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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 Health and Water Quality
Director
Tami Pokorny, Natural Resources Program Coordinator
DATE: December 8, 2020
SUBJECT: Request to appoint Wendy Feltham to serve a 2-year term on the
North Pacific Coast Marine Resources Committee (NPC MRC) as
a Jefferson County Citizen Representative in the category of
"Scientific Community"
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Public Health requests that the County Commissioners appoint Wendy Feltham to serve a 2-year term on
the North Pacific Coast Marine Resources Committee as a Jefferson County citizen representative in the
category of "Scientific Community".
ANALYSIS/STRATEGIC GOALS/PRO'S and CON'S:
Two vacancies on the NPC MRC, for citizen volunteers to represent the Scientific Community or
Economic Groups, were advertised in the Peninsula Daily News on November 5th, 2020. Ms. Feltham
expressed interest by the November 20th deadline. She was the only applicant. On December 7th, NPC
MRC members Jill Silver (Conservation/Environmental Groups), Julie Ann Koehlinger (Hoh Tribe), and
Tamil Pokorny (Jefferson County) interviewed Ms. Feltham, and they all recommend her highly to
represent the Scientific Community.
Ms. Feltham is a retired elementary school teacher. She completed the Jefferson Land Trust's Northwest
Naturalist Program in 2012 and cofounded the organization's Natural History Society. Since moving to
the area almost 10 years ago, she has become fascinated by the marine environment. She completed the
WSU Beachwatchers program in 2013, and has volunteered regularly at the Port Townsend Marine
Science Center (PTMSC) as a photographer, cleaning tanks, leading low tide walks for the public, and
making presentations for other volunteers. She's also been involved with several citizen science projects
sponsored by the PTMSC and is an avid birder.
FISCAL IMPACT/COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS:
There is no fiscal impact to the county's General Fund for reappointing Ms. Feltham to a first 2-year term
on the NPC MRC.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Public Health requests that the County Commissioners appoint Wendy Feltham to serve a 2-year term on
the NPC MRC as a Jefferson County citizen representative in the category of "Scientific Community".
REVIEWED BY:
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Philip Morley, unty Adm'
Community Health Environmental Health
Developmental Disabilities Water Quality
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