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Home My WebLink About20141211_CWDACminutesAlways working for a safer and healthier community 615 Sheridan Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 www.JeffersonCountyPublicHealth.org Community Health Environmental Health Developmental Disabilities Water Quality 360-385-9400 360-385-9444 360-385-9401 (f) (f) 360-379-4487 Clean Water District Advisory Council Pacific Room, Jefferson County Public Health 615 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend WA 98368 Thursday, December 11, 2014 2:30‐4:30 p.m. MEETING MINUTES Attending: Dana Ecelberger, Richard Wojt, Zoe Lamp, Amy Leitman, Gordon King, Ashley Watkins, Amy Georgeson, Richard Hull, David Sullivan, David King. Absent: Peter Downey Staff: Jared Keefer, Michael Dawson, Ashley Watkins The December 11, 2014 meeting of the Clean Water District Advisory Council was called to order at 2:33 pm by Michael Dawson INTRODUCTIONS Introductions were made. AGENDA AND MINUTES APPROVAL Mr. Dawson proposed adding five minute announcement section after introductions. Richard Wojt moved to approve the meeting agenda as amended. Gordon King seconded the motion. No further discussion. The motion was unanimously approved. Mr. Dawson called for review of the September 24, 2014 Clean Water District Advisory Council meeting minutes. Richard Hull moved to approve the September 24, 2014 Clean Water District Advisory Council meeting minutes as presented. David King Seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. ANNOUNCEMENTS Jefferson County Public Health released a health advisory due to flooding in the south county in the last several days. Issues include wells and septic systems flooding, and an emergency shellfish closure in the south county area. HOOD CANAL WATERSHED PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS The Hood Canal Watershed project, encompassing 3 project areas in the County, is wrapping up this month. This project, which began in December 2010 in partnership with the Jefferson County Conservation District, built on two earlier water quality projects. Goals included monitoring water quality, identifying pollution sources, and engaging in education and outreach. Mr. Dawson presented and reviewed a slide show of the project goals, tasks, outcomes and follow up projects. Always working for a safer and healthier community Community Health Environmental Health Developmental Disabilities Water Quality 360-385-9400 360-385-9444 360-385-9401 (f) (f) 360-379-4487 REVIEW DRAFT WATER QUALITY PLAN The Draft Water Quality Plan document is still a working draft. Most of the changes suggested in the September Clean Water District Advisory meeting have been incorporated in the current draft. Gordon King suggested including the local tribes in the introduction, for their economic and cultural contribution, in addition to references later in the document. Ms. Ecelberger noted comma placement and spelling errors, Suggested: introduction last paragraph “freshwater...etc.” sentence rearrangement to place Lake Leland before cyanobacterial reference. Dana will send the document markups regarding spelling and grammar for inclusion. Mr. Hull: Goals, page 4. Possible clarification needed regarding whether the goals are for the document, or for the plan itself. Page 21, addresses goals of the document (possible correction/alteration). Introduction (page 4, 5) includes goals for the program and public health goals. Suggested replacing page 4 intro with language from page 21. David King suggested altering goal header language to action/goal (noun/verb) language. Gordon King suggested including a better photograph of oyster culture. He will email a better photograph for inclusion. Mr. Hull: pg 25 – noted that there’s a placeholder for other natural resources. Suggested that it’s important to acknowledge the overlap, but not to lose focus. Gordon King suggested changing language “for generations” to “for thousands of years.” Ms. Leitman suggested referring to the Point No Point Treaty Council for appropriate language for inclusion in the draft. Or Kathy Duncan at the Jamestown Sklallam tribe. Gordon King suggested adding language and reference of the 100+ jobs in the south county generated by aquaculture. This number excludes tribes. Mr. King will seek firm numbers specific to the county for inclusion. Mr. Dawson included Kitsap Counties table in the “trends” section, hoping to work toward Jefferson County producing a similar analysis. David King suggested language “Establish standards and trends” in the heading under 3.4 to establish that this is something the county is going to do (action item). Mr. Keefer suggested including section outlining expressed support for managed stormwater efforts. Ms. Ecelberger suggested including information about “first storm event” issues. Mr. Hull suggested that hard data may not be necessary in the correlation and comparison section. Suggested removing the hard data and replacing with “For example, in Jefferson County, recent data suggests that…” (Referring to the included drawings). Always working for a safer and healthier community Community Health Environmental Health Developmental Disabilities Water Quality 360-385-9400 360-385-9444 360-385-9401 (f) (f) 360-379-4487 David King suggested removing the acronyms. Ms. Ecelberger suggested including information about contaminants/nutrients moving through soils at different rates. She’ll ask Glenn Gately to pick out some of that data and forward it to Mr. Dawson. David King suggested adding language in 2.1 about specific area for projects. They’re district/geographic oriented. “…in specific areas.” Mr. Sullivan suggested correlating the project areas with the shoreline designations in the Shoreline Master Program. UPCOMING BUSINESS Prioritized work plan The next step of the water quality plan process is a prioritized work plan, once the draft plan is finalized. Proposed 2015 meeting schedule Michael Dawson proposed a schedule is for 2015 Clean Water District Advisory Council meetings: Quarterly, 2nd Thursday of 2nd month in quarter 2:30 – 4:30 pm Pacific Room, JCPH February 12, 2:30‐4:30 pm May 14, 2:30‐4:30 pm August 13, 2:30‐4:30 pm November 12, 2:30‐4:30 pm Gordon King moved to adopt the 2015 Clean Water District Advisory Council meeting schedule as presented. Richard Wojt seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. Citizen position District 2 Citizen position, District 2 seat on the CWADC will be opening in 2015. Amy Leitman is currently holding the position, and has indicated that she will apply for the position again. The position will be advertised later in December 2014 with a deadline in early January 2015. Further Comment: Ms. Ecelberger suggested forming a grant collaborative for concentrated work on grant writing. The group would serve as a clearing‐house/think tank for funding. PUBLIC COMMENT None The December 11, 2014 meeting of the Jefferson County Clean Water District Advisory Council was adjourned by Michael Dawson at 4:37 p.m.