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HomeMy WebLinkAbout050321_electronic_CorrFrom:Hoss, Schuyler (GOV) To:Hoss, Schuyler (GOV) Cc:Walton, Katherine (GOV) Subject:Governor Inslee Press Conference: April 22nd 2:30 pm Date:Thursday, April 22, 2021 9:01:19 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 COVID-19 pandemic. The governor will be joined by: Dr. Dave Carlson, chief physician officer, MultiCare, Pierce County Dr. Dan Getz, chief medical officer, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Holy Family Hospital, Spokane Lacy Fehrenbach, deputy director, Department of Health Nick Streuli, executive director of external affairs, Office of the Governor (Q&A only) The press conference will be livestreamed by TVW. I also wanted to take this opportunity to inform you that Governor Inslee has appointed a permanent South Sound Representative for the office. Katherine Walton will be the liaison to the region and will serve as your ongoing contact. She is a highly skilled outreach professional with a wealth of state and community experience. She will be sending an introductory email to you in the coming days. It has been a genuine pleasure working with so many of you during these past few months. SCHUYLER F. HOSS Director of International Relations and Protocol Regional Representative – Southwest Washington 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. SCHUYLER F. HOSS Director of International Relations and Protocol Regional Representative – Southwest Washington 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:Adiel F. McKnight To:jeffbocc Subject:FW: Commissioner Meril Smith Date:Thursday, April 22, 2021 10:37:14 AM Adiel McKnight Executive Assistant Jefferson County Administrator’s Office 1820 Jefferson Street/P.O. Box 1220 Port Townsend, WA 98368 afmcknight@co.jefferson.wa.us 360-385-9102 CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: It is with great sorrow, Brinnon Fire Department informs you that Fire Commissioner Meril Smith passed away, April 21, 2021, in California. Commissioner Smith was elected fire commissioner on January 1 of 2002, after serving as a volunteer with the department since March of 1997. Meril proudly served the fire district for 24 years. Meril’s career was in the US Navy and later in the carpenters union industry. He retired in 1995. Meril has four children, eight grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Meril loved his constant connection with the fire service and was proud of the fire department, fire department members, and the community he served. He was spending time each morning drinking coffee with the crews and telling his life’s stories. Meril was instrumental in many fire district upgrades, including the new fire apparatus delivered this year. His contribution to the fire department, his exceptional caring for department members, and his service to his country and community will not be forgotten. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Meril’s beloved Yolanda, his loved ones, four children and family, his fire department family, and many friends across the community. Tim Manly Fire Chief Brinnon Fire Department 272 School House Rd Post Office Box 42 Brinnon, Washington 98320 O: 360-796-4450 C: 360-301-4539 THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS EMAIL MAY BE PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL, AND INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFIED ABOVE. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS COMMUNICATION IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY THE SENDER IMMEDIATELY, DO NOT COPY OR SEND THE MESSAGE TO ANYONE ELSE AND DELETE THE ORIGINAL TRANSMITTAL. THANK YOU! learn more // donate TAKE ACTION ON EARTH DAY BY INVESTING IN WILD FISH From:Wild Fish Conservancy To:jeffbocc Subject:This Earth Day, Invest in Wild Fish Date:Thursday, April 22, 2021 7:05:10 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Help Protect & Enforce America's Bedrock Environmental Laws on Earth Day Prefer Donating with ActBlue or PayPal? On April 22, 1970, faced with an existential environmental crisis— oil spills, unbreathable air, species extinction, and rivers so polluted they literally caught on fire— tens of millions of Americans filled the streets in communities throughout the nation to celebrate the first official Earth Day event. Today, we remember and celebrate this empowering example of American activism and solidarity, credited in part with launching the modern environmental movement and laying the groundwork for the swift passage of landmark environmental laws that would follow in the years to come. Over five decades later, these same environmental laws continue to play a fundamental role in protecting and restoring of our nation's air, water, and threatened and endangered species, and allowing the public to hold government and industry responsible for actions that harm the public's natural resources. GIVE BIG ON EARTH DAY, MATCHED $ FOR $ Photo: Matthew DeLorme Protecting and enforcing local and federal environmental laws vital to the recovery of wild fish has been a key aspect of our work since our foundation thirty years ago. Below are just a few examples of Wild Fish Conservancy's efforts to ensure the northwest's wild fish have strong advocates to ensure they receive the protection they require and deserve. Advocating for an environmentally and ecologically responsible plan for Snake River dam removal that excludes Rep. Simpson's proposed decade long roll back of our bedrock environmental laws Holding federal officials responsible for failing to protect endangered Southern Resident killer whales and wild Chinook Challenging WA Fish and Wildlife for Killing Federally Protected Steelhead in violation of the Endangered Species Act Stopping Cooke Aquaculture from harming threatened and endangered species through operations at their Puget Sound net pen operations Directing over $1 million in commercial fish farm profits to Southern Resident killer whale recovery initiatives through successful Clean Water Act litigation This Earth Day, we hope you'll consider making a donation during the ongoing GiveBIG! community fundraising event to support this vital work. Every donation made between now and May 5 will be matched dollar for dollar. wildfishconservancy.org 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. GIVE BIG! DONATE TODAY, $ for $ match! PREFER ACT BLUE? DONATE NOW View this email in your browser Last night, the legislature released its Capital Construction Budget for the next two years, including: $100 million in funding for WWRP matching the previous all-time From:WA Wildlife & Recreation Coalition To:jeffbocc Subject:$100M for WWRP! We"re jumping for joy! Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 11:03:22 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. record! $4 million for equity-focused outdoor recreation investments! Building on more than 30 years of history, this level of WWRP funding could not have come at a better time. Washingtonians continue to flock to the outdoors as we navigate the effects of COVID-19, and our environment continues to feel the effects of climate change. WWRP projects funded in this budget include development of the North Rainier Land Banked Park in Seattle, the enhancement of the Wildboy Forest and Kwoneesum Dam Acquisition, the Wenas-Cleman Mountain project and so many more! Click here for the full list of funded WWRP projects. However, not all communities have been able to participate in this highly competitive program. Whether it's urban communities struggling with the effects of redlining and continued systemc racism, or rual communities struggling with changing industries and economies. The equity-focused funding will begin to address these disparities, in combination with an equity review process (expected as part of the forthcoming operating budget). Together, the funding and review will allow for immediate investments to begin addressing disparities, test out solutions, and identify those that are translatable between communities. Your continued support makes it possible for us to continue serving communities across the state, for all Washingtonians. Thank you! Donate Today Copyright © 2021 Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have subscribed to Coalition emails or are a member of one of our partner organizations. Our mailing address is: Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition 1402 3rd Ave, Suite 714 Seattle, Wa 98101 Add us to your address book Photo Credit: John Callery Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list From:Pamela Roberts To:jeffbocc; Heidi Eisenhour; Kate Dean; Greg Brotherton; Public Comments Subject:Re: Subdividing a large forest parcel into 5 acre pieces Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 11:28:13 AM 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 understand that you are holding a vote this coming Monday, April 26, 2021 on amendments to the Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan. I submitted comments previously regarding the proposed subdivision of the Seton Forest west of Kala Point. - land which is currently zoned R-10. I believe the Seton's have submitted a formal request to subdivide their forest into 5-acre parcels that would be rezoned to R-5. I received no response to my previous comments from Commissioners Eisenhour or Brotherton. Commissioner Dean wrote back something to the effect that "you can't force people to grow trees." Her response showed a fundamental lack of understanding of my point about the rezoning of forest lands. So I am trying once again to explain my point about this situation with this email. I am opposed to the Seton's request because, by subdividing their forest into 5-acre parcels, this land would be permanently removed from future forest tax incentives once a house is placed on the property. If a home was placed on one of the 5-acre forest parcels it would automatically remove one acre from forest designation, leaving only 4 acres available for tax incentives in forestry. This would place the parcel below the minimum requirement for forest incentives which is 5-acres. I heard your discussions about this request during the March 22 commissioner meeting, in which you and staff members at the meeting thought that subdividing the large parcel would allow it to "fit in" with the surrounding housing development. There are many benefits to having a standing forest within the area of surrounding houses. These include wildlife habitat, human recreation, as well as future forest products, local jobs and the positive impact of forests on climate change. If you decide despite these benefits that you wish to approve the Seton's request, then I would encourage you to keep the subdivision sizes to at least 6 acres so that even with a house on the parcel the remaining 5 acres could qualify for forest tax incentives if the owner(s) so chooses. This approach would increase housing options and protect our forests at the same time. Protecting the ability to incentivize forest ownership is important and this particular property can be a good example to our area about how to provide housing at the same time as we protect our community's ability to grow trees. We can increase housing options and protect our forests at the same time. Thank you for considering these ideas, Pamela Roberts -- PAMELA ROBERTS 752 Hectors Way Quilcene, WA 98376 360-765-0124 pamelaroberts1@gmail.com Inspiring students to become the great thinkers and leaders of tomorrow From:DNR RE FMD Subject:County Income Report - 1st Quarter 2021 Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 12:16:57 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear County Officials, The quarterly income reports from Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) timber sales are ready. You can find your county’s report on DNR’s website here. Many counties requested a more visual depiction of the timeline of potential revenue distribution, so we are pleased to share that this quarter is the first of an updated, easier-to-read version of this report. Detailed footnotes provide information on the different sale types, which can impact how much revenue is distributed and when your county will receive it. For any questions you have about the values or the timber sales, please contact the region manager noted on the final page of the report. If you have questions about how to read the report or comments about the new format, please contact DNR’s trust outreach specialist, Lisa Anderson, by emailing lisa.anderson@dnr.wa.gov. It is our goal to provide you both valuable non-tax revenue from your timber resources, and valuable information about when that revenue will be distributed. Thank you, Leah Fenner Finance Manager DNR | Office of Finance, Budget, and Economics Office: 360-902-1259 | Cell: 360-819-7518 leah.fenner@dnr.wa.gov | www.dnr.wa.gov From:Kathleen Keenan To:Greg Brotherton; KPTZ VTeam; Kate Dean; Keppie Keplinger; Tom Locke; Willie Bence; Heidi Eisenhour; jeffbocc Subject:Questions for the April 26th, 2021 BOCC Meeting Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 5:10:48 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good Afternoon......my apologies for the delay. There was only one question this week regarding the patient capacity for physical therapy clinics, since many residents are beginning to follow up on delayed care during the pandemic. Respectfully, Kate Keenan, KPTZ Virus Watch Team Member Questions and related topics KPTZ would like to have presented on the air to Dr. Tom Locke, Public Health Officer, Jefferson County and Willie Bence, Director of Emergency Management (DEM), Jefferson County, as time permits. Questions for the April 26th, 2021, Board of County Commissioners Meeting Dr. Tom Locke, Public Health Officer, Jefferson County: 1. What is the recommended capacity for physical therapy clinics for Phase III? I ask because when I attended a recent PT session, I was concerned about how many other patients were in the room. It looked like the capacity was higher than it should be...and it makes me want to forgo PT at this time. Covid-19 Testing: (none submitted) Public Health Strategies/Vaccines: (none submitted) Board of County Commissioners: (none submitted) Willie Bence, Director, DEM/EOC, Jefferson County: (none submitted) From:Bill Wise To:jeffbocc Subject:Why Now, More Than Ever, the ADU Is the Future of Home - Dwell July 14 2020 (not a new article) by Juan Sebastian Pinto... Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 9:22:27 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Whether it serves as an investment, backyard office, or intergenerational housing, the accessory dwelling unit (ADU) has never made more sense. It was his father’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis that motivated Bo Sundius and his wife, Hisako Ichiki, to design the green pitched-roof cottage behind their house for Sundius’s parents. In the years since they left so his dad could get more specialized care, the couple have leased it out to a decidedly Los Angeles mix of characters. Everyone who wants to rent it today is a creative professional," says Sundius. "We’ve had a commercial film director, a dancer, a composer. They all worked from this 750-square-foot cottage, almost 24 hours a day, without any hints of cabin fever.” The accessory dwelling unit (ADU) that the couple designed in their backyard is a type of home expansion that has transformed communities across the country, thanks to liberalized state, city, and neighborhood codes. ADUs—defined as independent living spaces added to primary dwellings in single-family-zoned lots— can be rented out or used by owners in multiple ways. The Sundiuses’ cottage has served as a rental investment, a workplace, and intergenerational housing. Now it’s a prototype for a product from Bunch Design, the architectural firm Sundius runs with Ichiki. The need for such alternative housing solutions is critical. As of the last U.S. census, fewer than 19 percent of households met the nuclear family model—the lowest rate in census history. While it reflects an uptick in unrelated singles sharing the same home, the trend toward multigenerational living is clear: A 2016 survey by John Burns Real Estate Consulting found 44 percent of prospective home buyers would like a property that could accommodate their older parents, and 42 percent plan to house adult children in their next homes. Meanwhile, AARP’s 2018 Home and Community Preferences survey showed that one-third of homeowners would consider building an ADU on their property if it were an option. In the throes of a pandemic, widespread economic anxiety, and a normalization of working from home, these trends are poised to accelerate. According to a Zillow report, more than 32 million adults lived with their parents or grandparents in April —the highest number on record. "The nursing home model seems a bit antiquated now," says Mike Koenig of Studio Shed in Colorado, which makes ADUs and customized backyard offices, gyms, and meditation rooms, as well as yoga, music, and art studios. "We see multigenerational housing as a growing market and get requests for these kinds of units daily.” Studio Shed is one of several companies prefabricating ADUs that can be easily assembled on-site, a process that lends itself well to accessory structures. "The smaller the scale, the more it can resemble a product and benefit from factory production," says Gordon Stott, cofounder of Connect Homes, a prefab home builder in L.A. His firm has built dozens of ADUs throughout California, and many clients have turned them into lucrative short-term rentals. But with increased travel restrictions, Stott sees a different future on the horizon for ADUs. "Airbnbs are going to move into long-term rentals, and these things will move into being more affordable and less vacant," he says. "It points to a future where low density and single-family zoning are less prevalent.” The pandemic has also underscored the need for municipalities to break free of 20th-century planning. "The way people think of ADUs is a Rorschach test for how they feel about their families and finances, about their future and relationships," says Melanie Turner, director of residential design for Perkins and Will’s Pfau Long Architecture. "The increased interest in ADUs dovetails with bigger issues that we are all eager to talk about now," she says. "Here in San Francisco there’s this big move to turn garage spaces into living spaces. It works with the push to take cars off the streets and turn homes for cars into homes for people.” Converting San Francisco garages and working toward increased density and more affordable housing is a job that Ian Dunn openly embraces at Open Scope Studio, which has collaborated with the city homeowners, and developers to make ADU projects possible. His firm produced San Francisco’s ADU handbook to help homeowners navigate the planning process before building their own units. For Dunn, ADUs are one part of the larger picture of the co-housing, transitional housing, and home renovations needed to increase access and affordability. "ADUs are not the panacea, but we have to try everything," he says. "As we’ve fallen into the role of housing activists in the city, it’s just part of what we do.” Policymakers should consider easing up the regulations related to ADUs to create neighborhoods that are better equipped to meet our post-pandemic needs. The potential for ADUs to provide financial security and affordable housing, while accommodating new ways of working, less commuting, and multigenerational living, should not be overlooked. In our conversation, Melanie Turner shared the story of a client with a particularly large vision of what ADUs could be with the right kind of stewardship: "Every time we talk, the client seems to have someone else moving into her home—her kids, her extended family," she says. "Bringing your community into your home, owning land, and gathering all sorts of people and pieces of your life within it—that’s what it’s all about. I love the idea of people who have space and share it, at whatever capacity." Architect of the Granny Pad: Best Practice Architecture / @best_practice Architect of the Highland Park ADU: Bunch Design / @bunch_design Architect of the Kleines Haus: Blue Truck Studio / @bluetruckstudio Architect of Menlo Park Connect2: Connect Homes / @connect_homes From:Addy & Tony Thornton To:jeffbocc Subject:To be read at this mornings meeting Date:Monday, April 26, 2021 7:42:37 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. The recent Stanford study of which the CDC quietly posted on their website, comes to the conclusion that masks are not only useless but their health detriments are many. In light of this why are you still encouraging / coercing public institutions to enforce their use?. This is disturbing. Some of us have known this information all along. There has been ample evidence prior to this study to inform the public of the lunacy in wearing masks. You have had erudite folks sending letters pointing all of this out for the past year. I read a quote by Dr. Lee Merrick who said that "some people get their truth from authority when indeed they should be getting their authority from truth." Sincerely, Addy Thornton From:Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock To:Public Comments; Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Greg Brotherton; jeffbocc Subject:Public comment submission Date:Sunday, April 25, 2021 11:39:35 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Name: Leesan D Joyce-Marlatt Email: LeesanMarlatt@hotmail.com Message: Leesan D. Joyce-Marlatt P.O. Box 853 Port Hadlock, Wa. 98339 April 25, 2021 I would like to address some of our concerns about the proposed Port Hadlock sewer system. We own and operate 80 residential units. Most of our tenants are senior citizens on fixed incomes and low income families. My biggest concern is the cost of the sewer and the associated costs that go along with the connections. The hookup fees and the monthly assessments would be a horrific price alone to pass on to our tenants. We would also have the cost of pumping all our septic tanks so they can be destroyed We would also have the cost of replumbing each unit. Then there is the cost of repaving our roads from the digging. All of the costs and associated costs of the sewer would be passed along to our already struggling tenants. One of the biggest challenges we are currently facing is vacancies and the lack of qualified applicants. Sincerely, Leesan D. Joyce-Marlatt From:Linda Mattos To:jeffbocc Cc:AJGieser@gmail.com; b_hammer@me.com; bperka@olypen.com; chns@hopti.com; gary.zwissler@yahoo.com; gobi@olympus.net; kirsten_hammer@mac.com; kunz.family@wildblue.net; Linda Mattos; oneshot37@hotmail.com; ptcheapskate@yahoo.com; ripperjka.tr@gmail.com; sudsme@hotmail.com; tclanton03@gmail.com; tim@ericsenexcavating.com; wallyjr@cablespeed.com; zdean8@gmail.com; Brandi Hamon Subject:Irvington Addition Date:Sunday, April 25, 2021 3:14:34 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear County Commissioners, I have lived at 141 Nelsons Landing Road since 1986. My husband and I were reassured shortly thereafter that we had no worries over high density in our neighborhood because the Washington State Growth Management Act required lots in our area to be at least 5 acres to build a residence. If the Irvington Addition is carried out it will add 70 families and individuals to an area that at this time has less than 10. The Larry Scott Trail will run through a subdivision. There is no other location on the Larry Scott where this is the case. Nelsons Landing Road is a usage road as is not meant to withstand an additional 70+ cars. Nelsons Landing Road does not have room for 2-way traffic without one car pulling off the road for the other to pass. Our neighborhood has organized and spoken to lawyers to work against this out-of-scale development. Please listen to your citizens. Linda Mattos 141 Nelsons Landing Road Port Townsend, WA 98368 From:Cannon Syverson To:jeffbocc Subject:Cascade Behavioral Health- Care in the Community Region 4! 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Box 40917 Olympia, WA 98504-0917 | 360-902-3000 Visit our website Western Washington University - Outreach and Continuing Education | 516 High Street, MS 9102, Bellingham, WA 98225 Unsubscribe jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us Update Profile | Customer Contact Data Notice Sent by conferences@wwu.edu From:Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock To:Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Greg Brotherton; jeffbocc Subject:THEY LIED! County Commissioners move forward on sewer against Hadlock residents’ wishes Date:Tuesday, April 27, 2021 6:15:32 AM Attachments:sewer costs chart.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. So the State just allocated $20 million for the Port Hadlock sewer project. They said there would be a vote. THEY LIED! At yesterday morning’s regular public meeting, Commissioner Greg Brotherton said that now he simply can’t figure out how to hold a vote about the Hadlock Sewer proposal, asking “would it be in the Core Area, the Hadlock UGA or the entire county?” They said no one would be forced to hook up to a sewer against their will. THEY LIED. County Manager Philip Morley stated that no one would be required to hook up to the system, but that they have not made a decision about “mandatory hook ups.” How’s that for double speak? There are landowners in the Core Area who years ago asked the county to explore what the costs of a sewer would be. Now they are going to be forced to hook up to a sewer in the Core Area against their wishes. Commissioner Dean stated that the Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock are not getting accurate information. SHE LIES! The information they are getting comes directly off the county’s web page related to the Hadlock Sewer proposal. Apparently, everything the county publishes is a lie. For instance, the attached screenshot is from the August 2020 sewer plan and it shows their latest 20-year estimates of the project. UGA I (the Core Area) will cost around $67 million. UGA-2 will cost around $61 million. That is a total of over $100 million! They say we might not build the whole project and these are just estimates anyway. THEY LIE! Where is the extra $100 million over and above the $20 million state grant coming from? While Commissioners Brotherton and Heidi Eisenhour sat silently by, Kate Dean said, “There is a ton of raw effluent going into Chimacum Creek right now.” THEY LIED! Chimacum Creek “easily passes” state standards for clean water. Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour, who lives in Port Hadlock and represents District 2, said that if people want to talk to her she has a porch at her house in Port Hadlock and can talk to people there socially distanced. She said she looks forward to talking to people. We’ll see if that’s true when one person after another tells her to flush this sewer idea. In one respect Dean was right. Hadlock residents were not getting accurate information. Because behind the Hadlock community’s back she and the other commissioners were applying for grants from the state to help finance a sewer that almost no one in Port Hadlock wants. They lie to the people and are going to force this financial boondoggle down their throats one way or another. From:Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock To:Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Greg Brotherton; jeffbocc Subject:Concerned Citizens respond to County Commissioners April 15 meeting Date:Tuesday, April 27, 2021 6:10:23 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear County Commissioners: This is an analysis of a well-written article by Brian Kelly that ran in the Port Townsend/Jefferson County Leader on April 21, 2021. The article featured a special commissioners meeting on April 15 about the proposed Hadlock Sewer. Before that meeting the Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock (CRPH) submitted a petition to the Jefferson County commissioners demanding “straight answers” from the county about the sewer project. Over 100 Hadlock residents signed the petition and wrote extensive statements to go along with their signatures. Read their comments here. NOTE: Responses from the Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock (CRPH) to the article below are in red text. We have changed some text in the original article to bold to help emphasize the points we are responding to. We also corrected the original article text which named our group “citizens” rather than “residents.” LEADER NEWS ARTICLE Jefferson County officials: Sewer hookups not planned for unwilling property owners in Port Hadlock area Link to original article by Brian Kelly Jefferson County officials batted back some of the recent criticisms on the proposed Port Hadlock Wastewater System during a special commissioners meeting on the project last week. Officials stressed that property owners outside the Phase 1 boundary of the sewer service area won’t be required to connect to the system or help pay for the first-phase improvements. CRPH RESPONSE: The Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock are not just afraid that we will be asked to pay for the Core Area sewer installation. We don’t want our aquifer depleted, we don’t want an open cesspool near our properties, we don’t want sewage spilled into Chimacum Creek and we don’t want to have our septic systems declared “failing” as an excuse to later force us to hook up to the sewer system. The increased property taxes, monthly fees, costs of decommissioning our septic systems and hook up costs will drive many of us out of our homes. Jefferson County has almost 50% of its residents already paying beyond 30% of their monthly cash flow to mortgages or rents, leaving little for other basic needs such as food and healthcare. We can ill afford more financial pressure from the high costs of building a sewer. “People with property outside the boundary, they added, would only pay later if they agreed to extend sewer lines onto their land,” they added. CRPH RESPONSE: The county’s statement is simply false. The county will declare septic systems as “failing” when landowners need to switch to secondary drain fields or update their septic systems. They will also force all new construction to hook up to the sewer. The county is also exploring requiring hook up to the sewer for any property being sold within the UGA and any property within 200 feet of the system. The two-hour outreach meeting was held as opponents to a Port Hadlock sewer system have become increasingly active in their fight against the infrastructure improvements, and submitted a petition protesting the project. Those who submitted the petition, a group called Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock, said it showed a high level of opposition to the sewer system, and said more people were signing every day. If county officials did not agree with the sentiments presented in the petition, the group added, the county should poll residents. “I was glad to hear the diversity of input at our meeting,” Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour said during Monday’s board of commissioners meeting. CRPH RESPONSE: Eisenhour made no specific mention of any of the comments on the petition submitted by the Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock. There were almost 100 individual written statements submitted along with the signatures on the petition. If she appreciated our input why did she not address any of our concerns at the public meeting? She continued the commitment she made during her campaign last year for District 2 commissioner. “I really want to hear from more of the community,” Eisenhour said. CRPH RESPONSE: The Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock leafleted door to door across the community of Port Hadlock. From that flier community members were encouraged to sign the petition asking for the county to give them “straight answers” about the sewer project. They were not asked to speak against or in favor of the sewer. It was an inclusive invitation to the entire community. It is interesting, however, that most of the signers expressed opposition when they signed the petition. They also attended the public meeting on April 15, a meeting for which they had waited for months. Eisenhour heard from the Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock and apparently found none of our comments worth addressing during the entire April 15 meeting. This is the district that Eisenhour represents – District 2! People who spoke at the April 15 meeting in favor of the sewer where primarily representatives of non-profits or government agencies – not residents of the Port Hadlock UGA. Even Craig Durgan, who is chair of the Sewer Working Group, said that all he wanted was a re-zone of his Port Hadlock property! He didn’t “need” the sewer! “Eisenhour said she appreciated the input from Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock.” “I look forward to hearing from a further diverse set of opinions in the community,” she added. CRPH RESPONSE: By using the words “further diverse” Eisenhower implies that she does not wish to actually consider the comments in opposition to the sewer she has already received from us. We estimate that over 90% of the residents in Port Hadlock are against the sewer. Eisenhour’s statement implies that she wants to find someone somewhere in the Port Hadlock area who supports this project. Good luck! She is working uphill against the fact that most people are against this! There were about 106 people who took the time to sign and comment extensively on the CRPH petition, but Eisenhour wants to hear from “others.” Again, why does she have nothing to say about our input? How diverse do we have to be to matter? “We need to continue the conversation locally,” added Commissioner Greg Brotherton. “He suggested doing more subarea planning in the county.” CRPH RESPONSE: This is the first responsive comment from a commissioner in this article that acknowledges the need for further community conversations about planning. However, the county continues to make grandiose sewer plans for not only Port Hadlock, but Quilcene and Brinnon as well, without continuing discussions with the community. Sewers have a terrible history of polluting the environment and costing residents much more than they deliver in the way of benefits. Engineering firms love sewers because they make huge profits constructing the pipelines, but residents are the ones saddled with the costs. Brotherton said he had also talked to those who had signed the petition before the meeting and added those discussions would continue in the future. “It was presented with a position that was easy to sign on to,” Brotherton said of the petition. “I don’t necessarily take it at face value.” CRPH RESPONSE: That statement is dismissive of all the people who signed the petition, most of whom wrote extensive comments beyond simply agreeing with the petition statement demanding “straight answers.” Brotherton’s comment about not taking our statements at “face value” implies that somehow our statements had hidden meaning or that what we wrote was not true. This is insulting to the residents of Port Hadlock, who went out of their way to submit their signatures and written comments. “He added some people may have a reasonable fear that sewers will lead to gentrification of Port Hadlock, and said that issue was worth looking into.” CRPH RESPONSE: This shows that Brotherton actually heard part of our message. We need more of this kind of empathy from our county commissioners. Listen to the people! Commissioner Kate Dean said county staff did a great job of presenting a lot of information on the project, and added that much work has gone into a creating a plan that “has had both the curse and a benefit of a lot of time to work through a lot of these challenges.” “The plan hinges on using more affordable technology, and is being tailored to commercial property owners who want sewers and parcels that support affordable housing.” CRPH RESPONSE: Years ago there was an effort led by Craig Durgan, who owns property that would be up-zoned to light industrial if the sewer was constructed. He got some landowners in Port Hadlock to sign a document asking the county to find out what it would cost to build a sewer in Port Hadlock. Mr. Durgan is fond of stating that the sewer is the key to affordable housing. But he is the one who suggests we give all the homeless people a free ticket and ferry ride to live in the empty prison on McNeil Island. Durgan wrote that he doesn’t even need a sewer – he just wants his property re-zoned. He ran for county commissioner as a Democrat against Greg Brotherton. Craig is the now chair of the Jefferson County Republican Party. A question was asked about any of the candidates benefiting financially from building the Port Hadlock sewer. Three of them said there was no conflict. Durgan stated, “I’ve had property there for 10 years and I’m growing weeds and paying the mortgage.” For some reason, the county – led by Kate Dean – thought it was a good idea to sanction Durgan as the chair of a semi=private, informal “Sewer Working Group,” an exclusive group of handpicked landowners supportive of the sewer idea. In their meeting minutes the county stated that this group was NOT to be a commissioner approved advisory group. Yet they went on to allow the group to advise the commissioners! Facilitating an exclusive group led by Chair Durgan to drive this project forward has dis-enfranchised the citizens of the entire Port Hadlock UGA. What were the commissioners thinking placing such a volatile person in charge of this quasi-secret advisory group? Were they trying to bypass the community, bypass regular procedures, knowing that close to 90% of Port Hadlock residents are against the idea of a sewer? The initial sewer system is expected to cost $23 million. CRPH RESPONSE: One week later the county reported the estimate to be $27 million. They just can’t get the costs settled. The county is trying to create a project that will work for those in the community who want it, while not forcing people who don’t want it to pay for the project or hook up to the system. CRPH RESPONSE: This statement is false. They have wording in their plans for Phase 2 and 3 in which they will start forcing people to hook up to the sewer. They will use the excuse that the septic system is “failing” or if it’s new construction they will be forced to hook up. The county is trying to drive down the initial costs of the sewer proposal, but that will only drive up the costs in the later phases of the plan. “We know that this is totally dependent on getting enough federal and state subsidy to make it affordable,” she said. CRPH RESPONSE: Commissioner Kate Dean thinks that if she can get the costs for hook-ups down to $20,000 then that is acceptable. We have spoken to business owners in the Core Area and they say $8,000 might be acceptable. But even $8,000 would only cover hook up costs – the additional costs and problems connected to the sewer are unacceptable to the overall community. Dean said the county had offered Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock six pages of clarifications on statements they were making about the project that were not entirely accurate. CRPH RESPONSE: Commissioner Kate Dean went on the attack against the Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock, claiming we were spreading “misinformation.” Then she wouldn’t identify even one example of misinformation our group was sharing. This is because what we were sharing came directly off the county reports and planning documents! The county Public Works director wrote a letter to our group attempting to contradict our claims, but in the process continued the obfuscations and twisted messages that had concerned us initially. So the county continued the double speak and verbal gymnastics, obscuring the real dangers of the sewer plan. Officials have also offered to sit down in a meeting to talk through concerns with the group, but the offer has gone nowhere. “Which is unfortunate,” Dean said. CRPH RESPONSE: We were more than willing to meet with the officials, but we wanted to do it in public. We got that meeting on April 15 and over 50 people participated, many of whom are in our group. Dean’s statement is intended to paint the Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock in a negative light. What we saw on April 15 was Eisenhour and Dean completely ignoring our petition and the many concerns expressed in our individual comments. These two commissioners simply will not listen to our public input. The commissioner also noted that most of the people who signed the petition do not live in the Phase 1 core area that the wastewater system would initially serve. “It is largely folks who live outside of the core area; some who don’t live in Port Hadlock at all,” Dean said. CRPH RESPONSE: Dean once again dismisses the public input from residents in the UGA of Port Hadlock. She is trying desperately to muzzle us, falsely characterizing the petition signers as “outsiders.” That is a direct attack against us and her claim is simply false. The petition signers live within the Port Hadlock UGA, are business owners or landowners within the UGA or have close connections with people who live here. Dean lives in Port Townsend! She knows full well that this Core Area sewer proposal impacts the entire Port Hadlock community, as well as anyone whose water comes from the Sparling well (Marrowstone, Chimacum, Indian Island, Oak Bay Road). The sewer threatens our salmon bearing stream – Chimacum Creek, our aquifer – Sparling well, and our backyards where many will be forced to have an open cesspool nearby. The solids from that cesspool will be trucked out of the area and we also have a responsibility to the wider environment. Sewers are not a carbon neutral enterprise. There are various methods of disposal of sewer solids, some of which are broadcast over agricultural and forest lands. This might initially sound like a good idea, but professionals working in the sewer industry have shared with us that people on septic systems are generally more careful about what they put down their drains. Once hooked up to a sewer system they become more careless. As a result, we now know that solids from sewer systems are notorious for containing high levels of heavy metals and other toxins. County Administrator Philip Morley also emphasized that those who don’t want the sewer system will be forced to pay for it. CRPH RESPONSE: We suspect this is a typo and probably should have stated “will NOT be forced to pay for it.” However, that is still not true. The county has plans for Phase 2 and 3 and they have their ways of forcing people to hook up to the system. They will declare homeowner’s septic systems as “failing” when they need to switch to secondary drain fields or update their septic systems. They will force all new construction to hook up to the sewer and then houses within 200 feet of that new construction will have to follow. “We don’t see the sewer being expanded there over the wishes of local folks,” Morley said. “Public works is trying hard to set the boundaries to include those who are interested in participating, and trying to exclude those who don’t, he said.” “There hasn’t been any decision on mandatory hookups, Morley added.” CRPH RESPONSE: This is the punchline about requiring people to hook up – they have not decided. I hope everyone can see the double-speak here. In one statement they say that no one will be forced against their will to hook up to the sewer and then they say they have not yet decided about mandatory hookups. It is this kind of double-speak that initially motivated the Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock to demand “straight answers” from the county on their petition. The county won’t “require” people to hook up, they’ll just make it “mandatory!” How dumb do they think we are? The county hopes to complete the final design of the Port Hadlock Wastewater System by the end of the year. That design will lead to better details on the cost of the project. The Phase 1 sewer service area covers 269 acres, according to information presented at last week’s meeting. Most of that land — more than 158 acres — is zoned for commercial and industrial uses. Residential properties make up 75.7 acres of the Phase 1 area. Officials noted that in the Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area, the total area where sewers could be installed, currently has about 1,200 septic systems, with 35 percent of those installed before 1985 and beyond their useful life. CRPH RESPONSE: We hope everyone can see the seeds the county is planting here. They are implying that people who live in Port Hadlock have septic systems that can’t be used “beyond their useful life.” This is exactly the excuse they intend to use to force people to hook up to the sewer. It is a false choice since septic systems can be improved and updated. Septic systems can be switched over to secondary drain fields and work just fine. There are many fixes for septic systems if needed and hooking up to a sewer system is not required. During Monday’s commissioners meeting, officials considered awarding a contract for the design, fabrication and installation of membrane bioreactor equipment that would be needed as part of the wastewater treatment system. Ovivo USA of Salt Lake City, Utah, submitted the low bid for the contract with an amount of $1.6 million. Commissioners agreed to postpone the bid award recommendation until their next meeting to give time for further research. CRPH COMMENT: In a huge project such as this that impacts the community so strongly, the only right thing to do is to have a vote of the entire community about the sewer project. That means the entire Port Hadlock UGA – not just the Core Area! Do a formal poll of the community and have the county auditor oversee it in the same manner as an election. Note: One issue not mentioned in the article that was brought up during the April 15 meeting was the plight of Port Hadlock residents, who do not own land. For example, there are those who live in manufactured home parks, who pay rent for a space to locate their home. The way the sewer financing process works, only landowners can vote on a LID. These residents and other renters would be completely dis-enfranchised if the vote were restricted to only landowners. We believe these residents deserve a voice in this matter since they will be just as impacted financially and environmentally as residents who own homes, businesses or land in the Port Hadlock area. Maritime Workshop for Jefferson County From:The Port Townsend Main Street Program To:jeffbocc Subject:Maritime Workshop - Sign Up Now! Date:Monday, April 26, 2021 9:02:57 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Join us and the Washington Trust for a virtual public workshop about the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area! Tomorrow April 27 at 5:00 pm, we’ll discuss the future of Jefferson, Clallam, and Grays Harbor Counties’ saltwater shores and how this new heritage area can support our local priorities. You’ll have plenty of chances to share your ideas through polls, small group discussions, and other interactive activities, so come prepared to speak up. Learn more and register today at: www.preservewa.org/mwnha-olympic. More Main Street Events Happening Now Experience all the tastiness Port Townsend has to offer with our “Passport to Port Townsend,” a FREE self-guided culinary experience! Each month from April to July, we will feature a different culinary experience for one week. We are kicking off the culinary experiences with the “Taste of Heaven” – sweet stroll. Each participating business will be offering a "sweet" treat for you to enjoy and stamp your passport for you! You can pick up your passport at any of the participating businesses: - Elevated Ice Cream & Candy Co. - Old Whiskey Mill - Sirens Pub - Alchemy Bistro & Wine Bar - Lively Olive Tasting Bar - Getables - Tommyknocker' s Cornish Pasty - Ichikawa Sushi Bar Head downtown and take a stroll! Visit iloveporttownsend.com or ptmainstreet.org for more information! COVID -19 Updates: To stay up to date on the latest COVID-19 Grants and information CLICK HERE! 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:Tom Sparks To:Public Comments Subject:Is our town next in line ? Date:Monday, April 26, 2021 8:16:46 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Morning, San Diego, Los Angles, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Eugene, Salem, Portland, Olympia, Aberdeen, Seattle,, Spokane, Albuquerque, Tucson, Phoenix, Flagstaff, Santa Fe, Durango, Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins, Boulder, and All of the larger cities in the plains, the midwest, the great lake cities and the whole of the east coast cities, ALL have had shooting this week, and the gun death toll has resumed to it's average of 100 plus gun deaths per day in the USA. What about Port Townsend and Jefferson county? We have had some shootings and some gun deaths over time...but the clock is ticking for one of the gun cowards to come unhinged and shoot the place up and add us to the list of towns with mass shootings. The local gun store in the industrial park reports record sales for guns and ammo, while guns and gun parts can be had online with no background checks. Ghost guns are common and growing in number. And how does the County Commission deal with this? By giving the gun range 20 years of extended lease time on the county land they squat on and fill the earth with lead? That's some deterrent to gun violence and gun sales. Saturday, it rained all day and we had ( mostly ) a quiet reprieve from the gun noise, and we had a scheduled quiet Sunday, which is always welcome despite it only happening once a month, and today is a regularly scheduled quiet Monday, so our neighborhood had three days of silence which was wonderful and it is very heartening to know that more rain is in the forecast. See what happens when you mess with Mother Nature? T. Parks From:Annette Huenke To:Public Comments Subject:4/26 comment Date:Monday, April 26, 2021 12:42:00 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. The April 21st Leader was full of official disinformation. On the news of the passing of a man already critically ill, we’re told “COVID was, we believe, the cause of death. Had it not been for the COVID infection, that person would have likely survived,’ Locke said.” We’re not told if he was recently vaccinated. Purely speculative pronouncements such as “we believe” and “would have likely survived” are apparently reserved for public officials only. If one used similar conjecture about someone dying minutes, hours or days after the covid shot, they'd be maligned as being anti-science, then censored from public discourse. The medical milieu is rife with this sort of double standard. Dr. Locke goes on, crediting today’s death rate being lower than a year ago “mainly due to the vaccination of older people and others at high risk.” More deceptive speculation, completely lacking in proof. He neglected to mention the alarming number of care homes which managed to be covid-free until the end of 2020, when the ‘vaccine’ program came along, bringing with it shocking numbers of post-injection deaths and soaring new ‘case’ counts. Locke refers to those who have taken the jabs as “fully immunized,” suggesting the shots provide immunity, an outcome Locke has claimed in the past. None of the trials were designed to prove that, nor that they prevent transmission or serious disease, or save lives. The trial endpoint was reduction of symptoms. Expect a cascade of obfuscation around vaccine failure, which has recently been euphemistically rebranded as ‘vaccine breakthrough.’ Most troubling of all was the article's boasting about the coming “vaccination clinic for 16 and 17 year olds — called “Teen Spirit”… to give the Pfizer medicine to teens.” It is perverse, malevolent distortion to refer to these products as ‘medicine.’ They are a novel, experimental technology that has not even concluded animal studies. They are not yet approved or licensed by the FDA. Long term effects cannot be known. Their promotion to teens as a way to 'do their part' is reckless in the extreme. If infertility or other harms result from these jabs, those of you who gleefully pushed them on this subset — not even at risk of the virus — will be held to account. This is medical experimentation without informed consent. Annette Huenke Port Townsend From:Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock To:Public Comments; Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Greg Brotherton; jeffbocc Subject:Public comment submission Date:Sunday, April 25, 2021 11:39:35 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Name: Leesan D Joyce-Marlatt Email: LeesanMarlatt@hotmail.com Message: Leesan D. Joyce-Marlatt P.O. Box 853 Port Hadlock, Wa. 98339 April 25, 2021 I would like to address some of our concerns about the proposed Port Hadlock sewer system. We own and operate 80 residential units. Most of our tenants are senior citizens on fixed incomes and low income families. My biggest concern is the cost of the sewer and the associated costs that go along with the connections. The hookup fees and the monthly assessments would be a horrific price alone to pass on to our tenants. We would also have the cost of pumping all our septic tanks so they can be destroyed We would also have the cost of replumbing each unit. Then there is the cost of repaving our roads from the digging. All of the costs and associated costs of the sewer would be passed along to our already struggling tenants. One of the biggest challenges we are currently facing is vacancies and the lack of qualified applicants. Sincerely, Leesan D. Joyce-Marlatt From:Victoria Galanti To:Public Comments Subject:Hearing on Monday April 26 County Commissioners Date:Sunday, April 25, 2021 6:34:44 PM Attachments:Jeff Co Comm letter April 2021.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Ww request that you read this letter during the public comments section of the hearing tomorrow relating to marijuana grow business in Rural Residential Areas of Jefferson County. Thank you. From:tprosys@gmail.com To:Public Comments Subject:PUBLIC COMMENT - re Public Comment Date:Sunday, April 25, 2021 12:34:04 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. You currently provide 30 minutes for public comments plus about 15 minutes for commissioners’ responses. That 45 minutes per each of the 48 regular meetings of the BoCC amounts to only 1.80% of a 2,000-hour full time job. That’s not a lot to ask. But, it would be much better if you would invite public comment throughout your meetings whenever Final Action is to be taken on an agenda item. That’s now the practice of some of the other local government agencies. Please consider amending your meeting procedures to allow for more public comment. As for what is said during a public comment period, as long the comments are about any subject that is under the purview of any part of county government, that speech falls squarely under First Amendment protections regardless of what is said about such subjects, no matter how absurd or unscientific the content. The recent screeds from the anti-maskers and anti-vaxers have actually been more germane to the issues facing our county than some prior comments I can recall hearing over the years, such as the almost-weekly predictions that the world economy is on the verge of collapse. You have recognized the anti-science comments for the nonsense that they are. Sadly, we have to tolerate many attempts to spread false information, even though hundreds of thousands of excess deaths in our country have resulted from such lies over just the past year, keeping in mind of course that sedition and incitement to riot are not protected speech. Keep listening patiently – as you have been – to all comments, resist the urge to belittle or disparage the speaker, and then continue to make good decisions based on facts and science. It might all work out, or not, but trying to control what people say or how they say it is simply a non-starter. The Washington State Constitution, Article I Section 5, “Freedom of Speech” guarantees that: QUOTE “Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right” ENDQUOTE. Stay safe, Mask Up, get your Shot, Tom Thiersch Jefferson County From:Harvey Olson To:Public Comments Subject:Fwd: Hadlock Sewer Date:Sunday, April 25, 2021 11:45:27 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Attached you will find my comments. Harvey Olson ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Harvey Olson <harveyolson52@gmail.com> Date: Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 10:16 AM Subject: Hadlock Sewer To: Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock <hadlocksewer@gmail.com> I am outside the proposed Hadlock Sewer District (HSD). But I am a concerned County Taxpayer. The BOCC is depending on federal funding or "Free Money" to finance this project. My concern as a country property tax payer is; even IF this project can be funded up to 100% of the initial construction costs, due to the limited number of tax parcels within the proposed HSD, they alone could not afford the annual cost of operating the Sewer Plant or HSD. My concern is the Legacy Costs of sewer plant operation, maintenance as well as maintaining the Plant to ever increasing federal standards, will eventually fall to the County. Thus increasing all County Taxpayers Property Tax. My other issue is the BOCC do not appear to be objective. I do not believe anyone of You have demonstrated to date, the Skills needed to navigate through this proposal in a manner that will protect County Taxpayers from long term tax liabilities if this project goes forward. According to local reporting the BOCC approved a purchase of property for a sewer plant sometime ago. Before any Vote by Taxpayers to approve the HSD. This decision demonstrated the BOCC are proponents of this Project. Supposedly this whole effort is suppose to be a "community of business interests". Since when does a County Government buy and "Hold" property in order to provide future "options" for a private group of developers? What Funds Were Used in this purchase? How much did the BOCC obligate for this purchase and under what legal "authority" was used to obligate funds without voter approval? I want answers to these questions! Obligation of taxpayer funds demonstrate the BOCC are PROPONENTS of this Project and are not objective. Kate Dean's recent article about this project underscores this vividly. She was regurgitating talking points of the business interests promoting the HSD. The cost and environmental issues associated with this proposal are huge. The future liability of All County Taxpayers are potentially on the line. Just simple Arithmetic, dividing out the number of parcels served by the cost of initial construction, maintaining a Sewer system alone should signal that this project is just another "magical thinking" example..on economics alone. The idea or concept that this proposal can stand on it's own without County taxpayer help is ridiculous. There is so much WRONG about this proposal. How did it get this far with so little analysis? Real Simple, "Magical Thinking". Magical Thinking and "Happy Talk" is the analysis and the same process that lead to the Fiasco around the City of Port Townsend and its involvement with the Fort and PDA. The same "process" that lead the Public Homeless initiative barging a House from Canada without any building inspection prior to the Sale? How is that turning out? How about the failed initiative to increase property taxes for the "Homeless". The BOCC approved that to be on the ballot, how did that turn out? More importantly it demonstrated how very much out of touch the BOCC is with what the taxpayers believe are important. Review that Vote! I've lived in this County for over 40 years. There is a common complaint echoed by county residents about the BOCC. I am sure you have heard it. When a new commissioner gets elected, they enter the court house and become extensions of the Port Townsend City Council. Can you see a pattern here? Can you see the results of the lack of critical thinking and "Group Think". The half-baked magical thinking crowd as had a effect on the BOCC. As a result the failed homeless initiative, PDA fiasco and the proposed "Homeless" property tax increase. The genesis of that new tax initiative started within the PTCC. That is how We Got Here! And I do not want a repeat that could affect County Taxpayers! With all that said, make no mistake what my motives are. I do no feel the BOCC or my new commissioner is looking out for the County Taxpayer and you are blundering in the same direction as the PTCC! I have no dought that each of You are sincere and Honest Public Servants. I know each one of you are trying to Help solve problems as You see them. But this project is off the rails and needs objectivity along with a Cost Benefit Analysis as well as a Environmental Impact Statement. Building a Sewer Plant along the banks of Chimacum Ck? Increasing density of housing and running a sewer plant on our aquifer? Let alone how this will affect the community. I want answers to my questions about the land purchase and request them in writing within a reasonable amount of time, (30 days from the receipt of this email). I also want assurances as to HOW YOU PLAN TO PROTECT THE COUNTY TAXPAYERS OUTSIDE THE HSD from the costs of this project. And I what a clear eyed analysis of The Cost Benefit of the project. These Federal Grant's come with big long term costs...but not yet have I've heard a WORD from my elected officials as to what they are. Just superficial "Happy Talk". Sincerely, Harvey Olson 881 Center Rd, Chimacum, WA 98325 360-301-9945 4/25/21 From:Cynthia Levenstein To:Public Comments Subject:Sewer Project in Port Hadlock Date:Saturday, April 24, 2021 6:37:03 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Cynthia Levenstein: It makes no sense for developers to want to build when everything is too expensive already. Isn’t that why Port Townsend is sitting empty? Do the developers here want to build low-cost housing? Would they support those who would lose their mobile homes? I would like to see the investor’s plans. Why not wait and do it right the first time? It seems very short-sighted and opportunistic to put a sewer plant right next to Chimacum Creek. Who thinks that is a good idea????? -- Cynthia Levenstein C Street Port Hadlock, WA 98339 From:Danya Christensen To:Public Comments Subject:Hadlock sewer project Date:Saturday, April 24, 2021 3:21:19 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 am writing to inform you of my firm opposition to the the hadlock sewer plan as proposed. I have several reasons for this, including: The high costs of the proposed sewer, both the initial hookup fees, and the ongoing service and maintenance bills for the life of the sewer. I used to live in port townsend, and the high cost of sewer service there, where they have a traditional, and more affordable for customers, gravity sewer system, was one of the reasons I ended up moving to port hadlock, which does not have monthly sewer bills. Port hadlock is more affordable than port townsend in part because it does not have a sewer. I've talked to many other residents of port hadlock, who were quite clear on the fact that we can not afford a sewer here right now, especially since the pud intends to substantially raise their rates over the next few years. The rural character of our small town. Most of us live here because we like it here. We like the nature that surrounds us, the low amount of traffic. A sewer could attract large businesses to our town, bringing more traffic, more pavement, less land for wildlife, more pollution, more water use in a time of climate uncertainty. The fact that unless hadlock does see substantial development, which I think would harm our community more than help it, the sewer will be a waste of resources, since we already have a functional waste management system in the form of septic systems. I hear that you expect to receive money from the federal government to help build this sewer system. I understand that you may believe that that justifies this infrastructure project, but you work for all of us here in Jefferson county, not just for those few landowners who think a sewer will help them get richer. You should be reaching out to more people to find out what Jefferson county really needs and looking for more appropriate ways to meet those needs. Danya Christensen, resident and married to a homeowner in port hadlock. From:Susan Hanover To:Public Comments Subject:Hadlock sewer proposal Date:Saturday, April 24, 2021 12:52:57 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. As a resident of Hadlock I am opposed the Hadlock Sewer Proposal. It would make more sense to our community to use the money from the proposed grants towards upgrading all septic fields. Upgrading the septic fields would effectively protect the environment and cost the taxpayer less. Conversely, the proposed sewer system could potentially endanger our eco system as its never a good idea to dump treated waste water into a big body of water as too much can go wrong, like the heavy rains in this area overflowing the system and causing raw sewage to be dumped into the Sound. Stick to what we know and what is safe, septic. Thank-you for your consideration. Susan Hanover 181 Randolph Street Port Hadlock, WA 98339 From:Gregg Knowles To:Public Comments Subject:Hadlock Sewer Project Date:Saturday, April 24, 2021 12:38:46 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. I can not see how the costly connection fees and $90 a month O&M fees helps stimulate the creation of affordable housing over what exists now. I can see this project benefits commercial and land developers with the public paying most of the cost through grants. I see the recent addition of the alcohol plant to the core which clearly demonstrates my point that commercial interests are driving this investment. The 160 new connections over 20 years are easily absorbed by the existing land in the urban growth area and assures there will be open space between units by open areas required for septic tank keeping the rural flavor that distinguishes Port Hadlock from Port Townsend. Letting the property owners in the whole UGA vote on this would certainly give you an answer as to how popular this project is. Letting core property owners decide to hook up or not is a promise I expect you to keep. Sincerely Gregg Knowles From:Ralph Randi Gmail Account To:Public Comments Subject:Port Hadlock/Irondale Sewer Date:Saturday, April 24, 2021 10:27:41 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Why we are voting NO to the PROPOSED SEWER HOOKUP for Port Hadlock / Irondale. 1. We live on a fixed income, Social Security, and small retirement pension. 2. The school district of Chimacum just passed a levy for the coming years. They said that our taxes should not go up, from past history that is not true. 3. PUD just announced that they are going to raise their rates. 4. It’s almost time for the Jefferson County Library to push for their levy. 5. I’m sure you have noticed the gas prices to fuel your car have risen 50-80 cents per gallon since the first of the year, and they are still going up. With gas prices going up, the cost of everything else is also going up (food, clothing, repair items). 6. When you reach the age of 80 years old expect your car insurance up jump up because you are now in a different age group. Another big bite out of your fixed income. 7. I have not seen any fixed, firm prices on this Sewer Project. just a lot of maybe’s. Where is a list /time frame showing: A. Total cost (Fixed) Over Runs contractor eats. B. Start Time C. Finish Time (X amount of days for total project) D. NOT finished on time, contractor pays X dollars per day. Where does this money for being late go? E. Dig up street/ Repair street F. Dig up home owner’s property/ Repair home owner’s property G. Cost per month home owner pays for processing the home owner’s sewage. Like a fixed rate for the first 1-2 years, then a 1% increase. H. Cost per month to pay the initial hook up fees and what is the interest rate on the unpaid balance. 8. What is going to happen IF this project is half way finished and COVID 20XX hits and all works stops until?? The streets tore up, property tore up, nothing is being accomplished except anger, stress, frustration, credibility of Commissioners going down. It is a lose / lose situation for all. 9. How many Commissioners live in the Port Hadlock / Irondale area? I do not know of any and I think that they would not vote for this project to happen to their property and neighborhood. But, again they do not live on a fixed income, have any Cost of Living eaten up with a big bite by Medi Care. 10. Why is port Hadlock / Irondale slated to have a sewer system when all around us people have septic tanks? 11. What will this project do when it’s property tax time? How much more will our property taxes go up, this means the home owner gets to pay for the Sewer Project, pay for the monthly sewage rate plus gets to pay for more property tax, WOW!!! what a deal , we can see who will lose on this project . 12. Port Hadlock / Irondale communities are not high end living like Kala Point and Port Ludlow we are folks trying to get along, enjoy life. Ralph E Cox From:Gail Chatfield To:Public Comments Subject:I say NO to Hadlock sewer, please read comment below into the record Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 9:20:49 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Begin forwarded message: From: gailchatfield@hotmail.com Date: April 23, 2021 at 9:16:15 PM PDT To: publiccomment@co.jefferson.wa.us Subject: I say NO to Hadlock sewer, please read comment below into the record As a resident of greater Hadlock, I could not possibly afford the now $28,000-$50,000 estimate of what each homeowner would have to pay to hookup to the proposed Hadlock sewer system. It would be far more economical to just pump septic tanks when needed – every 10 years? Every five years? Cost? About $450. What happens if the county goes ahead and commits to this $23 million to $100 million project for the few wealthy landowners in the area who could reap huge profits? If small homeowners are forced to pay and can’t, the only option for the county would be a dramatic property tax increase on all county property owners to pay for the boondoggle. Certainly then, you would have every property owner in the county crying foul, but it would be way too late. The Irondale Community Action Neighbors (ICAN) poll found that 90% of the residents in the project area are against the proposed sewer project. Where is the data that would show otherwise? Gail Chatfield, Port Hadlock 360 437 0177 From:duane albert To:Public Comments Subject:Sewer Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 8:53:45 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. We at the B R Mobile home park have a very good low cost community..Unlike most Parks, our lots are large, , we have room for four vehicles in a nice driveway.. we grow vegetable, flowers,, help one another , to Doctors, grocery store, give food, fix things,, most of us have been here for decades,, it is the real low cost housing,, $450 space rent, includes water, trash and great maintenance , most of us are on low income or retirement income, if we were forced to have a higher cost that a sewer would do, so many of us have no place to go, we cannot afford life elsewhere...please understand the seriousness of this and if the sewer is a must then the simple answer is to bypass our park ,, plane and simple solution. From:Sandy Anderson To:Public Comments Subject:Sewer project, Pt Hadlock Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 8:38:20 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. WHY was out petition not FULLY READ ALOUD at the meeting? And what of all our comments? And why is the story in the Leader cut short by not continuing on page 5, as it says? Wow, you guys. Just shaking my head here. Wow. My comment in that petition is as follows: Sandra Anderson: No! This plan is not the right time, in the right location OR the right thing for present homeowners. Obviously this is about more than just putting a sewer in Port Hadlock. This is about making developers rich, and I know for a fact that nobody on my street would be able to afford this. So many more people would be homeless, and we are the workers that support the trade and economy of Port Townsend. Flush this idea. Sincerely, Sandra Anderson From:Mike Regan To:Public Comments Subject:Hadlock sewer plan Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 6:17:28 PM Attachments:staroid.vcf CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear sirs, /this message is sent as a public comment for the record for the commissioners' meeting scheduled for Monday, April 26th, 2021: From a letter sent to the County Commissioners from the Sierra Club: ". . . both the effluent and the solids are highly toxic post processing. You may have noticed I use the word “process” and not "treatment.” That is because the waste, with potentially 80,000 chemicals and a list of pathogens cannot be treated. Most of what is in the waste is unknown. For instance, there is synergy between chemicals and the new chemicals would not be known. Some chemicals dissolve into their elements, which can be more toxic than the chemical itself. What is known, as shown in the 2009 USEPA report, as well as in so many university and government studies, is that the processed residuals are carcinogen, mutagenic, endocrine disruptive, and more. This is all to say that the system you plan to build will not produce safe byproducts — solids or effluent. The USEPA Office of Inspector General has more than once advised EPA to instruct states to start looking at alternative methods of handling the post-processed solids. 5 Again, EPA has not done this, although it and Ecology may approve an alternative technology if a municipality prefers one. In sum, a little bit cleaner is not clean. Understand that WWTP processing is not treatment and be clear what you will be injecting into your local water systems or land applying, and that the consequences that include exposing humans and wildlife to significant poisons." There is no way to prevent these toxins from entering the creek and the groundwater if effluent is released from a treatment plant serving thousands of ERU's especially given that the population is expected to increase with the existence of a sewer system. In comparison, septic systems existing in Hadlock have never been demonstrated to create this kind of problem. In addition to the environmental damage expected with a sewer, the population of Hadlock is opposed to it by an overwhelming majority. Please stop this determination to march forward off the cliff of environmental damage at a time when mankind is facing more than enough of a problem from climate catastrophe, which sewer installation will only exacerbate. Mike REgan Hadlock, Wa, 98339 From:Carol Gonnella To:Public Comments Cc:Kathleen Waldron; Kathleen Waldron Subject:Public Comment for 4-26-21 BOCC Meeting Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 5:33:52 PM Attachments:4.-19-2021 BOCC Ltr.docx ATT00001.txt CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Philip: Attached please find a public comment to be read at the April 26, 2021 BOCC meeting. You may have already received this email from Kathleen, and if so, please ignore this one. It is titled in my files as 4-19 as that is when I originally thought the public comments would be read on this issue. However, we ask you to read it at the meeting this coming Monday. Many thanks, Carol From:Jason Reidt To:Public Comments Subject:Hadlock sewer project Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 5:15:57 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. I am very much against this sewer project. I am a very responsible home owner. I just replaced my septic last year because it was out of date and in need of repair. Now I am hearing that you want to install a sewer line and make me pay for it while I am still paying off my septic loan. This is totally unacceptable. In these trying times you are going to do this. Things have been hard enough and this could push me over the edge financially. If you want a sewer project that bad then it should be optional to tie into it or not. Jason Reidt 71 c st Port Hadlock From:batesd5155 To:Public Comments Subject:Sewer project Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 4:09:12 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. I understood from meetings I went years ago that project would not proceed until we received enough Grant's that the cost to voter would be minimal. What will be the cost to voters and property owners? Dennis Bates Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone From:Robert Dickey To:Public Comments Subject:Sewers in Port Hadlock Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 3:29:13 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. I think that having a sewer system installed in the Port Headlock and Tri Area is a very bad decision and should not be ignored. First of all dumping waste in to Chimacum creek is insane. Bad enough the mill pollutes our air and you do nothing about it. It also will push many people out of there home and will push the poor out and let the big and rich move in and kick out the poor and people on a fixed income. We do not want this. Please listen to the people. Sincerely, Robert Dickey 246 4th Ave. Port Hadlock, Washington 98339 Sent from my iPad From:anca hasson To:Public Comments Subject:Hadlock sewer project Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 2:56:44 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. A big Hell NO to this nonsense project. Leave our small community small , we love it the way it is . I’ve lived in Port Hadlock for 15 years and my septic system works just fine. WHY fix it if it’s not broken?? A bunch of communists with their stupid Marxist ideas need to be kept away from our Port hadlock area !! Why don’t you all go to Seattle... there are plenty to fix there . No to this proposal!!!! Anca Sollars Sent from my iPhone From:ALAN SUSNOW To:Public Comments Subject:Hadlock sewer Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 2:36:30 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. TWIMC, After attending the zoom meeting about the sewer in Hadlock on 4/15/21 it became painfully clear that this project will be pushed through no matter the wishes of the residents of Port Hadlock. With that said residents must have a say in what types and size of development will be allowed. When and how will residents be allowed a say in the scope of this project and its aftermath? Regards, Alan Susnow 181 Randolph St Port Hadlock, Wa 98339 360-316-8921 From:Ian Lunsford To:Public Comments Subject:Proposed Port Hadlock Sewer Project Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 2:14:05 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hello, I do not support this effort. I find it to be a county decision without regard to the Port Hadlock residents. A vote of Port Hadlock residents to determine the sewer project execution would be proper. Let Port Hadlock decide. Ian Lunsford From:AMY LIMBER To:Public Comments Subject:Sewer Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 2:06:59 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. There was an article in the leader. It said continued on page 5, there was no continuation! Pathetic. I understand the petition was not read at the meeting. It seems there has to be another meeting so it will be read. We are tax paying citizens and have rights. We are not just dumb hicks from the county. Amy Limber Sent from my iPad From:Carol Woodley To:Public Comments Subject:Hadlock Sewer Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 2:06:14 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. I am a fence rider here. The cost will determine what I will sign up for. This current projection of $41,000 is a "no vote" for me. That would be way to much for the core to absorb or any of the residential dwelling. Most of the Hadlock businesses are working people that are just getting by. No way can they afford that price tag. If the cost gets down to a reasonable of $5000 to $8,000 for the hookup over a 10 or 15 year pay back I would consider that. Also, there will be more cost as the property owners have to dig up their property to be able to get to this sewer line. There are several business in the core that have already put in new septic systems to the tune of over $100,000+ . Also, how is that going to change the zoning. Can these owners now build on 5000 sq feet or are they still stuck with the 12,500 sq feet. I think there are a lot of unanswered questions. I think property owners and businesses need to know the real bottom line and hard costs. Once the true bottom line and costs and zoning changes are known, then I will consider voting yes or no. I will not place a $41,000 debt on my properties nor my neighbors properties. Carol Lee Woodley Carol Lee Woodley From:Amy Bartlett To:Public Comments Subject:public petition Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 1:56:28 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. I am concerned about the Hadlock sewer project and that local interests and input are not being adequately addressed. A petition that was submitted was to have been read aloud in the process of this decision, and my understanding is that it was not. There are many financial considerations with this project, and as a Hadlock homeowner, I am concerned about the cost and the impact on our community. Please note the petition signed by a great deal of our community and address it. Thank you, Amy Bartlett 261 Cedar Ave Port Hadlock, WA 98339 From:Bret Dukelow To:Public Comments Subject:Hadlock sewer system Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 1:38:33 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. This sewer system is not what any of us residents in Port Hadlock want. One of the reasons we live here is the small town flavor which would be destroyed by this system. This system would also put a very difficult financial burden on the people. Driving out current residents by making life more expensive and bringing in national chains sounds like progressive anti American policy . I am Against this system and all the money it will cost the residents both short term and long term. We the people have the right to vote ,and this is an issue that absolutely should be voted on . Bret J Dukelow -- CAELITUS MIHI VIRES (MY STRENGTH IS FROM HEAVEN) From:Pamela Roberts To:jeffbocc; Heidi Eisenhour; Kate Dean; Greg Brotherton; Public Comments Subject:Re: Subdividing a large forest parcel into 5 acre pieces Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 11:28:13 AM 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 understand that you are holding a vote this coming Monday, April 26, 2021 on amendments to the Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan. I submitted comments previously regarding the proposed subdivision of the Seton Forest west of Kala Point. - land which is currently zoned R-10. I believe the Seton's have submitted a formal request to subdivide their forest into 5-acre parcels that would be rezoned to R-5. I received no response to my previous comments from Commissioners Eisenhour or Brotherton. Commissioner Dean wrote back something to the effect that "you can't force people to grow trees." Her response showed a fundamental lack of understanding of my point about the rezoning of forest lands. So I am trying once again to explain my point about this situation with this email. I am opposed to the Seton's request because, by subdividing their forest into 5-acre parcels, this land would be permanently removed from future forest tax incentives once a house is placed on the property. If a home was placed on one of the 5-acre forest parcels it would automatically remove one acre from forest designation, leaving only 4 acres available for tax incentives in forestry. This would place the parcel below the minimum requirement for forest incentives which is 5-acres. I heard your discussions about this request during the March 22 commissioner meeting, in which you and staff members at the meeting thought that subdividing the large parcel would allow it to "fit in" with the surrounding housing development. There are many benefits to having a standing forest within the area of surrounding houses. These include wildlife habitat, human recreation, as well as future forest products, local jobs and the positive impact of forests on climate change. If you decide despite these benefits that you wish to approve the Seton's request, then I would encourage you to keep the subdivision sizes to at least 6 acres so that even with a house on the parcel the remaining 5 acres could qualify for forest tax incentives if the owner(s) so chooses. This approach would increase housing options and protect our forests at the same time. Protecting the ability to incentivize forest ownership is important and this particular property can be a good example to our area about how to provide housing at the same time as we protect our community's ability to grow trees. We can increase housing options and protect our forests at the same time. 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LEARN MORE FEDERAL POLICY NEWS & RESOURCES Digest-4-22_1891312.jpg President Biden announces paid leave tax credit for employee time off after vaccinations On Tuesday, President Biden announced a paid leave tax credit that will offset the cost for employers with fewer than 500 employees to provide full pay for any time their employees need to receive COVID-19 vaccinations or time needed to recover from vaccine side effects. The Internal Revenue Service released an educational fact sheet for employers with instructions for claiming the credit. LEARN MORE USDA extends pandemic flexibilities for federal child nutrition programs On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) extended flexibilities for federal child nutrition programs to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic through June 30, 2022. Maintaining these flexibilities—which were initially set to expire in June 2021—will support families and children with nutritious meals during the current public health emergency while managing increased costs associated with pandemic-related operational and supply chain challenges. LEARN MORE Bipartisan lawmakers re-introduce legislation to extend key deadlines for 2020 Census data The 2020 Census Deadline Extensions Act would set the deadline for the U.S. Census Bureau to release apportionment data to April 30, 2021 and extend the deadline to deliver redistricting data to states and localities to September 30, 2021. NACo endorsed this legislation, which would provide the Census Bureau with additional time to process 2020 Census data after collection delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. LEARN MORE VACCINE DISTRIBUTION SPOTLIGHT Wake_1884656.jpg Wake County, N.C. To improve its COVID-19 response, Wake County has partnered with Resolve To Save Lives (RTSL), a global public health initiative within Vital Strategies. RTSL provides a wide array of support systems, such as vaccine communication resources, testing and contact tracing tools and has provided Wake County with technical assistance, technology solutions and rapid testing. LEARN MORE Tulare_1891363.jpg Tulare County, Calif. In a push for equitable vaccine distribution, the Tulare County Health Department partnered with Adventist Health and United Farm Workers to deliver over 200 vaccine doses to rural agriculture workers. The county also provided meals for those who came for vaccinations and continues to identify essential rural workers who otherwise might not have access to the vaccine. LEARN MORE Sedgwick_1891372.jpg Sedgwick County, Kan. The Sedgwick County Health Department partnered with the Wichita Black Nurses Association, local churches and clinics to deliver vaccines to underserved communities within the city of Wichita. Emphasis was placed on serving minority communities with people from the same background to add an extra layer of comfort and trust in the vaccination process. LEARN MORE To find additional examples of how counties are administering vaccines, visit NACo’s vaccine resource hub. NKN_Banner_collection-covid_1729564.png APR 23 Federal Funding at the Intersection of Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice APRIL 23 | 2 P.M. EDT REGISTER APR 26 Reducing Barriers to Employment and Higher Education APRIL 26 | 1 P.M. EDT REGISTER APR 27 Enhancing Workforce Skills that Match Local Industry Needs APRIL 27 | 1 P.M. EDT REGISTER APR 29 Insights Along the Journey of IT Automation and Modernization APRIL 29 | 2 P.M. EDT REGISTER MORE UPCOMING EXPLORE ON-DEMAND 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 NACo PARTNER RESOURCES zencity-digest_1828668.jpg Zencity assists county vaccination efforts: Vaccination challenges are quickly shifting from scarcity to scaling. Learn how partner Zencity is collaborating with the Harvard Kennedy School, RWJF and Bennett Midland to help 19 U.S. cities and counties tackle hesitancy head-on. Netsmart180_1023313.jpg The American Rescue Plan Act- A Guide: Check out the Netsmart guide highlighting relevant funding for the public sector, human services and post-acute care providers. cashvest_1870120.jpg Liquidity & Cash Management Strategy for ARP Funds: NACo partner cashVest® by three+one® provides liquidity data to maximize the value of taxpayer dollars and formulate a strategy for ARP funds over the next 44 months. 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 21AnnConf_STD_Slide_636V2_1862982.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. April 23, 2021 STATE NEWS Washington Residents Can Dispose of Prescription Drugs and Vaping Products at Take-Back Event People around the state can safely dispose of their unused medications and vaping products during events around the state on April 24. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will host prescription drug take-back events from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at several locations in Washington. From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Friday 5 | Drug Take-Back | Cybersecurity Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 10:00:46 AM From: Washington Counties | WSAC Sent: Friday, April 23, 2021 9:59:45 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Friday 5 | Drug Take-Back | Cybersecurity CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. STATE NEWS The NCC and Google Will Train State and County Leaders on Cybersecurity Attacks The National Cybersecurity Center (NCC) and Google launched a nationwide training program for state and county leaders to prepare them on best practices on cyber attacks, as the nation faces the 2022 midterm elections. The Cybersecurity for State Leaders initiative, extended to all 50 states, will include live virtual forums and interactive, on-demand workshops. STATE NEWS Webinar on Data Classification, Data Categorization and Personal Information Please join the State Office of Privacy and Data Protection OPDP next Thursday, April 29, for a free webinar on data classification, data categorization, and personal information. The Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) requires state agencies to classify data based on the information's sensitivity. All jurisdictions can use this type of system for better data management. Next week’s webinar will cover several topics, including: The benefits of data classification. The connection to other privacy and security controls. Practical considerations when classifying personal information. Learn More Learn More To join and receive the link to attend the April 29 webinar – please send an email to privacy@ocio.wa.gov COUNTY NEWS Maritime Workshop for Thurston & Pierce Counties, April 29 Join the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation for a collaborative discussion about the future of our saltwater shores and the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area. At this regional workshop, you'll receive a quick introduction to the heritage area and how this new program can help serve the needs of your community. STATE NEWS Inslee: Washington Has Entered Its Fourth Wave of COVID-19 Washington state has entered its fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic as cases continue to rise, Governor Inslee said Thursday. In a news conference where he was joined by health care officials from Pierce County and Spokane, Inslee pointed to data showing an increase in cases, a rise in hospitalizations and the spread of new virus variants. APRIL 25 Last Day of Legislative APRIL 29 Redistricting Training for Learn More Learn More UPCOMING EVENTS Session Washington Counties Webinar | Free 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 View More Upcoming Events FOLLOW US From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Ask MRSC: April 2021 Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 10:11:42 AM From: Ask MRSC Sent: Friday, April 23, 2021 10:11:33 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Ask MRSC: April 2021 CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. April 2021 IN THIS ISSUE What legal means do we have to limit commercial truck traffic on local streets? Can we limit based on weight or axles within the city limits? Or is there some better method? Is there a specified start date for an annual comprehensive plan amendment process? If a utility customer wants to pay their bills online, and they request not receiving a bill in any form, can we accommodate that? Are preliminary site plans that are pending approval subject to public records disclosure? Does a site plan pending approval qualify as a deliberative process and draft under RCW 42.56.280? Request for sample RFQs for a consultant to advise and assist with Have a question? Officials and employees from eligible government agencies can use our free one-on-one inquiry service, Ask MRSC. Ask MRSC the establishment of a diversity, equity, and inclusion council and program. Scroll down to read the answers What legal means do we have to limit commercial truck traffic on local streets? Can we limit based on weight or axles within the city limits? Or is there some better method? There is authority under state law that allows cities to restrict truck traffic on designated streets depending on the weight of the vehicle. MRSC’s Local Truck Routes and Weight Restrictions webpage contains more information on this. RCW 46.44.080 is the primary source of authority on this, and it does require a city to make a finding that use of the street by trucks over a certain weight will cause damage to the street. A multi-code search of “truck routes” turns up many examples of city codes that designate local truck routes and prohibit vehicles over a certain weight from using streets that are not part of the truck route. Another option is traffic calming devices, but that may not be consistent with the City’s street expansion project. Is there a specified start date for an annual comprehensive plan amendment process? Under RCW 36.70A.130(2), cities and counties may consider proposed amendments no more frequently than once per year, with some exceptions, but there is no set date specified by the State. Instead, it is up to the local government to establish when the annual amendment process starts (and ends 12 months later). We recommend that the established time period be clearly stated, made available, and publicized, so as to minimize any confusion or lack of knowledge about it. If a utility customer wants to pay their bills online, and they request not receiving a bill in any form, can we accommodate that? We are not aware of any state law that requires utility bills be sent to customers periodically. We would, however, recommend that a utility do so to establish that notice was given to the customer in the event the account ever becomes delinquent and/or if it becomes necessary to impose a lien. Shutting off utilities or filing an adverse notice on an individual’s credit report requires notice to the account holder that there is an amount due, followed by another notice that failure to pay will result in adverse consequences (shut off, credit report, etc.). In this day and age, a creditor should be able to honor the wishes of a customer that wants to go paperless, but no bill whatsoever would not be in the best interests of the utility. We think this is one of those situations where the utility may have to respectfully decline the customer request. Are preliminary site plans that are pending approval subject to public records disclosure? Does a site plan pending approval qualify as a deliberative process and draft under RCW 42.56.280? MRSC has consistently advised that for the exemption in RCW 42.56.280 to apply, the draft documents must discuss opinions or the formulation of policy. This exemption does not generally apply to documents submitted as part of the permitting process. We discuss the “draft” and “deliberative process” exemption in our FAQ: Are draft documents exempt from disclosure?, in this blog article, and our MRSC Public Records Act publication, pp. 22-23. To rely on this exemption, an agency must show: that the records contain pre-decisional opinions or recommendations expressed as part of a deliberative process; that disclosure would be injurious to the deliberative or consultative function of the process; that disclosure would inhibit the flow of recommendations, observations, and opinions; and, finally, that the materials covered by the exemption reflect policy recommendations and opinions and not the raw factual data on which a decision is based. See PAWS v. Univ. of Washington (1994) and West v. Port of Olympia (2014). This exemption is focused on the deliberative and policy-making process within an agency and the exemption disappears once the agency takes final action on the issue. Request for sample RFQs for a consultant to advise and assist with the establishment of a diversity, equity, and inclusion council and program. A search turned up the following sample RFQs from Washington and out-of-state: Olympia Social Justice & Equity Commission Public Engagement RFQ (2020) West Linn, OR Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Program and Equity Audit RFQ (2020) Fayetteville, NC Diversity, Belonging, Equity and Inclusion Consultant RFQ (2019) We also found several sample RFPs, mostly from out-of-state: Maple Valley Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant RFP (2020) Fort Vancouver Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Program RFP (2019) Macon-Bibb County, GA Equity Assessment Program RFP (2021) Roseville, MN Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Consultant(s) RFP (2020) You may also be interested in reviewing the following resources: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources for Local Governments, MRSC (This page provides resources, tools, and sample documents related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives taking place in Washington State local governments.) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts in Washington State, MRSC Insight, Aug 06, 2020 (This blog post offers an overview of how some Washington State local governments have approached efforts to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion.) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Assessment: An Internal Look at Workplace Practices – Snohomish County (2019) (Assessment that identifies successful DEI practices that can be replicated countywide, and findings and recommendations on where continued diversity, equity, and inclusion work is needed.) Advancing Racial Equity at the Local Government Level, MRSC Insight, Sep 24, 2020 (This blog post offers an overview of diversity and racial equity training options that local governments may wish to implement.) Recommendations for Internal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Efforts - Washington County DEI “Think Tank,” Washington County, OR, December 2018 Thank you to our generous sponsors Stay Informed MRSC publishes a number of e-newsletters related to local government issues. You can also keep up with us on social media. Manage your Subscription ‌ ‌ If you have questions or comments for the newsletter editor, please contact Byron Katsuyama, Public Policy & Management Consultant or Jill Dvorkin, Legal Consutant. MRSC.org MRSC | 2601 Fourth Avenue, Suite 800, Seattle, WA 98121 Unsubscribe kdean@co.jefferson.wa.us Update Profile | Customer Contact Data Notice Sent by it@mrsc.org From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Update: WSF Vessel Emergency Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 11:13:46 AM From: Vezina, John Sent: Friday, April 23, 2021 11:13:18 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) Subject: Update: WSF Vessel Emergency CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. WSF-served County and City Elected Officials, Good morning. Late yesterday afternoon, the Wenatchee was safely towed to our Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility on Bainbridge Island. Members of the Bainbridge Island Fire Department, the U.S. Coast Guard, and WSF management were on hand to meet the vessel. Most importantly, I’m happy to report that after medical evaluations, what we’d originally heard was correct; there were no injuries to the vessel’s crew, who dealt with a possible crisis with professionalism for which they’re trained. We’re all incredibly proud of them and appreciate the replies you sent regarding their safety. I have attached a picture of the affected engine room. Based on the initial damage assessment, the National Transportation Safety Board will be conducting an investigation in coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard and our own internal Board of Inquiry. Once completed, our investigation will be available to the public. While a significant engine failure and fire, this is exactly why we do sea trials after major maintenance work, to ensure the vessel is in safe working order before it is returned to service. As always, safety, for our crews and our passengers, is our first priority. Due to damage to one of the vessel’s engine rooms, it will likely be out of service for months, meaning a 20-vessel fleet during the busy summer months. With the Canadian border closed, and no international service until at least late September, we have a bit more flexibility than in “normal” summers, but this will still have an impact. We’ll be reviewing vessel capacity in the coming days, and adjusting service if necessary. As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Best, John From: Vezina, John Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 14:03 Subject: WSF Vessel Emergency WSF-served County and City Elected Officials, This afternoon the Wenatchee, with a crew of 11, but no passengers, was on sea trials after two engines had been overhauled. A catastrophic engine failure and fire occurred during the trials. The fire has been contained an all crewmembers have been accounted for and we’ve confirmed there are no injuries. The vessel is currently under tow to our Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility. I will update you when we know more. John John B. Vezina Government Relations Director Washington State Ferries Cell - 206.473.9945 Pronouns: He/Him/His From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Subdividing a large forest parcel into 5 acre pieces Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 11:28:13 AM From: Pamela Roberts Sent: Friday, April 23, 2021 11:27:56 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: jeffbocc; Heidi Eisenhour; Kate Dean; Greg Brotherton; Public Comments Subject: Re: Subdividing a large forest parcel into 5 acre pieces 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 understand that you are holding a vote this coming Monday, April 26, 2021 on amendments to the Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan. I submitted comments previously regarding the proposed subdivision of the Seton Forest west of Kala Point. - land which is currently zoned R-10. I believe the Seton's have submitted a formal request to subdivide their forest into 5-acre parcels that would be rezoned to R-5. I received no response to my previous comments from Commissioners Eisenhour or Brotherton. Commissioner Dean wrote back something to the effect that "you can't force people to grow trees." Her response showed a fundamental lack of understanding of my point about the rezoning of forest lands. So I am trying once again to explain my point about this situation with this email. I am opposed to the Seton's request because, by subdividing their forest into 5-acre parcels, this land would be permanently removed from future forest tax incentives once a house is placed on the property. If a home was placed on one of the 5-acre forest parcels it would automatically remove one acre from forest designation, leaving only 4 acres available for tax incentives in forestry. This would place the parcel below the minimum requirement for forest incentives which is 5-acres. I heard your discussions about this request during the March 22 commissioner meeting, in which you and staff members at the meeting thought that subdividing the large parcel would allow it to "fit in" with the surrounding housing development. There are many benefits to having a standing forest within the area of surrounding houses. These include wildlife habitat, human recreation, as well as future forest products, local jobs and the positive impact of forests on climate change. If you decide despite these benefits that you wish to approve the Seton's request, then I would encourage you to keep the subdivision sizes to at least 6 acres so that even with a house on the parcel the remaining 5 acres could qualify for forest tax incentives if the owner(s) so chooses. This approach would increase housing options and protect our forests at the same time. Protecting the ability to incentivize forest ownership is important and this particular property can be a good example to our area about how to provide housing at the same time as we protect our community's ability to grow trees. We can increase housing options and protect our forests at the same time. Thank you for considering these ideas, Pamela Roberts -- PAMELA ROBERTS 752 Hectors Way Quilcene, WA 98376 360-765-0124 pamelaroberts1@gmail.com Inspiring students to become the great thinkers and leaders of tomorrow April 23, 2021 From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Legislative Bulletin | April 23, 2021 Date:Friday, April 23, 2021 2:01:20 PM From: Washington Counties | WSAC Sent: Friday, April 23, 2021 2:00:41 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Legislative Bulletin | April 23, 2021 CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. On the Hill Friday is the 103rd day of the 105-day legislative session. With only a couple of days until sine die, what’s left to accomplish? Note, things have to move fast now, so anything written on Thursday afternoon may be obsolete by Friday morning. However, at the time of this writing... We started the week thinking we’d see budget drafts by midweek at the latest, only to learn the big one – the operating budget – won’t be released until Saturday, the day before they are scheduled to adjourn sine die, and because the budget was sent to a conference committee, the final version will not be amendable. WSAC staff will release a summary of all three budgets – capital, transportation, and operating – as they relate to counties as soon as possible after the last one is released. There are still a few significant bills that need addressed before they can put the finishing touches on the budget. For example, a fix to the Blake decision still needs finalized. Likewise, the Climate Commitment Act isn’t settled. Finally, the capital gains bill (SB 5096) was amended in the House but the Senate refused to concur with the amendments and requested a conference committee on Thursday afternoon. As you’re waiting for the budget to be released, consider watching Budget 101 – a Facebook Live session hosted by Senator Emily Randall on April 12, featuring Senators June Robinson and Christine Rolfes. The entire 45 minutes is worth watching to see a glimpse into the inner workings of the budget process, but at the 22:30 minute mark, they talk specifically about working with local governments and admit that while they often work closely with their own locally elected officials, there is a lot of “tension” related to unfunded mandates. Quick Links Legislative Steering Committee Legislative Priorities Accessing the Legislature Remotely Committee Schedules House Remote Testimony Senate Remote Testimony County Zoom Backgrounds Upcoming Events WSAC Virtual Assembly Monday, April 26 LSC Meeting Friday, April 30 RESOURCES Is it Time to Call a Special Session? Even in the final waning hours of the 2021 legislative session, the legislature continues to debate and amend E2SSB 5126, the Washington Climate Commitment Act. Emerging as the only carbon proposal with a chance of being enacted this year, Senators voted E2SSB 5126 out of their chamber only two weeks ago (April 8th). Since that time, the bill cleared two significant hurdles in the House. It's now on the way to the floor for consideration. The current version of the bill is the sixth iteration. We're likely to see at least a couple more versions before the dust settles. So far, 121 separate amendments have been considered in various committees and by the Senate. Of those, 24 were adopted. The bill being considered now is vastly different than the original bill that was first introduced. It is also very different than the version the Senate eventually approved and sent to the House. The House has changed the bill significantly. House amendments include how revenue generated by the program can be used. Funds are not allowed for highway purposes authorized under the 18th Amendment to the Washington State Constitution. They can only be utilized to reduce transportation sector carbon emissions through other investments like transit, alternative fuels infrastructure, ferries, and more. This change takes away any consideration that carbon revenues will be a replacement for gas tax revenues for transportation. Other important changes enacted by the House include new exemptions for fuels utilized for agricultural purposes and environmental justice-related additions to the bill. The House's current version also adds a new requirement that the state must pass a clean fuel standard with a carbon intensity reduction greater than 10% by 12/31/2027. If the state fails to take such action, revenue generated by the program will no longer be appropriated to any transportation projects. As the House prepares to put the bill on the floor for debate and consideration, new versions and additional amendments are appearing on the bar. A new striking amendment is proposed, which would create a seventh version of the bill. The striking amendment includes new additions, but it also offers to undo some of the fundamental changes that House committees already approved, including removing the clean fuel standard deadline by 12/31/2027. If you're confused by all the versions and the various amendments, don't worry, you're not alone. If the House can gather enough votes to pass an amended version of E2SSB 5126 off the floor, it's anyone's guess how the Senate will receive the bill. On April 7th, 17 House members signed a letter urging House Democratic Leaders, including Representative Joe Fitzgibbon, Chairman of the House Environment & Energy Committee, to provide equal consideration for a carbon tax proposal introduced earlier in the session. That proposal, dubbed WA STRONG (HB 1513/SB 5373), never received serious consideration. It is still unclear if those same 17 Representatives will support the most recent version of E2SSB 5126. Several Senate members have shown strong loyalty to their version of another climate-related proposal sent back to the House this year from the Senate. Five Senators signed a very powerfully written letter warning the House against making changes to the Senate's Amendments to E3SHB 1091, imposing a new low carbon fuel standard in Washington State. Since the letter, the House refused to concur with the Senate's amendments and requested a conference on the bill. Senators may follow the same pattern and refuse to consent to the House changes to E2SSB 5126. If so, the fate of the Washington Climate Commitment Act may already be decided. With time winding down quickly, no one knows if Washington will finally implement a significant climate bill relating to carbon policy. Something will have to happen soon if a carbon policy bill has any chance at all. Of course, Republican opposition to the entire policy is likely to do everything it can to oppose and delay the bill. A vote off the House floor, which will likely take all day just for debate, looks like it could be far from the final step needed to get this policy over the finish line. It's Friday, with only two more days to go, and the legislature has yet even to consider a final budget bill (Operating, Capital, or Transportation). And in the meantime, new versions are being introduced every day with little time for study and understanding by legislators or the public. A special session, anyone? Will They, Or Won’t They? As I wrote last week, time is running out for the passage of a transportation revenue package, and its likelihood gets less and less by the hour. But not everyone is willing to throw in the towel just yet. On Thursday, with four days left until sine die, Senator Steve Hobbs was quoted by journalist Melissa Santos saying he believes there’s a “slight possibility a deal could be reached by Sunday …but acknowledged the likelihood is dwindling.” The momentum for a package has also dwindled over the course of the past few weeks. With other large revenue votes already taken (capital gains, carbon, etc), coupled with large amounts of federal stimulus flowing to the state, there doesn't seem to be the appetite to tack on more in 2021. With its prospects waning, where does that leave us? Was it all for naught? Au contraire. The conversations of the past four months have set the stage for what is to come. Senator Hobbs' and Representative Fey’s proposals are just the beginning of the conversation. Remember, the last revenue package (Connecting Washington) took years to pass. You can count on these conversations continuing over the interim and into 2022. The big unknown is when legislators will be ready. It could happen later in the fall (special session?), during the 2022 supplemental, or (most likely) in 2023. Stay tuned … we are only in Act I. Compromises on Their Way to the Governor This coming Sunday (April 25) is the final day of Session, and there is understandably little change to most bills’ status. HB 1069, the fiscal flexibility bill, is awaiting the Governor’s signature. Similarly, HB 1410 is on its way to the Governor with compromise language that will apply delinquent tax penalty and interest relief to residential properties only (not investment or commercial properties) and take effect in stages so as to minimize fiscal impacts to the counties and allow time for systems to be modified to accommodate the changes to the law. Finally, SB 5013, which aligns local redistricting timelines with state ones, is also awaiting the Governor’s signature with compromise language that extends the deadlines for the first year (this year, 2021) to allow more time for counties to receive and process critical federal census data delayed by the pandemic. Still a Few Big Issues Left in These Last Few Days of Session With about three days left of session, we are still waiting to see how things will shake out on a few different bills. SB 5476 – We have now been privy to what seems like 76 versions of the Blake bill this session. On Thursday, the House Appropriations Committee exec’d the bill out of committee and it will presumably be heard on the House floor today. The current version of the bill makes possession a misdemeanor until July 1, 2023, at which point it will become an infraction. The bill creates a ton of prevention and support services that coincides with their treatment first approach. There is one amendment on the bar at this time that would make possession a gross misdemeanor, with no sunset clause. We will see how that goes. HB 1477 – This bill, known as the 988 bill, had a conference committee this morning that nailed down some final details, including additional funding for the Statewide 988 Behavioral Health Crisis Response and Suicide Prevention Line Account totaling $26.6M and another $834K from federal funds. HB 1277 – The Document Recording Fee (DRF) bill that would have established a $100 surcharge on recorded documents to fund various housing services has hit a stumbling block. It is sitting in the Senate Rules Committee and, while it is considered necessary to implement the budget, it may not get any further. The rumor mill tells us that it may have been caught up in some politics that may cause it to die. Time will tell. HB 1054 – This bill is a new one for WSAC. It’s a bill that establishes certain requirements for tactics and equipment used by law enforcement. It passed both the House and the Senate and then went to conference committee because the House did not concur with the Senate’s amendments. What came out of the conference committee was a requirement that in the case of a riot outside of a correctional, jail, or detention facility, the officer may use tear gas only after receiving authorization from the highest elected official of the jurisdiction in which the tear gas is to be used. The “highest elected official” for the county is defined as the county executive in those charter counties with an elective office of county executive, however designated, and in the case of other counties, the chair of the county legislative authority. Finally, we are waiting on pins and needles to see what the budget brings us on Saturday. Hopefully the State will fully fund Blake since the Supreme Court made its decision on the case final earlier this week. 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 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. Contact Your WSAC Policy Team From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: This Week in Photos Date:Saturday, April 24, 2021 5:07:09 AM From: NACo Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2021 5:06:30 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 NACo @NACoTweets This Week in Photos NACo Executive Director Matthew Chase joins U.S. Reps. Gerry Connolly, Greg Stanton and David Joyce and National League of Cities Executive Director Clarence Anthony to announce the new, bipartisan Congressional Caucus of Former Local Elected Officials. Arkansas Counties @75arcounties This Week in Photos The Association of Arkansas Counties (AAC) acknowledges Administrative Professionals Day, thanking its administrative staff for supporting AAC and counties across Arkansas. NACo @NACoTweets NACo @NACoTweets This Week in Photos This Week in Photos At left, NACo Central Region Rep. Tracy Graham welcomes NACo President Gary Moore to the Missouri Association of Counties conference, and at right, Missouri Lt. Governor Mike Kehoe introduces President Moore (left) to the State Senate. Oswego County Administrator @OswegoCounty This Week in Photos Deputy Judge Executive Jon Park @DeputyJudgePark This Week in Photos Celebrating National County Government Month, the Oswego County, N.Y. Legislature issues a proclamation, and Shelby County, Ky. recognizes EMS personnel. There is still time this month to elevate public awareness of county government. Post on social media using #NCGM, and visit NACo.org/NCGM for resources and ideas. Montgomery County @MCOhio This Week in Photos Supervisor Keith Carson @Keith_Carson This Week in Photos In honor of Earth Day, Montgomery County, Ohio Commissioners Debbie Lieberman, Judy Dodge and Carolyn Rice join community partners to promote environmental sustainability; and the Alameda County, Calif. Board of Supervisors highlights the first Black women-owned plant nursery in Oakland. County Exec Gardner @JanGardnerExec This Week in Photos Frederick County, Md. Executive Jan Gardner (second from left) welcomes Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (left) to a high-volume COVID-19 vaccination clinic. FL Assoc of Counties @flcounties This Week in Photos Palm Beach County, Fla. Commissioner Melissa McKinlay joins a local talk show to discuss county priorities, including COVID-19 response and recovery. 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: Join Black Ball Ferry & Rep Chapman on Wednesday Morning on Coffee with Colleen Date:Saturday, April 24, 2021 3:16:00 PM From: Clallam EDC Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2021 3:15:56 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Join Black Ball Ferry & Rep Chapman on Wednesday Morning on Coffee with Colleen CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Please join us Wednesday morning at 8am to hear from Representative Chapman and Owners of Black Ball Ferry Lines. Decisions made during the 2021 legislative session will impact business owners' and families' lives immensely. By Wednesday morning we'll be able to share more about those outcomes. Due to COVID-19 border closures, Black Ball Ferry Lines, a critical element of our local economy has been unable to operate for over a year. But based on a chorus of strong community advocacy efforts, the decision-makers at the state level are taking action to help. Rep Tharinger may also be able to join us. Here is a link to Legislative Evaluation and Accountability Program Committee (LEAP) Budget Documents (Operating, Capital & Transportation): http://leap.leg.wa.gov/ Please join us: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89474510306? pwd=VlIrRHh5RG1nYVh3V3JXRzFSMmRodz09 Meeting ID: 894 7451 0306 Passcode: 187447 One tap mobile +12532158782,,89474510306#,,,,*187447# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) Meeting ID: 894 7451 0306 Passcode: 187447 Upcoming Guests: May 5 - DNR Commissioner Hillary Franz Wineries, Lavender Farmers, Farmers Market Operators: The $15K Relief & Recovery Grants close Next Monday!  The WA State Dept of Agriculture Relief and Recovery grants are available thanks to a partnership with the Washington State Department of Commerce. Grants of approximately $15,000 are available for small businesses in four sectors: Shellfish growers Farmers market organizations Agritourism farms Small breweries, cideries, wineries, and distilleries (dependent upon tap or tasting room sales). These four sectors were selected for assistance as a way to bolster the health and diversity of the Washington state economy by providing support to disproportionately impacted and previously underserved agricultural sectors. The grant program opens Apr. 9 and runs through Apr. 26. What's in the American Rescue Plan for me? We've created a Color-Coded Map for you to find the Funds and Programs for your Business or Non-Profit or as a household in the $1.9 Trillion American Rescue Plan of 2021 You can download our color-coded map at our ChooseClallamFirst.com website to quickly search through the $1.9Trillion, 642 page document with direct links to the section that apply to you, so you can get prepared to apply for programs or funding. The map is much easier to see on a non-mobile device. For more information and to download the information in Word format go to https://chooseclallamfirst.com/the-american-rescue-plan-act/. Shuttered Venue Operator Grants The Shuttered Venue Operator Grant application portal will reopen Monday, April 26, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. EDT. In preparation for the opening, potential applicants should register on the portal in advance. Applicants will also need a smartphone and a multi-factor authenticator app to register and apply. The SBA has also added the following updated resources. Applicant user guide and FAQ: For help with the application process, refer to the applicant user guide and FAQ. Checklist: Use the checklist to make sure you have everything you need to complete your application. Do you or someone you know own a Restaurant, Bar, Winery or catering company? The Restaurant Revitalization Fund will cover up to $5M of lost revenue? Recipients are not required to repay the funding as long as funds are used for eligible uses no later than March 11, 2023. This program will provide restaurants with funding equal to their pandemic-related revenue loss up to $5 million per physical location. Who can apply Eligible entities who have experienced pandemic-related revenue loss include: Restaurants Food stands, food trucks, food carts Caterers Bars, saloons, lounges, taverns Snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars For the following entities onsite sales to the public must comprise at least 33% of gross receipts Bakeries Brewpubs, tasting rooms, taprooms Breweries and/or microbreweries Wineries and distilleries Inns Licensed facilities or premises of a beverage alcohol producer where the public may taste, sample, or purchase products Download the RRF Guide Here. View a Sample Application Here. Signing up for SAM.gov, or getting a CAGE # or DUNS # are NOT going to be required! Census Data Summit Schedule – April and May: April 20th, 11am Accessing Census Bureau Data for Rural Communities Register Here This data summit will teach basic census geography, rural vs. urban terminology, as well as tools and tables using data from the American Community Survey for the contemporary rural landscape. April 22nd, 11am Statistics in Schools— Data for the Classrooms Register Here This summit will teach data users how to explore the Statistics in Schools website which provides valuable and easy-to-use lessons for K-12 students who have an increasing need for data literacy to compete in the 21st century. April 29th, 11am Census Business Builder for Small Business Retailers and Service Establishments Register Here This summit will teach data users how to access the Census Business Builder suite of services which provides selected demographic and economic data tailored to specific types of users in a simple to access and user-friendly format. May 6th, 11am COVID-19 HUB Demographic and Economic Resources Register Here This summit will provide data users demographic and economic data designed to help guide decision-making related to the COVID-19 pandemic. May 12th 11am: Economic Recovery: Workforce Patterns Register Here This summit will teach data users how to analyze commuting patterns and workforce characteristics at the state and sub-state geographic levels as shown in the Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics (LEHD) Program. May 13th, 11am Census Data for Librarians Register Here This summit will teach users more about the demographic and economic characteristics of the patrons you serve. Featuring data from decennial censuses and various census surveys, this training will take a deeper dive into demographic, social and economic tabulations and how you can access them using the Census Bureau’s data access tool. May 13th, 11am: Census Bureau Data about Housing Characteristics Register Here This summit will teach data users about housing and household data available from various surveys, as well as indicators for building permits, construction, home ownership rates, and more. May 20th, 11am Data about Race, Ethnicity and Ancestry Register Here August 10th, 11am Census Bureau Data for Migrant Workers Register Here Save the Date: Future Data Summits May 5: Statistics in Schools (second offering) June 8: Data about Food Security June 22: Census Data for Asian/NHPI Populations June 24: Census Data for the LGBTQ Community July 13: Census Data about Persons with Disabilities and Aging Populations July 20: Accessing Community Health Needs Data for Health Care Professionals July 22: Early Childhood Census Data Sources July 29: Census Bureau Data for Emergency Management 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: Marijuana Processing vs Cottage Industry Date:Monday, April 26, 2021 4:08:19 AM From: Brian Lopez Sent: Monday, April 26, 2021 4:07:51 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Marijuana Processing vs Cottage Industry CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Commissioner Dean I live down the Coyle. I appreciate you & your fellow County Commissioners studying the cottage business zoning issue down here. I don't have anything against marijuana or small cottage businesses. After the initial meeting with the marijuana people, I think many folks down here felt ok. But as their plans progressed, it became clear that things were not as they portrayed and that this was an industrial operation with significant water use, waste water generation, noise, odor, etc of the type suited to an industrial park (like the one up by Glen Cove). We need to get on top of this before we start becoming targeted for these industrial uses out in RR zones. I'm not sure where things stand in your process, but I would ask that the county clarify that this type of use is inappropriate under the current zoning. This will save the county from having to deal with situations like this over and over. thanks for your public service, -brian From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Join the Owners of Black Ball Ferry & Rep Chapman Wednesday Morning on Coffee with Colleen! Date:Monday, April 26, 2021 8:11:08 AM From: Clallam EDC Sent: Monday, April 26, 2021 8:10:50 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Join the Owners of Black Ball Ferry & Rep Chapman Wednesday Morning on Coffee with Colleen! CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Please join us Wednesday morning at 8am to hear from Representative Chapman and Owners of Black Ball Ferry Lines. Decisions made during the 2021 legislative session will impact business owners' and families' lives immensely. By Wednesday morning we'll be able to share more about those outcomes. Due to COVID-19 border closures, Black Ball Ferry Lines, a critical element of our local economy has been unable to operate for over a year. But based on a chorus of strong community advocacy efforts, the decision-makers at the state level are taking action to help. Rep Tharinger may also be able to join us. Please join us: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89474510306? pwd=VlIrRHh5RG1nYVh3V3JXRzFSMmRodz09 Meeting ID: 894 7451 0306 Passcode: 187447 One tap mobile +12532158782,,89474510306#,,,,*187447# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) Meeting ID: 894 7451 0306 Passcode: 187447 Upcoming Guests: May 5 - DNR Commissioner Hillary Franz On Sunday (yesterday) the State Legislature adjourned their 2021 Session - Here is an Overview of Major Policy Decisions that Impact Businesses: On Sunday the Legislature adjourned with the passage of a $59.2 Billion two- year operating budget as described in this Article from the Spokesman- Review. A Washington State Wire Article with an overview of the Capital Budget. Link to the 411 Page $6.3 Billion 2021-2023 Capital Budget. A KIRO 7 News Article on the Capital Gains Tax. And lastly an Article on two major climate bills that passed just before the end of session - the Climate Commitment Act and a low carbon fuel standard. Here is a link to the full State Budget Documents (Operating, Capital & Transportation): http://leap.leg.wa.gov/ You can access a link to the spreadsheet below Here. Shuttered Venue Operator Grants The Shuttered Venue Operator Grant application portal will reopen Today April 26, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. EDT. In preparation for the opening, potential applicants should register on the portal in advance. Applicants will also need a smartphone and a multi-factor authenticator app to register and apply. The SBA has also added the following updated resources. Applicant user guide and FAQ: For help with the application process, refer to the applicant user guide and FAQ. Checklist: Use the checklist to make sure you have everything you need to complete your application. Do you or someone you know own a Restaurant, Bar, Winery or catering company? The Restaurant Revitalization Fund will cover up to $5M of lost revenue? Recipients are not required to repay the funding as long as funds are used for eligible uses no later than March 11, 2023. This program will provide restaurants with funding equal to their pandemic-related revenue loss up to $5 million per physical location. Who can apply Eligible entities who have experienced pandemic-related revenue loss include: Restaurants Food stands, food trucks, food carts Caterers Bars, saloons, lounges, taverns Snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars For the following entities onsite sales to the public must comprise at least 33% of gross receipts Bakeries Brewpubs, tasting rooms, taprooms Breweries and/or microbreweries Wineries and distilleries Inns Licensed facilities or premises of a beverage alcohol producer where the public may taste, sample, or purchase products Download the RRF Guide Here. View a Sample Application Here. Signing up for SAM.gov, or getting a CAGE # or DUNS # are NOT going to be required! Census Data Summit Schedule – April and May: April 29th, 11am Census Business Builder for Small Business Retailers and Service Establishments Register Here This summit will teach data users how to access the Census Business Builder suite of services which provides selected demographic and economic data tailored to specific types of users in a simple to access and user-friendly format. May 6th, 11am COVID-19 HUB Demographic and Economic Resources Register Here This summit will provide data users demographic and economic data designed to help guide decision-making related to the COVID-19 pandemic. May 12th 11am: Economic Recovery: Workforce Patterns Register Here This summit will teach data users how to analyze commuting patterns and workforce characteristics at the state and sub-state geographic levels as shown in the Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics (LEHD) Program. May 13th, 11am Census Data for Librarians Register Here This summit will teach users more about the demographic and economic characteristics of the patrons you serve. Featuring data from decennial censuses and various census surveys, this training will take a deeper dive into demographic, social and economic tabulations and how you can access them using the Census Bureau’s data access tool. May 13th, 11am: Census Bureau Data about Housing Characteristics Register Here This summit will teach data users about housing and household data available from various surveys, as well as indicators for building permits, construction, home ownership rates, and more. May 20th, 11am Data about Race, Ethnicity and Ancestry Register Here August 10th, 11am Census Bureau Data for Migrant Workers Register Here Save the Date: Future Data Summits May 5: Statistics in Schools (second offering) June 8: Data about Food Security June 22: Census Data for Asian/NHPI Populations June 24: Census Data for the LGBTQ Community July 13: Census Data about Persons with Disabilities and Aging Populations July 20: Accessing Community Health Needs Data for Health Care Professionals July 22: Early Childhood Census Data Sources July 29: Census Bureau Data for Emergency Management 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! View this email in your browser Local 20/20 logo Local 20/20 Weekly Announcements April 26, 2021 From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Local 20/20 Weekly Announcements Date:Monday, April 26, 2021 9:01:02 AM From: Local 20/20 Sent: Monday, April 26, 2021 9:00:39 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: Local 20/20 Weekly Announcements CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Junco Nest by Jan Chappius COVID-19 Update on Mon, Apr 26th *Update* The Weekly COVID-19 update with Jefferson County Public Health Officer, Dr. Thomas Locke. To watch live or recorded videos of the entire 9 a.m. Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting, including the 9:45 a.m. COVID-19 update, go to the website for videos of meetings. You can choose “Streaming Live” or, if viewing later, “Recorded.” You can also listen live to Dr. Locke on KPTZ or later in the KPTZ archives. For more information, you can go here. Earth Day Call to Action from East Jefferson Fire and Rescue *New* East Jefferson Fire Rescue (EJFR) is using Earth Day to raise awareness and disseminate the lessons learned from recent wildfire tragedies. We are seeing the impacts of climate change in real time with increasingly dangerous wildfire conditions. EJFR recommends three films which document the visceral shock, fear and grief felt by the impacted communities. These films can be viewed on your streaming video provider: Fire in Paradise on Netflix; Wilder than Wild: Fire, Forest, and the Future; and Rebuilding Paradise. *These films are NOT recommended for children. Learn more about the call to action and what you can do individually to make our community more resistant to wildfire here. Port Townsend Farmer's Market - Sat, May 1st *New* The Seafood Spot returns to the market on May Day! Also, check out the market's new Facebook page. The Farmers Market welcomes all people to come and enjoy the bounty, textures, and colors of locally grown and produced foods and arts. If you’ve never been to the market before, stop by the ‘Market Info. booth’ by the entrance, to get any questions answered and learn more about our Food Access programs. They accept cash, credit cards, SNAP/EBT funds, as well as Senior Farmers Market and WIC Vouchers. They are happy to show you around. You can also shop with a variety of farm, food, and art vendors through the JCFM Online Store Tuesday 1 pm - Thursday at 1pm. Nearly contactless pickup at the Community Center entry on Saturday morning. Location: Lawrence and Tyler St, Uptown Port Townsend Time: 9 - 2 Project Grant - up to $750 from Master Gardener Foundation — Last Call for 2021 Applications Not-for-profit projects are encouraged to apply for a project materials grant from the Jefferson County Master Gardeners Foundation. Applications need to be received by May 1. If you belong to a community garden, school, community organizations that has a project in mind, please email Nita or call 360-385-3590 for the full guidelines to review and get your grant application in right away. Master Gardener Plant Clinics - Mondays thru September *Online* Master Gardener Plant Clinics will take place on Mondays, starting April 19th and go till Sept 27th. Have a question about a gardening/landscaping/native plants? Master Gardeners are here to help! Whether it’s an insect infestation, what to plant on your septic field or an unknown pathogen destroying your beloved plants, certified Master Gardeners are available to give your science-based answers to your questions or provide advice. You can schedule a Zoom appointment here. Or you can submit your question(s) through an online form. Just click the Create a Sign-Up button their webpage, and you will be able to schedule a 30-minute time slot with a Master Gardener. Not able to meet on Mondays? You can fill out an online form and a Master Gardener will get back to you via email. Time: 12:30-2:30 pm Location: Zoom Online Stream Stewards Class Registration Open: Spaces Still Available - Applications Accepted through Mon, May 3rd *Online* *Updated* The Stream Steward Program provides Jefferson and Clallam County residents with the opportunity to turn environmental knowledge into action. Through this multi-day training, participants learn about connections between our lands and waters, and the life that depends on their health. The training includes Zoom classroom sessions, virtually guided field observations/activities, and connections created between participants with experts and opportunities for getting involved in local environmental restoration efforts. Upon completion, volunteers are asked to commit to 20 hours of ecosystem-based volunteer service in the next year and report these hours to WSU Extension. Volunteer hours can be applied to a wide range of opportunities that work toward the larger goal of improving the North Olympic ecosystem health. From getting involved in a citizen science project to engaging in public outreach, volunteers can connect with opportunities that fit their skills and interests.” Cost: $25, Scholarships are available To register, go here. Go here for more information or email Bridget. Community Notices Local 20/20's Weekly Announcements is Seeking a Weekly Newsletter Editor Do you like to write? Do you have a passion for building local sustainability and resilience? As our volunteer editor you review submissions and edit them for brevity, clarity, and coherence, and check to see if they are still current. The Editor needs editing skills of course, plus basic writing and computer skills and an interest in keeping track of what’s going on in our community. Coaching in MailChimp will be provided, and a byline is an option. A great way to get experience! Our weekly distribution goes out to a list of about 1000 subscribers. Your weekly time commitment would be approximately 2-6 hours depending. It can be a fun and rewarding way to contribute to our community. Those with questions or interest are asked to email us here. Local 20/20 COVID-19 Resources l2020.org/COVID-19/ *Online* A central location for community-wide information relating to COVID-19, updated frequently. Includes Reliable Information Sources, Vaccine info, Food Sources, Community Covid-19 Resource pages, Giving and Getting Assistance, Community Events Online, Community Face Mask Program, and information web posts related to COVID-19. Look in the red box at the top of the page for all the newest information. Glendale Farm Ag Land for Lease Glendale Farm has prime agriculture land for lease. Crop and pasture land, irrigated and non. Creek and Well/ equipment negotiable. Contact them at 360- 244-4335, Chimacum. Free Help with Medicare Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisor volunteers (SHIBA) provide free, unbiased, and confidential information to help you navigate Medicare. They work under the auspices of the Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner and the Olympic Area Agency on Aging. They are available for in-person sessions by appointment only on Tuesdays in Port Townsend - call 360-385- 2552, and Wednesdays in Sequim - call 360-452- 3221. You can also call them at 360-452-3221. Chimacum Corner Farmstand Is Hiring The "Corner Store" has several different positions available, part-time to full time, as they gear up for the busy summer season. The Farmstand serves the farmers, producers, and community in the heart of the Olympic Peninsula farm country. They seek enthusiastic team players to help provide stellar service and create an exceptional shopping experience for the community. More information is here. Colinwood Farm Seeking Volunteers Would you like to pick strawberries in Hawaii? Or maybe cut lettuce in Bali? Come on down to Colinwood, where all the greenhouses are named after exotic warm spots. Colinwood Farm is located in Port Townsend at 1210 F St. and grows nutritious organic produce for sale at their farm stand. Lots of hard work needs doing, and Colinwood is asking the community to support the farm in its need. Volunteers able to help with weeding, planting and spring harvesting are especially needed at this time. Colinwood uses an alternate economic model and can usually offer a share of the harvest to community members who help get the work done. Also, community members with skills in marketing and basic maintenance skills are needed. Help sustain local small farms and keep them viable for our community’s long-term food security goals. Please contact farm manager Zak at 360-582-7116, or email here . Help Local 20/20 Implement its Mission Local 20/20's mission is "Working together toward local sustainability and resilience – integrating ecology, economy and community through action and education." As you likely know, we implement this in various ways. Much work happens through our action groups, including Community Gardens, Intergenerational Art Happenings, Neighborhood Preparedness, Compassionate Communication Trainings, the Taming Bigfoot carbon footprint contest, Health and Wellness and Waste Reduction projects. We also lead cross-action group projects such as these weekly announcements, our COVID resources page, visioning the future survey and report, and public meet and greets. As part of the Transition Network (a movement of communities coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world), we participate in regional and national virtual gatherings. The times we are living in are encouraging Local 20/20 to grow, to better serve and connect our community. If you are fortunate to have extra funds due to the stimulus, or just think the time is right for donating, please see our Donate page. We are a grassroots organization with no paid staff, so your money goes far. While on our website, check out the Action Group information and the ways you can get involved. Port Townsend Marine Science Center Re-Opening The PTMSC Aquarium and Museum will re-open in a limited capacity on Saturdays and Sundays, beginning April 10. Reservations are required and group sizes are limited. Reservations can be made by going here. For the latest information about the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, visit here. Regenerative Culture and DeGrowth Study/Practice Group Many argue (and are alarmed) that our world is on the edge of climate cataclysm and ecological, economic and social collapse brought on by capitalism. Degrowth calls for an end to continuous growth and excess production/consumption by bringing the economy back into balance with the living world in a just and equitable way. A small study/practice group is forming to explore regenerative culture and degrowth in the everyday world, in this particular home, as a way of being. The group may meet intentionally once a month or so. If interested, please contact them here. The Community Visioning Survey Report Is Now Available Many thanks to the 170 Jefferson County residents who responded in June and early July 2020 to the survey related to COVID-19. Given the distancing and isolation that had occurred, we wanted to hear how the crisis was affecting the people of our county, to give people the opportunity to consider and express their concerns and hopes for the future, and to capture that vision during that unusual time. The results are fascinating, with some of the top themes emerging including the economy, communities & neighbors, healthcare, environment and energy, housing, community services and resilience, attitudes, government, food, and more. (Note that we initially expected to distribute this report in the fall of 2020, but the primary author fell ill and is still recovering. We apologize for the delay, but hope the results will still be valuable to organizations and individuals throughout the county.) Community Build Project Volunteers Needed! The Community Build Project is launching another wooden tent shelter village project soon and volunteers are invited to get involved. They especially need a photographer to document progress over the next 3 months. The project will begin in Port Hadlock, but may move to another location, yet to be determined. More than one photographer might be useful. If interested, please email them. Anyone interested in contributing to this effort to create safe, secure tiny housing for folks without access to shelter is also encouraged to indicate your interest in volunteering at the Community Build Project website, see the volunteer registration page. Eating Locally and Seasonally - A Cookbook Announcing a new book from our friends at Transition Lopez Island, Elizabeth Simpson and Henning Sehmsdorf. Eating Locally and Seasonally is a compilation of recipes using fresh ingredients grown and raised on their farm, S&S Homestead. Illustrated by local artists, it contains dozens of recipes, including basic cheesemaking, simple fermentation and preservation techniques, and a wide variety of vegetable and meat recipes. Elizabeth and Henning once again bring our focus back to the joy (and the health benefits) of eating food that can easily be grown or locally purchased in our own backyards. Softcover book available for $15 while supplies last. To order yours, contact Sonia soon! Veg Rx: Fresh Produce at The Food Co-op In partnership with Jefferson Healthcare and the Food Co-op in Port Townsend, JCFM is offering families who qualify for Apple Health and have children 18 years old and younger a 7-month voucher for $20 of fresh fruit and vegetable (VegRx). Vouchers are given while supplies last by Jefferson Healthcare clinicians when children 0-18 come in for a medial appointment or Well-Child-Check. VegRx is redeemable at the Port Townsend Farmers Market currently. Visit the market info booth or ask your child's doctor at your next medical appointment for more information about VegRx. Just Soup on Tuesdays On Tuesday, 11:30-1:30, Just Soup provides free, hot soup lunches at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1020 Jefferson St, on the Tyler St. bus line [by the Bell Tower.] Enter the rear church parking lot on Franklin, and whether you are on foot, bike, or car, you will be in line for curbside pickup, with masks, gloves, and safe distancing protocols in place. Pick up a lunch for yourself or your neighbor in need. No questions asked. Many partners and supporters have come together to feed Port Townsend one bowl at a time. This information also appears on Local 20/20 COVID- 19 Resources Meals Page here. Times and Locations: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, St. Paul's Episcopal Church Emergency Text Alerts from Jefferson County Sign up to receive Jefferson County Department of Emergency Management’s emergency alerts by text on your mobile phone and/or by email. NIXLE messages provide crucial information in an emergency & are sent directly to your text-enabled device and/or email. The sign up web page also has information about other alert and warning systems, including the tsunami warning system and the WSDOT alert system. A Tool for Neighborhood Organization Nextdoor is a private social network for YOUR neighborhood. Use this link to join one of 59 Nextdoor Neighborhoods in Jefferson County. Currently there are 12,517 subscribers, with many new members joining each day. Email Pete Hubbard with questions or comments. Calling Local Photographers! Local 20/20 Weekly Announcements invites local photographers to submit images that capture the character of our community and its natural setting. For the opening photo of each weekly email, we seek local color, horizontal (“landscape”) orientation, and jpeg format. Please no children, pets or recognizable faces. Kindly send to events@l2020.org. Please include your name in the jpeg filename. We are an all-volunteer non-profit, so compensation for your talent and generosity is a photo credit and our profound thanks. Resilience Readings Do you have readings, podcasts or videos to share that are aligned with our Local 20/20 mission? Please submit them here for consideration. Local 20/20 King Tide Monitoring Featured in Video Ian Miller, Coastal Hazards Specialist, Washington Sea Grant, highlights unique findings of Local 20/20 volunteers monitoring King Tides in this video. As an aide to visualize potential localized effects of Sea Level Rise, Washington Sea Grant archives shoreline photos taken by volunteers during predicted King Tide events. Supported by Local 20/20, a local group photo-documenting King Tides noticed water levels could be appreciably different from the predicted tide elevations and the level measured at the local tide gauge. With the guidance of Dr Miller, the team was able to measure water levels at a selected site and collect concurrent weather data in an effort to quantify and explain these differences. This type of documentation is rare in Puget Sound and may lead to improvements in coastal flood mapping and prediction. Weighing in on the Transit Long Range Plan This month's Local 20/20 Leader Column by Dave Thielk reviewed some of the work that members of Local 20/20's T Lab transportation action group are working on. Drawing on the Jefferson County 2018 Inventory of Greenhouse Emissions as well as the modeling work done for the Climate Action Committee, T Lab is using data to demonstrate the links between increase ridership and carbon reduction in Jefferson County. Jefferson Transit is currently gathering input for their Long Range Plan and TLAB is encouraging citizens to weigh in on including carbon reduction considerations in the plan. Four Changes by Gary Snyder Just yesterday and for the first time I heard apoem written 50 years ago by Gary Snyder. Its message is just as prescient now and even more pertinent to the situation humanity is in today. Discovering such a gem as this is bittersweet. Certainly it lifts the spirit but one can’t help but wonder "what if" humanity had not squandered the past five decades and had turned away from its headlong rush towards extinction. As we face an anthropogenic collapse of our ecosystem and reconsider our place in nature, we hear words from half a century earlier, “Revolutionary consciousness is to be found among the most ruthlessly exploited classes: animals, trees, water, air, grasses.” Snyder outlines our position, situation, goals and practical actions in four areas. 1) Population: the population in 1970 was less than half what it is today, and suggests the carrying capacity was half or less of that. 2) Pollution: atmospheric CO2 was 325 ppm in 1970 and is 414 now. 3) Consumption, and 4) Transformation. Please hear the wisdom of Gary Snyder here. Nature Needs a New Pronoun Continuing the theme of hearing wisdom from the past, we offer up this 2015 essay from Native American writer and a scientist, Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass. This blending of science and indigenous perspective offers hope that we might yet find a way to learn how to live within the limits of Earth’s ecosystem. We can start by turning away from the mindset that nature is something to dominate and exploit. We must relearn respect and gratitude. “By learning from other species we might even learn humility”. Kimmerer asks, “Might the path to sustainability be marked by grammar?” She proposes the singular pronoun ki to be used in place of ‘it” when talking about anything alive. The plural version is ‘kin” and so through language we can relearn that we are connected as brothers and sisters to all living beings on Earth. Please find Kimmerer’s article here. Notes from a 1.2C World This article uses maritime analogies--perfect for us dwellers-by-the-sea! Author Laurie Layborn- Langton starts with the observation that most of us do not yet comprehend we are experiencing a critical destabilization of the Earth System. “Stuck in a storm, the primary objective is to steer out, lest the ship be overcome. Yet attention gets diverted by fear and sickness, a hole in the hull, crew abandoning their posts and grasping for the lifeboats.” We are warned that mounting an effective response won’t be easy. The author advocates first of all “telling the truth” about the magnitude of the crisis. The author also sagely reminds us of the constraints of the political realities within which we must navigate the challenges of creating new paradigms and functioning systems within those paradigms. These will hopefully replace the neoliberal market capitalism that got us into this. The author knows all this won’t be easy, that it will require “engaging with issues that are out of the comfort zone [of our] communities.” Chock full of helpful thinking, this is an engaging and well written piece you are encouraged to read. The essay is linked here. 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Click Here federal-policy-feed_969768.png NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES | NACo.org/coronavirus APRIL 26, 2021 GettyImages-483210448_1883939.jpg JOIN NACo AND WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS FOR A CALL ON COVID- 19 RECOVERY FOR COUNTIES THURSDAY, APRIL 29 AT 2 P.M. EDT | NACo MEMBERS ONLY Please join the National Association of Counties and White House COVID-19 Intergovernmental Affairs Director, Eduardo Cisneros, this Thursday, April 29 at 2 p.m. EDT for a national membership call with updates on American Rescue Plan implementation and other COVID-19 recovery efforts that are important to counties. FEATURED SPEAKER Eduardo Cisneros White House COVID-19 Intergovernmental Affairs Director REGISTER FOR THE CALL Use NACo's tool to assist counties in navigating county- related funding from the American Rescue Plan The interactive tool helps navigate the roughly $1.5 trillion in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Programs that may provide counties with additional funding are denoted as “county eligible.” This information will be updated as federal guidance for the new and existing programs is released. ACCESS THE TOOL Treasury_1850204.jpg Recording: National membership call on the latest Treasury guidance Access last week's recording for updates on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's guidance on pre-award requirements, outlining immediate steps counties need to take to receive direct payments under the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Funds authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act. ACCESS RECORDING Treasury_1850204.jpg Do you have a recovery question? NACo is here to help NACo staff are ready to answer your questions on COVID-19 recovery efforts, as well as the implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act. Visit the NACo Recovery Clearinghouse for important information and to ask a question. 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Thursday, April 29 at 1:00 pm Redistricting for Washington Counties What you Need to Know Due to challenges with the latest Census, the PL 94-171 Redistricting Data will not be released until September. This delay presents several challenges for our counties and will likely mean a compressed timeline to adopt their new district boundaries. Join this meeting to learn what you can do to prepare now From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Last Chance to Register! | Redistricting Training Opportunity Date:Monday, April 26, 2021 4:29:21 PM From: Washington Counties | WSAC Sent: Monday, April 26, 2021 4:29:09 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Last Chance to Register! | Redistricting Training Opportunity CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. and avoid a last-minute redistricting scramble. Learning Objectives: 1. 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Register Now From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: OCH Community Briefing | April 27, 2021 Date:Tuesday, April 27, 2021 8:15:15 AM From: Olympic Community of Health Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 8:14:52 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: OCH Community Briefing | April 27, 2021 CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. we (7) Tackling health issues that no single sector or Tribe can tackle alone. Olympic Community of Health (OCH) seeks to connect people and agencies throughout the region with resources and opportunities related to improving population health. Announcements Share Your Insights: Stigma of addiction in the Olympic region OCH recently received funding to design and implement interventions and strategies to reduce stigma around addiction in the Olympic region. OCH is inviting all interested partners, organizations, and tribes to a focus group to hear from you your insights, perceptions, and ideas to address this important topic. Focus groups are open to anyone who lives, learns, works, or plays in the Olympic Region (Clallam, Kitsap, Jefferson counties). There are three dates available. Learn more and register here. Stigma-social media Option 1: Thursday, May 13, 9-10:30 Option 2: Friday, May 14, 9-10:30 Option 3: Wednesday, May 26, 9-10:30 Resources COVID-19 Behavioral Health Group Youth Situation Report The COVID-19 Behavioral Health Group released their first youth-focused Behavioral Health Impact Situation Report (SitRep) which summarizes data analyses conducted by the Impact & Capacity Assessment Task Force. This report focuses on people 18 and younger. Community Commons: Determinants of health Community Commons is a collaborative initiative that exists to serve the healthy communities’ movement by helping change-makers advance equitable community health and well- being. The Commins is a robust platform to more fully support the important work going on today. Use the Commons to: Gain insight, search topics, receive intuitive recommendations, discover content, and become inspired. How COVID-19 vaccines work At OCH's COVID-19 vaccine collaboration call (access summary document here), there was a request for resources and messaging explaining "how" COVID-19 vaccines work. Below are several helpful resources. How mRNA works (English and Spanish) How viral vector vaccines work (English and Spanish) Vaccine ad examples (O3A) Olympic Area Agency on Aging has shared their COVID-19 ad campaign. Check it out for messaging and imagery inspiration. Opportunities Public Comments Request: Social Determinants of Health Your feedback is requested on the Bree Collaborative’s draft Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) recommendations. Public comments will be accepted through 5pm on Friday, May 7. Please read the SDOH framework and stakeholder checklist recommendations here and take the survey here. Gaps Analysis on Housing and Behavioral Health Services (Clallam County) Clallam County Health and Human Services is currently conducting a needs and gaps analysis on housing and behavioral health services provided in the county. As part of this effort, they are conducting a short survey in order to help us assess homeless services, allocation of resources, and coordination among service providers. They are interested in hearing from all homeless service staff and volunteers, behavioral health partners, domestic violence agencies, and other groups that serve homeless clients though they may not be homeless-specific agencies. The survey link is here. Upcoming OCH events May Board of Directors Meeting May 10 | 1-3p Add to calendar 3CCORP Treatment Workgroup May 19 | 1-3p Add to calendar Share Your Insights: Stigma of addiction in the Olympic region Option 1: May 13 | 9-10:30 Option 2: May 14 | 9-10:30 Option 3: May 26 | 9-10:30 Learn more and register here In partnership, Olympic Community of Health would like to gratefully acknowledge that we are on the territorial lands of the Coast Salish, S'Klallam, and Chimicum Tribes. Click here to learn more about the Indigenous land where you are. Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here! Olympic Community of Health, 41 Colwell St, Port Hadlock, Washington 98339, United States, 3606336298 Unsubscribe Manage preferences From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: NACo Releases ‘Counties at Work’ Report Exploring County-Based Partnerships with Higher Education Date:Tuesday, April 27, 2021 9:27:07 AM From: NACo Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 9:26:52 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: NACo Releases ‘Counties at Work’ Report Exploring County-Based Partnerships with Higher Education 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 ECMC-Eblast-Header_1893472.jpg NACo RELEASES NEW ‘COUNTIES AT WORK’ REPORT EXPLORING COUNTY-BASED PARTNERSHIPS WITH HIGHER EDUCATION In partnership with the ECMC Foundation, the National Association of Counties (NACo) published the "Counties At Work: Counties Support Post-Secondary Education and Workforce Opportunities For Residents" report to explore county partnerships with post-secondary education systems and share key findings from its national landscape analysis. The report examines how county leaders: Make decisions and allocate public funding impacting the post-secondary education sector Coordinate county-based systems with the post-secondary education sector to promote economic mobility and positive outcomes for residents, and Work to slow the spread of COVID-19 in higher education settings READ THE REPORT EXPLORE THE CASE STUDIES For more information on the report's findings, join today's webinar or watch recordings from previous sessions: Enhancing Workforce Skills that Match Local Industry Needs: County-Based Approaches for Improving Employment Outcomes for Local Residents TODAY, APR. 27 | 1 P.M. EDT REGISTER Reducing Barriers to Employment and Higher Education: What Can Counties Do to Achieve Economic Mobility for Low-Income Residents? VIEW RECORDING Strengthening County Partnerships with Post- Secondary Education Systems and Enhancing Local Workforce Opportunities VIEW RECORDING QUESTIONS? For more information, contact Arabella Pluta-Ehlers, children, youth and families program manager at aplutaehlers@naco.org or Rashida Brown, children, youth and families associate program director at rbrown@naco.org. 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: Discriminatory Restrictive Covenants | Roles and Responsibilities | Post Pandemic Prognostications Date:Tuesday, April 27, 2021 10:23:02 AM From: MRSC – Planning Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 10:22:52 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Discriminatory Restrictive Covenants | Roles and Responsibilities | Post Pandemic Prognostications CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. April 2021 From MRSC Planning E-News to be Published Bi-Monthly Starting in April, MRSC Planning E-newsletters will be published every two months instead of every month. You can expect your next issue to be delivered to your inbox this coming June. The Lasting Impacts of Discriminatory Restrictive Covenant By Oskar Rey This blog looks at discriminatory restrictive covenants in county real property records and how property owners may remove or "strike" them from the record. More from MRSC Insight Roles and Responsibilities: Questions and Answers Ask MRSC Can a city ordinance that allows accessory dwelling units preempt an HOA CC&R that restricts them? I am interested in training resources to become more adept with finding what I need in our municipal code and the RCW and WAC. Do you have any suggestions? Have a question? Officials and employees from eligible government By Linda Gallagher This blog explores frequently asked questions related to roles and responsibilities of elected officials versus local government staff. More from MRSC Insight Emerging Issues Roundup: Post-Pandemic Prognostications By Byron Katsuyama This blog focuses on three issues that may become more prominent for local governments as we approach the end of the COVID-19 pandemic: cybersecurity concerns, maintaining digital services, and retiring boomers. More from MRSC Insight Bringing the Family to Work By Jill Dvorkin This blog looks at nepotism and how it applies to local governments. More from MRSC Insight Local Fireworks Regulations: Timing is Everything By MRSC Insight This blog covers the basics of when and how cities and counties may restrict the sale and/or use of fireworks within their boundaries. More from MRSC Insight COVID-19 Resources for Local Governments We are continuously updating our COVID-19 content and collecting new sample documents to keep local governments informed during the current crisis. See our COVID-19 Resources page agencies can use our free one-on-one inquiry service, Ask MRSC. Ask MRSC Upcoming Trainings Strategies and Tactics for Successfully Resolving Construction Claims (Webinar) May 5, 11 AM - 12 PM Cost: $35 | Credits available: CLE, CM, Legal CM, APWA-CAEC Learn more and register The Post-Pandemic Workplace, Part 1: Policies and Practices for the Post-COVID Office (Webinar) May 20, 10 AM - 11:30 AM Cost: $25 | Credits available: CML, SHRM Learn more and register The Post-Pandemic Workplace, Part 2: Legal Landscape of the Post- COVID Office (Webinar) May 26, 10 AM - 11:30 AM Cost: $25 | Credits available: CML, SHRM Learn more and register Making the Switch to Paperless Permitting (Webinar) June 1, 12 PM - 1:30 PM Cost: $35 | Credits available: CM Learn more and register Missed a webinar? On-Demand Webinars are available to view for a fee; credits are available for some. In Focus Can Planting More Trees Keep Cities from Heating Up? Creating an urban forest can be trickier than it seems. More from Popular Science 5 Reforms for Cities to Increase Affordability Salim Furth, Senior Research Fellow at Mercatus Center at George Mason University, discusses barriers to building more affordable communities and highlights a few easy-to- implement solutions to alleviate housing affordability issues. More from Multi-Housing News Los Angeles’s Standard Plan Program for ADUs Takes Aim at the Housing Crisis In response to the growing popularity of ADUs as a way to boost affordability, the city’s plan includes 20 pre-approved designs contributed by 14 firms. More from Metropolis The Pandemic Prompts Cities to Rethink the Parking Spot Some urban designers have long wanted to reduce the area set aside for cars. Covid is giving them a chance. More from Wired How to Bring Manufacturing Back to Cities — and Bring People of Color Along Too Here are four solutions to help BIPOC manufacturers gain a foothold in the quickly- growing space of small-scale manufacturing and product businesses. 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Click Here County News April 27, 2021 CN-Now-4-27_1895689.jpg A first-time rural public health leader meets the pandemic head-on Grace Foster planned to remake the San Miguel County, Colo. public health department, but a few weeks into her tenure as director, that all took a back seat to managing the county's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. READ MORE CN-Now-4-27-(2)_1895692.jpg Counties equip residents with digital COVID-19 vaccine cards Counties are finding ways to provide residents with digital COVID-19 vaccine cards as the debate continues as to whether private entities will soon require proof of vaccination or COVID- 19 vaccine passports. Read more CN-Now-4-27-(3)_1895698.jpg Boone County, Ky. connects all to broadband A partnership with its regional telecommunications provider will make a one gigabit high-speed broadband fiber network available to every address in the county. Read more CN-Now-4-27-(15)_1895870.jpg Join NACo member call Wednesday on American Jobs Plan Proposal Please join NACo’s Agriculture and Rural Affairs Steering Committee Wednesday, April 28 at 2 p.m. EDT for a National Call with White House officials to discuss how President Biden’s “American Jobs Plan” proposes to address the needs of rural America. Register MORE COUNTY NEWS Legislative Updates CN-Now-4-27-(5)_1895730.jpg Pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccine lifted by CDC, FDA The CDC and FDA stated that they have confidence the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is safe and effective, and they will continue investigating threats. Read more CN-Now-4-27-(6)_1895734.jpg Department of Agriculture extends pandemic flexibilities for federal child nutrition programs The extension for COVID-19 child nutrition program flexibilities lasts through June 2022, including free meals at school and day care. Read more CN-Now-4-27-(7)_1895740.jpg Bipartisan lawmakers re-introduce legislation to extend key deadlines for 2020 census data The 2020 Census Deadline Extensions Act would extend the deadline to deliver redistricting data to the states and localities to September 30, 2021. Read more CN-Now-4-27-(8)_1895745.jpg Administration for Children and Families releases American Rescue Plan funds for child care Newly released supplemental funds for the federal child care subsidy program will flow to county governments in eight states. Read more CN-Now-4-27-(9)_1895750.jpg HUD moves to restore fair housing rules HUD is seeking to restore the rule requiring local governments that receive federal housing funds to actively address residential segregation and rule prohibiting housing policies that result in discrimination, including those that unintentionally do so. Read more CN-Now-4-27-(10)_1895757.jpg House Appropriations Subcommittee holds hearing on FY 2022 HHS budget request The hearing touched on key county priorities, including behavioral and mental health, maternal health and rural health care. Read more CN-Now-4-27-(11)_1895766.jpg American Rescue Plan provides $30.5 billion to support America’s public transit systems Transit agencies have experienced a drastic decrease in ridership rates, resulting in a significant drop in revenues. Read more Department of Education releases state plan applications for remaining K-12 COVID relief funds Emergency K-12 dollars will provide fiscal relief to counties that CN-Now-4-27-(12)_1895775.jpg contribute funding to K-12 school systems. Read more CN-Now-4-27-(13)_1895783.jpg Federal Transit Administration awards $187 million to four Bus Rapid Transit infrastructure projects Transit authorities in California, Utah, and Washington state received funding. Read more CN-Now-4-27-(14)_1895792.jpg Bipartisan cannabis banking bill clears House The Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2021 would provide access to banking services for cannabis-related legitimate businesses. Read more MORE NEWS The Latest From NACo New Report: Counties At Work: Counties Support Post-Secondary Education and Workforce Opportunities For Residents In partnership with the ECMC Foundation, NACo published the "Counties At Work: Counties Support Post-Secondary Education and Workforce Opportunities For Residents" report to explore county partnerships with post-secondary education systems and share key findings from its national landscape analysis. NACo also released a set of case studies sharing county examples and best practices in creating cross-sector partnerships to improve educational and employment outcomes for residents. The report and case studies are available here. NACo regional trivia nights! Can you name the three states with the most counties? Join us for an opportunity to network and show off your county knowledge at one of our regional Trivia & Networking events. Attendees will be broken out into small trivia teams and will compete over three rounds of trivia against counties across your state and the country. Each event will last an hour, at which point we will declare a winning team! Learn more and register here. National Civic Review – Spring 2021 As the communities all over the country grapple with questions of racial equity, public safety, health and democracy, the Spring issue of the National Civic Review explores examples of what one of the authors describes as “civic democracy.” Articles explore efforts by public managers, non-profit organizations, foundations, elected officials and members of the public to build trust, create safe spaces for productive dialogues, defuse potential conflicts, find common ground on challenging problems and inspire a sense of community belonging. The issue was published in collaboration with the Kettering Foundation. You can access this edition by going directly to the table of contents and entering your access code (NACo21) when prompted. NKN_Banner_collection_CN-now(1)_1729551.png APR 28 NATIONAL CALL NACo National Membership Call 2 p.m. EDT APR 29 NATIONAL CALL NACo National Membership Call 2 p.m. EDT MAY 06 WEBINAR NACo Tech Xchange Presents: Quantifying Public Records Complexity 2 p.m. EDT MAY 13 NATIONAL CALL NACo National Membership Call 2 p.m. EDT MAY 18 WEBINAR Insights Along the Journey of IT Automation and Modernization 2 p.m. EDT MAY 26 WEBINAR NACo Workforce Network Focus Group 2 p.m. EDT MORE EVENTS 21AnnConf_STD_Slide_636V2_1862982.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: Renee Rux, GM of Quileute Oceanside Resort is our featured speaker tomorrow! Date:Tuesday, April 27, 2021 4:06:25 PM Attachments:image001.png image003.png image004.png image005.png From: director@forkswa.com Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 4:04:43 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Renee Rux, GM of Quileute Oceanside Resort is our featured speaker tomorrow! 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 Wednesday, April 28th when we welcome Renee Rux, General Manager of Quileute Oceanside Resort. Renee will show us all the changes and updates taking place at the Resort and give us the inside scoop! Lunch is chicken wraps, or you can order off the menu. Our meetings take place at Blakeslee's Bar & Grill, 1222 S. Forks Avenue, noon – 1pm and are open to the public and all are welcome to attend. We will not have a Zoom or call-in option to the meeting due to limited internet at the venue. Upcoming Programs April 28 – Renee Rux, Quileute Oceanside Resort Manager May 5 – County Commissioner Bill Peach discusses Charter Review Recommendations May 12 – County Prosecutor Mark Nichols May 19 – TBA May 26 – Melanie Koskela, Administrative Clinic Manager and Lucritia Stansbury, RN Clinic Manager – All three FCH Clinics POTENTIAL PUD PROJECT We have been contacting property owners and businesses on Forks Avenue, from Bogachiel Way to Sportsman Club Road to attend a meeting at the Rainforest Arts Center at 5pm on Thursday in regard to a potential PUD project that would include burying the power lines. We are excited to see where this discussion goes on Thursday! FROM CLALLAM EDC Please join us Wednesday morning at 8am to hear from Representative Chapman and Owners of Black Ball Ferry Lines. Decisions made during the 2021 legislative session will impact business owners' and families' lives immensely. By Wednesday morning we'll be able to share more about those outcomes. Due to COVID-19 border closures, Black Ball Ferry Lines, a critical element of our local economy has been unable to operate for over a year. But based on a chorus of strong community advocacy efforts, the decision-makers at the state level are taking action to help. Rep Tharinger may also be able to join us. Please join us: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89474510306? pwd=VlIrRHh5RG1nYVh3V3JXRzFSMmRodz09 Meeting ID: 894 7451 0306 Passcode: 187447 One tap mobile +12532158782,,89474510306#,,,,*187447# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) Meeting ID: 894 7451 0306 Passcode: 187447 Upcoming Guests: May 5 - DNR Commissioner Hillary Franz On Sunday (yesterday) the State Legislature adjourned their 2021 Session - Here is an Overview of Major Policy Decisions that Impact Businesses: On Sunday the Legislature adjourned with the passage of a $59.2 Billion two-year operating budget as described in this Article from the Spokesman-Review. A Washington State Wire Article with an overview of the Capital Budget. Link to the 411 Page $6.3 Billion 2021-2023 Capital Budget. A KIRO 7 News Article on the Capital Gains Tax. And lastly an Article on two major climate bills that passed just before the end of session - the Climate Commitment Act and a low carbon fuel standard. Here is a link to the full State Budget Documents (Operating, Capital & Transportation): http://leap.leg.wa.gov/ You can access a link to the spreadsheet below Here. Shuttered Venue Operator Grants The Shuttered Venue Operator Grant application portal will reopen Today April 26, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. EDT. In preparation for the opening, potential applicants should register on the portal in advance. Applicants will also need a smartphone and a multi-factor authenticator app to register and apply. The SBA has also added the following updated resources. · Applicant user guide and FAQ: For help with the application process, refer to the applicant user guide and FAQ. · Checklist: Use the checklist to make sure you have everything you need to complete your application. Do you or someone you know own a Restaurant, Bar, Winery or catering company? The Restaurant Revitalization Fund will cover up to $5M of lost revenue? Recipients are not required to repay the funding as long as funds are used for eligible uses no later than March 11, 2023. This program will provide restaurants with funding equal to their pandemic-related revenue loss up to $5 million per physical location. Who can apply Eligible entities who have experienced pandemic-related revenue loss include: · Restaurants · Food stands, food trucks, food carts · Caterers · Bars, saloons, lounges, taverns · Snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · For the following entities onsite sales to the public must comprise at least 33% of gross receipts · Bakeries · Brewpubs, tasting rooms, taprooms · Breweries and/or microbreweries · Wineries and distilleries · Inns · Licensed facilities or premises of a beverage alcohol producer where the public may taste, sample, or purchase products Download the RRF Guide Here. View a Sample Application Here. Signing up for SAM.gov, or getting a CAGE # or DUNS # are NOT going to be required! Census Data Summit Schedule – April and May: April 29th, 11am Census Business Builder for Small Business Retailers and Service Establishments Register Here This summit will teach data users how to access the Census Business Builder suite of services which provides selected demographic and economic data tailored to specific types of users in a simple to access and user-friendly format. May 6th, 11am COVID-19 HUB Demographic and Economic Resources Register Here This summit will provide data users demographic and economic data designed to help guide decision-making related to the COVID-19 pandemic. May 12th 11am: Economic Recovery: Workforce Patterns Register Here This summit will teach data users how to analyze commuting patterns and workforce characteristics at the state and sub-state geographic levels as shown in the Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics (LEHD) Program. May 13th, 11am Census Data for Librarians Register Here This summit will teach users more about the demographic and economic characteristics of the patrons you serve. Featuring data from decennial censuses and various census surveys, this training will take a deeper dive into demographic, social and economic tabulations and how you can access them using the Census Bureau’s data access tool. May 13th, 11am: Census Bureau Data about Housing Characteristics Register Here This summit will teach data users about housing and household data available from various surveys, as well as indicators for building permits, construction, home ownership rates, and more. May 20th, 11am Data about Race, Ethnicity and Ancestry Register Here August 10th, 11am Census Bureau Data for Migrant Workers Register Here Save the Date: Future Data Summits May 5: Statistics in Schools (second offering) June 8: Data about Food Security June 22: Census Data for Asian/NHPI Populations June 24: Census Data for the LGBTQ Community July 13: Census Data about Persons with Disabilities and Aging Populations July 20: Accessing Community Health Needs Data for Health Care Professionals July 22: Early Childhood Census Data Sources July 29: Census Bureau Data for Emergency Management WEST END BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION (WEBPA) WEBPA meetings resumed in person on March 24th at the Congregational Church, 7:30am. Dues are only $10 for an individual, and $25 for a business. WEBPA is a wonderful non-profit organization that provides business networking, and through fundraising, keep our lovely town decorated for Christmas! For more information, please contact Christi Baron 360-374- 3311 or cbaron@forksforum.com CHAMBER RENEWALS for 2021 were due on January 31st. We are in the process of delivering/mailing the certificates. Please let us know if you do not receive yours. If you have not paid we have a grace period so do not 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 excited to reopen our lobby on Monday, May 3rd, along with extended hours of operation. Our hours will be Monday through Saturday 10 am – 5 pm and Sunday 11 am – 4 pm. FOREVER TWILIGHT IN FORKS COLLECTION Forever Twilight in Forks Collection is open our regular winter hours, Fridays and Saturdays Noon – 4pm (last showing/entry is at 3:30pm). We also do tours Sunday – Thursday with advance notice. Please see link for more details. We will be opening for the summer season on May 20th Thursday – Monday Noon – 4pm. FORKS CHAMBER STAFF DIRECTORY Lissy Andros, executive director 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 and assistant to the E.D. Kari handles all of our visitor correspondence and administrative duties for the Chamber, and the online store. She is also in charge of ordering our merchandise and sending out visitor packets. Bella Britt, VIC staff member. Bella is training at the VIC and Collection and we look forward to having her on the team! Emery Damron, VIC staff member. Emery starts next week, and we look forward to having her on the team! 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 Legislative Authority: Administration of the Criminal Justice Treatment Account (RCW 71.24.580) Date:Tuesday, April 27, 2021 4:40:41 PM Attachments:image001.png image003.png image004.png image005.png Commissioner and Human Services Letter- CJTA Administration_21-23 Biennium 04.27.pdf From: Rosalez, Amber T (HCA) Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 4:40:30 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) Cc: Waterland, Keri L (HCA); Michael, Edward (HCA); Walton, Tony A. (HCA); Sander, Sandy L (HCA) Subject: County Legislative Authority: Administration of the Criminal Justice Treatment Account (RCW 71.24.580) CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. STATE OF WASHINGTON HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY 626 8th Avenue, SE • P.O. Box 45502 • Olympia, Washington 98504-5502 April 27, 2021 Dear Government Official: SUBJECT: Administration of the Criminal Justice Treatment Account (RCW 71.24.580) The Criminal Justice Treatment Account (CJTA) funds are provided for substance use disorder treatment and recovery support modalities for individuals in the criminal legal system. Since 2016, these funds have primarily been coordinated through the Behavioral Health Organization (BHO) or Behavioral Health Administrative Service Organization (BHASO). In 2018, the Washington State Legislature provided counties the option to administer CJTA funding by contracting directly with the Health Care Authority (HCA). Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5902; Section 215, subsection 17, directs HCA to provide counties the option to administer their share of the distributions of CJTA provided for under RCW 71.24.580(5)(a). Guidelines under 71.24.580 RCW require that counties/regions submit an implementation plan for use of these funds. For the upcoming biennium, each county/region will be required to submit an updated plan by October 1, 2021. There are data and fiscal reporting that would also have to be coordinated through the county. State policy allows up to 10 percent of the funds to be used for administrative costs associated with administering CJTA funding. Please submit your response indicating if your county intends to administer CJTA dollars or defer to the current arrangements with the ASO, by Monday May 24, 2021. Responses can be submitted directly to Sandy Sander, Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery Administrative Assistant, at sandy.sander@hca.wa.gov. Should you have any questions, please contact Tony Walton, Criminal Justice Behavioral Health Administrator, via email at tony.walton@hca.wa.gov or by telephone at 360-725-9992 Sincerely, Keri L. Waterland, PhD, MAOB Division Director Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery Office: 360-725-5252 Cell: 360-890-6005 www.hca.wa.gov Keri L. Waterland, Ph.D., MAOB Director Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery By Email From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: COVID-19 Weekly Report - 4/28/21 Date:Wednesday, April 28, 2021 4:01:01 AM From: Village Council Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 4:00:45 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: COVID-19 Weekly Report - 4/28/21 CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. COVID-19 WEEKLY UPDATE April 28, 2021 This Weekly Update provides a link to the County Department of Emergency Management Community Situation Report rather than duplicating information that is being published by them. That report covers Dr. Locke’s presentation at the Monday County Commissioners meeting. 9 new cases last week For details, see the Jefferson County Case Information report here Jefferson County is still in PHASE III of the WA State Road Map to reopening Jefferson County leads all WA State Counties in % of residents vaccinated If you have been waiting to get vaccinated, now is the time to do so; appointment times are available and convenient If you can't make your vaccination appointment - We understand situations change If you can't make your vaccination appointment please call and cancel; this helps to ensure all vaccine is used and nothing goes to waste To download full County Case Information, click HERE To download full Global Case Count Information, click HERE Resources: jeffersonhealthcare.org/covid-19/ jeffersoncountypublichealth.org/1429/covid-19 Wash Hands Maintain Distance Wear a Mask ‌ Visit the Village Council Web Site Your Village Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation whose purpose is to be a unifying force and information conduit for the benefit of all Port Ludlow residents. Port Ludlow Village Council | Post Office Box 65012, Port Ludlow, WA 98365 Unsubscribe gbrotherton@co.jefferson.wa.us Update Profile | Customer Contact Data Notice Sent by portludlowvillagecouncileblast@gmail.com From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Join NACo and White House Officials for National Call on American Jobs Plan and Rural Counties Date:Wednesday, April 28, 2021 7:55:25 AM From: NACo Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 7:55:06 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Join NACo and White House Officials for National Call on American Jobs Plan and Rural 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_1832951_1844665.png GettyImages-1176016994(1)_1824700.jpg JOIN NACo AND WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS FOR NATIONAL CALL ON AMERICAN JOBS PLAN AND HOW IT WILL IMPACT RURAL COUNTIES TODAY AT 2 P.M. EDT Please join the National Association of Counties (NACo) Agriculture and Rural Affairs Steering Committee today at 2 p.m. EDT for a national membership call with White House officials to discuss how President Biden’s American Jobs Plan proposes to address the needs of rural America. Guest speakers include: Gabe Amo, deputy director, White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Evan Wessel, policy advisor, White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Patricia Kovacs, senior policy advisor for agriculture, Domestic Policy Council Will McIntee, associate director (rural), White House Office of Public Engagement Liz Archuleta, director of intergovernmental and external affairs, U.S. Department of Agriculture Charles Small, deputy assistant secretary for intergovernmental affairs, U.S. Department of Transportation NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP CALL DETAILS DATE TODAY TIME 2 p.m. EDT DIAL-IN RSVP to receive dial-in information. QUESTIONS?Email your questions to question@naco.org. 21AnnConf_STD_Slide_636V2_1862982.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: Trust Lands Performance Assessment Webinar Tonight Date:Wednesday, April 28, 2021 8:32:02 AM From: Paul Jewell Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 8:31:06 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Timber Counties Subject: Trust Lands Performance Assessment Webinar Tonight CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good morning Timber Counties Caucus members, To follow up on the email yesterday evening from Chairman Lannen, the public webinar on DNR’s Trust Land Performance Assessment Project is this evening. I sent you all a notice about the event a couple of weeks ago, and hopefully, you added it to your calendar if you are interested in attending. The webinar is tonight, and the details are below. Have a great day! Sincerely, -- Paul Jewell | Policy Director – Water, Land Use, Environment & Solid Waste Washington State Association of Counties | wsac.org pjewell@wsac.org | 360.489.3024 Disclaimer: Documents and correspondence are available under state law. This email may be disclosable to a third-party requestor. Subject: Trust Lands Performance Assessment Webinar Hello, We are sending this email to you because you have either attended a meeting with DNR staff on the Trust Lands Performance Assessment, or have expressed interest in the topic. You are invited to join a public webinar on the Trust Lands Performance Assessment on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. Join DNR for an approximately 1.5 hour webinar on Zoom to learn: The results of the Trust Lands Performance Assessment, The proposed scope of work for the project going forward, and Initial ideas DNR is considering for future actions. Please register by April 26. Upon registration, a zoom link will be automatically emailed to you. Please note: registration will be allowed up to the time of the webinar, however we are requesting early registration in order to gauge the audience size. During the two weeks that follow the webinar, we are encouraging attendees to submit comments on the scope and ideas presented and make suggestions for DNR to consider. We will collect your feedback through Survey Monkey between April 28 and May 12 and will include it in the feedback summaries that will be provided to the Board of Natural Resources at their June 1st meeting. A link to Survey Monkey will be provided on DNRs TLPA web page on April 28. Please contact Heidi Tate at Heidi.tate@dnr.wa.gov with questions. Thank you, Heidi Tate Environmental Planner Projects and Planning Section Forest Resources Division Washington Department of Natural Resources Heidi.tate@dnr.wa.gov From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: County Legislative Authority: Administration of the Criminal Justice Treatment Account (RCW 71.24.580) Date:Wednesday, April 28, 2021 3:08:58 PM From: Jolene Kron Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 3:08:03 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean; Greg Brotherton; Ruth Gordon Cc: Sam Agnew; Stephanie J. Lewis Subject: RE: County Legislative Authority: Administration of the Criminal Justice Treatment Account (RCW 71.24.580) CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good afternoon Commissioners- As noted in the email below, each county has the choice regarding who administers CJTA in that county. We have been told that the counties will receive annual notice to verify the entity the county would designate as the administrator of CJTA. The last time HCA initiated this process was in 2019. At that time, I met with and answered questions for the Jefferson County Commissioners when the Health Care Authority presented this option. The County’s decision was to continue with the ASO as administrator at that time due to infrastructure, costs, and data/reporting requirements. The Salish BH-ASO currently administers CJTA for all three counties in our region. We provide support to the committee in developing agendas, writing annual plans (now biennial), contracting with CJTA providers, and providing technical assistance support to all parties. Salish BH-ASO recently worked with all three county CJTA Committees in the release of a substance use disorder needs survey to provide each committee with input on needs of their individual communities. That survey opened April 15 and closes June 1. The intent is to provide information for the development of biennial plan due in October 1, 2021. Decision-making for CJTA priorities and funding is at the discretion of the committee within the CJTA guidelines. Salish BH-ASO would be happy to have conversation regarding the communication sent from HCA. Please let us know if you would like to discuss this matter or have additional questions. Jolene Kron, MA LMHC Deputy Administrator/Clinical Director Salish BH-ASO Phone:360-337-4832 Fax: 360-337-5721 jkron@co.kitsap.wa.us Please remember that our policies prohibit us from accepting Protected Health Information including names, initials, dates of birth, or other identifying information via email unless encrypted. If you are unable to encrypt your email, let me know and I can start an encrypted email chain that allows you to respond in the encrypted format. Thank you This message and accompanying documents are covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510- 2521, and contain information intended for the specified individual(s) only. This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. DO NOT FORWARD THIS EMAIL WITHOUT PERMISSION. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately. Subject: County Legislative Authority: Administration of the Criminal Justice Treatment Account (RCW 71.24.580)  CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. STATE OF WASHINGTON HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY 626 8th Avenue, SE • P.O. Box 45502 • Olympia, Washington 98504-5502 April 27, 2021 Dear Government Official: SUBJECT: Administration of the Criminal Justice Treatment Account (RCW 71.24.580) The Criminal Justice Treatment Account (CJTA) funds are provided for substance use disorder treatment and recovery support modalities for individuals in the criminal legal system. Since 2016, these funds have primarily been coordinated through the Behavioral Health Organization (BHO) or Behavioral Health Administrative Service Organization (BHASO). In 2018, the Washington State Legislature provided counties the option to administer CJTA funding by contracting directly with the Health Care Authority (HCA). Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5902; Section 215, subsection 17, directs HCA to provide counties the option to administer their share of the distributions of CJTA provided for under RCW 71.24.580(5)(a). Guidelines under 71.24.580 RCW require that counties/regions submit an implementation plan for use of these funds. For the upcoming biennium, each county/region will be required to submit an updated plan by October 1, 2021. There are data and fiscal reporting that would also have to be coordinated through the county. State policy allows up to 10 percent of the funds to be used for administrative costs associated with administering CJTA funding. Please submit your response indicating if your county intends to administer CJTA dollars or defer to the current arrangements with the ASO, by Monday May 24, 2021. Responses can be submitted directly to Sandy Sander, Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery Administrative Assistant, at sandy.sander@hca.wa.gov. Should you have any questions, please contact Tony Walton, Criminal Justice Behavioral Health Administrator, via email at tony.walton@hca.wa.gov or by telephone at 360-725-9992 Sincerely, Keri L. Waterland, PhD, MAOB Division Director Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery Office: 360-725-5252 Cell: 360-890-6005 www.hca.wa.gov Keri L. Waterland, Ph.D., MAOB Director Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery By Email ***Email may be considered a public record subject to public disclosure under RCW 42.56*** From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Chamber Cafe - Tourism Update with OPVB 5.7.21 Date:Wednesday, April 28, 2021 3:53:21 PM From: Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 3:53:06 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Chamber Cafe - Tourism Update with OPVB 5.7.21 CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. www.jeffcountychamber.org 360.385.7869 director@jeffcountychamber.org Join us on Zoom, Friday morning, 5.7.21 at 10:00 for an hour ofChamber Cafe, your community conversation, discussing a major pandemicpivot happening now, Travel and Tourism! Tourism touches each of us in Jefferson County, even if not directly.Join us with our guest presenter, Marsha Massey, Executive Director of theOlympic Peninsula Visitors Bureau, our tourism partner. The coronaviruspandemic of 2020 brought travel to a halt, worldwide. Leisure travel,business travel, meetings and conventions, cruises - all travel suddenlystopped, and the travel industry as a whole became one of the mostadversely affected industries in the nation, recording billions of dollars inlosses. Closer to home, the Olympic Peninsula certainly felt that impact initially aswell. But, as people began to look for shorter, closer getaways,opportunities to get outdoors and away from the crowds, local and regionaltravel started to pick back up, and the Olympic Peninsula was wellpositioned for that recovery. What does the rest of 2021 and beyond look like for our tourism-dependentcommunities? Chamber Cafe Your Community Conversation What are some of the lessons learned from 2020, and what are some of thechallenges to be addressed as we move through re-opening and recovery? Please register for this session. A code will be needed for the Zoommeeting access. There is no cost to attend. You do not need to be a Chamber member to participate but will needto bring your own coffee and muffins. Register for Chamber Cafe Marsha Massey Executive Director Olympic Peninsula Visitors Bureau ‌‌ Your Ad could be reaching this large audience at no cost to you! Just ask us! The Chamber is investing in our Community & YOUR business. The Chamber of Jefferson County Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce | 2409 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 Unsubscribe 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: Reminder: Join NACo and White House officials for a call on COVID-19 recovery for counties Date:Thursday, April 29, 2021 9:09:53 AM From: NACo Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2021 9:09:01 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Reminder: Join NACo and White House officials for a call on COVID-19 recovery 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_1832951_1844665.png GettyImages-1176016994(1)_1824700.jpg JOIN NACo AND WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS FOR A CALL ON COVID-19 RECOVERY FOR COUNTIES TODAY AT 2 P.M. EDT | NACo MEMBERS ONLY Please join the National Association of Counties (NACo) and White House COVID-19 Intergovernmental Affairs Director, Eduardo Cisneros, today at 2 p.m. EDT for a national membership call with updates on American Rescue Plan implementation and other COVID-19 recovery efforts that are important to counties. FEATURED SPEAKER Eduardo Cisneros White House COVID-19 Intergovernmental Affairs Director NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP CALL DETAILS DATE TODAY TIME 2 p.m. EDT DIAL-IN RSVP to receive dial-in information. QUESTIONS?Email your questions to question@naco.org. EXPLORE NACo's RECOVERY RESOURCES NACo COVID-19 Recovery Clearinghouse To assist counties with response and recovery, we recently launched the NACo COVID-19 Recovery Clearinghouse, which features timely resources for counties, including allocation estimates, examples of county programs using federal coronavirus relief funds, the latest news and more. LEARN MORE American Rescue Plan Act Funding Breakdown The interactive tool helps navigate the roughly $1.5 trillion in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Programs that may provide counties with additional funding are denoted as “county eligible.” This information will be updated as federal guidance for the new and existing programs is released. ACCESS THE TOOL State & Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Find your county's estimated allocation, potential allowable uses of new recovery funds, NACo's legislative analysis and more. LEARN MORE NACo Analysis of the American Rescue Plan Act Access NACo's analysis of the American Rescue Plan Act, which highlights key provisions for county governments. LEARN MORE 21AnnConf_STD_Slide_636V2_1862982.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.