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Consent Agenda
August 28, 2020
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
Pinky Mingo, Environmental Public Health Director
Tami Pokorny, Natural Resources Program Coordinator
DATE:
SUBJECT: Agenda Item — Amendment No. 1 to Resolution 78-2009 Establishing the North
Pacific Coast Marine Resources Committee with Clallam County
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Jefferson County Public Health requests approval of Amendment No. 1 to the Resolution 78-2009 Establishing
the North Pacific Coast Marine Resources Committee with Clallam County.
ANALYSIS/STRATEGIC GOALS/PRO'S and COWS:
The purpose of this amendment is to amend Clallam County Commission Resolution 50-09 adopted on
September 15, 2009 and Jefferson County Commission Resolution 78-2009 adopted on September 8, 2009,
which created the North Pacific Coast Marine Resources Committee, to add University of Washington Olympic
Natural Resources Center and Washington Sea Grant so that non -voting seats on that Committee shall now
include the following state and federal government agencies:
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Olympic National Park
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
U.S. Coast Guard
University of Washington Olympic Natural Resources Center
Washington Sea Grant
The University of Washington staff members from the Olympic Natural Resources Center (ONRC) and
Washington Sea Grant regularly participate in the North Pacific Coast Marine Resources Committee meetings
and events and provide invaluable expertise and program support.
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RESOLUTION , 2020 RESOLUTION
AMENDING THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE
THE NORTH PACIFIC COAST MARINE RESOURCES COMMITTEE FOR
WESTERN CLALLAM AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES
THE JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND THE CLALLAM COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS find as follows:
1. The University of Washington staff members from the Olympic Natural Resources Center
(ONRC) and Washington Sea Grant regularly participate in the North Pacific Coast Marine
Resources Committee meetings and events and provide invaluable expertise and program support.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners and the
Clallam County Board of Commissioners in consideration of the above finding of fact:
Do hereby amend Clallam County Commission Resolution 50-09 adopted on September 15, 2009
and Jefferson County Commission Resolution 78-2009 adopted on September 8, 2009, which
created the North Pacific Coast Marine Resources Committee so that non -voting seats on that
Committee shall include the following state and federal government agencies:
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Olympic National Park
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
U.S. Coast Guard
University of Washington Olympic Natural Resources Center
Washington Sea Grant
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of September 2020
CLALLAM COUNTY BOARD COMMISSIONERS JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mark Ozias, Chair
Randy Johnson, Member
Bill Peach, Member
ATTEST:
Greg Brotherton, Chair
Kate Dean, Member
David Sullivan, Member
ATTEST:
Lon] Gores, Clerk of the Board Carolyn Galloway, Deputy Clerk of the Board
RESOLUTION -2009 RESOLUTION w4 ON coG\
ESTABLISHING THE NORTH PACIFIC COAST MARINE RESOURCES
COMMITTEE FOR WESTERN CLALLAM AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES
THE CLALLAM COUNTY AND JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS find as follows:
The Clallam and Jefferson Boards of County Commissioners recognize that the marine waters of the
north Pacific coast represent an unparalleled resource of important environmental and economic
value to the people of the region, and the tribal state and federal governments for now and future
generations.
The Boards wish to actively promote local conservation, restoration, and improved understanding of
the Counties' marine resources by supporting research and education about these waters.
The Washington State Legislature adopted Chapter 36.125 of the Revised Code of Washington to
allow counties to establish Marine Resources Committees to provide an ecosystem focus on the
responsible use of marine resources within Washington State's Pacific Coastline and to help mobilize
science to focus on key priorities.
4. The Exploratory Marine Resources Committee, at the request of the Boards, studied the formation of
a Marine Resources Committee in western Clallam and Jefferson Counties, including outlining a
vision and developing work plans for projects, and has issued a positive recommendation for its
formation.
5. The Exploratory Marine Resources Committee determined that it would serve the interests of both
counties to work together to form a new Marine Resources Committee to represent the needs and
interests of residents living in north Pacific coastal communities.
6. The Boards' desire to protect the local marine environment and contribute to the overall protection
of the marine environment of Washington State's Pacific Coastline by forming a single Western
Clallam and Jefferson Counties Marine Resources Committee pursuant to Chapter 36.125 RCW,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Clallam and Jefferson County Commissioners in
consideration of the above findings of fact:
1. Hereby establishes a joint Western Clallam and Jefferson Counties Marine Resources Committee
whose mission is to: address local marine issues, recommend remedial actions to local, state, tribal,
and federal authorities; build local awareness of the issues and support for remedies consistent with
the interim "Benchmarks of Performance" as adopted by the Coastal MRC Work Group on January 7,
2009 including specific tasks identified in "Exhibit A."
2. Both counties reserve the right to divest of the organization and form independent Marine Resources
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PASSED AN`/�1day of September 2009
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BOARD ,/JEFF SON COI OMMISSIONERS
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Stephen r. Tharinger
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ATTEST:
Trish Holden, CMC, Clerk of the Board
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Erin Lundgren, Deputy Clerk of he Board
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EXHIBIT A
Purpose: To understand, steward, and restore the marine and estuarine ecological processes of the
north Pacific coast of Washington in support of ecosystem health, sustainable marine resource -based
livelihoods, cultural integrity, and coastal communities.
Powers and Duties:
1. Advise the Boards of County Commissioners about research, education, and regulatory measures
necessary to protect and restore the marine resources of the Counties.
2. Promote specific projects to achieve the protection, restoration, and enhancement of the marine
resources of the Counties.
3. Advise the Boards of County Commissioners about efforts that should be developed or encouraged
to promote conservation, protection, and restoration of marine habitats and resources.
4. Help assess marine resources problems and the need for preventative or corrective measures in
concert with governmental, nongovernmental, tribal, recreational, and commercial interests.
5. Help identify implications, needs, and strategies associated with sustaining marine species in and
around the Counties, in concert with the above -mentioned entities.
6. Coordinate activities with the State Ocean Caucus and the Washington Departments of Fish and
Wildlife and Ecology to promote the recommendations of the Washington Ocean Action Plan.
7. Reach out to the public and other key constituents on the link between healthy marine habitat and
healthy resources.
8. Report annually to the Boards of County Commissioners on its activities and recommendations.
Membership: There shall be up to 13 voting members selected by the Board of County Commissioners to
ensure that the membership of the committee is balanced and representative. The voting members shall
include seats for up to three local residents from Clallam County and up to three local residents from
Jefferson County and one seat for each the following governments:
• Clallam County
• Jefferson County
• The City of Forks
• The Makah Tribe
• The Quileute Tribe
• The Hoh Tribe
• The Quinault Nation
The voting members shall, in total, include representation for each of the following categories:
• Conservation/Environmental Groups
• Recreational Groups
• Economic Groups
• Scientific Community
Non -voting seats shall include the following state and federal government agencies:
• Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
• Olympic National Park
• Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
• U.S. Coast Guard
Members shall serve staggered two-year terms and select a chair and develop bylaws by majority vote.
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