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Public Healt
September 13, 2018
HEARING FORM
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
FROM: Michael Dawson,Water Quality Manager
Tami Pokorny, Natural Resources Program Coordinator
DATE: September 17,2018
SUBJECT: Agenda Request: Setting a Public Hearing Date and Publishing a Public
Hearing Notice on the Conservation Futures Applications for 2018.
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Environmental Public Health requests BoCC approval of a Public Hearing Notice to take comments
regarding the five Conservation Futures project applications submitted for consideration during the 2018
funding round. The notice is to be published on September 19th in the Port Townsend&Jefferson County
Leader. The hearing is tentatively scheduled for Monday, October 1,2018 at 10:15 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 2018 Chimacum Forest(Short's Forest),Dabob Bay Natural Area Addition, Marrowstone
Mize, Ruby Ranch Preservation, and Snow Creek Middle Reach Forest Protection projects will be accepted
from the date of publication until the close of the Commissioners' 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, Environmental Public Health recommends that the BoCC approve the
Public Hearing Notice to hold the hearing on October 1,2018 at 10:15 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, October 1, 2018 at 10:15 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 five projects submitted for consideration during
the 2018 conservation futures funding cycle. Conservation futures funds available to projects in
2018 total $275,000. The total amount requested by the five applications is $370,385. 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@cojefferson.wa.us. The projects are summarized as follows:
1. Chimacum Forest(Short's Forest), $140,000 towards the fee simple acquisition of two parcels
totaling 65 acres of rural residential and rural forest lands with mature, mixed species forest on
the east side of Center Valley as a component of the Chimacum ridge community forest project.
The proposed match of$1,952,000 would include funding from the U.S. Forest Service,the U.S.
Navy REPI Program, and private contributions. Jefferson Land Trust is the project sponsor and
applicant. Project location: Sec. 23 26 &27, T. 29N, R. 1W.
2. Dabob Bay Natural Area Addition,$100,000 towards the fee simple acquisition of one parcel
of 5.1 acres of rural residential land, including areas of forest, bluff shoreline, and beach, for
possible inclusion in the Washington Dept. of Natural Resources Dabob Bay Natural Area. The
source of the proposed match of$223,100 would be a National Coastal Wetland Conservation
Grant. Northwest Watershed Institute is the project sponsor and applicant. Project location: Sec.
17, T. 28N, R. 1W.
3. Marrowstone Mize, $45,000 towards the purchase of a conservation easement on 35.2 acres of
undeveloped rural residential land in nine parcels, located one mile south of Fort Flagler State
Park, as open space for wildlife, future agriculture and compatible recreation. The source of the
proposed match of$180,000 is a donation of the property's value by the current landowner.
Jefferson Land Trust is the project sponsor. Marrowstone Preserve LLC is the applicant. Project
location: Sec. 29, T. 30N, R. 1E.
4. Ruby Ranch Preservation, $60,000 towards the purchase of a conservation easement on
approximately sixty acres in two parcels bordering the east fork of Chimacum Creek in Beaver
Valley about three miles south of Chimacum for agriculture and as a wildlife corridor. A
matching contribution of$90,000 would be provided by the U.S. Navy REPI Program. Jefferson
Land Trust is the project sponsor. Joseph and Val Goularte are the project applicants. Project
location: Sec. 25 and 36, T. 29N, R. 1W.
5. Snow Creek Middle Reach Forest Protection, $25,385 towards the fee-simple acquisition of
four parcels of rural residential land totaling 8.7 acres located on both sides of Snow Creek near
the junction of Highways 101 and 104 for floodplain, mature native forest and fish and wildlife
habitat. A grant of$124,015 from the RCO Salmon Recovery Funding Board would be the
source of match. Jefferson Land Trust is the project sponsor and applicant. Project location: Sec.
2, T. 28N, R. 2W.
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"Departments", "Board of County Commissioners", and then"Conservation Futures"
on left side of page. For more information, contact Tami Pokorny by phone: (360) 379-4498 or
tpokorny@cojefferson.wa.us
JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
David Sullivan, Chair
Kate Dean, Member
Kathleen Kler, Member