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HomeMy WebLinkAbout022221_electronic_CorrFrom:Hoss, Schuyler (GOV) To:Hoss, Schuyler (GOV) Subject:Governor Inslee Press Conference: February 11th 2:30 pm Date:Thursday, February 11, 2021 9:19:02 AM Attachments:image001.png image002.png image003.png image004.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Governor Inslee will address the media today at 2:30 pm to give an update on the state's response to the ongoing pandemic, including rental and business assistance, and vaccine distribution. The governor will be joined by: Lisa Brown, director, Department of Commerce David Schumacher, director, Office of Financial Management Lacy Fehrenbach, deputy secretary for COVID response, Department of Health (Q&A) Nick Streuli, executive director of external affairs, Office of the Governor (Q&A) The press conference will be livestreamed by TVW. SCHUYLER F. HOSS Director of International Relations and Protocol Office of Governor Jay Inslee State of Washington, United States of America Cell: 360.239.1317 www.governor.wa.gov | schuyler.hoss@gov.wa.gov Email communications with state employees are public records and may be subject to disclosure, pursuant to Ch. 42.56 RCW. From:Vanessa Herold To:jeffbocc Subject:Regarding horse park Date:Thursday, February 11, 2021 10:01:35 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. I'm a concerned citizen wondering what will happen to the late 'horse park' property. I purchased my horse property across the street from the proposed park in 2010 in hopes that someday it would come to reality for our horsey community. In the meanwhile it has become a part of my life by means of horse rides, dog walks and the like. What will happen to the land now? Will it still be open to the public? What about an annual pass for those who want to use it? That way the recycle/waste management could make some money on it? Horse folks would gladly volunteer their time on upkeep. Thank you for your time. Vanessa Herold From:Judy Anderson To:jeffbocc Subject:Reforestation of previous county horse park Date:Thursday, February 11, 2021 12:14:22 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. To who it may concern Will the public still be able to use the land after the proposed reforestation project on both sides of Cape George Rd.? Specifically will the trails still be available or will the logging project destroy them? As an avid walker through the previous horse park area I would strongly like to see the area preserved for walking, biking and equestrian use. Thank you, Judy McCall Anderson Sent from my iPad From:Vezina, John Subject:WSF Weekly Update Date:Thursday, February 11, 2021 3:27:56 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. banner Recap of this week’s virtual public meetings Thanks to everyone who joined us for our online community meetings on Tuesday and last night. Following a brief presentation on our continued response to COVID-19 and progress made on key projects in 2020, I joined members of the WSF Executive Team in answering questions from participants about a range of topics. More than 200 people registered for the virtual meetings! If you missed them, meeting recordings are posted online. The WSF Executive Team and I answered questions from webinar participants during this week's virtual community meetings. New Mukilteo terminal elevators open When the new Mukilteo terminal opened on Dec. 29, its three elevators were not yet in service. They were awaiting an additional safety feature and final inspection. This week, state inspectors approved the two east elevators, and they are now in service! The west elevator should be open in a few days. The overhead passenger walkway, expected to open at the end of March, will further streamline loading and offloading as walk-on passengers and vehicles will be able February 11, 2021 Stay tuned for possible severe weather schedules due to snow With snow in the forecast through the weekend, we may operate our severe weather schedules on some routes. We’ll let you know when a route switches to the alternate timetables through email alerts and Twitter. Our severe weather schedules, developed because of the February 2019 snowstorms, provide appropriate service to match demand and align with other reduced transit. On Jan. 15, 2020, we switched to our San Juan Islands severe weather schedules after a foot of snow fell in Anacortes. Lane closure at Fauntleroy terminal One of the two vessel loading/offloading lanes at our Fauntleroy terminal has to embark and disembark the ferry at the same time. The new Mukilteo terminal's east elevators (left near stairs) are now open. They're located just a few steps from the transit center. USCG sector commander visits new Mukilteo terminal Capt. Patrick Hilbert, the sector commander of Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, toured our new Mukilteo terminal last week. During the Feb. 4 visit, he and his staff, Petty Officers John Pieron and James Robison, reviewed our safety and security measures during operations at the new facility. Captain of the Port Patrick Hilbert and his staff with our Security Officer Curt Hattell and Fleet and Facility Security Officer John Litzenberger. Patty Rubstello Assistant Secretary, WSDOT/Ferries Division been closed during daylight hours for much this week as crews install three new H- piles at the dock to replace rotting timber piles. The piledriving work has wrapped up, but the deck needs to be patched up. This may cause minor vehicle embarking/ disembarking delays. The timber piles crews are replacing this week were identified as needing replacement during a recent routine inspection. Tokitae back on Mukilteo/Clinton route after repairs in drydock Tokitae returned to our Mukilteo/Clinton route last week, just 11 days after it was pulled from service for emergency repairs to a propeller. To replace the propeller blades, the vessel was drydocked in Anacortes at Dakota Creek Industries Inc., whose staff completed the work almost a week ahead of schedule! The quick fix can also be attributed to our vessel engineers and contracting staff, who identified the scope of the work through multiple dive inspections and vibration studies prior to drydock and negotiated the contract with the shipyard. Amazing work! Tokitae in drydock at Dakota Creek Industries Inc. (photo from Anacortes Terminal Supervisor Wayne McFarland) 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: From:theresa percy To:jeffbocc Subject:What is going on??? Horse park parking closed???? Date:Thursday, February 11, 2021 3:39:56 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Greetings, I just learned that the horse park parking lot is closed and there is going to be a charcoal operation established. My understanding from Al Carins was that a planning process was going to be initiated a planning process that would incorporate the existing trail system with the needs of the transit operation.This process would include the numerous trails users: walkers, bikers and equestrians and would take about 3 years so there would be no change until then. I am confused…..Thank you for any help you can give me to understand these developments and overall situation. Theresa Percy Friends of the “Horse Park” or trails From:Johnson, Randy To:steve.tharinger@leg.wa.gov Cc:"Marcus.Riccelli@leg.wa.gov"; jeffbocc Subject:RE: High Level Overview and Section by Section Overview of 1152 Date:Thursday, February 11, 2021 3:51:41 PM Attachments:image003.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Steve, First, thank you for the information. Sorry, but my common sense outlook reminds me of a HBS Case study. The first thing, before the overlay of an organization, is to define the problem and the desired outcomes. We all know that improvements can be made at all levels of government regarding health care, but I believe an examination of what works (in my opinion) will be quite different between rural and urban areas. This requirement is an information gathering exercise that should point us to real improvements in the system and the disparate differences in county organizations. In addition, I believe everyone recognizes there has been a short fall in public health funding for a long time across all jurisdictions, and I know at the Clallam County level, we recognize this and are already making changes. Additional funding will certainly help, but obviously it needs to go to the greatest need. The other issue that has become clear to me with the pandemic is the interface required between the Public Health Doctor and our EOC Director as co-managers of our County’s response, and their joint interface with the hospitals, tribes, and all others to be effective. Randy From: Tharinger, Rep. Steve [mailto:Steve.Tharinger@leg.wa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2021 3:15 PM To: Johnson, Randy; Kate Dean Cc: Riccelli, Rep. Marcus Subject: FW: High Level Overview and Section by Section Overview of 1152 Importance: High Hi commissioners - I don’t know if you have seen this; it is the latest info on HB 1152. This is an iterative process so comments are welcome. I think we are making some progress. There is a work grou *** EXTERNAL EMAIL *** This message was sent from outside our County network. sophospsmartbannerend Hi commissioners - I don’t know if you have seen this; it is the latest info on HB 1152. This is an iterative process so comments are welcome. I think we are making some progress. There is a work group to develop what the regions might look like and the authority of the local boards and depts. is retained. Additional funding is dependent on some regional structure is what I am hearing. The meeting that is referred to in the email was with a group of stakeholders last night. Hope this is helpful. Let me know if you have questions or send them along to Rep. Riccelli. He is willing to meet with you if that would be helpful. Representative Steve Tharinger 24th Legislative District Office: (360)786-7904 Toll Free: (800)562-6000 steve.tharinger@leg.wa.gov From: Riccelli, Rep. Marcus <Marcus.Riccelli@leg.wa.gov> Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 1:04 PM To: Tharinger, Rep. Steve <Steve.Tharinger@leg.wa.gov> Subject: FW: High Level Overview and Section by Section Overview of 1152 Importance: High A lot still to work through… but here is a higher level look as a start and what June and I used for a discussion last night. Marcus From: Riccelli, Rep. Marcus Sent: Monday, February 8, 2021 5:00 PM Subject: High Level Overview and Section by Section Overview of 1152 Hello, To help guide our discussion tonight and break things down in a bit easier format, attached is a high level overview and a section by section overview. Thanks, Marcus Representative Marcus Riccelli Washington State House of Representatives 3rd Legislative District – Spokane House Majority Whip Click here to visit my website and click here to subscribe to my newsletter. This email and any documents you send this office, may be subject to disclosure requirements under the state Public Records Act, RCW 42.56. From: Riccelli, Rep. Marcus Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2021 9:13 PM Subject: Public Health Stakeholder Meeting - Tomorrow at 6:00pm Good Evening, Sen. Robinson and I look forward to meeting with you tomorrow evening. Tomorrow late morning or early afternoon I will send out a Proposed Substitute for 1152 for you to begin reviewing. We will spend the meeting discussing the sub and the changes made. I want you to know how appreciative I am for the input that you all have given and the thoughtfulness in which people have been engaging in this discussion. A great deal of input that has been brought forward by this group will be reflected in the updated draft. Before you get the draft I do think it is important to relay that the concept moving forward will be one of shared service districts – Comprehensive Health Services Districts – that will work with local health jurisdictions and that local health jurisdictions would remain. Comprehensive health services districts (CHSD’s) would be formed to help diversify and stabilize funding services for public health. Comprehensive health services districts would be established to encourage the systemic sharing of resources and functions among state and local governmental public health entities, sovereign tribal nations, and Indian health programs to increase capacity and improve efficiency and effectiveness. I want you all to wait to reflect on the language presented tomorrow in the sub until the evening, but wanted to prime the pump on the direction things are headed. Think of the model of Educational Service Districts (ESD’s) and how they work with local school districts, but for public health. Again, I believe the substitute draft will show that there has been clear movement/changes that occurred due to the feedback of this group particularly on some points of strongly identified contention. It is also important to remember that this is an ongoing conversation and one that will be continued at multiple steps of the legislative process. Talk to you all tomorrow! Best, Rep. Marcus Riccelli Representative Marcus Riccelli Washington State House of Representatives 3rd Legislative District – Spokane House Majority Whip Click here to visit my website and click here to subscribe to my newsletter. This email and any documents you send this office, may be subject to disclosure requirements under the state Public Records Act, RCW 42.56. From:Winterchill Farm To:jeffbocc Subject:Jefferson County Horse park access Date:Friday, February 12, 2021 6:43:46 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good Morning, I am writing as a concerned citizen regarding the recent change in access to the Jefferson county horse park area adjacent to the Larry Scott trailhead. I have been using this area for many years- riding, walking and occasionally for biking from Hastings across to the trailhead. It has been a safe space to ride, without the dangers of being bottlenecked on the Larry Scott with a horse or risk the road hazards of cycling. Have there been changes to the land use agreement? Is there anything that I can do to continue using this space? Was there a public forum that I was unaware of? This area has been a huge asset to the community of Port Townsend. Even in its undeveloped state its potential has attracted many new residents here. Imagine it developed as a multi use community space, for riding, biking, walking, running events, outdoor educational space... as a community we can. Please consider the quality of life these outdoor spaces bring to the quiet members of your community as well as those who are speaking up. I very much look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Keely Stranahan From:Ross Anderson To:jeffbocc Subject:legal notices Date:Friday, February 12, 2021 11:08:08 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Jefferson County Commissioners: Nearly 20 years ago, when my wife and I decided to get out of Seattle, we chose Port Townsend in large part because it had a local newspaper in the PT Leader. This is not because we wanted baseball scores or comics, but because we understand that the civic life of any community depends on good local journalism, and the Leader has a long history of providing such journalism. We have been subscribers ever since. And, as retired journalists ourselves (a combined 60 years a the Seattle Times and PI), we have occasionally contributed articles. So imagine our shock last year when Jefferson County voted to move its legal notices to the Peninsula Daily News. With that vote, the county moved from a locally-owned newspaper that reaches 6000 Jefferson homes, to a Clallam County paper, owned by a Canadian company, which reaches one-third that number of Jefferson taxpayers. I was baffled by that decision, but I understand its consequences. We certainly agree that the Leader had gone through a rough spell – new owners and a complete turnover in its news staff. But pulling that contract only aggravated the Leader’s financial status, which inevitably impacts its journalism. In the past year, the Leader has brought in new people, professional journalists who have begun to bring the paper back to the quality journalism this region is accustomed to. Ironically, these new people are all refugees from Sound Publishing, and they came here for the opportunity to do something better. Now that contract is up for renewal, and I urge you to reverse last year’s error, and return our legal notices to the paper that actually serves your constituents. Please feel free to contact me if I can be any help as you weigh this decision. Ross Anderson Cape George 360 531 1390 Questions and related topics KPTZ would like to have presented on the air to Dr. Locke/County Commissioners (BOCC)/EOC/Jefferson County Public Health as time permits. From:Kathleen Keenan To:Greg Brotherton; KPTZ VTeam; Kate Ingram; Keppie Keplinger; Tom Locke; Willie Bence; Heidi Eisenhour; jeffbocc Subject:Questions for the BOCC Meeting February 16th, 2021. Date:Friday, February 12, 2021 3:21:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good afternoon...burrrrrr. Efforts to maneuver getting a vaccination continue to frustrate our listeners, as well as the short supply of vaccines plaguing all counties and states. Using the plague reference is not intended to be a pun...but appropriate for our current predicament. One listener described her feeling thusly.....”I’m asking as I’m trying to adjust my expectations.....emotional budgeting, you might say”. Again, thank you all for your efforts and willingness to answer the KPTZ listener’s questions. Respectfully, Kate Keenan, KPTZ Virus Watch Team Member Questions for the February 16th, 2021, BOCC Meeting (Due to February 15th holiday) Dr. Tom Locke: 1. I am a person who relies on my wheelchair/scooter to get around town. I’m not able to easily transfer to a car for the drive-thru vaccination site near the hospital. Is there some accommodation that can be made for those of us with limited mobility other than the drive-thru clinic. Please be specific as a few of my friends have the same problem and will be listening for your advice. 2. Novel variants of SARS-CoV-2 pose a problem to the current control of Covid-19 and vaccination efforts. What fraction of SARS-CoV2 positive samples from Washington state are being submitted for viral mRNA sequencing? What fraction of SARS-CoV-2 positive samples from Jefferson County have been submitted for viral mRNA sequencing? What are the barriers preventing sequencing of 100% of Jefferson County samples? 3. First, can four or five vaccinated people socialize indoors, and should they wear a mask? Can a vaccinated relative visit a vaccinated family after a five(5) hour flight, with or without a mask? 4. How do you convince someone to be vaccinated who is concerned about the long term unknown effects of the vaccine, even after they have been made aware of the deadly consequences of getting the disease? What is the best approach for those of us who want to be around other fully vaccinated persons? 5. I heard that many states are reporting very few cases of influenza, which is great evidence that the CDC recommendations of masking, distancing and handwashing is working. However, how will we know which strains to include in the next winter influenza vaccine, when we have so few cases nationally and worldwide? Covid-19 Testing: 1. What are the barriers preventing Jefferson County from having rapid spit testing for viral mRNA or antigens as part of the effort to get all kids back in classrooms? We might be able to use this one(1) to two(2) times a week for children and teachers. Public Health Strategies/Vaccines: 1. What is the current priority age group being given the SARS-Cov-2 vaccine? What percentage of this group has been vaccinated with the prime shot to date? What age group is the next in line to get vaccinated once supplies come in? 2. Is there any consideration to break down the available vaccine appointments by a five(5) year age span versus ten(10) years. Otherwise I am competing with persons younger than me for a limited supply of vaccines, yet I’m at a higher risk of severe disease and death. 3. I received the Pfizer vaccine. How many days does it take for the vaccine to reach maximum effectiveness after you get the second(2nd) shot? Is this the same for the Moderna vaccine? 4. I’m reading and wondering why Jefferson County has not received any vaccine allocations for first doses in over a month now. Are we being penalized for our low case counts? Is the state giving our share to mass vaccination sites in the urban communities? I’m asking as I’m trying to adjust my expectations….emotional budgeting, you might say. 5. Is there one website we can use to find appointments for vaccines? I’m so frustrated with having to go to several sites to check. And I have registered to get notified, but I haven't heard anything yet, even though I am 72 years old, with congestive heart failure and other medical complications. Is there anyone who can help me? Board of County Commissioners: 1. What is the status of reorganizing the area health districts that Kate Dean mentioned in recent BOCC meetings? Is there any further rationale why this is being attempted in the middle of a pandemic? EOC: (none submitted) From:Hoss, Schuyler (GOV) To:Hoss, Schuyler (GOV) Subject:Governor Inslee Media Availability: February 16th 2:30 pm Date:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 7:56:59 AM Attachments:image001.png image002.png image003.png image004.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Governor Inslee will address the media today at 2:30 pm to give an update on the state's response to the ongoing pandemic, including school testing programs and returning to in-person learning. The governor will be joined by: Lacy Fehrenbach, deputy secretary for COVID response, Department of Health Shaun Carey, superintendent, Enumclaw School District Sarah Sutton, project manager, Health Commons Project The press conference will be livestreamed by TVW. SCHUYLER F. HOSS Director of International Relations and Protocol Office of Governor Jay Inslee State of Washington, United States of America Cell: 360.239.1317 www.governor.wa.gov | schuyler.hoss@gov.wa.gov Email communications with state employees are public records and may be subject to disclosure, pursuant to Ch. 42.56 RCW. From:Barbara Morey To:jeffbocc Subject:Establish a court-based eviction resolution pilot program Date:Monday, February 15, 2021 7:04:42 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hello Commissioners, As we are all aware, the Covid -19 Pandemic has created a crisis for both tenants and landlords that has been addressed by the governor's Eviction Moratorium. As we move out of the moratorium, it is estimated that housing evictions will result in a 37% increase in homelessness in Jefferson County. I encourage you to support SB5160 which has been proposed to proactively address this coming crisis in Jefferson County and WA: "SB 5160: Addressing landlord-tenant relations by providing certain tenant protections during and after public health emergencies, providing for legal representation in eviction cases, establishing an eviction resolution pilot program for nonpayment of rent cases, and authorizing landlord access to state rental assistance programs." I especially urge you to adopt a county wide eviction resolution pilot project for Jefferson County as proposed in SB5160 and described below: "EVICTION RESOLUTION PILOT PROGRAM NEW SECTION. Sec. 8. A new section is added to chapter 59.18 21RCW to read as follows: (1) The administrative office of the courts shall contract with dispute resolution centers as described under chapter 7.75 RCW within or serving each county to establish a court-based eviction resolution pilot program operated in accordance with Washington supreme court order no. 25700-B-639 and any standing judicial order of the individual superior court. (2) The eviction resolution pilot program must be used to facilitate the resolution of nonpayment of rent cases between a landlord and tenant before the landlord files an unlawful detainer action. The Washington state Office of the Attorney General has this notice in multiple languages as well as information on available resources to help you pay your rent, including state and local rental assistance programs, on its website at http://www.atg.wa.gov/landlord-8tenant. Free or low-cost mediation services to assist in nonpayment of rent disputes before any judicial proceedings occur are also available at dispute resolution centers throughout the state. You can find your nearest dispute resolution center at https://www.resolutionwa.org. State law also provides you the right to receive interpreter services at court." *** Thank you for taking pro-active measures to address the potentially devastating increase in evictions and establishing an effective local response to this impending expanded crisis in affordable housing. It takes the whole village... Barbara E. Morey, Housing Advocate 206 326-9022 Nevertheless, she persisted... From:Niles To:jeffbocc Subject:Strong Towns Date:Monday, February 15, 2021 2:04:34 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Jefferson County Commissioners, I assume that after hearing Charles Marohn’s presentation to the Intergovernmental Collaborative Group (ICG) on February 4th, you are rethinking the way money is spent on infrastructure in our county. After having read his book, Strong Towns, I am clear that we need to stop digging, so that the financial hole we are in doesn’t get any deeper. I hope and assume that you are too. Marohn says we are beyond solutions and now have only the opportunity to ameliorate the damage and decline ahead. If his model applies here in Port Townsend, I guess that means that at least some of the significant infrastructure investments we have made in the last decade alone were ill- advised: roundabouts on Upper Sims Way, the Howard Street Extension, the sidewalk on Landes Street, beautifying downtown, et cetera. If I understand his recommendations, it follows that, going forward, we need to avoid any expenditures which do not make a profit – no rationalizations like, “jobs creation,” “good of the community,” “public art, ” “it will draw in new business” or any of the other excuses we use to justify losing money. Most of all, it sounds as if we need to stop using the promise of future revenue to pay today’s bills. Specifically, this means no more beautifying downtowns, repairing the Hudson Point jetty or undertaking the Port Hadlock sewer project, just to name a few. We should also stop granting building permits outside of towns and for new developments even in a town. Marohn makes it clear that those are money losers too. We need to pare down our expenditures until we can provide the absolute minimum of services to those who already live here. To support money losing projects now, knowing what we all just learned, would be to give public money to a Ponzi scheme. I sincerely hope you will not do that. I would like to hear your thoughts on this subject. Thank you. Niles Powell 2508 Holcomb Street Port Townsend (360) 379-1282 From:Kenneth Thompson To:jeffbocc Subject:Covid Date:Monday, February 15, 2021 12:00:20 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Commissioners: I am concerned about the relaxation of the Covid rules here in Jefferson county. Since Jefferson county is still in a high risk category, why are restaurants and health facilities allowed to reopen? Please explain in Tuesdays Covid update your thinking about this change in status. Ken Thompson 360-821-1340 From:Raelene To:Mike.Bell@Rayonier.com Cc:jeffbocc Subject:Jefferson County Water District #1 Logging request Date:Sunday, February 14, 2021 6:18:20 PM Attachments:Final Signed Letter.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Mr. Bell, Please see attached letter. Raelene Rossart From:Vezina, John To:Vezina, John Subject:Update: WSF Severe Weather Schedules Date:Sunday, February 14, 2021 2:09:20 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. City/County WSF-service Elected Officials, Good afternoon. While the weather is forecast to improve over the next 24 hours, roads remain hazardous, so we will stay on our severe weather schedules, with yesterday’s adjustments, through tomorrow, Monday, February 15. In the San Juan Islands, we’ll be running a regular Monday- Friday reduced service schedule. The Triangle route will remain on a one-boat schedule. Best, John From: Vezina, John Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2021 10:22 Subject: WSF Severe Weather Schedules City/County WSF-served Elected Officials Good (snowy) morning. Due to current weather conditions, the difficulty vessel crews and terminal staff are having getting to work, and extremely low ridership, we are currently transitioning to our severe weather schedules. This will be in effect through tomorrow’s service day. In addition to our usual severe weather schedules, due to specific crewing challenges this weekend, the Anacortes/San Juan Islands routes will be operating on their severe weather schedule minus the #1 vessel (Samish) and the Fauntleroy/Southworth/Vashon routes will go from its current two-boat schedule to a one-boat schedule with the #2 vessel (Kittitas). We appreciate the public’s understanding as we adjust our schedules to assure continued passenger and safety. Notifications are going out through passenger alerts and traditional/social media. Best, John John B. Vezina Government Relations Director Washington State Ferries Cell - 206.473.9945 Pronouns: He/Him/His From:Amy Greenbaum To:jeffbocc Subject:Cape George Horse Park concerns Date:Sunday, February 14, 2021 11:33:24 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Jefferson County is about to log/thin and utilize the Cape George Trailhead where equipment will be used to accomplish the forestry thinning between Cape George Rd, Sand, and the Larry Scott Memorial Trail. I also understand from report outs of recent (Jeffoc recs dept / waste dept) meetings held that the plans for the Cape George Horse Park (Special Use Area as listed on Parks & Rec overall plan) will be used to drop the debris from this forestry project and set it up for staging / processing. I've also heard that this property is going back to waste management oversight completely, where they may develop a new entrance to the dump facilities and lock the public out of that 80 acres. I am an avid horsewoman and use the Horsepark several times a week, this action concerns me deeply. It probably was the only public place equestrians could park multiple trailers for an event / or potential emergency evac in Jefferson County other than at the sad state of our county Fairgrounds. YET - there was no public notice, no discussion with the community, all done behind closed doors. What about all that volunteer labor provided towards a common recreational goal devised jointly with and by the county? I guess our county has no northstar recreational plan it can actually stick to. Many hours and hours put in by Back Country Horseman Buckhorn Chapter, Jefferson Equestrian Assoc. and by public volunteers, horse riders, bike riders, hikers and dog walkers who enjoy that recreational space. It feels more like our rights were blown over to assist the waste management in charting a course for their project they dusted up and pulled off a shelf. Basically, it feels like we do NOT count to the county. No public discussion, no transparency, plans changing midstream to suit someones or a dept agenda. Staff at Parks & Rec has reduced hours to help cut costs - really? Our outdoors is what brings tourists to our county, enjoying our public spaces, which needs to be maintained and improved upon, well at least up to the standards of our neighboring counties. Why is it always the recreational spaces and their management that get the shortage cuts. Super disappointed in JeffCo :-( Respectfully, Amy Greenbaum The fish-friendly faces of Montana Banana From:Minta Crafts To:jeffbocc Subject:Fishues - Enews from Long Live the Kings Date:Sunday, February 14, 2021 8:02:53 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Fishues - Regular Fish Updates from LLTK - Web Developers Code for Salmon Partners in salmon conservation come in many forms. LLTK partnered with Montana Banana, a talented local web development firm with a team that is passionate about environmental conservation. LEARN: Partnering for Good New! Strategic Roadmap to 2025 Have you heard? We released our 2025 Strategic Roadmap! Our priorities and key projects for salmon and steelhead are set YOU can help us achieve lofty goals for fish over the next five years. About half of migrating juvenile steelhead will not survive past the Hood Canal Bridge. LLTK Staff, Ashley Bagley, checking a rake for eelgrass and herring spawn. - get ready for five years full of action. Do you agree with our priorities? What are ways you're excited to get involved? READ: A Path to 2025 Hood Canal Bridge Funding at Stake Governor Inslee proposed $3.618 million dollars to advance fish passage at the Hood Canal Bridge. LLTK and our partners are working to make sure this funding becomes a reality in the state budget. Funding would construct and test underwater fish guidance devices at the bridge which are intended to reduce fish mortality. Want to get involved? Talk to your legislator about this issue. ADVOCATE: Contact Your Legislator Nisqually Projects Update LLTK staff have been busy in the field working on a collection of projects with the Nisqually Indian Tribe and the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife. We are surveying eelgrass meadows for herring eggs and monitoring the effectiveness of newly installed evergreen trees as herring spawning habitat. Of importance to salmon, herring provide a significant food source for returning adults and serve as a buffer prey to predators that target juvenile salmon. Stay tuned for more, we'll keep you updated as we monitor results! Event & Happenings - Join Us! April is one of the steelhead you can pick in the 2021 Survive the Sound race. LLTK Webinar: Spawning Habitat for Herring in the Nisqually Estuary Thursday, Feb. 25th - 6-7pm PDT Join Willie Frank III, Nisqually Indian Tribe Council Member, David Troutt, LLTK Board Member and Nisqually Indian Tribe Natural Resources Director, and Iris Kemp, LLTK Senior Project Manager, for a discussion, presentation, and Q&A on this work and partnership (40 minute presentation, 15 minute Q&A). RSVP LLTK's Salmon Stream - A (free) Virtual Gathering for Fish Thursday, March 18th - 6-7pm PDT Hear tales of what's happening throughout Puget Sound to save our iconic salmon (and the food web they depend on). You can support the fish you love via an online auction and chances to give directly to salmon recovery. RSVP & Info And don't forget to add it to your calendar! A Gap in Adventure? This past summer we had the opportunity to hear James Mills of The Joy Trip Project speak at a webinar hosted by Oregon Wild. James is an award-winning journalist focused on outdoor recreation and conservation. He is also the creator of the term "The Adventure Gap". In fact, he wrote the book on it. You may have heard of the "Opportunity Gap" before, which refers to disparate access to education, and therefore gaps in academic achievement between students of color and their white peers, as well as gaps between students from different socioeconomic statuses. The Adventure Gap is similar in that it highlights how people of color are underrepresented in outdoor recreation of all sorts. As an organization that regularly enjoys support from, and engagement with, fishers and recreationists we were interested to learn from James. Want to learn along with us? READ: BUY Mills' Book Survive the Sound - Attention Educators! Thanks to a grant from Boeing, LLTK is revamping our classroom webpage, improving educational materials, and providing more training and support for educators. Before the launch of the new website, educators can register for training sessions that provide ongoing education credits in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM clock hours). PARTICIPATE: Register for Clock Hours A Fishy Funny Credit: The Far Side by Gary Larson Thank you for being part of the Long Live the Kings community Questions? Contact mcrafts@lltk.org Long Live the Kings, 1326 Fifth Ave., Suite 450, Seattle, WA 98101 SafeUnsubscribe™ jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us Forward this email | Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by mcrafts@lltk.org powered by Constant Contact Try email marketing for free today! From:Stephen Schumacher Cc:Board of Health; Tom Locke; Allison Berry, Clallam County Health Officer; news@ptleader.com; news@peninsuladailynews.com; PT Free Press Subject:Calls for double masks are tacit admissions of mask ineffectiveness Date:Saturday, February 13, 2021 1:42:45 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Jefferson County Commissioners, At last Monday's County Commissioner meeting, Dr. Locke called face shields "virtually worthless". Yet his recent calls for double masking imply that face masks are similarly ineffective, per new media messaging that "a single-layer mask isn't really effective in blocking aerosols". So he advocates wearing an outer cloth mask to reduce leakage around an inner surgical mask, which OSHA says is "not designed to seal tightly against the user's face". But this hardly helps because the 600-times-larger pore areas in cloth masks are an open door for viruses, as proven by vape cloud experiments showing 10-times-larger vape particles passing freely through and around all kinds of masks. It's absurd to mandate face masks while discouraging face shields, since both are good for blocking viruses in spit but not much else. WHO's new Dec. 1 guidance concluded there is no solid "scientific evidence to support the effectiveness of masking of healthy people in the community to prevent infection with respiratory viruses". And New England Journal of Medicine's Dec. 17 study found marine "recruits consistently wore double layered masks yet there was still spread in the most heavily monitored-for-compliance ... military environments". The new calls for double masks are tacit admissions that single masks don't protect from viruses and should never have been mandated. Multiple masks don't work either, and the more masks, the more oxygen restriction, the more chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other dangers. See my PortTownendFreePress.com mask article for further discussion and references. Last week I heard a Commissioner say health issues are "out of our wheelhouse", but as Board of Health members your job is to independently judge health information with an open mind and not blindly follow pied pipers. Thanks for your hardworking efforts on our county's behalf. Yours truly, Stephen Schumacher 2023 E. Sims Way #200 Port Townsend, WA 98368 --- sources links --- https://www.ptleader.com/stories/more-than-one-cluster-blamed-for-increase-in-jeffco-covid-numbers,73629 https://abc17news.com/news/health-news/2021/02/03/double-masking-for-covid-19-protection-a-trend-with-a- purpose/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200319001530/https://www.osha.gov/Publications/respirators-vs-surgicalmasks- factsheet.html https://www.aier.org/article/the-year-of-disguises/ https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~dshuster/e-Cigarettes/Ingebrethsen_2012.pdf https://youtu.be/sRFtVsL9dzE https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/337199/WHO-2019-nCov-IPC_Masks-2020.5-eng.pdf https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2029717 https://www.aier.org/article/masking-a-careful-review-of-the-evidence/ https://www.porttownsendfreepress.com/2021/01/30/masks-dont-stop-viruses-and-could-harm-you-the-latest- research/ From:Vezina, John Subject:WSF Severe Weather Schedules Date:Saturday, February 13, 2021 10:22:29 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. City/County WSF-served Elected Officials Good (snowy) morning. Due to current weather conditions, the difficulty vessel crews and terminal staff are having getting to work, and extremely low ridership, we are currently transitioning to our severe weather schedules. This will be in effect through tomorrow’s service day. In addition to our usual severe weather schedules, due to specific crewing challenges this weekend, the Anacortes/San Juan Islands routes will be operating on their severe weather schedule minus the #1 vessel (Samish) and the Fauntleroy/Southworth/Vashon routes will go from its current two-boat schedule to a one-boat schedule with the #2 vessel (Kittitas). We appreciate the public’s understanding as we adjust our schedules to assure continued passenger and safety. Notifications are going out through passenger alerts and traditional/social media. Best, John John B. Vezina Government Relations Director Washington State Ferries Cell - 206.473.9945 Pronouns: He/Him/His donate // learn more Wild Fish Community, Beyond any other issue, protecting and saving wild steelhead has always been particularly personal for me. In fact, it was observing the alarming decline of this very species that led me to found Wild Fish Conservancy over thirty years ago and dedicate my life to protecting and preserving the northwest's wild fish heritage. Today, wild steelhead throughout the northwest are teetering on the edge of extinction, leaving the future of Washington's State fish, and all who cherish them at a crossroads. There are many challenges facing wild steelhead and some will undoubtedly take decades to resolve, while others can be resolved today, with immediate wide sweeping benefits for the recovery of wild steelhead. Below I've shared two new legal actions Wild Fish Conservancy took this week to hold government and industry responsible for adhering to our environmental laws vital to ensuring wild steelhead and other threatened and endangered species will be protected for future generations to come. From:Kurt Beardslee To:jeffbocc Subject:Two New Legal Actions to Protect Wild Steelhead in Puget Sound Date:Friday, February 12, 2021 6:03:51 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. To the future of our wild steelhead, Kurt Beardslee, Executive Director We're Filing Suit Against Cooke Aquaculture Over Puget Sound Net Pens Harm to Threatened and Endangered Steelhead, Chinook, Orcas, and Other Species Earlier this week, we sent legal notice to Cooke Aquaculture giving the company 60 days to stop harming threatened and endangered steelhead, Chinook, orcas, and other species through operations at their Puget Sound net pens. By killing, capturing, trapping, or harming these protected species through routine operations and catastrophic events at the company's Puget Sound net pens, Cooke is violating the Endangered Species Act and undermining the public's investment in the recovery of these iconic species. Learn More Wild and Hatchery Summer Steelhead in the North Fork Skykomish River Photo by Russ Ricketts This Week, We Filed Suit Against Washington Fish and Wildlife for Killing Federally Protected Wild Steelhead Throughout 2019 and 2020, and continuing today, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has been capturing, holding captive, and killing protected wild summer steelhead without permits or authorization for a new summer steelhead hatchery program on the Skykomish River. Yesterday, we filed suit against WDFW to stop them from continuing to violate the Endangered Species Act and to hold the Department accountable for killing protected steelhead without the federal review and approval required for all hatchery programs that affect threatened and endangered species. All of the work you just read about is made possible with the support of our members. Consider making a donation to Wild Fish Conservancy. wildfishconservancy.org oursound-oursalmon.org WFC's campaign to protect Puget Sound form industrial net pen aquaculture. Copyright © 2021 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 today. Celebrating 36 years! The Port Townsend Main Street Program is a 501c3 nonprofit organization founded in 1985. Our mission is to preserve, promote, and enhance our historic business districts. From:The Port Townsend Main Street Program To:jeffbocc Subject:We LOVE Port Townsend! Date:Friday, February 12, 2021 5:03:33 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Main Street News: Creative District Art Marker Project Update The Port Townsend Creative District's first project will be to create a wayfinding project that celebrates the Creative District and links Downtown, Uptown and Fort Worden. The project is funded in part by a grant from ArtsWA through the Washington State Legislature, and matching donors. Thanks to these donors for matching funds: PT Main Street Program, Port Townsend Public Library Foundation, Port Townsend Food Coop, Centrum, 1st Security Bank, The Kuhn Building, Northwind Arts, KPTZ 91.9 FM, and Key City Public Theatre. The Creative District Subcommittee received eight diverse and impressive proposals for this wayfinding project. Local artist Jonah Trople was chosen for the commission. He will design and create five sculptures nearly seven feet tall, which are both contemporary and primitive at the same time. be made of cedar, which will be sourced and milled locally. The cedar will be sealed, white-washed, and weather-rated in coastal conditions for 20+ years. There will be two markers located Downtown, two markers located Uptown, and one placed near the entrance to Fort Worden. For more information about the Port Townsend Creative District CLICK HERE. What do you Love About Where you Live? We love all of the unique businesses Uptown and Downtown! Be sure to support our local businesses and show them your LOVE! For more information or to sign up for the Love Where you Live campaign visit our website. Port Townsend Treasures Trivia Hunt Are you looking for a fun, FREE, socially distanced activity to get you out of the house? The Port Townsend Main Street Program has put together a trivia hunt that takes you around the Historic Downtown where you will find and learn things about Port Townsend's colorful past. This hunt is great for families or individuals and is ADA accessible. If you would like to do The Port Townsend Treasures Trivia Hunt, download the Action Bound app on your smart phone and then scan the QR code, which will take you right to the hunt. The Port Townsend Main Street Program is pleased to offer the opportunity to put your state B&O tax dollars to work here in Port Townsend through the work of the Main Street Tax Incentive Program. It's never too early to start thinking about next year! Put your State B&O Taxes to work here in Port Townsend through the 2021 Main Street Tax Incentive Program. 75% of your donation is returned to you via B&O tax credits in 2022. In addition, your entire contribution may qualify as a 501(c)(3) charitable deduction on your 2021 federal income tax return. Details about the Main Street Tax Incentive Program are available on our website. Find out more here! Rotary Bulletin Board on Taylor Street: On hiatus during Covid-19 restrictions. News Around the Block: Jefferson County will moving into Phase 2 Monday, February 15th, 2021! Jefferson County has been approved to move onto Phase 2 of Gov. Jay Inslee's Healthy Washington - Roadmap to Recovery plan! Starting on Sunday, February 14th, 2021, Indoor dining will be available at 25% capacity through 11 pm with a maximum of six per table and a limit of two households per table, retail will still remain at 25% occupancy. For more information about Gov. Inslee's Healthy Washington - Roadmap to Recovery Plan, CLICK HERE. Nominations for the 2021 Jefferson County Community Leadership Awards are now open! The Chamber of Jefferson County will host the Jefferson County Community Leadership awards on May 15, 2021 via zoom. Congressman Derek Kilmer will be the keynote speaker for the event. This year the event will honor the many leaders in our community who have stepped up in response to the Covid crisis and are working toward the revitalization of Jefferson County. Nominations for the event will be open from February to March. For more information and to download a nomination form, CLICK HERE. Key City Public Theatre is now offering In-Person Youth Theatre Classes! All in-person classes will be limited to 5 students, masks and social distancing requirements are required. For a list of available classes CLICK HERE! The Spice and Tea Exchange is for Sale! "At The Spice & Tea Exchange, we offer a variety of fine spices, handcrafted seasonings, loose-leaf teas, salts, sugars, gifts, and more! Explore gifts and accessories in the best local gift shop in town. Whether you’re new to the culinary scene, own your own food service business, or are simply looking to add a bit of spice to your life, our friendly and knowledgeable staff can help you find the perfect menu additions! We’re known for our over 85 handcrafted seasonings, which we hand-mix in store daily. Stop on by to watch our Spice Masters at work!" If you love tea, spices and other culinary accouterments and are looking to have a business right on Water Street, now is your chance! Contact owner Judy Kowalski for more information. Home Smith Insurance introduces a referral program to help local charities! "At Homer Smith Insurance (HSI), we appreciate your business and are honored when you refer us to your friends and neighbors. As our way of saying thank you, we give back to Jefferson and Clallam Counties with our “Help Our Communities” referral program." Here’s how it works: Each time we receive a referral from you, we will donate $10 to the “Charity of the Quarter”. What qualifies as a referral? A referral is when we are contacted for a quote by someone saying you referred them to us. For each referral you send our way, your name will be entered into our drawing. (This drawing is open to anyone, either through Facebook or at one of our offices, and doesn't require sending a referral. One entry per person per month.) At the end of each month a name will be drawn, and this person will receive a $50 gift certificate to a local restaurant. Every 3 months Homer Smith Insurance will donate an additional $500 to one of the chosen "Charities of the Quarter" as follows: - Mar. 2021 - ECCHO - June 2021 - Sequim Food Bank - Sept. 2021 - Jefferson County Food Banks - Dec. 2021 - WAG The Charity of the Quarter for the first 3 months of 2021 is ECHHO. Did you know that ECHHO's volunteers provide free transportation to hospitals, clinics, and stores for older, disabled, or low-income residents of East Jefferson County? They also loan medical equipment to people in need. ECHHO supports our community by helping seniors to achieve the ambition to "age in place". We will feature this charity and HSI's donation in our quarterly newsletter article. To learn more CLICK HERE. Frameworks Northwest has large Acrylic Sheets available! Frameworks has a couple of large Acrylic sheets, one 22x36 and one 32x38 available to anyone interested. Send them an email for more information. Virtual Events The Chamber Cafe February 19th, 2021 - 10:00 am - 11:00 am Join the team from SCORE who are partnering with the Chamber to bring you access to individual and multi-date trainings and workshops to assist you in building your business for post-pandemic sustainability. Do you need an overarching basic class in how to start a business? Looking for a better way to leverage social? Need financial training? all these and many more are available online free or at low cost to all Jefferson County businesses. SCORE joins us on February 19th to explain their workshops as well as their ongoing opportunities for mentorship. CLICK HERE to register. “Imagine the Possibilities” Silent Auction Monday – Saturday March 15 – 27, 2021 A live Event for the Imagination Library will be held on Sunday, March 21, 2021, starting at 4pm.The proceeds from the silent auction are used to support and enrich residents and students throughout the community by way of grants for local charities and non-profits, and scholarships.We have transitioned to a virtual event format with Silent Auction and raising a Raise the Paddle to support an Imagination Library in Jefferson County. For more information or if you would like to donate an item to the silent auction, CLICK HERE. Commercial Space Available Prime retail space available on Water Street in the Historic Mount Baker Block Building. CLICK HERE for a list of available spaces. For more information about availability in Flagship Landing and Port Townsend Plaza email Julia Price. For more commercial retail opportunities, visit our website. Help save our Port Townsend Businesses! Port Townsend Athletic Club This unique and "Not your average gym", Is steeped in history and character. It is truly a 'one of a kind' facility with deep local roots that has survived for over 120 years. The Port Townsend Athletic Club has been closed to the public since March 2020 due to COVID-19 and they have been working hard to renovate the club for member safety and enjoyment. For more information on how you can help CLICK HERE. Hilltop Tavern The Hilltop Tavern has been supporting our community for 20 years with their Barstool Bingo every Wednesday night. Some of the organizations that have benefited from this charity event are Kiwanis, Gathering Place, Olympic Neighbors, Salmon Coalition, Camp Beausite, Xmas for Children, Habitat for Humanity, Relay for Life and many more. Judy is currently the Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year for all the great work she does for our community. CLICK HERE for more information on how you can help. More COVID-19 "Safe Start" Updates: For more information about grant opportunities and resources, visit our website. For more information about COVID-19 visit these sites: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html https://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/1429/COVID-19 Main Street Makes a Difference, Join Us! Main Street Volunteer Mary Kellogg helping plant flowers at our 2020 Earth Day Clean-Up event. Did you know that our nonprofit works in four volunteer committees-- Organization, Design, Economics, and Promotion? With partners, we are working on business recovery plans in response to COVID-19 impacts. We care for the downtown gardens and Adams Street Park. We coordinate Creative District efforts, work on design projects, promote our local economy, and help light up Port Townsend for the holidays. We offer low-interest loan funds to property owners for commercial building renovations and microloans to business owners to offset the financial impacts of emergencies. Our work enhances the quality of life for residents and visitors. Become a member today! Head over to our Port Townsend Main Street website for a complete list of our activities and business resources. Follow us on Facebook, twitter and Instagram. Visit our website for more information ptmainstreet.org view this email in your browser Copyright © 2021 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:Vezina, John Subject:WSF Public Meetings Date:Friday, February 12, 2021 4:19:24 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. County and City officials from ferry-served communities, Over the last week WSF management hosted three webinars – one specifically focused on members of our 13 Ferry Advisory Committees (with the general public invited to attend as well), and two for the public at large. These virtual meetings began with a welcome and year in review from our new Assistant Secretary Patty Rubstello, an update on current and upcoming service from Community Services and Planning Director Stephanie Cirkovich, and then the majority of time reserved for questions to all 12 members of the WSF executive team. The webinars had better participation (40+ at the FAC meeting, and 75 & 85 respectively at the two public meetings) than the total attendance of many of previous in- person meetings. The entire WSF executive team is interested in our customers’ questions and suggestions, so we were pleased to receive these emailed comments at the end of the meetings: I did enjoy it thanks. I'm a new full timer on Shaw and appreciate the hard work of the WSF system. Keep up the great work! Very helpful and informative. Nice to understand what is happening, and why, and what to expect. :) I was impressed by the smooth format of the virtual meeting, each presenter was concise and used their slides to provide useful information. I appreciate the meeting tonight and the ongoing opportunities for questions and comment. I love the ferries, and think it a privilege to get to ride on them as my transportation system! I appreciate all your work to keep them running and all of us connected. The State of Washington is doing a great job with what they've been given regarding the age of the ships involved. Thanks for letting me comment. We plan to conduct another round of (likely virtual) outreach in summer. Best, John John B. Vezina Government Relations Director Washington State Ferries From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Analysis and Action: Support State, Local Aid in Next COVID-19 Federal Relief Package Date:Wednesday, February 10, 2021 5:45:36 PM From: NACo Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 5:45:07 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Analysis and Action: Support State, Local Aid in Next COVID-19 Federal Relief Package 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 FEBRUARY 10, 2021 Vaccine-header_1815824.jpg TAKE ACTION TO SUPPORT STATE AND LOCAL AID IN THE NEXT CORONAVIRUS RELIEF PACKAGE Yesterday, the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee introduced the State and Local Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Funds, part of the next potential round of COVID-19 federal relief. The bill includes $350 billion in critical aid to state, local and territorial governments. Join us in taking action to secure bipartisan coronavirus relief that includes direct aid to state and local governments on the front lines. View NACo's joint statement with the National League of Cities and U.S. Conference of Mayors here. Below, you will find NACo's estimates of county-level allocations, including your county's projected total, and a press release template. There are additional resources and registration details for our upcoming national calls. KEY RESOURCES NACo Legislative Analysis for Counties: U.S. House Committee On Oversight & Reform's State & Local Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Funds Explore NACo's full analysis and the key provisions for counties. VIEW ANALYSIS Estimated Allocation Through the Proposed State and Local Coronavirus Recovery Funds Access NACo's estimates of county-level allocations, and include your county's projected total in our press release template. VIEW ALLOCATION ESTIMATES | TEMPLATE PRESS RELEASE Please note that the allocations are estimates only. NACo Coronavirus Communications Toolkit To assist county leaders in effectively describing the county role in coronavirus response and to advocate for our federal policy priorities in the media, NACo has developed a media outreach toolkit, including customizable press release, media advisory and op-ed templates, talking points, social media guidance and more. ACCESS THE TOOLKIT New NACo Report: Positioning America for Recovery Explore our new research report on the fiscal impact of coronavirus on our communities and how counties are uniquely positioned to support U.S. job growth, GDP expansion and economic recovery. VIEW REPORT Highlight the Critical County Role in Coronavirus Response Using #WeAreCounties Take action on social media using #WeAreCounties. Access our toolkit for social media graphics and more. VIEW TOOLKIT | TWEET USING #WEARECOUNTIES NATIONAL MEMBER CALLS FEB 10 Update on COVID-19 Relief for Counties ACCESS RECORDING FEB 12 National Call with the bipartisan congressional Problem Solvers Caucus FEBRUARY 12 | 3:30 P.M. EST REGISTER FEB 18 National Call with White House Officials FEBRUARY 18 | 2 P.M. EST REGISTER 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 a recurring digest. Click below to subscribe to updates. NACo.org/coronavirus SUBSCRIBE TO UPDATES 2021_Virtual-Leg-Conf-Ad_652_1802832.png 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. Tuesday, February 11 From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: COVID-19 News | February 11, 2021 Date:Thursday, February 11, 2021 10:59:38 AM From: Washington Counties (WSAC) Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2021 10:59:31 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: COVID-19 News | February 11, 2021 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 COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Update from the Washington State Department of Health The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) continues to make progress with our COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration efforts. As of Feb. 6, more than 940,000 doses of vaccine have been given across the state, which is nearly 80% of the 1,195,207 doses that have been delivered to our providers and long-term care programs. Washington is currently averaging 26,857 vaccine doses given each day. This information can be found on the DOH data dashboard under the vaccines tab, which is updated three times per week. Read more Announcements and Resources FEDERAL Local Governments Welcome Introduction of Coronavirus Relief Package with Essential Aid The National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, and The U.S. Conference of Mayors welcomed the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee’s State and Local Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Funds legislation - to be considered as part of a comprehensive COVID-19 federal package. The bill includes $350 billion in critical aid to state, local and territorial governments. Read more NACo - House Summary for State and Local Aid The House has provided a summary for their plan on state and local aid during the pandemic. The bill would create new State and Local Coronavirus Relief Funds to keep first responders, frontline health workers, and other providers of vital services safely on the job as states, local governments, Tribes, and territories roll out vaccines and fight to rebuild Main Street economies. Read more NOTEWORTHY Should Washington Residents Start Wearing Two Masks Instead of One? Here's What the Experts Say With new more contagious COVID-19 variants spreading throughout King County and Washington, public health officials are once again calling for people to double down on precautions. As researchers begin to learn more about these new strains, some officials are weighing in on a new question: are two masks better than one? Read more Pilgrim Firs Houses Community Members Touched by COVID-19, Welcomes 100th Guest A sacred oasis for creativity and community. That’s the purpose of Pilgrim Firs, a camp and retreat center owned by the Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Church of Christ. Since March of last year, Pilgrim Firs has been serving as an oasis for people in its community touched by COVID-19. Read more COVID-19 Vaccines: Don’t Waste a Single Drop It was an obvious choice for Josephine County, Ore. Public Health Director Mike Weber. “Wasting vaccine really wasn’t on the table,” he said. Weber found himself and staff members from the Josephine County Public Health Department stranded on Highway 199 after a snowstorm stopped them in their tracks. The group had just finished a vaccination event at a local high school and had six unused doses. The storm prevented Weber and his staff from transporting the vaccines to intended recipients in the county seat of Grants Pass before they would expire. Read more VIRTUAL MEETINGS February 22, 12:00 pm | Virtual Assembly Register View this email in your browser This email was sent to Kdean@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 © 2021 WSAC, All rights reserved. 206 10th Ave SE · Olympia, WA 98501-1311 · USA | Contact Us From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Clallam Jefferson Job Fair Date:Thursday, February 11, 2021 1:26:46 PM From: The Chamber of Jefferson County Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2021 1:26:37 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Clallam Jefferson Job Fair 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 Clallam Jefferson Job Fair - 2.16.21 Once again the Chamber of Jefferson County has facilitated your participation in this virtual job fair. Whether you are a company seeking to expand or a potential employee seeking a new role, this is a great way to connect those dots. You can download and print these attached image files and if you need additional information or want more info please click the link below. More Info - Reservations 2021 Jefferson County Community Leadership Awards Nomination open February 4th Fillable form click here! send completed form to: director@jeffcountychamber.org www.jeffcountychamber.org Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce | 2409 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 Unsubscribe kdean@co.jefferson.wa.us Update Profile | Customer Contact Data Notice Sent by director@jeffcountychamber.org powered by Try email marketing for free today! From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Gov Inslee Announced Clallam Restaurants & Gyms can reopen at 25% on Monday! Date:Thursday, February 11, 2021 3:34:25 PM From: Clallam EDC Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2021 3:34:22 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Gov Inslee Announced Clallam Restaurants & Gyms can reopen at 25% on Monday! CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Clallam County will advance in reopening plan, allowing more restaurants to add indoor dining amid COVID-19: Beginning next Monday Clallam County will enter into Phase 2 of Governor Inslee's Roadmap to Recovery! What does that mean? In Phase 2, restaurants and indoor fitness centers can reopen indoor dining at 25%. Sports competitions may also resume in Phase 2 with limited spectators. Wedding and funeral ceremonies are able to increase their capacities from current limits as well. Clallam County's COVID-19 cases have been in the moderate range recently which means Clallam County has one of the lowest case rates in the state, along with Jefferson and San Juan Counties. The Governor's regionalized evaluation system, however, put Clallam and Jefferson Counties into a region with Kitsap and Mason Counties that have had dramatically higher case rates which prevented us from being able to open our restaurants and fitness centers. To advance from Phase 1 to Phase 2, our region (Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap and Mason) had to show a 10% decreasing trend in case rates; a 10% decrease in COVID hospital admission rates; an ICU occupancy rate that’s less than 90%; and a test positivity rate of less than 10%. The region collectively has now achieved that. The table below is from the Clallam.net site: http://www.clallam.net/Coronavirus/ Join Josh Weiss on Coffee with Colleen Wednesday at 8am! Josh is the North Olympic Legislative Alliance (NOLA) lobbyist representing the business communities and local governments is Clallam and Jefferson Counties.  He will provide everyone an update on NOLA's top three priorities as they are being debated in Olympia by our legislators. 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) Mark the Date - Virtual Job Fair - Feb 16th This Virtual Job Fair is focused on Clallam and Jefferson County Businesses and Job Seekers. The date is set for February 16th from 10am - 2pm. If you are a business owner and you would like to create you FREE booth to participate in an incredibly effective way to meet job candidates, contact Mike Robinson at MRobinson@esd.wa.gov. Choose Clallam First | ChooseClallamFirst.com ‌ Clallam County Economic Development Council | 338 W 1st St., Suite 105, Port Angeles, WA 98362 Unsubscribe kdean@co.jefferson.wa.us Update Profile | Customer Contact Data Notice Sent by info@clallam.org powered by Try email marketing for free today! From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Coronavirus Pandemic Resources for Counties – February 11, 2021 Date:Thursday, February 11, 2021 3:35:51 PM From: NACo Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2021 3:35:34 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Coronavirus Pandemic Resources for Counties – February 11, 2021 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 FEBRUARY 11, 2021 Vaccine-header_1815824.jpg NACo Legislative Analysis for Counties: U.S. House Committee On Oversight & Reform's State & Local Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Funds Tuesday, the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee introduced the State and Local Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Funds, part of the next potential round of COVID-19 federal relief. The bill includes $350 billion in critical aid to state, local and territorial governments. Explore NACo's full analysis, including county-level allocation estimates and resources to take action. FULL ANALYSIS TOMORROW: Join NACo and U.S. Reps. Reed and Gottheimer for Updates on COVID-19 Relief for Counties NACo will hold a national membership call tomorrow with U.S. Reps. Josh Gottheimer and Tom Reed, co-chairs of the bipartisan congressional Problem Solvers Caucus. FEBRUARY 12 | 3:30 P.M. EST REGISTER New NACo Report: Positioning America for Recovery Explore NACo's new research report on the fiscal impact of coronavirus on our communities and how counties are uniquely positioned to support U.S. job growth, GDP expansion and economic recovery. VIEW REPORT FEDERAL POLICY NEWS & RESOURCES CDC plans nationwide event to boost vaccine confidence February 22-24, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a virtual forum communicating national standards for how to best build trust and confidence in vaccines and to ensure an equitable uptake to all populations. Targeted for health care providers, faith-based organizations, education and labor groups, and private and public sector partners, the forum will share scientific updates and include opportunities for town hall discussions and roundtables. REGISTER White House announces members of the COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force President Biden and Vice President Harris have announced the members of the COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force. The Task Force is charged with issuing recommendations to help inform the COVID-19 response and recovery, including on equitable allocation of COVID-19 resources and relief funds, outreach and communication to underserved and minority populations, and improving cultural proficiency within the federal government. READ MORE President Biden to launch the Community Health Centers Vaccine Program President Biden has announced the launch of the Federally Qualified Health Center Vaccine program, which will provide more vaccines for community health centers that are reaching underserved communities. The first centers will be able to start ordering vaccines the week of February 15, with the initial phase including at least one community health center in each state. READ MORE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND (CRF) SPOTLIGHT VACCINE DISTRIBUTION Macomb County, Mich.York County, Pa. York County distributed a portion of its CRF sub-allocation to its Emergency Management Agency for the purchase of mass vaccination supplies. The allocation is also intended to fund the county’s efforts to coordinate vaccine distribution with hospitals in the region. Although it does not currently have its own health department, the county has conducted a study to examine the costs and feasibility of creating one. LEARN MORE Buchanan County, Mo. Buchanan County allocated a portion of its CRF sub-allocation to a local health care provider for support of its vaccination clinic. The clinic is operating from a shopping center within the county and additional funds were distributed to the provider for antibody testing and PPE costs. LEARN MORE To find additional examples of how counties are investing federal CRF dollars, visit NACo’s CRF resource hub. HOW COUNTIES ARE RESPONDING County News Coverage: COVID-19 County News has explored many facets of county governments' response to the COVID-19 pandemic, big and small. LEARN MORE NKN_Banner_collection-covid_1729564.png FEB 12 NACo Membership Call: COVID-19 Federal Relief and an Update from the Bipartisan Congressional Problem Solvers Caucus FEBRUARY 12 | 3:30 P.M. EST REGISTER FEB 17 National Multidistrict Opioid Litigation Settlement Forum: Lessons Learned from County Leaders FEBRUARY 17 | 2 P.M. EST REGISTER FEB 18 National Call with White House Officials FEBRUARY 18 | 2 P.M. EST REGISTER MORE UPCOMING EXPLORE ON-DEMAND NACo PARTNER RESOURCES PEW vaccine distribution research: PEW explores how digital vaccination sign ups may be missing key constituents and how counties are working to reach those populations. Universal Storage Containers vaccine safety: Universal Storage Containers provide temporary structures to assist drive through testing and vaccination sites. 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 2021_Virtual-Leg-Conf-Ad_652_1802832.png 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:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Gov Inslee Announced Clallam is moving into Phase 2 on Monday Date:Thursday, February 11, 2021 4:24:43 PM Attachments:image001.png From: director@forkswa.com Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2021 4:19:23 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Gov Inslee Announced Clallam is moving into Phase 2 on Monday CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Kate Dean , Gov Inslee Announced Clallam Restaurants & Gyms can reopen at 25% on Monday! Here is a link telling you what you can do in Phase 2. From Clallam EDC: Clallam County will advance in reopening plan, allowing more restaurants to add indoor dining amid COVID-19: Beginning Monday, February 15th Clallam County will enter into Phase 2 of Governor Inslee's Roadmap to Recovery! What does that mean? · In Phase 2, restaurants and indoor fitness centers can reopen indoor dining at 25%. · Sports competitions may also resume in Phase 2 with limited spectators. · Wedding and funeral ceremonies are able to increase their capacities from current limits as well. Clallam County's COVID-19 cases have been in the moderate range recently which means Clallam County has one of the lowest case rates in the state, along with Jefferson and San Juan Counties. The Governor's regionalized evaluation system, however, put Clallam and Jefferson Counties into a region with Kitsap and Mason Counties that have had dramatically higher case rates which prevented us from being able to open our restaurants and fitness centers. To advance from Phase 1 to Phase 2, our region (Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap and Mason) had to show a 10% decreasing trend in case rates; a 10% decrease in COVID hospital admission rates; an ICU occupancy rate that’s less than 90%; and a test positivity rate of less than 10%. The region collectively has now achieved that. The table below is from the Clallam.net site: http://www.clallam.net/Coronavirus/ Hope everyone has a wonderful Friday! 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: Agenda for HCCC Board of Directors Meeting 17 February 2021 at 1:00 p.m. Date:Thursday, February 11, 2021 5:55:23 PM From: Jennifer Poole Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2021 5:54:42 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Charlotte Garrido; Dave Herrera; Dave Ward; Edward Wolfe; Greg Brotherton; Heidi Eisenhour; 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; Alicia Olivas; Haley Harguth; Heidi Huber; Nathan White; Patty Michak; Terry Fischer Subject: Agenda for HCCC Board of Directors Meeting 17 February 2021 at 1:00 p.m. 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 Linked here is the Draft Agenda for the next HCCC Board of Directors regular meeting scheduled for February 17, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. Pacific. The currently available materials can be accessed via this link. The agenda with links to all available supporting materials will be sent to you on Tuesday, February 16. HCCC will be closed on Monday, February 15. Kind regards, Jennifer Jennifer Poole | Administrative Manager Hood Canal Coordinating Council | www.HCCC.wa.gov | OurHoodCanal.org 17791 Fjord Drive NE, Suite 118, Poulsbo, WA 98370 360-900-9063 | jpoole@hccc.wa.gov Note: All emails may be subject to public disclosure. On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 3:53 PM Jennifer Poole <jpoole@hccc.wa.gov> wrote: To the HCCC Board of Directors The next regular meeting of the Hood Canal Coordinating Council Board of Directors is scheduled for Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. Pacific via Zoom video/teleconference. A link to the draft meeting agenda and materials will be distributed to you later this week. The Zoom meeting link is as follows: Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/93676405777 Meeting ID: 936 7640 5777 Passcode: 626393 Dial by your location +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) Meeting ID: 936 7640 5777 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/avBfcV0EF Thank you, Jennifer Jennifer Poole Administrative 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 disclosure. From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Join NACo and U.S. Reps. Reed and Gottheimer Today for Updates on COVID-19 Relief for Counties Date:Friday, February 12, 2021 8:40:31 AM From: NACo Sent: Friday, February 12, 2021 8:40:09 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Join NACo and U.S. Reps. Reed and Gottheimer Today for Updates on COVID-19 Relief for Counties 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-primary-center_700px_1683049.png Vaccine-header_1815824.jpg REMINDER: JOIN NACo AND U.S. REPS. REED AND GOTTHEIMER TODAY FOR UPDATES ON COVID-19 RELIEF FOR COUNTIES Please join the National Association of Counties (NACo) TODAY at 3:30 p.m. EST for a national member call to hear the latest updates from Congress on COVID-19 relief. U.S. Reps. Josh Gottheimer and Tom Reed, co- chairs of the bipartisan congressional Problem CALL DETAILS DATE: Friday, February 12 TIME: 3:30 p.m. EST DIAL-IN: RSVP here to receive dial-in information. Solvers Caucus, will provide their latest updates to counties on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19. QUESTIONS: Email your questions to question@naco.org. NACo looks forward to working with President Biden and the 117th Congress to address some of the nation's most pressing challenges affecting counties, such as securing bipartisan coronavirus relief, upgrading the nation's infrastructure and achieving the balance of federalism to optimize intergovernmental partnerships. REGISTER FOR THE CALL LATEST RESOURCES NACo Legislative Analysis: U.S. House Committee On Oversight & Reform's State & Local Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Funds Tuesday, the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee introduced the State and Local Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Funds, part of the next potential round of COVID-19 federal relief. The bill includes $350 billion in critical aid to state, local and territorial governments. Explore NACo's full analysis, including county-level allocation estimates and resources to take action. VIEW ANALYSIS NACo Coronavirus Communications Toolkit To assist county leaders in effectively describing the county role in coronavirus response and to advocate for our federal policy priorities in the media, NACo has developed a media outreach toolkit, including customizable press release, media advisory and op-ed templates, talking points, social media guidance and more. ACCESS THE TOOLKIT New NACo Report: Positioning America for Recovery Explore our new research report on the fiscal impact of coronavirus on our communities and how counties are uniquely positioned to support U.S. job growth, GDP expansion and economic recovery. VIEW REPORT Highlight the Critical County Role in Coronavirus Response Using #WeAreCounties Take action on social media using #WeAreCounties. Access our toolkit for social media graphics and more. VIEW TOOLKIT | TWEET USING #WEARECOUNTIES NATIONAL MEMBER CALLS FEB 10 Update on COVID-19 Relief for Counties ACCESS RECORDING FEB 12 National Call with the bipartisan congressional Problem Solvers Caucus TODAY, FEBRUARY 12 | 3:30 P.M. EST REGISTER FEB 18 National Call with White House Officials FEBRUARY 18 | 2 P.M. EST REGISTER 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 a recurring digest. Click below to subscribe to updates. NACo.org/coronavirus SUBSCRIBE TO UPDATES 2021_Virtual-Leg-Conf-Ad_652_1802832.png 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. February 12, 2021 COVID NEWS Five Regions to Progress to Phase 2 Gov. Jay Inslee announced five new regions have met the metric requirements to progress to Phase 2 of the Healthy Washington reopening plan, starting this weekend. The West and Puget Sound regions have maintained their metric requirements to stay in Phase 2. The new regions progressing to Phase 2 are: From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Friday 5 | Opioid Litigation | Business Assistance Date:Friday, February 12, 2021 10:06:23 AM From: Washington Counties (WSAC) Sent: Friday, February 12, 2021 10:05:44 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Friday 5 | Opioid Litigation | Business Assistance CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. North (Whatcom, Skagit, San Juan, Island) North Central (Okanogan, Chelan, Douglas, Grant) Northwest (Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap, Mason) East (Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Lincoln, Spokane, Adams, Whitman, Garfield) Southwest (Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Skamania, Clark, Klickitat) FEDERAL NEWS National Multidistrict Opioid Litigation Settlement Forum: Lessons Learned from County Leaders Please join the National Association of Counties (NACo) for a forum on the national multidistrict opioid litigation settlement.This interactive forum will cover the latest developments with a proposed deal between major opioid manufacturers and distributors and impacted state and local governments, lessons learned from intrastate settlement allocation models. And how county leaders and partners are developing new governance, revenue share and funding priorities, and strategies for allocating and investing settlement proceeds. COUNTY NEWS SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to Washington Businesses and Residents Affected by Wildfires and Straight-line Winds Learn More Learn More Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to Washington businesses and residents affected by wildfires and straight-line winds that occurred September 1-19, 2020. SBA acted under its own authority to declare a disaster following the denial of the state’s request for a major disaster declaration for individual assistance on February 5, 2021. The disaster declaration makes SBA assistance available in Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Lincoln, Spokane and Whitman counties. COUNTY NEWS Bill Would Allow Continuity of Operations for County Offices Amid Public Crises Working from home may be the “new normal” for many employees in the nation, but for some, it may not be the most ideal situation. Physically working at the courthouse may be preferable, but legislation like House Bill 1271 would allow local county officials to have more flexibility when it comes to courthouse operations. COVID NEWS New Data on COVID-19 Vaccination by Race and Ethnicity Highlight Inequities The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released a new data report showing low percentages of Hispanic, Black and Multiracial people have received COVID-19 vaccine when compared to those groups’ proportion of the state population. Learn More Learn More FEBRUARY 12 NACo Membership Call: U.S. Reps Reed and Gottheimer 12:30 pm | Free Webinar FEBRUARY 17 An Introduction to Public Works Contracting 10:00 am | $35 | Webinar facebook twitter instagram linkedIn wsac.org View this email in your browser This email was sent to Kdean@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 © 2021 Washington State Association of Counties, All rights reserved. 206 10th Ave SE · Olympia, WA 98501-1311 · USA | Contact Us Learn More UPCOMING EVENTS View More Upcoming Events FOLLOW US From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: NACo and Nationwide Renew Partnership for 10 More Years Date:Friday, February 12, 2021 1:02:30 PM From: NACo Sent: Friday, February 12, 2021 1:02:12 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: NACo and Nationwide Renew Partnership for 10 More Years 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 LOGO_NACo_Primary_916868_1816366.jpg Nationwide_1816369.jpg NACo and Nationwide renew partnership for 10 more years The National Association of Counties (NACo) and Nationwide are pleased to announce a renewal of our strong partnership for the next 10 years. Since its inception over 35 years ago, NACo and Nationwide’s deferred compensation program has grown to become the largest supplemental retirement income program available to county employees. NACo and Nationwide have strengthened retirement readiness for over 1.6 million county employees from more than 3,000 county entities. Today, with the endorsement of 41 state associations of counties, more than 422,000 county employees have accumulated over $25 billion in retirement assets. “Nationwide believes in doing the right thing at the right time to create a brighter future for our communities. We’re proud to continue our partnership with NACo, helping county employees and plan sponsors prepare for retirement,” said Scott Ramey, Senior Vice President, Nationwide Retirement Solutions Distribution. “We offer a variety of tools and solutions to educate participants, as well as breaking down challenges and offering clear solutions to help them prepare for retirement. NACo CEO/Executive Director Matthew Chase said, “Through this partnership, we will continue to support the dedicated public servants of the county workforce. Our deferred compensation program increases individuals’ financial stability and helps us attract the next generation of county employees. By renewing our longstanding partnership with Nationwide, we are expanding support for frontline county employees who are making significant contributions to communities across the country today and into the future.” NACo and Nationwide share the goal of providing world-class services and add value to county employees and their families, positioning them for a healthy, secure and prosperous retirement. Nationwide is a proven partner in delivering one-on-one support for plan sponsors to help county employees prepare for and live in retirement. Nationwide also brings a wealth of industry expertise and capabilities. For county plan sponsors, providing a retirement plan with Nationwide is a meaningful benefit that serves to attract and retain quality talent. Nationwide continues to provide supporting staff, tools and resources, including: In-person or phone meetings with experienced and licensed financial representatives Webinars and workshops from the Nationwide Retirement Institute, and Financial and retirement planning calculators, like My Interactive Retirement Planner. Counties will see new products and services introduced over the coming months that will help employees achieve a secure retirement and enhance their quality of life. Learn more about the partnership and the products and services offered to counties at www.nrsforu.com. For more information, contact Carlos Greene, NACo senior program director, at cgreene@naco.org or 770-881-0100. LEARN MORE 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. February 12, 2021 From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Legislative Bulletin | February 12, 2021 Date:Friday, February 12, 2021 3:02:33 PM From: Washington Counties (WSAC) Sent: Friday, February 12, 2021 3:00:37 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Legislative Bulletin | February 12, 2021 CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. On the Hill Monday marks the 36th day of the 2021 legislative session and the house of origin policy committee cutoff. This means that all bills must have passed out of a policy committee, such as a health care, local government, or environment committee, by Monday evening, or they are “dead.” No bill is ever truly dead, of course, until the legislature adjourns sine die, but this is the first opportunity for WSAC staff to narrow the field of legislation on which they are focused. The next big step comes a week from Monday, February 22nd (the 43rd day), when all bills with state costs must have passed out of a fiscal committee, such as a finance, appropriations, or transportation committee, to continue through the process to the Rules Committee, where they await a vote by the full body (floor action). Bills with local government costs are not always heard in a fiscal committee before heading to Rules from a policy committee. Both the house of origin policy and fiscal committee cutoff dates are four days earlier than historical norms. In anticipation of the difficulties’ inevitable to Zoom-based floor action, the legislators are giving themselves additional time to work. WSAC’s Hot Sheet and bill tracking list will be updated to reflect which bills don’t make it past the cutoffs. Quick Links Weekly Legislative Hot Sheet Legislative Steering Committee Legislative Priorities Accessing the Legislature Remotely Committee Schedules House Remote Testimony Senate Remote Testimony County Zoom Backgrounds Upcoming Events LSC Meeting Friday, February 19 WSAC Virtual Assembly Monday, February 22 Fiscal Flexibility, OPMA Bills, and Expanded Police Misconduct Liability Continue to Advance RESOURCES Two of WSAC’s major COVID/pandemic-related priorities continue to move forward. HB 1069, the so-called “fiscal flexibility” bill, would allow counties greater scope in spending certain criminal justice sales tax, lodging tax, real estate excise tax, and levy proceeds. This bill was still awaiting full floor action in the House, probably after next week’s policy cutoff. HB 1056 allows counties to conduct remote meetings (held over Zoom, phone, etc. without a traditional physical location) during a declared emergency (statewide or local) throughout the duration of the emergency. This bill passed out of the House unanimously will be heard in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections on Friday the 12th. Two other bills on remote public meetings, HB 1180 and HB 1329, are moving forward in a consolidated form (probably with HB 1329 as the vehicle). We have been working on a compromise between all of these bills. Ideally, we want maximum flexibility. We support new tools to lets us conduct business or take testimony remotely, but we are wary of new mandates or requirements being added to an already-complex area of law. We will continue to work with the sponsors on these bills to get to solutions that serve the public and help us do business remotely. Finally, as part of a more sweeping system of police reforms, HB 1202 would allow counties to be sued under a fairly broad definition of police misconduct. WSAC testified in opposition to the bill based on its expansive tort liability costs and our belief that court orders are a poor way to set policy and get at underlying reform. We have connected the sponsors with our risk pool experts so they can better understand the potential legal costs this will impose on local government, but it is unclear what compromises or concessions can be reached. The bill is presently in the House Appropriations Committee. The Inalienable Rights of the People “The people of the state, including future generations, have the right to a clean and healthy environment, including pure water, clean air, healthy ecosystems, a stable climate, and to the preservation of the natural, cultural, scenic, and healthful qualities of the environment.” The sentence you just read is the first line of a new potential amendment to the Washington State Constitution. Proposed this week as House Joint Resolution (HJR) 4205 by several Legislative House members, the amendment designates all branches, agencies, and political subdivisions of that state as trustees of that state’s natural resources, and the people are designated as the beneficiaries. The people’s rights as beneficiaries are described to be on par with other protected inalienable rights. It’s difficult to criticize a proposed amendment like HJR 4205. After all, who doesn’t want a clean and healthy environment? Who wouldn’t want the same thing for their children and grandchildren? But a constitutional amendment, even one like this, is far from a sure thing. It takes a 2/3 vote from each legislative branch and then a majority vote of the people to change the state constitution. In a highly partisan atmosphere, getting that 2/3 majority will be difficult. WSAC is also looking closely at the language in Sections 2 and 3 of HJR 4205. Both sections discuss the relationship between the people and the state as trustee and beneficiary, respectively. Many of our counties have a unique trustee and beneficiary relationship with the state and the Department of Natural Resources concerning certain timberland classifications. Arguments have been made that the state’s responsibility in those lands is to all the people, not primarily the counties. While the courts have disagreed and affirmed the counties’ rights as trustees in the past, we are concerned the language in this amendment may impact that relationship. HJR 4205 is scheduled for its first public hearing Monday, February 15th, at 1:30 pm in the House Environment & Energy Committee. Housing, Homelessness, and the Covid-19 Relief Bill This week, the legislature passed HB 1386, the COVID-19 relief bill. The bill invests a total of $2.2 billion in areas from expanding testing and vaccine distribution to small business assistance grants. A majority of these dollars are from the second federal stimulus bill approved by Congress in late December. A large portion of these dollars, $365 million, is provided for rental assistance for tenants and landlords impact by the pandemic. A bulk of this allotment, $325 million, is allocated to the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to administer an emergency rental and utility assistance program in the form of grants to local housing providers. Another $30 million is provided to Commerce to administer an eviction rental assistance program. Rental payments through this program will be made directly to landlords based on certain eligibility criteria. Commerce is directed to assist homeowners at risk of foreclosure with $4 million. And, another $2 million in grants is directed to landlords who have encountered significant financial hardship due to the loss of rental income during the eviction moratorium period. The final $4 million will be provided for a variety of legal processes and programs through alternative dispute resolution centers and programs, the office of civil legal aid, and the attorney general’s office. This bill will provide some much needed relief before the many housing related bills introduced this session will pass. Fiscal Cutoff Looms As we enter week six there is only one week left until the first fiscal cutoff. After Monday, February 22, bills are considered “dead” if they have not received executive action in a fiscal committee (transportation, capital budget, appropriations), that means this is a busy week for public hearings and executive sessions in the transportation and capital budget worlds. Some of the bills of interest to counties include: HB 1091, Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon (D-West Seattle): Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuel. Known as the “low carbon fuel standards or “LCSF” bill, this would require the Department of Ecology to adopt rules establishing a clean fuels program to limit the aggregate, and the overall greenhouse gas emissions per unit of transportation fuel. While WSACE has not taken a position on this legislation, we are watching it closely. It is scheduled for public hearing in House Transportation on Tuesday, February 16, at 1:30 pm. HB 1502, Rep. Sharon Wylie (D-Vancouver): Concerning the procurement and design of electric ferries by counties. HB 1502 would allow any county to use “best-value” bidding for the procurement and design of electric ferries. This bill comes from Skagit County and their efforts to secure an electric ferry for the Guemes Island run. HB 1502 is scheduled for public hearing in House Transportation on Tuesday, February 16, at 1:30 pm. WSACE will be supportive of this legislation. SB 5032, Sen. Bob Hasegawa (D-Seattle): Concerning the re- authorization and improvements to alternative public works contracting procedures. SB 5032 would extend the use of alternative public works contracting procedures until July 1, 2031. This is the top priority of the Capital Projects Advisory Review Board (CPARB). It is scheduled for public hearing in the House Capital Budget Committee on Tuesday, February 16, at 8:00 am. We are supportive of this legislation. Funding for Public Health – A True Priority in 2021? As we’ve seen over the last year, our public health system is woefully inadequate – after decades of suffering funding cuts, reallocations, and categorical funding silo work into specific areas. Over the last year, we saw this play out through state data systems that continued to crash, difficulties getting case investigators hired and trained, and many other gaps in our pandemic’s response. We need a strong, robust, and modern public health system. This doesn’t come cheap – in the last few sessions, WSALPHO and WSAC have testified before the Legislature about the need for public health funding and investments. In 2018, we estimated that $450 million is needed every biennium to fill critical gaps in our state public health agencies and local health jurisdictions. Slowly, we’ve been able to secure funding investments used to increase capacity and stability at the local level, implement service delivery models that bring innovation and technical expertise to local communities, and bolster state infrastructure. These small gains were critical in the early days of the COVID-19 response. A year in, public health remains in the center of attention and focus. We’ve heard clearly from the Governor’s Office, the Senate, and the House – funding public health is a top priority. But we must emphasize that this funding comes with a more extended vision than just the pandemic. Federal relief dollars continue to support our state and local work, and in Washington, we’ve been able to build up much of our system. But now we face a question – what comes after the pandemic? Will we lose the infrastructure, capacity, and workforce we’ve built back? Will we lose the momentum gained in improving data systems and building community partnerships? Once COVID relief is gone, will there be funding for public health? Several funding proposals are in play this session – SB 5149, SB 5020, SB 5371, and HB 1345 all dedicate funding toward the public health system. This is encouraging news and gives up that public health truly is a priority this year. We hope that the focus remains on securing stable funding that is resistant to economic volatility, which is predictable, so our administrators are confident in building their workforce, which is focused beyond COVID-19 and looks to the future. A future where public health is adaptive to emerging threats, responsive to our most vulnerable needs, and is focused on keeping our state safe and healthy. FOLLOW US Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram WSAC.org View this email in your browser Copyright © 2021 Washington State Association of Counties, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are involved with county government. Our mailing address is: Washington State Association of Counties Contact Your WSAC Policy Team 206 10th Ave SE Olympia, WA 98501-1311 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:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: This Week in Photos Date:Saturday, February 13, 2021 5:07:33 AM From: NACo Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2021 5:05:57 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean 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 COVID-19-packet-cover_top_1824065.png Join our efforts to secure bipartisan coronavirus relief that includes direct federal aid to counties of all sizes. In NACo's new advocacy toolkit, access our legislative analysis, research, talking points and county-by-county funding estimations for the latest proposed relief bill. GET STARTED NACo @NACoTweets This Week in Photos NARC @NARCregions This Week in Photos Leaders from state associations of counties discuss the COVID-19 response and vaccine coordination with the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. Seminole County, Fla. Commissioner Lee Constantine (top left) and NACo’s Adam Pugh (top right) join the National Association of Regional Councils conference. Chelsea Koerbler @ChelseaKoerbler This Week in Photos Dauphin County, Pa. commissioners discuss an addiction anti-stigma campaign, which involves the county’s Drug & Alcohol Services Department, district attorney and police. MD Assoc of Counties @MDCounties This Week in Photos U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (top left), Howard County, Md. Executive Calvin Ball (top right) and Montgomery County, Md. Councilmember Craig Rice advocate for the next round of COVID-19 aid. Laura Curran @NassauExecutive This Week in Photos El Paso County, Colorado @epcpio This Week in Photos County leaders monitor COVID-19 vaccine operations: Nassau County, N.Y. Executive Laura Curran (front left) visits the county's new vaccination distribution center at Long Island University Post; and at right, El Paso County, Colo. Commissioner Cami Bremer (right) tours the Centura Health vaccine site. NACo @NACoTweets Clark County Nevada @ClarkCountyNV This Week in Photos Curry County, N.M. employees wear red in recognition of American Heart Month. This Week in Photos Clark County, Nev. Commissioner Michael Naft (second from right) joins law enforcement at a public safety awareness event. SEE MORE PHOTOS 2021_Virtual-Leg-Conf_eblastAd_636_1803495.png 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:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Transit Plan Date:Saturday, February 13, 2021 12:50:20 PM From: Rebecca Kimball Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2021 12:50:17 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton; Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Ariel Speser; David Faber Subject: Transit Plan CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Transit Authority Board, I am a member of a Local 20/20 action group that is focusing specifically on how to reduce Jefferson County’s greenhouse gas ( GHG) emissions. As all of you are aware it is essential that we reduce global GHG emissions as quickly as possible. Some of this work must be done locally. In Jefferson County, transportation is responsible for 66% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Research has shown that reducing vehicle miles traveled by single occupancy vehicles ( SOV) has the potential to reduce local GHG emissions and we believe transit has the capacity to reduce SOV trips in our county by becoming more convenient and less expensive than driving. As a first step we would like to work with you to develop a community-wide survey asking people why they don’t take transit and what it would take to get them on a bus. The information from such a survey would be invaluable for transit planning. We look forward to working with the Transit Authority Board and the Transit Citizen Advisory Committee to achieve the goal of increased transit ridership. Thank you for the opportunity to engage in this process with you. Rebecca Kimball From:Mary Craft To:jeffbocc Cc:Juelie Dalzell; Linda Mattos; Teren MacLeod Subject:80 acre tract on Cape George Road Date:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 10:30:57 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hello Commissioners My husband and I retired here from Houston about 10 years ago. I’ve been a rider and horse owner for many years and also a pilot. My husband, Carl Nepute, is also a pilot and teaches the young adults at the Aero Museum to fly. In Houston, I had to drive an hour to ride because I worked as a District Judge for many years and needed to live in the city. So when we found Port Townsend with a lovely airport community and plenty of places to keep horses and ride we moved here as soon as we could retire. About a year ago we bought the 5 acres on the corner of Cape George and Loftus. I keep my horses here and ride on the trails in the 80 acre park as well as down Crutcher Rd. to the Larry Scott Trail. I have made a number of friends who ride and enjoy their companionship and the beauty of the land. Recently I learned there is a plan to turn the 80 acre park over to the solid waste department and perhaps close the trails to the equestrians, dog walkers and bicyclists who presently use it. That would really be a shame. The Larry Scott Trail is used by parents with strollers, dog walkers, bikers and horse riders. It can be congested, especially during our beautiful weather and on weekends. So it’s nice to have the park as an alternative venue. Has a decision been made by commissioners on the use of the 80 acre parcel? Is there a possibility of input from the community of horseback riders as to its use? I look forward to hearing from you. Mary Craft From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Save the Date for 2021 Virtual Puget Sound Days on the Hill Date:Monday, February 15, 2021 7:45:59 AM From: Lynn Fiorillo-Lowe Sent: Monday, February 15, 2021 7:44:54 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Coastal Caucus Cc: Lynn Fiorillo-Lowe Subject: FW: Save the Date for 2021 Virtual Puget Sound Days on the Hill CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders.A note from Brynn Brady! PSDOTH2021EmailBanner1 Dear Partners and Friends, Since we still can't convene in person, this year's Puget Sound Day on the Hill will again be a series of virtual events with the Washington congressional delegation, federal officials, and special guests. Puget Sound Partnership and the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission invite you to participate in our virtual Puget Sound Days on the Hill. These events are currently scheduled on Fridays from 1:00–2:30 p.m. (Pacific Time), April 23–May 21. Additional notes will be provided prior to each session. We plan to discuss Puget Sound restoration and protection, salmon recovery efforts, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and infrastructure, among other topics. We will announce registration information soon. You can also check https://www.psp.wa.gov/psdoth2021.php for the latest information. 2021 Virtual Puget Sound Days on the Hill are organized by: PSDOTH2021EmailFooter1 Puget Sound Partnership STAY CONNECTED: SUBSCRIBER SERVICES: Manage Subscriptions | Unsubscribe All | Help This email was sent to BRYNN@CEIBACONSULTING.COM using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: Puget SoundPartnership Washington · 326 East D · Tacoma, WA 98421 -- Brynn Brady Ceiba Consulting | Martin Flynn Public Affairs, Inc. | 253.686.3387 From:Heidi Eisenhour To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Horse park Date:Monday, February 15, 2021 9:14:17 PM ________________________________________ From: becky@paradigmsporthorse.com Sent: Monday, February 15, 2021 9:14:04 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: kdeat@co.jefferson.wa.us; Heidi Eisenhour; Greg Brotherton; kdeat@co.jefferson.wa.us; Greg Brotherton; Greg Brotherton; Heidi Eisenhour Subject: Horse park CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hello, My name is Rebecca Cushman, and I own a horse farm in Port Townsend. Though I am new to the community, arriving in July of last year, it took a very short amount of time for the local equestrians to point me in the direction of the 'horse park' as a place to enjoy not only riding my horses, but hiking with my dogs as well. Given the narrow shoulders of the roads around my home, the copious amount of traffic (much of it large trucks and rattely dump trailers), the horse park has become a haven that can be enjoyed safely by myself and my companions, used several times weekly. I truly hope that the rumors of the closure of the park to equestrians is erroneous. Sincerely, Rebecca Cushman From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Chamber Cafe with Workshop Partner SCORE Date:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 8:40:16 AM From: The Chamber of Jefferson County Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 8:40:12 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Chamber Cafe with Workshop Partner SCORE 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 SCORE Workshop Partner Cafe - 2.19.21 10 - 11 am on Zoom Join the team from SCORE who are partnering with the Chamber to bring you access to individual and multi-date trainings and workshops to assist you in building your business for post- pandemic sustainability. Do you need an overarching basic class in how to start a business? Looking for a better way to leverage social? Need financial training? all these and many more are available online free or at low cost to all Jefferson County businesses Chamber Cafe 10-11am There is no fee to attend and no membership required. Registration is necessary for Zoom access. More Info - Reservations 2021 Jefferson County Community Leadership Awards Nominations Open Now! Fillable form click here! send completed form to: director@jeffcountychamber.org Nominate NOW! www.jeffcountychamber.org Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce | 2409 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 Unsubscribe kdean@co.jefferson.wa.us Update Profile | Customer Contact Data Notice Sent by director@jeffcountychamber.org powered by Try email marketing for free today! Tuesday, February 16 From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: COVID-19 News | February 16, 2021 Date:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 11:00:17 AM From: Washington Counties (WSAC) Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 10:59:44 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: COVID-19 News | February 16, 2021 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 South Central Region Hospital Misreports COVID Admissions; Department of Health Moves Region to Phase 2 The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced that a hospital in the South Central Region of the Healthy Washington Plan misreported data which led to a determination that the region remain in Phase 1 of Governor Jay Inslee’s Roadmap to Recovery phased reopening plan. When the region did not move to Phase 2, it was brought to the attention of DOH that a hospital in the region appeared to be incorrectly reporting its hospital admission data. Read more Announcements and Resources STATE Washington State to Focus on Second Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine This Week Appointments to get a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine will be extremely limited in Washington state the week of Feb. 14 as the Washington Department of Health (DOH) focuses on second doses. DOH is still determining exactly how many first doses will be available next week. For these available first doses, DOH will prioritize state and local mobile vaccination teams for long term care facilities and adult family homes; mass vaccination sites in King, Pierce, Snohomish, and Spokane counties; and other sites throughout the state that address equity. Read more One Million Vaccines and Climbing! After only eight weeks since the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Washington, we reached a major milestone. Today, we can proudly announce that health care providers have administered over one million vaccine doses across our state. This number includes first and second doses. Read more New Data on COVID-19 Vaccination by Race and Ethnicity Highlight Inequities The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released a new data report showing low percentages of Hispanic, Black, and Multiracial people have received COVID-19 vaccine when compared to those groups’ proportion of the state population. Read more New Report Furthers Understanding of COVID-19 Transmission in Schools The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the COVID-19 Outbreaks in Washington State K-12 Schools report . The report is yet another tool that school districts and local health jurisdictions (LHJs) can use to inform decisions about when and how to bring students, educators and staff back for in-person learning. Read more EMPLOYMENT Weekly New Unemployment Claims Report During the week of January 31 - February 6, there were 15,644 initial regular unemployment claims (down 2.8 percent from the prior week) and 489,442 total claims for all unemployment benefit categories (down 1.5 percent from the prior week) filed by Washingtonians, according to the Employment Security Department (ESD). Read more TIP OF THE DAY The OPMA and Phase 2 Still confused regarding the rules for BOCC and other meetings? A revised Miscellaneous Venues COVID-19 Requirements was issued on February 1, 2021. The revised document clarifies that “All in-person business meetings are prohibited” in Phase 1. In-person business meetings are permitted in phase 2, with limited occupancy. Read more VIRTUAL MEETINGS February 22, 12:00 pm | Virtual Assembly Register View this email in your browser This email was sent to Kdean@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 © 2021 WSAC, All rights reserved. 206 10th Ave SE · Olympia, WA 98501-1311 · USA | Contact Us From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Join NACo and White House Officials for Biweekly Updates on COVID-19 Relief for Counties Date:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 12:09:05 PM From: NACo Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 12:08:58 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Join NACo and White House Officials for Biweekly Updates on COVID-19 Relief for Counties 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-primary-center_700px_1683049.png Vaccine-header_1815824.jpg JOIN NACo AND WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS FOR BIWEEKLY UPDATES ON COVID-19 RELIEF FOR COUNTIES FIRST CALL: THURSDAY, FEB. 18 AT 2 P.M. EST Please join the National Association of Counties (NACo) and White House officials for biweekly national member calls beginning this Thursday, February 18, and hear the latest updates on COVID- 19 relief and vaccine distribution. See below for the CALL DETAILS DATES: Every other Thursday beginning February 18 TIME: 2 p.m. ET full schedule and to register today. NACo is working with President Biden and the 117th Congress to address some of the nation's most pressing challenges affecting counties, including securing bipartisan coronavirus relief, upgrading the nation's infrastructure and achieving the balance of federalism to optimize intergovernmental partnerships. DIAL-IN: RSVP below to receive dial-in information. QUESTIONS: Email your questions to question@naco.org. SCHEDULE OF CALLS WITH WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS FEB 18 FEBRUARY 18 | 2 P.M. EST REGISTER MAR 04 MARCH 4 | 2 P.M. EST REGISTER MAR 18 MARCH 18 | 2 P.M. EDT REGISTER APR 01 APRIL 1 | 2 P.M. EDT REGISTER Join our efforts to secure bipartisan coronavirus relief that includes direct federal aid to counties of all sizes. In NACo's new advocacy toolkit, access our legislative analysis, research, talking points and county-by-county funding estimations for the latest adv_packet_250_1825443.png proposed relief bill. ACCESS THE TOOLKIT MORE UPCOMING COVID-19 WEBINARS & EVENTS Follow the Data on the Pathway to Recovery FEB. 18 | 1 P.M. EST Nationally recognized Treasurer Scott German of Genesee County, N.Y. will discuss how he has maximized the value of Genesee County's cash through liquidity data and treasury service monitoring. REGISTER COVID-19 Cost Recovery: Ways to Maximize Federal Funding FEB. 25 | 1 P.M. 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NACo.org/coronavirus SUBSCRIBE TO UPDATES 2021_Virtual-Leg-Conf-Ad_652_1802832.png 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:mike mackelwich To:raelene.rossart@gmail.com; jeffbocc Subject:response to recent correspondence Date:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 2:30:54 PM Attachments:Jefferson County Water District response 2_16_21.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Please see the attached letter/response to your recent correspondence with Rayonier. Mike Mackelwich, Rayonier From:Annette Huenke To:jeffbocc Subject:2/16 Date:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 4:00:08 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. What transpired this morning at the BOCC meeting was not acceptable. Commissioner Brotherton’s song should have been recorded and offered separate and aside from the public meeting for those who were interested in hearing it. As most of us do, I share deep empathy for the homeless population, and look after them as my budget allows. The decision to use a public meeting platform for this, which required a potentially-problematic tech shift, was not responsible. Beyond that, what pet project of any of the commissioners might pop up in an homage next time? This is a slippery slope. As far as governance goes, the public has already been kicked to the curb by the policies put in place since last spring. We get 3 minutes a week, if we’re lucky, to have our concerns communicated to our community and this body, which is acting more than ever as an echo chamber. We can’t even speak them ourselves. So-called open meetings are a relic. Simply writing to the board offers no assurance that what we write is read. How are you going to accommodate the comments that did not get read today? I see no notice on the county website thus far. I suggest you set aside an extra half hour in next week’s agenda so that this week’s and next week’s public contributions can be heard. Thank you. Annette Huenke From:Linda Martin To:jeffbocc Subject:Secular healthcare Date:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 4:48:26 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. To the Commissioners, Since many Washingtonians have no access to secular hospitals and/or clinics, I urge you to support legislation that will undo the restrictions Catholic health systems have placed on patient care or require additional scrutiny of future hospital acquaitions. Thank you, Linda Martin, MPH Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Please join us tomorrow, Wednesday for our weekly Chamber meeting! Date:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 3:34:44 PM From: director@forkswa.com Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 3:31:05 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Please join us tomorrow, Wednesday for our weekly Chamber meeting! CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Kate Dean , Please join us tomorrow, Wednesday, February 17th when we welcome Joy Sheedy and Yvette Cline Co-chairs of Prevention Works! Child Care Task Force. Prevention Works is a Clallam County non-profit volunteer community coalition that began 22 years ago. The coalition’s mission is to promote positive childhoods with a vision that all children in Clallam County will thrive. Child Care Task Forces was created in 2019 by Prevention Works to address the shortage of quality, licensed child care in Clallam. Our meeting takes place online Noon – 1pm and is open to the public and all are welcome to attend. 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 February 17 – The Prevention Works! Child Care Task Force February 24 – TBA March 3 – Monthly Business Meeting along with Deanna Green and Larry Hull from Maury and Betty Hull Scholarship 2020 Best Of Awards Thank you to everyone who joined us (and tried to join us) at last week’s Best Of Awards! We are so proud to have so many great nominees! The following are the winners of the 2020 Best Of Awards… 2020 Volunteer of the Year David Hurn 2020 Citizen of the Year William R. Fleck 2020 Business of the Year Home Slice Take N Bake 2020 Inez Halverson Community Service Award Recipients CDK Ladies of Forks Feeding 5000 - Eugene Fraker 2020 Cornerstone Award Recipients Forks Community Hospital Quillayute Valley School District FROM CLALLAM EDC Join North Olympic Legislative Alliance (NOLA) Update, Josh Weiss on Coffee with Colleen Wednesday Morning at 8am! 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) Feb 17 – North Olympic Legislative Alliance (NOLA) Update, Josh Weiss Feb 24 – OMC Update, Jennifer Burkhardt March 3 - Childcare in Clallam County, Dr. Lynn Keenan st CHAMBER RENEWALS for 2021 were due on January 31 . We are in the process of delivering/mailing the certificates. Please let us know if you don’t receive yours. If you have not paid we have a grace period so don’t worry! 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 are open 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 Forever Twilight in Forks Collection reopens to the general public on February 26th. We are continuing to schedule private tours until then. Please see link for more details. 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. 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: County News Now – February 16, 2021 Date:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 3:37:35 PM From: NACo County News Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 3:36:39 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: County News Now – February 16, 2021 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 February 16, 2021 COVID-19 vaccines: Don’t waste a single drop Local county efforts add up in an economic comeback December numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed 64 percent of counties were experiencing unemployment levels above a healthy level. READ MORE Outdoor tourism offers Covid-safe opportunities With open space and plenty of room for social distancing, outdoor recreation counties have a lot to market during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more Pandemic keeps Space Coast county tourism on its toes Brevard County, Fla.'s tourism promotion pivoted from cruising to space launches. Read more Honolulu County reimagines a resilient, sustainable economy Honolulu County is aiming to focus on a green, resilient economy that can rely upon itself in times of a climate or health-related crisis. Read more Measuring economic recovery Economic recovery is a large umbrella with multiple facets including recovery of the labor market, business and production, the service sector and consumer spending. Read more MORE COUNTY NEWS Legislative Updates Department of the Interior revokes counties’ veto power over Land and Water Conservation Fund federal land acquisitions Secretarial Order 3396 follows a bipartisan letter sent from 90 members of Congress outlining concerns around the implementation of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the ending the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership. Read more Biden Administration announces federal retail pharmacy program The program will allow eligible people to receive vaccinations at one of 21 national pharmacy partners. Read more FTA awards $15.8 million to improve public transit during COVID-19 The Federal Transit Administration funded several counties as part of a total of 37 projects in 35 states. Read more Pete Buttigieg, former mayor, confirmed as next U.S. transportation secretary Secretary Buttigieg will face a busy year with a president and Congress who have repeatedly called for a big, bold infrastructure package, the looming expiration of the surface transportation law on Sept. 30 and how to enforce President Biden’s mask mandate. Read more MORE NEWS AIT Bridges The Latest From NACo National multidistrict opioid litigation settlement forum: Lessons learned from county leaders Please join NACo for a forum on the national multidistrict opioid litigation settlement. This interactive forum will cover: The latest developments with a proposed deal between major opioid manufacturers and distributors and impacted state and local governments Lessons learned from intrastate settlement allocation models, and How county leaders and partners are developing new governance, revenue share and funding priorities and strategies for allocating and investing settlement proceeds. Register for the forum, held 2–4 p.m. EST Feb. 17. Biweekly White House updates Please join NACo and White House officials for biweekly national member calls beginning this Thursday, Feb. 18, and hear the latest updates on COVID-19 relief and vaccine distribution. Register for the 2 p.m. EST call. National Civic Review Winter Edition With a deadly pandemic, an economic crisis, events highlighting racial inequity and a political crisis, 2020 was a year of hardship and turmoil for America’s communities. As we begin a new year, the National Civic Review offers these unique perspectives on how the public, private, and nonprofit sectors can work together on innovative strategies to promote civic renewal, community resilience, and individual well-being. You can access this edition by going directly to the table of contents and entering your access code (NACo21) when prompted. 2021 Achievement Awards early bird deadline March 9 Submit your 2021 NACo Achievement Awards entry by March 9 for early bird prices! Apply now at www.naco.org/achievementawards for our special discounted application rate. 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From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Agenda with links attached for HCCC Board of Directors Meeting 17 February 2021 at 1:00 p.m. Date:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 3:46:58 PM Attachments:Agenda - Draft HCCC Board Regular Meeting Agenda 20210217 with links.docx From: Jennifer Poole Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 3:45:51 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Charlotte Garrido; Dave Herrera; Dave Ward; Edward Wolfe; Greg Brotherton; Heidi Eisenhour; 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; Alicia Olivas; Haley Harguth; Heidi Huber; Nathan White; Patty Michak; Terry Fischer Subject: Re: Agenda with links attached for HCCC Board of Directors Meeting 17 February 2021 at 1:00 p.m. CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good afternoon - Attached for your convenience is the Draft Meeting Agenda with links to materials for the February 17th HCCC Board of Directors meeting. To join the Zoom meeting: https://zoom.us/j/93676405777 Meeting ID: 936 7640 5777 Passcode: 626393 Dial by your location +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) Thank you, Jennifer Jennifer Poole | Administrative Manager Hood Canal Coordinating Council | www.HCCC.wa.gov | OurHoodCanal.org 17791 Fjord Drive NE, Suite 118, Poulsbo, WA 98370 360-900-9063 | jpoole@hccc.wa.gov Note: All emails may be subject to public disclosure. On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 5:54 PM Jennifer Poole <jpoole@hccc.wa.gov> wrote: To the HCCC Board of Directors Linked here is the Draft Agenda for the next HCCC Board of Directors regular meeting scheduled for February 17, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. Pacific. The currently available materials can be accessed via this link. The agenda with links to all available supporting materials will be sent to you on Tuesday, February 16. HCCC will be closed on Monday, February 15. Kind regards, Jennifer Jennifer Poole | Administrative Manager Hood Canal Coordinating Council | www.HCCC.wa.gov | OurHoodCanal.org 17791 Fjord Drive NE, Suite 118, Poulsbo, WA 98370 360-900-9063 | jpoole@hccc.wa.gov Note: All emails may be subject to public disclosure. On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 3:53 PM Jennifer Poole <jpoole@hccc.wa.gov> wrote: To the HCCC Board of Directors The next regular meeting of the Hood Canal Coordinating Council Board of Directors is scheduled for Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. Pacific via Zoom video/teleconference. A link to the draft meeting agenda and materials will be distributed to you later this week. The Zoom meeting link is as follows: Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/93676405777 Meeting ID: 936 7640 5777 Passcode: 626393 Dial by your location +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) Meeting ID: 936 7640 5777 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/avBfcV0EF Thank you, Jennifer Jennifer Poole Administrative 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 disclosure. From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Reminder: NACo Forum on the Opioid Litigation Settlement Date:Wednesday, February 17, 2021 7:24:22 AM From: NACo Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 7:24:09 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Reminder: NACo Forum on the Opioid Litigation Settlement 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 DoD_graphic_923401.png National Multidistrict Opioid Litigation Settlement Forum: Lessons Learned from County Leaders TODAY | 2 – 4 P.M. EST Please join the National Association of Counties (NACo) TODAY for a forum on the national multidistrict opioid litigation settlement. This interactive forum will cover: The latest developments with a proposed deal between major opioid manufacturers and distributors and impacted state and local governments Lessons learned from intrastate settlement allocation models, and How county leaders and partners are developing new governance, revenue share and funding priorities and strategies for allocating and investing settlement proceeds. Click here to view the full agenda with speakers and register today. REGISTER NOW AGENDA 2:00 P.M. EST Welcome and Overview of the County Exchange Forum 2:10 P.M. EST The State of Litigation and the Outlook for America’s Counties 2:30 P.M. EST State Association and County Strategies and Lessons Learned from Intrastate Allocation Models 3:15 P.M. EST Emerging County Models from Landmark Opioid Litigation Settlements 3:55 P.M. EST Wrap-up and Closing Comments 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:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Reminder-Join Josh Weiss, our state Lobbyist this Morning at 8am on Coffee with Colleen Date:Wednesday, February 17, 2021 7:47:48 AM From: Clallam EDC Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 7:47:33 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Reminder-Join Josh Weiss, our state Lobbyist this Morning at 8am on Coffee with Colleen CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Join Josh Weiss on Coffee with Colleen at 8am this Morning! Josh is the North Olympic Legislative Alliance (NOLA) lobbyist representing the business communities and local governments is Clallam and Jefferson Counties.  He will provide everyone an update on NOLA's top three priorities, Broadband and different types of COVID business support as different bills progress through the legislature. 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) Choose Clallam First | ChooseClallamFirst.com ‌ Clallam County Economic Development Council | 338 W 1st St., Suite 105, Port Angeles, WA 98362 Unsubscribe kdean@co.jefferson.wa.us Update Profile | Customer Contact Data Notice Sent by info@clallam.org powered by Try email marketing for free today! From:Jim Jacobson To:jeffbocc Subject:Health Department Date:Wednesday, February 17, 2021 10:55:44 AM Attachments:Screen Shot 2021-02-17 at 10.51.02 AM.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear County Commissioners, On what planet is this acceptable on social media and for minors in our community? This is indoctrination in perversion and offensive to many in the community. Whomever made the decision to make this kind of thing accesible to children should be immediately terminated. -Jim Jacobson -Voter From:Annette Huenke To:jeffbocc Subject:mea culpa Date:Wednesday, February 17, 2021 11:46:05 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Commissioners: I’ve received an explanation from Greg Brotherton for yesterday morning’s events, one that I did not catch if it was given prior to 10:30. My apologies for coming to a wrong conclusion. sincerely, Annette Huenke From:Stephen Schumacher Cc:Board of Health; Tom Locke; Allison Berry, Clallam County Health Officer; news@ptleader.com; news@peninsuladailynews.com; PT Free Press Subject:Calls for double masks are tacit admissions of mask ineffectiveness Date:Saturday, February 13, 2021 1:42:45 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Jefferson County Commissioners, At last Monday's County Commissioner meeting, Dr. Locke called face shields "virtually worthless". Yet his recent calls for double masking imply that face masks are similarly ineffective, per new media messaging that "a single-layer mask isn't really effective in blocking aerosols". So he advocates wearing an outer cloth mask to reduce leakage around an inner surgical mask, which OSHA says is "not designed to seal tightly against the user's face". But this hardly helps because the 600-times-larger pore areas in cloth masks are an open door for viruses, as proven by vape cloud experiments showing 10-times-larger vape particles passing freely through and around all kinds of masks. It's absurd to mandate face masks while discouraging face shields, since both are good for blocking viruses in spit but not much else. WHO's new Dec. 1 guidance concluded there is no solid "scientific evidence to support the effectiveness of masking of healthy people in the community to prevent infection with respiratory viruses". And New England Journal of Medicine's Dec. 17 study found marine "recruits consistently wore double layered masks yet there was still spread in the most heavily monitored-for-compliance ... military environments". The new calls for double masks are tacit admissions that single masks don't protect from viruses and should never have been mandated. Multiple masks don't work either, and the more masks, the more oxygen restriction, the more chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other dangers. See my PortTownendFreePress.com mask article for further discussion and references. Last week I heard a Commissioner say health issues are "out of our wheelhouse", but as Board of Health members your job is to independently judge health information with an open mind and not blindly follow pied pipers. Thanks for your hardworking efforts on our county's behalf. Yours truly, Stephen Schumacher 2023 E. Sims Way #200 Port Townsend, WA 98368 --- sources links --- https://www.ptleader.com/stories/more-than-one-cluster-blamed-for-increase-in-jeffco-covid-numbers,73629 https://abc17news.com/news/health-news/2021/02/03/double-masking-for-covid-19-protection-a-trend-with-a- purpose/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200319001530/https://www.osha.gov/Publications/respirators-vs-surgicalmasks- factsheet.html https://www.aier.org/article/the-year-of-disguises/ https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~dshuster/e-Cigarettes/Ingebrethsen_2012.pdf https://youtu.be/sRFtVsL9dzE https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/337199/WHO-2019-nCov-IPC_Masks-2020.5-eng.pdf https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2029717 https://www.aier.org/article/masking-a-careful-review-of-the-evidence/ https://www.porttownsendfreepress.com/2021/01/30/masks-dont-stop-viruses-and-could-harm-you-the-latest- research/ From:Judy Alexander To:Public Comments Subject:question for Dr. Locke NEXT Monday Date:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 10:49:00 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. I am wondering if Dr, Locke has any information about the forthcoming single dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine, such as: if / when it will come to Jefferson County once it is approved, whether Jefferson Healthcare has any plans to purchase it once it is approved, and any comparative commentary on how it differs from Pfizer and Moderna’s ‘type’ (MRNA) of vaccines or its efficacy. What does it mean to be 66% effective - - is it still worth getting? Thank you for asking Dr. Locke these questions for me! Judy Alexander From:Annette Huenke To:Public Comments Cc:Board of Health; Tom Locke Subject:comment, Feb. 16/17 BOCC meeting Date:Monday, February 15, 2021 12:38:20 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. At last week’s BOCC meeting, Dr. Locke said that “there is a lot of evidence” to support double-masking. I wrote to ask for that evidence. I received a pdf of a 4-page paper and a brief reply that ended with “no amount of data will convince people who are consumed by pandemic denialism and wish to rationalize their pseudoscientific, sociopathic beliefs.” For ten months now a handful of concerned citizen researchers have been highlighting bona fide studies from reputable sources to broaden the perspective of local policy makers. Those sources include the CDC, WHO and top universities and scientists around the globe. Are those premiere virologists, pathologists and epidemiologists pseudoscientists because they’ve arrived at different conclusions than Dr. Locke about the crisis that is consuming us? Are we sociopaths because we consider the research and opinions of those experts? What Dr. Locke called “a lot of evidence" for double-masking is actually several small mechanistic experiments conducted with manikins, reported in a NIH ‘commentary’ that summarizes studies which clearly support the goals of its funders while ignoring the plethora of research that does not. It was not peer reviewed. It is data-deficient. During a fireside chat on January 28th, Anthony Fauci said "There’s no data that indicates that that [2 masks] is going to make a difference. And that is why the CDC has not changed their recommendation.” He’d advised double-masking shortly before that, surely aware that this NIH paper was in its final stages. In a recent interview, Dr. Michael Osterholm, a top health adviser to President Biden, warned that double-masking could be counterproductive and harmful. “If you put more of it on, all it does is it impedes the air coming through and it makes it blow in and out along the sides. The fit becomes even less effective," he said. "Double masking could be a detriment to your protection." Legitimate research we’ve supplied that report known harms from masking has been categorically rejected. There has been scant attention paid to the near-universal improper use and care of masks, which has been proven to increase risk of infection. And now, based on experiments with manikins, we’re being told to wear two masks, which will further reduce our oxygen supply and increase our own carbon dioxide intake. A true cost/benefit analysis of these extreme masking policies has not yet been conducted. Neither has the rigorous scientific research required to support them. Annette Huenke From:tprosys@gmail.com To:Public Comments Subject:PUBLIC COMMENT - Question for Dr. Locke Date:Monday, February 15, 2021 12:33:38 PM 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. It’s been reported that only about 75% of Jefferson Healthcare’s employees have received a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. We don’t know how many have received both doses, and it takes several weeks after the second dose for the vaccine to become fully effective. The CDC says that people who have been vaccinated, even with both doses, can still be carriers of the disease, although the odds of those people being infectious appear to be relatively low***. When people visit their healthcare provider (for example, their primary care doctor), shouldn’t those patients be entitled to know whether or not the doctor, nurses, aides, and staff have all been fully inoculated against COVID-19? If people are going to be required to prove their vaccination status to, for example, board an airplane or cruise ship, it seems reasonable to expect them to be informed about the individual status of the medical professionals to whom they’ve entrusted their health. Please discuss this with Dr. Locke, and please address what regulatory authority the Board of Health has with respect to this question. Stay safe, Mask Up. Tom Thiersch, Jefferson County *** Please don’t spend Public Comment time reading the following citations; provided for reference only. CDC COVID-19 vaccination will help keep you from getting COVID-19 All COVID-19 vaccines currently available in the United States have been shown to be highly effective at preventing COVID-19. Learn more about the different COVID-19 vaccines. All COVID-19 vaccines that are in development are being carefully evaluated in clinical trials and will be authorized or approved only if they make it substantially less likely you’ll get COVID-19. Learn more about how federal partners are ensuring COVID-19 vaccines work. Based on what we know about vaccines for other diseases and early data from clinical trials, experts believe that getting a COVID-19 vaccine may also help keep you from getting seriously ill even if you do get COVID-19. Getting vaccinated yourself may also protect people around you, particularly people at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19. Experts continue to conduct more studies about the effect of COVID-19 vaccination on severity of illness from COVID-19, as well as its ability to keep people from spreading the virus that causes COVID-19. Healthline Experts say people can still spread and even develop COVID-19 after getting a vaccine. They note the immunity from the vaccine doesn’t begin to emerge until at least 12 days after inoculation. They add the vaccine doesn’t prevent coronavirus infection. It helps protect against serious illnesses. Experts advise people who get vaccinated to continue wearing a mask, washing their hands, and maintaining proper physical distancing. From:Amanda Funaro To:Public Comments Subject:Sanitation Safety and COVID-19 Date:Monday, February 15, 2021 9:47:48 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Board of County Commissioners, This time of pandemic has created many challenges. None of which we ever wanted to face. I am grateful to live in a community that takes seriously the health and wellbeing of its friends and neighbors. However, I think we can agree that these challenging times have highlighted our weak spots and presented opportunities to do better. As the CEO of Good Man Sanitation, our local portable restroom and septic pumping business, I want to raise a concern. But first, let me underscore that during the pandemic we have provided necessary service throughout ALL sectors of our community. In the early days, we conserved and reserved hand sanitizer for our hospital staff and frontline workers. Good Man researched and located field hospitals and portable shower trailers for EMS. (Thankfully, we never needed them!) We have provided portable restrooms for downtown businesses, hand sinks for local supermarkets, sinks and toilets for our homeless population, bathrooms to hospital workers for the parking lot areas, and many, many more. I think it is fair to say that we too are front line and emergency response workers. I do not outline our community work for praise or accolade, but simply to illuminate that we are here working and have never stopped throughout this crisis. In addition to our toilets and sinks, Good Man arguably pumps the largest volume of septic waste across our county. On average we pump 8,000 gallons of septic waste per day. Often, when we are called, someone has septic waste coming up through the pipes in their home or on occasion surfacing in their yard. If you have ever had to deal with this situation you know how crucial it is to have a septic pumper be timely and responsive. We do our part to follow best practices and health guidelines in the field. My employees use the limited PPE that we can acquire. We physically distance ourselves from our customers when on job sites as best as we can. Unfortunately, not everyone always follows masking requirements on their own property. Nonetheless, every single time my employees turn on a pump to empty a toilet, a septic tank or a sink, there is a risk of vaporized particles from the material we are vacuum pumping being inhaled by my staff. Good Man Sanitation has a service area that spans from the Hood Canal Bridge, down to Mason County, up to Joyce, and all parts of Jefferson County’s east end. There is nary an area of the north peninsula that we do not cover. I am concerned for my employee’s health and safety AND that of my neighbors. I am concerned about the possibility of my staff creating a super spreader situation, through no fault of their own. Should one of my employees contract the COVID-19 virus, it would be necessary that I quarantine my staff for at least 14 days. Despite working out in the field independently, and our office is closed to the public, our home office and shop are a small space that we all share daily. We do our best to limit time and exposure to one another, but I would feel obligated to quarantine. I am concerned not only for the financial implications to our business but to the broader industry. This would mean, that not one single portable toilet, sink, or septic tank would be pumped by us during that time. My concern is not just for the health and safety of my staff but that of our larger community. What would it mean to all the local contractors to go without clean toilets and handwashing stations, would they keep working? I have asked Dr. Locke for guidance as to where we fall in line for vaccination and have been told to look to the state. Based on my understanding, it may be late spring or summer before we are able to have our employees vaccinated. (Keep in mind, that in spring we add 200 new stops to our route between Jefferson and Clallam Counties.) I understand the need to prioritize our elder and high-risk population. I am simply concerned that not prioritizing some of the service providers that keep us all safe and healthy puts more of us at a higher risk of contraction. Especially considering the new COVID variant. Should new guidelines for a vaccination schedule be developed, I would hope to be contacted. Please feel free to reach out directly if you have questions or concerns. Warmly, Amanda Funaro Principal Operations Officer Good Man, Inc. 2495 Cape George Rd. Port Townsend, WA 98368 360-385-7155 From:Patricia Lopker-W.Arkentin To:Public Comments Subject:Displaced people emergency camping permit and temporary tenancy Date:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 5:19:51 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. It is important when displaced folks try to respect community needs for safe public health during pandemic, this year, by negotiating camping in designated County Campground spaces, with "city services" water n electricity n sanitation... that they be assisted by the agency responsible for the community... county council, and permit agency designating emergency public campsites spaces as needed. Please. Set cost limits and support rules or service requirements for self management by campers. The pending end to Wa state eviction moratorium may cause increased need for emergency camping spaces this summer in peak tourist season during Port Townsend's recognized limited affordable housing crisis. If possible to help neighboring owner occupied homes for each month of emergency accomodation of campers in town can a percentage of budget be set aside to enhance neighborhood amenities with bicycle trails, or other community improvements requested by majority of property owners adjacent properties? so that the temporary emergency displacement of (limited? number) of citizens in county fairgrounds or other county suitable property creates a lasting net gain for neighborhood property values and helps attitudes of locals (some who object to emergency use of fairgrounds by displaced citizens). Most are keeping the peace. and Thank you Patricia Lopker-W.Arkentin From:Tom Sparks To:Public Comments Subject:Gun Noise from the gun range on Monday Feb 15 Date:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 8:21:28 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good Morning, Yesterday, on Monday, President's Day, a required quiet day from the gun range, there was gun noise in the early afternoon coming from the gun range. I drove over to the range and sure enough, the nuisance gun noise was coming from the range. Mondays are the one day in a week that our neighborhood can predictably plan on quiet for outdoor events, in this case a small outdoor gathering was being held to show and tell winter beekeeping techniques. and then in the middle of this gathering...the gunfire started. Thereby making communication outside almost impossible with people having to yell over the gun noise from the range......on our supposed quiet day. The event was ruined. So we're asking the commissioners to dock the shooting range one full day to replace the day that was ruined for our neighborhood. This will be good start to put the gun range on notice that if they have shooting on days that are closed to shooting, they will be held responsible to remedy that situation. This is a good thing, not a bad thing. Please have the range people post and label that replacement day on their calendar so we can be sure to plan another beekeeping event, one that will be free from gun noise. If you don't require the gun range to make this remedy, you are simply giving these illicit shooters the green light for more abuse of their contractual agreement. Give and inch and take a mile.... Ps....there is nothing like stepping out of your house to a beautiful snowy morning, the day is glistening and peaceful and glorious...the birds are flying into the bird feeders and Port Townsend is transformed by the silent beauty of snowfall....then the gunfire starts...loud and obnoxious, and intrusive and the beauty and silence is gone....all by a few shooter who just don't give a damn about anyone or anything. Welcome to Jefferson County. yours, tom parks From:Rob Rennebohm To:Public Comments; Tom Locke; Board of Health Subject:Letter to be read at BOCC meeting Date:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 8:35:28 AM Attachments:COVID ANALYSIS 39 Letter to Commissioners.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. I have attached a brief (400 word) letter that I would like to have read at this morning's BOCC meeting. Thank you, Robert Rennebohm, MD Port Townsend From:Frank Hoffman To:Public Comments Cc:frankinpt Subject:Winter storm Date:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 9:26:22 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Where did the county put up homeless people during the snow storm / FranR From:tprosys@gmail.com To:Public Comments Subject:PUBLIC COMMENT - Port Ludlow speed limits Date:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 9:26:59 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Please take a look at the bottom of Page 121 of 147 in the agenda packet item [ 021621_cabs01.pdf ] for the resolution to change speed limits in Port Ludlow. I hope that those errors in calculation aren’t indicative of the quality of the rest of the study that we paid for. Tom Thiersch, Jefferson County From:Barbara Morey To:Public Comments Subject:Comments for Public Hearing on Emergency Ordinance Date:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 9:43:21 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. These comments are for the purpose of the hearing on the ordinance only and not my public comments: Section 4. (U) provides that "temporary encampment RESIDENTS SHALL cooperate with other providers of shelters and services within the county and SHALL make inquiry with these providers regarding the availability of existing resources." The best practices model for addressing homelessness, titled Housing First, specifically states: "This is what we mean by Housing First: that homelessness is a problem with a solution, and that the solution is housing. For everyone. Whether you follow the rules or not. Whether you are “compliant” with treatment or not. Whether you have a criminal record or not. Whether you have been on the streets for one day or ten years. Permanent housing is what ends homelessness. It is the platform from which people can continue to grow and thrive in their communities." Requiring "inquiring into and participation in social service programs," (as indicted by the use of the word "shall") while well intentioned, is contrary to best practices as established nationwide in the Housing First model. It is also a violation of individual's rights to self-determination. The homeless individuals should not be subject to "imposed dependence." They should be encouraged to participate and services should be offered when available, but neither enrollment nor participation should be mandatory as a condition to access emergency temporary housing. This doesn't mean they have no rules. Even under the eviction moratorium, they can be evicted if the management/landlord provides a written affidavit of behavior that creates a "significant and immediate risk" to others or property. And they also can be evicted by the police with a "verified report" of illegal activity, such as dealing drugs. However, the unsheltered continue to have the same rights to independence as the housed within these constraints. Please change the wording to read, "residents are encouraged to cooperate with other providers of shelters and services within the county and to make inquiry with these providers regarding the availability of existing resources." Barbara Morey, Housing Advocate Nevertheless, she persisted... From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Transit Plan Date:Wednesday, February 17, 2021 2:09:49 PM From: Rebecca Kimball Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 2:09:53 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton; Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Ariel Speser; David Faber Subject: Re: Transit Plan CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hi Ariel, Thanks for your reply. I understand now that you meant the Citizen Advisory Committee not the Climate Action Committee ( both are CAC). I would also like to thank you for all of your hard and important work. After spending hours yesterday in back to back meetings I was exhausted and I only do it when I feel like it, don't have to prepare, am retired now and don't have a child! I don't know how you do it. I think all City Council members should have a substantial salary increase. Best, Becci On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 12:50 PM Rebecca Kimball <rebeccajkimball@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Transit Authority Board, I am a member of a Local 20/20 action group that is focusing specifically on how to reduce Jefferson County’s greenhouse gas ( GHG) emissions. As all of you are aware it is essential that we reduce global GHG emissions as quickly as possible. Some of this work must be done locally. In Jefferson County, transportation is responsible for 66% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Research has shown that reducing vehicle miles traveled by single occupancy vehicles ( SOV) has the potential to reduce local GHG emissions and we believe transit has the capacity to reduce SOV trips in our county by becoming more convenient and less expensive than driving. As a first step we would like to work with you to develop a community-wide survey asking people why they don’t take transit and what it would take to get them on a bus. The information from such a survey would be invaluable for transit planning. We look forward to working with the Transit Authority Board and the Transit Citizen Advisory Committee to achieve the goal of increased transit ridership. Thank you for the opportunity to engage in this process with you. 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