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HomeMy WebLinkAbout122120_electronic_CorrLearn More // Donate Thomas Kline/Getty Images/First Light From:Wild Fish Conservancy To:jeffbocc Subject:Member Alert: Vote for WFC"s board in the 2020 election! Date:Thursday, December 10, 2020 8:02:45 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Cast Your Vote in the 2020 Board Election, to be counted at Wild Fish Conservancy's Virtual Annual Meeting Vote any time between now and Sunday December 20th at 5 pm PST Wild Fish Conservancy Members, We're holding our 2020 Annual Meeting virtually on Monday December 21st, 2020. There are currently two Board positions to renew for the upcoming year. The following Board members have been nominated for re-election for three year terms beginning in 2021: Vote Now! Board Position 5: Dr. Jack Stanford Professor Emeritus at Flat Head Lake Biological Station of the University of Montana Board Position 6: Dr. Steve Conroy Senior Ecologist with the King County Department of Transportation Thank you to our members for participating in this year's election! Please cast your votes online no later than 5 pm PST on Sunday December 20, 2020. Cast Your Vote Now! Jack Stanford is Professor Emeritus at the Flathead Lake Biological Station of The University of Montana, where he has worked since 1972. He has graduated 13 PhD and 28 MS students and published over 220 scientific papers. Professor Stanford is most noted for his long-term studies in the 18,200 km 2 Flathead River-Lake Ecosystem in Montana and British Columbia that demonstrated the 4 dimensional nature of rivers, ecological connectivity of aquatic systems, and food web cascades caused by introduction of nonnative species. In 1999 Dr. Stanford began long term research on a suite of observatory salmon rivers in Kamchatka, Argentina, Alaska, and Washington, Montana and British Columbia. The research focuses on cross-site comparisons of salmon and steelhead phenology, adaptation and productivity and relationships with brown bears and other consumer species. Professor Stanford has served on many national and international science review panels and editorial boards concerning issues such as climate warming, endangered species and water quantity and quality. He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science in 2000. In 2004 Professor Stanford received the Award of Excellence of the Society for Freshwater Science, and in 2011 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for River Science. He resides on the Twisp River, Washington, with wife, Bonnie. Dr. Steve Conroy is a Senior Ecologist with the King County Department of Transportation where he directs fish passage restoration projects, conducts research on the reconstruction of steep stream reaches, and provides biological support in policy and regulation development. Dr. Conroy has been a researcher at Case Western Reserve University, the University of Washington, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. He has been a Senior Ecologist with the King County Department of Development and Environmental Services, and a past Director of Science and Research at Wild Fish Conservancy. Dr. Conroy earned an Honors degree in Biochemistry and his PhD in protein chemistry from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. He has authored peer-reviewed scientific/biomedical publications as well as articles about ecology and wild-fish conservation. Learn more about WFC's current board members on our website. Results of the board election will be available at wildfishconservancy.org following the meeting. Feel free to reach out to info@wildfishconservancy.org with any questions. Thank you for taking part in this election and for supporting Wild Fish Conservancy. Sincerely, Kurt Beardslee Executive Director Wild Fish Conservancy wildfishconservancy.org Copyright © 2020 Wild Fish Conservancy, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Wild Fish Conservancy PO Box 402 Duvall, Wa 98019 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. learn more // donate From:Wild Fish Conservancy To:jeffbocc Subject:New Study: Indigenous Systems of Management for Culturally and Ecologically Resilient Pacific Salmon Fisheries Date:Wednesday, December 9, 2020 6:05:39 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. New Publication Calls for a Return to Historical Indigenous Fishing Practices & Systems of Management to Recover Pacific Salmon Fisheries We're excited to share a new study published today in BioScience which suggests a return to historical Indigenous fishing practices and systems of salmon management are key to revitalizing struggling Pacific Salmon fisheries. This study titled, Indigenous Systems of Management for Culturally and Ecologically Resilient Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) Fisheries, is authored by a collection of accomplished Indigenous leaders and fisheries scientists from the United States and Canada. We're proud to have WFC's own Adrian Tuohy serve as one of the paper's co-authors and to have contributed to this effort through our published research on selective fishing techniques and the need for a shift to place-based fisheries management. Read this Inspiring New Study The paper documents how North Pacific Indigenous communities sustainably harvested salmon for thousands of years by fishing in or near rivers with low-impact selective fishing tools like fish traps, weirs, reef nets, dip nets, and fish wheels. A variety of traditional Indigenous fishing technologies and details of their use. Click Photo to Zoom. After the arrival of European settlers, traditional Indigenous fisheries and governance systems were suppressed, giving way to the mostly unsustainable mixed-stock commercial fishing practices of today that commonly occur in the ocean with non-selective tools, such as gill nets. A comparison of Indigenous and contemporary fishery management systems depicting how decision-making authority is distributed within each system, with insights into their social–ecological performance across five key metrics. Click Photo to Zoom The authors review historical methods of Indigenous salmon fishing and management, exploring the benefits of terminal fisheries. By targeting salmon runs in-river— rather than in the ocean, where both healthy and threatened stocks intermingle— Indigenous people harvested individual, known salmon runs as the fish made their homeward migration to natal rivers. Furthermore, Indigenous groups used low-impact selective fishing tools to selectively target specific salmon runs, similar in concept to Wild Fish Conservancy’s fish trap in the lower Columbia River. This research project, referenced in today's study, enables fishers to safely and selectively release threatened and endangered fish to reach upriver spawning grounds with proven survival rates of 100%. In the conclusion, the authors highlight the failure of status quo management practices to rebuild, or sustainably manage, struggling wild Pacific Salmon populations. Instead, they suggest that restoring governance, place-based management systems, and methods of in-river selective harvest grounded in Indigenous knowledge will help to revitalize Pacific salmon fisheries, resulting in more equitable fishing opportunities for Indigenous and non-Indigenous coastal fishing communities alike. Our congrats and appreciation to lead author Dr. Will Atlas of the Wild Salmon Center for this inspiring new publication. View this email in your browser Copyright © 2020 Wild Fish Conservancy, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Wild Fish Conservancy PO Box 402 Duvall, Wa 98019 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. Read the full Paper DEADLINE DECEMBER 11TH! APPLY TODAY! New WA Small Business COVID Emergency Grants for up to $20,000 From:The Port Townsend Main Street Program To:jeffbocc Subject:DEADLINE DECEMBER 11TH! APPLY TODAY! Date:Thursday, December 10, 2020 10:38:55 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Gov. Jay Inslee has announced a total of $100 million for Round 3 of the Working Washington Small Business grants. Priority will be given to applications received by 5 pm, Dec. 11, 2020 Round 3: Working Washington Business Grants - $100 million Who can apply for Round 3? These grants are prioritized for: Small businesses with annual revenues of $5 million or less in 2019 AND Businesses in the sectors that are most impacted by the recent public health measures or sectors that have experienced significant, cumulative impacts. Examples include full-service restaurants, fitness centers, bowling alleys and music and event venues. Certain nonprofits may also be eligible if they have a primary business activity that falls into a similar category as noted above. Example – a nonprofit full-service restaurant or nonprofit music venue. If Commerce is able to fund all the eligible applicants from the priority pool, and funds remain, we may be able to provide grants to additional businesses or nonprofits from other sectors or who have annual revenues larger than $5 million. The application describes additional criteria. Business owners with multiple locations can apply for each location that has its own unique UBI number. New Grant Opportunities & Business Resources for COVID-19 What does the grant pay for: The maximum award grant will be up to $20,000. The grant can only cover expenses or costs incurred due to COVID-19 and that were necessary to continue business operations. The application includes an eligibility checklist with the following criteria: The expense is connected to the COVID-19 emergency. The expense is “necessary” to continue business operations. The expense is not filling a short fall in government revenues. (i.e. taxes, licenses, state, county, federal and/or city fees) The Business will self–attest that the expense is not funded by any other funder, whether private, State or Federal. The business wouldn’t be requesting assistance with expenses if they had not been impacted COVID-19. The application has more detail regarding what expenses are covered by this grant. How to apply: The online application portal will open this week and a link to the application will appear on this page. Priority will be given to applications received by 5 p.m., Dec. 11, 2020. If Commerce is able to fund all the applicants who submit by that time, we may be able to consider applicants who submit after the 11th. Here is a checklist of the information you’ll need to have ready: Copy of valid government-issued photo I.D. For tribal-member owned businesses: license or certification if business activity is conducted outside the tribal jurisdiction; letter or certification from the tribe recognizing you as a business if business activity is within the tribal jurisdiction. NAICS code or clear description of your primary business activity. A NAICS code is helpful, but not necessary. If you have never used a NAICS code, you can learn more here: What is a NAICS Code?and explore NAICS codes to see which one fits your business. CLICK HERE to APPLY COVID-19 Updates: Today Gov. Inslee announced that he is extending the COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings and restaurants through the Holiday season and into the new year. Inslee on Tuesday also pledged $50 million in additional state aid for businesses, as well as economic safeguards for workers impacted by the pandemic — vowing to step in to provide unemployment benefits for some workers who will lose them if Congress fails to act by the end of the year. In addition to shutting down indoor service at restaurants and bars, Inslee’s order limits outdoor seating to parties of five or fewer. Gyms, fitness centers, bowling alleys and museums must remain closed. Indoor gatherings with people outside of a person’s household are prohibited unless participants have quarantined for at least a week and tested negative for the virus. To read more about the additional state aid CLICK HERE. To learn more about Gov. Inslee's COVID-19 restrictions, CLICK HERE. For all the reasons this season, shop local! Giftcards make great stocking stuffers and help support our local businesses. Washington State Tourism has put together a website where you can purchase giftcards from your favorite local businesses. CLICK HERE for more information! FREE Main Street Marketing Campaign! Sign up today!! The Port Townsend Main Street Program was recently awarded an economic development grant from the First Federal Community Foundation for $65,000 for its Historic Districts Marketing Campaign November 2020-November 2021 to help the historic districts during this challenging time. This year-long marketing campaign supports the sustainability of local businesses, increases Port Townsend’s visibility and re-establishes customer connections. Designed with COVID-19 impacts in mind, the marketing program will promote Port Townsend by implementing small-scale niche events, experiences, and tours to attract people and spending to town. To learn more and sign up, click here. view this email in your browser Copyright © 2020* Port Townsend Main Street Program*, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: 211 Taylor Street Suite 3 Port Townsend, WA 98368 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Call Invite: Operation Lady Justice Update; Report Rollout - TODAY (12/10) @ 5 PM ET Date:Thursday, December 10, 2020 11:21:43 AM From: White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 11:21:00 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: Call Invite: Operation Lady Justice Update; Report Rollout - TODAY (12/10) @ 5 PM ET CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Operation Lady Justice Briefing Call On behalf of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (IGA), you are invited to join a briefing call with Senior Administration Officials for an update on Operation Lady Justice, including a report from the Presidential Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. The report, which follows consultations with Tribal governments, is available here. Find call registration and additional information about Operation Lady Justice and other Trump Administration engagements with Indian Country below. Briefing Call Registration Date: Thursday, December 10, 2020 Time: 5:00 PM Eastern (please note start time and time zone) Call-In Registration: CLICK HERE Note: Call-in lines are limited. RSVP's will be allocated in the order they are received. You must register to join the call. President Trump, joined by Tribal leaders, signs the Executive Order on Establishing the Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives on November 26, 2019. About Operation Lady Justice: According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Crime Information Center, there are more than 1400 unresolved American Indian and Alaska Native missing person cases in the U.S. To address this crisis, President Trump - joined by Tribal leaders from across the country - signed Executive Order 13898 on November 26, 2019 (Interior Applauds Trump Administration's Establishment of Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Native Task Force). President Trump's Executive Order established the Operation Lady Justice Task Force, a multi-agency effort co-chaired by Secretary Bernhardt and U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr. The purpose of the Task Force is to enhance the operation of the criminal justice system and address the number of missing and murdered American Indian and Alaska Natives in Tribal communities. Find more information on Operation Lady Justice here. Ivanka Trump: The Trump Administration in 2019 formed Operation Lady Justice, a long overdue federal task force that enhances the operation of the criminal justice system + addresses concerns of the Indian Country on missing and murdered people – particularly women and girls. We appreciate your partnership and will continue to share pertinent updates as they become available. As a reminder, IGA is the primary liaison between the White House and America's State and local elected officials and Tribal governments. Please do not hesitate to reach out if we can ever be of assistance. Sincerely, The White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs William F. Crozer Special Assistant to the President & Deputy Director O: 202-456-8491 | C: 202-881-8545 | E: William.F.Crozer@who.eop.gov WilliamCrozer45 Nick Barbknecht Associate Director Cell 202-881-9124 Nicolas.Barbknecht2@who.eop.gov Gabby Uli Deputy Associate Director Cell 202-881-8552 Gabriella.M.Uli2@who.eop.gov The Trump Administration Is Supporting Native American and Alaska Native Communities "We remain committed to preserving and protecting Native American cultures, languages, and history, while ensuring prosperity and opportunity for all Native Americans." – President Donald J. Trump President Trump released his policy vision for Indian Country centered on five core principles to empower and lift all communities. The policy vision - Putting America's First Peoples First - Forgotten No More! - builds on collaborative engagements with Tribal partners across the country to lift all communities and outlines an ambitious agenda to address longstanding challenges and create new opportunities White House and Senior Administration officials traveled to Arizona and New Mexico to discuss the President's policy vision and other priorities with Tribal leaders from the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. More here. The Trump Administration has prioritized support for Native American communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. After working with Congress to enact the CARES Act, President Trump provided $8 billion to address COVID-19 preparedness, response, and recovery needs and programming to support Native Americans – the largest single programmatic investment in Indian Country in the history of our Nation. The Trump Administration has conducted robust collaboration with each of our Nation’s Tribal governments to identify each Tribe’s preferences for vaccine distribution and prioritization. As of December 1, all Tribal Health Programs and Urban Indian Organizations have chosen their preferred method for receiving the vaccine. The Trump Administration has surged important resources to Native American communities to ensure they have the resources needed for COVID-19 response and recovery. This includes prioritizing distribution of BinaxNOW rapid COVID-19 tests in Indian Country through the Indian Health Service. The Trump Administration established a multi-agency coordination group on March 6 tasked with ensuring effective Federal coordination on tribal issues and responsiveness on unique needs and challenges in Indian Country. This group has held regular national briefing calls with Native American leaders and Tribal partners. The Trump Administration has delivered on important cultural priorities for Indian Country. President Trump signed legislation granting federal recognition to six Native American tribes in Virginia and announced support for the federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, which has sough federal recognition for over 130 years. Negotiated an agreement with Finland to repatriate culturally important remains and artifacts to the Pueblos and tribes with heritage in the Mesa Verde region – an effort that was in the works for nearly 70 years. Repatriated a ceremonial war shield sacred to the Pueblo of Acoma. Advanced systematic efforts to collaborate and consult with tribal leaders to identify further opportunities to repatriate culturally important items. More here. Advanced an updated eagle remains policy allowing federally recognized tribes to keep bald and golden eagle remains found in Indian Country under certain conditions. These changes respect long-sought reforms from tribal leaders. The Trump Administration has promoted Tribal self-determination in education and provided Native American children with access to high-quality education options. The Trump Administration created the “Accessing Choices in Education” grant competition and awarded over $24 million to empower dozens of Tribes and their families to decide which education services will best support their children. In the Federal Charter School Programs, the Trump Administration prioritized high-quality charter schools with a mission to address the unique educational needs of Native American students using instructional programs and teaching methods that reflect and preserve Native American language, culture, and history. To promote Tribal self-determination in education, the Trump Administration provided grants to support both the establishment and development of Tribal Education Agencies. Through these grants, Tribal Education Agencies will recruit and retain educators, promote the availability of work-based learning experiences or career exploration, and build capacity to open a charter school or to operate a BIE school. The Trump Administration has prioritized both new and existing Native American language programs. President Trump is committed to addressing crime, promoting public safety, and supporting victims in Native American communities to ensure Native Americans are forgotten no more. President Trump is the first President in history to formally recognize the issue of Missing and Murdered Native Americans by issuing a proclamation in 2019 designating May 5th as National Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Awareness Day. The President signed a second proclamation on May 5, 2020, to continue to raise awareness of this important issue. President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing the Operation Lady Justice Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives to develop and implement an aggressive, government-wide strategy to combat the crisis of missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives—especially women and children. The Task Force has opened six cold case offices across the country, conducted 12 regional consultations, and hosted numerous listening sessions. President Trump signed Savanna’s Act, which directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to develop law enforcement protocols to better address the issue of Missing and Murdered Native Americans. The President also signed the Not Invisible Act of 2019, which directs DOJ and the U.S. Department of the Interior to establish a joint commission on violent crime within and against the Native American community. The Department of Justice recently allocated more than $295 million in grants to improve public safety and support victims of crime in Native American communities, totaling $922 million in grants since Fiscal Year 2017. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families released the framework on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, which contains guidance for supporting and strengthening Tribal and Native American communities whose citizens are at risk for going missing or being murdered. The President convened a Presidential Task Force on Protecting Native American Children in the Indian Health System to examine systematic problems in the IHS that resulted in failures to protect children. The Task Force held listening sessions and consultations in Arizona, New Mexico, and Montana to address this long-neglected issue. The Task Force work released its recommendations in July 2020. Allocated $150 million in State Opioid Response Grants (tribal set-aside) to assist tribal governments in accessing medication-assisted treatment and support evidence-based prevention, treatment and recovery support services. The Trump Administration is committed to investing important resources into Native American communities across the country and ensuring that no community is left behind. The booming Trump economy resulted in a series low unemployment rate for Native Americans in 2019. In 2017, President Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that provided for the designation of 362 opportunity zones across Indian Country. Opportunity Zones are a community development program that encourages long- term private capital investment into low-income communities across the United States. In 2018, President Trump signed into law the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Farm Bill) which contained the highest number of tribal specific provisions of any farm bill in history and authorized Tribes to regulate and produce industrial hemp among other provisions. Invested nearly $70 million in 178 projects to help Tribal communities and regions build the capacity for economic development through the Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration. Updated and streamlined regulations to simplify the process for Tribes to enter into Tribal Energy Resource Agreements and better take control of energy resources on their lands. Provided over $150 million to Tribal communities for maintaining and rebuilding transportation infrastructure through the U.S. Department of Transportation. Unsubscribe Office of Intergovernmental Affairs · 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW · Washington, DC 20500-0003 · USA · 202-456- 1111 From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Chamber Cafe this Friday, December 11th Date:Thursday, December 10, 2020 11:55:38 AM From: Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 11:55:36 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: Chamber Cafe this Friday, December 11th CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. www.jeffcountychamber.org 360.385.7869 director@jeffcountychamber.org Join us on Zoom, Friday morning,12.11.20 at 10:00 for an hour of ChamberCafe, a community conversationdiscussing Social Entrepreneurship andwhat this means in 2021 and for ourcommunity. Please register for this session. A code will beneeded for meeting access. There is no cost toattend. You do not need to be a Chamber member toparticipate but will need to bring your owncoffee and muffins! We Are All in This Together! Take the Pledge Chamber Cafe Register for Chamber Cafe Your Community Conversation Your Ad could be reaching this large audience at no cost to you! Just ask us! The Chamber is investing in our Community & YOUR business. The Chamber of Jefferson County Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce | 2409 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 Unsubscribe gbrotherton@co.jefferson.wa.us Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by director@jeffcountychamber.org powered by Try email marketing for free today! Thursday, December 10 From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: COVID-19 News | December 10, 2020 Date:Thursday, December 10, 2020 12:14:44 PM From: Washington Counties (WSAC) Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 12:14:31 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: COVID-19 News | December 10, 2020 CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Want to receive this email in your inbox? Click here to subscribe. COVID-19 NEWSLETTER Inslee Announces New Economic Supports and Extension of Restrictions Governor Jay Inslee announced additional economic supports for workers and businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Inslee also announced a three-week extension of the state’s current restrictions which will now be in place until January 4, 2021. The three-week extension of statewide restrictions come as the state’s healthcare system nears dangerous occupancy levels. With the effects of Thanksgiving on infection and hospital numbers still unknown, the extension will grant the state’s medical system much needed time to increase Intensive Care Unit (ICU) capacity before it’s overwhelmed. Read more Announcements and Resources FEDERAL State and Local COVID Relief in Jeopardy: Take Action Now Congress is inching closer to passing a new round of COVID-19 relief; however, as negotiations continue, aid to state and local governments may be left out of the final bill. Now is the time to make a final push for federal aid to all counties and an extension of the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) spending deadline. Read more COVID-19 Response & Recovery Information Washington State is in the red zone for cases, indicating 101 or more new cases per 100,000 population, with the 46th highest rate in the country. Washington is in the orange zone for test positivity, indicating a rate between 8.0% and 10.0%, with the 36th highest rate in the country. Read more STATE The November 2020 Economic & Revenue Forecast is Now Available The COVID-19 pandemic has severely weakened the economy. Economic activity has expanded rapidly since reaching a trough in April, but a recent increase in COVID-19 cases threatens the recovery. The forecast for GDP growth in 2020 is now -3.7%, up from -4.6% in the September forecast. For 2021, real GDP growth is 4.0%, up from 3.8% in the previous forecast. Our forecast for GDP growth in 2022 to 2025 is down from the September forecast. Read more CRF Expenditure Update Many counties have not yet sought reimbursement, and we encourage you to do so as soon as possible to ensure nothing goes awry and so the state knows if there are any funds leftover for redistribution to other needs. The deadline is December 15. If you have any questions, please contact Tony Hanson at the Dept. of Commerce at Tony.Hanson@commerce.wa.gov. | View Expenditure Data EMPLOYMENT Business & Worker Update The Business and Workers update is a weekly newsletter providing news and information to help businesses and workers navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. The information is compiled by the state Economic Resiliency Team (ERT), part of the Joint Information Center. Read more Weekly New Unemployment Claims Report During the week of November 29 – December 5, there were 24,587 initial regular unemployment claims (up 10.1 percent from the prior week) and 492,533 total claims for all unemployment benefit categories (up 7.1 percent from the prior week) filed by Washingtonians, according to the Employment Security Department (ESD). Read more TIP OF THE DAY Your Phone Can Help You Stay Safe We have all the tools we need to stop the spread of COVID-19. We just need your help! Here are two important things you can do to help stop the spread. The actual phone call. When you answer a phone call from public health, you help us figure out what we need to do next to control COVID-19. Add WA Notify to your phone! WA Notify is a new tool that uses our smartphones to let us know if we may have been exposed to COVID-19. Read more NOTEWORTHY Introducing ‘Care Connect Washington’ – A New Way to Get COVID-19 Relief The Washington State Department of Health is announcing a new service to help people who have to isolate or quarantine at home after testing positive for COVID-19 or being exposed. Care Connect Washington, working with local health jurisdictions and their partners, will provide critical resources to people who need support when they’re staying home. Read more VIRTUAL MEETINGS December 14, 12:00 pm | Virtual Assembly Register View this email in your browser This email was sent to gbrotherton@co.jefferson.wa.us | Why did I get this? Want to change how you receive these emails? Update your preferences | Unsubscribe from this list Copyright © 2020 WSAC, All rights reserved. 206 10th Ave SE · Olympia, WA 98501-1311 · USA | Contact Us From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: HCCC Board Meeting Agenda 16 December 2020 Date:Thursday, December 10, 2020 12:28:56 PM From: Jennifer Poole Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 12:28:11 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Charlotte Garrido; Dave Herrera; Dave Ward; David Sullivan; Edward Wolfe; Greg Brotherton; Jeromy Sullivan; Joseph Pavel; Kate Dean; Kevin Shutty; Paul McCollum; Randy Neatherlin; Robert Gelder; Scott Brewer; Sharon Trask, Mason County Commissioner Cc: Diane Zoren; Gretchen Dunmire; Julie Shannon; Kaitlyn Floyd Subject: HCCC Board Meeting Agenda 16 December 2020 CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. To the HCCC Board of Directors The next regular meeting of the Hood Canal Coordinating Council Board of Directors is 16 December 2020; 1:00 PM to 3:15 PM, via Zoom.com teleconference (meeting information below and in the agenda). Linked here is the draft meeting agenda. By Zoom.com Teleconference Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/97225184695 Meeting ID: 972 2518 4695 Passcode: 220989 Dial by location +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)in Zoom Meeting ID: 972 2518 4695Passcode: 220989Dial by location+1 253215 8782 US (Tacoma Also provided at this time are links to: Draft HCCC Board Regular Meeting Summary 18 November 2020 Board Briefing Memo re Lead Entity Advisory Groups Membership Additional documents will be sent separately. Thank you, Jennifer Poole Admin Manager Hood Canal Coordinating Council 17791 Fjord Drive NE, Suite 118 Poulsbo, WA 98370-8430 360-900-9063 (mobile) Note: Communications may be subject to public review. From:David Sullivan To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: WSF Weekly Update Date:Thursday, December 10, 2020 1:01:46 PM From: Washington State Department of Transportation Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 1:01:40 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: David Sullivan Subject: WSF Weekly Update CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. banner Plan for Mukilteo/Clinton route suspension Dec. 29 We start with another reminder for people who use our Mukilteo/Clinton route! If you plan to travel on Tuesday, Dec, 29, you will need to make alternate plans for much of the day. After the final sailings Monday, Dec. 28 (11:45 p.m. out of Clinton and 12:15 a.m. Mukilteo departure), crews will start the hours-long process of moving key marine structures December 10, 2020 Walla Walla crew assists in rescue near Kingston Our highly skilled crewmembers were at it again this week! For the seventh time in three from our existing Mukilteo terminal to our new multimodal facility, which officially opens that evening. Photo of in-water elements of new Mukilteo terminal Mukilteo/Clinton route service will be suspended for most of the day Tuesday, Dec. 29, so key marine structures can be moved from the old terminal to the new one. Service on the route will resume starting with the 5:35 p.m. departure out of Clinton, with tollbooths there opening at 4:30. Tollbooths in Mukilteo will open at 5 p.m. so riders can line up for the 6:10 p.m. first sailing out of our new terminal. Mukilteo pedestrian trail to close for a couple weeks Before we can open our new Mukilteo terminal, construction crews will need to close the pedestrian trail through the site so they can remove temporary fencing. This work is scheduled to begin by Wednesday, Dec. 16. The path will remain closed until the new facility opens on Dec. 29, when the waterfront promenade will replace the trail and serve as a new connection between Lighthouse Park and Edgewater Beach Park. Thank you for your patience as we work to safely open our first new terminal in 40 years to pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicles. months, our crews played an important role in saving a person’s life. On Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard asked for assistance in a search and rescue following reports of someone who fell overboard from a small sailboat near our Kingston terminal. While another nearby vessel located and retrieved the person out of the water, our Walla Walla crewmembers were needed for medical assistance. The hypothermic person was transferred to our ferry for treatment and taken to our Kingston terminal. Thank you to all our crews for reminding us how lucky we are to have each one of you out on the water! Our Walla Walla crewmembers assisted in a successful search and rescue Monday near our Kingston terminal. Sounders flags to fly on Seattle/Bainbridge ferries for MLS Cup final Congratulations to the Sounders for advancing to the Major League Soccer Cup final again! For the second year in a row, Seattle will host this world- renowned event. In support of the team’s big match against Columbus Crew, we'll be flying the Sounders flag on our Seattle/ Bainbridge route vessels on Saturday, Dec. 12. Scarves up! The pedestrian trail through our new Mukilteo terminal site will close by Wednesday, Dec. 16, for temporary fencing removal. The path will remain closed through Dec. 29. Amy Scarton Assistant Secretary, WSDOT/Ferries Division Both Seattle/Bainbridge route ferries will fly the Seattle Sounders FC flag Saturday, Dec. 12, for their home match that evening. Twitter and Facebook logos WSF Weekly Updates are available online at www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/about-us/weekly-update Questions? Contact us at WSFWeeklyUpdate@wsdot.wa.gov Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) information If you would like to learn more about accessibility and the tools we have available, visit www.wsdot.wa.gov/Accessibility STAY CONNECTED: SUBSCRIBER SERVICES: Manage Preferences | Unsubscribe | Help This email was sent to dsullivan@co.jefferson.wa.us using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: Washington State Department of Transportation 310 Maple Park Ave SE · Olympia, WA 98504 From:David Sullivan To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: [New post] Public Notice: Remote Meeting Notice Date:Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:27:31 PM From: Jefferson Transit Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:27:14 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: David Sullivan Subject: [New post] Public Notice: Remote Meeting Notice CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Lisa Bradley posted: "REMOTE MEETING NOTICE The Jefferson Transit Authority (JTA) Board will hold a meeting on Tuesday, December 15, 2020, at 1:30 pm. The meeting will be held remotely to keep with the Governor’s amended proclamation 20-28, to reduce the spread of COVID-" New post on Jefferson Transit Public Notice: Remote Meeting Notice by Lisa Bradley REMOTE MEETING NOTICE The Jefferson Transit Authority (JTA) Board will hold a meeting on Tuesday, December 15, 2020, at 1:30 pm. The meeting will be held remotely to keep with the Governor’s amended proclamation 20-28, to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The agenda can be viewed at www.jeffersontransit.com To listen to meeting live dial: 1 (877) 568 4106 (Toll-Free within the United States) Or 1 (571) 317-3129 (If calling from outside the United States) Enter Access Code: 210-818-749 During social distancing for the COVID-19 pandemic, citizens can submit public comments remotely to Jefferson Transit by email. Emailed comments will be read aloud by staff for up to three minutes during the meeting’s public comment period. Email comments with the subject “Public Comment” before the 1:30 PM meeting start time, using the following email address: speck@jeffersontransit.com JTA will make every effort to accommodate live public comments during the Public Comment portions of the meeting Lisa Bradley | December 10, 2020 at 3:26 pm | URL: https://jeffersontransit.com/?p=23441 Comment See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Jefferson Transit. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://jeffersontransit.com/2020/12/10/public-notice-remote-meeting-notice/ From:David Sullivan To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: [New post] Rider Alert: 12/14/2020 Expect Delays #8 Sequim Date:Thursday, December 10, 2020 4:12:38 PM From: Jefferson Transit Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 4:12:32 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: David Sullivan Subject: [New post] Rider Alert: 12/14/2020 Expect Delays #8 Sequim CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Lisa Bradley posted: "Monday, December 14th, 2020 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Expect Delays on #8 Sequim Route Washington State Department of Transportation maintenance crews will remove trees of concern along US 101 near Old Gardiner Road in Jefferson County. Travelers will " New post on Jefferson Transit Rider Alert: 12/14/2020 Expect Delays #8 Sequim by Lisa Bradley Monday, December 14th, 2020 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Expect Delays on #8 Sequim Route Washington State Department of Transportation maintenance crews will remove trees of concern along US 101 near Old Gardiner Road in Jefferson County. Travelers will see the highway closed intermittently for up to 10 minutes at a time. Crews will clear backups before stopping traffic again for tree removal. Please plan accordingly. If you have any questions please call Custom Service at 360-385-4777 Lisa Bradley | December 10, 2020 at 4:12 pm | URL: https://jeffersontransit.com/?p=23443 Comment See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Jefferson Transit. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://jeffersontransit.com/2020/12/10/rider-alert-12-14-2020-expect-delays-8-sequim/ From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: JTA 12/15/20 Board Packet and GotoMeeting Invite Date:Thursday, December 10, 2020 4:25:34 PM Attachments:12-15-20 Board Packet.pdf From: Sara J. Peck Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 4:02:26 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Ariel Speser; David Faber; David Sullivan; Greg Brotherton; Kate Dean Cc: Tammi Rubert Subject: JTA 12/15/20 Board Packet and GotoMeeting Invite CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Greetings, Please find attached the December 15th Board Packet. On the Agenda, the underlined yellow items link to the corresponding page in the packet. The Home button will navigate you back to the Agenda from anywhere in the packet. The following is the GoTo Meeting invitation: Authority Board Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://www.gotomeet.me/JeffErson2/authority-board You can also dial in using your phone. United States (Toll Free): 1 877 568 4106 United States: +1 (571) 317-3129 Access Code: 210-818-749 Kindly, Sj Peck Executive Assistant/Clerk of the Board Jefferson Transit Authority 63 4 Corners Road, Port Townsend, WA 98368 speck@jeffersontransit.com | 360-385-3020 x 108 From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Coronavirus Pandemic Resources for Counties – December 10, 2020 Date:Thursday, December 10, 2020 5:14:04 PM From: NACo Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 5:13:37 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: Coronavirus Pandemic Resources for Counties – December 10, 2020 CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Having trouble viewing this email? Click Here federal-policy-feed_969768.png NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES | NACo.org/coronavirus DECEMBER 10, 2020 New COVID-19 Response Packages Unveiled: Take Action to Support State and Local Aid New COVID-19 Response Packages Unveiled: Take Action to Support State and Local Aid On December 9, a bipartisan, bicameral group of federal lawmakers released a framework summary to accompany the recent unveiling of a coronavirus aid proposal, aiming to help break the gridlock on the latest COVID-19 negotiations. NACo urges counties to contact members of Congress and advocate for state and local aid. LEARN MORE | CONTACT U.S. REPRESENTATIVES & U.S. SENATORS New COVID-19 Response Packages Unveiled: Take Action to Support State and Local Aid On December 3, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted on interim recommendations for allocating the initial supplies of COVID-19 vaccine. The committee recommended as interim guidance that health care personnel and residents of long-term care facilities be offered the vaccine during phase 1a of distribution. Phase 1b and 1c populations will be voted on in subsequent meetings. LEARN MORE Key Dates and Deadlines in Vaccine Distribution Efforts Today, the Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) held a public meeting to discuss Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has posted background material for the meeting, which was broadcast live. Below are other key dates and deadlines to keep in mind: December 11, 2020 – Deadline for jurisdictions to notify CDC/Operation Warp Speed where they want their second allocations of vaccine to be delivered. December 17, 2020 – FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) Meeting to discuss the request for emergency use authorization (EUA) for a COVID- 19 vaccine from Moderna Inc. CDC Updates Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit to include an addendum with best practices and other resources to assist COVID-19 vaccination providers. This addendum aims to help providers meet the requirements of the COVID-19 Vaccination Program Provider Agreement. The toolkit will be updated as COVID-19 vaccines are authorized or approved. You may sign up to receive email updates anytime the toolkit is updated. TAKE THE SURVEY Recording: Media Call with County Leaders on Coronavirus Pandemic Listen to the recording from NACo's media call today with county leaders on the need for direct and flexible federal aid for counties of all sizes. LISTEN TO RECORDING Survey Results: Businesses and Local Governments at Risk of Closures and Cuts in Services Without Additional Coronavirus Aid The survey, by the COVID RELIEF NOW coalition, a partnership of nearly 300 major public and private sector groups, including NACo, shows small businesses, cities and counties are experiencing devastating impacts of the coronavirus pandemic with further danger ahead without additional federal relief. READ MORE Workforce Development Planning in the COVID Era NACo, with support from the Walmart Foundation, is conducting a survey to better understand county-level planning for the Future of Work and how the current COVID-19 pandemic has changed or shaped county-level needs related to workforce planning. Take the survey today to help NACo better understand county needs. TAKE THE SURVEY November Jobs Report Reflects Stalling Economic Recovery NACo’s analysis of the November jobs report disclosed a 6.7 percent national unemployment rate and 10.7 million Americans still unemployed, which reflects a stalling economic recovery. Staggering numbers of workers are leaving the workforce, discouraged by the lack of employment prospects. The local government sector continues to suffer and currently remains over 1 million jobs short of its February level. READ MORE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND (CRF) SPOTLIGHT VACCINE DISTRIBUTION Walton County, Fla.Walton County, Fla. Walton County invested a portion of its CRF sub-allocation on four heavy-duty tents and a trailer that will be used at Points of Distribution (POD) vaccination centers across the county. The county has also allocated CRF funds toward the purchase of “cold chain” freezers for vaccine storage. LEARN MORE Hamilton County, Ohio Hamilton County, Ohio Hamilton County used a portion of its CRF funds to purchase two walk-in freezers and a walk-in refrigerator for the storage of COVID-19 vaccines when they become available. The county has also identified a secure location for vaccine storage and purchased a security system, a backup power system and a backup refrigeration system. LEARN MORE To find additional examples of how counties are investing federal CRF dollars, visit NACo’s CRF resource hub. HOW COUNTIES ARE RESPONDING As COVID-19 surges, county hospitals face staffing challenges, space shortages Over 90,000 individuals were hospitalized across the United States with the coronavirus in the last week of November, setting a record-breaking number for hospitalizations during the pandemic. READ MORE Westchester County, N.Y. dedicates memorial to COVID-19 victims Nine months after suffering its first COVID-19 death, Westchester County, N.Y. dedicated a memorial to the 1,500 residents and growing that it has lost to the pandemic. READ MORE NKN_Banner_collection-covid_1729564.png DEC 14 What Have We Learned About Children’s Well-Being During COVID-19? Policy and Practice Considerations for County Leaders DECEMBER 14 | 2 - 3 P.M. EST REGISTER DEC 16 Counties and the Coronavirus Relief Fund: Broadband Investment to Support Families and Businesses Impacted by COVID-19 DECEMBER 16 | 3 - 4 P.M. EST REGISTER DEC 17 The Future of Digital Payments: Solutions for Public-Private Partnerships DECEMBER 17 | 2 - 3 P.M. EST REGISTER MORE UPCOMING EXPLORE ON-DEMAND NACo PARTNER RESOURCES Vaccination best practices webinar: Join representatives from NACo, Cameron County, Texas and Zencity on Dec. 16 at 12 p.m. EST / 9 a.m. PST for 'Ready, Set, Vaccinate': Best Practices for Cities & Counties on Vaccine Operations and Communications, a webinar discussing insights and clear action items on how local governments can support vaccination efforts with data, strategic and effective messaging, and other expert tips. Broadband experts discuss policy considerations during COVID-19: The COVID-19 pandemic has increased attention on the crucial role that high-speed internet access plays in American life. As COVID-19 makes fast internet connections more critical, policy experts discuss the possibilities and key considerations. COVID-19 UPDATES FROM NACo During this critical and unprecedented time, NACo is focused on advocating for the needs of counties at the federal level, disseminating useful information to our members and facilitating the exchange of effective strategies and approaches. We share the latest news and resources online at www.NACo.org/coronavirus, as well as via this recurring digest. Click below to subscribe to updates. NACo.org/coronavirus SUBSCRIBE TO UPDATES 660 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20001 Did someone forward you this email? Sign up to stay up-to-date on topics affecting America’s counties! Click here to unsubscribe. December 11, 2020 COUNTY NEWS Newly Elected Officials Join WSAC This week WSAC welcomed 40 participants to its Newly Elected Officials Training. Over the course of three days, attendees received training on Public Records, Open Public Meetings, and County Budgeting. Attendees also had a chance to hear from several WSAC members, network with peers, and learn more about county departments. Thank you to all who joined us this week to welcome this new class of county elected officials! From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Friday 5 | Newly Elected Officials | Workers" Comp | Child Care Date:Friday, December 11, 2020 10:00:47 AM From: Washington Counties (WSAC) Sent: Friday, December 11, 2020 9:59:38 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: Friday 5 | Newly Elected Officials | Workers' Comp | Child Care CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. COUNTY NEWS Cowlitz County's First Requested Recount Shows, "a dead accurate count" Cowlitz County’s first requested recount did not resurrect a rejected Kalama sales tax, but election officials say it provided an opportunity to demonstrate the accuracy of local ballot processing systems. The county’s elections staff spent nearly eight hours Tuesday, December 8, sorting and counting by hand the ballots cast in the November general election for the Kalama tax measure. A group of five voters — all of them Kalama city officials — had requested the recount on November 30. COUNTY NEWS Island County Studying How to Make Child Care More Accessible, Affordable Island County is putting together a task force to tackle child care needs — an old problem made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. The county recently received a $100,000 grant for a project to make child care more accessible and affordable. COUNTY NEWS Counties Receive Workers’ Comp Refunds The successful partnership between counties and cities pooling together to address workplace safety through the AWC Workers’ Comp Retro Program is reaping rewards. More than $2.3M is being refunded to municipalities, due to positive 2017 plan year results from the Department of Labor & Industries. This success was achieved by mitigating injuries, promoting safety, and returning injured workers back to work in transitional duty. GRANT OPPORTUNITIES Behavioral Health Facilities Grant Applications Due December 28 Learn More Learn More Learn More Thanks to a unique public-private partnership with Premera Blue Cross, the Department of Commerce currently has $6 million in capital construction funding available for behavioral health facilities targeting crisis stabilization needs in rural communities in Washington state. The Behavioral Health Facilities program has one competitive funding application open now for grants that will range from $150,000 - $1 million. DECEMBER 14 Building Your Jurisdiction's Broadband Toolkit 1:00 pm | Webinar DECEMBER 15 Housing Forum Virtual Fall Series 11:00 am | Webinar facebook twitter instagram linkedIn wsac.org View this email in your browser This email was sent to gbrotherton@co.jefferson.wa.us | Why did I get this? Want to change how you receive these emails? 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Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Trending Healthy December 2020 What a Year, Right? It's the fourth quarter of the game and we are absolutely exhausted. We've been trying to beat our pandemic opponent for 10 long, agonizing months. As fatigued and frustrated as some of us may feel, we have to keep up the fight. Hope and help is just around the corner, and it's warming up on the bench. We WILL defeat this pandemic opponent. Until then, it's even more critical for us to dig deep into our reserves to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe. We must continue fighting against this pandemic by masking, social distancing, and giving up some of our traditions of gathering over the holidays. The whole World is in this fight! Are You In? Let's take a look at what we know so far about our "secret weapon" (the vaccine), coming off the bench soon to help us beat this pandemic opponent once and for all. Learn where to find the facts about the vaccine. Let's also look back on some of the helpful and still relevant information from previous Trending Healthy issues. Happy, Healthy, Holidays, and Read On! In this issue : The Game Changer... What About the Vaccine? What Can Seniors Expect? What is Washington State's Plan? Social Security Benefits to Increase Cheesecake Santas & Grinch Kabobs - not just for kids! Medicare Part B premiums for 2021 They say 32 Million Families are Doing This for the Holidays Eating the Holiday Wreath - It's Healthy!!! A Year of Trending Healthy - Take a Look! Here are some highlights: January - Do you have prescriptions? March - Disaster planning for seniors by seniors March - A senior center without walls? April - How do you define "community"? May - Opioids and Arts & Crafts July - A break from all that is COVID-19 August - Fatiguing Out and Zucchini Fries September - Falling for you, but not Falling October - Aging Attitudes November - You Don't Want This! Holiday Awareness Mini Campaign - APS Where to Find Housing and Utility Assistance during COVID-19 Peppermint Bark Popcorn & a Christmas Movie Gift Idea - Giving someone a friend (?) From 728 to 923! Thank you!! Editor's Invitation ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Do you wonder what services are available for Older Adults and Caregivers? You should call us! Our offices are temporarily closed to walk-ins due to the pandemic, but staff are still available to take your call. Please call us if you need information: Clallam County: Forks Office(360) 374-9496, Sequim Office (360) 452-3221 Grays Harbor: Aberdeen Office (360) 532-0520 Jefferson County: Port Townsend Office (360) 385-2552 Pacific County: Long Beach (360) 642-3634, Raymond (360) 942-2177  Or visit our website: www.O3A.org THE GAME CHANGER: Pandemic Vaccine. There's already so much out there discussing and speculating about the vaccine. Let's just cut to the chase and go to the experts. The World Health Organization's website includes factual Q & A, has information about "how vaccines work", and tackles the topic, "vaccine acceptance is the next hurdle" and so much more! Click here to empower yourself with the facts. What About the Vaccine? Let's also take a look at what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has prepared for us to read about the COVID-19 "Vaccine Information for You and Your Family". This website includes links to the following factual topics: 8 Things to Know about U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Plans Benefits of Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine Different COVID-19 Vaccines How CDC is Making COVID-19 Vaccines Ensuring the Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines Ensuring COVID-19 Vaccines Work FAQs About COVID19 Vaccination Click here to inform yourself with the facts about the vaccine! You may consider saving these websites as favorites and checking back for updates. Know the facts. CNN Health offers this story, "What seniors can expect when COVID-19 vaccines become available?" This video also covers a few FAQs. Learn what expert Dr. Sanja Gupta has to say. This is worth watching! Click here. What is Washington State's Vaccination Plan? (Last update Dec 7): The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) continues to make progress with their COVID-19 vaccine distribution planning. The CDC requires all states to turn in a plan. Click here to see Washington State's Plan Keep in mind that this is a living document and will change over time. Keep checking in with our DOH and it's progress, by clicking here. Social Security - COLA Update: "We will mail COLA notices throughout the month of December to retirement, survivors, and disability beneficiaries, SSI recipients, and representative payees. Want to know your new benefit amount sooner? You can securely view and save the Social Security COLA notice online via the Message Center inside my Social Security in early December without waiting for the mailed notice." Read the Press Release facts here: click here. Create an account! You can choose text or email alerts when there is a notice in Message Center by updating your Preferences at www.ssa.gov/myaccount/opt-out.html so you always know when we have something important for you. For the KID in you! Check out these healthy holiday snack recipes! Strawberry Cheesecake Santas, Grinch Fruit Kabobs, Magic Cookies, Chocolate Covered Apple Slices, Eggless Eggnog, Pecan Pie Bites, and MORE! Click here. 2021 Medicare Premiums & Low- Income Subsidy Eligibility Limits CMS recently announced the Medicare Part B premiums and deductible amounts for 2021. The standard premium for Part B enrollees increased by $3.90 to $148.50 per month, and the annual deductible increased by $5 to $203 in 2021. The Medicare Part A inpatient deductible is $1,484 in 2021, an increase of $76 from 2020. Congress capped the Part B premium increase due to the estimated large growth in Medicare spending next year due to COVID-19. 32 Million Families are... ...heading into the basement or attic and unpacking ornaments, twinkle lights, and motorized Santas! While holiday decorating is all about fun, and we certainly could use some fun this year, it's important to remember this: click here to finish reading! Serving Up a Holiday Wreath as a Snack! You guessed it...veggie holiday wreaths! ; ) TREAT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY AT HOME. I like this recipe the best. Kale, brussels sprouts, broccoli...just so much healthy goodness! Click here for the recipe! Here's the recipe for the wreath you see in this picture! Click here. You may not even need to follow the recipe. Just follow the picture. How about a Christmas Wreath Veggie Pizza? This one sure is pretty to look at. Click here for that recipe! Oh...here is something I just found that I'm going to try: Holiday Wreath Taco Ring. Check this one out! Click here. Oh...this one too: An appetizer wreath (crescent rolls, cream cheese...) Click here to see how cute (and appetizing) this wreath turns out! And for dessert? How about this Gingerbread Fruit & Nut Edible Christmas Wreath...click here. Trending Healthy Looking Back at 2020 Relevant, Fun, and Interesting! January 2020 - We covered a couple of timeless topics: Medications May Increase Your Fall Risk (click here) and, tips for Traveling with Prescription Medicines, (click here) if you plan to travel...some day. March 2020 - "March into Spring". Obviously still learning to finely hone my editorial skills with THAT corny title. Our featured article, still relevant, is "8 Questions to Ask Your Pharmacist" (click here). We also published where to drop off unneeded or unused prescriptions. Click here to see that Trending Healthy issue. Whew...then the pandemic hit: March 2020 Special Issue - "STUCK AT HOME! "The laundry is caught up, books are read, light bulbs dusted, the puzzle is complete, now what?" Check out the discussion and resources available for Coping While Stuck at Home. Ten months later and it still applies: (click here). Or, just check out the picture we used for this issue. It says it all! April 2020 Special Issue - "Got Community". This issue was really about reaching out to your neighbors who may be in need. We also offered this link (click here) for "10-Self Compassion Practices for COVID-19". It's worth a quick review. If not for yourself, then for someone you care about. May 2020 "Keep Up with Hanging in There". Before the pandemic took over headlines all over the world, we were still struggling with an Opioid epidemic. Remember that? Well, it's still a cause for concern. In this issue, we asked Jeanine Bradley from Clallam County, who is a Registered Pharmacist and Certified in Medication Therapy Management, to offer some advice for starting and/or stopping Opioids. Great article! Check it out...click here. July 2020 "This Isn't Over, Stay the Course". Yikes...by this time I was SO DONE talking about COVID-19. I did address the reasons why we still needed to stay the course and continue masking up, but, I added many articles NOT related to the pandemic. Check out this issue for "other than Covid-19", click here. August 2020 "Fatiguing Out". Yep. By that time I'd hit the wall and this issue reflected it. I offered a great Johns Hopkins resource to help reduce pandemic fatigue (click here) then I avoided any coronavirus topics like I was avoiding the virus itself. This is the issue where I began introducing recipes. Little did I know that the recipes would become more popular than any of the other articles and resources!! But, here's a resource that you may want to bookmark: "Get Legal Information and Help, and Do-It-Yourself Forms". click here. September Falls Issue: This is an issue you have to visit if you have not yet read it (click here). You may not want to think about "falling" being a health issue, but I tell you: it is. Learn what you need to do to keep yourself from being a statistic. And, the most popular healthy recipe to date? Click here. October 2020 "Attitudes About Getting Older!": Here we looked at the term "Agism" with some examples and information about the types of Agism. Also, here's a good article to remind ourselves that our attitudes about aging can affect how we age! Click here. November 2020, "Ding Dong Drop?" Great ideas about not gathering, but still getting together. And, by the number of "clicks", the Chicken Tortilla Casserole scored the highest! We also looked at some stories shared by other Washingtonians who got COVID-19. Click here. Holiday Awareness Mini Campaign Our state's Adult Protective Services offers some helpful information about staying connected, and reducing isolation. Also, it reminds us to be mindful of watching out for vulnerable adults. Click here to read some great bullet points and links to information. Housing and Utility Assistance During COVID-19 "As the COVID-19 pandemic carries on, many older American are finding their budgets stretched to the limit. If you know of someone who may need help, the National Council on Aging offers some tips and resources to get them started in the right direction for help. Click here. Also, Washington State Department of Financial Institutions has developed a list of financial resources for Washington consumers impacted by the Coronavirus. Click here to learn more about help with things like mortgage assistance, paying rent, trouble paying credit cards, and utilities assistance. Peppermint Bark Popcorn and Your Favorite Christmas Movie! You may want to double the recipe here. It only takes about10 minutes to make! Decide what movie you want to watch then click here for the recipe! Give the Gift of "Being Connected to Others" In a time when some of us may find ourselves or others feeling disconnected socially, it's worth your time to just read what this FREE service has to offer. Check it out for yourself, or check it out for someone you may know who feels lonely or isolated during the constraints of the pandemic. If you like zoology, art, music, or meditation, there is a program for almost every topic! Each Well Connected session (call from a phone or attend virtually) offers groups and classes on a wide range of topics, 365 days a year! So, how does it work? Fill out a simple form, and call in via a toll-free number at a set time each week. Newcomers are welcome! If you don't feel like talking a first, you are welcome to just listen in as long as you let the group know you are there. Ready to just check it out? Call 877-797-7299 or click here to visit the website. Check out their current catalog! Dearest Trending Healthy Readers: A sincere THANK YOU for your ideas and comments over the past year, and THANK YOU for recommending this newsletter to other people you know. I'm pleased to say that our readership has increased from 728 in January to 923 at present! Editor's Invitation: Greetings! Thank you for reading Trending Healthy. I invite you to let me know if there is an important topic about healthy aging that you would like to see us address. Please let me know! You can reach me at janis.housden@dshs.wa.gov. Peace, Love, and Aging Gracefully, Janis M. Housden  ‌ ‌ www.o3a.org Olympic Area Agency on Aging | 2200 West Sims Way, Unit 100, Port Townsend, WA 98368 Unsubscribe KDean@co.jefferson.wa.us Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by janis.housden@dshs.wa.gov powered by Try email marketing for free today! From:Payne, Dontae (GOV) Subject:Governor Inslee press conference Sunday Date:Sunday, December 13, 2020 11:00:40 AM Attachments:image001.png image002.png image003.png image004.png image005.png image006.png Importance:High CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good morning, Gov. Jay Inslee will address the media today via streaming video and telephone to give an update on the COVID-19 vaccine. The governor will be joined by: Kathy Lofy, state health officer, Department of Health Dr. John Dunn, COVID Vaccine Scientific Safety Review Workgroup Dr. Ed Marcuse, COVID Vaccine Scientific Safety Review Workgroup Michele Roberts, acting assistant secretary, Department of Health Sunday, December 13 11:30 AM - Media availability The press conference will be livestreamed by TVW. Help us share trusted sources of information on COVID-19: Washington Department of Health coronavirus webpage | CDC’s coronavirus website | Governor’s COVID-19 resource website. If you have specific questions that cannot be answered by these resources, you can call the Washington Department of Health’s public call center at 1- 800-525-0127, then wait and press #. Dontae Payne, MPA Regional Representative – South Sound & Olympic Peninsula |Office of Governor Jay Inslee (he/him/his) Cell: 360-867-8914 www.governor.wa.gov | dontae.payne@gov.wa.gov Email communications with state employees are public records and may be subject to disclosure, pursuant to Ch. 42.56 RCW. From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: This Week in Photos Date:Saturday, December 12, 2020 5:07:32 AM From: NACo Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2020 5:06:01 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: This Week in Photos CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Having trouble viewing this email? Click Here This Week in Photos NACo @NACoTweets This Week in Photos NACo @NACoTweets This Week in Photos NACo President Gary Moore kicks off NACo's joint Large Urban County Caucus (LUCC)/Rural Action Caucus (RAC) Virtual Symposium; and LUCC Chair Sally Heyman and RAC Chair Ron Berry outline challenges and opportunities facing our communities, including the federal policy outlook, COVID-19 vaccine distribution, the future of work and local economies, the food and nutrition system, and pre- trial justice and bail reform. NACo @NACoTweets Executive Steuart Pittman @AACoExec This Week in Photos County leaders, including NACo President Gary Moore (fourth from right), participate in the Operation Warp Speed Summit at the White House. This Week in Photos Maryland county leaders and health officials coordinate efforts to combat COVID-19 and protect public health and community well-being. Minnesota Counties @MNcounties This Week in Photos The Association of Minnesota Counties (AMC) Board of Directors meets ahead of the AMC virtual annual conference. Dan McCoy-CountyExec @MCCoyCountyExec This Week in Photos Albany County, N.Y. Executive Dan McCoy provides an update on COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. SC Association of Counties @SCCounties This Week in Photos The South Carolina Association of Counties Washington Counties @WACounties This Week in Photos The Washington State Association of Counties prepares for the 2021 legislative session during its virtual legislative conference. concludes three days of training for newly elected officials. LACountyBOS @LACountyBOS This Week in Photos The Los Angeles County, Calif. Board of Supervisors unveils its official photo, featuring an all-women Board for the first time since its inception in 1852. Harford County Gov't @HarfordCountyMD This Week in Photos Harford County, Md. Executive Barry Glassman recognizes the first night of Hanukkah. SEE MORE PHOTOS 660 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20001 Did someone forward you this email? Sign up to stay up-to-date on topics affecting America’s counties! Click here to unsubscribe. From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: FDA Authorizes First COVID-19 Vaccine National COVID-19 Call Invite Date:Saturday, December 12, 2020 11:16:29 AM From: White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2020 11:15:52 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: FDA Authorizes First COVID-19 Vaccine National COVID-19 Call Invite CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Office of Intergovernmental Affairs White House Weekly Recap for State, local, and Tribal officials | December 12, 2020 On behalf of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (IGA), we are pleased to provide you with the below top-line readout of our COVID-19 Vaccine Summit below. Also find a reminder for the next White House National COVID-19 Briefing Call for State, local, and Tribal officials scheduled on Wednesday, December 16 - if you have already registered for the December 16 call you do not need to re-register. National COVID-19 Briefing Call Registration Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 Time: 1:00 PM Eastern (please note start time and time zone) Call-In Registration: CLICK HERE (if you have already registered for the December 16 call you do not need to re-register) Note: Call-in lines are limited. RSVP's will be allocated in the order they are received. You must register to join the call. And remember, it is not too late to get a flu vaccine. Visit vaccines.gov to learn more and find a location near you. We appreciate your partnership and will continue to share pertinent updates as they become available. We welcome your State, local, and Tribal official colleagues to join our distribution list - they can do so by signing-up here. As a reminder, IGA is the primary liaison between the White House and America's State and local elected officials and Tribal governments. Please do not hesitate to reach out if we can ever be of assistance. Sincerely, The White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs William F. Crozer Special Assistant to the President & Deputy Director O: 202-456-8491 | C: 202-881-8545 | E: William.F.Crozer@who.eop.gov WilliamCrozer45 Nick Barbknecht Associate Director Cell 202-881-9124 Nicolas.Barbknecht2@who.eop.gov Gabby Uli Deputy Associate Director Cell 202-881-8552 Gabriella.M.Uli2@who.eop.gov BREAKING NEWS: FDA Authorizes First COVID-19 Vaccine The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the first emergency use authorization (EUA) for a vaccine for the prevention of coronavirus disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. The EUA allows the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to be distributed in the U.S. Read More: FDA Takes Key Action in Fight Against COVID-19 By Issuing Emergency Use Authorization for First COVID-19 Vaccine Click here to watch President Trump's address. On December 11, 2020, President Donald J. Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office at the White House to announce the first authorized COVID-19 vaccine that will be administered to Americans within 48 hours of distribution to states. HHS Secretary Azar: BREAKING: @US_FDA has granted an emergency use authorization to Pfizer for it's COVID-19 vaccine. It is nothing short of a medical miracle to have FDA authorization of a vaccine for COVID-19 just over 11 months since the virus was made known to the world. ... Because of President Trump’s strong leadership and unwavering support for Operation Warp Speed, we have millions of doses of this vaccine that are now being shipped to every corner of America, with administration to begin as soon as providers are ready. Read more tweets from HHS Secretary Azar here. A link to the full FDA press release is here. The press release also provides information and discussion on available safety and effectiveness data. You can review the full Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine EUA Letter of Authorization here. In addition to the EUA letter, there is a Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers Administering Vaccine available here and a Fact Sheet for Recipients and Caregivers here. Operation Warp Speed and private sector partners now begin distributing the first allocation of doses to sites designated by the public health jurisdictions and five federal agencies with which OWS and CDC have been working to plan distribution. HHS Secretary Azar and Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher C. Miller have issued statements on this next step, and they can be viewed here. For more information on COVID-19 vaccines, the EUA process, and guidance to industry for developing a COVID-19 vaccine, please visit: COVID-19 Vaccines Emergency Use Authorization for Vaccines Explained Emergency Use Authorization for Vaccines to Prevent COVID-19; Guidance for Industry Development and Licensure of Vaccines to Prevent COVID-19; Guidance for Industry COVID-19 Vaccine Summit On Tuesday, December 8, President Trump hosted the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit at the White House where he signed an Executive Order to ensure that the U.S. government prioritizes delivery of the vaccine to American citizens before sending it to other nations. The summit brought together leaders from the Federal government, State, local and Tribal governments, private sector, military, and scientific community for a comprehensive discussion as the Administration prepares for the raid development and distribution of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines to save American lives. Image On Tuesday, December 8, 2020, President Donald J. Trump, joined by members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force and other Administration officials, signs an Executive Order to ensure access to United States Government on COVID-19 Vaccines. President Donald J. Trump is leading the historic effort to deliver a safe and effective vaccine to the American people as soon as possible. Earlier this year, President Trump launched Operation Warp Speed, a groundbreaking partnership between the Federal Government, scientific community, and private sector to develop and deliver safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines to the American people. Operation Warp Speed represents the single greatest mobilization in U.S. history - pioneering, developing, and manufacturing COVID-19 therapies and vaccines in record time. Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump’s Effort To Provide Americans With A Safe And Effective Vaccine Is Delivering Results Read: Remarks by President Trump here and Vice President Pence here Watch: HHS Secretary Azar gives an interview from the Vaccine Summit on having enough safe, effective vaccine doses available by the end of the year to vaccinate 20 million Americans. 100 Million Additional Doses of Moderna Vaccine Purchased Also, the Trump Administration, through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DoD), will purchase an additional 100 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna. If authorized by the FDA for emergency use as outlined in agency guidance, doses of the vaccine will begin shipping immediately. Read More: Trump Administration purchases additional 100 million doses of COVID-19 investigational vaccine from Moderna On Friday, December 11, the FDA informed Pfizer that it will rapidly work toward finalization and issuance of an EUA . The agency has also notified the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Operation Warp Speed, so they can execute their plans for timely vaccine distribution. Read more here. FDA Commissioner Hahn: The whole of the FDA – myself included – remains committed to keeping the public informed about the evaluation of the data of a potential #COVID19 vaccine, so that once available, Americans can have trust and confidence in receiving the vaccine for their families and themselves. DOD Announces Vaccine Distribution Plan On Wednesday, December 9, the Department of Defense announced its deliberate and phased plan to distribute and administer initial and subsequent allocations of the COVID- 19 vaccine. The distribution of the allocated COVID-19 vaccines will begin once the U.S. Federal Drug Administration authorizes the COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use and in accordance with Operation Warp Speed guidance. Read More: DOD Vaccine Distribution Plan and Population Schema Read More: Memo on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccine Guidance Vice President's COVID-19 Travel Engagements On Thursday, December 10, Vice President Pence traveled to Greenville, South Carolina where he participated in a roundtable discussion on the COVID-19 vaccine progress and distribution stage. Vice President Pence thanked Governor McMaster, Lieutenant Governor Evette, and their administration for their leadership to help protect the health and safety and ensure vaccine doses are distributed across the state timely. Image Click the video above to watch the full roundtable discussion on vaccine progress under Operation Warp Speed. Vice President Pence: Thank you to @henrymcmaster & the entire team in South Carolina for the extraordinary work you’ve done to put the health of the people of SC first. We all have a role to play and we urge everyone to continue to do your part to help protect your families, communities & neighbors. Read More: Remarks by Vice President Pence on Vaccine Progress Statements from our Nation's Governors Gov. Greg Abbott (TX): The Lone Star State is prepared to swiftly distribute the #COVID19 vaccine within 24-48 hours of arrival to those who voluntarily choose to be immunized. A Texas-sized thank you to Operation Warp Speed for making this historic distribution possible. Gov. Bill Lee (TN): Thanks to the Trump administration, we have had tremendous resources at the federal level but had the autonomy to be nimble in our response. It has made the difference in TN. Gov. Bel Edwards (LA): Honored to participate in the @WhiteHouse COVID-19 Vaccine Summit today. We’re working hard to respond to the pandemic, especially as we prepare for the vaccine. Working with our federal partners has and will continue to be a big part of our efforts to end the pandemic. #lagov Gov. Ron DeSantis (FL): I was at the @WhiteHouse yesterday with President @realDonaldTrump, HHS @SecAzar and others to discuss vaccine distribution plans and highlight the incredible potential of Operation Warp Speed. Florida looks forward to vaccines being shipped soon! President Donald J. Trump’s Effort To Provide Americans With ASafe And Effective Vaccine Is Delivering Results "My Administration has initiated the single greatest mobilization in U.S. history —pioneering, developing, and manufacturing therapies and vaccines in record time."- President Donald J. Trump PUTTING AMERICANS FIRST FOR VACCINES: President Donald J. Trump istaking action to provide Americans priority access to our Nation’s COVID-19vaccines. On Tuesday, December 15, President Trump signed an Executive Order to ensure that the American people are first in line to benefit from United States Government COVID-19 vaccines developed or procured using taxpayer resources. Under this order, the Secretary of Health and Human Services is directed to provide priority access to COVID-19 vaccines to Americans. Through this action, President Trump is putting the health and safety of Americans, the viability of our economy, and the security of our Nation first. The United States has led and will continue to lead the world’s public health and humanitarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic. DEVELOPING A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE VACCINE IN RECORD TIME: Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, the United States is more prepared than ever before to confront the COVID-19 pandemic. Under President Trump, America will soon deliver vaccines that will help defeat the COVID-19 pandemic and help support the global return to prosperity. In just seven months since the President coalesced the full power of the Federal Government, private sector, and scientific community into Operation Warp Speed, this once-in-a-generation effort has developed vaccines five times faster than any other vaccine in history. Without cutting corners in safety or effectiveness, our Nation is now on track to receive emergency use authorization for two lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines by the end of the year. The Trump Administration is working to coordinate COVID-19 vaccine distribution plans with States, territories, tribes, local public health programs, and private industry. The Trump Administration is prepared to ship COVID-19 vaccine doses to every corner of America within 48 hours of the issuance of an Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. LEADING A HISTORIC RESPONSE: President Trump’s highest priority has always been to preserve the health, safety, and wellbeing of the American people. From the outset of the pandemic, President Trump and his Administration have worked tirelessly to combat COVID-19 and protect Americans. President Trump took early and aggressive action to prevent spread of the virus in America and reacted quickly to completely revolutionize America’s testing system for COVID-19. The President has leveraged the Defense Production Act to expedite production and delivery of critically-needed medical equipment such as ventilators and personal protective equipment. The President and his Administration have always followed a strategy rooted in the bedrock objective of saving lives and helping our country safely reopen, and stay open. President Trump has rejected pursuing across-the-board shutdowns, mandates, and restrictions, which inflict more harm on the American people and United States economy than they would prevent. National News Clips Forbes: Covid-19 Vaccinations Could Start ‘Monday Or Tuesday’ As FDA Set To Approve Pfizer Vaccine, HHS Chief Says Washington Examiner: Operation Warp Speed shows how we come together when times are tough Fox Business: Trump says White House will invoke Defense Production Act for COVID-19 vaccine if necessary Fox News: Rep. Brad Wenstrup, DPM: COVID vaccine -- Operation Warp Speed is unprecedented, shows America at its best Fox News: Small Business Administrator Carranza: PPP saved millions of small businesses, American jobs CBS News: Trump touts vaccines at summit, urging FDA to grant approval Bloomberg: Trump Aims to Boost Vaccine Confidence at White House Summit Local News Clips Indiana House of Representatives Republican Caucus: Manning joins leaders at COVID-19 Vaccine Summit in Washington, D.C. FOX 4 KDFW: Gov. Greg Abbott, Fort Worth mayor attend White House vaccine summit My High Plains: At White House summit, Abbott announces Texas has 7,200 providers signed up to administer COVID-19 vaccines Gallatin News: Lee discusses Tennessee's vaccine distribution plan at White House summit FOX 8 Local First: Governor John Bel Edwards talks about vaccine plan at White House COVID-19 summit Rockland Report: Assemblyman Schmitt Attends White House Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit ABC WBRZ 2: Governor Edwards discusses Louisiana's vaccine plan at White House summit Orlando Sentinel: DeSantis describes COVID-19 vaccination plan at White House summit ABC WXYZ Detroit: Rochester Hills mayor recaps White House summit on COVID-19 vaccine News Radio 1080 KRLD: Fort Worth Mayor to attend COVID-19 vaccine distribution summit Since January, the Trump Administration has led over 1,029 COVID-19 briefings with over 257,965 State, local and Tribal participants in the most robust Federal-State collaboration in modern American history. Unsubscribe Office of Intergovernmental Affairs · 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW · Washington, DC 20500-0003 · USA · 202-456- 1111 From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Questions for the December 14th BOCC Meeting Date:Sunday, December 13, 2020 9:57:28 PM From: Kathleen Keenan Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2020 9:57:06 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton; KPTZ VTeam; Kate Dean; Keppie Keplinger; Tom Locke; Willie Bence; David Sullivan; jeffbocc Subject: Questions for the December 14th BOCC Meeting CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good Morning.....given the present holiday season, it is not surprising that KPTZ listeners have questions related to how to safely have a holiday gathering, even though I have had many conversation with folks resigned to being only with their current household members or alone for the holidays. So for some who recognize the stress on our health care resources....the Governor’s message is taking hold. With the recent Emergency Use Authorization(EUA) for Pfizer’s vaccine candidate last Friday, several listeners have questions about the action of a vaccine and where to get information, as well as a repeated question regarding our ability in this county to get the latest Covid-19 treatment options in our hospital. Respectfully, Kate Keenan KPTZ Virus Watch Team Questions KPTZ would like to have presented on the air to Dr. Locke / Public Health/County Commissioners (BOCC)/EOC/Chamber of Commerce Questions for December 14th BOCC Meeting: Dr. Tom Locke: 1. If two households (4 people) are planning to isolate for 7-10 days and get tested on day 7 for a small holiday gathering, does that mean we can gather indoors safely without masks? Two have previously had the virus last March? 2. Have the Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccine studies and trial information made public yet? 3. Since medications to treat Covid-19 will still be needed, even with the addition of vaccines….does our local hospital have Eli Lilly’s monoclonal antibodies treatment, Regeneron’s treatment, Dexamethasone or Remdesiver? Basically, are we here in Jefferson County, able to get the latest approved treatments? 4. Could you settle the issue of excess deaths rates due to Covid-19?? My neighbor keeps telling me there is no difference between death rates we normally see and the extra added due to Covid-19. 5. What are the best websites to read to get information about Covid-19, vaccines and the epidemiology of the pandemic? Covid-19 Testing: 1. Can Dr. Locke explain why some people get both positive and negative test results on the same day? What is the most accurate test? Can you compare that with antibody testing and other antigen tests for the coronavirus? 2. Most of the videos on social media portray uncomfortable long stabbing with a long Q-Tip to get a nasal sample when testing for Covid-19. Could Dr. Locke please describe the type of testing procedures used at Jefferson Healthcare? My recent experience getting the test did not match those videos and I want people to know what we do here so they won’t be afraid of testing. Public Health Strategies/Vaccines: 1. What is the best way to stay safe on a long flight? 2. I have observed that exhaled cigarette smoke seems to carry quite a distance. If you breathe in exhaled cigarette smoke from someone who is infectious with Covid- 19….are you breathing in those droplets carried on the smoke plume? 3. The use of wastewater analysis has been suggested as a reliable predictor of upcoming spikes in COVID infection. For a small municipality like ours, is it cost effective and would it help predict a measurable surge, particularly after holidays when more people travel. 4. To what extent does the vaccine actually prevent infections versus simply preventing clinical illness? 5. Are there plans to provide proof you have received the coronavirus vaccine? Would this proof allow people to be accepted indoors at restaurants, movie theaters, gyms, etc. Could this be used as an incentive to get the vaccine for those who are resisting? I would appreciate your thoughts. 6. What’s the difference between these two recommendations for quarantine. You are a close contact to a positive case and you are instructed to quarantine for 14 days. Another recommendation as a close contact is to quarantine 7 days from the date of last exposure to a confirmed case, take a PCR test and if you are negative, you are out of quarantine? 7. What is the recommendation time period for isolation for a person who tests positive on the PCR, and has no symptoms? Board of County Commissioners/Chamber of Commerce: (none submitted) EOC: (none submitted) From:Payne, Dontae (GOV) Subject:Governor Inslee to roll out equity proposals Monday Date:Monday, December 14, 2020 9:18:01 AM Attachments:image001.png image002.png image003.png image004.png image005.png image006.png Importance:High CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good morning, Gov. Jay Inslee will address the media today via streaming video and telephone to announce his equity package as part of his 2021-2023 budget proposal. The governor will be joined by: Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler Representative Melanie Morgan Representative Mia Gregerson Monday, December 14 3:00 PM - Media availability The press conference will be livestreamed by TVW. Help us share trusted sources of information on COVID-19: Washington Department of Health coronavirus webpage | CDC’s coronavirus website | Governor’s COVID-19 resource website. If you have specific questions that cannot be answered by these resources, you can call the Washington Department of Health’s public call center at 1- 800-525-0127, then wait and press #. Dontae Payne, MPA Regional Representative – South Sound & Olympic Peninsula |Office of Governor Jay Inslee (he/him/his) Cell: 360-867-8914 www.governor.wa.gov | dontae.payne@gov.wa.gov Email communications with state employees are public records and may be subject to disclosure, pursuant to Ch. 42.56 RCW. View this email in your browser Local 20/20 logo Local 20/20 Weekly Announcements December 14, 2020 From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Local 20/20 Weekly Announcements Date:Monday, December 14, 2020 9:00:50 AM From: Local 20/20 Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 9:00:40 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: Local 20/20 Weekly Announcements CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Midmorning Surprise by Tracy Grisman COVID-19 Update on Mon, Dec 14th *Update* The Weekly COVID-19 update with Jefferson County Public Health Officer, Dr. Thomas Locke at today's meeting of the County Commission. To watch live or recorded videos of the entire 9 a.m. Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting, including the 9:45 a.m. COVID-19 update, go to the website for videos of meetings. You can choose “Streaming Live” or, if viewing later, “Recorded.” You can also listen live to Dr. Locke at 9:45 a.m. on KPTZ or later on the KPTZ home page. And see below, in Community Notices, how to be COVID S.M.A.R.T.! Local 20/20 Council Meeting - Wed, Dec 16th *Online* The monthly Local 20/20 Steering Council meeting is open to all and welcomes those interested in active involvement in Local 20/20 leadership. Newcomers are always welcome. If you'd like a virtual orientation, please email Marlow. For online meeting information, contact Mark. Time: 4-6 pm Location: Zoom meeting Tiny Home Communities as Supportive Housing - Wednesday, Dec 16th *Online* Jefferson County’s housing crisis is going from bad to worse as the economic impact of COVID-19 hits. This webinar demonstrates why Tiny Home Communities are an effective, sustainable solution to the housing affordability crisis. This webinar on supported, self- governing tiny home villages for the unhoused and housing precarious features a presentation on Bellingham’s Unity Village by co-founder Doug Gustafson. A panel discussion follows with Gary Keister, Executive Director of Bayside Housing; Josh Castle, Director of Community Engagement for Seattle's Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI); Jesse Thomas, co-founder of the Community Build Project constructing 12 tiny shelters; Barbara Morey, housing advocate and Joint Housing Task Force member; and Brian Thompson, who gives a hand up to fellow tenters through advocacy and teaching survival skills. Register here. Send questions here. Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m. Location: Online. Coffee with PT City Manager John Mauro on KPTZ - Thurs, Dec 17th Brewocracy on KPTZ this week from 12:10 to 12:40 pm. Discovery Road DJ host Tim Quackenbush hosts Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro in a live broadcast that encourages productive dialogue. John takes questions that listeners call in to 360-215-7270 during the 12:10 to 12:40 p.m. broadcast. You can also email questions to Tim Quackenbush. See the KPTZ event page here for links to join the Zoom meeting. Or simply tune in to KPTZ at 91.9 FM. Check KPTZ for the schedule, and find recorded conversations on the Discovery Road page. Shy Acre Farm 1st Annual Winter Solstice Celebration - Thurs-Mon, Dec 17th-21st *New* In celebration of the longest hours of darkness, all are invited. Community participation is central to creating an abundant display of light on the hillside. Tell your family and friends! You can sign up here (click on calendar day) for a private, self-guided exploration of the farm and a labyrinth pathway of luminaries. After signing up, we will send you luminary-art-making tips, a cultural history of the winter solstice, and directions to the shadow art play kit. People are encouraged to contribute luminaries by placing along the path during your visit. For more information, you can email Shy Acre Farm or go to their website. Discovering the Forest Online Series with Jefferson Land Trust - Fri, Dec 18th *Online* Jefferson Land Trust is offering a new class (an offshoot of the popular Nature In Your Neighborhood program) once a month to learn about community forests: how we can tell if they're healthy, ways we can ensure they thrive, and how a forest's abundance can nourish our community. This monthly series from November through February will feature a variety of local community members who will guide these events. Visit the website here for more information and to sign up. Time: 4-5:30 pm Location: Online Sign Up Now for WSU Extension's Online Home Horticulture Class this Winter *Online* Would you like to be a better gardener? Learn more about soil, composting, diagnosing plant problems, growing fruit and vegetables, and much more at the WSU Home Horticulture course online this winter. The wide range of topics will be taught by WSU faculty, staff, Master Gardeners, and other regional experts. Saturday mornings, January 9 to April 24 (excluding April 3), 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Students will have access to the WSU Extension online Master Gardener Training Modules and the Master Gardener manual. There is the option to earn a Home Horticulture Certificate by completing assigned homework and quizzes. Please note: if you are interested in using this class as a step to become a Jefferson county Master Gardener, please contact Bridget Gregg for details. Tuition for this comprehensive course is $300. Register here . Spaces are limited and registration will close on December 18th or when the class is full, whichever comes first. Port Townsend Farmers Market - Sat, Dec 19th This is the last Port Townsend Saturday Market until the spring! Come between 10 am-2 pm. Hours for online store pickup are 10am-noon. You can place your order online here from 5:30 pm Tuesday through 1 pm Thursday and pick it up at the Port Townsend Community Center from 10 am-12 pm on Saturday. Ther e is an option for bike delivery of online orders from the farmers' market. Find out more here. Don't forget your mask! Due to Covid-19, the Farmers Market will not be able to offer it's festive conclusion of Holiday Market. Many of the market's artisans, food producers, and farms are adding items to the Online Store. We will be offering a discount in the store the week of December 13th-19th, to celebrate the season and help you find your holiday gifts! Time: 10 am-2 pm Location: Uptown, Tyler Street. Give Jefferson through Dec 31st. *New* For over 60 years, United Good Neighbors has championed local organizations that provide for the basic human needs of individuals and families. Your donation to Give Jefferson supports frontline efforts delivering food, shelter, healthcare, education, and hope to our neighbors most in need. All donations this year will be matched by All in WA, a statewide relief effort supporting families and workers impacted by Covid-19. Every dollar donated stays in Jefferson County. Give Jefferson helps our community weather uncertainty and recover from crisis! Washington Climate Assembly Livestreamed - Tues, Jan 12th *New* *Online* The WA Climate Assembly is a virtual event convening 80 Washington State residents in January 2021 to learn about, discuss, and recommend climate change solutions for consideration by the State Legislature. Assemblies have been used worldwide to help shape the work of governments, and this virtual event will focus on climate mitigation strategies that equitably support communities disproportionately impacted by climate change. Assembly members will be chosen through a lottery to accurately represent the state in terms of demographics such as age, race/ethnicity, geographic distribution, and political perspectives. The event will be live streamed and recorded starting on January 12, 2021 via Zoom and available for subsequent viewing on the WA Climate Assembly’s website and YouTube channel. To learn more visit WA Climate Assembly. Join the conversation on social media using the hashtag #WAClimateAssembly. Taming Bigfoot Is Back! - Sign up by - Fri, Jan 22nd The hugely popular and engaging “Taming Bigfoot” community carbon footprint reduction competition is returning. Perhaps you participated last time (5 years ago). Perhaps you heard about it and wanted to participate next time. Perhaps you are new to this and want to learn more. Visit here for more information and an application to form and/or join a team. Teams are forming now. Applications are due January 22, 2021. Find out how you can be part of this next competition and invite friends to join too! Have fun working on our elusive BIG carbon FOOTprint! Community Notices Local 20/20 COVID-19 Resources l2020.org/COVID-19/ *Online* A central location for community-wide information relating to COVID-19, updated frequently. Includes Reliable Information Sources, Food Sources, Community Covid-19 Resource pages, Giving and Getting Assistance, Community Events Online, Community Face Mask Program, and information web posts related to COVID-19. Look in the red box at the top of the page for all the newest information. Rising COVID Case Rates - Rising COVID Risk! The Jefferson County community has done exceptionally well holding wide spread COVID at bay. Good Job!! We are now faces with a third wave and rising rates in our county. We must not let up and get lax in our vigilance! The Department of Emergency Management is asking you to: Be COVID S.M.A.R.T. ! S: Sanitize Frequently M: Mask appropriately - even with family & friends outside your household A: When socializing - stay in good air flow. Outside or Inside with fans and open windows R: Room Between People - Social Distancing reduces virus transmission T: Technology for Gatherings - Use zoom or other conferencing technology instead of in-person visits Jefferson MRC is Seeking New Members - Deadline Fri, Jan 15th *New* The Jefferson County Marine Resources Committee (MRC) is seeking to fill committee member positions for a District 1 Representative, District 1 Alternate, and District 3 Alternate (see more information and districts map here).. MRC Members are appointed for a four-year term and commit to: attending monthly meetings the first Tuesday of every month from 6–8PM (currently held virtually), participating in project work groups, reviewing and responding to emerging issues, and respecting diverse views. To apply, email (1) an application form, (2) a letter of interest and (3) a resume to Monica Montgomery. The deadline for applications is January 15, 2021 or until filled. For information, go here. Opening for a Part-time Development and Administrative Assistant at Jefferson Land Trust Jefferson Land Trust is seeking a detail oriented professional as our Development and Administrative Assistant. Visit the Land Trust jobs page here to learn more and apply! Please share with anyone you know who may be interested. November King Tide Info & Photos 'Tis the season of higher tides, and there was a higher- than-average predicted tide on November 17, 2020 (9.5′ predicted, 10.5' observed), and a few Local 20/20 Climate Action volunteers were out there early in the morning to capture it. The king tide gives us a chance to visualize the higher sea levels that will become more frequent in the future due to global sea- level rise. You can learn more about the project in this post. The photos from the project are shared on the MyCoast website. (You can zoom in on the map to find the Port Townsend photos, and others are posted all over the state coastline.) Housing Solutions Network Call to Action Thanksgiving is a time when we are grateful for the ability to lean on one another in the supportive communities we have here in Jefferson County. Right now, we need that sense of community support to rally around the issue of housing. Now more than ever, affordable housing is key to our health and economic recovery from the pandemic. Finding solutions is going to require action from all of us. Housing leaders and advocates across Jefferson County have created a Community Call to Action for Housing. They are calling on everyone to take action; individuals, businesses, nonprofits, and government all have a role to play. Today, they ask you to stand with them and: READ THE DECLARATION & CALL TO ACTION SIGN YOUR NAME SPREAD THE WORD BY SHARING THIS MESSAGE Take the Students for Sustainability Survey on Plastic Bag Ban *Online* Students for Sustainability is a group of Port Townsend High School students who are taking action to mitigate climate change. This summer they successfully passed a single-use plastic drinking straw and stirrers ban that is set to go into effect on January 1st, 2021. They were able to do that because of the support of people like you. Now, they are hoping to strengthen the Plastic Bag Ban in Port Townsend to make it more effective. They would greatly appreciate your help in filling out this short survey. They are going to use these answers in their presentation to City Council. They thank you in advance! Openings for 2021 Farm Intern Applicants Sunfield Biodynamic Farm in Port Hadlock seeking 2021 Farm Intern Applicants! The internship starts April 1st and ends October 31st, with an option to go through the winter with reduced hours. Farm food, housing, and a small stipend is provided. Please email Ezra with a cover letter, resume, and references. For more information see Internship Opportunity Join the Jefferson County Farmers Market Board of Directors The Jefferson County Farmers Market Board is an enthusiastic group of market vendors and community members who love local food and strengthening our local economy. We have two open board member positions. If you have: experience with fundraising, marketing, policy writing, graphic design; connections with organizations or groups; or experience inspiring people to volunteer their time, please consider applying! Submit a completed application here. Learn more here. Local 20/20 Social Justice Workgroup Webpage Now Live *Updated* *Online* Besides the Local 20/20 Social Justice Statement and Addendum, the newly launched pages feature sources we are reading and discussing, community organizations and businesses to support, a spotlight on a regional community artist, and links to other reading and visual resources. Our intent is to learn and share how to be an antiracist, how to support antiracist policies and ideas, and how to incorporate anti-racism into our core purpose, identifying the relationship between climate justice and social justice. To view the new pages, go here. You can find it here or at the Resiliency of the Heart group webpages. Check out our New Music section to share the voices of young Native Americans. Local 20/20 Statement on Systemic Racial and Social Inequities As our hearts, minds, and bodies survive and move through the COVID 19 pandemic and into the uprising of voices demanding social and racial justice sparked by the murder of George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement, Local 20/20 acknowledges the existence of systemic racial and social inequities in our country. With compassion, we “take a knee” in solidarity with victims of oppression in any form. We pledge to work harder at understanding what it takes to make positive change toward our collective goals for policy that reflect antiracist actions and ideas. Local 20/20’s mission is to promote sustainability and resilience through advocacy and education. We recognize that our goals of a healthy existence for all can ONLY be achieved through policies that uphold racial and social equity. As we enjoy the benefits of living in this incredible paradise, we also acknowledge that we live on land usurped by European Settlers from the Jamestown S’Klallam, the Lower Elwah Klallam, the Port Gamble S’Klallam, the Skokomish, the Quinault, the Quileute, the Hoh, and the Makah tribes. Read about actions that have emerged since we first posted this statement. See updated readings in our Resilience Review section below on this topic. Host a Meeting on the Local Housing Emergency *Online* The HSN's Outreach Housing Action Team is releasing the Cultivating Community Solutions to the Housing Crisis video online to continue reaching broader audiences and inspiring more action. You can view the video here. You can continue spreading this call to action by sharing this video in the community. COVID-19 is a threat multiplier to the challenges our struggling community members were already facing. You can join the HSN Giving Circle here. Just Soup on Tuesdays On Tuesday, 11:30-1:30, Just Soup provides free, hot soup lunches at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1020 Jefferson St, on the Tyler St. bus line [by the Bell Tower.] Enter the rear church parking lot on Franklin, and whether you are on foot, bike, or car, you will be in line for curbside pickup, with masks, gloves, and safe distancing protocols in place. Pick up a lunch for yourself or your neighbor in need. No questions asked. Many partners and supporters have come together to feed Port Townsend one bowl at a time!!! This information also appears on Local 20/20 COVID- 19 Resources Meals Page here. Times and Locations: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, St. Paul's Episcopal Church Download Port Townsend Walking Times Map Local 20/20 Transportation Lab's popular walking times map is downloadable here. It provides approximate travel time on foot between points. Estimates are based on an average speed of 3 mph. Walking is healthy, social, fun, costs nothing, keeps your carbon footprint small and allows you to maintain social distance. Use the map to find new routes across our beautiful town. Emergency Text Alerts from Jefferson County Sign up to receive Jefferson County Department of Emergency Management’s emergency alerts by text on your mobile phone and/or by email. NIXLE messages provide crucial information in an emergency & are sent directly to your text-enabled device and/or email. The sign up web page also has information about other alert and warning systems, including the tsunami warning system and the WSDOT alert system. A Tool for Neighborhood Organization Nextdoor is a private social network for YOUR neighborhood. Use this link to join one of 59 Nextdoor Neighborhoods in Jefferson County. Currently there are 11,857 subscribers, with many new members joining each day. Email Pete Hubbard with questions or comments. Calling Local Photographers! Local 20/20 Weekly Announcements invites local photographers to submit images that capture the character of our community and its natural setting. For the opening photo of each weekly email, we seek local color, horizontal (“landscape”) orientation, and jpeg format. Please no children, pets or recognizable faces. Kindly send to events@l2020.org. Please include your name in the jpeg filename. We are an all-volunteer non-profit, so compensation for your talent and generosity is a photo credit and our profound thanks. Resilience Readings Do you have readings, podcasts or videos to share that are aligned with our Local 20/20 mission? Please submit them here for consideration. Citizens Climate Assembly: Report from the UK *New* There are indicators that our existing national political system is not up to the task of responding to the climate crisis. For multiple reasons our political "leaders" seem unlikely to enact the significant change we need within the urgent timeframe required. One possible alternative providing a glimmer of hope is a “Citizens Climate Assembly." A citizens assembly is a form of participatory democracy in which members of the community are called to duty to listen to the evidence and craft recommended actions and strategies. The UK convened a climate assembly earlier this year with 108 members of the public randomly selected. They met over a period of five months and heard testimony from 47 subject matter experts. A 556-page report from this citizen group was recently released and an article from carbonbrief.org goes over some of its findings and offers links to the full report. The hope is that citizens working together can find solutions that will be acceptable to a majority of stakeholders and that it will help coerce and support politicians to enact needed policies. The report provides 50 key recommendations to help the UK reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. In a world where both our ecosystems and our democracies seem imperiled this approach offers a way forward. Please see the post above on a Washington State Citizen Climate Assembly starting January 2021. For a detailed look at the UK effort and its findings please access the article here. Transforming Life on Our Home Planet, Perennially *New* This essay by Wes Jackson et al is the first part of a new book, The Perennial Turn: Contemporary Essays from the Field, and it is a joy. The authors suggest analysis as the first step in facing “the multiple, cascading crises that humans have created.” He argues that agriculture may be “the worst mistake in the history of the human race" (argued by Jared Diamond and others) and that by ramping up agriculture to industrial scales we have monkeyed with ecosystems that we do not fully understand or appreciate. The book discusses how our claim to dominion over the resources of the entire planet sets up an artificial separation of humans from nature. The key thing to understand, the authors write, is that earth’s atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere are not separate from the biosphere. Earth is alive in a holistic way. As they put it, “We hold this to be a truth that must become self evident: Our shared human responsibility is to live on, not dominate, our home planet.” Success will be measured by the “long-term flourishing of ecosystems, including people.” Their prescriptions do not reject reductionist science but call for greater appreciation of complex systems and a “revolutionary change in theory and practice.” They reject fantasies of unlimited growth. They close soberly by considering Wendell Berry, who said we live on “the human estate of grief and joy.” They acknowledge that our cumulative harms of the past mean that unless we change we face grief “unprecedented in human history.” Please find the article here. Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story *New* This worthy yet entertaining documentary on YouTube is an eye opener. The documentary also goes into wasted land, water and inputs. The documentary is free, with a few ads. Filmmakers and food lovers, Jen and Grant, dive into the issue of food waste and pledge to quit grocery shopping and survive only on discarded food for 6 months. In addition, the film looks into expiry dates, perfect produce, and portion sizes, supposedly little things that add up to an overwhelming problem. You can watch the video here. It Took a Townsend The November column for Local 20/20’s Resilience Review in The Port Townsend Leader is from Tracy Grisman, who is a member of Local 20/20's Beyond Waste Action Group. Tracy provides a recap of the Repair Cafe she and others organized earlier this year. The title of the article is “It Took a Townsend: A Fond Memory from 2020." In the article we are introduced us to a new term, the Repairocene (noun): A time when common goals of healing, repairing, and restoring of our lands, our things, and our relationships are shared. Port Townsend’s Repair Café debut was a smash hit! (No pun intended.) You can find the article on our website here. The "Market" Won't Save Us from Climate Disaster This article from The Guardian’s Robert Devine argues that “expecting the free market to fix global warming is like trying to pound nails with a saw.” It quotes a former Chief Economist for the World Bank calling climate change “the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen.” Devine goes into what “market failure” means and how a defect in communication has contributed to consumers not having the appropriate information when they choose to buy, say, a gallon of gasoline. He talks about how ecosystem services have been terribly undervalued for too long. Devine stops short of offering a prescription for radical departure from the free market but offers some ideas for how the current system can be greatly improved and perhaps work towards our goals instead of against them. Please find the article here. Food for Thought Author Leander Jones tackles the problems of our dominant industrial agriculture model and how a system that relies on global production and transportation contributes to risk for some communities when it is stressed by situations like Covid-19. Jones offers an alternative model practiced in Germany that combines collective land ownership with CSA membership. Such a model adheres to principles such as localism, ecological sustainability, common ownership and production for need rather than profit. It pays farm workers a living wage that is independent of crop fluctuations. CSA members are encouraged to help work on the farm and invest their labor as well as their capital to help ensure success. The operation Jones highlights resists growing in size beyond that which serves its members. Also, Jones illustrates how growing local food for local consumption can greatly help reduce agriculture’s greenhouse gas footprint. It's a model worth exploring locally. Please find the article here. No Matter Who Wins The 2020 election is behind us and many people feel optimistic for our future once again. Thus it is a good time to inject some big picture reality into the equation. Some may equate reality with pessimism but as our political leaders begin to transition to establishing new priorities and approaches to problem solving it would be good to base our plans on reality and science. Nate Hagens is with the University of Minnesota and the Institute for the Study of Energy and the Future. He is one of those big picture guys, especially in finance and energy systems. Just before the election he wrote an essay in which he draws our attention back to the really big problems we face, all of which have in recent months been forced off the radar screen of our limited attention spans. He covers the impact of COVID and its economic impact, pending oil supply problems, and our interdependence with the natural world as well as offering some great titanic iceberg analogies. Hagens offers a number of quotes that begin with the same phrase “No matter who wins the election” such as “we will have to face a more complex and less certain energy future.” Readers are encouraged to take the time and inform themselves on the Big Picture with Nate Hagens, find the article here. How to Fix Our Country's Empathy Problem, Starting with the Farmworkers Who Keep Us Fed This article from Salon’s Ashlie Stevens provides good food for thought. It takes up the situation of the migrant workers who play a key role in our food supply chain. Most of us are mostly unaware of the role these essential workers play and of the conditions with which they contend. Stevens argues that many of us have lost a sense of empathy, that we don’t consider the suffering that others must endure simply to earn the money needed to support themselves and their families. We have become deficient in empathy. As we consider how to make our local food system more resilient for the challenging times ahead, we should create a system that works for all stakeholders. Justice for front line workers fosters stability and resilience and, more importantly, it is simply the right priority for our fellow human beings. Please find the article here. Einstein’s Take on Capitalism, Socialism and a New Kind of Business & What Evil Lurks Poised at the precipice of this particular national election, many of us are experiencing anxiety. We are unsure of both the electoral outcome and of the consequences of the result as expressed by the reactions of those on “the other side” of our politically polarized society. Thus it seems like a perfect time to take a deliberate moment and turn the focus inward. Are we as a People really so divided, or is this a construct that comes from within ourselves and, if given free rein, threatens extreme and disastrous results for all? The two articles below from Resilience.org offer much to the reader willing to take time to look inward and consider such tough questions. The first, authored by Eduardo Sasso, is Einstein’s Take on Capitalism, Socialism and a New Kind of Business. The more I learn about Einstein the more I am impressed. The patent clerk turned scientist was also an amazing philosopher. Sasso starts with the premise that “we are still largely governed by the old dichotomy of business vs. society." Sasso draws from Einstein’s Out of My Later Years and offers a quote that seems especially relevant: ‘The crisis of our time concerns the relationship of individual to society [whereby the individual] does not experience his dependence on society as a positive asset, as an organic tie or as a protective force, but rather as a threat to his/her rights or to his economic existence." Sasso shows how Einstein favored a new model blending market mechanisms with socialism’s goal of benefiting all. Blending science with religion and philosophy. "In the quest for a more noble society, we must leave behind the shores of comfort and venture instead towards unknown yet far more promising destinations." The second essay is from John Michael Greer and examines our inherent capacity for good and evil from three perspectives. In What Evil Lurks, Greer examines the 1930’s radio show, Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, and Jung’s psychological archetypes. Fittingly for our present times, perhaps, all three of these concepts were products of the 1930’s. Similarly today, many of us fear a shadowy threat of economic depression and war. Greer helps provide context to our present situation “where one party accuses the other of being full-blown goose-stepping Nazis and the other party insists that the first are Satan- worshiping pedophiles.” He asks us to consider how the manifestation of the shadow of evil is a projection onto others of what is inside each of us. Greer’s goal is to have us find a solution to the present threat other than mutual slaughter. On Fire Local 20/20's monthly PT Leader column for October is about the increasing fire risk west of the Cascades. Human caused climate change is making wildfires worse. Climate experts project that wildfire risk will increase significantly this century west of the Cascades where much of the fuel is Yet another reminder that we need action on all levels (federal, state, local, and even individual actions) to avert the worst consequences of climate change. Please find the article here. On Fire is the title given by the author, Cynthia Bratz. Kiss the Ground This fantastic documentary presents the amazing potential of regenerative agriculture. Narrated by Woody Harrelson and featuring Ian Somerhalder, this 2020 Tribeca Film Festival selection was produced by Josh & Rebecca Tickell and provides viewers with the compelling story of how our soil can not only sequester carbon but even draw it down from the atmosphere. The film includes the perspectives of thought leaders, soil conservationists, ranchers, and farmers. This is one of those rare examples of something tangible we can undertake to head off a catastrophe. You can watch it now on Netflix, or on October 22nd you can stream it for $1. This 84 minute film will leave you feeling... hopeful. To watch a trailer, and to learn more, please visit the Film’s website here. The Great Climate Migration Compared to many places, we live in a region where the climate forecast offers reasonable temperature and adequate rainfall. While we cannot expect to escape the direct nor the indirect effects of climate change, we may be one of the places where people from other regions migrate to escape inhospitable temperatures and humidity, drought, or recurring natural disasters. It is, however, a complex situation. A recent report from ProPublica & The New York Times Magazine takes a look at the prospects for climate migration. They begin with analysis of the geophysical forecasts for the U.S. using county-level data displayed in a series of interactive maps. The accompanying article provides an in-depth analysis of the impacts on agriculture, water, and housing issues, as well as consideration of economic and social factors that are quite concerning. This is important information as we begin to think about how we might react and what community values we would like to uphold in such a scenario. The ProPublica article is here, and an interactive and comprehensive mapping feature is here. Want Some Eco-Friendly Tips? A New Study Says No, You Don’t This article by Grist’s Kate Yoder takes a look at the effectiveness of trying to encourage individual efforts to reduce our carbon footprint as we try to mitigate climate change. It argues that not only are such efforts puny in the face of the enormity of the situation, but that often the results of efforts to persuade people are actually counter- productive. Take, for example, the phenomenon of those who rebel against encouragements to drive fuel efficient or hybrid vehicles by building jacked-up diesel pickups capable of “rolling coal”. The article is based on a study of 2,000 people and their reactions to various messages and messengers. The article derides the idea that we can “shop our way out of the climate crisis.” Instead of trying to co- opt people through “ecopiety,” we have to find a way to make behavioral changes fun and sexy. This will be very helpful information as we try to shape public policies and educational efforts. Please find the article here. Has Oil Peaked? For those who follow the status of how human society accesses energy, here is a new essay from Post Carbon Fellow Richard Heinberg. Heinberg, ever the voice of rational analysis, describes how the concept of peak oil can be approached from a demand or a supply perspective. He discusses the paradox of how decreases in demand for oil can cause a decrease in price even as decreases in supply would be expected to increase the price of a barrel of oil. Also, he revisits how the fracking phenomenon is faced with the impossible situation of being too expensive to extract more than the low hanging fruit they have already run through. As Heinberg notes, the overarching importance of our energy systems with regards to food production, transportation, and the greater economy indicate a significant challenge for the future. Please click here for Heinberg’s article. Local 20/20 Was Founded in the Transition Movement Local 20/20’s monthly Port Townsend Leader column for September, authored by Sonja Hammar, provides a few examples of what it means to be a Transition Town. Hammar outlines the basic precepts of the Transition Movement. Local 20/20's very mission statement, “ Working together toward local sustainability and resilience – integrating ecology, economy, and community through action and education” aptly illustrates the credo of Transition. Follow this link to learn more about "Transition" and to find the article on Local 20/20's website. The Five Real Conspiracy Theories You Need to Know About The current sad state of our national political system includes a descent into conspiracy theories that threaten real harm to real people and degrade the health of our society. This article does not go into any depth examining Q-Anon, coronavirus or anti-vaxxer conspiracies but takes the opportunity to highlight some very real and impactful things happening in our world. For the most part these are phenomena that are so insidious and have been with us for so long that they’ve faded into the background paradigm. Author Jeremy Lent asks us to consider the vast conspiracy that makes things possible such as turning the world into one giant marketplace and in the process creating almost unimaginable levels of wealth disparity. Lent also outlines the conspiracy to plunder the global south, and the efforts to hide the effects of climate change to protect corporate profit. Lent’s last “conspiracy” is the one to “grow the global economy indefinitely, while killing most of life on Earth and risking the collapse of civilization.” In terms of impact this last one seems especially far fetched. Such a thing could not really be possible… right? Please find the article at Resilience.org here. Ontology as a Hidden Driver of Politics This article is a thought-provoking dive into the paradigms that operate in the background and which shape how we think about the world. Essentially this refers to what we call reality. One of the current problems we face that seems almost insurmountable is that our society has devolved into the situation where major segments of the population believe different things and operate from different realities. Understanding how or why this happens would be a place to start healing the divide. Only when we start pulling together will we have a decent chance to address the enormous challenges before us (see Climate change article below). Authored by David Bollier, this is an overview to a report compiled at last year’s workshop by the Commons Strategies Group and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies. The article and a link to access the full report are available here. New Study Shows a Vicious Cycle of Climate Change Building on Layers of Warming Ocean Water It would have been easy to miss the alarming new report from researchers who describe how the Oceans are “stabilizing”. These days it would be quite understandable to welcome any sort of stabilizing but in our oceans this represents an ominous situation. The ability of our oceans to buffer the impacts of CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has allowed us to delay the onset of the major impacts of climate change forecast for the future. However, it seems the ability of the oceans to perform this service is ending far sooner than scientists had expected. One of the study's co-authors is Michael Mann of Penn State who also says we now cannot rule out some of the more dire risks including that atmospheric CO2 could triple by the year 2100, and that global average temperature could rise by 8 degrees F. Even as so much of our attention seems focused on things like the death toll from COVID-19 and an uncertain political situation we should also take time to assess our world from the big picture perspective and to act accordingly. Find the article by Bob Berwyn at Inside Climate News here. The Political Economy of Decarbonization: Tradable Energy Quotas for Energy Descent Futures When we consider the many challenges of climate change, we often avoid considering the need to modify our lifestyles to utilize less energy. This article by Samuel Alexander and Joshua Floyd examines the concept of ‘Tradable Energy Quotas (TEQs) that could help equitably manage a societal response to transitioning away from using fossil fuels, whether we choose to do so to forestall climate catastrophe, or whether we’re forced to by diminished supply. Alexander and Floyd examine Joseph Tainter’s theory that as societal complexity increases, greater inputs of energy are required to solve problems that arise. The implication is that if we adopt lower energy lifestyles and economic degrowth there will be the risk of destabilizing societal inequities. A system of TEQs offers a way to distribute the available energy equitably among all stakeholders in relation to basic human needs rather than some other system that exacerbates current economic inequality. This wonky but worthwhile article holds relevance to our local community and can be found here. Truth and Redistribution In the Yes! magazine's Black Lives Issue, authors Darrick Hamilton and Naomi Zewde discuss how to fix the racial wealth gap, end plutocracy, and build black power. They discuss how acknowledgment alone is insufficient to address "America's race problem manifesting as a Black economic problem." “We can only move forward from the long history of racial exploitation for those who have been harmed. In essence, acknowledgment and apology alone (truth and reconciliation) will be incomplete if not accompanied by some form if material redress: It is only with both these factors that America can ever have racial justice.” This article addresses what needs to happen for equity in America. What does reparation mean, and how would that make real change? Please find the article here. Living in the Time of Dying Living in the Time of Dying is short documentary film (54 min.) by Australian Michael Shaw. It begins with a trip to visit local author Dahr Jamail (The End of Ice). It is a meaningful exploration of the situation in which humanity finds itself here on planet Earth--that we must consider societal collapse as likely and even human extinction as quite possible. Featured interviews with Jem Bendell (Deep Adaptation) and Native Elder Stan Rushworth help us consider our own story in the here and now. Noted dharma teacher and author of Facing Extinction, Catherine Ingram asks us to find the courage to move towards acceptance. Ingram leaves us with a Leonard Cohen quote: “So come my friends, be not afraid. / We are so lightly here. / It is in love that we are made; / In love we disappear.” If you are able to find some quiet time today, I think you will enjoy this video available here. A Helpful Approach to Communication in These Difficult Times Local 20/20's monthly PT Leader column for July shared how in times like the ones we are experiencing now, one of the most compassionate things we can do for one another is to listen--listen carefully and offer back what we have heard the other person say about what they are feeling and needing. "It is impossible to overemphasize the immense need humans have to be really listened to, to be taken seriously, to be understood,” notes Dr. Paul Tournier. This article by Suzanne Jones, M.A., is entitled “A Helpful Approach to Communication in These Difficult Times” Our Power Comes from Acting without Escape from Our Pain This article is co-authored by Gail Bradbook, one of the founders of the Extinction Rebellion (XR), and Jem Bendell from the Deep Adaptation Forum (DA), and represents a unified view on how the two groups view the climate crisis. As outlined in Heinberg’s article below, both groups agree on the urgency and existential level of the threat. There had been some concerns expressed that the Deep Adaptation approach, which begins with an acceptance of the probability of civilization collapse may lead people into bottomless despair and inaction. This essay addresses that concern directly and, beautifully, I think, realigns the two camps. While XR will continue efforts to demand action from the current political system in order to lower our collective greenhouse gas footprint, DA people will focus on work at a personal and local level to help cushion the inevitable fall. Both approaches are valid and necessary; the important thing is the awareness of the urgency of the situation. Please find the article here. In Detroit a New Type of Neighborhood Has Emerged Where exactly is the line between a community garden and urban agriculture? Does it matter? As Port Townsend debates the future of the City-owned golf course, there is a growing advocacy for considering the value of growing our own food close to home. At the same time there remains a level of skepticism as to whether small scale agriculture or community gardens can grow a significant part of our community's food supply. This article describes the emerging phenomenon of “agrihoods,”communities built around a large garden/small farm hub. Increasing food security and building community are some of the ways these efforts increase our resilience. Please read this 2019 article from Yes! magazine about efforts in Detroit and imagine how Port Townsend might look and feel in the future. The Pandemic Is Making Us Question the Connection between Work and Money This is a wonderful meditation on the concept of money. Author Curtis White picks up on the recent automatic deposits sent to people to provide relief from COVID-19’s economic effects and wonders if money can be magically created out of thin air, what does that mean? What is this thing called money, and how insidiously ingrained has it become in our psyche? White further explores how life without money might be possible, and he offers an argument for local communities taking control of their economy to find new ways to do the things that communities do regardless of money. Please find the article at Salon here. 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Sims Way #12 · Port Townsend, Wa 98368 · USA From:David Sullivan To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Happy Holidays from the Department of the Interior, Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs Date:Monday, December 14, 2020 9:57:21 AM From: Office of Intergovermental and External Affairs Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 9:56:46 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: David Sullivan Subject: Happy Holidays from the Department of the Interior, Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution whenopening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Department of the Interior, Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs DOI Header - Dark Green Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! From the Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs at the Department of the Interior Tim Williams Jeff Small Marshall Critchfield Sarah Spaulding Elinor Werner Lacey Smethers Two men and three women standing in front of a polar bear SUBSCRIBER SERVICES:Manage email updates | Delete profile | Help | Contact DOI This email was sent to dsullivan@co.jefferson.wa.us by: U.S. Department of the Interior · 1849 C Street, N.W. · Washington DC 20240 · 202-208-3100 From:Jeff Selby To:Public Comments Subject:Boatyard Trailhead Concept Paper Date:Monday, December 7, 2020 4:00:43 PM Attachments:Enhanced Boatyard Trailhead Design Concept_112320.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. This is the referenced paper from the previous email, re' the ODT Boatyard Trailhead enhancement suggestions. Cheers, Jeff From:Donald Mc Nees Jr To:Public Comments Subject:Tom Parks Comments on 12/07/20 to BoCC Date:Tuesday, December 8, 2020 12:03:45 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Tom Parks obsessively making false claims and statements about activities at the Jefferson County Sportsmans Associations Facility does not make them true. These latest comments and many past comments meet the legal definition of libel, slander, and defamation. JCSA does provide the property to local law enforcement entities for training as required by Jefferson County in our Licence and Operating agreement, but there is no military training , para-military training or any form of militia training or support. I am a strong believer in all the rights provided in our constitution including free speech, but libel, slander and defamation of a person or entity is not a protected right, It is wrong and it is illegal. My question to the BoCC, the County Administrator and the County Prosecutor is, are there provisions in your rules and procedures to stop someone from repeatedly making false claims, without proof or evidence and which are libelous and defamatory, in the public comment platform provided by the County. Thank-you for your time and all you do for our County, respectfully , Don McNees From:Radha Devi To:Public Comments Subject:For consideration at BOCC meeting - Dec. 14, 2020 Date:Sunday, December 13, 2020 8:22:56 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Regarding Covid policies in Jefferson County and censorship – On Dec. 7th Greg Brotherton said “I will continue to take my lead from our public health experts.” I would like to know who those experts are. There are many physicians, scientists and other health experts in our country and around the world who have published valid scientific data this year regarding Covid 19. It should be concerning to everyone that censorship of studies and valid data is now the norm. In Stephen Schumacher’s piece that was censored by The Leader, he cites a Harvard epidemiologist, JAMA, the CDC, and other mainstream sources that have been relied on for decades. Yet Commissioner Kate Dean has characterized all information that invalidates policies you support as “offensive." It appears that Commissioner Brotherton is also justifying The Leaders’ censorship when he refers to keeping a "unified approach" to managing the information that is “allowed” to be printed. There are “so many people focused on unreputable information,” he said. Who is the arbiter deciding what information is reputable? Is what you have cherry-picked from the CDC reputable, but Stephen Schumacher’s CDC data is unreputable? And what does it say about democracy in our community to disallow public debate over these issues?. Why are you all OKAY with censorship? Many people only get their news and information from mainstream news media outlets which are controlled by big pharma, and through Silicon Valley’s social media giants. These outlets are only allowed to deliver news that is in alignment with their financial, political and social agendas. As elected representatives it is your duty and responsibility to listen to all of your constituents' concerns with respect and a spirit of inclusiveness. With a genuine interest in honest and open debate. I also consider it your duty and responsibly to investigate all manner of reliable sources for news and health information. Your dismissive attitude towards information that challenges your positions and your statements rationalizing censorship are alarming. Harry S. Truman warned, "Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.” Herbert Hoover said, and we must all agree, “Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty.” Sincerely, Radha Devi From:Beth O"Neal To:Public Comments Subject:Protect Civil Liberties Date:Sunday, December 13, 2020 9:16:50 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Board of Commissioners, I am writing to ask you to please look deeper into the analysis of covid and effects of the COVID lockdowns. I am deeply concerned about the hysteria about rising cases and the blind faith we seem to have on the oversimplified media repetitive scare tactics. There is mounting evidence that masks do not really work. AND are potentially a threat to people’s health. One problem is the people that have to wear them 8 hours a day are the poorer of our society, those in the service industry. The COVID restrictions you are mandating are not only Orwellian but are again hitting the poor the most. The stress of inflating numbers and downright falsely stating Jefferson County had a first fatality is wrong. The stress of keeping old people isolated to save their lives and telling young people they are killing their grandparents is wrong and detrimental to the health of those the powers that be claim to be trying to save. We must quit these divisive mandates and look at hard science and not forget what we have learned of how isolation, stress (financial, social,demonization) and over sanitizing and avoiding germs has on our overall health. Please stop destroyIng small businesses. Please do NOT condone censorship in our media. Please stop this madness and send people back to work without masks, back to their families and friends. Back to school. Back to living. There are many things we could actually do to prevent a pandemic which include: Stop killing thousands of species a day Stop spraying glyphosates on our food Reduce pollution (viruses move around NOT only on humans and pollution is weakening humans respiratory systems). Stop over vaccinating. ( our children and elderly and the animals and fowl we eat are all vaccinated more than ever. Just as excess antibiotic use causes bacterial mutations over vaccinating effects virus mutations). Among a few. Thank you for the work you do and I appreciate you reading my concerns and others. Beth ONeal From:graphiti To:Public Comments Subject:public comment for 12/14/20 BOCC meeting Date:Sunday, December 13, 2020 9:31:34 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Last week I submitted a comment about Covid policies you are supporting that have been increasingly invalidated by science. I would like to complete those comments that were cut off for time, and as well respond to Commissioner Dean’s expressed frustration that more and more people are writing you about policies that you say you have no control over. All three of you sit on the Jefferson County Board of Health. You make decisions on the extent of health policies implemented here. Equally important, you influence public perception, including the messaging in our newspaper and other local media. We have been fed a relentless fear campaign, with a big dose of shaming for anyone challenging its narrative. And in what Commissioner Brotherton euphemistically referred to as a “unified approach,” the Leader, on your behalf, is now censoring open debate. As I stated last week, an extensive review of PCR tests by 22 global experts has just confirmed previous findings that these tests are so flawed as to be "useless as a specific diagnostic tool." Why is this relevant here, on your watch? As data worldwide has proven Covid deaths to be no greater than annual flu deaths, the narrative has switched from hyping death tallies to scaring the public with false case numbers based on unreliable tests. County public health authorities—with your blessing—have done the same... every week fueling fear with a report of cases on the rise. Perfectly healthy people with no symptoms who test positive are called Covid cases. Someone who has a positive test at the hospital after being admitted for a heart attack or stroke is declared a Covid case. The health department is scaring people with bogus “case” counts using a test that produces up to 97% false positives, lacks specificity, and cannot predict if a person is infectious. Now they've also labeled a Hospice patient in her 90s, dying from other medical conditions, our "first Covid death" on the basis of this test. Fomenting fear from—and attributing deaths to—an unreliable test is unconscionable. How many of the 191 Covid “cases” being claimed in Jefferson County over the last ten months were healthy, non-infectious people, or folks with other medical issues but no Covid symptoms, who tested positive? And if we truly have had 191 legitimate Covid cases among our 30,000 residents, but only SIXTEEN people have been sick enough to be hospitalized*, just how deadly is this virus? Policies that are devastating our county are based on dubious case numbers, rare hospitalizations, and not a single fatality from Covid in TEN MONTHS. Please put an end to this unfounded fear narrative. Sincerely, Ana Wolpin * figures from Jefferson County Public Health website as of 12/13/20 From:Annette Huenke To:Public Comments Subject:BOCC comment for Dec. 14 Date:Sunday, December 13, 2020 10:14:46 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Six weeks ago, Board of Health member Kees Kolff wrote to the Leader to implore them to sit on a letter submitted by Stephen Schumacher until it could be challenged by Dr. Locke. He did so as if ANY community member is entitled to suppress another citizen’s right to share their views in the opinion pages of the local press. Tragically, the Leader nodded to that pressure, so Mr. Schumacher resorted to publishing the research he’d uncovered by buying ad space. Mid-November, the puppet publisher told him that this forum would also be censored. In Kolff’s effort to derail Schumacher’s sharing of data, he suggested it was "Misinformation spread by deniers of good science…” that “…is costing us dearly in lives lost...” during this so-called pandemic. The Board of Health claims to have sole possession of ‘good science;’ any other science is ‘denial.' Those lives lost have nothing to do with fallout from government decrees — the destruction of businesses and jobs, loss of ability to pay rents and feed families, postponing healthcare, the isolation and despair resulting from lockdowns, unrelenting fear messaging — nothing to do with that, right? Let’s talk about denial, Dr. Kolff. The thumb-screw pressure on the Leader continued, Kolff saying he didn’t think they’d yet succumbed to “spreading misinformation by allowing those few deniers of science to have the same... print space... those who accept good science get.” One could argue the Leader has been spreading misinformation. Perversely, it’s mostly ‘official.' The Board won’t countenance opinions of tens of thousands of medical and scientific experts who disagree with ‘their science group,’ despite the fact that many of the former are far more qualified to evaluate relevant data, and are certainly more independent of industry influence than WHO, CDC and FDA officials, billionaire Gates, and his water-carrying university and foundation lackeys. Censorship is the refuge of those who have lost the debate but still possess power. Censorship is the death of reasoned discussion and honest deliberation that might consider the myriad moneyed influences upon the institutions that provide the data that inform governments. The ivory tower arrogance of the statements in Kolff's letter is downright sickening. Jefferson County’s Ministry of Truth is clearly located on Sheridan Street. Will they be censoring these comments next? sincerely, Annette Huenke Port Townsend From:Tom Sparks To:Public Comments Subject:Militia Training Date:Monday, December 14, 2020 8:32:38 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Happy Quiet Day, I want to bring your attention to the Whidbey Island Grange Hall, that is being taken over by Far-Right gun toting crazies, looking for a place to call home. Armed gun men are calling the Whidbey Grange Hall, their new gathering center. It doesn't get much closer to home than this..now does it? In last weeks name calling tirade, Philip Morley was decrying the lack of "evidence" of militia training at our local gun range. I'm sorry to say these losers do not wear easy to recognize uniforms, nor do they sport patches nor bumper stickers...it's just plain clothes all the way except when they go public, then the MAGA caps and the NRA insignias come out for all to see. As I mentioned last week, a member of the gun club stood up in the CC monday meetings a while back, ( pre- pandemic), and told us stories of how the militia training was done, the types of range distances,, the long and storied history of the 2nd amendment and how it relates to american history..yada yada yada. This "Cancer" has fully reached your, ( our ) shores. right here, right now in Port Townsend. You cannot say you have not been warned. This situation can only get worst, and uglier. Everyday that you, the Commissioners, do nothing about this growing gun pandemic, the harder it will be to turn it aside. On Saturday evening, there was gunfire coming from the gun range after hours, and so I called the 24 hour non-emergency number for the county, and asked it there was a scheduled event going on after hours at the gun range, and had the county been notified of such gunfire. The dispatcher checked their logs and calendar, and also checked with the 911 dispatcher. They knew nothing of the gunfire and offered to have a officer check it out. I said that was not necessary and was a waste of law enforcement time and money. So there you have it, encroaching gun crazies, after hours shooting, unauthorized shooting at the gun range and more wasted time. ALL of this could be greatly reduced by the commissioners simple doing their job as landlords of the gun range, meanwhile the gun range management is merrily thumbing their nose at the community. yours, " irresponsible " Tom Parks From:tprosys@gmail.com To:Public Comments Cc:zjablonski@peninsuladailynews.com; "Brian Kelly" Subject:PUBLIC COMMENT - Defund the Fort Worden PDA Date:Monday, December 14, 2020 8:35:12 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good Morning Commissioners and staff. First item: As this is almost the last chance to say this publicly, I want to extend a sincere thank you to Commissioner Sullivan for his 16 years of service on the BoCC. Second item: Recent public reporting about the Fort Worden Public Development Authority, the PDA, shows that there has been gross mismanagement, misconduct, misfeasance and malfeasance, all leading to serious financial irregularities. I am urging the BoCC to immediately rescind and withhold the additional $5,000 earmarked for the PDA in your 2021 budget supplement, as well as any other public funding for that agency. At this point, the PDA should be considered PNG (persona non grata). Until a forensic audit of the PDA’s finances is performed and is found to be completely “clean” by the State Auditor, I believe that NO additional public money should be expended on, or granted to, the PDA for any reason. You might elect to place funds in escrow, to be released after a clean audit, but not until then. In other words, “Defund the Fort Worden PDA”. Commissioner Dean, please keep this in mind as you, representing the BoCC, meet with the PIF Board this week. Thank you. Stay safe, Mask Up. Tom Thiersch, Jefferson County Get your Zoom-pants on for Parks & Great Outdoors Legislative Day 2021 on February 4! View this email in your browser Join the Washington Wildlife & Recreation Coalition and the Washington Recreation & Park Association on February 4, 2021 at our annual Parks and Great Outdoors Legislative Day. From:Wa. Wildlife & Recreation Coalition To:jeffbocc Subject:Sweatpants encouraged at Legislative Day 2021! Date:Monday, December 14, 2020 10:47:49 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Speak up and participate in democracy from the comfort of your home. And unlike your kids, roomates, or pets, this audience will actually listen! Help us advocate for our state's premier outdoors fund, the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP), and tell your legislators why Washington's parks, wildlife habitat areas, and working lands are so important! Never met with a legislator before? Don't worry; we will make sure you have everything you need, including pre-event training. And we'll even schedule your meetings for you! Even better, this year, you won't have to travel to Olympia, risking snowy mountain passes or the hazards of I-5. We'll be conducting our Legislative Day 2021 entirely remotely, so get your Zoom-pants on! Questions? Email policy@wildliferecreation.org Copyright © 2020 Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have subscribed to Coalition emails or are a member of one of our partner organizations. Our mailing address is: Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition 1402 3rd Ave, Suite 714 Seattle, Wa 98101 Add us to your address book Register Now! Photo Credit: RCO's PRISM Database Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Vaccination Funding Date:Monday, December 14, 2020 11:18:55 AM From: Siobhan Canty Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 11:18:36 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean; Greg Brotherton Subject: Vaccination Funding CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Commissioners Dean and Brotherton, I am writing to see what you are hearing about the funding for vaccinations in Jefferson County. Are you hearing that there might be a gap to meet? A group of community foundations around the PNW are checking in with our governments. If we find that there is a serious gap in funding needed to deliver the vaccination, we may explore doing a coordinated campaign among many community foundations to ask the public to help fund the effort. Any information you might have would be welcome. If there is someone else with whom I should check, please let me know that, too. Thanks so much for your public service, Siobhan Siobhan Canty, President & CEO O: 360 385 1729, C: 202 821 6706 Mailing: PO Box 1394, Port Hadlock, WA 98339 Physical: 63 Julian Street, Glen Cove Hi Kate, Don't forget! This Wednesday at 10am is our final installment of the Building Momentum webinar series, designed to get us all up to speed on the top housing and homelessness priorities to advocate for in the 2021 legislative session. This week's webinar will be focused specifically on getting ready for the legislative session! We'll dive into the unique legislative environment, the pros and cons of a virtual legislature, budget constraints, and how we can best prepare ourselves for success! If you haven't already registered, you can register below. Wednesday Dec. 16, 10-11:30am: Preparing for the 2021 Legislative Session for Housing and Homelessness Advocates! Register here! The 2021 legislative session will be very different from any we’ve participated in before. The session will be all virtual, have significant limitations on capacity, and feature a massive budget deficit. The recent election has also shifted the makeup of the legislature and committee makeup is different. Join us for our take on how to prepare for the session as an advocate, and how you can organize with the Housing Alliance for wins in the face of uncertainty! From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Webinar reminder! Building Momentum: Preparing for the 2021 Legislative Session for Housing and Homelessness Advocates! Date:Monday, December 14, 2020 12:33:54 PM From: John Stovall, Housing Alliance Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 12:33:50 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Webinar reminder! Building Momentum: Preparing for the 2021 Legislative Session for Housing and Homelessness Advocates! CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. If you missed any of the previous Building Momentum webinars, you can always watch a recording of them here or request a recording from me at johns@wliha.org! In community, John Stovall Member Organizer Washington Low Income Housing Alliance 100 West Harrison St. North Tower Suite N220 | Seattle, Washington 98119 (206) 442-9455 | info@wliha.org Follow Us Having trouble viewing this email? View it in your web browser Unsubscribe From:Payne, Dontae (GOV) Subject:Governor Inslee to roll out climate proposals Tuesday Date:Tuesday, December 15, 2020 9:49:59 AM Attachments:image001.png image002.png image003.png image004.png image005.png image006.png Importance:High CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good morning, Gov. Jay Inslee will address the media today via streaming video and telephone to announce his climate policy proposals as part of his 2021-2023 budget proposal. The governor will be joined by: Chairman Leonard Forsman, Squamish Tribe Sen. Rebecca Saldaña Sen. Reuven Carlyle Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon Kent Hartwig, director, corporate affairs, Renewable Energy Group Mark Riker, executive secretary, Washington State Building and Construction Trades Council Office of the Governor's Senior Policy Advisors Lauren McCloy and Jennifer Hennessey, and Acting Policy Advisor Stuart Clark will be available for questions. Tuesday, December 15 2:45 PM - Media availability The press conference will be livestreamed by TVW. Help us share trusted sources of information on COVID-19: Washington Department of Health coronavirus webpage | CDC’s coronavirus website | Governor’s COVID-19 resource website. If you have specific questions that cannot be answered by these resources, you can call the Washington Department of Health’s public call center at 1- 800-525-0127, then wait and press #. Dontae Payne, MPA Regional Representative – South Sound & Olympic Peninsula |Office of Governor Jay Inslee (he/him/his) Cell: 360-867-8914 www.governor.wa.gov | dontae.payne@gov.wa.gov Email communications with state employees are public records and may be subject to disclosure, pursuant to Ch. 42.56 RCW. View this email in your browser From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: OCH Community Briefing | December 15, 2020 Date:Tuesday, December 15, 2020 11:55:09 AM From: Olympic Community of Health Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 11:54:44 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: OCH Community Briefing | December 15, 2020 CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Olympic Community of Health (OCH) seeks to connect people and agencies throughout the region with resources and opportunities related to improving population health. Tackling health issues that no single sector or Tribe can tackle alone. Do you have resources or opportunities to share? Email us at OCH@olympicch.org. OCH Announcements Student Poster Contest OCH is hosting a student poster contest through January 5, 2021 to encourage hope and resilience during the pandemic. For details and to complete the entry form, go to olympicch.org/planthope. Help spread the word. Plant Hope, Grow Resilience OCH commissioned a poster from artist Annemarie Erb Barrett to spark creativity, hope, and resilience. Download a free copy of this resilience poster and share it with your community. COVID-19 Immunization Collaboration Call Summary On December 4, OCH convened regional partners on the topic of COVID-19 immunization planning. The goal of the call was to collect ideas to move forward in an effective, efficient, and unified path forward. Read the full summary and discussion points here. Are you in need of PPE? OCH has non-medical PPE available to support communities across the Olympic region. PPE is provided by the Health Care Authority and is intended to support community organizations, healthcare providers, and other community groups. If your organization would like to arrange for pickup or delivery, please send a message to OCH@olympicch.org with your specific request – please include which type of PPE you’d like and about how many of each (available PPE types listed in image to the right). Partner Spotlight: Kitsap Children's Clinic Kitsap Children’s Clinic recently hosted a flu clinic where they distributed over 350 youth flu shots in Silverdale. Olympic Community of Health is inspired by the innovation and hard work showcased in this success. Keep up the great work, Kitsap Children’s Clinic! Read the full spotlight article. Opportunities Jan 6-7: Scholarships for Washington State of Reform Health Policy Conference OCH is offering scholarships for up to eight individuals to attend the virtual Washington State of Reform Health Policy Conference Jan 6-7. Scholarships are first come, first served. If interested please contact Amy Brandt. Clallam County 2021 Homeless Gaps and Needs Analysis Request for Proposals Clallam County is pleased to announce the 2021 Homeless Gaps and Needs Analysis Request for Proposals is available and can be found here. Proposals are due to the Clallam County Board of Commissioners’ office no later than 3pm on Jan 4, whether hand-delivered (please wear a mask if hand-delivering) or by U.S. mail. For questions, please contact Jenny Oppelt. Health Care Authority Managed Care Resources Page Health Care Authority (HCA) has moved the web content from the integrated managed care Regional resources page to the Managed care resources page. They also removed the Integrated physical and behavioral health care page from the HCA website. Camper Van for Auction OlyCAP received a donation of a van that would make a great camper van for someone interested. Auction ends on the Dec 20 and all proceeds go to OlyCAP. Learn more about the 1996 Ford E-Series Van at https://ebay.us/VcQZvr. OCH Meetings and Events Save the Date: Natural Communities of Care (NCC) Convenings Join your local NCC convening to learn about local successes and explore creative strategies to foster a county of healthy people and thriving communities. At the convenings, you will collaborate with partners to learn about local community-clinical projects, upcoming opportunities, and more. When neighboring counties, tribes, and sectors work in alignment, we create better health outcomes for everyone. Learn more and register by clicking on the links below. Kitsap NCC | Mar 2, 1-3p Jefferson NCC | Mar 3, 1-3p Clallam NCC | Mar 10, 1-3p No OCH meetings will be held in December In partnership, OCH Team OCH@olympicch.org | olympicch.org Olympic Community of Health would like to gratefully acknowledge that we are on the territorial lands of the Coast Salish, S'Klallam, and Chimicum Tribes. Click here to learn more about the Indigenous land where you are. Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here! Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. This email was sent to gbrotherton@co.jefferson.wa.us why did I get this? unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences Olympic Community of Health · 2500 W Sims Way · Port Townsend, WA 98368-2234 · USA From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Join Dr. Harker-Klimes, of PNNL on Coffee with Colleen Tomorrow Morning Date:Tuesday, December 15, 2020 12:03:27 PM From: Clallam EDC Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 12:03:24 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: Join Dr. Harker-Klimes, of PNNL on Coffee with Colleen Tomorrow Morning CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Join Dr. Genevra Harker-Klimes, of PNNL tomorrow at 8am. Please join us tomorrow morning on Coffee with Colleen to hear from Dr. Genevra Harker- Klimes, the Division Director for the Coastal Sciences Division, based at the Marine and Coastal Research Lab of PNNL in Sequim. Genevra will cover the programs they are working on at PNNL and plans for the future that we will work to leverage for job creation in Clallam County. Please join us: Join Zoom Meeting at 8 a.m., Wednesday Morning https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81875115879?pwd=UnEzQjV1N09rM2ZLbFIzVVVxYzJoQT09 Meeting ID: 818 7511 5879 Passcode: 923050 One tap mobile +12532158782,,81875115879#,,,,,,0#,,923050# US (Tacoma) Upcoming Coffee with Colleen Guests: Dec 16th - Dr. Genevra Harker-Klimes, Marine and Coastal Research Lab, PNNL Dec 23rd - No Coffee with Colleen Dec 30th - No Coffee with Colleen Jan 6th - Sen. Kevin Van de Wege State Budgets: For our community members that watch what's happening at the state level, the Governor's Proposed 3 budgets (Operational, Capital and Transportation) covering July 2021 through June 2023 are scheduled to be released this Thursday. We will send out a link on Thursday to review that information. Choose Clallam First | ChooseClallamFirst.com ‌ Clallam County Economic Development Council | 338 W 1st St., Suite 105, Port Angeles, WA 98362 Unsubscribe gbrotherton@co.jefferson.wa.us Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by info@clallam.org powered by Try email marketing for free today! From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: NEWS RELEASE - Training exercise at Naval Magazine Indian Island 12/17 Date:Tuesday, December 15, 2020 12:04:24 PM Attachments:RELEASE 20201217 - Security training exercise.pdf From: Stanford, Julianne E CIV USN COMNAVREG NW BGR WA (USA) Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 11:54:15 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) Subject: NEWS RELEASE - Training exercise at Naval Magazine Indian Island 12/17 CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good morning, Attached and below is a news release regarding an upcoming training exercise at Naval Magazine Indian Island that is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. For more information, please contact Naval Magazine Indian Island Public Affairs Officer Julianne Stanford at (360)-867-8525 or her email at julianne.stanford@navy.mil. Very respectfully, Julianne Stanford Naval Magazine Indian Island Public Affairs Officer Desk: (360)-396-5393 Cell: (360)-867-8525 julianne.stanford@navy.mil ----------- RELEASE# 20-1215 December 15, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SECURITY TRAINING EXERCISE SCHEDULED AT INDIAN ISLAND PORT HADLOCK, Wash., - Naval Magazine Indian Island has a security training exercise scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Residents living in the communities surrounding Indian Island and installation personnel could notice increased noise levels and activities associated with the training exercise that day. Training activities will occur on base and involve the use of blank ammunition. Protecting personnel during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic is one of the Department of Defense’s top priorities. NMII is taking prudent measures to limit COVID-19’s spread, while also ensuring our people are trained and ready to fulfill our national defense mission. Personnel participating in the exercise will comply with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Defense by implementing proper physical distancing when practicable and by wearing cloth masks. The Navy conducts these types of security exercises at installations across the world to ensure readiness and verify response procedures. NMII thanks the community for their continued support and understanding. For more information on this release, please contact Naval Magazine Indian Island Public Affairs Officer Julianne Stanford at 360-867-8525 or her email at julianne.stanford@navy.mil. For additional information about Naval Magazine Indian Island, please visit: https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrnw/installations/naval_magazine_indian_island.html or visit the installation’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/NAVMAGIndianIsland. -USN- From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: HCCC Board meeting 16 December 2020; 1:00 to 3:15 p.m. via Zoom teleconference (Materials linked) Date:Monday, December 14, 2020 5:33:45 PM From: Jennifer Poole Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 5:33:03 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Charlotte Garrido; Dave Herrera; Dave Ward; David Sullivan; Edward Wolfe; Greg Brotherton; Jeromy Sullivan; Joseph Pavel; Kate Dean; Kevin Shutty; Paul McCollum; Randy Neatherlin; Robert Gelder; Scott Brewer; Sharon Trask, Mason County Commissioner Cc: Diane Zoren; Gretchen Dunmire; Julie Shannon; Kaitlyn Floyd Subject: HCCC Board meeting 16 December 2020; 1:00 to 3:15 p.m. via Zoom teleconference (Materials linked) CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. To the HCCC Board of Directors For your convenience, provided is the meeting agenda with linked documents and Zoom access. This includes the following documents (not previously distributed): Total Funds and Cash Disbursements Service Certificate of Appreciate for Robin Lawlis Hood Canal Shellfish Initiative Action Plan 2020 Ecosystem Report Card One additional item will be distributed Wednesday morning. Thank you, Jennifer Poole Admin Manager Hood Canal Coordinating Council 17791 Fjord Drive NE, Suite 118 Poulsbo, WA 98370-8430 360-900-9063 (mobile) Note: Communications may be subject to public review. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jennifer Poole <jpoole@hccc.wa.gov> Date: Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 12:28 PM Subject: HCCC Board Meeting Agenda 16 December 2020 To: Charlotte Garrido <cgarrido@co.kitsap.wa.us>, Dave Herrera <dherrera@skokomish.org>, Dave Ward <dward@co.kitsap.wa.us>, David Sullivan <dsullivan@co.jefferson.wa.us>, Edward Wolfe <ewolfe@co.kitsap.wa.us>, Greg Brotherton <gbrotherton@co.jefferson.wa.us>, Jeromy Sullivan <jeromys@pgst.nsn.us>, Joseph Pavel <jpavel@skokomish.org>, Kate Dean <kdean@co.jefferson.wa.us>, Kevin Shutty <kshutty@co.mason.wa.us>, Paul McCollum <paulm@pgst.nsn.us>, Randy Neatherlin <randyn@co.mason.wa.us>, Robert Gelder <rgelder@co.kitsap.wa.us>, Scott Brewer <sbrewer@hccc.wa.gov>, Sharon Trask, Mason County Commissioner <strask@co.mason.wa.us> Cc: Diane Zoren <Dlz@co.mason.wa.us>, Gretchen Dunmire <gdunmire@co.kitsap.wa.us>, Julie Shannon <jshannon@co.jefferson.wa.us>, Kaitlyn Floyd <kfloyd@co.kitsap.wa.us> To the HCCC Board of Directors The next regular meeting of the Hood Canal Coordinating Council Board of Directors is 16 December 2020; 1:00 PM to 3:15 PM, via Zoom.com teleconference (meeting information below and in the agenda). Linked here is the draft meeting agenda. By Zoom.com Teleconference Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/97225184695 Meeting ID: 972 2518 4695 Passcode: 220989 Dial by location +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)in Zoom Meeting ID: 972 2518 4695Passcode: 220989Dial by location+1 253215 8782 US (Tacoma Also provided at this time are links to: Draft HCCC Board Regular Meeting Summary 18 November 2020 Board Briefing Memo re Lead Entity Advisory Groups Membership Additional documents will be sent separately. Thank you, Jennifer Poole Admin Manager Hood Canal Coordinating Council 17791 Fjord Drive NE, Suite 118 Poulsbo, WA 98370-8430 360-900-9063 (mobile) Note: Communications may be subject to public review. From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Coronavirus Pandemic Resources for Counties – December 14, 2020 Date:Monday, December 14, 2020 5:34:45 PM From: NACo Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 5:34:30 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: Coronavirus Pandemic Resources for Counties – December 14, 2020 CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Having trouble viewing this email? Click Here COVID-digest_v8_1011141.png NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES | NACo.org/coronavirus DECEMBER 14, 2020 Lawmakers Unveil Latest Coronavirus Relief Package; Join NACo for National Membership Call Tomorrow at 4 p.m. EST A bipartisan, bicameral group lawmakers today unveiled text of a $908 billion coronavirus relief package that includes critical aid to state and local governments on the front lines of the pandemic. The group also unveiled a version of this bill that does not contain relief for state and local governments, despite widespread support from lawmakers in both parties and the Trump administration. Join us each day this week at 4 p.m. EST to hear the latest and learn how you can take action. RSVP FOR NACo's NATIONAL CALLS: TUESDAY 12/15 | WEDNESDAY 12/16 | THURSDAY 12/17 | FRIDAY 12/18 DIRECT AID TO ALL COUNTIES IS CRITICAL Federal relief for state and local government is critical for the health, safety and vibrancy of our communities. America’s counties are on the front lines of this pandemic, providing vital health services, distributing vaccines, mitigating economic challenges and much more. Take action now. Contact your members of Congress and urge them to support direct and flexible aid to all counties. CONTACT YOUR U.S. SENATORS CONTACT YOUR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FDA issues emergency use authorization for the first COVID- 19 vaccine; counties need funding as frontline distributors On Friday, December 11, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the first emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. As key administrators of the vaccine, counties need additional fiscal support from the federal government in future COVID relief packages. LEARN MORE November jobs report reflects stalling economic recovery NACo’s analysis of the November job report disclosed a 6.7 percent national unemployment rate with 10.7 million Americans still unemployed, which reflects a stalling economic recovery process. Staggering numbers of workers are leaving the workforce, discouraged by the lack of employment prospects. The local government sector continues to suffer and currently remains over 1 million jobs short of its February level. LEARN MORE Workforce development planning in the COVID era NACo, with support from the Walmart Foundation, is conducting a survey to better understand county-level planning for the future of work and how the current COVID-19 pandemic has changed or shaped county-level needs related to workforce planning. Take the survey today to help NACo better understand county needs. TAKE THE SURVEY NACo COVID-19 WEBINARS & EVENTS: COMING UP Counties and the Coronavirus Relief Fund: Broadband Investment to Support Families and Businesses Impacted by COVID-19 DECEMBER 16 | 3 - 4 P.M. EST Join NACo for a webinar that will highlight how county leaders are using critical Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) dollars to support broadband expansion efforts ahead of the December 30 deadline. REGISTER The Future of Digital Payments: Solutions for Public-Private Partnerships DECEMBER 17 | 2 - 3 P.M. EST Learn about the benefits and process of converting county payment systems to digital platforms, including the potential cost savings, tools to understand your community’s payment preferences and ways to implement digital payments in various departments. REGISTER Changing the COVID Conversation: Communication Strategies for Local Governments DECEMBER 18 | 1 - 2 P.M. EST Americans remain divided about how serious the virus is and what steps should be taken to contain it, according to a new poll by Dr. Frank Luntz and the de Beaumont Foundation. Learn about new research on public sentiment around COVID communications and how to overcome political divisions in public health messaging. REGISTER Enhancing Fiscal Resilience in a Disruptive Environment: What We’ve Learned. What’s Next. DECEMBER 18 | 2 - 3 P.M. EST Join NACo, KPMG and county officials for a discussion on different approaches to enhance resilience in light of shifting public health, economic, budgetary and community dynamics – and how the difficult lessons of 2020 can help us navigate an uncertain 2021 outlook. REGISTER Explore NACo's past COVID-19 webinars Miss a recent webinar, or want to catch up on a range of topics critical to counties in addressing the coronavirus pandemic? Access our recordings of past COVID-19 webinars. VIEW PAST WEBINARS COVID-19 UPDATES FROM NACo During this critical and unprecedented time, NACo is focused on advocating for the needs of counties at the federal level, disseminating useful information to our members and facilitating the exchange of effective strategies and approaches. We have launched www.NACo.org/coronavirus, as well as this recurring digest of key resources for counties. Click below to subscribe to updates. NACo.org/coronavirus SUBSCRIBE TO UPDATES 660 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20001 Did someone forward you this email? Sign up to stay up-to-date on topics affecting America’s counties! Click here to unsubscribe. From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: COVID-19 Weekly Report - 12/15/20 Date:Tuesday, December 15, 2020 4:00:24 AM From: Village Council Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 4:00:21 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: COVID-19 Weekly Report - 12/15/20 CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. COVID-19 WEEKLY UPDATE December 15, 2020 This Weekly Update provides a link to the County Department of Emergency Management Community Situation Report rather than duplicating information that is being published by them. That report covers Dr. Locke’s presentation at the Monday County Commissioners meeting. JeffCo is still in modified Phase II COVID-19 Vaccination information for Port Ludlow residents will be made available when it is received from JeffCo 12 new cases last week * The weekly SitRep (Situation Report) was not available as of the time of this posting Roadmap to Reopening JeffCo is in modified phase II To download full County Case Information, click HERE To download full Global Case Count Information, click HERE To view Washington State Safe Start Program, click HERE To view WA State Risk Assessment Dashboard, click HERE Resources: jeffersonhealthcare.org/covid-19/ jeffersoncountypublichealth.org/1429/covid-19 Wash Hands Maintain Distance Wear a Mask Visit the Village Council Web Site Your Village Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation whose purpose is to be a unifying force and information conduit for the benefit of all Port Ludlow residents. ‌ Port Ludlow Village Council | Post Office Box 65012, Port Ludlow, WA 98365 Unsubscribe gbrotherton@co.jefferson.wa.us Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by portludlowvillagecouncileblast@gmail.com From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Join NACo for a national call TODAY for an update on COVID-19 response legislation Date:Tuesday, December 15, 2020 8:18:57 AM From: NACo Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 8:18:29 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: Join NACo for a national call TODAY for an update on COVID-19 response legislation CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Having trouble viewing this email? Click Here National Association of Counties NACo-HQ-facade_700px_1683094.png Join NACo for a national call TODAY for an update on COVID-19 response legislation Please join the National Association of Counties (NACo) TODAY, December 15, at 4:00 p.m. EST for a national member call to hear the latest COVID-19 federal policy update and how you can support our advocacy efforts. A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers yesterday unveiled text of a $908 billion coronavirus relief package that includes critical aid to state and local governments on the front lines of the pandemic. The group also unveiled a CALL DETAILS DATE: Tuesday, December 15 TIME: 4 p.m. EST DIAL-IN: RSVP here to receive dial- in information. QUESTIONS: Email question@naco.org. version of this bill that does not contain relief for state and local governments, despite widespread support from lawmakers in both parties and the Trump administration. It's more important than ever that county leaders urge members of Congress to pass a relief bill that provides direct and flexible aid to counties of all sizes. We must ensure that any package Congress passes recognizes the county role in addressing this pandemic. Please call on Congress to pass a package that will honor the work of those on the front lines by providing direct and flexible aid to counties of all sizes. STAY UPDATED WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION We are hosting national members calls until a coronavirus relief bill is passed. RSVP below for daily updates on the latest federal COVID-19 policy and how you can support our advocacy efforts. Tues. 12/15 | Wed. 12/16 | Thurs. 12/17 | Fri. 12/18 DIRECT AID TO ALL COUNTIES IS CRITICAL Federal relief for state and local government is critical for the health, safety and vibrancy of our communities. America’s counties are on the front lines of this pandemic, providing vital health services, distributing vaccines, mitigating economic challenges and much more. Take action now. Contact your members of Congress and urge them to support direct and flexible aid to all counties. CONTACT YOUR SENATORS CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE Our recent survey with the COVID RELIEF NOW coalition, a partnership of nearly 300 major public and private sector groups, shows that small businesses, cities and counties will likely experience further devastating impacts from the pandemic without additional federal aid. By the numbers: COVID-Survey-stats_652px_1763600.jpg COVID-19 UPDATES FROM NACo During this critical and unprecedented time, NACo is focused on advocating for the needs of counties at the federal level, disseminating useful information to our members and facilitating the exchange of effective strategies and approaches. We share the latest news and resources online at www.NACo.org/coronavirus. Click below to subscribe to updates. NACo.org/coronavirus SUBSCRIBE TO UPDATES 660 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20001 Did someone forward you this email? Sign up to stay up-to-date on topics affecting America’s counties! Click here to unsubscribe. Protecting places that matter since 1989 Dear Kate, Over the past year, the things we cherish most — family, friends, health, From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: The future we build together Date:Tuesday, December 15, 2020 8:48:30 AM From: Jefferson Land Trust Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 8:48:17 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: The future we build together CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Donate Today and home — have become even more important. And our appreciation of the natural world — the peace, solace, and hope it offers for our shared future — has deepened as well. Before we say goodbye to 2020, we have a chance to make a real difference in our community. Now is the time to work together to protect the farms, fish, and forests here in Jefferson County that make this place strong and resilient. Now is the time to build the next generation of conservation leaders who will lead the way to a brighter future in balance with nature. And now is the time to improve our quality of life here today, and forever. Together, we can make this positive impact. Your gift will help protect wildlands, farmland, and forests in Jefferson County that are at risk of being lost forever. Please make your year-end gift to Jefferson Land Trust today. Thank you for protecting the land that sustains our community and creates a healthy future for us all. Your Friends at Jefferson Land Trust P.S. Still not sure what to get your friends and family this year? Consider the gift of conservation and you or we (your choice) can send your loved ones a Holiday Hugs card acknowledging this gift. You'll be making a meaningful gift with a lasting impact! Thank you. Don’t want to give online? You’re also welcome to send a check. Jefferson Land Trust 1033 Lawrence Street Port Townsend WA 98368 Tax ID: 91-1465078 Thank you! Donate Now This is one in a series of emails asking for your support through the end of 2020. If you would like to continue to receive Land Trust news and events but would prefer to opt out of this series, please let us know at info@saveland.org. Copyright © 2020 Jefferson Land Trust, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Jefferson Land Trust 1033 Lawrence St Port Townsend, WA 98368-6523 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. From:CindyJ To:citycouncil@cityofpt.us; jeffbocc Cc:Judy Surber; Laura Tucker; John Mauro; Philip Morley Subject:Climate Action Committee Recommendations Re Legislative Agenda and NODC Grant Date:Tuesday, December 15, 2020 2:34:33 PM Attachments:CAC Recommendation 2021 Legislative Agenda.docx Recommendation from CAC re NODC Grant.docx Approved Statement of Work Attachment D 20-16500_NOlyPeninsulaResourceCDC_P2MuncipalLevelClimate_EP- 12.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Board of County Commissioners and City Council Members, The Jefferson County / City of Port Townsend Climate Action Committee approved two recommendations for BOCC and City Council at its 12/9/20 meeting. The first is a recommendation regarding including climate action in your legislative agendas, and the second is a recommendation related to city and county participation in the North Olympic Development Council's Municipal Level Climate Action Planning for the North Olympic Peninsula grant. Both recommendations, and the Statement of Work for the grant, are attached. Thank you, Cindy Jayne Chair, Climate Action Committee (360)344-2046 From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Reminder: White House National COVID-19 Briefing Call (12/16 @ 1 PM ET) Date:Tuesday, December 15, 2020 9:24:05 AM From: White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 9:23:51 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: Reminder: White House National COVID-19 Briefing Call (12/16 @ 1 PM ET) CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Office of Intergovernmental Affairs 32nd National COVID-19 Briefing Call for State, local, and Tribal officials As a reminder, you are invited to the White House National COVID-19 Briefing Call for State, local, and Tribal officials scheduled for Wednesday, December 16, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. We will be joined by (subject to change): Ambassador Deborah Birx, M.D. (White House Coronavirus Task Force) COVID-19 Trends Overview Paul Mango (Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) for a Operation Warp Speed Overview Stephen Hahn, M.D. (Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration) for a Vaccine Approval Update Nancy Messonnier, M.D. (Director of National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) for a Vaccine Distribution/Prioritization Update National COVID-19 Briefing Call Registration Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 Time: 1:00 PM Eastern (please note start time and time zone) Call-In Registration: CLICK HERE (if you have already registered for the December 16 call you do not need to re-register) Note: Call-in lines are limited. RSVP's will be allocated in the order they are received. You must register to join the call. We appreciate your partnership and will continue to share pertinent updates as they become available. We welcome your State, local, and Tribal official colleagues to join our distribution list - they can do so by signing-up here. As a reminder, IGA is the primary liaison between the White House and America's State and local elected officials and Tribal governments. Please do not hesitate to reach out if we can ever be of assistance. Sincerely, The White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs William F. Crozer Special Assistant to the President & Deputy Director O: 202-456-8491 | C: 202-881-8545 | E: William.F.Crozer@who.eop.gov WilliamCrozer45 Nick Barbknecht Associate Director Cell 202-881-9124 Nicolas.Barbknecht2@who.eop.gov Gabby Uli Deputy Associate Director Cell 202-881-8552 Gabriella.M.Uli2@who.eop.gov First COVID-19 Vaccine Authorized & Administered On Monday, December 14, the first COVID-19 vaccines were administered to patients across the United States. This historic achievement to deliver a safe and effective vaccine in record time was the result of the leadership of President Donald J. Trump and the unprecedented public-private sector collaboration driven through Operation Warp Speed. President Donald J. Trump: First Vaccine Administered. Congratulations USA! Congratulations WORLD! Vice President Mike Pence: While we have a ways to go, and all of us have a role to play, every American should take pride in Operation Warp Speed...a Historic Medical Achievement. ONLY IN AMERICA. Read More: HHS Secretary Azar - How Operation Warp Speed Delivered a COVID Vaccine in Record Time Watch: @SecAzar and @Surgeon_General observe the administration of some of the nation's first doses of a #COVID19 vaccine to frontline healthcare workers at @GWHospital. On Friday, December 11, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the first emergency use authorization (EUA) to Pfizer for it's COVID-19 vaccine. The EUA authorizes the distribution of Pfizer's vaccine across the United States to sites designated by the public health jurisdictions and five federal agencies with which OWS and CDC have been working to plan distribution. HHS Secretary Azar and Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher C. Miller have issued statements on this next step, and they can be viewed here. Find a helpful Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers Administering Vaccine available here and a Fact Sheet for Recipients and Caregivers here. Read More: FDA Takes Key Action in Fight Against COVID-19 By Issuing Emergency Use Authorization for First COVID-19 Vaccine Click here to watch President Trump's address. On December 11, 2020, President Donald J. Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office at the White House to announce the first authorized COVID-19 vaccine that will be administered to Americans within 48 hours of distribution to states. HHS Secretary Azar: BREAKING: @US_FDA has granted an emergency use authorization to Pfizer for it's COVID-19 vaccine. It is nothing short of a medical miracle to have FDA authorization of a vaccine for COVID-19 just over 11 months since the virus was made known to the world. Each State will be responsible for administering vaccines. All 64 public health jurisdictions– including the 50 states, 8 territories and 6 major metropolitan areas – submitted their vaccine distribution microplans to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in October, and the CDC reviewed and provided feedback on these iterative documents. All Tribal Health Programs and Urban Indian Health Organizations have chosen their preferred method for receiving the vaccine as well. With distribution of the vaccine underway, these 64 jurisdictions will help communicate guidance and distribute instructions to the American people. All 64 jurisdictions’ plan draft executive summaries are available for review here. For more information on COVID-19 vaccines, the EUA process, and guidance to industry for developing a COVID-19 vaccine, please visit: COVID-19 Vaccines Emergency Use Authorization for Vaccines Explained Emergency Use Authorization for Vaccines to Prevent COVID-19; Guidance for Industry Development and Licensure of Vaccines to Prevent COVID-19; Guidance for Industry FDA Plans for Monitoring Approved COVID-19 Vaccines Explained Unsubscribe Office of Intergovernmental Affairs · 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW · Washington, DC 20500-0003 · USA · 202-456- 1111 Tuesday, December 15 From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: COVID-19 News | December 15, 2020 Date:Tuesday, December 15, 2020 11:01:53 AM From: Washington Counties (WSAC) Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 10:59:43 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: COVID-19 News | December 15, 2020 CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Want to receive this email in your inbox? Click here to subscribe. COVID-19 NEWSLETTER Vaccines Arrive in Washington State, People in Phase 1a Will Begin to Receive Vaccinations This Week The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is happy to announce that COVID- 19 vaccines are on the ground in Washington state, and this week, the first doses will be administered to high-risk health workers, as well as staff and residents of long-term care facilities. Read more Announcements and Resources FEDERAL Join NACo for a National Call TODAY for an Update on COVID-19 Response Legislation Please join the National Association of Counties (NACo) TODAY, December 15, at 1:00 p.m. PST for a national member call to hear the latest COVID-19 federal policy update and how you can support our advocacy efforts. Read more STATE Inslee Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Approval by Multi-State Workgroup Governor Jay Inslee announced the authorization of the first COVID-19 vaccine by the Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup. The governor was joined for the announcement by workgroup members Drs. Ed Marcuse and John Dunn and State Health Officer Dr. Kathy Lofy. Read more TIP OF THE DAY Coping with COVID: Exhausted Families Right now, many of us are feeling mentally, emotionally, and physically exhausted from the ongoing stress of living through a pandemic. Both kids and adults can experience exhaustion, where they may feel depleted, like they are running on empty, using up all their physical and emotional energy without a chance to recharge. Read more PUBLIC HEALTH Department of Health Improves How it Reports COVID-19 Deaths To provide more accurate daily reports, the Washington State Department of Health is making changes to how it reports deaths from COVID-19. These changes will streamline the process as death counts increase. Rather than a preliminary cause of death, the agency will only use the official registered cause of death on the DOH dashboard, providing more precise reporting. Read more Washington State to Host Webinars on Safety, Development of COVID-19 Vaccines The Washington State Department of Health announced a partnership with The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the Latino Center for Health, to host two online panel discussions to answer frequently asked questions about vaccines in the era of COVID-19. The webinars will feature trusted medical experts from around Washington state, such as virologist Dr. Larry Corey, M.D., who has been integral to Fred Hutch’s COVID-19 vaccine research and Phase III trials, along with physicians who administer vaccines every day. 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Update your preferences | Unsubscribe from this list Copyright © 2020 WSAC, All rights reserved. 206 10th Ave SE · Olympia, WA 98501-1311 · USA | Contact Us From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: *** Update *** COVID-19 Weekly Report - 12/15/20 Date:Tuesday, December 15, 2020 11:03:08 AM From: Village Council Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 11:03:04 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: *** Update *** COVID-19 Weekly Report - 12/15/20 CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. COVID-19 WEEKLY UPDATE December 15, 2020 This Weekly Update provides a link to the County Department of Emergency Management Community Situation Report rather than duplicating information that is being published by them. That report covers Dr. Locke’s presentation at the Monday County Commissioners meeting. JeffCo is still in modified Phase II COVID-19 Vaccination information for Port Ludlow residents will be made available when it is received from JeffCo 12 new cases last week For details, see the full County Situation Report HERE Roadmap to Reopening JeffCo is in modified phase II To download full County Case Information, click HERE To download full Global Case Count Information, click HERE To view Washington State Safe Start Program, click HERE To view WA State Risk Assessment Dashboard, click HERE Resources: jeffersonhealthcare.org/covid-19/ jeffersoncountypublichealth.org/1429/covid-19 Wash Hands Maintain Distance Wear a Mask Visit the Village Council Web Site Your Village Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation whose purpose is to be a unifying force and information conduit for the benefit of all Port Ludlow residents. ‌ Port Ludlow Village Council | Post Office Box 65012, Port Ludlow, WA 98365 Unsubscribe gbrotherton@co.jefferson.wa.us Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by portludlowvillagecouncileblast@gmail.com From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: County News Now – December 15, 2020 Date:Tuesday, December 15, 2020 2:15:29 PM From: NACo County News Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 2:13:36 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: County News Now – December 15, 2020 CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Having trouble viewing this email? Click Here County News December 15, 2020 LUCC, RAC members talk housing, hunger as pandemic continues LUCC, RAC members talk housing, hunger as pandemic continues NACo's urban and rural county caucuses tackled issues like housing and hunger that span the divide and have become more pronounced during the pandemic. READ MORE COVID-19 leaves empty seats in county government A number of county elected officials have died recently from complications from COVID-19. Read more Colorado county program helps local businesses Rather than see them go rogue against COVID-19 restrictions, Mesa County, Colo. and the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce are working with businesses to standardize safety measures. Read more Counties adapt holiday events to meet COVID-19 restrictions With large gatherings out of the question during the pandemic, counties are rethinking holiday events to limit COVID-19 risk. Read more MORE COUNTY NEWS Standards Connect from American National Standards Institute Legislative Updates New COVID-19 response packages unveiled: Take action to support state and local aid On Dec. 9, the bipartisan, bicameral group of legislators released a framework summary to accompany the recent unveiling of a $908 billion coronavirus aid proposal, aiming to help break the gridlock on the latest COVID-19 negotiations. Read more First COVID-19 vaccine gets FDA emergency use authorization Counties will need funding to serve as frontline distributors of the vaccine. Read more EPA releases draft guidance interpreting the U.S. Supreme Court’s Maui decision The draft guidance lays out three criteria for pollutants that require a Clean Water Act permit. Read more EPA launches new online database of land, air and water information The Clearinghouse for Environmental Finance catalogues available funding, financing and instructional resources to aid communities in their efforts to improve environmental conditions. Read more DHS and DOJ announce final rule on asylum eligibility As administrators of numerous federal benefits programs and front-line providers of public’s health and safety, counties continue to be impacted directly by federal immigration policies and practices. Read more MORE NEWS SPONSORED CONTENT Mobilize and Scale Your Vaccine Administration Program Work.com for Vaccines on the Salesforce Platform provides a rapid and flexible approach for managing, delivering and administering vaccine programs. Take this self-guided tour to explore its features and capabilities. Read more The Latest From NACo Survey: Workforce development planning in the COVID era world NACo, with support from the Walmart Foundation, is conducting a survey to better understand county-level planning regarding the Future of Work and how the current COVID-19 pandemic has changed or shaped county-level needs related to workforce planning. Take the survey today to help NACo understand county need. 2021 Achievement Awards now open! Join us in celebrating 51 years of county innovation! Does your county have an innovative program to spotlight that is modernizing and improving county government? The NACo Achievement Awards program celebrates initiatives nationwide in categories such as health, civic education, public safety and more. NACo will highlight the 18 “best in category” winners, as well as feature all winners in NACo materials and online. Apply now! NKN_Banner_collection_CN-now(1)_1729551.png DEC 16 WEBINAR Counties and the Coronavirus Relief Fund: Broadband Investment to Support Families and Businesses Impacted by COVID-19 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. EST DEC 16 WEBINAR NACo National Membership Call 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. EST DEC 17 WEBINAR The Future of Digital Payments: Solutions for Public-Private Partnerships 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. EST DEC 17 WEBINAR NACo National Membership Call 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. EST DEC 18 WEBINAR Changing the COVID Conversation: Communication Strategies for Local Governments 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. EST DEC 18 WEBINAR Enhancing Fiscal Resilience in a Disruptive Environment: What We’ve Learned. What’s Next. 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. EST DEC 18 WEBINAR NACo National Membership Call 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. EST MORE EVENTS 660 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20001 Did someone forward you this email? Sign up to stay up-to-date on topics affecting America's counties! Click here to unsubscribe. From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Chamber elections, "Best Of" and our last meeting of the year. Join us, won"t you? Date:Tuesday, December 15, 2020 2:47:48 PM From: director@forkswa.com Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 2:42:51 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: Chamber elections, "Best Of" and our last meeting of the year. Join us, won't you? CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Greg Brotherton, 2021 Board of Directors Elections Please take a moment to vote for the 2021 Board of Directors https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FWLP5YG (one vote per member business please). “Best Of” Nominations We are now taking nominations for “Best Of” 2020! We will have paper ballots placed throughout town for your convenience. Please stay tuned for locations. You can also nominate with this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FTDL6ZY and feel free to nominate as many people and businesses as you see fit. The location of the awards presentation will be announced in January. Please join us tomorrow, Wednesday, December 16th for our last meeting of 2020! Karen Affeld, Executive Director and Susan Shoemaker, Business Assistance Specialist at North Olympic Development Council (NODC) will be with us to discuss moving businesses to online marketing and sales, and helping you stay connected to your customer during the COVID pandemic. This is a free service offered by the NODC to help businesses stay in business. Our meeting takes place online Noon – 1pm and is open to the public and all are welcome to attend. We have switched to ZOOM and have a new link! You can join the meeting with this recurring link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84599423539?pwd=aGlFWGYvQjRUeWdOM0hNTVc5MlM0QT09 Meeting ID: 845 9942 3539 Passcode: 912775 One tap mobile +12532158782,,84599423539#,,,,,,0#,,912775# US (Tacoma) +16699009128,,84599423539#,,,,,,0#,,912775# US (San Jose) Upcoming Programs December 16 – Karen Affeld, Executive Director and Susan Shoemaker, Business Assistance Specialist at North Olympic Development Council (NODC) December 23 and 30 – NO MEETINGS January 6 – Business Meeting and Program TBA January 13 – Diana Reaume, Superintendent QVSD January 20 – Heidi Anderson, CEO Forks Community Hospital January 27 – State of the City Address by Mayor Tim Fletcher $500 Shopping Spree Tickets on sale now! West End Business & Professional Association will be drawing for their annual shopping spree this Saturday, December 19th. Don’t forget to purchase your tickets for this wonderful fundraiser. Money raised provides Christmas decorations for main street! For more information contact Christi Baron 360-374-3311. CLALLAM EDC: If you would like to be added to Clallam EDC’s mailing list, please contact Peggy Simmons at psimmons@clallam.org They are an invaluable source for information! CHAMBER RENEWALS for 2021 have been mailed. Please feel free to contact me with questions. We accept cash, check and credit cards (we can take your card over the phone, or send you a Paypal invoice). We appreciate your continued support! Chamber News… FORKS VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER (VIC) We will be open this fall/winter with a modified foyer to help visitors. We can help one group at a time (up to 4 people) inside the visitor center and we will be open Monday through Saturday 10 am – 4 pm and Sunday 11 am – 4 pm through the winter. FOREVER TWILIGHT IN FORKS COLLECTION is closed until mid-December, due to the Governor’s mandate. EVENTS PAGE We are in the process of repopulating our events page. We accept online and in-person events (events allowed in Phase 2). If you have an event you would like share, please send it to events@ForksWA.com. FORKS CHAMBER STAFF DIRECTORY Lissy Andros, executive director Rob Hunter, VIC staff member and assistant to the E.D. Rob handles all of our visitor correspondence and administrative duties for the Chamber, and the online store. Gay Bunnell, Forever Twilight in Forks Collection and VIC staff member. Gay is our lead staff member at the Collection, including maintaining the records for the exhibits. She is in charge of procuring our brochures, maps, and information for the VIC. Kari Larson, VIC staff member. Kari is in charge of ordering our merchandise and sending out visitor packets. Susie Michels, IT Manager. Susie runs our website and handles all technical issues. Please contact me if you have any suggestions on upcoming Chamber programs. PPP, EIDL and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Best regards, Lissy Lissy Andros, Executive Director Forks Chamber of Commerce 1411 S. Forks Avenue Forks, WA 98331 360-374-2531 office 903-360-4449 cell From:David Sullivan To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Our Holiday Fundraiser Is In Two Days! Date:Tuesday, December 15, 2020 2:59:50 PM From: Northwest Straits Foundation Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 2:59:31 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: David Sullivan Subject: Our Holiday Fundraiser Is In Two Days! CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Join Us On Dec. 17 At 6:00 PM Watch the trailer above and find out more about our Holiday Fundraiser Just Two Days Away! At 6:00 p.m. on Dec. 17, the Northwest Straits Foundation will host a virtual Holiday Fundraiser. The Holiday Fundraiser will feature interviews with scientists working on exciting marine projects throughout the Salish Sea and local music from Bellingham artists The McHughs and The Rhetorician & The Duper Humans. RSVP at the link below. Copyright © 2020 Northwest Straits - Foundation, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have expressed interest in the Northwest Straits Initiative or have attended a workshop hosted by the Northwest Straits Foundation. Our mailing address is: Northwest Straits - Foundation 1155 North State Street, Suite 402 Bellingham, WA 98225 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. RSVP From:Payne, Dontae (GOV) Subject:Governor Inslee press conference Wednesday in Olympia Date:Wednesday, December 16, 2020 10:27:37 AM Attachments:image001.png image002.png image003.png image004.png image005.png image006.png Importance:High CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good morning, Gov. Jay Inslee will address the media today via streaming video and telephone to give an update on the state's response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and provide new guidance around schools. The governor will be joined by: Chris Reykdal, state superintendent of public instruction Jeff Snell, superintendent, Camas School District Lacy Fehrenbach, assistant secretary, prevention & community health, Department of Health Dr. Danielle Zerr, medical director of infection prevention and chief of pediatric infectious diseases, Seattle Children's Hospital Annalisa McCann, 1st grade teacher, Broadway Elementary, Spokane Valley Ryan Peterson, school bus driver, Kennewick School District Joel Sacks, director of the state Department of Labor & Industries, will be available for questions. Wednesday, December 16 2:30 PM - Media availability The press conference will be livestreamed by TVW. Help us share trusted sources of information on COVID-19: Washington Department of Health coronavirus webpage | CDC’s coronavirus website | Governor’s COVID-19 resource website. If you have specific questions that cannot be answered by these resources, you can call the Washington Department of Health’s public call center at 1- 800-525-0127, then wait and press #. Dontae Payne, MPA Regional Representative – South Sound & Olympic Peninsula |Office of Governor Jay Inslee (he/him/his) Cell: 360-867-8914 www.governor.wa.gov | dontae.payne@gov.wa.gov Email communications with state employees are public records and may be subject to disclosure, pursuant to Ch. 42.56 RCW. From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Join NACo for a national call TODAY for an update on COVID-19 response legislation Date:Wednesday, December 16, 2020 7:16:53 AM From: NACo Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 7:15:48 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: Join NACo for a national call TODAY for an update on COVID-19 response legislation CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Having trouble viewing this email? Click Here National Association of Counties NACo-HQ-facade_700px_1683094.png Join NACo for a national call TODAY for an update on COVID-19 response legislation Please join the National Association of Counties (NACo) TODAY, December 16, at 4:00 p.m. EST for a national member call to hear the latest COVID-19 federal policy update and how you can support our advocacy efforts. A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers recently unveiled text of a $908 billion coronavirus relief package that includes critical aid to state and local governments on the front lines of the pandemic. The group also unveiled a CALL DETAILS DATE: Wednesday, December 16 TIME: 4 p.m. EST DIAL-IN: RSVP here to receive dial- in information. QUESTIONS: Email question@naco.org. version of this bill that does not contain relief for state and local governments, despite widespread support from lawmakers in both parties and the Trump administration. It's more important than ever that county leaders urge members of Congress to pass a relief bill that provides direct and flexible aid to counties of all sizes. We must ensure that any package Congress passes recognizes the county role in addressing this pandemic. Please call on Congress to pass a package that will honor the work of those on the front lines by providing direct and flexible aid to counties of all sizes. STAY UPDATED WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION We are hosting national members calls until a coronavirus relief bill is passed. RSVP below for daily updates on the latest federal COVID-19 policy and how you can support our advocacy efforts. Tues. 12/15 (access recording) | Wed. 12/16 | Thurs. 12/17 | Fri. 12/18 DIRECT AID TO ALL COUNTIES IS CRITICAL Federal relief for state and local government is critical for the health, safety and vibrancy of our communities. America’s counties are on the front lines of this pandemic, providing vital health services, distributing vaccines, mitigating economic challenges and much more. Take action now. Contact your members of Congress and urge them to support direct and flexible aid to all counties. CONTACT YOUR SENATORS CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE Our recent survey with the COVID RELIEF NOW coalition, a partnership of nearly 300 major public and private sector groups, shows that small businesses, cities and counties will likely experience further devastating impacts from the pandemic without additional federal aid. By the numbers: COVID-Survey-stats_652px_1763600.jpg COVID-19 UPDATES FROM NACo During this critical and unprecedented time, NACo is focused on advocating for the needs of counties at the federal level, disseminating useful information to our members and facilitating the exchange of effective strategies and approaches. We share the latest news and resources online at www.NACo.org/coronavirus. Click below to subscribe to updates. NACo.org/coronavirus SUBSCRIBE TO UPDATES 660 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20001 Did someone forward you this email? Sign up to stay up-to-date on topics affecting America’s counties! Click here to unsubscribe. Dear Kate, This year the Housing Alliance Board of Directors welcomed six new members! Asa membership organization, you get a vote to confirm them. When you vote, youcan also let us know if you’d like to be considered for a future board position. We’re thrilled about these leaders joining our board. They bring a wide range of expertise and add important new perspectives. Read on to learn more about them and then and then vote here. Kate Budd is Executive Director of Council for the Homeless in Clark County. Shehas spent her entire career focused on creating systemic solutions to reduce thenumber of people who are homeless and the trauma of the experience. In hercurrent role, she oversees planning, advocacy, and solutions to prevent and endhomelessness throughout Clark County. Prior to her current position, she servedas a homeless programs coordinator with Clark County Community Services forseven years and with Oregon Housing and Community Services for two years. Currently, Kate is the chair of the Southwest WA Healthy Living Collaborative Policy Committee, a member of the Leadership Clark County Board of Directors and active LGBTQ+ advocacy groups. On a statewide level, Kate served as the co-chair of the WA Low-Income Housing Alliance Homelessness AdvisoryCommittee for six years and had been active in the planning of the annualhomelessness conference. She is a proud AmeriCorps Alumni, holds a Master ofSocial Work from Eastern Washington University and is a Leadership Clark Countyalum, class of 2016. From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Confirm our newest board members! Date:Wednesday, December 16, 2020 10:06:44 AM From: Rachael, Housing Alliance Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 10:06:40 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Confirm our newest board members! CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Paula Carvalho (Carve-all-yo), MIT, joined the Raikes Foundation as a program officer on the youth homelessness strategy in August 2019. Prior to joining thefoundation, she served as Director of Youth Programs at The MockingbirdSociety. In that role, Paula oversaw their statewide programing with a dual focuson youth development and systems reform. She also initiated and chaired theirRacial Equity Committee until her departure. Before Working at Mockingbird,Paula was an Independent Living Case Manager for the YMCA of Greater Seattlefocusing on youth transitioning out of care. Having both lived experience in foster care and homelessness and over a decade working in this field, Paula continues to elevate the voices of young people at decision-making tables. Paula earned a master’s degree in Teaching from Seattle University, where she was also the first graduate of its Fostering Scholars program. Lisa Byers has been the Executive Director of OPAL Community Land Trust inEastsound, WA (Orcas Island) since January 1996. During her tenure, OPAL hasgrown to provide housing for about 6% of the island’s year-round population. Shewas a co-founder of the Northwest Community Land Trust Coalition andGrounded Solutions Network, where she served as the founding President of theBoard. She has taught classes and provided consulting on organizational development & sustainability, fundraising, finance, and CLT stewardship practices. Prior to her work with community land trusts, Byers was Land Steward for the San Juan County Land Bank and worked for ten years as a manager for Historic New England, based in Boston, MA. She has an M.B.A. in public and non-profit management from Boston University and a B.A. from Vassar College. Bretrand “Mr. B.” Harrell works with the Resident Action Project and theWashington Low Income Housing Alliance as an advocate. He graduated fromMercer University in Georgia and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Philosophy. Hecompleted the Emerging Advocates Program with the Housing Alliance and was one of the first people to join the Resident Action Project. He became an advocate so that he could better help people who are experiencing homelessness and people that are discriminated against in low-income housing. He is also a proud father of seven and grandfather of three. My name is Jennifer Bereskin. I am an enrolled member of the QawalanginTribe Of Unalaska - Unangax/Aleut and Snohomish. I have been advocating inSnohomish county since 2011. The age of nine was the beginning of many yearsof chronic childhood poverty and homelessness for me and my family. It wasn'tuntil I obtained a housing voucher in my late 20s as a single mom with a specialneeds child that we found housing stability. My case manager introduced me to the Resident Action Project which taught me how to advocate for housing justice for myself and our community. This led me to other leadership roles within Washington State which included opportunities with Governor Jay Inslee. I currently serve on the Resident Action Project Steering Committee, among othercommunity boards at the county and state level. I serve on the Urban IndiansNorthwest Board of Directors to advocate for missing and murdered Indigenousmen, women, and children regarding legislative policy and state/federal policetraining reform. I graduated from Emerge Washington in 2019 and I am activelyworking as a Precinct Committee Officer position for my area. Lastly, I amworking to complete my Native Studies Leadership BA degree at Northwest Indian College. Lee Murdock has been Executive Director of the Homeless Network of Yakima Donate Washington Low Income Housing Alliance 100 West Harrison St. Seattle, Washington 98119 (206) 442-9455 info@wliha.org County since 2017. The Network is a member organization representing 110 partners which includes 80 organizations and 30 concerned community members.  Ms. Murdock began as a volunteer for the Network in 2004 as a consumerrepresentative. She credits local social services in assisting her in leavinghomelessness and returned to college to receive her BA in English from theUniversity of Washington in 1998. From there she worked in the softwareindustry for multiple years as a Technical Editor before returning home to servethe community which assisted her. In 2008, she moved from being a volunteer to a consultant for the Network. As a consultant, she provided grant writing, data analysis, system planning, and more. In 2009, she was hired by Yakima County, the organization that provided staffing to the Network, to be the Affordable Housing Coordinator. In this role, she managed 2060 funds and finalized thedevelopment of a HOME Consortium. Ms. Murdock became HUD-Certified in HOME Program Administration andManagement from 2011-2016. In 2010, she completed the Washington StateDepartment of Commerce Capacity Building Institute and staffed thedevelopment of the Yakima Valley Community Land Trust. Lee has a strong data- background and was also a past HMIS Administrator for Yakima County. She currently serves as one of four Access Points for Coordinated Entry. In this role, she continues to look for additional ways data can address current gaps. Impressive right?! We have an amazing board, that's getting even better! Vote here through December 29. ~rachael Rachael MyersExecutive Director View this email in your web browser Unsubscribe From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Individual and Family Enrollment Deadline Date:Wednesday, December 16, 2020 10:07:30 AM From: Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 10:07:26 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: Individual and Family Enrollment Deadline CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. www.jeffcountychamber.org 360.385.7869 director@jeffcountychamber.org Did you miss the enrollment deadline for January 1st Individual and Family health insurance coverage? You have until January 15th to enroll for a February 1st effective date. Contact our office for more information! Visit our website or like us on Facebook for more information! KMI - 360-385-4400 ___________________________________________________________________ Sent on behalf of our member: Kristin Manwaring Insurance We can send yours, too, just ask us how: membership@jeffcountychamber.org The Chamber of Jefferson County Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce | 2409 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 Unsubscribe gbrotherton@co.jefferson.wa.us Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by director@jeffcountychamber.org powered by Try email marketing for free today! From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Elections, "Best Of" nominations, and the last meeting of the year. Join us, won"t you? Date:Wednesday, December 16, 2020 10:25:41 AM From: director@forkswa.com Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 10:23:13 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: Elections, "Best Of" nominations, and the last meeting of the year. Join us, won't you? CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Greg Brotherton , I’m sending this again due to a widespread Gmail outage yesterday. 2021 Board of Directors Elections Please take a moment to vote for the 2021 Board of Directors https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FWLP5YG (one vote per member business please). “Best Of” Nominations We are now taking nominations for “Best Of” 2020! We will have paper ballots placed throughout town for your convenience. Please stay tuned for locations. If you would like to download a paper copy you can do that with this link. You can also nominate with online https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FTDL6ZY and feel free to nominate as many people and businesses as you see fit. The location of the awards presentation will be announced in January. Please join us today, Wednesday, December 16th for our last meeting of 2020! Karen Affeld, Executive Director and Susan Shoemaker, Business Assistance Specialist at North Olympic Development Council (NODC) will be with us to discuss moving businesses to online marketing and sales, and helping you stay connected to your customer during the COVID pandemic. This is a free service offered by the NODC to help businesses stay in business. We will also get an update on the winter steelhead fishing rule from Ravae O’Leary, Anglers Obsession. Our meeting takes place online Noon – 1pm and is open to the public and all are welcome to attend. We have switched to ZOOM and have a new link! You can join the meeting with this recurring link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84599423539?pwd=aGlFWGYvQjRUeWdOM0hNTVc5MlM0QT09 Meeting ID: 845 9942 3539 Passcode: 912775 One tap mobile +12532158782,,84599423539#,,,,,,0#,,912775# US (Tacoma) +16699009128,,84599423539#,,,,,,0#,,912775# US (San Jose) Upcoming Programs December 16 – Karen Affeld, Executive Director and Susan Shoemaker, Business Assistance Specialist at North Olympic Development Council (NODC) December 23 and 30 – NO MEETINGS January 6 – Business Meeting and Program TBA January 13 – Diana Reaume, Superintendent QVSD January 20 – Heidi Anderson, CEO Forks Community Hospital January 27 – State of the City Address by Mayor Tim Fletcher CLALLAM EDC: If you would like to be added to Clallam EDC’s mailing list, please contact Peggy Simmons at psimmons@clallam.org They are an invaluable source for information! CHAMBER RENEWALS for 2021 have been mailed. Please feel free to contact me with questions. We accept cash, check and credit cards (we can take your card over the phone, or send you a Paypal invoice). We appreciate your continued support! Chamber News… FORKS VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER (VIC) We will be open this fall/winter with a modified foyer to help visitors. We can help one group at a time (up to 4 people) inside the visitor center and we will be open Monday through Saturday 10 am – 4 pm and Sunday 11 am – 4 pm through the winter. FOREVER TWILIGHT IN FORKS COLLECTION is closed until mid-December, due to the Governor’s mandate. EVENTS PAGE We are in the process of repopulating our events page. We accept online and in-person events (events allowed in Phase 2). If you have an event you would like share, please send it to events@ForksWA.com. FORKS CHAMBER STAFF DIRECTORY Lissy Andros, executive director Rob Hunter, VIC staff member and assistant to the E.D. Rob handles all of our visitor correspondence and administrative duties for the Chamber, and the online store. Gay Bunnell, Forever Twilight in Forks Collection and VIC staff member. Gay is our lead staff member at the Collection, including maintaining the records for the exhibits. She is in charge of procuring our brochures, maps, and information for the VIC. Kari Larson, VIC staff member. Kari is in charge of ordering our merchandise and sending out visitor packets. Susie Michels, IT Manager. Susie runs our website and handles all technical issues. Please contact me if you have any suggestions on upcoming Chamber programs. PPP, EIDL and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Best regards, Lissy Lissy Andros, Executive Director Forks Chamber of Commerce 1411 S. Forks Avenue Forks, WA 98331 360-374-2531 office 903-360-4449 cell From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Payroll Administration | In-Person Public Meetings | Managing Difficult Public Meetings and Hearings Date:Wednesday, December 16, 2020 10:55:54 AM From: MRSC – Management Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 10:55:32 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Payroll Administration | In-Person Public Meetings | Managing Difficult Public Meetings and Hearings CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. December 2020 From MRSC In-Person Public Meetings Put on Hold for Now By Jill Dvorkin This blog post reviews Proclamation 20-28.14, which extends and modifies the temporary rules governing open public meetings and ties the in-person meeting requirements to Proclamation 20-25 and the "business meetings" guidance for Miscellaneous Venues. More from MRSC Insight. New Payroll Administration Page Payroll administration is complicated, including state/federal withholding and reporting, calculation of overtime wages, and more. To help explain, we’ve published a new Payroll Administration topic page. Strategies for Managing Difficult Public Meetings and Hearings Ask MRSC If an employee's husband is high risk for COVID, does that mean the employee benefits from the high-risk protections under the Governor's proclamation? This employee has used her FFCRA, accrued, and FMLA leave. Is overpayment to an employee a gift of public funds? Have a question? By Byron Katsuyama This blog offers some steps you can take before, during, and after difficult public meetings and public hearings to make them less stressful and more productive for everyone. More from MRSC Insight Protecting Public Works Projects from COVID-19 Economic Impacts By Lane Powell This blog post reviews how local governments can protect public works projects from COVID-19-related economic impacts. More from MRSC Insight The Role of Cities and Counties in Keeping Winter Walking (and Driving) Safe By Flannary Collins What is a local government's responsibility when rain, ice, or snow create treacherous road or sidewalk conditions? This blog covers the basics. More from MRSC Insight COVID-19 Resources for Local Governments We are continuously updating our COVID-19 content and collecting new sample documents to keep local governments informed during the current crisis. See our COVID-19 Resources page Officials and employees from eligible government agencies can use our free one-on-one inquiry service, Ask MRSC. Ask MRSC Upcoming Trainings Ethical Considerations for Local Government Officials and Staff - 2021 (Webinar) January 21, 11 AM - 12 PM Cost: $35 | Credits: CLE, CML Learn more and register PRA and OPMA Case Law Update - 2021 (Webinar) January 26, 10 AM - 11 AM Cost: $35 | Credits: CLE, WAPRO, CML Learn more and register Making Your Job Easier with MRSC's Services (Webinar) February 11, 11 AM - 12 PM Cost: Free Learn more and register Missed a webinar? On Demand Webinars are available to view for a fee; credits are available for some. In Focus How Localities Continually Adapt Enterprise Strategies to Manage Natural Disasters The authors of this report delve into city-level surveys of hundreds of communities, conducted by the International City/County Managers Association, to learn firsthand what challenges face local leaders and how they prepare in advance to blunt the effects of natural disasters. Swift Shift to Telework Proves Public-Sector’s Agility Many public leaders long believed that the people’s business could not be done from outside the walls of government buildings, but COVID-19 showed government can function from anywhere — quickly. More from Government Technology New Ballot Initiatives Impact Cities More from The IBM Center for the Business of Government What Makes a Community Livable? Few moments in history have made the importance of cities, towns and villages more clear than now, amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. More from NLC's Cities Speak Counties Sound Alarm About Holidays, ‘COVID-19 Fatigue’ As the nation enters its ninth month of coronavirus restrictions amidst rising case numbers, “COVID fatigue” is setting in right when it can be most dangerous. More from NACo's County News While much remains to be seen on how the next four years of federal leadership will impact America’s cities and towns, it is clear there is a growing movement for better transportation, higher wages, police reform, and drug decriminalization, at least in state and local ballot initiatives. More from NLC's Cities Speak Local Health Departments Find New Ways to Provide Flu Vaccines Agencies are holding drive-thru flu shot events and merging Covid-19 testing and flu vaccine sites, while officials stress that people need to get their shots. More from Route Fifty Washington News Mercer Island switches operations to 100 percent wind power on Dec. 1 Pierce County reports record high number of COVID cases Wednesday as backlog continues King County Council passes $12.59 billion biennial budget King County settles $2 million dog bite lawsuit Washington launches statewide COVID-19 notification app Health of local economy a local responsibility Vancouver council ponders carbon-neutral city as early as 2045 Health district releases draft of COVID vaccine plan National News What will happen to cities in 2021 Are people really moving out of cities due to the pandemic? Coronavirus cases are skyrocketing again in cities How GIS is informing the smart cities of the future Rural areas send their sickest patients to the cities, straining hospital capacity How COVID is driving smart city plans, budgets How do you give Chicagoans a say in the city’s budget? American housing is in a full-fledged boom Thank you to our generous sponsors Stay Informed MRSC publishes a number of e-newsletters related to local government issues. You can also keep up with us on social media. Manage your Subscription ‌ ‌ If you have questions or comments for the newsletter editor, please contact Byron Katsuyama, Public Policy & Management Consultant.MRSC.org MRSC | 2601 Fourth Avenue, Suite 800, Seattle, WA 98121 Unsubscribe kdean@co.jefferson.wa.us Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by it@mrsc.org From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Last Chance: Register to Become NACo’s First County Trivia Champion Date:Wednesday, December 16, 2020 11:08:19 AM From: NACo Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 11:08:02 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Last Chance: Register to Become NACo’s First County Trivia Champion CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Having trouble viewing this email? Click Here NACo-HQ-facade_700px_1683094.png Last Chance: Register to Become NACo’s First County Trivia Champion It is not too late to register for the National Association of Counties (NACo) Virtual Trivia Night. This online event is an opportunity to engage in a friendly competition over county knowledge with your peers. We encourage you to invite other officials from your county and your staff to participate as well. Why join and how will it work? County trivia pride: Most of the trivia questions will focus on county governments. This is your chance to prove you know the most about counties! Playing for your community: The winning team will earn a donation on NACo’s behalf to a community organization or charity of your choice. Enjoy a snack on us: Those who register will receive a popcorn snack from NACo. Connect with others: We know conferences provide an invaluable opportunity to connect with other county officials. We hope this replicates a portion of that opportunity. We will divide participants into teams, or let us know if you would like to make your own. Engage on Zoom: The day before the event, you will receive a link to a Zoom meeting, where we will use breakout rooms to make small teams for the trivia competition. Who will be there?: NACo members and county staff from Alaska, California, Oregon, Utah and Washington are invited. More details are included below. Please reach out if you have questions, and we hope to see you on December 17. NACo County Trivia Night Thursday, December 17, 2020 5:30 p.m. MST / 4:30 p.m. PST / 3:30 p.m. AST REGISTER HERE CONTACT Jack Peterson jpeterson@naco.org 202-661-8805 660 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20001 Did someone forward you this email? Sign up to stay up-to-date on topics affecting America’s counties! Click here to unsubscribe. From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: ORCAA Board Representation Date:Wednesday, December 16, 2020 1:30:18 PM From: Fran McNair Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 1:30:12 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton; Kate Dean; David Sullivan Cc: Philip Morley; Debbie Moody Subject: ORCAA Board Representation CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Commissioner Brotherton, Commissioner Dean and Commissioner Sullivan: Season Greetings from the Olympic Region Clean Air Agency (ORCAA). I know this has been a very difficult year for the Jefferson County. I truly appreciate the hard work, support, and leadership Greg has provided to ORCAA through his work with our Board of Directors. I know January is the time you determine board and committee assignments for 2021. Greg has been an excellent member of our board and I hope he will remain on the ORCAA Board. Because of the complexities of air quality policy and understanding the science, I appreciate his continuity and leadership on the ORCAA Board. Recently, a member of our board asked us who is eligible to serve on the ORCAA Board. The following RCWs provide guidelines and guidance for board membership for our six-county region. RCW 70A.15.2000 2(d) says for an authority which is comprised of six or more counties, the board shall be comprised of one representative from each county to be designated by the board of county commissioners of each county making up the authority, and three appointees, one each from the three largest cities within the local authority's jurisdiction to be appointed by the mayor and city council of such city. RCW 70A.15.2030 says a member of the board may designate a regular alternate to serve on the board in his or her place with the same authority as the member when he or she is unable to attend. In no event may a regular alternate serve as the permanent chair. I wanted to provide this information prior to the January meeting when you determine these assignments. The ORCAA region is the largest region in the state comprising 8,000sq. miles. The ORCAA Board represents a very diverse region, evaluating and determining significant policies protecting air quality. The board members do an excellent job looking at issues from a regional perspective. . Based upon RCW 70A.15.2030 the board member’s alternate can be a member of the staff. There may be circumstances where the alternate is the primary board member attending the monthly meetings. This is a reasonable and allowable option. I hope this guidance provides helpful guidance for board membership. Feel free to contact me for additional information and discussion. Have a safe and healthy holiday season. Sincerely Fran McNair Fran McNair, Executive Director +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Olympic Region Clean Air Agency - "Clean Air is Everyone's Business!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2940 Limited Lane NW · Olympia WA 98502 1-800-422-5623 · (360) 539-7610 ext. 100 www.orcaa.org Please take notice that any records or communications with ORCAA are subject to public disclosure under the Public Records Act, (RCW 42.56) unless exempt under applicable law. Please consider the environment before printing this email. Thank you.