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Home My WebLink About051120_ca10 615 Sheridan Street j� off- Port Townsend, WA 98368 (Maw)n www.JeffersonCountyPublicHealth.org Consent Agenda Public Hea fi l April 24,2020 JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST TO: Board of County Commissioners Philip Morley, County Administrator FROM: Pinky Mingo, Interim Environmental Public Health Director Tami Pokorny, Natural Resources Program Coordinator DATE: 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; July 1, 2019—June 30, 2021; Additional $118,400 for a total of$159,200 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) agreement; July 1, 2019—June 30, 2021; Additional $118,400 for a total of$159,200. ANALYSIS/STRATEGIC GOALS/PRO'S and CON'S: This amendment adds 8 tasks 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) agreement; July 1, 2019—June 30, 2021; Additional $118,400 for a total of$159,200. REVIE D BY: • Morley, ty A minis trator Date Community Health Environmental Public Health Developmental Disabilities 360-385-9444 360-385-9400 (f)360-379-4487 360-385-9401 (f) Always working for a safer and healthier community i - _. Washington Department of FISHana ��,� WILDLIFE GRANT AMENDMENT TITLE: North Pacific Coast MRC 19-21 WDFW NUMBER: 19-14171 CONTRACTOR: Jefferson County AMENDMENT NUMBER: 1 AMENDMENT VALUE: $118,400 AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE DATE: CONTRACT END DATE: July 1, 2019 June 30, 2021 The above-referenced Contract between the State of Washington, Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW); and Jefferson County is hereby amended as follows: AMEND Agreement Section — E I Compensation/Payment The Agreement value is increased by$118,400 for work authorized under this Amendment. This Amendment brings the AWARD allowed under this Agreement to$159,200.00 AMEND Attachment C I Statement of Work Task 1 —increase costs New Tasks numbered 3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10 are added under this Amendment. Operations—Task 1:MRC Coordination Cost is increased from$40,000 adding$38,200. Cost $78,200 Projects-Task 2: Washington Coastal Marine Advisory Council Representation No change.Cost remains at$800 Projects—Task 3: CoastSavers—Coordination of Coastwide Beach Cleanups The Washington Coast Cleanup(WCC)will occur on April 18, 2020 and April 17,2021.This annual,coast-wide volunteer beach cleanup regularly attracts over 1,000 volunteers.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 our beaches.On September 19, 2020,the International Coastal Cleanup(ICC)will include the entire Washington Coast with the help of Coastsavers recruitment efforts and online registration system.This task addresses the program benchmarks: Marine Habitats,Coastal Communities,and Education and Outreach. Cost: $10,000 Deliverable 3a: NPC MRC will provide written summary reports of the April 2020 and September 2020 cleanups including: (1) List of beaches in Clallam and Jefferson Counties with description of cleanup effort(2) Number of volunteers who participated in each county(3)Total amount of waste(by tons)and general descriptions of waste type removed from beaches in each county(4)Successes,troubles and lessons learned. (WCC 2020 due May 31,2020, ICC 2020 due January 30,2021,WCC 2021 due May 31,2021) Deliverable 3b: Submit a final report form. (Due June 15,2021) Projects—Task 4:Jefferson County—Outreach Activities including River&Ocean Film Festival and Newsletter Jefferson County Public Health and the North Pacific Coast MRC will present the River&Ocean Film Festival at the Rainforest Arts Center in Forks in spring of 2020 and 2021 and 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.These tasks 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, WDFW#19-15271 Page 1 of 3 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: $9,000 Deliverable 4a: Newsletter(Newsletter 2020 due August 30,2020 Newsletter 2021 due June 30,2021) Deliverable 4b: Presentation of the Film Festival(Festival 2020 due June 30,2020 and Festival 2021 due June 30, 2021) Deliverable 4c: Submit a final report form.(Due June 30,2021) Projects—Task 5:University of Washington—Origin and Erosion of Rialto Beach and Terrace:Implications for Ongoing Geological Hazards The University of Washington, in partnership with Washington Sea Grant,will produce a technical report about the age and hazard implications of the formation of the low elevation terrace at Rialto Beach including an intertidal and terrace edge survey, results of historical shoreline change analysis and recommendations for data repository and population of a scientific database. This task addresses the program benchmarks: Marine Habitats by surveying marine resources to better define physical characteristics of intertidal beach habitats and understanding and evaluating erosion and promoting sound sediment management practices,surveying and mapping marine and estuarine resources to better define physical and biological characteristics of marine habitats,and providing data to make scientifically based recommendations about management tools to protect marine and estuarine habitats,as well as Sound Science and Education and Outreach. Cost: $11,000 Deliverable 5a: Technical Report(Due June 15,2021) Deliverable 5b: Submit a final report form. (Due June 15,2021) Projects—Task 6:Western Washington University—Predation of invasive European Green Crab by river otters on the lower Wa'atch and Tsoo-Yess rivers,Washington Western Washington University, in partnership with the Makah Tribe,will identify prey species present in river otter scats and produce a report in order to answer the questions: 1)Are river otters consuming green crabs in these rivers and are they are preferred prey item, if so?2) If yes,does this consumption differ between areas of low and high green crab abundance?and 3) How does this consumption vary over the seasons?This project will provide information about the local food web in Makah Bay and may offer one or more strategies for mitigating green crab establishment.This project directly addresses the Marine Life benchmark by documenting the consumption of green crab by river otters.The project will also directly address the Sound Science benchmark to collect high quality data utilizing established scientific protocols in order to inform decisions regarding mitigation of green crabs. Cost: $20,250 Deliverable 6a: Technical Report(Due June 15,2021) Deliverable 6b: Submit a final report form. (Due June 15,2021) Projects—Task 7: Pacific Education Institute(PEI)-Ocean Science Workshop Over three days in summer 2020,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 the topic of ocean benefits including the economic benefits provided by the fishing and tourism industries and how a healthy ocean environment mitigates climate change, provides a source of food, and serves as critical fish and wildlife habitat.Teachers will explore how humans benefit from the ocean in four key ways: economically,environmentally, recreationally,and health and include a blend of field investigations and guest speakers from local community partners,such as natural resource and recreation industry professionals or members of regional conservation groups.This project is consistent with the benchmark Education and Outreach. Cost: $5,021 Deliverable 7a: Teacher Workshop(Due September 30,2020) Deliverable 7b: Submit a final report form, including at least five photos.(Due June 15,2021) Projects—Task 8:Prince William Sound Science Center(PWSSC) —Spatial and temporal patterns of bacterial gill disease in razor clams The PWSSC, in partnership with Olympic National Park,will utilize a new diagnostic tool(qPCR)they have developed to further characterize the bacterial gill disease in razor clams caused by infection with an intracellular proteobacterium known as Nuclear Inclusion X(NIX). NIX is hypothesized to have caused significant mortality of adult clams in Washington in the 1980s and 2000s. WDFW#19-15271 Page 2 of 3 Analyses will be performed on more than 500 archived clam samples with a focus on Kalaloch Beach,where adult survival is particularly low.The project will benchmark the qPCR tool against samples collected during periods of suspected epizootics in order to create a quantitative record of NIX infections that will aid in identifying disease drivers,quantifying disease impacts,and informing resource management.The project addresses the benchmarks Marine Life, by identifying actions such as pathogen surveillance,.that protects a species of interest and concern and will promote Sound Science by generating data and the potential for a peer-reviewed scientific publication and Coastal Communities by providing management support for sustainable razor clam fisheries. Cost: $16,000 Deliverable 8a: Technical Report(Due June 15,2021) Deliverable 8b: Submit a final report form. (Due June 15,2021) Projects—Task 9:National Marine Sanctuary Foundation—MATE ROV Competitions The project will provide support for implementation of the 2020 and 2021 Marine Advanced Technology and Education(MATE) "Olympic Coast Remotely Operated Vehicle(ROV)Competition—Students engineering solutions to global problems"and one MATE workshop to educators in Pacific and Wahkiakum Counties.The project addresses the benchmark Education and Outreach by providing students with experience in critical thinking,teamwork and problem-solving and by supporting expansion of the MATE ROV-mentorship program across the Washington Coast. Coastal Communities by leveraging a large science project to inform resource management and the public while directly engaging coastal residents. Cost: $3,729 Deliverable 8a: MATE ROV competitions in spring 2020 and 2021 (MATE 2020 due June 15,2020, MATE 2021 due June 15,2021) Deliverable 8b: Submit a final report, including at least 5 photos. (Due June 15,2021) Projects—Task 10:Annual Marine Resource Committee Summit t Each fall, members of the four coastal MRCs convene to participate, interact,and learn of updates on various topics important to the coastal MRC members. This is an invaluable meeting of the entire coast MRC to share ideas,share struggles, and provide a framework for the future of the coastal MRC Program. This task aims at providing funding to aid in the event facilities and catering for this annual event. This task addresses the program benchmarks: Marine Habitats, Marine Life, Marine and Fresh Water Quality,Sound Science,and Education and Outreach and Coastal Communities. Cost: $5,200 Deliverable 10a: Host the 2019 Summit Event. (Completed October, 2019) Deliverable 10b: A summary of the 2019 Summit Event, including at least five photos of the event. (June 30,2020) 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 SIGNATURE AND DATE PRINTED NAME AND TITLE PRINTED NAME AND TITLE Apgfovedast fo onl : c. / y Date: .5/�? WDFW;<f19 15271 Philip C. Hunsucker,Chief Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Page 3 of 3 Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney's Office