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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20180116_NPCMRCMtgSum NPC MRC 1/16/2018 DRAFT Meeting Summary 1 January 16th, 2018 NPC MRC 1st Draft Meeting Summary The Tuesday, January 16th, 2018 NPC MRC meeting took place at the Hemlock Forest Room, Olympic National Resources Center, at 1455 Forks Avenue, Forks, WA from 4:05 (00:01:00 on the audio counter) to 6:04 PM. Appointed committee members present at the meeting were Rod Fleck (City of Forks), Jennifer Hagen (Quileute Tribe Rep.), David Hudson (Hoh Tribe Rep.), John Hunter (Citizen Rep., Clallam County – Education), Deborah Kucipeck (Clallam County Rep.), Rich Osborne (Citizen Rep., Clallam County – Science), Tami Pokorny (Jefferson County Rep., Facilitator/Coordinator) and Jill Silver (10,000 Years Institute). Rebekah Brooks (ONRC) and Frank Hanson (ONRC) were also present. Introductions Public Comments There were no public comments. Additions to and Approval of the Agenda The agenda was approved by consensus. Approval of the October and November Meeting Summaries The October and November Meeting Summaries were approved by consensus. Announcements Tami Pokorny announced that Lorena Maurer with the Grays Harbor MRC intends to gather all the coastal MRCs together to discuss education across the coast. The meeting is scheduled for 2/8/18 at Grays Harbor College in Aberdeen. She also announced a new app to help you track your carbon footprint called Taming Bigfoot. The Northwest Area Contingency planning team has identified task forces on different topics; there is still time left to sign up for task forces. More information can be found at: https://rrt10nwac.com/TaskForce.aspx. There will be an open participation call regarding offshore oil drilling on 1/17/18 from noon to 1:00 pm. Old Business There was none. New Business Project Ranking and Funding Recommendations Eight projects were submitted for funding. Projects ranked in the following order: 1. Tami Pokorny, Jefferson County: West End Natural Resources Newsletter 2018 and 2019 Issues 2. Tami Pokorny, Jefferson County: RainFest/July 4 for 2018 and 19 3. Ian Miller, WA Sea Grant: Shoreline Dynamics on the Olympic Coast: What Does “Normal” Mean? NPC MRC 1/16/2018 DRAFT Meeting Summary 2 4. Adrianne Akmajian, Makah Fisheries Management: Assessment and management of invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenus) in the Wa’atch River and Tsoo-Yess River estuaries, Makah Bay, WA 5. Julia Parrish/Hillary Burgess, UW COASST: Life History and Death History: What can beached birds tell us about seabird populations in Washington? 6. Jon Schmidt, WA CoastSavers: Support for Three Coast-wide Beach Cleanups 7. Kathryn Kurtz/Lauren Rodriguez/Nicole Harris, Pacific Education Institute: Ocean Science Workshop 8. L.J. Fletcher/Chris Butler-Minor, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation: Bridging the Gap: Continuations of Citizen Science Marine Debris Monitoring on the Washington Coast Discussion followed on the merits of all projects, with consensus to eliminate the Bridging the Gap project that ranked eighth since there was not enough funding. The group decided to fund the top seven ranked projects, as follows: 1. West End Natural Resources Newsletter: $8000 (original request) 2. RainFest: $2000 (cut by $730) 3. Shoreline Dynamics on the Olympic Coast: $8756 (cut by 20%) 4. Assessment and management of invasive European green crab: $8030.20 (cut by 20%) 5. Life History and Death History: $18,531.20 (cut by 20%) 6. Ocean Science Workshop: $7002.40 (cut by 20%) 7. Support for Three Coast-wide Beach Cleanups: $10,000 (cut by $19,960) Consensus was to adopt the list as discussed above and ask the project sponsors if they are able to implement the projects with the amended budgets. If the sponsors agree to move forward with the decreased budgets, Tami Pokorny will send the requests to WDFW for approval. Oil and Gas Lease Sales on Washington Coast *Jennifer Hagen will draft her thoughts for an outline for a letter in objection to the sales and send it out to the group. Marine Debris Conference Chiggers Stokes was going to comment on the conference, but he was absent. Toleak Marine Debris Caches Jill Silver gave an update on the effort to pack out marine debris from caches; Tami Pokorny and John Hunter also participated. Updates Marine Debris (All) This topic was discussed under Toleak Marine Debris Caches. Washington Coast Marine Advisory Council/Marine Spatial Planning The last meeting was held on 12/25/17. The group discussed the future of the council now that the Marine Spatial Plan has been released. Rich Osborne said that offshore aquaculture, offshore wind energy and oil shipping are some of the topics the council will be working on. Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council The last meeting was held on 12/8/17. Jennifer Hagen said topics included the hypoxia situation off the north coast and ocean acidification. West Coast Ocean Partnership NPC MRC 1/16/2018 DRAFT Meeting Summary 3 Jennifer Hagen said their last meeting was very productive, and the next objective is to form a work plan. Fossil Fuels Related (All) The topic was addressed earlier under Oil and Gas Lease Sales on Washington Coast. Administration and Fiscal Agent Update Tami Pokorny announced that two citizen seats are needed for Clallam County representatives and one for Jefferson County. *Deborah Kucipeck will send out the Clallam County application so Jennifer Hagen can give it to interested contacts. Next Agenda (February 20th): The next NPC MRC Meeting will be held at the ONRC in Forks on February 20th. Public Comments/General There were no public comments. Adjourn at 6:04 PM (01:59:00 on the counter) Draft summary compiled by Rebekah Brooks. *Jennifer Hagen will draft her thoughts for an outline for a letter in objection to the oil and gas lease sales and send it out to the group. *Deborah Kucipeck will send out the Clallam County application so Jennifer Hagen can give it to interested contacts.