generate precise deposition and mortality estimates associated with mass beaching events along the north outer coast, The intent is to use the outcomes of this work to share the stories of COASST data with participants, resource managers and the public at large. The results will provide the first-ever regional assessment of unusual beaching events of marine birds, the associated mortality toll, and related environmental conditions, Outlets for these results will include peer-reviewed publications, a series of blog entries, newsletters, public talks and integration into the COASST training. The project addresses the benchmarks Marine Life, Sound Science, Education and Outreach and Coastal Communities by leveraging a large science project to inform resource management and the public while directly engaging coastal residents. COST: $18,331.45 cMSNo. /8-/0525 Page 2 of 3 No other changes authorized under this Amendment. All other terms and conditions of this Contract 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 PRINTED NAME AND TITLE A roved a fnr . (' Date: Philip C. Hunsucker, Chief Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney's Office CMS No. 18-10515 Page 3 of 3 SIGNATURE AND DATE PRINTED NAME AND TITLE