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JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
FROM: Pinky Mingo,Environmental Public Health Director
Tami Pokorny,Natural Resources Program Coordinator
DATE: October 19, 2020
SUBJECT: Letter to Governor Inslee supporting Washington Coast
Restoration and Resiliency (WCRRI) Capital Budget Request
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Pubic Health with Jill Silver, 10,000 Years Institute,requests the Commissioners approve the proposed
letter to Governor Inslee in support of the RCO Washington Coast Restoration and Resiliency(WCRRI)
capital budget request.
ANALYSIS/STRATEGIC GOALS/PRO'S and CON'S:
Since 2015,the Washington Coast Restoration and Resiliency Initiative(WCRRI,
https://rco.wa.gov/grant/washington-coast-restoration-and-resiliency-initiative),administered by the
Recreation and Conservation Office(RCO),has supported ecosystem and economic resiliency by
restoring coastal Washington's watersheds and coastlines. Funded projects in western Jefferson County
include Pulling Together in Restoration(10,000 Years Institute),the Middle Hoh River Resiliency Plan
(JCEPH), and Hoh and Clearwater River Riparian Restoration(The Nature Conservancy),and Upper
Quinault River(Quinault Indian Nation)projects.
Jill Silver,executive director of 10,000 Years Institute,will present this letter to Governor Inslee that
requests $15 million for WCRRI in his 2021-23 capital budget for projects spanning five coastal counties.
Projects support family-wage jobs to remove fish barriers,reconnect floodplains,reduce flood risk,and to
address invasive plants and climate change.
In Jefferson County,the current request includes additional funding for Pulling Together in Restoration,
Upper Quinault River Restoration,and initiates the Bogachiel River Restoration and Resiliency
Assessment(Quileute Tribe)projects. Alternate projects include fish passage design for Oil City Road
project proposed by Trout Unlimited.
Submission of the letter is requested on October 19, 2020.
FISCAL IMPACT/COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS:
There is no fiscal impact to the county's General Fund for supporting the WCRRI capital budget request.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Public Health recommends that the County Commissioner sign the letter to Governor Inslee in support of
the Washington Coast Restoration and Resiliency(WCRRI)capital budget request.
REVIEWED BY:
Philip Morl yew, Coo} ity Administr
Community Health Environmental Health
Developmental Disabilities Water Quality
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The Honorable Jay Inslee
Governor of Washington
Office of the Governor
P.O.Box 40002
Olympia,WA 98504-0002
October 19th,2020
Dear Governor Inslee,
The Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson County writes to thank you and request your continued
strong support for one of our state's best combined economic and environmental capital programs,the
Washington Coast Restoration and Resiliency Initiative(WCRRI).
Since 2015,the Washington Coast Restoration and Resiliency Initiative(WCRRI), administered
by the Recreation and Conservation Office(RCO), has invested in economic resilience by
supporting jobs in ecological restoration along Washington's coast-where unemployment is high,and
healthy natural resources are essential to the well-being of our communities and ecosystems. WCRRI
provides consistent funding to address diverse,ongoing restoration needs,and an opportunity to offer
more good-paying jobs to both skilled workers and youth along our coast. Over the past five years,the
program has supported more than 400 family-wage jobs,replaced 34 fish barriers,opened 95 miles of
stream,and restored more than 3,600 acres of upland and riparian habitat. With a$15 million capital
investment for the 2021-23 biennium,project sponsors estimate WCRRI will support 113 jobs.
Among the 2021 WCRRI projects are plans to reconnect floodplains,recover rare and endangered plant
and animal species,address noxious weeds and invasive plants,restore wildlife habitat,improve fishery
sustainability,and decommission a Forest Service road. In coastal Jefferson County specifically,the
current request includes additional funding for the coastal Pulling Together in Restoration program
(10,000 Years Institute—25 jobs),Upper Quinault River restoration(Quinault Indian Nation— 14 jobs),
and initiates the Bogachiel River restoration and resiliency assessment(Quileute Tribe—6 jobs).
In addition to expanding economic and outdoor recreation opportunities,WCRRI projects help
communities reduce their flood risk and meet other challenges of climate change. By supporting locally
driven projects prioritizing urgent ecological restoration needs,WCRRI also leverages$2.6 million in
other funding sources and complements related community-development and environmental restoration
efforts.
We ask for your support for$15 million in capital funding for RCO to continue providing WCRRI
opportunities to Washington's coast, to improve lives and living standards,help communities recover
from the impacts of COVID-19,restore ecosystems,provide good jobs,and connect communities to
nature and each other.
Respectfully,