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From:Washington State Department of Transportation To:jeffbocc Subject:WSDOT News: Work to reopen SR 112 begins in Clallam County Date:Thursday, April 29, 2021 8:30:10 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. US 101/SR 113 detour will remain in place during the repair work Logo Washington State Department of Transportation – NEWS Olympic Region – PO Box 47440 – Olympia, WA 98504-7440 – 360-357-2600 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2021 Contact: Tina Werner, communications, 360-704-3270 Work to reopen SR 112 begins in Clallam County US 101/SR 113 detour will remain in place during the repair work SEIKU – After four months of environmental permitting and design work, there is good news for Olympic Peninsula travelers between Neah Bay and Port Angeles. Starting Thursday, April 29, contractor crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation will begin work to reopen State Route 112 in Clallam County. The most serious roadway damage occurred near Jim Creek, where crews will first begin construction of a mesh retaining wall to support the highway above. Scarsella Brothers, Inc. crews will work six days a week inside the closure area on SR 112 to repair six slide sites that began in late December. The highway will remain closed between mileposts 31 and 39. Travelers will continue to detour using US 101 and SR 113 during construction. “Work will occur in phases with crews beginning excavations near Twin Beach at milepost 37, where portions of the roadway have dropped 13 feet,” said WSDOT Project Engineer Dan McKernan. In an effort to reopen sections of the highway as quickly as possible, some portions of SR 112 may reopen as temporary gravel surfaces. Crews anticipate to fully reopen the highway by late July. Background On Dec. 21, 2020, high temperatures, heavy rains, snow and seasonal tides forced maintenance crews to close an 8-mile section of SR 112. When crews inspected the roadway for potential reopening, they found roadway settlement in three separate locations. As rains continued to fall in the weeks that followed, three additional locations were identified. History of slide activity Geotechnical engineers have documented significant slide activity every 10-20 years beginning in 1954 after the highway was transferred to WSDOT from Clallam County in the 1930s. The last major slide event was in 2009. The topographical and geological challenges along SR 112 require a specially calculated approach to address ongoing drainage, stability and debris concerns. Olympic Peninsula travelers are encouraged to sign up for email updates. Real-time traffic information is available on the WSDOT app and WSDOT regional Twitter account. Hyperlinks within the release: Reopen: www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr112/jim-creek-landslides/home Six slide sites: www.wsdotblog.blogspot.com/2021/02/plans-to-reopen-sr- 112-in-clallam.html Close an 8-mile stretch of SR 112: www.youtube.com/watch? v=RXdNP8QUT6Y Email updates: www.public.govdelivery.com/accounts/WADOT/subscriber/new? topic_id=WADOT_542 WSDOT app: www.wsdot.wa.gov/travel/know-before-you-go/mobile-app WSDOT regional Twitter feed: twitter.com/wsdot_tacoma ### WSDOT keeps people, businesses and the economy moving by operating and improving the state's transportation systems. To learn more about what we're doing, go to www.wsdot.wa.gov/news for pictures, videos, news and blogs. Real time traffic information is available at wsdot.com/traffic or by dialing 511. STAY CONNECTED: SUBSCRIBER SERVICES: Manage Preferences | Unsubscribe | Help This email was sent to jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: Washington State Department of Transportation 310 Maple Park Ave SE · Olympia, WA 98504 From:Kathleen Keenan To:Greg Brotherton; KPTZ VTeam; Kate Dean; Keppie Keplinger; Tom Locke; Willie Bence; Heidi Eisenhour; jeffbocc Subject:Questions for the May 3rd, 2021 BOCC Meeting Date:Friday, April 30, 2021 3:19:54 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good afternoon on this fine day here in Port Townsend....I am sending this to you from the docks of Port Hudson Marina, watching the ferry from Whidbey Island approach our shore. Life appears near normal from this vantage point, but the the questions submitted this week demonstrate that residents are still struggling with questions about the Covid-19 vaccine, as well as concerns about how this virus manages to pop up among those we thought were protected, once fully vaccinated. Basking in the warmth of the sun, Kate Keenan, Member KPTZ Virus Watch Team 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 May 3rd, 2021, Board of County Commissioners Meeting Dr. Tom Locke, Public Health Officer, Jefferson County: 1. As a slight 81 yr old woman who is not prescribed any medications for health problems, I am wondering how the Covid-19 vaccine dose is figured for me as opposed to a 200 lb male who takes several prescribed medications. Is his dose different from what you would give me??? 2. Please discuss the risks of using public toilets, particularly in public campgrounds and all possible ways to still protect myself if I use them. Is there an advantage in using a pit toilet versus a flush toilet? 3. We seem to be having yet another increase recently of new cases here in Jefferson County. Do we know if the recent cases have been vaccinated? 4. I have read recently that there are cases among nursing homes patients, even though most of them have been fully vaccinated. It seems the vaccination rate among staff is low and when they get infected, they pass it on to the vaccinated residents and some residents have died. When will these homes make it mandatory to get the Covid-19 vaccine, like they require the influenza vaccine each year? Covid-19 Testing: (none submitted) Public Health Strategies/Vaccines: 1. My young female friend is not an anti-vaxer, however she believes that getting the Covid-19 vaccine may affect her fertility or ability to conceive. Is there any scientific information on this issue I can share with her? 2. How well do the Pfizer/Moderna vaccines work against the variants seen in this state? 3. Have we seen any vaccine breakthrough cases here in Jefferson County? Board of County Commissioners: (none submitted) Willie Bence, Director, DEM/EOC, Jefferson County: (none submitted) From:Wendy Feltham To:exchanges@dnr.wa.gov Cc:jeffbocc Subject:Please protect Dabob Bay forests Date:Saturday, May 1, 2021 7:53:16 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear DNR, I live in Port Townsend and have visited the forests and beaches of Dabob Bay several times over the past ten years. I am writing to express my support for DNR's proposed protection of state forestlands within the Dabob Bay Natural Area boundaries. These are special lands with rare forests and important wildlife habitat. I have seen mammals, birds, insects, crabs, shellfish, and fish in this area. Please protect these ecologically valuable forests. I request that School Trust parcels CS 6,7, 11, 12, and 13 on the Toandos Peninsula NOT be included in the exchange as these involve globally rare forest types that DNR is obligated to protect and which are proposed for conservation. Sincerely, Wendy Feltham 552 Cook Ave. Ext. Port Townsend, WA 98368 From:Rick Titcomb To:exchanges@dnr.wa.gov Cc:jeffbocc Subject:Dabob Bay Date:Saturday, May 1, 2021 8:58:34 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. My wife and I are landowners on Dabob Bay. We support DNR's proposed protection of state forestlands within the Dabob Bay Natural Area boundaries. We request that School Trust parcels CS 6, 7, 11, 12, and 13 on the Toandos Peninsula NOT be included in the exchange as these involve globally rare forest types that DNR is obligated to protect and which are proposed for conservation. We support protection and preservation of the water quality, wildlife habitat, and natural serenity this exquisite piece of Washington affords. Rick and Suzy Titcomb From:betty gallucci To:exchanges@dnr.wa.gov; jeffbocc Subject:Dabob Bay Date:Saturday, May 1, 2021 7:51:17 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Commissioners and Forest Managers, We are property owners who live on Franks Lane off of Thorndyke road. We support the DNR's proposed protection of state forest lands within the Dabob Bay Natural Area Boundaries. Last year we were lucky enough to take a guided walk through one of the unique areas and were awed by its beauty and diversity. We would like to have this preserved in its natural state for future generations. Also we request that School Trust Parcels CS 6,7,11, 12, 13 on the Toandos Peninsula not be included in the exchange as these involve globally rare forest types that DNR is obligated to protect and are proposed for conservation. Thank you, Betty and Vince Gallucci 246 Franks Lane Quilcene WA 98376 From:Helen To:Exchanges@dnr.wa.gov Cc:jeffbocc Subject:Dabob Bay Trust Land Transfer Date:Monday, May 3, 2021 6:51:48 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. I support DNR's proposed protection of state forestlands within the Dabob Bay Natural Area boundaries. I request that School Trust parcels CS 6,7, 11, 12, and 13 on the Toandos Peninsula NOT be including in the exchange as these involve globally rare forest types that DNR is obligated to protect and which are proposed for conservation. To: Bob Winslow, I support DNR;s proposed protection of state forest lands within the Dabob Bay Natural Area boundaries because the forest provides habitat for wildlife and because of the nearby land that I helped to preserve through personal financial contributions. I request that School Trust parcels CS 6,7, 11, 12, and 13 on the Toandos Peninsula NOT be included in the exchange since these involve globally rare forest types that DNR is obligated to protect and which are proposed for conservation. Thank you, Helen Kolff 335 37th St. Port Townsend, WA 98368 From:Hal Bahls To:jeffbocc Subject:FW: Dabob Bay Date:Monday, May 3, 2021 7:57:44 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. From: Hal Bahls [mailto:hbahls57@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 3, 2021 7:52 AM To: exchanges@dnr.wa.gov Cc: jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us Subject: Dabob Bay I support DNR's proposed protection of state forestlands within the Dabob Bay Natural Area boundaries. Harold W. Bahls, Jr. San Diego, CA From:Peter Berg To:exchanges@dnr.wa.gov Cc:jeffbocc Subject:Dabob Bay Date:Monday, May 3, 2021 10:23:45 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good morning, I write in support of DNR's proposed protection of state forestlands within the Dabob Bay Natural Area boundaries. My family owns property on Dabob Bay and I request that School Trust parcels CS 6,7, 11, 12, and 13 on the Toandos Peninsula NOT be included in the exchange as these involve globally rare forest types that DNR is obligated to protect and which are proposed for conservation. Thank you, Peter Berg From:Chris Wilson To:exchanges@dnr.wa.gov Cc:jeffbocc Subject:Dabob Bay Preservation Area Date:Monday, May 3, 2021 11:55:50 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Comments related to Department of Natural Resources public hearing on proposed land exchange: DNR is proposing an inter-trust exchange between Common School trust land and Forest Board trust land, including land on the Toandos Peninsula. I have a residence on the Toandos Peninsula on the western shore of Dabob Bay. Dabob Bay and its immediate environment represent an exceptionally unspoiled and preserved part of Puget Sound. I do support DNR's overall exchange plan. However, I believe it is critical that School Trust parcels CS 6,7, 11, 12, and 13 on the Toandos Peninsula be excluded from the proposed exchange. Doing so is the best approach to help protect the water quality and associated recreational and commercial shellfish habitat of the Bay, as well as rare forest types around the Bay. Sincerely, Christopher Wilson Quilcene 98376 From:Colin Meyer To:exchanges@dnr.wa.gov Cc:jeffbocc Subject:Dabob Bay Natural Area Date:Monday, May 3, 2021 1:01:08 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Jefferson County Public Land Stewards, I write to express my deep support for the DNR's proposed protection of state public forest lands within the Dabob Bay Natural Areas. I request that School Trust parcels CS 6,7, 11, 12, and 13 on the Toandos Peninsula NOT be including in the exchange as these involve globally rare forest types that DNR is obligated to protect and which are proposed for conservation. As a property owner on the Toandos Peninsula, I am very aware of the precious habitats that we have in this area. I spend many days each year hiking and exploring in these areas. I appreciate how these lands not only support species diversity in the forests themselves, but also how the health of the forests is essential for the health of Dabob Bay. Protecting the species diversity, and ensuring the presence of species that humans like myself enjoy harvesting (salmon, oysters, crabs, etc) is essential to our quality of life, in this area. Thank you! Colin Celebrating 36 years! The Port Townsend Main Street Program is a 501c3 nonprofit organization founded in 1985. Our mission is to preserve, promote, and enhance our historic business districts. From:The Port Townsend Main Street Program To:jeffbocc Subject:MAY Your Days Be Brighter Ahead! Date:Monday, May 3, 2021 4:33:57 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Main Street News: It's Time to Give Big! Do you love Port Townsend? Join the Port Townsend Main Street Program and help us enhance the unique assets of Uptown and Downtown. We celebrate what’s special about our town–our historic architecture, pedestrian-friendly setting, and diverse business landscape. Our creative special events draw locals and visitors to the historic districts and support our local economy. We care for 100+ flower baskets, offer free concerts, foster historic preservation and run successful promotions. Our activities and projects add to the character, beauty and vitality of Port Townsend. The Port Townsend Main Street Program is an award-winning 501c3 nonprofit organization founded in 1985. CLICK HERE to donate now! May is ArtWave! For the month of May, Historic Districts’ merchants are showcasing student artwork, created in the Port Townsend Schools, for “Art Wave!” Children's pieces of art installed as part of this promotion. The “Art Wave" exhibit celebrates children’s creative expression through art and is a collaboration with participating Port Townsend businesses. The funds raised will help support diverse offerings by PT Artscape including the Teaching Artists Programs at Salish Coast Elementary, Blue Heron School, and Port Townsend High School, and professional development for teaching artists and classroom teachers. PT Artscape also supports Centrum’s Tales, Texts and Theater Program for the sixth grade, as well as special projects and materials. Once again, PT Artscape Donation Jars will be in select stores; all proceeds from the jars will go directly to art education programs in the Port Townsend School District. For a list of participating businesses, CLICK HERE. Buskers on the Block! - Thursdays/Saturdays through May The Port Townsend Main Street Program is launching our "Buskers on the Block" music series as part of our Love Where you Live Campaign. We are continuing Thursdays and Saturdays at 2pm through May, weather dependent. Locations will vary between Tyler Plaza, Haller Fountain area and Uptown. Grab a lunch or coffee and come hear some great music and support local businesses. Main Street staff and volunteers will be on site to hand out cloth masks to those who need them (while supplies last). May 2021 ‘BUSKERS ON THE BLOCK” PERFORMERS 2pm May "Buskers on the Block" Schedule May 1 - Joe Euro – owner of the Wineseller, plays classical guitar, light jazz and some blues. Even some originals! May 6 - Kristin Myers—singer, songwriter, guitarist plays whimsical folk May 8 - Jack Dwyer - is a multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter, and teacher based in the Pacific Northwest. Featuring classic and traditional American repertoire as well as original music. May 13 - Phina Pippia is a classically trained vocalist and multi- instrumentalist. Her work is characterized by rich vocals, nontraditional instrumentation and inventive lyrics that cut straight to the heart. May 15 - Buck Ellard - mix of traditional country with modern flair, classic rock, blues, originals. May 20 - Phina Pippia is a classically trained vocalist and multi- instrumentalist. Her work is characterized by rich vocals, nontraditional instrumentation and inventive lyrics that cut straight to the heart. May 22 - Joe Euro – owner of the Wineseller, plays classical guitar, jazz and some blues. Even some originals! May 22 - Jack Dwyer - is a multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter, and teacher based in the Pacific Northwest. Featuring classic and traditional American repertoire as well as original music. May 27 - George Radebaugh and Peter Evasick - two members of the Delta Rays May 29 - The Unexpected Brass Band May 31 - Corinne Adams - Celtic fiddle May 31 - Micaela Kingslight - singer/song-writer/guitarist featuring Americana, blues, folk, funk, indie, and rock Details at iLovePortTownsend.com –follow Port Townsend Main Street on social media. #ptmainstreet #iLovePortTownsend Subject to change. rain cancels. Explore what Port Townsend has to offer by enjoying one of our self- guided culinary experiences this Spring and Summer at participating businesses! "Viva la Vino" - Wine Stroll - May 14th - 23rd, 2021 PT Eats - Restaurant Week - June 11th - 20th, 2021 " Hoppy Takeover" - Beer Stroll - July 16th - 25th, 2021 Each Self-guided Culinary experience will have a unique Passport for you take around to the participating businesses and get a stamp. To join in, visit any participating business to pick up a Passport! Visit our website or follow us on social media for the most up to date information! For more information or to sign up for the Love Where you Live campaign visit our website. Port Townsend Treasures Trivia Hunt Are you looking for a fun, FREE, socially distanced activity to get you out of the house? The Port Townsend Main Street Program has put together a trivia hunt that takes you around the Historic Downtown where you will find and learn things about Port Townsend's colorful past. This hunt is great for families or individuals and is ADA accessible. If you would like to do The Port Townsend Treasures Trivia Hunt, download the Action Bound app on your smart phone and then scan the QR code, which will take you right to the hunt. Special Thanks to our 2021 Earth Day Spring Clean-Up Volunteers! Thank you so much to all of our wonderful Volunteers who came out on Saturday, April 17th, 2021 to help spruce up the town! We weeded garden beds, weeded pathways, painted benches and picnic tables, and we planted some fresh flowers at Pope Marine Park. The weather was beautiful and Downtown is looking great! Special Thank you to Homer Smith Insurance for providing us with a lovely basket of snacks and refreshing beverages to keep us going! News Around the Block: Port Townsend Film Festival Seeks Executive Director For the full job announcement, description and application, CLICK HERE! SkyHouse Productions Presents: The Divine Feminine "SkyHouse Productions Presents, "The Divine Feminine" Burlesque and Variety show featuring the Sky Dancers at Cellar Door." Join us for an evening of live entertainment and a Five course meal included in the ticket price. This event is sponsored by Maiz at Amaizinkart.com And will be hosted by Local Drag Deity, Golden Powers." Our Aerialist and Pole Dance artist Yoana will be joining us as well for some amazing performances. Under the current phase inJefferson county, masks are still required when not seated. Tickets are only available online and you can find them here: https://skyhouse-productions-llc.ticketleap.com/skydancers/ We hope to see you there and thank for supporting local arts and establishments!" Mother's Day is this Weekend! Celebrate Mom with a glass of bubbly! Now through Sunday, The Wine Seller is offering and extra 5% off your purchase of Champagne! Just mention this email! Also be sure to check our unique shops Uptown and Downtown for that special gift for Mom! Virtual Events Port Townsend Film Festival May Pic We welcome back Sloan Copeland, winner of the Best Narrative Feature back in 2017. A perfect comedy for this age of Zoom and our stunning lack of privacy, LIFE HACK begins with the moment everyone would dread--discovering that our computer has been breached. Some of us are hyper vigilant about cyber security but many of us have never considered the real life consequences. Comedy is a great vehicle for education, right? And, in the accompanying filmmaker interview with Sloan following the film, we compare the Big Reveal with another favorite film, reminding ourselves that what we are afraid is seldom what we imagine. But really, we really do need to cover those webcams. CLICK HERE to get your tickets! Key City Public Theatre - Solo Show Series Key City Public Theatre presents a curated Solo Show Series with 4 plays over 4 weeks performed by some of the greatest artists to grace our stage. These dynamic performances are streamed recordings captured in pre-pandemic times, yet they all have the power to bring you both in-to and out-of our present time. For more information, CLICK HERE. JCHS Spring History Happy Hour They are launching a new series of their popular History Happy Hour programs. They’ll host one program each month through May, offering cocktail tutorials and lively history presentations on a shared theme. Programs will be livestreamed via Zoom on the third Friday of each month at 5:00pm. CLICK HERE to register! Commercial Space Available Prime retail space available on Water Street in the Historic Mount Baker Block Building. CLICK HERE for a list of available spaces. For more commercial retail opportunities, visit our website. More COVID-19 "Safe Start" Updates: The SBA is launching a new round of Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Advances - called the Targeted EIDL Advance and Supplemental Targeted Advance. The Targeted EIDL Advance provides eligible businesses with $10,000 in total grant assistance. If you received the EIDL Advance last year in an amount less than $10,000, you may be eligible to receive the difference up to the full $10,000. The combined amount of the Targeted EIDL Advance and any previously received Advance will not exceed $10,000. For more information or to see if you qualify, CLICK HERE. For more information about grant opportunities and resources, visit our website. For more information about COVID-19 visit these sites: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html https://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/1429/COVID-19 Main Street Makes a Difference, Join Us! Main Street Volunteer Mary Kellogg helping plant flowers at our 2020 Earth Day Clean-Up event. Did you know that our nonprofit works in four volunteer committees-- Organization, Design, Economics, and Promotion? With partners, we are working on business recovery plans in response to COVID-19 impacts. We care for the downtown gardens and Adams Street Park. We coordinate Creative District efforts, work on design projects, promote our local economy, and help light up Port Townsend for the holidays. We offer low-interest loan funds to property owners for commercial building renovations and microloans to business owners to offset the financial impacts of emergencies. Our work enhances the quality of life for residents and visitors. Become a member today! Head over to our Port Townsend Main Street website for a complete list of our activities and business resources. Follow us on Facebook, twitter and Instagram. Visit our website for more information ptmainstreet.org view this email in your browser Copyright © 2021 Port Townsend Main Street Program, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: 211 Taylor Street, Suite 3 Port Townsend, WA 98368 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. From:Gail Trotter To:exchanges@dnr.wa.gov Cc:jeffbocc Subject:Dabob Bay Date:Monday, May 3, 2021 5:48:30 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. This is an important time to support the long term needs of the Dabob Bay community, Jefferson County and Washington States rare forest types. I do support the DNR proposal that will protect the state forestlands by placing them in the Dabob Bay Natural Area. In support of DNR responsibilities for the globally rare forest types, I request that that the School Trust Parcels CS 6,7, 11, 12, and 13 on the Toandos Peninsula not be included in the exchange. As a previous private landowner on the Toandos Peninsula, it was privilege to sell my property so that it would be protected in the Dabob Bay Natural Area. Having personally experienced this area with the globally rare plants, I recognize what an important decision this is to expand the Dabob Bay Natural Area to include the parcels with this rare set of plants preserving a great legacy for us all. Gail Trotter Biological diversity and cultural diversity go hand and hand. When one becomes endangered the other becomes endangered. - Melissa Newson donate // learn more From:Wild Fish Conservancy To:jeffbocc Subject:We did it! WA to legalize fish traps on the Columbia River. Date:Monday, May 3, 2021 6:28:58 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Fish traps will finally be legalized for sustainable commercial fishing on the Columbia River! In a truly groundbreaking moment for wild fish recovery, Washington state is taking the historic step forward to legalize fish traps for sustainable commercial fishing on the Columbia River. Last week, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Director Kelly Susewind officially announced the agency will designate an Emerging Commercial Fishery for alternative commercial fishing gear that will legalize fish traps at a localized scale. This decision will finally allow commercial fishers who strive to fish sustainably the choice to use contemporary fish traps as an alternative to gill nets in the lower Columbia River. Learn more in the Fish Trap Journal. The decision is the result of over half a decade of successful research published by Wild Fish Conservancy biologists in collaboration with commercial fishers, processors, and state and federal government officials to evaluate the potential of fish traps to operate as a sustainable commercial fishing tool that can aid wild salmon recovery and help revitalize coastal economies. The Emerging Commercial Fishery will legalize fish traps for commercial use at a localized scale in the lower Columbia, a common-sense next step to allowing this promising gear to further improve as research continues, and to demonstrate its true potential as a sustainable, selective harvest and monitoring tool. This decision is truly worth celebrating. By investing in the development of fishing techniques that can reduce or eliminate impacts to threatened wild fish while allowing for selective harvest of hatchery stocks, we are charting a new path forward for a sustainable and resilient fishery that will benefit wild fish, orcas, and generations to come. Thank you to everyone who picked up the phone, wrote emails, and signed the petition to Director Susewind. Your support helped make this huge success possible! LEARN MORE READ: Letter to Director Susewind signed by 58 prominent salmon scientists and advocates emphasizing the importance of selective fishing techniques for wild fish recovery. WATCH: The Fish Trap video to learn more about this wild fish recovery and community revitalization project. TOMORROW THE MAY 4-5 GIVE BIG COMMUNITY GIVING EVENT BEGINS, EVERY DOLLAR MATCHED More Information on the Fish Trap Journal Donate during GiveBIG to support our work helping commercial fishers transition to a more sustainable future Over the coming months, Wild Fish Conservancy staff will be hard at work drawing on our years of experience designing, building, permitting, and operating fish traps to help lay the foundation for this new sustainable fishery and to support commercial fishers interested in making this transition. Your donation during the May 4-5 Give BIG annual community fundraising event will be matched $ for $ and will help us: continue our fish trap research in fall 2021 at a newly constructed fish trap in Oregon, the results of this research testing an improved design will be vital to informing the structure and harvest allocation for the new fish trap fishery work in collaboration with WDFW, fishers, and other stakeholders to develop rules to guide the fishery forward to best meet the needs of wild fish recovery and coastal economies develop tools and resources to ensure commercial fishers interested in being a part of this future fishery have the funding and technical support necessary to transition and be successful continue critical outreach to fishery managers, commercial fishers, Tribal Nations, and First Nations throughout Washington and the Pacific coast using the success and precedence on the Columbia River as working model to guide other coastal communities All donations are fully tax-deductible and will be matched up to $40,000! 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. MAKE A MATCHED GIVEBIG DONATION PREFER ACTBLUE OR PAYPAL? (STILL MATCHED!) From:David Neuenschwander To:jeffbocc Subject:A working board Date:Monday, May 3, 2021 8:37:08 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Greetings From the PDN: Dean, who is 46, said that commissioners are eyeing a “working board” model, which would have them more involved in the day-to-day work of the county. They are looking at models for “how the government can work differently; more nimbly,” she said. If I understand correctly, a working board is one in which the members take on administrative and executive duties. One website explains the difference between working and governing boards as follows: Governing boards manage financial plans, not budget sheets. Working boards are responsible for both. While it seems that County Commissioners in Washington State do have the authority to work in an administrative or executive capacity, the Municipal Research Service Center (MRSC) suggests the following: A commissioner’s executive and administrative responsibilities are very time-consuming; consequently, boards of commissioners should seriously consider hiring professional staff for managing the day-to-day affairs of the county. -- https://mrsc.org/Home/Explore-Topics/Governance/Offices-and-Officers/Your- Responsibilities-as-a-County-Commissioner.aspx Unless you have something different in mind, I have serious doubts that a working board is the right model for this county. The foregoing notwithstanding, and for the sake of all the citizens of this county who rely on any aspect of county services, I hope your ideas work out well. David Neuenschwander 142 Old Lindsay Hill Rd. Quilcene, WA 98376 360.765.3151 From:Steve Lemonds and Joan Lemonds Roush To:DNR; jeffbocc Cc:Joan Roush Subject:Dabob Bay Date:Monday, May 3, 2021 8:59:21 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. It is our understanding that the WA State Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR) proposes to preserve 820 acres of state forestland within a portion of the Dabob Bay Natural Area that was expanded in 2016. The legislature approved funding for this transaction in 2019 and the public comment period is in the final step to permanently conserve the state forest as part of the Natural Area and reimburse the timber trusts. This email is written to convey that We support DNR's proposed protection of state forestlands within the Dabob Bay Natural Area boundaries. We request that School Trust parcels CS 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13 on the Toandos Peninsula NOT be included in the exchange as these involve globally rare forest types that DNR is obligated to protect and which are proposed for conservation. We are landowners on the Toandos Peninsula within the Natural Area Preserve (Joan Lemonds Roush lives on property within the Natural Area Preserve) and support forest protection at Dabob Bay which results in protection of water quality, shellfish, wildlife habitat and rare forest types. Sincerely, Steve Lemonds and Joan Lemonds Roush From:Tom Thiersch To:jeffbocc; citycouncil@cityofpt.us Cc:news@ptleader.com; news@peninsuladailynews.com Subject:FW: WSF May-July Service Update Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 7:09:48 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Please note that these decisions to substantially reduce service levels were made by Washington State Ferries and were not preceded by any public process; Ferry Advisory Committees were not consulted. Tom Thiersch Chair, Jefferson County Ferry Advisory Committee (FAC), Port Townsend terminal tprosys@gmail.com P SAVE PAPER - Please do not print this email unless absolutely necessary. From: Vezina, John <VezinaJ@wsdot.wa.gov> Sent: Monday, May 3, 2021 5:02 PM Subject: WSF May-July Service Update Ferry Advisory Committee Members, Good afternoon. While still facing vessel crewing challenges due to COVID quarantines and vaccination- related time off for vessel employees, due to emergent maintenance and repair issues, we now have vessel shortages which necessitate service reductions on several routes. When we lose a large vessel, as we did with the fire on the 202-vehicle Wenatchee last week, there are cascading effects across the system. With a pause in the state’s vessel construction program resulting in no ferries being built between 2000-2010, and a consistent under-investment in preservation and maintenance, we now have 21-vessel fleet, with a mean age of 30 years. While we build new vessels we must make service decisions by balancing short-term needs with long-term maintenance allowing us to keep aging vessels in operation. In past summers, 19 vessels were needed to operate our schedule. This year, because the Canadian border is closed, our 2021 “peak” schedule requires 18 vessels. Due to current critical work on the Yakima, Chelan, Kaleetan, Issaquah, and the fire on the Wenatchee, we have only 16 vessels available until at least late June, resulting in: The Fauntleroy/Southworth/Vashon “Triangle” route, previously scheduled to return to three-boat service on Sunday, May 9, won’t do so until at least Monday, June 7. Additionally, due to vessel availability, when the 124-vehicle Issaquah leaves the route for its required drydock inspection and maintenance period, it will be replaced by the 90-vehicle Sealth, a capacity down-sizing of 34 vehicles. Beginning on Thursday, May 6, when the Issaquah leaves the Triangle route, and the Sealth moves there, it will be replaced on the Seattle/Bremerton route by the 64-vehicle Salish, a capacity downsizing of 26 vehicles and a slower operating speed, necessitating schedule adjustments and the elimination of an early afternoon round trip. This downsizing will last until at least June 27. Due to a lack of crewing, we’d previously announced a delay of restoring two-boat service on the Port Townsend/Coupeville route, originally planned for May 9, until at least June 6. We’d also hoped to have the capacity to put a second boat on the route for Memorial Day weekend. Now, due to these vessel constraints, the restoration of two- boat service won’t happen before June 27. We had planned to have three of our larger vessels serving the San Juan Islands beginning on May 9, but now one of those larger vessels will instead be a smaller (by 20 vehicles) Issaquah class until at least June 27th. We will adjust reservations accordingly. From Memorial Day until at least July 25, the Seattle/Bainbridge route will have downsized capacity, with the 144-vehicle Kaleetan replacing the 188-vehicle Walla Walla through July 11 and the 124-vehicle Issaquah through July 25. The Clinton/Mukilteo route, which from May-October is usually served by two 144- vehicle Olympic Class vessels, will have one Olympic, and one smaller, 124-vehicle vessel for most of the summer. We understand the impacts of these service reductions at a time when, despite COVID-related travel advisories, our ridership is increasing. We also understand the temptation of delaying vital maintenance and repair work to meet a previously announced schedule, but with only 21 vessels, limited dry dock space, and an aging fleet, putting off this work will only lead to more severe impacts later. We appreciate our passengers’ patience while we work to restore vessels to safe service. Best, John John B. Vezina Government Relations Director Washington State Ferries Cell - 206.473.9945 Pronouns: He/Him/His Last day to make our match From:Brian To:jeffbocc Subject:Last day to make Recovery Cafe donation match Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 8:28:07 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Recovery Cafe Network donation match The Recovery Cafe Network is matching all donations to Recovery Cafe Jefferson County dollar-for-dollar (up to $10,000) through the end of the day today. Since we’ve been open, we’ve welcomed Members new and old to share a meal, deepen connections with one another, and find support for our unique recovery journeys. If you feel so called, please donate below. And, if you haven’t already, join us for lunch on Thursdays 12pm-3pm or breakfast on Fridays at 10am-12pm. We provide both indoor and outdoor seating. Come see what this recovery community is all about! Copyright © 2021 Dove House Advocacy Services, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Dove House Advocacy Services 1045 10th St Port Townsend, WA 98368-2933 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. Donate From:Tom Thiersch To:jeffbocc Cc:Mark McCauley; Carolyn Gallaway Subject:Hybrid meetings, OPMA compliance Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 8:39:42 AM Attachments:RE Meetings - participation.msg CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. https://mrsc.org/Home/Stay-Informed/MRSC-Insight/April-2021/Holding-Hybrid-Public- Meetings.aspx The MRSC article does not provide legal advice, and was written by an intern. I would not rely on it, and recommend that the BoCC request a legal opinion from counsel. Attached is what I sent to Commissioner Dean about 3 weeks ago. https://www.wssda.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/revised_in-person_faq.pdf Q: Can school boards in Phase 2 or Phase 3 hold meetings subject to the OPMA exclusively in-person? A: No. The provisions for an in-person option in Proclamation 20-28.14 describe it as “an addition to hosting the remote meeting.” Q: Can members of the school board meet in-person while the public participates exclusively via remote methods? A: No. A public body that has chosen to hold an in-person meeting must accommodate, to the extent practicable, those wishing to attend in-person. And any person who wants to attend a public meeting with an in-person component “must be able to do so at a physical location meeting the [applicable requirements], either in a primary meeting location or an overflow physical location…” Proclamation 20-28.14. Hope this helps, Tom Thiersch From:Connie Gallant To:Bloomfield, Kristen (DNR) Cc:OFCO Board; jeffbocc; Board of Health Subject:Re: Proposed DNR Land Transaction--Dabob Bay Inter-Trust Exchange Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 11:08:56 AM Attachments:image001.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good afternoon, Kristen- thank you for the notice. Given the fact that the pandemic is still with us, and that a good portion of folks continue to ignore the mask mandate and social distancing, I find it completely irresponsible for a public agency to mount a public hearing at this time. If this past year has shown us anything, it is that most agencies and businesses have been able to communicate with the public via virtual portals, such as Zoom. You would be doing a great public safety service if you held the meeting virtually. The majority of the people in our county are connected via internet. If you still decide to hold a physical meeting, it should also be shown virtually. As crowds in other public venues are proving, it is too easy for the virus (or the variants) to spread, even in a small community, especially if anyone ignores the mask/social distancing mandates. The health stakes are still too high. I urge DNR to offer this option to those of us who are not comfortable at all with attending public meetings but still very concerned with learning about topics that ultimately concern our communities. It would also be very bad optics if anyone at all attending the physical meeting came down with Covid-19 and blamed DNR for it - or worse, blame our county for allowing it. Please consider offering another option to concerned citizens for your health safety and ours - or switch the hearing to a virtual platform only. Thank you, Connie Gallant President Olympic Forest Coalition On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 12:57 PM Bloomfield, Kristen (DNR) <Kristen.Bloomfield@dnr.wa.gov> wrote: The Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on May 13, 2021, at the Quilcene School District Multipurpose Room (Gym) to provide information and receive testimony on a proposed inter-trust land exchange. A project summary is attached. You may also go to http://dnr.wa.gov/managed-lands/land-transactions/dabob-bay-inter-trust- exchange to find more information on this proposal. The hearing will begin at 6:00 p.m. with a short informational presentation and an opportunity to ask questions before the formal testimony begins. A summary of testimony will be included in the presentation of the exchange to the Board of Natural Resources. Written testimony will be accepted through May 27th, 2021. Letters should be addressed to the Department of Natural Resources, ATTN: Dabob Bay Inter-Trust Exchange, PO Box 47014, Olympia, WA 98504-7014. Testimony may also be emailed to exchanges@dnr.wa.gov (please include the exchange name in the subject line). For more information, contact Bob Winslow at 360-480-7803 or robert.winslow@dnr.wa.gov. Kristen Bloomfield Property Acquisition Specialist Conservation, Recreation, and Transactions Division Wa State DNR 360-902-1631 (teleworking number 360-490-2470) From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Proposed leash law Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 11:48:25 AM From: Public Comments Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 11:48:24 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Greg Brotherton Subject: FW: Proposed leash law From: William Woolf <bill.woolf@outlook.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 8:05 AM To: Public Comments <PublicComments@co.jefferson.wa.us> Subject: Proposed leash law CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. It is vital to adequately define critical terms used in law. It appears from the PDN article that the proposed definition of a “dangerous dog” lacks clarity. The term “without provocation” requires specific definition. With respect to “potentially dangerous” dogs, the terms “unprovoked,” and “tendency” require definition in the proposed rule, not just in whatever dictionary is handy when a case goes to court. “Provocation” is the most critical word of all. To be accurate, its definition must recognize the dog’s view of a potential threat, not a human view. If the recipient of a dog bite were wielding a weapon or striking the dog, that would certainly be provocation. However, to a dog with innate protective qualities, a stranger’s close approach made with good intentions can also be perceived as a potential threat. That, too, is “provocation.” In sum, it is vital to define terms not only for dog behavior, but also for the human behavior to which the dog responds. From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Goodbye. Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 11:48:17 AM ________________________________________ From: Public Comments Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 11:48:15 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Greg Brotherton Subject: FW: Goodbye. -----Original Message----- From: Tom Sparks <tomsparks61@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, May 3, 2021 8:34 AM To: Public Comments <PublicComments@co.jefferson.wa.us> Subject: Goodbye. CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good day....and good riddance As Jim Nabor's TV character, Gomer Pyle famously said, ..Surprise, Surprise Surprise. Philip Morley has stonewalled for the gun lobby far longer than I care to ti=hink about. It's past time for him to be gone and Jefferson county will be better off with him gone. We don't wish any ill will to Mr. Morley, we're just glad his tenure is up and his influence in support of the gun range noise is finally over. When Mr. Morley suggested that the 150+ families who signed a petition against the ongoing gun noise from the gun range, should just pick up and move away, instead of dealing with the problem directly and forcefully, we knew this administrator had to go. Under Morley's " leadership" if you can call it that, the gun noise only increased year after year. Nothing was done about this noise pollution, until our neighbor raised it's collective voice and demanded change. Philip Morley negotiated a watered down version of some reduction in operating hours to placate the Jacob Miller Neighborhood, but it was a token gesture at best, and a lousy piece of noise and lead pollution abatement. So we're happy he is moving on. It's kind of a shame that we didn't get back to public meetings with public input before Mr Morley has fled his responsibilities....there are a some people in our Neighborhood who still have much to say about his mismanagement on these gun noise issues. Or ..as one of my favorite Musicians, Willie Nelson said...." Don't let the screen door slap you in the rear, on the way out ! " We're having a beautiful, cool, quiet monday, with no gunfire from the range today...life is good. PS. Many thanks to the Cleveland Street folks......you got your wish. T. Parks From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Philip Morley Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 11:48:07 AM From: Public Comments Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 11:48:05 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Greg Brotherton Subject: FW: Philip Morley From: Dan Toepper <dtoepper@jeffpud.org> Sent: Monday, May 3, 2021 8:28 AM To: Public Comments <PublicComments@co.jefferson.wa.us> Subject: Philip Morley CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Morley for his years of service to the BOCC and to the citizens of Jefferson County. Philip is always articulate, even tempered and is a skilled mediator when it comes to fostering collaboration or presenting options or actions to be pursued. Thank you Philip for your professionalism and the best of luck in your future endeavors. I would also like to congratulate Mark McCauley and wish him success in his new role as interim Administrator. Dan Toepper JPUD Commissioner District 3 Public Utility District No. 1 of Jefferson County is subject to the Washington Public Records Act, RCW 42.56. Therefore, this email and its attachments, if any, may be disclosed as a public record. Public Utility District No. 1 of Jefferson County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Port Hadlock Sewer Project PETITION Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 11:47:57 AM ________________________________________ From: Public Comments Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 11:47:55 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Greg Brotherton Subject: FW: Port Hadlock Sewer Project PETITION -----Original Message----- From: Aleen Bernard <aleen1954@hotmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 2:02 PM To: Public Comments <PublicComments@co.jefferson.wa.us> Subject: Port Hadlock Sewer Project PETITION CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Commissioners, It is my understanding that the petition I signed demanding straight answers and a direct say on what is going on with the Hadlock Sewer project was NOT READ ALOUD on your Monday meeting!!! I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY????? Other questions: WHY IS THERE NO VOTE ON THIS PROJECT FOR THE PORT HADLOCK RESIDENTS????? WHY ISN’T MY VOICE BEING HEARD??????? IS WHAT YOU ARE DOING LEAGAL????????? We live in a democracy...that means we as individuals have a VOICE!!!!! I am demanding TRANSPARENCY and a VOTE ON THIS PORT HADLOCK SEWER PROJECT!!!! Sincerely, Aleen Louise Berard Port Hadlock Resident Sent from my iPad From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Hadlock sewer Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 11:47:41 AM ________________________________________ From: Public Comments Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 11:47:39 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Greg Brotherton Subject: FW: Hadlock sewer -----Original Message----- From: anca hasson <pastrydesignbyanca@hotmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 8:40 AM To: Public Comments <PublicComments@co.jefferson.wa.us> Subject: Hadlock sewer CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. You are all a bunch of liars full of nothing but deception towards the citizens of Jefferson Country about this Hadlock sewer project. I was definitely in the right mind not to give you my vote in the past election. All of you democrats should be ashamed of the charade you are putting on . As usually, you are above the law when passing this absurd project without the people’s permission ... you are the MOB that seems to rule the land . Shame , shame on you ALL!!!!!! Anca Sollars, resident of Port Hadlock Sent from my iPhone From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Public comments to County Commissioners from Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 11:47:32 AM From: Public Comments Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 11:47:24 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean; Greg Brotherton; Heidi Eisenhour Subject: FW: Public comments to County Commissioners from Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock From: Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock <hadlocksewer@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 6:22 AM To: Public Comments <PublicComments@co.jefferson.wa.us> Subject: Public comments to County Commissioners from Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. From Pamela Roberts, spokesperson for Concerned Residents of Port Hadlock So the State just allocated $20 million for the Port Hadlock sewer project. They said there would be a vote. THEY LIED! At last week's regular Monday morning 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, in the August 2020 sewer plan it shows their latest 20-year estimated costs for 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 $120 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:David Alvarez To:jeffbocc; Kate Dean; Philip Hunsucker; Philip Morley Subject:Public comment Morley resignation Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 12:34:10 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. To the Commissioners: Please accept this as a public comment. As the county's SOLE legal counsel for 16 plus years and 8 years with Philip Morley, I must state that Phil had an amazing dedication to the details of any project and served the county well by taking in and considering all voices and opinions on big policy questions. There is a mention in the PDN article of the current BoCC wanting to be a "working board." I have a comment on that. When I first came to the County in 1999 and for several years thereafter the BoCC met regularly with the appointed department heads, for example, DCD Director Scalf would come over every Monday at a prearranged time. While these meetings occasionally led to progress on a given task, they were also just as likely to be a time when a County Commissioner would chastise and/or embarrass Al Scalf in public with the press also present. Not sure that was very good for the morale of staff. On occasion, it also created one of the cardinal sins an elected county official can commit, which is to express an opinion (yea or nay) on a particular land use permit application, a definite no-no that leads to civil liability for the county. So, the take-away is that being "hands on" in public might have benefits but it also may constrict frank discussions if it comes down to an allegation of poor job performance or any comment from the BoCC that smacks of criticizing the person and not the process. I can already hear the PRA gang screaming about transparency. My response would be that if there are to be face-to-face meetings with the appointed department heads in public, those aren't the venue for personal attacks or critiques of job performance. Another solution is to have Philip Morley spend his remaining time generating and finalizing performance reviews for all the appointed department heads so the next County Administrator has a baseline in writing of expectations and skills sets the various appointed department heads have in place when the new person comes on Board. The BoCC could include Carolyn Galloway in these evaluations, although she is still new to the job of County Clerk. The performance evaluations can be discussed in executive session with the BoCC under RCW 42.30.110. And as for being a "working board" I was surprised to see the current BoCC members want more contact with the department heads because it seems to me this is another "fire hose" of information, data, reports, concerns etc., coming at them and the BoCC is already overwhelmed with data and information coming at in immense amounts and endless meetings. The predecessor County Administrator to Philip Morley was really the first person to create the current job description for County Administrator and the reason I think it worked was because he created the GATEKEEPER style that served BoCC members well from 2004 (approximately) forward. If the current BoCC decides to have the County Administrator be less of a gatekeeper, then I think they will have to deal with a lot more information and data coming at them then they currently do. That might be their choice, but understand what it will include. David Alvarez, a resident of Port Townsend and Jefferson County. Retired so I have time to offer unsolicited advice! LOL. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus Thursday, April 29 From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: COVID-19 News | April 29, 2021 Date:Thursday, April 29, 2021 10:59:54 AM From: Washington Counties (WSAC) Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2021 10:59:25 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: COVID-19 News | April 29, 2021 CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Want to receive this email in your inbox? Click here to subscribe. COVID-19 NEWSLETTER Washington State Resumes Use of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) will immediately resume use of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine across the state. 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Read more EMPLOYMENT Weekly New Unemployment Claims Report During the week of April 18 – April 24, there were 11,629 initial regular unemployment claims (down 12.0 percent from the prior week) and 408,001 total claims for all unemployment benefit categories (down 1.5 percent from the prior week) filed by Washingtonians, according to the Employment Security Department (ESD). Read more NOTEWORTHY COVID-19 Vaccines: Just the Facts! Part 2 As part of ongoing efforts to dispel rumors and provide factual information, the Department of Health would like to answer a few more questions. As always, you should talk to your health care provider if you have more questions. They can help you decide what is best for you and your health. Read more VIRTUAL MEETINGS May 3, 12:00 pm | Virtual Assembly Register View this email in your browser This email was sent to gbrotherton@co.jefferson.wa.us | Why did I get this? Want to change how you receive these emails? Update your preferences | Unsubscribe from this list Copyright © 2021 WSAC, All rights reserved. 206 10th Ave SE · Olympia, WA 98501-1311 · USA | Contact Us From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: WCRP PoolCast | Navigating the Blake Decision Date:Thursday, April 29, 2021 12:26:51 PM Attachments:image001.png image003.emz image002.png image004.png From: Member Services Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2021 12:11:57 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) Subject: WCRP PoolCast | Navigating the Blake Decision CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Join us May 6th! A live discussion! TOPIC:Navigating the Blake Decision AUDIENCE:Prosecuting Attorneys, Risk Managers, Judges, Court Clerks, Sheriffs, and Commissioners WHEN:May 6, 2021 from 10:30am – 12:00pm The Washington Supreme Court’s recent Blake Decision will have a profound impact on counties, both from budgetary and time commitment standpoints. The WCRP has put together an exceptional panel of those who are knowledgeable and directly involved in dealing with this issue. Join us for an hour and a half on May 6th to listen to this great panel discuss the decision, the challenges, and the suggestions and advice on how local governments are handling this historic decision. Please join our special guest speakers: Russell BrownWAPA Executive Director Tim Fitzgerald Spokane County Superior Court Clerk Randy GaylordSan Juan County Prosecutor Sean O’DonnellKing County Superior Court Judge Juliana RoeWSAC Policy Director This invitation has been sent to Prosecutors, Risk Managers, and Commissioners. 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From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Public Meeting Agendas | Cybercrime | Nepotism Date:Thursday, April 29, 2021 1:42:27 PM From: MRSC – Local Government Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2021 1:42:13 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Public Meeting Agendas | Cybercrime | Nepotism CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. April 29, 2021 Setting the Agenda: Less Control, More Cooperation By Steve Gross This meeting looks at best practices on setting public meeting agendas for cities, towns, counties, or special purpose districts. More from MRSC Insight From MRSC Looking Ahead: Holding “Hybrid” Public Meetings By Emma Diamond, Steve Butler This blog provides an overview of the hybrid public meeting model, which combines in-person and online public attendance. More from MRSC Insight Ask MRSC Is there a process for cities to write-off bad debt? 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Click Here federal-policy-feed_969768.png NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES | NACo.org/coronavirus APRIL 29, 2021 NACo COVID-19 Recovery Clearinghouse TREASURY PREPARING TO RELEASE GUIDANCE ON THE LATEST CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY FUND As a result of NACo and county advocacy efforts, the State and Local Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Fund (Recovery Fund), part of the American Rescue Plan Act, was signed into law on March 11. The bill includes $65.1 billion in direct, flexible aid to every county in America, as well as other crucial investments in local communities. Since the package was signed into law, NACo has been supporting the U.S. Treasury’s efforts to successfully implement the Recovery Fund. NACo expects the U.S. Treasury to release soon, which will provide clarification on how counties can invest Recovery Funds. Visit the NACo COVID-19 Recovery Clearinghouse and subscribe to email updates for the latest news and resources regarding Treasury guidance. VISIT THE RECOVERY CLEARINGHOUSE | SUBSCRIBE TO UPDATES 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. ASK A QUESTION Access today's national membership call recording Miss today's national membership call with White House officials? Access the recording for updates on American Rescue Plan implementation and other COVID-19 recovery efforts that are important to counties. ACCESS RECORDING FEDERAL POLICY NEWS & RESOURCES CDC issues new guidance for fully vaccinated people The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) new guidance includes a list of safe activities for fully vaccinated people both indoors and outside, and recommendations around mask wearing in these settings. LEARN MORE Pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccine lifted by CDC, FDA On April 23, the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended lifting a pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, stating they had confidence that the vaccine was safe and effective in preventing COVID-19. LEARN MORE NACo contributes to new report on infection prevention and control in schools NACo participated in a collaborative examination of infection prevention and control strategies in schools, led by Harvard University’s Safra Center, the Brown School of Public Health and New America. This week, the collaborative released guidance on organizational best practices that can reduce the risk of disease transmission in school settings. The collaborative will host a webinar on Friday, May 21 to accompany the report release. LEARN MORE VACCINE DISTRIBUTION SPOTLIGHT Presidio County, Texas Presidio County, Texas Eighty-five percent of adults in Presidio County have received at least one dose of the vaccine, which is the second highest of rural counties in Texas. County leaders attribute the success to early efforts to have vaccines distributed to the county and the tight-knit community culture. LEARN MORE Winnebago County, Ill.Winnebago County, Ill. To encourage more residents to receive the vaccine, Winnebago County officials launched the “Vax up 815” campaign. The purpose of the campaign is to demonstrate the advantages and lack of risk to those who are hesitant about the vaccine. The campaign focuses on sharing the stories of those already vaccinated and reiterating the urgency for everyone to sign up for the shot. LEARN MORE Philadelphia County, Pa.Philadelphia County, Pa. Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium (BDCC), led by a Philadelphia-based nonprofit organization, strives to reduce the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on African American communities by removing barriers to testing and vaccinations. BDCC created a mobile COVID-19 testing and vaccination operation that brings these vital services to convenient locations, such as places of worship and local event centers. LEARN MORE To find additional examples of how counties are administering vaccines, visit NACo’s vaccine resource hub. NKN_Banner_collection-covid_1729564.png MAY 6 NACo Tech Xchange Presents: Public Records Requests - 150% Growth in Complexity and the 8 Reasons CIOs Choose to Modernize MAY 6 | 2 P.M. EDT REGISTER MAY 6 Central & Upper Midwest County Trivia Night MAY 6 | 5:30 P.M. EDT REGISTER MAY 13 NACo National Membership Call MAY 13 | 2 P.M. EDT REGISTER MORE UPCOMING EXPLORE ON-DEMAND HOW COUNTIES ARE RESPONDING 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. LEARN MORE 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 over whether private entities will soon require proof of vaccination or COVID-19 vaccine passports. LEARN MORE NACo PARTNER RESOURCES 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. Netsmart180_1023313.jpg 10 Facts About Vaccinations and the Role of Nurses: World Immunization Week is the last week of April each year. The World Health Organization sponsors the event to promote global vaccination practices as the most effective way to protect people from disease. cashvest_1870120.jpg Community Data Platforms Offers Free Surveys and Community Survey Panels to County Leaders: County leaders can now sign up for free surveys and build their community survey panel, provided by NACo partner Community Data Platforms. Vaccine hesitancy, equity, economic development, affordable housing and other survey topics are available. Contact surveys@communitydataplatforms.com to learn more. 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 2021 eNews From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Jefferson Land Trust News and Events - April 2021 Date:Friday, April 30, 2021 9:02:16 AM From: Jefferson Land Trust Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 9:00:13 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Jefferson Land Trust News and Events - April 2021 CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Quimper Wildlife Corridor bluff photo by John Gussman The Quimper Wildlife Corridor is a broad swath of connected forests, meadows, and wetlands. Photo by John Gussman. Quimper Wildlife Corridor Challenge Update Wow! Our community is rising, once again, to the challenge. Since launching the Quimper Wildlife Corridor Challenge at our Conservation Breakfast event in mid- March, more than 260 community members have donated over $260,000 to the Quimper Wildlife Corridor project. Thank you to all who have given so generously. “The community’s response to the Quimper Wildlife Corridor Challenge has been amazing,” said Executive Director Richard Tucker. “It’s wonderful to see how much people care about this special place.” If you have not yet made a gift to the corridor challenge, there’s still time to make a BIG difference. All gifts made to GiveBIG this year will be directed toward corridor protection, and the first $5,000 in gifts will be matched. Early giving is now open. Thank you for GivingBIG today! Generous Family Gift Supports Quimper Wildlife Corridor Challenge For nearly 30 years, Paul Becker and his family enjoyed walking the wilderness trails of Jefferson County. After Paul was diagnosed with cancer in 2016, their daily nature walks became a welcome balm. This past month, two years after his passing, Paul’s family decided to make a family gift to Jefferson Land Trust’s Quimper Wildlife Corridor Challenge in his memory. The Quimper Wildlife Corridor was a meaningful place for Paul and his wife, Lisa. On their walks together, they found an opportunity to deepen their connection to the land they called home. “We started really tapping deeply into every nook and cranny we could find for daily walks,” recalls Lisa. “His body and mind were under so much stress with the kind of cancer he had that daily walks became very, very important to him in a way they hadn’t been before.” Photo of Quimper West Preserve by Wendy Feltham. Learn more about this family gift here Photo of Tali Hamilton Photo of Lilly Schneider Welcome Tali and Lilly! Please join us in welcoming not one, but two new staff members to brand-new positions at the Land Trust: Tali Hamilton, Stewardship Assistant, and Lilly Schneider, Communications Coordinator! As our half-time Stewardship Assistant, Tali will work with the stewardship team, Land Trust partners and landowners, and our incredible volunteers to monitor and support the management and oversight of our conservation easements. Lilly, as our half-time Communications Coordinator, will support our marketing, outreach, and communications work by producing written content that informs, inspires, and promotes understanding and connection within the Land Trust and its broader community. Read more >> Image of Spring Migration Video Spring Migration on the Olympic Peninsula Kerry Tremain is a Land Trust volunteer and local nature photographer who generously shares his photos with us. Last year, he created a Spring Migration on the Olympic Peninsula video, complete with birdsong and a great background music track by his friend Larry London. Kerry emailed us last week saying he’d seen a half-dozen Orange-crowned Warblers in a nearby pond. And Stephanie, our communications manager, had the first of the year’s Barn Swallows show up last Sunday. (They did a flyby of the deck where they’ve nested the past few years and perched briefly on the deck’s railing.) Given this flurry of feathered activity, we thought we'd share a link to the video again. Enjoy! FutureFest Sponsorship Opportunity Interested in becoming a sponsor for our FutureFest virtual gala fundraising event to be held on Thursday, July 8? Sign up early to be included in all event promotion activities, ensuring you get the maximum impact from your sponsorship. To inquire or become a sponsor, contact the Land Trust’s Sarah Zablocki-Axling via email at szaxling@saveland.org or by phone at 360.379.9501 x108. At our virtual TogetherFest event last year, more than 287 households gathered on Zoom. Collectively, we raised more than $210,000 for community conservation, as host Luke Burbank and the Land Trust’s Sarah Spaeth led us on a magical video mystery tour of some of the places we’ve protected as a community. One guest had this to say: “Thank you Jefferson Land Trust! Great event, most fun I’ve had on ZOOM in like...4 months!” Getting Hands-on in Discovering the Forest On the past two Tuesdays, small groups of community volunteers have joined Carrie Clendaniel, the Land Trust’s preserve manager, at Valley View Forest in Chimacum to select and mark trees that will become permanent wildlife habitat trees for the forest. Two more of these sessions are planned, this time marking trees that will be cut for a sustainable timber harvest this summer. These in-person work sessions are a hands-on part of Discovering the Forest — a learning series that began last December with four monthly virtual sessions. Three additional virtual learning sessions are planned to continue our forest education — a pre-harvest focused session in June, a during-harvest focused session in July, and a post-harvest focused session in October. Stay tuned for more info to come. If you’re interested in participating in one of the upcoming hands-on learning sessions at Valley View Forest, click here or follow the event link below to enter a drawing for one of the limited spots. Upcoming Community Events Jefferson County Historical Society's 2021 First Friday Speaker Series: Metalwork with the PT Foundry Friday, May 7, 7:00 - 8:00 pm Join expert seafarer, sailboat racer, and maritime metalworker Pete Langley for a virtual tour of The Port Townsend Foundry, where he will share the metalworking process of turning alloys into exquisitely crafted boat hardware. More details and tickets here >> Discovering the Forest: Harvest Tree Marking at Valley View Forest Tuesdays, May 11 and May 27, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Healthy trees need room to grow and a healthy forest needs space for new trees and other plants. Join us in selecting trees for a sustainable forest thinning harvest at Valley View Forest. We'll be identifying and marking which trees will be harvested and turned into wood products to benefit the local economy, while also creating space for understory shrub species and a new generation of seedlings. Space is limited at our in-person work parties. We'll hold a lottery for the available spots. Let us know you'd like to participate by registering using the link below. Indicate your interest in tree marking here >> Quimper Geological Society Online: Jennifer Pierce presents Wildfires, Climate and Erosion Saturday, May 22, 4:00 - 5:00 pm In her talk, Dr. Jennifer Pierce of the Department of Geology at Boise State University will discuss the the past, present, and future of wildlfires and their impact on the surrounding landscape. Check it out >> Facebook Instagram YouTube Website Email Email Copyright © 2021 Jefferson Land Trust, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Jefferson Land Trust 1033 Lawrence St Port Townsend, WA 98368-6523 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Jefferson County Community Leadership Award Finalists Announced Date:Friday, April 30, 2021 9:25:20 AM From: The Chamber of Jefferson County Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 9:25:11 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Jefferson County Community Leadership Award Finalists Announced 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 Jefferson County Community Leadership Awards Finalists Announced The Chamber of Jefferson County is pleased to announce the finalists for this year’s Community Leadership Awards being held on May 15 at 4 p.m. via zoom. The virtual awards show will honor the following community leaders: Business Leader of the Year Award Janette Force, Port Townsend Film Festival Ben Bauermeister, Skillmation Jamie Maciejewski, Habitat for Humanity East Jefferson County Rising Entrepreneur Award David Griswald, Port Townsend Shipwright’s Co-Op Jason & Samantha Olsen, Tree Hawk Farms Young Professional of the Year Award Royce Hilsinger, Blue Wave Sanitation Cherish Cronmiller, Olympic Community Action Programs Taylor Webster, Cascade Community Connections Future Business Leader Award (youth) Hailey Haralson, Chimacum High School Nathaniel Ashford, Homeschool River Kistler, Port Townsend High School Brittany Beukes, Quilcene High School Citizen of the Year Award Jean Scarboro, Jumping Mouse Deborah Stinson, Jefferson County Department of Emergency Management Kim Rafferty, Jefferson County Public Health Carol Hasse, Port Townsend Sails Judy Alexander, Housing Solutions Network Ben Bauermeister, Skillmation The Awards event, honoring our local heroes, is produced by the Chamber in conjunction with the Port Townsend Leader and our Platinum Sponsors: Richard Tucker, Coldwell Banker Best Homes, Sound Community Bank, Auto Works and the Port of Port Townsend. Additional sponsors for the event are New American Funding, The Business Guides, Chimacum Corner Farmstand, Jefferson Land Trust, Peninsula Legal Secretary, Faber Feinson, PLLC, the Port Townsend Pizza Factory, Nadine’s Kitchen, The Artful Sailor and 1st Security Bank. U.S. Congressman Derek Kilmer is the keynote speaker for the event. At this year’s Leadership Awards, our Food Fun ticket will deliver your personal vegetarian or meat lover’s pizza kit to your door on the day of the event! The par-baked pizza comes with instructions and toppings and we encourage you to be the next Pepperoni Pollock or Veggie Van Gogh with your favorite toppings! Don’t forget to take a photo and send it to us just before the event starts so we can enter your name in the draw. Prizes will be awarded for the masterpiece pizza and yours could be the winner! Send pictures to; communications@jeffcountychamber.org. All ticket holders will also get a chance to participate in an exciting contest decorating a Cook/Chef Chapeau. Do not worry if you do not have a Chef’s or Cook’s hat, you can use any hat at your disposal. Let your creativity flow, decorate your hat with cooking/pizza themed pins, pictures, drawings, buttons, or anything that you fancy. You can create your own masterpiece and showcase it at the event. Your table mates will judge who has the most creative hat and enter their name into a drawing to be selected to win multiple prizes. Tickets for the event are available on the Chamber website at jeffcountychamber.org/events with 50% of all revenue credited to the Community Development Fund. Reservations Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce | 2409 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 Unsubscribe kdean@co.jefferson.wa.us Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by director@jeffcountychamber.org powered by Try email marketing for free today! April 30, 2021 FEDERAL NEWS Going Big on Broadband As the United States rebuilds its way out of a pandemic that crushed sectors of the economy and exposed deep-rooted inequities in the workplace and within communities of color, President Joe Biden unveiled his American Jobs Plan that includes $100 billion to build out broadband infrastructure and make internet service more affordable to more people. In Washington state, the Legislature just passed historic new broadband and digital equity investments in its most recent session. From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Friday 5 | Broadband | Hybrid Meetings | Wildfires Date:Friday, April 30, 2021 10:15:47 AM From: Washington Counties | WSAC Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 10:14:43 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Friday 5 | Broadband | Hybrid Meetings | Wildfires CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. COUNTY NEWS Looking Ahead: Holding “Hybrid” Public Meetings While virtual meetings have been helpful in keeping local government employees and residents safe during the pandemic, technological and communication issues have been challenging to overcome. In-person public meetings can be easier to facilitate but have their own challenges with engagement and accessibility. COUNTY NEWS Inslee Says A Dozen Counties In Danger Of Falling Back To Phase 2 Washington health officials say a dozen counties are in danger of moving back to Phase 2, or perhaps even Phase 1, in the state’s coronavirus reopening plan. The state will announce Tuesday any county-level Covid phase changes. All but three counties, including Whitman, are currently in Phase 3. COUNTY NEWS Pierce County to Spend Millions on COVID- Learn More Learn More Learn More 19 Relief for Residents, Businesses Pierce County Council unanimously approved millions in spending Tuesday to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and its repercussions. Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), and it was signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11. It gives states and counties $65.1 billion in flexible aid to help with the impacts of COVID-19 on government, businesses and individuals. Washington was allocated an estimated $1.47 billion, according to the National Association of Counties. Of that, Pierce County was granted $175 million to use over the next four years. COUNTY NEWS Chelan County Organizations Partner with DNR for $2.8 Million Grant to Reduce Wildfire Risk Efforts to reduce wildfire risk in Chelan County’s most fire-prone areas over the next five years will get a boost over the next five years thanks to $2.8 million in federal grant funding from the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). MAY 13 NACo National Membership Call Webinar | Free MAY 20 The Post-Pandemic Workplace: Part 1 Webinar | $25 Learn More Learn More UPCOMING EVENTS 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: Application for 2021–2022 Presidential Leadership and Committee Appointments Date:Friday, April 30, 2021 2:11:33 PM From: NACo Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 2:11:09 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Application for 2021–2022 Presidential Leadership and Committee Appointments 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 Presidential Appointments Application Larry Johnson TO: NACo Members FROM: Hon. Larry Johnson, NACo First Vice President DATE: April 30, 2021 RE: Application for 2021–2022 Presidential Leadership and Committee Appointments Thank you for your dedication to your county and counties across America through your membership with NACo. As we emerge from this pandemic, we are revisiting our personal and professional priorities. While you serve your county and community in vast ways, I ask you to strongly consider submitting your name for a leadership position at NACo. Together, we can achieve results we can see for our counties and the people we serve each and every day. These appointments are for: Policy Steering Committee chairs and vice chairs and subcommittee chairs and vice chairs Large Urban County Caucus and Rural Action Caucus chairs, vice chairs and members Standing Committee chairs, vice chairs and members Ad Hoc Committee, Task Force and Advisory Board chairs, vice chairs and members At-Large NACo Board Directors Below is more information for each committee and its specific appointment terms. Committee leaders and members must cover their own travel and conference expenses. IMPORTANT: Steering committee membership is not a part of this application process. State associations of counties are responsible for nominating general policy steering committee members. The online nomination form for policy steering committee membership can be found here. To become a member of a steering committee you must fill out the nomination form and submit it to your state association. They will submit the nomination to NACo. Presidential Appointment Application To be considered for a presidential appointment to any of the following committees or as an at-large director for the NACo Board of Directors, you MUST complete the application online by 11:59 p.m. EDT on June 11, 2021. Policy Steering Committee Leadership The 10 policy steering committees will each have a leadership team consisting of a chair, an appropriate number of vice chairs and subcommittee chairs and vice chairs. Those applicants who have been active members of the steering committee will be given preference in consideration for these appointments. The applicant should be willing to help coordinate leadership conference calls, develop meeting agendas and testify before Congress, if necessary. These appointments are for one year. RAC and LUCC Leadership and Members The Rural Action Caucus and the Large Urban County Caucus will each have a chair and an appropriate number of vice chairs and members. Applicants who have been active members of these caucuses will be given preference in consideration for these appointments. These appointments are for one year. At-Large Appointments to the NACo Board of Directors Each president appoints 10 at-large directors to the NACo Board of Directors for a one-year term. These appointments are to add balance to the board with respect to any inequities between urban and rural, gender, geography and minority representation. As with our communities, our strength is in our diversity. These appointments are for one year. Standing Committees The Standing Committees take direction from and report directly to the NACo Officers. Information Technology. Advises the Executive Committee on information technology issues and provides oversight on NACo information technology projects. (Appoints the chair, vice chairs and members for a one-year term.) Programs and Services. Advises the Executive Committee regarding the development and evaluation of programs and services for NACo members. (Appoints the chair, vice chairs and members for a one-year term.) Membership. Actively recruits and retains member counties, parishes and boroughs to increase NACo's total membership. (Appoints the chair, vice chairs and members for a one- year term.) Ad Hoc Committees, Advisory Boards and Task Forces The Ad Hoc committees are as follows: Arts and Culture Commission. Demonstrates how the arts can be used by county officials to promote economic development and provide solutions to many of the challenges that they face, through workshop sessions, field trips, special publications and its annual Arts & Culture awards, which recognize counties working to foster an environment where arts can thrive to create more livable communities. (Appoints the chair, vice-chair and members for a one-year term.) Geospatial Information Systems Subcommittee. Provides a framework for gathering, managing and analyzing data to inform county decisions. (Appoints the chair, vice-chair and members for a one-year term.) Resilient Counties Advisory Board. Provides information, guidance and support to the NACo Resilient Counties Initiative. (Appoints the chair, vice-chairs and members for a one-year term.) Healthy Counties Advisory Board. Provides information, guidance and support to the NACo Healthy Counties Initiative. (Appoints the chair, vice-chairs and members for a one-year term.) Immigration Reform Task Force. Educates Congress, the administration and NACo members on the impact of immigration on counties and helps advocate for NACo's priorities. (Appoints chair, vice chairs and members for a one-year term.) International Economic Development Task Force. Provides information, guidance and support for international economic development activities. (Appoints the chair, vice-chairs and members for a one-year term.) Veterans and Military Services Committee. Engages NACo and its members to develop and highlight county best practices and policies to promote innovative programs, services and benefits for service members, veterans and their families. (Appoints the chair, vice chairs and members for a one-year term.) The Presidential Appointments Application Form must be completed by anyone who would like to be considered for a leadership or committee appointment on a steering, standing or ad hoc committee for the 2021–2022 presidential year. The application form is available online at NACo's web site: Presidential Appointments Application. The deadline for submitting your application is 11:59 p.m. EDT on June 11, 2021. Thank you, in advance, for your interest in serving, and I look forward to receiving your application. Please direct any questions to committee@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. April 30, 2021 From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Legislative Bulletin | April 23, 2021 Date:Friday, April 30, 2021 3:06:39 PM From: Washington Counties | WSAC Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 3:05:56 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 The legislature adjourned sine die as scheduled on Sunday, April 25th. Given the difficulties of a Zoom-based legislative session, legislators were encouraged to introduce fewer bills and focus on legislation that addresses COVID-19 challenges, improves racial equity, advances economic recovery, addresses climate change, and increases revenue. They stuck to their word by introducing just over 800 bills this year. In a “normal” long session, more bills are introduced by just one of the houses. According to the Office of Program Research, the 335 bills passed will be the lowest number passed in a 105-day session since at least 1983. While the legislature may have tackled a smaller number of bills and a narrower focus this year, they did not limit themselves to small issues. The 2021 legislative session undertook climate change, tax policy, police reform, and other significant matters including one foisted upon them by the state supreme court. As they did in the 2019 long session, they waited until the last day to finish the operating budget. While the House draft of the operating budget contained an $86 million allocation for counties to cover the cost of pending legislation, the final $59.2 billion budget only included $30 million to cover criminal justice costs, but some of the bills they’d included in the original calculation did not pass. They also increased the marijuana revenue sharing allocation for the first time in years from $30 million to $40. In addition to new state spending, the budget includes approximately $10 billion in one-time federal relief funds, including $1.7 billion to help schools reopen and address learning loss; $1.1 billion for COVID-19 vaccine distribution, contact tracing and testing; and $658 million for rental assistance. The remote nature of session made traditional “lobbying” impossible, leaving staff to rely on 30-second testimony, telephone and video meetings, and email. Despite the difficulties, WSAC staff worked hard and achieved good outcomes for counties. Quick Links Legislative Steering Committee Legislative Priorities Accessing the Legislature Remotely Committee Schedules House Remote Testimony Senate Remote Testimony County Zoom Backgrounds Upcoming Events RESOURCES WSAC Virtual Assembly Monday, May 3 Business Finished There’s only one way to describe the 2021 legislative session for counties when considering the issues of water, land use, natural resources, and the environment – success. Counties finally made progress this year on annexation reform (SB 5368), creating a new incentive-driven method for counties and cities to more efficiently and reasonably consider how a city should grow and how that will impact the unincorporated county lands. At the same time, new requirements that would create unfunded planning mandates under the GMA did not make it through the process. The one major bill that does create new planning requirements related to housing (HB 1220) must be funded at a level sufficient to meet local government costs before counties are obligated to implement it. The WDFW PILT reform bill WSAC supported for three consecutive sessions also passed this year, providing greater predictability and security for payments to offset lost property tax revenue when private land is converted to public ownership. The WDFW PILT program was fully funded as well, marking only the second budget in a row the legislature authorized total funding since 2012. But PILT wasn’t the only budget success story. Funding to implement county comprehensive solid waste management plans provided through the Local Solid Waste Financial Assistance (LSWFA) program received a significant boost in funding. The state previously cut LSWFA by over 62% since 2013 and never restored it. This year, funding was increased by $14 million, raising the overall appropriation in the biennial budget to $24 million for a 140% increase! But wait, there’s more. A new pilot grant program for water banking that WSAC championed and rural counties can access up to $2 million from was also funded at $14 million. The Voluntary Stewardship Plan received $8.45 million. We requested, and Ecology received $300,000 in funding to implement recommendations from the Legacy Pesticide Workgroup report to address lead- arsenate soil contamination in central Washington counties. Finally, WSAC received an additional $160,000 in funding to more fully participate in DNR’s Adaptive Management Program representing the interests of timber counties. We did not accomplish everything we hoped to achieve in the 2021 legislative session. There is plenty more work to do. WSAC’s focus is already shifting to what still needs to be done and what our next priorities should be. But for now, there is no other way to characterize this session as anything but successful for counties in the areas of the environment, planning and development, and solid waste. And the really good news – we’ll all be right back here with a chance to do it again in just eight short months! Transportation & Public Works Transportation Overview The 2021-2023 transportation budget was officially adopted Saturday, April 24, 2021. As we headed into session the budget outlook was bleak. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected transportation revenues. Gas tax, toll, and ferry revenues have all been negatively impacted over the course of the last year. As a result, we came into session facing a hundreds-of-millions-dollar hole. Additionally, the state needed to address its fish passage barrier removal mandate – a roughly $700-$1 billion commitment for the 2021-2023 biennium. Fortunately, the federal government saved the day. The American Rescue Plan invested billions into Washington and the Legislature was able to use some of those dollars to offset losses in transportation. Consequently, critical programs that counties rely on were held harmless, and in some cases, received backfills to offset losses from the past year. Specifically, programs administered by the County Road Administration Board (CRAB) were fully funded and received additional one-time transfers to offset the shortfalls from the last year ($9.6 million to CAPA and $12.4 million to RATA). Its newly created Emergency Loan Program also received a $2 million appropriation. While we did not receive big, new increases, the biennial transportation budget is a good one for county roads. Fish Passage Barrier Investments The Legislature made only modest investments for local governments to address fish passage barrier removal by funding the Fish Passage Barrier Removal Board at $26.79 million. This is less than half of what was requested. For the state’s obligation the legislature appropriated over $1 billion for the Washington State Department of Transportation to address its responsibility. However, $529.5 million of federal American Rescue Plan dollars are assumed in this figure. If that money is deemed ineligible, then $400 million of Connecting Washington dollars will utilized as backfill. Additive Transportation Revenue Proposals It was well known this session was going to be big for transportation. Senate Transportation Chairman Steve Hobbs has had a multi-year revenue package on the table for the past two years, and House Transportation Chairman Jake Fey spent the interim meeting with stakeholders to help inform his own revenue package. Both members introduced their packages early in session, and much of the transportation conversation centered around those proposals all session long. Representative Jake Fey’s “Miles Ahead” proposal was ambitious and vast. At $26 billion, the 16-year revenue package invested significant revenues into transportation preservation and maintenance, as well as carbon reduction initiatives. For counties, the proposed investments were more than we have seen in decades. The plan proposed $582 million to CRAB programs. It also included investments into transportation electrification, transit, pedestrian and bicycle programs, Safe Routes to Schools, and our ferry fleets. Senator Hobbs released an updated version of his “Forward Washington” transportation revenue package which included two separate funding scenarios, one under a “Cap and Invest” based proposal (aka cap and trade), and the other under a “Carbon Fee” based proposal. The full Cap and Invest proposal raised $18.2 billion in revenue, while the full Carbon-Fee proposal raises $19.1 billion in revenue. Both proposals spanned a 16-year period. Investments to counties and our partner agencies remained relatively unchanged from his previous proposals - $80 million to the County Road Administration Board, and an additional $375 million in direct fuel-tax distribution to cities and counties. Unfortunately, the momentum just was not there to get either proposal across the finish line. However, both proposals laid a good foundation for conversations moving forward. Additionally, carbon-based initiatives that did pass guarantee we will be back in Olympia soon to consider a robust, additive transportation revenue package. Both the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS, HB 1091), and the Cap and Invest bill (SB 5126), contain language that prohibit the policies from taking full affect until a package is adopted. The Governor, legislators, and the environmental community are anxious to get these programs up and running. If there is enough pressure, we could see ourselves back in Olympia before the 2022 session. Legislation Most of the session’s transportation conversations were dominated by carbon and the additive transportation revenue proposals. However, several bills of interest to counties did pass the Legislature. These include: HB 1023: Rep. Mike Steele (R-Chelan): Concerning pre-design requirements and thresholds. HB 1023 increases the threshold for construction projects requiring pre-design from $5 million to $10 million, which establishes the same threshold for all capital project types. It also allows OFM the authority to waive some or all pre-design requirements on capital projects exceeding the $10 million threshold. HB 1091, Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon (D-West Seattle): Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuel. Known as the “low carbon fuel standards or “LCFS” bill, HB 1091 directs the Department of Ecology to adopt rules establishing a Clean Fuels Program (CFP) to limit the aggregate, overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per unit of transportation fuel energy. The bill also requires an increase in the gas tax of at least 5 cents that will contribute to an additive transportation revenue act before Ecology may assign compliance obligations or allow for actual credit generation in order to coordinate and synchronize the CFP with other transportation-related investments. HB 1137, Rep. Bob McCaslin (R-Spokane Valley): Elevating road maintenance and preservation in transportation planning. HB 1137 reorders the state’s six transportation policy goals to prioritize health and safety and preservation and maintenance as the state’s foremost priorities when it comes to transportation investments. HB 1502, Rep. Sharon Wylie (D-Vancouver): Concerning the procurement and design of electric ferries by counties. HB 1502 allows counties to use “best-value” bidding for the procurement and design of electric ferries. SB 5031, Senator Jim Honeyford (R-Sunnyside) Relating to a community aviation revitalization loan program. SB 5031 creates a community aviation revitalization board, consisting of county representation, to make direct loans to airport sponsors of public use airports in the state for the purpose of airport improvements. SB 5032, Sen. Bob Hasegawa (D-Seattle): Concerning the re- authorization and improvements to alternative public works contracting procedures. SB 5032 extends the use of alternative public works contracting procedures until July 1, 2031. It also makes changes to the Capital Projects Advisory Review Board (CPARB) makeup, amends the design-build, general contractor/construction manager, and job order contracting procedures, and requires the CPARB to develop best practices for increasing and sustaining access to contracting opportunities in alternative public works for minority, women, and veteran-owned businesses, and small businesses. SB 5126: Sen Reuven Carlyle (D-Seattle), Concerning the Washington climate commitment act (aka “Cap and Invest”). SB 5126 establishes a cap and invest (or cap and trade) program in the State of Washington. The bill tasks the Department of Ecology with establishing a cap and invest program for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Specifically, a cap and invest program would direct distribution of auction revenues for specified purposes including clean transportation, natural climate resiliency, clean energy transition and assistance, and energy efficiency projects. Finally Finished – End of Session Wrap-Up In Public Safety and Human Services we ended up with a mixed bag of bills and budget items. An increase of $517 million in state and federal funds was provided to increase behavioral health services, including provider rate increases, community supports, and crisis teams. The Legislature also passed a variety of bills to address these issues. One bill that passed is E2SHB 1477. This bill establishes the 988 Mental Health Crisis Hotline system that Congress passed in October 2020. The Department of Health and the Health Care Authority are required to collaborate to establish state crisis call center hubs and an enhanced crisis response system that enables cross-system collaboration, to prepare for the implementation of the 988 crisis hotline. It establishes a Crisis Response Improvement Strategy Committee to plan for the implementation of the 988 crisis hotline and the crisis response system enhancements. It imposes a tax on radio access lines, voice- over internet protocol service lines, and switched access lines to fund activities related to an enhanced crisis response. The hope is that providing individuals with a direct line to obtain immediate mental health attention and services will divert them away from the criminal justice system and into the types of supports they need. The Legislature also invested in stabilizing housing situations for both tenants and homeowners. Not only did the Legislature provide over $1 billion toward affordable housing and homelessness, rental and mortgage and foreclosure assistance, and legal services, the Legislature also provided a variety of bills to help minimize this crisis. E2SHB 1277 passed that establishes a $100 surcharge on recorded documents to fund various housing services, including the Affordable Housing for All Account for the operations, maintenance, and services costs for permanent supportive housing; a landlord mitigation program; and the Home Security Fund Account. It also creates the Eviction Prevention Rental Assistance Program to prevent evictions that will be administered by the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and be awarded in the form of grants for uses such as rent or utility assistance and administrative costs of the nonprofits getting the grants. The bill also directs Commerce to work with the Ruckelshaus center to study the housing and services provided to those who are at risk of homelessness and develop a strategy to improve those services and outcomes. This strengthens in a significant and ongoing funding source for housing related services. The Legislature passed two bills that will potentially defray county jail medical costs. SHB 1348 is a bill that requires the Health Care Authority to seek a waiver from the federal government to allow for an incarcerated individual to maintain his or her Medicaid benefits for the first 29 days of incarceration at a state or local institution. E2SSB 5304 requires the Health Care Authority to apply for a Medicaid waiver to allow those in confinement to use their Medicaid benefits up to 30 days prior to the individuals release or discharge. These two bills will save counties money on jail health care costs if the federal government grants the waivers and would provide for a more successful recovery and reentry into our communities. The Legislature had an ambitious agenda dedicated to criminal justice reform in an effort to respond to bias and systemic racism in the criminal justice system. Policies ranging from criminal sentences, police accountability, legal and financial obligations, to bail were considered. While some of these bills passed, a number of them were stopped in their tracks due to the costs associated with the State v. Blake Supreme Court decision (discussed in more detail later). One of the bills that survived is ESB 5164. This is one of the many resentencing bills that were introduced this session. This particular bill requires courts to resentence those individuals serving life sentences without the possibility of release under the “three strikes law” where one of the three strikes was a conviction of Robbery in the second degree. The county costs associated with this new policy were not funded by the legislature. A significant county cost comes with the passage of SHB 1223 which requires law enforcement officers to electronically record custodial interrogations in a variety of situations. This will be costly for counties because it essentially requires all law enforcement officers to have body cameras. Therefore, there will be a fiscal impact to not only for the purchase the equipment, but for the storage of the recordings and associated public records costs. A last minute addition to our list of county concerns includes ESHB 1054. This is a bill that establishes certain requirements for police use of tactics and equipment. At the last minute, an amendment was added to the bill that law enforcement must obtain authorization to use tear gas for riots occurring outside of a correctional, jail, or detention facility, from the highest elected official in the jurisdiction. This is concerning because it would mean that elected county commissioners, for example, would be telling elected sheriffs what they can or cannot do. As previously mentioned, the State v. Blake decision complicated the Legislative session. The total financial impact on counties and the state due to this decision are difficult to calculate. However, we anticipate that it will cost counties alone a minimum of $100 million and we can foresee that number easily reaching $200 million when all is said and done. However, the Legislature, in its operating budget, provided only $79 million for counties to pay for all of the costs associated with the courts in resentencing, vacations, and LFO repayments. While this may get counties through the current fiscal year, it will not likely suffice in addressing the total fiscal impact. The Legislature also passed ESB 5476 that adds back penalties for possession and includes a great deal of services and supports for those with substance use disorders. In brief, the bill makes knowing possession a misdemeanor, but encourages prosecutors to divert such cases for assessment, treatment or other services, rather than jail. However, on July 1, 2023, the misdemeanor penalty sunsets and possession is decriminalized. The bill also creates a State v. Blake reimbursement account from which expenditures may be used for state and local government costs resulting from the State v. Blake decision. For this bill, the Legislature includes over $78 million to pay for the services and supports it creates such as a statewide recovery navigator program, Clubhouse services, homeless outreach stabilization team program, expanded opioid use disorder medication in jails, expanded treatment, and a Recovery Oversight Committee, to name a few. The Legislature also appropriates an additional $4.5 million for therapeutic courts operated by district and municipal courts. Public Health Interim Work The rubber meets the road for public health this interim. Ongoing pandemic response efforts continue with the push for more vaccine acceptance, fourth wave response, and planning for the Fall and the return of children to in-person classrooms. WSALPHO and WSAC will continue to stay engaged as state and federal relief, and coordination work will require clear communication and quick feedback on proposals. Several new workgroups will require county representatives. WSAC and WSALPHO will be working with state agencies to develop the recruitment process to ensure active participation from the local government. New groups include: Pandemic Review Taskforce: one WSAC member, two local health jurisdiction representatives Parks Rx workgroup: two local health jurisdiction representatives Public Health Advisory Board: two WSAC members (one from west of Cascades, one from east of Cascades), four local health jurisdictions (two from west of Cascades, two from east of Cascades) Most importantly, over the next couple of months, local health jurisdictions will be working closely with the other parts of the governmental public health system on concurrence for foundational public health services dollars. This process includes identifying the specific state, local, and tribal needs for core public health work and what critical services are ready to be implemented through new service delivery models. Once all parts of the system have reached an agreement in allocating funds for programs and services, a joint letter is sent to the Office of Financial Management, who releases the funds. With this biennium's significant investment into FPHS, there may be multiple concurrence agreements over the next year. 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 View this email in your browser Greetings friends! We are reaching out to lift up the amazing local housing organizations that are helping to keep so many of our community members safely housed. With the recently issued $1,400 stimulus checks in many bank accounts by now, it is a perfect time to collectively stimulate action for housing. Each piece of the housing spectrum is necessary for our community's vitality, and these organizations have been working hard to provide safe, affordable housing. Today, we are inviting everyone who received a stimulus check and who doesn't need every bit of that money to donate all or a portion of it to a local housing effort. Read how, below! Thank you in advance for your generosity. From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Lifting our whole housing ecosystem Date:Friday, April 30, 2021 4:06:02 PM From: Justine Gonzalez-Berg Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 4:05:52 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Lifting our whole housing ecosystem CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. There are many ways to support housing... Bayside Housing Services focuses on short term housing and personalized case management solutions and is also managing two tiny shelter villages, in Port Hadlock and Port Townsend. Support transitional housing and tiny shelter villages here. Habitat for Humanity provides well built, small, and affordable homes to low- income home buyers. They’ve just launched a new project for 20 new homes in Port Townsend. Create home-ownership opportunities for local families, here. Homeward Bound uses the Community Land Trust model to enable diverse and stable communities through holding land in trust for affordable housing. Help this fledgling organization fly, here. Housing Solutions Network is a network of housing champions dedicated to advancing quality workforce housing opportunity through empowering diverse, creative solutions. Join our network through donating, here. The following organizations offer housing assistance as one part of their overall community service. HSN cannot guarantee that your donation will go exclusively towards housing. Contact that organization for further clarification on how their funds are dispersed. Dove House provides sanctuary for victims of domestic violence through housing and advocacy services. Support this work here. Jefferson County Anti-Racist Fund is a mutual aid project focused on the wellness of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Money is redistributed to fund many types of requests, including for rent or utilities. Redistribute wealth through JCARF, here. OlyCAP offers a wide array of community services, including long term housing projects and services for the unsheltered. They are soon going to begin building a net zero energy 43-unit affordable apartment complex in Port Townsend. Donate to OlyCAP, here. Support Local Housing Copyright © 2020 Jefferson Community Foundation, All rights reserved. Housing Solutions Network is a field-of-interest fund of the Jefferson Community Foundation. 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CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Spark Joy Grant Seeks Idea to Light up the Darkness Better Living Through Giving, JCF’s longest-running Giving Circle, is offering Spark Joy grants up to $1,500 to support ideas and projects that connect generations, promote collaboration, celebrate diversity and brighten hearts and minds throughout the county. “We want to hear those ideas that invoke a sudden flutter in one’s heart, that inspire breathless anticipation and engage the imagination,” said Rena Murman, a member of Better Living Through Giving. Applications accepted May 1 - June 1, 2021, from individuals and nonprofits. Youth are encouraged to apply with the support of a parent/guardian sponsor. Awards announced June 15, 2021. What is a Giving Circle? A Giving Circle is a group of individuals who come together to learn about the needs of their community and pool their charitable dollars to address an issue through targeted philanthropy. “Giving Circles are one of the most vibrant forms of community-led action," says Siobhan Canty, JCF President & CEO. "They provide a space for people to lead their own learning, collaboration and – as Spark Joy shows – innovation.” Join Our Team! New Volunteer Opportunities Become a Directory Trainer The Foundation Directory Online Database Trainer is a skilled volunteer who can train nonprofit grant seekers the ins and outs of searching in the Foundation Directory Online Database. The ideal volunteer will have research and nonprofit experience and can meet via Zoom until in-person activities resume. Flexible hours. Ongoing training and support available. To learn more, email jen@jcfgives.org. Donate to Recovery & Resilience Thanks to generous donors the COVID Response & Recovery Fund is making a deep impact. Our community has raised more than $803,050 to date for local pandemic relief efforts. But we’re not done yet! Getting back to work, to gathering, to thriving takes a true community effort. Phase II of the COVID Fund, focused on recovery and resilience, is open now. In April, our Grantmaking Committee reviewed six applications, strategically allocating $23,000 to four organizations, including: Camp Beausite Northwest To support “Camp at Home" a program for youth and adults with special needs to participate in coordinated activities. The ReCyclery To support the Mountain Bike Club's programming for 4th through 7th graders, and to provide bikes and helmets to youth and adults in need. Trinity United Methodist Church For restroom and other upgrades to meet ADA and reopening requirements so that community groups can once again gather here. Jefferson Teen Center To support the increasing enrollment, as well as, provide staff and teams with PPE and other sanitation supplies. The next deadline for grant proposals is Thursday, May 6, 2021. Apply here. The Making of Stone Soup Stories of community impact written by our wonderful volunteer storyteller, Tom Moore. Donate Today! JCF Convenes Groups to Increase Collaboration, Impact As Nonprofit Relations Manager, Jen Kingfisher’s sees the forest and the trees. “I keep apprised of the landscape of need in our community and keep the ‘bigger picture’ of lasting impact at the forefront of our conversations and our efforts,” she said. “My goal is to be a catalyst; to convene people intent on doing good work and supporting them as they create community around their passion.” Celebrating 3-years with JCF this month, Jen is positioned as a resource and advocate for our community’s 400+ nonprofits and service groups. Keeping apprised of current and new challenges in the landscape of need became more important than ever as the COVID-19 pandemic settled in. “In the midst of one of our many conversations around the table, we realized the Federal school lunch program would shut down for two weeks causing a gap in food for school kids.” - Wendy Bart, Olympic Peninsula YMCA Jen established monthly roundtable discussions with various nonprofits to deepen our understanding of the needs created and/or exacerbated by the pandemic. Each group increased capacity for greater cooperation, collaboration, and communication between organizations with similar missions, allowing all to respond to basic human needs in a more timely and efficient manner. The food security roundtable translated these soft skills into action by identifying widening gaps in service and creating solutions. According to Wendy Bart, CEO of Olympic Peninsula YMCA, “In the midst of one of our many conversations around the table, we realized the federal school lunch program would be shutting down for two weeks over the holidays causing a two-week gap in food for school kids.” Alone, none of the groups eleven food security organizations could manage all the logistics necessary to provide meals for more than 200 school children over that two-week period. “We all wanted to solve multiple problems, but no one of us had the capacity or the bandwidth to do it all,” Bart said. “The beautiful part of the process was Jen getting us all together to talk collectively and find out how to leverage each of our different resources.” Shelby Smith, a Community Wellness Project board member, said, “It felt like making stone soup. Nobody could handle taking on the project by themselves but once we got the proverbial first carrot and some seasoning into the cauldron, the rest of the ingredients began to fall into place very quickly.” And so it was that the school districts of Brinnon, Quilcene, Chimacum, and Port Townsend, partnered with the YMCA of Jefferson County, Community Wellness Project, Jefferson Healthcare, OlyCAP, Jefferson County Association of Food Banks, Red Dog Farm, Sunfield Farm, Pane d’Amore, Grace Love of Nadine’s Kitchen, and a slew of volunteers came together “around the pot”. And this collaboration has continued to impact our youth and families. Spring break presented the same challenge as winter, and again these partners rallied to provide five days-worth of meals to about 230 students and their families countywide. As one mother said, “I am always grateful for the food I receive, but this food made me feel loved.” To date, this effort alone has fed more than 500 youth for a month and has been supported by $20,000 through JCF’s generous donors. “This is just one example of what we can accomplish with we communicate and collaborate,” Jen said. “I’m proud to facilitate as a connector, a networker, and then I step back and let the organizations do what they do best.” With deep gratitude, Siobhan & Team Jefferson Community Foundation Share Forward Copyright © 2021 Jefferson Community Foundation, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you provided your email address to Jefferson Community Foundation/United Good Neighbors. Our mailing address is: Jefferson Community Foundation P.O. Box 1394 Port Hadlock, WA 98339 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: WSAC VIRTUAL ASSEMBLY Date:Monday, May 3, 2021 12:10:16 PM Attachments:image001.png image002.png image003.png From: Eric Johnson Sent: Monday, May 3, 2021 12:08:08 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Eric Johnson Subject: WSAC VIRTUAL ASSEMBLY CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Please use this link today https://wsac-org.zoom.us/j/91055340784? pwd=SkZYRzZXUlVHUGFlNjhVYndvb1RTdz09&from=addon Eric Eric Johnson, Executive Director Washington State Association of Counties 206 10th Ave SE | Olympia, WA 98501-1311 O. 360.753.1886 D. 360.489.3013 C. 360.481.2241 Bookmark our website! www.wsac.org “The Voice of Washington Counties" Join the conversation: Disclaimer: Documents and correspondence are available under state law. This e-mail may be disclosable to a third-party requestor. From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: WSAC Virtual Assembly Confirmation Date:Monday, May 3, 2021 12:09:52 PM From: Washington Counties WSAC Sent: Monday, May 3, 2021 12:09:48 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: WSAC Virtual Assembly Confirmation CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hi Greg Brotherton, Thank you for registering for "WSAC Virtual Assembly". Please submit any questions to: info@wsac.org Date Time: May 3, 2021 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Every week on Mon, until Jun 28, 2021, 8 occurrence(s) May 3, 2021 12:00 PM May 10, 2021 12:00 PM May 17, 2021 12:00 PM May 24, 2021 12:00 PM Jun 7, 2021 12:00 PM Jun 14, 2021 12:00 PM Jun 21, 2021 12:00 PM Jun 28, 2021 12:00 PM Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. 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Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Having trouble viewing this email? Click Here federal-policy-feed_969768.png NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES | NACo.org/coronavirus MAY 3, 2021 GettyImages-483210448_1883939.jpg SEND NACo YOUR QUESTIONS ON COVID-19 RECOVERY NACo staff are ready to answer your questions on COVID-19 recovery efforts and American Rescue Plan Act implementation. Visit the NACo Recovery Clearinghouse for important information and to ask a question. ASK A QUESTION Treasury_1850204.jpg Treasury Preparing to Release Guidance on the Latest Coronavirus Recovery Fund As a result of NACo and county advocacy efforts, the State and Local Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Fund (Recovery Fund), part of the American Rescue Plan Act, was signed into law on March 11. NACo expects the U.S. Treasury to release guidance soon, which will provide clarification on how counties can invest Recovery Funds. 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From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: WSF May-July Service Update Date:Monday, May 3, 2021 5:02:19 PM From: Vezina, John Sent: Monday, May 3, 2021 5:01:53 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) Subject: WSF May-July Service Update CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. WSF-service County Commissioners, Mayors, and Councilmembers, Good afternoon. While still facing vessel crewing challenges due to COVID quarantines and vaccination- related time off for vessel employees, due to emergent maintenance and repair issues, we now have vessel shortages which necessitate service reductions on several routes. When we lose a large vessel, as we did with the fire on the 202-vehicle Wenatchee last week, there are cascading effects across the system. With a pause in the state’s vessel construction program resulting in no ferries being built between 2000-2010, and a consistent under-investment in preservation and maintenance, we now have 21-vessel fleet, with a mean age of 30 years. While we build new vessels we must make service decisions by balancing short-term needs with long-term maintenance allowing us to keep aging vessels in operation. In past summers, 19 vessels were needed to operate our schedule. This year, because the Canadian border is closed, our 2021 “peak” schedule requires 18 vessels. Due to current critical work on the Yakima, Chelan, Kaleetan, Issaquah, and the fire on the Wenatchee, we have only 16 vessels available until at least late June, resulting in: The Fauntleroy/Southworth/Vashon “Triangle” route, previously scheduled to return to three-boat service on Sunday, May 9, won’t do so until at least Monday, June 7. Additionally, due to vessel availability, when the 124-vehicle Issaquah leaves the route for its required drydock inspection and maintenance period, it will be replaced by the 90-vehicle Sealth, a capacity down-sizing of 34 vehicles. Beginning on Thursday, May 6, when the Issaquah leaves the Triangle route, and the Sealth moves there, it will be replaced on the Seattle/Bremerton route by the 64-vehicle Salish, a capacity downsizing of 26 vehicles and a slower operating speed, necessitating schedule adjustments and the elimination of an early afternoon round trip. This downsizing will last until at least June 27. Due to a lack of crewing, we’d previously announced a delay of restoring two-boat service on the Port Townsend/Coupeville route, originally planned for May 9, until at least June 6. We’d also hoped to have the capacity to put a second boat on the route for Memorial Day weekend. Now, due to these vessel constraints, the restoration of two- boat service won’t happen before June 27. We had planned to have three of our larger vessels serving the San Juan Islands beginning on May 9, but now one of those larger vessels will instead be a smaller (by 20 vehicles) Issaquah class until at least June 27th. We will adjust reservations accordingly. From Memorial Day until at least July 25, the Seattle/Bainbridge route will have downsized capacity, with the 144-vehicle Kaleetan replacing the 188-vehicle Walla Walla through July 11 and the 124-vehicle Issaquah through July 25. The Clinton/Mukilteo route, which from May-October is usually served by two 144- vehicle Olympic Class vessels, will have one Olympic, and one smaller, 124-vehicle vessel for most of the summer. We understand the impacts of these service reductions at a time when, despite COVID-related travel advisories, our ridership is increasing. We also understand the temptation of delaying vital maintenance and repair work to meet a previously announced schedule, but with only 21 vessels, limited dry dock space, and an aging fleet, putting off this work will only lead to more severe impacts later. We appreciate our passengers’ patience while we work to restore vessels to safe service. Best, 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: Join Matt Comisky from American Forest Resource Council Tomorrow Morning on Coffee with Colleen Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 8:08:58 AM From: Clallam EDC Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 8:08:49 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Join Matt Comisky from American Forest Resource Council Tomorrow 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 Tomorrow Morning at 8am to hear from Matt Comisky of American Forest Resource Council. How will recent legislative action and the potential outcome of ongoing court cases impact our local government revenues and the harvest levels of the DNR lands in Clallam County? 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 12 - Clint Ostler, President of Dash Air Shuttle May 19 - WorkSource Leaders talk about Job Openings in Clallam June 9 - DNR Commissioner Hillary Franz The Restaurant Revitalization Fund Portal is now open! 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. The SBA is accepting applications via this >> application portal 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. Signing up for SAM.gov, or getting a CAGE # or DUNS # are NOT going to be required! Census Data Summit Schedule – April and May: 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 | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by info@clallam.org powered by Try email marketing for free today! From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Chamber Tourism Cafe - this Friday Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 11:00:45 AM From: Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 11:00:41 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Chamber Tourism Cafe - this Friday 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, this Friday, May 7th at 10:00 am 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-dependent Chamber Cafe Your Community Conversation communities? 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 | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by director@jeffcountychamber.org powered by Try email marketing for free today! From:Connie Gallant To:Bloomfield, Kristen (DNR) Cc:cpl@dnr.wa.gov; jeffbocc; Board of Health Subject:Re: Proposed DNR Land Transaction--Dabob Bay Inter-Trust Exchange Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 1:23:35 PM Attachments:image001.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Kristen - as a follow-up to my previous message: We are all very pleased that you are holding this meeting because it is definitely something the community wants to be engaged on. My primary concern, as stated in my original message, is to give the public an alternative to attend virtually - since most of us are totally used to it by now. The school in Quilcene has excellent wi-fi reception, so it would not be difficult at all to set up a Zoom portal. If you decide to do that, please let us know and we will be sure that folks get the link. Thank you so much for giving the public an opportunity to comment on this important and timely topic. Connie Gallant President Olympic Forest Coalition On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 12:57 PM Bloomfield, Kristen (DNR) <Kristen.Bloomfield@dnr.wa.gov> wrote: The Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on May 13, 2021, at the Quilcene School District Multipurpose Room (Gym) to provide information and receive testimony on a proposed inter-trust land exchange. A project summary is attached. You may also go to http://dnr.wa.gov/managed-lands/land-transactions/dabob-bay-inter-trust- exchange to find more information on this proposal. The hearing will begin at 6:00 p.m. with a short informational presentation and an opportunity to ask questions before the formal testimony begins. A summary of testimony will be included in the presentation of the exchange to the Board of Natural Resources. Written testimony will be accepted through May 27th, 2021. Letters should be addressed to the Department of Natural Resources, ATTN: Dabob Bay Inter-Trust Exchange, PO Box 47014, Olympia, WA 98504-7014. Testimony may also be emailed to exchanges@dnr.wa.gov (please include the exchange name in the subject line). For more information, contact Bob Winslow at 360-480-7803 or robert.winslow@dnr.wa.gov. Kristen Bloomfield Property Acquisition Specialist Conservation, Recreation, and Transactions Division Wa State DNR 360-902-1631 (teleworking number 360-490-2470) From:Heidi Eisenhour To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Gateway Visitor Center monthly report Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 12:16:41 PM Attachments:Jefferson County-JCHS Yearly Overview 2021.xls From: gatewayvcr@olympus.net Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 12:16:46 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton; Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour Subject: Gateway Visitor Center monthly report CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hello All, Thanks to our returning volunteers we had a very pleasant month of April, in being fully open to the public on a 6 day a week schedule here at the Gateway,. As you can see in our report, we are clawing our way back to 2019, pre-pandemic, numbers in travelers through the door. If you have any questions on this report please contact me. Thanks, Bill Bill Roney, Manager Olympic Peninsula Gateway Visitor Center 93 Beaver Valley Road P. O. Box 65478 Port Ludlow, WA 98365 360-437-0120 Visitor Center 360-531-0120 cell www.gatewayvcr@olympus.net THE GIVEBIG 48-HOUR COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING EVENT IS LIVE! EVERY DONATION MATCHED $ FOR $! From:Wild Fish Conservancy To:jeffbocc Subject:GIVEBIG to these wild ifsh protection and recovery initiatives Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 3:38:29 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Photo by Matthew DeLorme, mdelorme.com Today and tomorrow, Give BIG to support WFC's groundbreaking wild fish recovery and protection projects Through Wednesday May 5, when you make a gift during GiveBIG to support our most vital wild fish protection and recovery initiatives, your donation will be matched dollar for dollar thanks to a generous matching contribution from friends and World Salmon Forum founders Bruce and Jeanne McNae. By making a donation during the 2021 Give Big! event, you're not only providing critical funding for our science, education, and advocacy initiatives, but you are a part a dedicated community of wild fish advocates collectively investing and taking action to protect the northwest's wild fish heritage. Below are we've shared two groundbreaking wild fish recovery and protection projects your GiveBIG donation will make possible. Thank you for your consideration and to everyone who already donated! All donations are fully-tax-deductible and will be matched! HELP END COMMERCIAL NET PEN AQUACULTURE IN PUGET SOUND Since 2017, the Our Sound, Our Salmon campaign has celebrated major victories when it comes MAKE A GIVEBIG DONATION TODAY PREFER ACTBLUE OR PAYPAL? to protecting Puget Sound from large-scale, commercial net pen aquaculture. To date, our coalition has helped pass a landmark law banning Atlantic salmon net pens in WA, held Cooke Aquaculture responsible for $2.75 million in Clean Water Act violations, and drove forward meaningful regulatory changes that prevented the spread and amplification of an exotic and dangerous virus in Puget Sound net pens. The common thread in all of these accomplishments is that they were made possible by thousands of people collectively taking action and investing in our shared movement to protect wild salmon and the greater health of Puget Sound. By donating during GiveBIG, you're making it possible to continue this work in 2021 and helping to drive forward the legal and grassroots advocacy campaigns working in tandem to stop Cooke Aquaculture at every step in the approval process from moving forward with their dangerous new plan to rear partially-sterile steelhead/ rainbow trout in their Puget Sound net pens. Your matched GiveBIG donation will help support: the Taking Back Our Sound campaign and coalition working to effectively end commercial net pen aquaculture in Puget Sound and restore over 130 acres of public waters that have been polluted and restricted by the net pen industry for over three decades. WFC and partners' legal challenge in Washington Supreme Court seeking to reverse approval of Cooke's proposal to rear steelhead in Puget Sound, invalidate key permits granted to Cooke, and require a comprehensive environmental review of this dangerous proposal. our work to hold Cooke Aquaculture responsible for Endangered Species Act violations occurring at the company’s net pen operations and protect ESA-listed salmon, steelhead, and other protected species from further harm. MAKE A MATCHED DONATION Photo by Aaron Jorgenson HELP COMMERCIAL FISHERS TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE Last week we shared that as a result of WFC's six years of successful fish trap research, Washington State is finally taking a historic step forward to designate an Emerging Commercial Fishery that will legalize fish traps for sustainable commercial fishing on the Columbia River. This truly momentous decision is charting a new path forward for a resilient and sustainable fishery and will have long lasting benefits for the recovery of wild salmon and steelhead in the Columbia basin. Already, Wild Fish Conservancy staff have hit the ground running to prepare for this exciting next chapter of our work. Drawing on our years of experience engineering, building, permitting, and operating fish traps, WFC staff are working to help lay the foundation for this new sustainable fishery and to support commercial fishers interested in making this transition. Your Give BIG donation will help us: continue our fish trap research in fall 2021 at a newly constructed fish trap in Oregon, the results of this research testing an improved design will be vital to informing the structure and harvest allocation for the new fish trap fishery. work in collaboration with WDFW, fishers, and other stakeholders to develop rules to guide the fishery forward to best meet the needs of wild fish recovery and coastal economies. develop tools and resources to ensure commercial fishers interested in being a part of this future fishery have the funding and technical support necessary to transition and be successful. continue critical outreach to fishery managers, commercial fishers, Tribal Nations, and First Nations throughout Washington and the Pacific coast using the success and precedence on the Columbia River as working model to guide other coastal communities. All donations are fully tax-deductible and will be matched up to $40,000! wildfishconservancy.org Copyright © 2021 Wild Fish Conservancy, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. DONATE TO SUPPORT THE TRANSITION PREFER ACTBLUE OR PAYPAL? 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. From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Join County Commissioner Bill Peach Wednesday, and more! Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 3:47:37 PM Attachments:image004.png image006.png From: director@forkswa.com Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 3:45:56 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Join County Commissioner Bill Peach Wednesday, and more! 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, May 5th for a special presentation by Clallam County Commissioner Bill Peach, when he discusses Charter Review Recommendations. Lunch is Oriental Chicken Salad, or Chicken Bacon Ranch. 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 May 5 – Clallam County Commissioner Bill Peach discusses Charter Review Recommendations May 12 – Clallam County Prosecutor Mark Nichols May 19 – Terry Ward, Regional Publisher and Vice President, Sound Publishing May 26 – Melanie Koskela, Administrative Clinic Manager and Lucritia Stansbury, RN Clinic Manager – All three FCH Clinics FORKS OLD FASHIONED 4TH OF JULY – SAVE THE DATE FROM CLALLAM EDC DNR Commissioner Hilary Franz has rescheduled to June 9th. Please join us Tomorrow Morning at 8am to hear from Matt Comisky of American Forest Resource Council. How will recent legislative action and the potential outcome of ongoing court cases impact our local government revenues and the harvest levels of the DNR lands in Clallam County? 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 12 - Clint Ostler, President of Dash Air Shuttle May 19 - WorkSource Leaders talk about Job Openings in Clallam June 9 - DNR Commissioner Hillary Franz The Restaurant Revitalization Fund Portal is now open! 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. The SBA is accepting applications via this >> application portal 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. Signing up for SAM.gov, or getting a CAGE # or DUNS # are NOT going to be required! Census Data Summit Schedule – April and May: 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 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 News Now – May 4, 2021 Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 4:04:35 PM From: NACo County News Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 4:01:46 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: County News Now – May 4, 2021 CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Having trouble viewing this email? Click Here County News May 4, 2021 CN-Now-5-4-(2)_1902773.jpg Vaccination efforts focus on the incarcerated County jails are essentially high-risk congregate shelters where COVID-19 could spread rapidly. 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NKN_Banner_collection_CN-now(1)_1729551.png MAY 6 WEBINAR NACo Tech Xchange Presents: Public Records Requests - 150% Growth in Complexity and the 8 Reasons CIOs Choose to Modernize 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 3 p.m. EDT MAY 26 WEBINAR NACo Workforce Network Focus Group 1 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:Pamela To:exchanges@dnr.wa.gov Cc:jeffbocc Subject:protect Dabob Bay, Date:Wednesday, May 5, 2021 11:31:16 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hello, I am writing to express my strong concern about Dabob Bay. The Wa Dept of Natural Resources should definitely preserve the additional 820 acres of state forestland in the Dabob Bay Natural Area. I believe it is crucially important to protect wildlife habitat and preserve clean water as much as possible. The legislature has already approved funding for this action. I do request that School Trust parcels CS 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13 on the Toandos Peninsula NOT be included in the exchange as these involve globally rare forest types that DNR is obligated to protect and which are proposed for conservation. Thank you for your time, Pamela Bouchard 110 Sunset Bvld Port Townsend Wa 98368 Donate Now! From:The Port Townsend Main Street Program To:jeffbocc Subject:Give Big! - until Midnight Tonight! Date:Wednesday, May 5, 2021 2:11:19 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. It's time to Give Big! Join the Port Townsend Main Street Program and help us enhance the unique assets of Uptown and Downtown. We celebrate what’s special about our town–our historic architecture, pedestrian-friendly setting, and diverse business landscape. Our creative special events draw locals and visitors to the historic districts and support our local economy. We care for 75+ flower baskets, maintain the rain gardens downtown, and we are working on the addition of a new waterfront parklet at Adams Street end. We are coordinating the "Love Where You Live" marketing campaign, which highlights all of Port Townsend's treasures - its history, architecture, businesses and restaurants - everything we LOVE about living here. Weekly busker shows and self-guided and guided tours too! We are managing Port Townsend's newly designated Creative District to help provide resources and opportunities for artists. The inaugural project for the Creative District will be celebrated on June 15th. Five unique Art Markers by Jonah Trople will show that you are in the Creative District. It also includes a way finding signage program that links the Creative District. Stay tuned for more information! Other projects include the "Hidden Histories" signage project, beautification days, grant- writing, retail promotions such as Art Wave-- Children's Art in the Stores, loan programs, and winter lighting. The Port Townsend Main Street Program's mission is to preserve, promote and enhance the Historic Business districts. Help us to continue by making a donation! CLICK HERE to make a donation! Thanks for your support! FRIEND ON FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM VISIT OUR PAGE 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. WE'RE LESS THAN $5,000 SHORT OF OUR GIVEBIG! GOAL! WE HAVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT TO RAISE $25,000! From:Wild Fish Conservancy To:jeffbocc Subject:We"re less than $5,000 short of reaching our GiveBIG goal! Date:Wednesday, May 5, 2021 3:09:59 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. WE'RE ONLY $5,000 SHORT OF REACHING OUR GIVEBIG GOAL Help us raise $25,000 by midnight. With every dollar matched, you'll help us achieve our larger goal of $50,000 for wild fish! Throughout early giving and the May 4-5 GiveBIG event, we have been truly overwhelmed and humbled by the generous support we have received from our community of wild fish advocates. Thank you to everyone who has donated since April 20th through our GiveBIG profile, our new ActBlue account, and other means, bringing us so close to our GiveBIG fundraising goal and making our work to protect and restore wild fish possible! Thanks to you, we are only $5,000 short of reaching our goal of raising $25,000 before GiveBIG ends at midnight. With every dollar being matched, if we reach our goal, together we will have generated $50,000 in just two weeks to fund a long list of wild fish recovery and protection initiatives. We hope you'll consider making a donation to help us reach our goal! All donations are fully-tax-deductible and will be matched! wildfishconservancy.org Copyright © 2021 Wild Fish Conservancy, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. HELP US REACH OUR GiveBIG GOAL! PREFER ACTBLUE OR PAYPAL? 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. GiveBIG is two days of giving to all your favorite Washington State non-profits. It's From:Greg Brotherton To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Hello May + Programs, Exhibitions, and More from JCHS Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 3:59:40 PM From: JeffCo Historical Society Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 3:59:21 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton Subject: Hello May + Programs, Exhibitions, and More from JCHS CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. such a great idea!! We hope you will participate alongside us as we marvel at the amazing work being done by so many big hearts in this state. Just browsing the GiveBIG site is a lesson in all the dreams we have for a better world. This year, as we start to re-open our doors and (dare I say it?!) plan for community gatherings, arts & heritage institutions need your support to keep on innovating and thinking bigger. BIG thanks to 501 Commons for powering this fundraising extravaganza and BIG thanks to you, our tried and true supporters for your love for local stories, in all shapes and sizes. Those stories bring us together, even when it's over zoom. Your gifts to JCHS have been humbling, whether it be your membership, your time volunteering, your attendance to a program, or sharing your financial resources, and we are deeply thankful. Stop by the Museum and say hello, Shelly Leavens Executive Director CELEBRATE & HONORASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDERHERITAGE Washington State is a place with deep, complex, and rich traditions and connections with Asian American and Pacific Islander community members, and we invite you learn more about how to celebrate this month with a few organizations who are showcasing AAPI heritage and culture, featured below. In Jefferson County we are no exception to the deep roots of Asian American and Pacific Islander families, and JCHS is interested in doing more to care for and engage with AAPI stories. From celebrating the late 19th century success of the Chinese American-owned Zee Tai Company in downtown Port Townsend, to hearing stories about how WWII incarceration affected the Japanese and Japanese American farmers living in rural JeffCo, we have so much to learn from our Asian American-identifying community members! We would love to hear from you about the AAPI sites in Jefferson County that matter to you. Send your notes to stories@jchsmuseum.com. Thank you! To Explore This Month: Wing Luke Museum Our Stories Your Stories Asian Pacific Virtual Showcase Farewell and Thank You to Jerry Gorsline 1940 to 2021 Jerry Gorsline was a soft-spoken man with many interests that he pursued with a thoughtful passion. He was a thinker, problem solver, naturalist, publisher, and writer, and he quietly shared his knowledge with his community. JCHS benefited from Gorsline’s extensive literary experience and expertise. He owned a bookstore in California, was an editor and publisher as part of the Empty Bowl Press collective, and was closely involved with writers and literary life from an early age. Gorsline was a member of JCHS and eventually a Trustee. Gorsline’s Rainshadow: Archibald Menzies and the Botanical Exploration of the Olympic Peninsula was published by JCHS to celebrate the International Maritime Bicentennial in 1992. That same year, he compiled and edited Shadows of our Ancestors: Readings in the History of Klallam-White-Relations. Originally published by Empty Bowl, Gorsline donated the rights of this important book to JCHS. In more recent years, Gorsline led the JCHS Publication Committee and contributed to the establishment of the production of in-house books on local art and history topics. Gorsline passed away on March 29, 2021 after a long illness and will be greatly missed. - Jenny Westdal, JCHS Board President Join JCHS for Virtual Programs this month FIRST FRIDAY SPEAKER SERIES Our 2021 First Friday Speaker Series celebrates the art of making, featuring makers from throughout Jefferson County and the broader peninsula. From food and fiber to metal and wood, we’re honoring materials and making of all kinds. Upcoming event: Metalwork with The PT Foundry Friday, May 7 7:00 – 8:00 PM Hosted via Zoom Suggested donation: $10 Register here via Simpletix Join expert seafarer, sailboat racer, and maritime metalworker Pete Langley for a virtual tour of The Port Townsend Foundry, where he will share the metalworking process of turning alloys into exquisitely crafted boat hardware. Pete has been sailing and cruising since the age of three. By age 20 he had almost 70,000 miles at sea, on many types of vessels—yachts, sailing, power and commercial fishing. Having this seafaring knowledge and a reason to put it to good use (a large family in the boating industry), he started Port Townsend Foundry in late 1980. Over the years, Pete has honed the skills learned from his time at sea and from the many mentors that inspired him to perfect the art of casting marine hardware. His industrial and architectural products have supplied sailors and vessels around the world. The Port Townsend Foundry is also a legendary fixture of the Wooden Boat Festival. Each year, Pete leases “The Cottage”, a historic shed located within the harbor, in which he stores overnight the artifacts he exhibits during the day: cleats, turnbuckles, handles, bells, plates, steering wheels and the like, all made of the most refined alloys. The best way to see this hardware at work is to join the Schooner Martha – a sort of “ambassador” for PT Foundry products, as well as the oldest working sailing vessel on the West Coast. Pete likes to crew on the Martha every chance he gets and enjoys teaching adults and kids onboard the historic schooner through the sail training program. Visit the PT Foundry website here: https://www.porttownsendfoundry.com/ Series Passes still available! Pass fees help us pay program costs including speaker honorariums, technology, and planning, as we prepare to move back into in-person programming. Thanks for your support! Series Pass: $75 for non-members, $65 for members Purchase your Series Pass on Simpletix. 2021 Upcoming Programs: June 4: Cider with Alpenfire Cidery (at the Farm! Limited tickets available) July 2: Woodworking with the PT School of Woodworking and Kim Winkle August 6: Ceramics with LaughinGnome Pottery September 3: Coast Salish Wool Weaving with Susan Pavel October 1: Placemaking with Mackenzie Grinnell Book Discussion In partnership with the Port Townsend Marine Science Center An Evening with David B. Williams discussing his new book: Homewaters: A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound Tues, May 117:00 – 8:00 PM Hosted via Zoom Suggested $10 donation Register here via Simpletix Not far from Seattle skyscrapers live 150-year-old clams, more than 250 species of fish, and underwater kelp forests as complex as any terrestrial ecosystem. For millennia, vibrant Coast Salish communities have lived beside these waters dense with nutrient-rich foods, with cultures intertwined through exchanges across the waterways. Transformed by settlement and resource extraction, Puget Sound and its future health now depend on a better understanding of the region’s ecological complexities. Focusing on the area south of Port Townsend and between the Cascade and Olympic mountains, Williams uncovers human and natural histories in, on, and around the Sound. In conversations with archaeologists, biologists, and tribal authorities, Williams traces how generations of humans have interacted with such species as geoducks, salmon, orcas, rockfish, and herring. He sheds light on how warfare shaped development and how people have moved across this maritime highway, in canoes, the mosquito fleet, and today’s ferry system. The book also takes an unflinching look at how the Sound’s ecosystems have suffered from human behavior, including pollution, habitat destruction, and the effects of climate change. Witty, graceful, and deeply informed, Homewaters weaves history and science into a fascinating and hopeful narrative, one that will introduce newcomers to the astonishing life that inhabits the Sound and offers longtime residents new insight into and appreciation of the waters they call home. David B. Williams is a naturalist, author, and educator. His many books include the award-winning Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle’s Topography and Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the City. HISTORY HAPPY HOUR The Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Area with Steve Shively Friday, May 215:00 – 6:00 PM Hosted via Zoom FREE Register here via Simpletix Join us for a history-steeped happy hour! Mix up a sea-inspired cocktail with the bartender-led tutorial (non-alcoholic versions too!), then enjoy your drink as we share some fun facts about the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary! After crafting our marine-themed drinks with bartenders Sophia Elan and Alexander Moats, we’ll be joined by Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Member Steve Shively, who will share his knowledge about the area. The sanctuary includes 3,188 square miles of marine waters off the Olympic Peninsula coastline and extends 25 to 50 miles seaward. In addition to important ecological resources, the sanctuary has a rich cultural and historical legacy. We’ll send you the Zoom link to tune in, as well as a list of ingredients for the drinks. A recording of the program will be available to all registered participants, so if you can’t make the date but would like to see the program, be sure to register. This program is FREE! If you’re able, please consider supporting JCHS by becoming a member. THE PORT TOWNSEND PAPER MILL – PAST,PRESENT, AND FUTURE The Jefferson County Historical Society and the Port Townsend Public Library are teaming up with the City of Port Townsend, the Port Townsend Paper Mill, KPTZ 91.9, the Swan School, and other partners to present a suite of programming this winter all about the Mill – it’s history, economic and workforce impact, recycling practices, and of course its product – paper! Upcoming program: Port Townsend Paper Artist Talk: Using recycled brown kraft paper from the Port Townsend Paper Mill Friday, May 277:00 – 8:00 PM Hosted via Zoom FREE No Registration Join using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86428813852 Join artists Karen Lené Rudd, Dana Squires, and art teacher Dana Weir from the Swan School for a talk about their art installations and student art for the Paper Mill Art Installation as part of the series The Port Townsend Paper Mill – Past, Present, and Future. A question-and-answer period will follow the artists’ talks. "I mostly use antique sewing machines, tools with their own histories, for making garments--a 1939 Pfaff 30, 1950s Brother 190 Flairmatic and a 1940 Singer Featherweight. The heavy kraft paper used in this installation comes from the Port Townsend Paper Company and is much stiffer than denim and a challenge to sew." - Karen Lené Rudd This is our last program in the Paoer Mill Series! Thank you so much for participating. If you missed the last few programs on the history of the Mill, explore all the Paper Mill programs with links to recordings on our website, and be sure to visit the Library and the Jefferson Museum to see the artist installations through May. RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS JCHS is accepting appointments at the Research Center. JCHS members can reserve a three-hour research window at our facility. Limit to one household per research block. First-come, first-served. We are still limiting our staff on site, so dates are limited and at this time we are not sure when we will re-open for walk- in visitation. Genealogical Society materials, such as Ancestry.com and the JCGS library, are not available. We ask that you only reserve one appointment per month to allow other researchers an opportunity to access the collection. Not sure what you need? You can browse our online collection! See Unwrapped at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History Friday through Sunday11:00AM - 4:00PM Book Your Research Appointment In the Ferguson Family Gallery we are featuring Peggy Smith-Venturi's work in Unwrapped. "As the work evolved it became excitingly evident that within these boxes came the opportunity to create environments around sculptural forms. This work made it possible to explore the very question stirring in my thoughts – within our culture, what is our relationship to our environment?" Peggy Smith-Venturi Unwrapped is made possible by our members, volunteers, and donors, with special thanks to the JCHS Art Advisory Committee, the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, and Cynthia Sears. We're Seeking an Interpretive Consultant for ourHistory Exhibitions Renewal We have issued an RFP for Interpretive Consulting. We are seeking individuals or consultant teams to help us plan a new Museum experience in our History Exhibition spaces. Read or download the full RFP here, and email director@jchsmuseum.com with questions. Members get free entry to the Jefferson Museum, 10% off in The Museum Shop (psst...great gifts for that Mama you want to shower with love), and discounts on classes and workshops. Plus that blissful glow. Our Mission: Through collections, research, exhibits and programs, we bring people together to share, learn and be inspired by Jefferson County arts and heritage. Copyright © 2021 Jefferson County Historical Society, All rights reserved. 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From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: Invitation to join a discussion on Housing as Health Care on May 10th, 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 5:41:44 PM Attachments:image002.png image001.png May 10th Event Flyer.jfif From: Cherish Cronmiller Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 5:41:35 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Greg Brotherton; Kate Dean; Mark McCauley; John Mauro; Liz Coker Cc: Kathy Morgan; lswawrin@cityofpa.us Subject: FW: Invitation to join a discussion on Housing as Health Care on May 10th, 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. I know you all are tired of me talking about PSH (permanent supportive housing) but this upcoming webinar looks good, along with wise words from one of our board members, that I wanted to share with all of you. The best (efficient and affordable) “Housing First” model is available PSH, and having a plan to support and fund that PSH. - Cherish Office: 360.385.2571 x.6308 (Depending on availability- forwards to my cell phone) From: Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin <lswawrin@cityofpa.us> Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 5:09 PM To: LoPiccolo, Kevin <klopiccolo@co.clallam.wa.us>; Oppelt, Jennifer <joppelt@co.clallam.wa.us>; Randy Johnson <rjohnson@co.clallam.wa.us>; Bill Peach <bpeach@co.clallam.wa.us>; Mark Ozias <mozias@co.clallam.wa.us>; Allyson Brekke <abrekke@cityofpa.us> Cc: Sharon Maggard <sharon.maggard@serenityhouseclallam.org>; Gerald B. Stephanz MD <gbsjrmd@sisna.com>; Annie O'Rourke <aorourke@peninsulapha.org>; Sarah Martinez <smartinez@peninsulapha.org>; Cheri Tinker <ct.sargesplace@gmail.com>; Kathy Morgan <KMorgan@olycap.org>; Cherish Cronmiller <ccronmiller@olycap.org>; rebekahm@peninsulabehavioral.org; Mike French <Mfrench@cityofpa.us>; Navarra Carr <ncarr@cityofpa.us>; amiller@opcclinic.org; Brian Smith <bsmith@cityofpa.us>; Nathan West <nwest@cityofpa.us> Subject: Fwd: Invitation to join a discussion on Housing as Health Care on May 10th, 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm Randy, Bill, Mark, Kevin, Jennifer, and Allyson, Please find below an invitation to an expert panel on permanent supportive housing, Monday, May 10, from noon to 1:30pm. I know we've heard one of our 24th LD representatives say that rapid acquisition (which is now well funded in the state budget) is more of an I-5 solution, but I really think we should be looking at that strategy in Clallam County as well. Our homelessness service providers routinely identify the limited exits from the homelessness crisis system (aka available and affordable permanent housing that meets the needs of the person leaving homelessness) as the biggest barrier to solving homelessness in our county. We need to be ready to use the state (and potential federal) funds that are available now (or soon) for acquisition of new dwelling units, and use our more stable trickle of long-term affordable housing revenues for operations and maintenance. Registration link below. Thank you, Lindsey --Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin (he/him/his)Port Angeles City Councilmember(360) 406-4321 NOTICE: All email correspondence to and from this addressis subject to the Washington State Public Records Act,which may result in monitoring and archivingas well as disclosure to third parties upon request.-- -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject:Invitation to join a discussion on Housing as Health Care on May 10th, 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm Date:Tue, 4 May 2021 15:33:59 +0000 From:Patience Malaba <patience@housingconsortium.org> CC:Patience Malaba <patience@housingconsortium.org> ***EXTERNAL EMAIL*** Hi Affordable Housing Partner, I hope l find you well. I am inviting you on May 10th, 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm to join HDC, South King County Housing and Homelessness Partners (SKHHP), ARCH, and other regional partners for a discussion opportunity on permanent supportive housing as a solution to homelessness and why this approach works. Experts in the field will unpack what permanent supportive housing is and why it is a critical solution to homelessness. You will also hear leading voices from the business and law enforcement sector articulating why they support this approach. Alongside that, providers will also share a clearer picture of who in your community benefits from supportive housing. Please register to join us or just confirm with a yes to my email and l will add you to a calendar invitation. I hope you are able to join us. Best, Patience Malaba Director of Government Relations and Policy (Pronouns, She/Her) Housing Development Consortium of Seattle-King County 1326 5th Avenue, Suite 230 | Seattle, WA 98101 May 9 – 15 is Affordable Housing Week! Join in the fun with our events, activities, and advocacy efforts. NOTICE: This email and any attachments may be subject to disclosure as a public record under the Public Records Act, RCW Chapter 42.56 From:Kate Dean To:Julie Shannon Subject:FW: FW: Invitation to join a discussion on Housing as Health Care on May 10th, 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm Date:Tuesday, May 4, 2021 10:24:22 PM Attachments:image001.png From: Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 10:24:53 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Cherish Cronmiller; Greg Brotherton; Kate Dean; Mark McCauley; John Mauro; Liz Coker Cc: Kathy Morgan Subject: Re: FW: Invitation to join a discussion on Housing as Health Care on May 10th, 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Here's a citation to support Cherish and my summaries in case anyone needs it. ;) Staten, Lavena and Rankin, Sara, Penny Wise But Pound Foolish: How Permanent Supportive Housing Can Prevent a World of Hurt (July 12, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3419187 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3419187 Thank you, Lindsey --Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin (he/him/his)Port Angeles City Councilmember(360) 406-4321 NOTICE: All email correspondence to and from this addressis subject to the Washington State Public Records Act,which may result in monitoring and archivingas well as disclosure to third parties upon request.--On 5/4/21 5:41 PM, Cherish Cronmiller wrote: I know you all are tired of me talking about PSH (permanent supportive housing) but this upcoming webinar looks good, along with wise words from one of our board members, that I wanted to share with all of you. The best (efficient and affordable) “Housing First” model is available PSH, and having a plan to support and fund that PSH. - Cherish Office: 360.385.2571 x.6308 (Depending on availability- forwards to my cell phone) From: Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin <lswawrin@cityofpa.us> Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 5:09 PM To: LoPiccolo, Kevin <klopiccolo@co.clallam.wa.us>; Oppelt, Jennifer <joppelt@co.clallam.wa.us>; Randy Johnson <rjohnson@co.clallam.wa.us>; Bill Peach <bpeach@co.clallam.wa.us>; Mark Ozias <mozias@co.clallam.wa.us>; Allyson Brekke <abrekke@cityofpa.us> Cc: Sharon Maggard <sharon.maggard@serenityhouseclallam.org>; Gerald B. Stephanz MD <gbsjrmd@sisna.com>; Annie O'Rourke <aorourke@peninsulapha.org>; Sarah Martinez <smartinez@peninsulapha.org>; Cheri Tinker <ct.sargesplace@gmail.com>; Kathy Morgan <KMorgan@olycap.org>; Cherish Cronmiller <ccronmiller@olycap.org>; rebekahm@peninsulabehavioral.org; Mike French <Mfrench@cityofpa.us>; Navarra Carr <ncarr@cityofpa.us>; amiller@opcclinic.org; Brian Smith <bsmith@cityofpa.us>; Nathan West <nwest@cityofpa.us> Subject: Fwd: Invitation to join a discussion on Housing as Health Care on May 10th, 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm Randy, Bill, Mark, Kevin, Jennifer, and Allyson, Please find below an invitation to an expert panel on permanent supportive housing, Monday, May 10, from noon to 1:30pm. I know we've heard one of our 24th LD representatives say that rapid acquisition (which is now well funded in the state budget) is more of an I-5 solution, but I really think we should be looking at that strategy in Clallam County as well. Our homelessness service providers routinely identify the limited exits from the homelessness crisis system (aka available and affordable permanent housing that meets the needs of the person leaving homelessness) as the biggest barrier to solving homelessness in our county. We need to be ready to use the state (and potential federal) funds that are available now (or soon) for acquisition of new dwelling units, and use our more stable trickle of long-term affordable housing revenues for operations and maintenance. Registration link below. Thank you, Lindsey --Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin (he/him/his)Port Angeles City Councilmember(360) 406-4321 NOTICE: All email correspondence to and from this addressis subject to the Washington State Public Records Act,which may result in monitoring and archivingas well as disclosure to third parties upon request.-- -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject:Invitation to join a discussion on Housing as Health Care on May 10th, 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm Date:Tue, 4 May 2021 15:33:59 +0000 From:Patience Malaba <patience@housingconsortium.org> CC:Patience Malaba <patience@housingconsortium.org> ***EXTERNAL EMAIL*** Hi Affordable Housing Partner, I hope l find you well. I am inviting you on May 10th, 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm to join HDC, South King County Housing and Homelessness Partners (SKHHP), ARCH, and other regional partners for a discussion opportunity on permanent supportive housing as a solution to homelessness and why this approach works. Experts in the field will unpack what permanent supportive housing is and why it is a critical solution to homelessness. You will also hear leading voices from the business and law enforcement sector articulating why they support this approach. Alongside that, providers will also share a clearer picture of who in your community benefits from supportive housing. Please register to join us or just confirm with a yes to my email and l will add you to a calendar invitation. I hope you are able to join us. Best, Patience Malaba Director of Government Relations and Policy (Pronouns, She/Her) Housing Development Consortium of Seattle-King County 1326 5th Avenue, Suite 230 | Seattle, WA 98101 May 9 – 15 is Affordable Housing Week! Join in the fun with our events, activities, and advocacy efforts. 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