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JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 2021 CORRESPONDENCE DATE OF DATE ORIGINATING CORRESPONDENCE DOCUMENT RECEIVED PARTY 6/16/2021 6/17/2021 Wayne Parker Cape George Lot 6/16/2021 6/17/2021 John Mottola Homeless Camp Relocation (re: Fairgrounds Homeless proposed move to Cape George Property) 6/16/2021 6/17/2021 Peter Langley, Port Townsend Foundry for the record (re: Fairgrounds Homeless proposed LLC move to Cape George Property) 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Siobhan Green Jefferson County Resident 1172 Cape George Rd (re: Fairgrounds Homeless Cape George Road Neighbor proposed move to Cape George Property) 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Martha Groom Unsuitability of Cape George site for Homeless Encampment 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Wayne Parker FWD; Cape George Lot(re: Fairgrounds Homeless proposed move to Cape George Property) Homeless Beachhead on Cape George Road(re: 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Tony Petrillo Fairgrounds Homeless proposed move to Cape George Property) 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 NACo Join NACO and White House Officials Today for a National Membership Call 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Peter Bonyun Homeless Encampment 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Reminder: Chamber Café This Friday, June 18, Meet Port Ludlow in for Unhoused population in Proposed Housing o p p 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Lorna and Darrell Smith Jefferson County(re: Fairgrounds Homeless proposed move to Cape George Property) HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT-comments to County 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Suzanne Michaels Commissioners-HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT- final.doc-attachment Scheduled topic June 17, 2021 Homeless move to 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Barbara Walker Loftus/Cape George Rd (re: Fairgrounds Homeless proposed move to Cape George Property) 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Anne Jimenez Homeless move from fairgrounds(re: Fairgrounds Homeless proposed move to Cape George Property) 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Sonny Flores Families(re: Homeless) 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Washington Counties(WSAC) COVID-19 News I June 17, 2021 Correspondence may be viewed 8:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m. Monday- Friday at the County Administrator's Office in the Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street, Room B80, Port Townsend, WA Page 1 JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 2021 CORRESPONDENCE DATE OF DATE ORIGINATING CORRESPONDENCE DOCUMENT RECEIVED PARTY 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Norm MacLeod Why hasn't the 152.97-acre county-owned transfer station option been added to the discussion? 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 WA. State Dept. of Transportation WSDOT Travel Advisory: US 101 safety improvement (WSDOT) work at Morse Creek continues near Port Angeles 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 R. Cooper, Beckett Point, Port Townsend Moving the homeless from the fairgrounds 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Tom Locke, MD, MPH, Jefferson County Comment re: Justine Gonzalez-Berg, Question for Dr. Health Officer Locke 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Lori L. Kraght Comment re: Today's Commissioner's Meeting 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Lori L. Kraght You should have invited he fair board to our biased panel 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 PLC eter R. Langley, Port Townsend Foundry Fair grounds 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Lori L. Kraght Today's Meeting 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Mike Hilt Bocc meeting today 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Alea Waters, RN &Lang Russel Home for the Homeless 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 National Association of Counties(NACo) Coronavirus Pandemic Resources for Counties—June 17, 2021 Julia McNamara, Board and Policy 6/17/2021 6/17/2021 Administrative Assistant,WA. State Public Meeting Notice for the Recreation and Recreation and Conservation Office Conservation Funding Board-Materials (RCO) 6/17/2021 6/18/2021 Anthony F. De Leo proposed homeless"city", Cape George area 6/18/2021 6/18/2021 Linda A. Noble Comment re: BoCC Special meeting and when not speaking Microphone should be muted 6/18/2021 6/18/2021 Judy Surber, City Contact, Climate Action DRAFT Min. of June CAC Meeting Committee Lola Oduyeru, Manager, State and Local 6/18/2021 6/18/2021 Government Affairs,American Progress Weekly Help Is Here Roundup(6/18) Action Fund 6/18/2021 6/18/2021 Washington Counties(WSAC) Friday 5 I Freight 1911 I Timber 6/18/2021 6/18/2021 John and Joyce Mottola Special Session 6-17-21 6/18/2021 6/18/2021 Barbara Blowers Letter re: Homeless Hub near Cape George 6/18/2021 6/18/2021 Anthony Kastella Letter re: Homeless Housing Encampment Location near Cape George Correspondence may be viewed 8:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m. Monday- Friday at the County Administrator's Office in the Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street, Room B80, Port Townsend, WA Page 2 JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 2021 CORRESPONDENCE DATE OF DATE ORIGINATING CORRESPONDENCE DOCUMENT RECEIVED PARTY undated 6/18/2021 Landowners and Residents of Loftus Letter re: Objection re: proposed relocation of Road, Port Townsend Homeless from Jefferson County Fairgrounds undated 6/18/2021 Gina McMather, Port Townsend Letter re: Homeless encampment location 6/13/2021 6/18/2021 Wayne Parker Letter re: Homeless encampment location 6/13/2021 6/18/2021 Eleanor Shinsky Letter re: Homeless encampment location 6/13/2021 6/18/2021 Jennifer Hefty Letter re: Homeless encampment location 6/18/2021 6/18/2021 National Association of Counties(NACo) Treasury Releases Guidance for Fiscal Recovery Fund Reporting Requirements 6/18/2021 6/18/2021 Municipal Research Services and Center Ask MRSC (MRSC) 6/18/2021 6/18/2021 Dove House Help Wanted at Recovery Café JC 6/18/2021 6/18/2021 Lynn Sorensen, Member, KPTZ Virus KPTZ questions Watch Team 6/18/2021 6/18/2021 Dik Lang Homeless 6/18/2021 6/18/2021 Lynn Sorensen, Member, KPTZ Virus Additional question Watch Team 6/18/2021 6/21/2021 Our Sound, Our Salmon We did it!WA to legalize fish traps on the Columbia River 6/18/2021 6/21/2021 Bret Black, Fire Chief, East Jefferson Fire Under-Housed &Rescue 6/18/2021 6/21/2021 Yanna Hanson Homeless Village on Cape George Rd 6/18/2021 6/21/2021 Doug Edelstein Seattle Mayor extends eviction moratorium -- Do it for Jeffco families 6/18/2021 6/21/2021 National Association of Counties(NACo) This Week in Photos Vosilus Whyare Masks still required in JC 6/19/2021 6/21/2021 John os q 6/19/2021 6/21/2021 Gloria Gould-Wessen Relocation of Homeless Encampment to Cape George Property) 6/19/2021 6/21/2021 Lane Lindberg Fairgrounds 6/20/2021 6/21/2021 Anna Haas Cape George Encampment Proposal 6/20/2021 6/21/2021 Jane Doe Cape George Gravel Pit-Oven 6/20/2021 6/21/2021 Lisa Thomas The Future of our Homeless Population 6/20/2021 6/21/2021 David Jorgensen Jefferson Transit ATU rep application 6/20/2021 6/21/2021 Linda A. Noble Fairgrounds campground, of course 6/20/2021 6/21/2021 Tom Thiersch Mountain View-who vetoed this site? 6/20/2021 6/21/2021 Joan Hommel, Cape George Colony Fire Risk at proposed Cape George homeless encampment 6/20/2021 6/21/2021 Gloria Gould-Wessen Relocation of Homeless Encampment Correspondence may be viewed 8:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m. Monday- Friday at the County Administrator's Office in the Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street, Room B80, Port Townsend, WA Page 3 JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 2021 CORRESPONDENCE DATE OF DATE ORIGINATING CORRESPONDENCE DOCUMENT RECEIVED PARTY 6/20/2021 6/21/2021 Sherry Hanan fire risk at proposed Cape George homeless encampment 6/20/2021 6/21/2021 Lisa Thomas Future For The Homeless in Port Townsend 6/20/2021 6/21/2021 Jennifer Hefty, Loftus Road Resident, Proposed encampment at former horse park on Cape Jefferson County Stakeholder George Road 6/20/2021 6/21/2021 Mike Hilt Fairgrounds encampment 6/21/2021 6/21/2021 Dove House Help Wanted at Recovery Café JC 6/21/2021 6/21/2021 Benny and Susan Short Proposed Loftus homeless encampment 6/21/2021 6/21/2021 Paul Jewell, WSAC MM EIS Presentation from Timber Counties Caucus Meeting 6/18 6/21/2021 6/21/2021 Lori L. Kraght Please read... III make it short re: Fairgrounds Homeless Encampment 6/21/2021 6/21/2021 Anne McFarland Loftus Road &the Homeless Encampment 6/21/2021 6/21/2021 Lynn Fiorillo-Lowe Blake Letter to AOC 6/21/2021 6/21/2021 National Association of Counties(NACo) Join Treasury This Week 6/21/2021 6/21/2021 Sonny Flores Ideas- Homeless 6/21/2021 6/21/2021 Barbara Morey, Housing Advocate, Port Extend the Eviction Moratorium to Sept 30 Townsend 1172 Cape George Rd (re: Fairgrounds Homeless 6/21/2021 6/21/2021 Wayne Parker ro osed move to Cape George Property) p P 9 Washington State Redistricting Media Advisory- Washington State Redistricting 6/21/2021 6/21/2021 Commission Public Outreach Meeting for Residents of the 6th Congressional District 6/21/2021 6/21/2021 Anthony F. DeLeo Letter re: Proposed Cape George Homeless Encampment 6/21/2021 6/21/2021 National Association of Counties(NACo) Coronavirus Pandemic Resources for Counties—June 21, 2021 Subject: Summons&Complaint; To: James Kennedy, 6/21/2021 6/21/2021 Jessie Graves on behalf of Rose Ann Jefferson County prosecuting Attorney; Michael Carroll,Jefferson County Auditor Sheilds&Cynthia Shields, Plaintiffs; vs; Jefferson County,Washington, Defendant 6/21/2021 6/21/2021 Craig Durgan Homeless Venue 6/22/2021 6/22/2021 Tom Thiersch Port Townsend/Coupeville Service Update 6/23/2021 6/23/2021 Tom Thiersch WSF Service Constraints Briefing Paper 6/23/2021 6/23/2021 Washington State Parks VVH OldLC rdmKJ RCJUUILC JdIC RUIC HITICIIUIIICIII— 9 6/23/2021 6/23/2021 PLC eter Langley, Port Townsend Foundry EDC Correspondence may be viewed 8:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m. Monday- Friday at the County Administrator's Office in the Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street, Room B80, Port Townsend, WA Page 4 JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 2021 CORRESPONDENCE DATE OF DATE ORIGINATING CORRESPONDENCE DOCUMENT RECEIVED PARTY 6/23/2021 6/23/2021 Judy Caruso do not support homeless encampment proposal on Cape George Road 6/23/2021 6/23/2021 Clallam EDC This Wednesday- Peninsula Behavioral Health on Coffee with Colleen 6/23/2021 6/23/2021 Lissy Andros, Executive Director, Forks Ribbon Cutting Ceremony today!And next two Chamber of Commerce meetings cancelled.., 6/23/2021 6/23/2021 The Chamber of Jefferson County JeffConnects June 24, 2021 6/23/2021 6/23/2021 Lissy Andros, Executive Director, Forks 2nd try- Ribbon Cutting Ceremony today; Last two Chamber of Commerce meetings cancelled.,. 6/23/2021 6/23/2021 Marc Sullivan Something to Present to You 6/23/2021 6/23/2021 Lucas Hall, Senior Project Manager, Long TODAY @ 2:30- Hood Canal Bridge Assessment Live the Kings Mgmt. Cmte. Meeting 6/23/2021 6/23/2021 Tiffany Hudepohl (Tiffany Drewry) Cape George site 6/23/2021 6/23/2021 National Association of Counties(NACo) County News Now—June 22, 2021 John Vezina, Gov. Relations Director, P . Townsend/Coupeville Service Update 6/23/2021 6/23/2021 t p p Washington State Ferries 6/23/2021 6/23/2021 Lindsay Scalf Safe Drug Disposal promotion materials 6/23/2021 6/23/2021 Carol Cahill Proposed homeless encampment on Cape George Road 6/23/2021 6/23/2021 John Vezina, Gov. Relations Director, WSF Service Constraints Briefing Paper Washington State Ferries 6/23/2021 6/23/2021 The Chamber of Jefferson County Did you miss this Chamber Cafe 6/23/2021 6/23/2021 Bert Loomis THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY? 6/23/2021 6/23/2021 Jeff Selby Log Storage for HBVTH 6/23/2021 6/23/2021 Jeff Bohman Log Storage for HBVTH Correspondence may be viewed 8:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m. Monday- Friday at the County Administrator's Office in the Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street, Room B80, Port Townsend, WA Page 5 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 5:03 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Cape George lot From:Wayne Parker Sent:Wednesday, June i6, 2021 5:03:04 PM (UTC-o8:oo) Pacific Time(US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Cc: Heidi Eisenhour Subject: Cape George lot CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. 6/16/2021 Dear Commissioner Dean/Eisenhour I am writing to you, again, in regards to the Lot located at 1172 Cape George Rd.the proposed Homeless Encampment. I wanted to address a couple of concerns to you regarding the main rights we have as a species, Health and Safety. Even with monies spent, on this short term solution,this lot will not be healthy and safe for a hot summer it seems we have in store for us.with no potable water?, no showers to clean yourself,we know some of these people work, I can not imagine how they,feel to,show up in a state like that.The heat will be debilitating for the young and old with no shade, or water cool off with. even a 3 mile trek to the Goodwill, will be life threatening for some, I can imagine a dial a ride vehicle could not accommodate many with a load, can you? I am very concerned about the fire danger, I live on a forested property across the street from this encampment,we have no fire hydrants? that spells disaster for one and all if something should go wrong from a unauthorized fire gone out of control, People, livestock, property, are all in mortal danger if this occurs. Do we have the resources to control something that gets out of control?What does that accomplish for this County, City? Then there is the issue of personal safety,the homeless and ours. Let us be real. our group has already received a list of offenders that are still part of this camp and what they are known for,we understand that all are not a problem, but when you put the problem in a spot like this,the surrounding people who have invested so much into this community, are going to take care to protect what is theirs's,we know the response time and how many sheriffs are active at one time,this is not sufficient enough to be a deterrent, but just a service to clean up or investigate the aftermath.What a life changing thing that would be,to suffer to have to change, in a matter of weeks,from a peaceful, property owner, renter, in this area to someone on guard for the safety he is no longer been afforded when this happens,the what ifs are endless,with no positive answer, would the County, City be better off by this? I am asking that you consider the more permanent area you have already, or extend the camp, as is, until they can move there. Sincerely Wayne F Parker 1 Julie Shannon From: Heidi Eisenhour Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 6:55 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Homeless Camp Relocation From: J MOTTOLA Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 6:55:24 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Heidi Eisenhour; Kate Dean Subject: Homeless Camp Relocation CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Commisioners Dean and Eisenhower, Yesterday, while traveling south on Cape George Road I noticed several vehicles from East Jefferson Fire District parked at the property owned by the county (us). Now I know why they were there. Currently there is a firewood production operation at the site. Today, while riding my bike down Cape George Road I stopped in to give the proposed relocation site a closer look. Commissioner Brotherton has got to be kidding. Apparently, he has never watched the movie Field of Dreams. The famous line in this film is purportedly a misquote by one word but this is the message: "If you build it, they will come". Using Seattle as a proof statement, look what has happened to one of the most desirable cities in the U.S. Housing is not the problem. These folks need a lot more than a roof over their head. They need treatment for a variety of concerns. To simply move them to a new "storage facility" is irresponsible. At their current location there is better police protection and better access to all other support needs for this population. I am sure Commissioner Brotherton's heart is in the right place, or is it? Simply shoving the problem on to the shoulders of a new population of long term residents only buys time for the same reaction you are experiencing from the homeowners adjacent to the fairground. As to the financials, Commissioner Brotherton is in Na Na land. The biggest cost will come in terms of dealing with the problems that occur in such encampments. Of course, we are already bearing many of these costs as county taxpayers. Stand your ground, ask for more "real" information. Any decision at this point would be of the knee jerk kind and have a huge opportunity for misgivings later. Thank you for delaying the vote on Commissioner Brotherton's ill conceived proposal. There has to be a better way to handle this issue. I am a 36 year landowner of the property I have now lived on for the last 23 years. We can do better than this absurd proposal which yields lesser conditions for the Homeless and has huge potential downsides for the rural residents who live in this part of the county. John Mottola 360-385-5987 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 7:07 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: for the record Attachments: To whom it may concern and the board of Jefferson County Commissioners.docx From: ptf@olypen.com Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 7:06:56 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Greg Brotherton Subject: for the record CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. To whom it may concern and the Board of Jefferson County Commissioners For the record, I would encourage you to not vote on any action regarding the placement of Homeless campers in the gravel pit at 1172 Cape George Rd /former county horse park property. The economics of such a vote has not been clearly laid out or explained to others on the board and or to the public. The public Health and Safety of all concerned has not properly discussed, and planed for the campers or the tax payers and or the neighborhood. To consider this an emergency, would be to claim the same for climate change or sea level rising.The problem is not going to change; it is just displaced for the time being. Action like this will only increase the urban problem and extend it into a rural area, it will only make the issue worse. From the response of your lead on this and President of OlyCap, is as quoted. Hey Pete, "I feel like a bit of a broken record. Neighbors would never want a tent encampment. I looked for a place with a minimum of neighbors. I would rather you didn't go to the 4-h meeting tomorrow as you aren't stakeholders, yet. You aren't invited and it isn't a public meeting. If you must go, I'm sure you will be allowed in, but please be respectful of the process." I attended by invitation and was respectful, but found very different attitudes on or about a resolution.This say's to me not enough conversation and or participation has been achieved. As the one "Stakeholder" said why all the interest now! A Paid counselor? Citizens that are affected have rights as well and if we are to be fair and open, this last minute bomb drop would not have taken place. I encourage you all to take a step back and breathe! Take the time and impute needed to resolve this with a proper plan and a much better out come for all. You know there are options; they just need to be looked at with clear vision. As law informant said, it does not matter where they are for us, we just have to deal with it as it comes. Home owners do not have the luxury to pick up and move on a whim; as well they are not compensated or given a free ride to do so. Please ask that those with the capabilities to leave the fairgrounds to do so and assist others to go to "stakeholders" parking lots or safe public places.Then get a plan in place. 1 Respectfully Peter R. Langley "Blue Tarps Matter" Peter R. Langley Port Townsend Foundry LLC 251 Otto St. Port Townsend WA. 98368 P. 360 385-6425 F. 360 385-1947 "The bigger the dream, The larger the reality" www.porttownsendfoundry.com www.facebook.com/Port-Townsend-Foundry-LLC 2 jeffbocc From: S G <green.siobhan@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 7:27 AM To: jeffbocc Subject: 1172 Cape George Rd CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Commissioners, I understand there is a proposal to move the people experiencing homelessness who have been living at the fairgrounds to 1172 Cape George Road. I was surprised to hear that the property is even being considered for the move as, other than that it is county property, it does not seem to meet basic needs for either the population that will be relocated or for the neighbors along Cape George Road. No doubt the points below have already been touched upon, but to quickly summarize my concerns: •The property does not have improvements, notably a septic, and while Goodman can be hired to supply sanicans and mobile handwashing stations it is hardly a replacement for proper sanitation. Do you propose there be dumpsters supplied for solid waste generated as well? •Cape George Road is a 50 mph road with extremely poor lighting, no sidewalk and no road shoulder. Additionally, public transportation is not available on the road. •The location is miles from access to food, health services, social services, pharmacies,jobs and activities/stimuli, again without public transportation. • Furthermore, the property itself also appears to be zoned: Zoning 1: EPF-WM - Essential Public Facility-Waste Management Zoning 2: RR-10- Rural Residential neither of which seems to apply to what you are proposing. While I understand there is a need for a location if people will be evicted from the fairgrounds as I see it this location is not a suitable choice. Temporary measures often become more permanent and if a concerted effort is being put forth to find a location it would stand to reason that the location should meet the needs of the people it is meant to host as well as the general community. This email is meant for the commissions alone and I request that the contents are not forwarded. Sincerely, Siobhan Green Jefferson County Resident Cape George Road Neighbor 1 jeffbocc From: Martha Groom <martha2468@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 8:31 AM To: jeffbocc Subject: Unsuitability of Cape George site for Homeless Encampment CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hello, I am rather horrified to read that the site on Cape George is being seriously considered as a new location for—50 homeless people who are to be moved from the fairgrounds.The site has no amenities, including no transit service, and is surrounded by highly flammable scotch broom, etc., so would be a high fire risk. It is largely unshaded, as well. Such a placement seems destined to make people miserable with no access to showers, to work or to shopping for food etc. This is not a humane choice. I hope that a location that is closer to town, and not a site so far from necessary amenities, will be used. This is one of the worst sites I could imagine. Please do not be so cruel. Sincerely, Martha Groom 1 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 8:58 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Cape George lot From:Wayne Parker Sent:Wednesday, June i6, 2021 8:57:53 PM (UTC-o8:oo) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Cc: Heidi Eisen hour Subject: Fwd: Cape George lot CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Commissioners In addition to my concerns about the fire risk. I attended the Fire Dept. meeting tonight and a few calls were made about the Chiefs visit to the Lot at 1172 Cape George Rd.with Commissioner Brotherton on 6/15/21.The Chief stated he was not asked for a assessment of the property, but would give one if asked, would include a 3o day process. Says planning enforces codes and issues pertaining to that and his opinion was only on being able to handle a fire, and the equipment and men needed to do that, and that information was also not requested. Sincerely Wayne F Parker Original Message From:Wayne Parker<chefwyn®aol.com> To: KDean®CO.Jefferson.WA.US <KDean®CO.Jefferson.WA.US> Cc: HEisenhour@a CO.Jefferson.WA.US <HEisenhour®CO.Jefferson.WA.US> Sent:Wed,Jun 16, 20215:03 pm Subject: Cape George lot 6/16/2021 Dear Commissioner Dean/Eisenhour I am writing to you, again, in regards to the Lot located at 1172 Cape George Rd.the proposed Homeless Encampment. 1 I wanted to address a couple of concerns to you regarding the main rights we have as a species, Health and Safety. Even with monies spent, on this short term solution,this lot will not be healthy and safe for a hot summer it seems we have in store for us.with no potable water?, no showers to clean yourself,we know some of these people work, I can not imagine how they,feel to, show up in a state like that.The heat will be debilitating for the young and old with no shade, or water cool off with. even a 3 mile trek to the Goodwill,will be life threatening for some, I can imagine a dial a ride vehicle could not accommodate many with a load, can you? I am very concerned about the fire danger, I live on a forested property across the street from this encampment,we have no fire hydrants? that spells disaster for one and all if something should go wrong from a unauthorized fire gone out of control, People, livestock, property, are all in mortal danger if this occurs. Do we have the resources to control something that gets out of control?What does that accomplish for this County, City? Then there is the issue of personal safety,the homeless and ours. Let us be real. our groupalreadyrou has received a list of offenders that are still part of this camp and what they are known for,we understand that all are not a problem, but when you put the problem in a spot like this,the surrounding people who have invested so much into this community, are going to take care to protect what is theirs's,we know the response time and how many sheriffs are active at one time,this is not sufficient enough to be a deterrent, but just a service to clean up or investigate the aftermath.What a life changing thing that would be,to suffer to have to change, in a matter of weeks,from a peaceful, property owner, renter, in this area to someone on guard for the safety he is no longer been afforded when this happens,the what ifs are endless,with no positive answer,would the County, City be better off by this? I am asking that you consider the more permanent area you have already, or extend the camp, as is, until they can move there. Sincerely Wayne F Parker 2 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 6:53 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Homeless beachhead on Cape George Road From:Tony Petrillo Sent:Thursday,June 17, 2021 6:51:39 AM (UTC-o8:oo) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Homeless beachhead on Cape George Road CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Kate, This issue has my attention. For a myriad of reasons I do NOT support a homeless beachhead on Cape George Road. There is pushback in my neighborhood and I plan to collaborate with my neighbors in working against this proposal. This"temporary"solution has to potential inertia to end up as a permanent solution. It does not pass the sniff test of public input and buy in from the community. Sincerely, Tony Petrillo Tony Petrillo (36o)385-5649 Home (206)852-5567 Mobile Sent from my iPhone i Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 7:36 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Join NACo and White House Officials Today for a National Membership Call From: NACo Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 •7:36:03 AM (UTC 08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Join NACo and White House Officials Today for a National Membership Call CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Having trouble viewing this eNAmail? Click Here hlCIATIOATIOLNAC()3 iCO NTIES 6` e t __ 4� ." ate'�, (iii Atli i .r _ 4 Ord. ilih7(i� a1 ., ���.� (�ii , � r 1 REMINDER: JOIN NACo AND WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS TODAY FOR A NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP CALL TODAY, JUNE 17 I 1 P.M. 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In conversation yesterday with Commissioner Brotherton I suggested considering Memorial Field as a "less bad" option. With further consideration I find it to be even better than that. While I am familiar with the requirements for a tent encampment in the city I am unclear about how they would apply on county property, but I think it is worth discussion. I further understand that there is a feeling of urgency to find a solution to this problem. I encourage you all to take a deep breath and to not act too quickly. Convince the Fair Board to extend the tenancy of the campers and take the time to sort this out before acting. Other intended uses of Memorial Field seem to be less important than finding the best solution for a temporary homeless encampment and soccer teams have other options. Soccer is a game. Homelessness is real life. Respectfully, Peter Bonyun Together We Can! 1 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 8:36 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Reminder: Chamber Cafe - This Friday, June 18th, Meet Port Ludlow From: Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 8:35:16 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Reminder: Chamber Cafe -This Friday, June 18th, Meet Port Ludlow CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. • �..:...� ...:•x e* a Chamber www.jeffcountychamber.org 360.385.7869 OF J F. F F S J N COUNTY director@jeffcountychamber.org building business,building community $fit � � >`� .. � � .•�: � r s „„, i ,85 .., {fir.:,AVA .� •'" �.. � s a xa �$ is•" Sa..A Join us on Zoom, Friday morning, 6.18.21 at 10:00 am for Know Your Chamber Cafe Neighbors -Meet Port Ludlow.A panel of business and organization owners will be on hand to talk about the lifestyle, real estate, amenities, Your Community shopping and more. Learn what resources are available in your neighboring Conversation community and get answers to your questions from people who live in and love Port Ludlow. Please register for this session.A code will be needed for the Zoom meeting access.There is no cost to attend. 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The Chamber of Jefferson County Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce 12409 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 Unsubscribe kdean@co.jefferson.wa.us Update Profile I Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by director@jeffcountychamber.org powered by GConstant Contact Try email marketing for free today! 2 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 9:50 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Proposed Housing for Unhoused Population in Jefferson County From: Lorna and Darrell Smith Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 9:49:43 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean; Greg Brotherton; Heidi Eisenhour Subject: Proposed Housing for Unhoused Population in Jefferson County CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. To the Board of County Commissioners: I am writing to you in reference to the current proposal to site housing at the Cape George Rd. County Parks property for the currently unhoused population in Jefferson County. I urge you to abandon this ill-thought-out site. It lacks every service or amenity that such a project would require,first and foremost being access to services and accommodations for those with limited mobility. There are no sidewalks along Cape George Rd and almost no shoulder.Walking and biking this stretch of roadway is very dangerous for anyone, and I speak from personal experience.There are no buses servicing this site. How would residents get to much needed services:food, groceries, healthcare appointments,social service check-ins,the post office,etc? I am a current resident of Cape George Village North, right off Cape George Rd. We have a lot of elderly residents who have mobility challenges, and it is a real, pressing problem for them to reach needed services. Generally,they must rely on the good samaritans in our community to provide them with transportation. How would this challenges be overcome? Any cost figures for establishing such housing in a rural area that currently lacks these services would need to factor in the cost of seeing they are provided. Planning and site preparation would also not be inexpensive.The property would need to go through a rezone process, and since multi-family housing or even small lot single family housing does not"match"the property's current zoning or adjacent zoning,such approval would require substantial review and dollars spent for such review, possibly requiring preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement. Recently the County Planning Commission,of which I am a member,voted against a proposed rezone that was not consistent with surrounding zoning, one of the questions we are obligated to answer when reviewing proposed rezones. Also,There would need to be substantial grading and paving and bringing in water and power. Cell phone reception is very limited along this stretch of road. I know.Whenever we are heading for town,this is where phone calls drop off! Cell phone and internet service would be difficult to provide,and yet would seem an essential component for a permanent village for the unhoused. The very remoteness and inaccessibility of such housing could encourage the kind of undesirable and illegal activities that we see now in remote rural areas including drug use and drug trafficking.Our Sheriff's officers are stretched now to patrol and enforce rural parts of the County,as I am sure you know. For all of the above reasons,as well as the simple precepts of good land use planning, I urge you to humanely site housing for the currently unhoused population in Jefferson County where they can access existing services easily and economically. Other communities have done this successfully.We can learn from them. Thank you for considering my comments, Lorna Smith 141 Maple Drive Port Townsend,WA Lorna Smith Sent from my iPad 1 jeffbocc From: Suzanne Michaels <suzanchor@aol.com> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 9:54 AM To: jeffbocc Subject: HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT - comments to County Commissioners Attachments: HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT final.docx CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT: County Commissioner District 1 - Kate Dean County Commissioner District 2 - Heidi Eisenhour County Commissioner District 3 - Greg Brotherton Dear Commissioners — Please do NOT move the Port Townsend homeless encampment to the designated 80+ acre horse park off of Cape George Road. This is a poorly thought out, frantic knee jerk response by County Commissioner Brotherton to relocate a homeless population that's being evicted from the County Fairgrounds at the end of June. 1) The horse park is NOT isolated; it is a large, wooded area — a fire risk hazard — surrounded by a large permanent population of Port Townsend residents in the Cape George area who will be impacted by a "camping population" who have no way of caring for themselves, earning an income, or even keeping themselves warm in cold weather. Surely you can see that surrounding established properties and population will be vulnerable. 2) The small current local population of approximately 50 homeless has already proven problematic to surrounding residents and properties in its current County Fairground location as reported in the PT LEADER (September21, 2020): "Commissioners noted they received a barrage of emails from concerned residents who live near the fairgrounds. Some said their neighborhoods were already seeing an uptick in crime and bad behavior by homeless people who are currently camping on the county-owned property. At last week's meeting of the Affordable Housing & Homeless Housing Task Force, (County Commissioner David) Sullivan said the Port Townsend City Council and the city's police department had been getting a lot of feedback from residents near the fairgrounds. "Petty theft, some drug use, needles around, some other public health hazards created by people's behavior out there," Sullivan said. 3) The Horse Park has NO UTILITIES OR SERVICES: NO WATER, BATHROOMS, SHOWERS, ELECTRICITY, NO LIGHTING, NO 24-HOUR SECURITY; NO ACCESS TO GROCERIES, JOBS OR JOB TRAINING; NO TRANSPORTION, NO FENCING. 4) If Jefferson County approves a large space opened to the local "camping population" you can expect Seattle to start sending its homeless here with one-way bus tickets. This has been the practice of Cities across the nation for the past 2-3 decades, as reported in THE GUARDIAN (December 20, 2017) BUSSED OUT—How America Moves Its Homeless: Each Year US Cities give thousands of homeless people one-way bus tickets out of town. 1 5) An example of a homeless encampment in Santa Rosa, CA, spent$680,000 for a 6-month experiment (May to November 2020) of tending to 140 people (LA TIMES April 8, 2021). Does Jefferson County have access to that kind of money on an ongoing basis? 6) There are much better locations with existing services and transportation: The Boy Scout Camp which is available for rent—already set up for camping and with utilities. Much closer to town, groceries, and jobs. The County-owned acreage surrounding the County Solid Waste facility, already fenced with utilities and nearby the Fire Station, Animal Control, and the Recycling/Solid Waste Management Facility. There are MANY homes and residents very nearby the County Horse Park within easy walking distance, that would be vulnerable to the issues of a "camping population." Please do not expose established Jefferson County residents, tax-payers and voters to this type of destructive situation. Suzanne Michaels and Jim Conway suzanchoraol.com, itconway6aol.com 503 S. Edwards Road (off Cape George and the Larry Scott Trail) We are Jefferson County residents in District 2 Suzanne Michaels suzanchor@aol.com 2 HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT: County Commissioner District 1 - Kate Dean County Commissioner District 2 - Heidi Eisenhour County Commissioner District 3 - Greg Brotherton Dear Commissioners — Please do NOT move the Port Townsend homeless encampment to the designated 80+ acre horse park off of Cape George Road. This is a poorly thought out, frantic knee jerk response by County Commissioner Brotherton to relocate a homeless population that's being evicted from the County Fairgrounds at the end of June. 1) The horse park is NOT isolated; it is a large, wooded area — a fire risk hazard — surrounded by a large permanent population of Port Townsend residents in the Cape George area who will be impacted by a "camping population" who have no way of caring for themselves, earning an income, or even keeping themselves warm in cold weather. Surely you can see that surrounding established properties and population will be vulnerable. 2) The small current local population of approximately 50 homeless has already proven problematic to surrounding residents and properties in its current County Fairground location as reported in the PT LEADER (September 21, 2020): "Commissioners noted they received a barrage of emails from concerned residents who live near the fairgrounds. Some said their neighborhoods were already seeing an uptick in crime and bad behavior by homeless people who are currently camping on the county-owned property. At last week's meeting of the Affordable Housing & Homeless Housing Task Force, (County Commissioner David) Sullivan said the Port Townsend City Council and the city's police department had been getting a lot of feedback from residents near the fairgrounds. "Petty theft, some drug use, needles around, some other public health hazards created by people's behavior out there,"Sullivan said. 3) The Horse Park has NO UTILITIES OR SERVICES: NO WATER, BATHROOMS, SHOWERS, ELECTRICITY, NO LIGHTING, NO 24-HOUR SECURITY; NO ACCESS TO GROCERIES, JOBS OR JOB TRAINING; NO TRANSPORTION, NO FENCING. 4) If Jefferson County approves a large space opened to the local "camping population" you can expect Seattle to start sending its homeless here with one- way bus tickets. This has been the practice of Cities across the nation for the past 2-3 decades, as reported in THE GUARDIAN (December 20, 2017) BUSSED OUT— How America Moves Its Homeless: Each Year US Cities give thousands of homeless people one-way bus tickets out of town. 5) An example of a homeless encampment in Santa Rosa, CA, spent $680,000 for a 6-month experiment (May to November 2020) of tending to 140 people (LA TIMES April 8, 2021). Does Jefferson County have access to that kind of money on an ongoing basis? 6) There are much better locations with existing services and transportation: The Boy Scout Camp which is available for rent— already set up for camping and with utilities. Much closer to town, groceries, and jobs. The County-owned acreage surrounding the County Solid Waste facility, already fenced with utilities and nearby the Fire Station, Animal Control, and the Recycling/Solid Waste Management Facility. There are MANY homes and residents very nearby the County Horse Park within easy walking distance, that would be vulnerable to the issues of a "camping population." Please do not expose established Jefferson County residents, tax- payers and voters to this type of destructive situation. Suzanne Michaels and Jim Conway suzanchor(c�aol.com, jtconway6aol.com 503 S. Edwards Road (off Cape George and the Larry Scott Trail) We are Jefferson County residents in District 2 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 10:04 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Scheduled topic June 17 2021 Homeless move to Loftus/Cape George Rd From: b walker Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 10:03:49 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Heidi Eisenhour; Kate Dean; Greg Brotherton Subject: Scheduled topic June 17 2021 Homeless move to Loftus/Cape George Rd CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. From: "barbara walker" <barbarams7@q.com> Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2021 7:45:10 PM Subject: Scheduled topic June 17,2021 Homeless move to Loftus/Cape George Rd Dear Commissioners, First of all, I thank you all for representing us in Jefferson County. Each of you appear to be genuinely interested in all of the issues we have to address in this area. Greg, I attended the zoom meeting on June 9th as well as the meeting on June 14th regarding the proposed location switch for the homeless population. I understand that the Loftus location would be a "temporary" move. Please address what time span is considered "temporary". The information given at the June 9th meeting brings up some points that seriously need to be discussed further. Hauling water tanks to the spot due to no water supply: this is not very realistic. I lived on a rural property in AZ with a family of 4 and we had a 500 gallon tank/trailer which lasted about 5 days. It was mentioned that two 1,000 gallon water tanks would be in place at all times. That is a minimal amount of water for the number of people anticipated. It sounds like a lot but it isn't, especially if one tank has to be reserved for fire suppression. It would probably be a much larger operation needed but it could be done...all things are possible. This area just seems to be too remote for all of the services these folks would require. I suggest that all the officials that are working on this location dilemma take a look at the area if that hasn't been done. I truly support your efforts to find solutions. i jeffbocc From: Anne Jimenez <jajimenez@impulse.net> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 10:30 AM To: jeffbocc Subject: Homeless move from fairgeounds CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. To Jefferson County Commissioners, Do not let a possible deadline dictate a very bad decision. Moving the homeless encampment from the fairgrounds to the rural area on Cape George Road is not a solution. Stop- no water, no electricity, no services, no transportation, threat of fires. The time deadline is not the problem. The problem is finding a place for the homeless people to live. It is a reactionary response, ill conceived and not a solution. It is a gross disservice to all concerned. Perhaps two or three smaller areas instead of one big area to relocate people or a temporary extension at the fairgrounds for a specified time to look for more options., though I fully understand the neighbors wanting action sooner than later. The current suggestion only makes a bad situation worse. Anne Jimenez PO Box 238 Port Townsend WA i jeffbocc From: Sonny Flores <nic.rodeo@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 10:53 AM To: jeffbocc Cc: John Mauro Subject: Families CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. I have been informed that families with kids are part of thr fairgrounds population and if not sent to a fixed site they may be in danger.The proposed site may be fine for adults, but placing children in a "Semi remote"site that has poor infrastructure does not reflect a sense of what the City Officials conveyed to me regarding if it was their family members and/or children. Although not the best in how this situation impacts the fairgrounds organization, remaining at the fairgrounds seems to be the best place for the safety of all homeless individuals. 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I suggested the 152.97-acre county-owned property where the transfer station is located. Looking at the matrix, it was never entered into consideration. The thing is, the transfer station location (see my comment to you Monday) answers most of the life-safety issues with infrastructure already in place and 24 hour fire-EMS response from an inheld property. Why wouldn't this be a suitable solution, particularly if you contract for a security company trained for and experienced in providing security for homeless encampments? Norm MacLeod 360-531-1073 1 jeffbocc From: Washington State Department of Transportation <wsdot@service.govdelivery.com> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 12:05 PM To: jeffbocc Subject: WSDOT Travel Advisory: US 101 safety improvement work at Morse Creek continues near Port Angeles CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. 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STAY CONNECTED: 1 ,gy tort SUBSCRIBER SERVICES: Manage Preferences I Unsubscribe I 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 2 jeffbocc From: Fidelity 103 <fidelity103@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday,June 17, 2021 12:13 PM To: jeffbocc Subject: Moving the homeless from the fairgrounds CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. You as commissioners and those who are residents of the Port Townsend area owe it to our fellow concerned citizens who own homes and live with their families in the North Beach area and around the Jefferson County Fairgrounds to support this effort in moving the homeless campers to another more favorable location. Even though the fairgrounds have adequate bathroom facilities-the fairgrounds camping area was never intended for the purpose of stays longer than 10 days. However, moving campers to a county owned plot of land off Cape George Road is definitely not a good solution. For one thing,there are no adequate resources in this area. Cellular service is spotty and there is no easy access to shopping facilities, bus transit, housing services, health clinics or police and fire protection. I think the best location for this temporary(or permanent) homeless shelter is next door to the Sheriff's offices on Elkins Road where minor nuisances or illegal activities can be quickly handled.The Sheriff's department will be able to more easily address these types of issues that frequently come up in a County-based homeless facility. Moreover, that area in Port Hadlock has excellent cellular reception as well as easy access to utilities, a grocery"store and pharmacy",gas stations and propane sales. Bayside Housing&Services is located in the Old Alcohol Plant just down the road. Moreover, the Tri-Area Food Bank is close by as is veterinarian care, a library and churches. I do not know who owns the land around the jail and Sheriff's offices, but I think you as a Jefferson County Commissioner should look into this as it could be a "win-win"for all concerned. Being within easy reach by law enforcement will discourage the criminals from harassing the good homeless people whose misfortune brings them to us for help. Yours truly, R. Cooper 370 Beckett Point Rd, Port Townsend, WA 1 jeffbocc From: Tom Locke Sent: Thursday,June 17, 2021 12:48 PM To: Justine Gonzalez-Berg Cc: jeffbocc Subject: Re: Question for Dr. Locke Attachments: 2021 04 26 OPMA Public Health Order- FINAL -signed.pdf; Secretary_of_Health_Order_ 20-03_Statewide_Face_Coverings.pdf Justine, The authority to limit public meetings is based on a gubernatorial proclamation in WA State. The current iteration of this proclamation is 20.25-14. I am anticipating that Governor Inslee is going to rescind this proclamation on June 30 but we don't know that for sure. There is also a local version of an Open Public Meeting Act order in effect (attached) that references the State proclamation and clarifies who is responsible for determining if a public meeting is allowed. If necessary, I will modify or rescind this order to be consistent with the State standard. My best guess is that the only remaining restriction on public meetings after July 1, 2021 will have to do with masking requirements for the unvaccinated. The Secretary of Health issued a revised order on this in late May and stated this week that it will remain in effect after June 30. Capacity limits (i.e. the number of people who can be in an indoor space at a given time) will likely be rescinded. This will make indoor masking for the unvaccinated (including children and the immunocompromised) all the more important. At a minimum, I think signage stating that masking is still required for the unvaccinated will still be required. There is still the issue of enforcement of these masking requirements. Businesses have the option of requiring proof of vaccination or using an "honor system" where customers are expected to abide by masking requirements without verification. We are still debating what sort of requirements should be in effect in Jefferson County for public buildings and meeting spaces. I will be discussing this with the Board of County Commissioners next week. At this point, I favor a verification system for public events. Individuals that can show proof of vaccination may attend unmasked. Those who cannot must wear a mask while in an indoor space. I think you should definitely plan to have your candidates forum. Masking for the unvaccinated will be necessary. The only unanswered question is what sort of verification of vaccination will be required. Tom Locke, MD, MPH Jefferson County Health Officer From:jeffbocc Sent:Thursday,June 17, 2021 7:33 AM To: Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Greg Brotherton Cc:Tom Locke Subject: FW: Question for Dr. Locke From:Justine Gonzalez-Berg<justine@jcfgives.org> Sent: Wednesday,June 16, 2021 2:45 PM 1 To: ContactUs@KPTZ.org;jeffbocc<jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us> Subject: Question for Dr. Locke CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hello, My question is: Housing Solutions Network is hoping to hold a candidate forum for the City Council candidates on July 17th in the Cotton Building. Will an in-person, public event be possible, and what kinds of COVID restrictions will be in place at that time-limited capacity, mask requirements, vaccine requirements, etc? Thank you! Justine Justine Gonzalez-Berg Director, Housing Solutions Network 505.699.0839 I iustine@icfgives.org 2 COUNTY OF JEFFERSON State of Washington In the Matter of Emergency Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER—April 26, 2021 BACKGROUND 1. On February 29, 2020, Governor Jay Inslee issued Proclamation 20-05, which declared a State of Emergency in all Counties in Washington State to due to the public health emergency caused by the COVID-19 virus. 2. On March 10, 2020, the Jefferson County Health Officer issued a Public Health Order to control and prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. 3. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 to be a pandemic. 4. On March 16, 2020, the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners approved a Declaration of Emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 5. On March 23, 2020, Governor Jay Inslee signed Proclamation 20-25 et seq. declaring that a State of Emergency continues to exist in all Counties in Washington State due to COVID-19. Proclamation 20-25 has been amended several times, with the most recent amendment occurring on November 15, 2020 in Proclamation 20-25.12, which renamed Proclamation 20-25 et seq. "Healthy Washington—Roadmap to Recovery. Proclamation 20- 25.12 makes clear that restrictions in prior proclamations continue to apply, except as amended in Proclamation 20-25.12, which makes clear that Proclamation 20-25 et seq. remain in effect until rescinded, and requires people to wear face masks both while at work and while not at work. 6. As a result of the continued worldwide spread of COVID-19, its significant progression in Washington State, and the high risk it poses to our most vulnerable populations, Governor Jay Inslee subsequently issued amendatory Proclamations 20-05 through 20-71, 20-74 and 20-84.1, 21-01, and exercising his emergency powers under RCW 43.06.220 by prohibiting certain activities and waiving and suspending specified laws and regulations. 7. The Washington State Department of Health has confirmed localized person-to- person spread of COVID-19 in Washington State, significantly increasing the risk of exposure and infection to the general public, and creating an extreme public health risk that may spread quickly. 8. The Jefferson County Public Health Department has confirmed localized person- to-person spread of COVID-19 in Jefferson County—and this localized person-to-person spread of COVID-19 in Jefferson County is increasing. 9. As of May 28, 2020: (a) In the State of Washington, there were over 10,000 diagnosed cases of COVID-19 and over 1,000 deaths; and, (b) Worldwide there have been over Public Health Order April 26, 2021 Page 1 $4.5 million deaths, over 600,000 deaths in the United States, and over 5,000 deaths in the State of Washington alone. See: https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america/washington. 10. Viruses constantly change through mutation, and new variants of a virus are expected to occur over time. Multiple variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 have been documented in the United States and globally during this pandemic. See https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/transmission/variant.html 11. The current standards of practice and the best available medical and scientific information related to the control of COVID-19 requires social distancing. 12. Modeling of the COVID-19 outbreak shows that even with social distancing through August 2021, COVID-19 will continue to have a significant impact on public health. See: https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america/washington, with social distancing measures in place. Without social distancing measures in place, the impacts would be worse. 13. On March 24, 2020, Governor Inslee issued Proclamation 20-28 which modified certain provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act, Chapter 42.30 RCW through April 23, 2020. Proclamation 20-28 was extended until May 4, 2020 by Proclamation 20-28.1 and until May 31, li 2020 by Proclamation 20-28.2 and Proclamation 20-28.3 (with an exception not relevant to Chapter 43.06 RCW). Proclamation 20-28.3 was amended several times, with the latest amendment being Proclamation 20-28.15. However, Proclamation 20-28.15 continues the requirements in Proclamation 20-28.14, without restating them. 14. Without the limitations in Proclamations 20-28 through 20-28.15 , social distancing required to address the COVID-19 pandemic would significantly limit the public participation at the venues normally used in Jefferson County for open public meetings by public agencies. 15. As Proclamation 20-28 states: a. "[T]ransparency in state government and all of its political subdivisions is an important state policy, such that all statutes related to open public meetings and public records are the business of the state;" and, b. "[T]here are a plethora of electronic, telephonic and other options that make it possible for the public to attend open public meetings remotely." 16. Between March 24, 2020 and the present, many effective Open Public Meetings have been held remotely in Jefferson County that have used GoTo Meeting, Zoom or other such technology. 17. On May 29, 2020, the Jefferson County Public Health Officer issued an order that was to become effective if, after 11:59 p.m. on May 31, 2020, if Proclamation 20-28 was not extended by the Governor. The Governor failed to extend timely Proclamation 20-28 after May 31, 2020, when Proclamation 20-28.4 expired on June 17, 2020. This triggered Public Health Order-May 29, 2020, which prohibited any public agency in Jefferson County that is subject to Chapter 42.30 RCW from conducting any meeting subject to Chapter 42.30 RCW, unless: (a) The meeting is not conducted in-person and instead provides an option(s) for the public to attend Public Health Order April 26, 2021 Page 2 the proceedings through, at minimum, telephonic access, and may also include other electronic, internet or other means of remote access, and (b) Provides the ability for all persons attending the meeting to hear each other at the same time. 18. On December 8, 2020, the Governor issued Proclamation 20.28-14, which modifies the prohibition on in-person public meetings, and requires compliance with the guidelines for "business meetings," found in the "Miscellaneous Venues" guidance incorporated into Proclamation 20-25 et seq. Stay Safe—Stay Healthy—Rollback of County-By-County Phased Reopening Responding to a COVID-19 Outbreak Surge. 19. In general, the limitations in Proclamation 20.28-14 are protective of health and safety. However, due to cost, limited availability, and other considerations, venues controlled by public agencies in Jefferson County are not practical for large in-person open public meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. 20. The severity of the situation demands that the Jefferson County Health Officer to take additional measures to protect the public from further transmission of COVID-19 in Jefferson County in addition to those required by Proclamation 20-28.15. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE ORDER 1. RCW 70.05.070 vests authority in the Jefferson County Health Officer to take such action as is necessary to maintain health and sanitation; to control and prevent the spread of any dangerous, contagious, or infectious diseases; and to take such measures as deemed necessary in order to promote the public health. 2. WAC 246-100-040(2) provides the Jefferson County Health Officer "the powers of police officers, sheriffs, constables, and all other officers and employees of any political subdivisions within the jurisdiction of the health department to enforce immediately orders given to effectuate the purposes of this section in accordance with the provisions of RCW 43.20.050(4) and 70.05.120." Under WAC 246-100-040(2), these powers include Jefferson County's police powers authorized by Wa. Const. art. XI, §11 and RCW 36.32.120(7). 3. The preservation of the public health is a proper subject for the exercise of the police power and is the first concern of the state. State v. Superior Court for King Cty., 103 Wash. 409, 419, 174 P. 973, 976 (1918). See also Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr, 518 U.S. 470, 475, 116 S. Ct. 2240, 2245, 135 L. Ed. 2d 700 (1996). A county has the power to quarantine persons with infectious diseases. City of Seattle v. Cottin, 144 Wash. 572, 576, 258 P. 520, 521 (1927). Because protecting and preserving the health of its citizens from disease is an important governmental function,public health statutes and the actions of local health boards implementing those statutes are liberally construed. Spokane Cty. Health Dist. v. Brockett, 120 Wn.2d 140, 149, 839 P.2d 324, 329 (1992) (citations omitted). The legislatively delegated power to counties and health boards to control contagious diseases gives them extraordinary power which might be unreasonable in another context. Id. 4. WAC 246-100-036(3) requires the Jefferson County Health Officer, when necessary, to institute disease control and contamination control measures as deemed necessary based on professional judgment, current standards of practice and the best available medical and scientific information. Public Health Order April 26,2021 Page 3 5. Based on professional judgment of the Jefferson County Health Officer, it is necessary to preclude in-person open public meetings in Jefferson County to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, at least through the period of the emergency declared by the Governor. Effective Open Public Meetings can be held remotely in Jefferson County, using GoTo Meeting, Zoom or other such technology. ORDER IT IS ORDERED, by the Jefferson County Health Officer that it is necessary that: 1. In-person public meetings subject to Chapter 42.30 RCW in Jefferson County shall comply with Proclamation 20.28-14 as the minimum standards for open public meetings in Jefferson County; provided the chair of each legislative body in of each public agencies subject to Chapter 42.30 RCW (the City of Port Townsend, Chimacum School District No 49, Jefferson County Board of Health, Jefferson County Board of Commissioners, Jefferson County Fire Protection No. 1 (d.b.a. East Jefferson Fire and Rescue), Jefferson County Fire Protection No. 2 (Quilcene), Jefferson County Fire Protection No. 3 (Port Ludlow), Jefferson County Fire Protection No. 4 (Brinnon), Jefferson County Public Hospital District No.2, Jefferson County Utility District No. 1, the Port of Port Townsend, Port Townsend School District, etc.) sets requirements for each venue within their public agencies for compliance with Proclamation 20.28-14 for all open public meetings with an in-person component. For meetings of these legislative bodies, the requirements for compliance with this order may be contained in a published agenda or a published notice for a public meeting pursuant to RCW 42.30.077 or RCW 42.30.078. 2. Any public meeting subject to Chapter 42.30 RCW in Jefferson County that does not comply with this order is prohibited unless: (a) The meeting is not conducted in-person and instead provides an option(s) for the public to attend the proceedings through, at minimum, telephonic access, and may also include other electronic, internet or other means of remote access, and (b) Provides the ability for all persons attending the meeting to hear each other at the same time. 3. The May 29, 2020 Jefferson County Public Health Officer order is rescinded and replaced by this order. 4. This order is effective immediately. Ordered this 26th day of April, 2021. Thomas Locke, MD, MPH Jefferson County Health Officer Public Health Order April 26,2021 Page 4 sTATg „„1 'p' O y't 1889a STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PO Box 47890. Olympia, Washington 98504-7890 Tel: 360-236-4030. 711 Washington Relay Service ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AMENDING ORDER 20-03 20-03.2 Face Coverings - Statewide WHEREAS, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee has issued Proclamation 20-05, subsequently amended and extended,proclaiming a statewide State of Emergency due to an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the United States and community spread of COVID-19 in Washington State; and WHEREAS, COVID-19 spreads mainly from person to person through respiratory droplets when infected people, many of whom do not exhibit COVID-19 symptoms, cough, sneeze, or talk, and evidence suggests that wearing a cloth face covering reduces an infected person's chance of spreading the infection to others and may protect uninfected persons from larger droplets from infected people around them; and WHEREAS, the Washington State Department of Health, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the World Health Organization recommend that people wear cloth face coverings when they are gathered with non-household members or in public settings, given the substantial number of cases of COVID-19 infection,these precautions must be mandatory; and WHEREAS, although many Washingtonians wear face coverings voluntarily when in public, requiring all Washingtonians to wear cloth face coverings in public, subject to certain exceptions, helps control and prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Washington State; and WHEREAS, the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and its progression in Washington State continue to constitute an emergency threatening the safety of the public health, demanding action by the Secretary of Health, and only a small number of Washington's local health officers have issued orders requiring the general public in their jurisdictions to wear cloth face coverings in public; and WHEREAS, on June 24, 2020, Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03 was issued, directing every person in Washington State to wear a face covering when in any indoor or outdoor public setting, subject to certain exceptions; and WHEREAS, on July 24, 2020, Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03.1 was issued, directing every person in Washington State to wear a face covering when outside of their dwelling unit, subject to certain exception; and Page 1 WHEREAS, for the same reasons stated above, requiring people to wear face coverings when in a place where non-household members are present or generally accessible to non-household members will help control and prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Washington State; and WHEREAS, it is scientifically appropriate to amend the face covering order to incorporate new CDC guidance recommending that fully vaccinated people need not wear face coverings, except in certain limited settings. NOW,THEREFORE, I, Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, Washington State Secretary of Health, as a result of the above-noted situation, and under RCW 43.70.130, RCW 70.05.070, WAC 246- 100-036, and any other applicable authority, do hereby amend Orders 20-03 and 20-03.1 and order as follows: General Face Covering Requirement Every person in Washington State must wear a face covering that covers their nose and mouth when they are in a place where people from outside their household are present or in a place that is generally accessible to people from outside their household,subject to the exceptions below and any face covering requirements and limitations on gatherings and activities imposed by the Governor or other legal authority. • If a person lives in a congregate living setting where they share living facilities with other residents,their household includes only the people who regularly reside in their bedroom. They must wear a face covering when they are outside their bedroom, including inside the building, subject to the exceptions below. • Congregate living settings include, but are not limited to, fraternity, sorority, boarding, and other similar shared houses, dormitory buildings, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult family homes, other long-term care facilities, group care facilities, and other similar settings. • Unless listed above, congregate living settings do not otherwise include houses, mobile homes, apartments, condominiums, hotel or motel rooms, supported living homes, state- operated living alternatives, state-owned psychiatric hospitals, or psychiatric residential treatment facilities. • A bedroom includes any living space, bathroom, or facility attached to the bedroom that is not generally open to the other residents of the congregate living setting. Exceptions to General Face Covering Requirement People are not required to wear face coverings in any of the following situations: • When outdoors,provided that a distance of at least six feet is maintained from people from outside their household; • At a small gathering in a place not generally open to the public that is attended only by people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and by unvaccinated people from a single household in which no one is at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19; • While engaged in the act of eating or drinking, subject to sector-specific limitations issued by the Governor when in public settings or the social at home gathering limits in the Healthy Washington plan, both accessible at https://www.governor.wa.gov/issues/issues/covid-19- resources/covid-19-reopening-guidance; Page 2 • While showering, bathing, or engaging in other personal hygiene or grooming activities that require the removal of the face covering; • When any party to a communication is deaf or hard of hearing and not wearing a face covering is essential to communication; • While obtaining a service that requires temporary removal of the face covering; • While sleeping; • When necessary to confirm the person's identity; • When federal or state law prohibits wearing a face covering or requires the removal of a face covering; or • When unable to put on a face covering due to an emergency. People Exempt from General Face Covering Requirement The following people are exempt from the requirement to wear a face covering: • People who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, except when in health care settings, correctional facilities, homeless shelters, or schools; • Children younger than five years old; and o Children who are younger than two years old should never wear face coverings due to the risk of suffocation. o Children who are two,three, or four years old,with the assistance and close supervision of an adult, are strongly recommended to wear a face covering at all times in settings, like grocery stores or pharmacies, where it is likely that a distance of at least six feet cannot be maintained from non-household members and vulnerable people must go. • People with a medical condition, mental health condition, developmental or cognitive condition, or disability that prevents wearing a face covering. This includes, but is not limited to,people with a medical condition for whom wearing a face covering could obstruct breathing or who are unconscious, incapacitated, or otherwise unable to remove a face covering without assistance. Additional Provisions • Types of face coverings permitted o For purposes of this order, a face covering must: • Fit snugly against the sides of the face; • Completely cover the nose and mouth; • Be secured with ties, ear loops, elastic bands, or other equally effective method; and • Include at least one layer of tightly woven fabric without visible holes, although multiple layers are strongly recommended. o A face covering may also be a mask or face covering that provides a higher level of protection than a cloth face covering, such as a medical procedure/surgical mask, a KN95 mask, or an N95 mask. o Clear masks or cloth masks with a clear plastic panel may be used when interacting with people who are deaf or hard of hearing, young children or students learning to read, students learning a new language,people with disabilities, and people who need to see the proper shape of the mouth for making appropriate vowel sounds. o Children and staff in childcare facilities and K-12 public and private schools may use face shields with drapes or wraps as an alternative to cloth face coverings if authorized pursuant to an order of the Governor. Page 3 • A person is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 two weeks after they have received the second dose in a two-dose series (Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna) or two weeks after they have received a single-dose vaccine (Johnson and Johnson (J&J)/Janssen). • A person is at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19 if they have any of the medical conditions identified by the CDC as making a person more likely to get severely ill from COVID-19. These conditions are currently listed on the following CDC website: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/people-with-medical- conditions.html. • This order does not apply to persons who are incarcerated. Correctional facilities have specific guidance on the wearing of face coverings or masks for both incarcerated individuals and staff. • Face covering requirements imposed by other public agencies or officials o Face covering requirements lawfully imposed by another public agency or official are to be followed if they are more protective than the requirements in this order. If they are less protective,then this order must be followed. • For example,this order allows fully vaccinated individuals to not wear face coverings, except when in health care settings, correctional facilities, homeless shelters, or schools. If a local health officer issues an order requiring people to wear face coverings in other settings not listed, then the local health officer's order must be followed. o Notwithstanding the foregoing, any face covering requirements imposed pursuant to an order of the Governor take precedence over this order. This order shall take effect on May 15, 2021, and remain in effect until rescinded or superseded by a subsequent order of the Secretary of Health or until the Governor issues a proclamation declaring the termination of the State of Emergency declared by Proclamation 20-05, as amended and extended by subsequent amendatory proclamations, whichever is earlier. Members of the public are required by law to comply with this order, and violators may be subject to enforcement action pursuant to RCW 43.70.130(7), RCW 70.05.120(4), and WAC 246-100-070(3). • Signed this 15th day of May, 2021. Umair A. S ah, MD, MP Secretary of Health Page 4 jeffbocc From: L K <lorikraght@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday,June 17, 2021 12:53 PM To: jeffbocc Subject: Todays Meeting CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Seems obvious that Heidi was getting Texts on what to say because she did not know enough about the subject to say on her own. Glad she is reading up on eviction procedures. Should have done that before you ran for this position. 6:oo Am to go to work for the shuttle? Please, these people do not have jobs. Kathy is so far removed from the problems at the fairgrounds.... you should have a more educated panel on the issues. The police and Sheriff Department think the Cape George location is the best... How does Heidi and Kate know better than them? So much more to say, but you muted my comments. Did you mute everyone or just me? Where was the Mayor of the City? Greg Brotherton did great. Sorry you have to work with the others. This meeting just showed the stupidity of Heidi and she should be removed from this position. One person says that it can't be moved to a location because it is near a school? What about Blue Herron School right next to the fairgrounds? Kate and Heidi only listened to what they wanted to hear. I am embarrassed for you both. Lori L. Kraght Cell 360.301.1969 1 jeffbocc From: L K <lorikraght@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 1:03 PM To: jeffbocc Subject: You should invite the Fair board to you biased panel. CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. You should have invited the fair board to your biased panel of discussion. Very Truly, Lori L.Kraght Cell36o.301.1969 Lorik@ojohnlscott.com 1 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 1:03 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Fair grounds From: ptf@olypen.com Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 1:02:38 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Greg Brotherton Subject: Fair grounds CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. The statement that the fair is for tourists is so off base and wrong. It is a community center for activities of all ages. A place ment to be drug and alcohol free. After 20 plus years volunteering at the fair each year, it has been never geared to tourists. It is for Families and generations of them. Memorial field is in the tourist zone. I wish your stake holders would tell the truth or at least have knowledge or background to speak the truth on what something is actually used for. A fire truck is used to put out fires,without water it is just a truck. Just breathe and slow down. Thanks Pete Peter R. Langley Port Townsend Foundry LLC 251 Otto St. Port Townsend WA. 98368 P. 360 385-6425 F. 360 385-1947 "The bigger the dream, The larger the reality" www.porttownsendfoundry.com www.facebook.com/Port-Townsend-Foundry-LLC 1 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 1:16 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW:Todays Meeting From: L K Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 1:15:43 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Greg Brotherton; Heidi Eisenhour; Kate Dean Subject: Fwd: Todays Meeting CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Seems obvious that Heidi was getting Texts on what to say because she did not know enough about the subject to say on her own. Glad she is reading up on eviction procedures. Should have done that before you ran for this position. 6:oo Am to go to work for the shuttle? Please, these people do not have jobs. Kathy is so far removed from the problems at the fairgrounds.... you should have a more educated panel on the issues. The police and Sheriff Department think the Cape George location is the best... How does Heidi and Kate know better than them? So much more to say, but you muted my comments. Did you mute everyone or just me? Where was the Mayor of the City? Greg Brotherton did great. Sorry you have to work with the others. This meeting just showed the stupidity of Heidi and she should be removed from this position. One person says that it can't be moved to a location because it is near a school? What about Blue Herron School right next to the fairgrounds? Kate and Heidi only listened to what they wanted to hear. I am embarrassed for you both. Lori L. Kraght 1 Cell 360.301.1969 2 jeffbocc From: Mike Hilt <Hilt@comcast.net> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 1:47 PM To: jeffbocc Cc: 'Gloria Gould-Wessen' Subject: Bocc meeting today CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. After watching the Meeting on Zoom today, I just wanted to voice my opinion. As a neighborhood resident near the fairgrounds I feel we have done our part putting up with the situation over a year now. I a new temporary location is not ready at the end of the moratorium,The fairgrounds need to start the eviction process. There has been plenty of time to find this location over the many months and I know Greg has tried had to find one. Breaking the lease at the fairgrounds to allow the shelter to stay is a horrible idea and not tenable to the neighborhood residents. The issues resulting from going that direction will be tenfold ie. neighborhood response. The county needs to fast track a new location and just take the heat. The Cape George location has no where near the proximity to neighbors. I went out there before the meeting on Tuesday. Mike Hilt 717 415t st Port Townsend 1 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Thursday,June 17, 2021 2:36 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW:What's My Business Worth From: Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 2:35:49 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: What's My Business Worth CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. IL Chamber www.jeffcountychamber.org 360.385.7869 4 4 OF JEFFERSON COUNTY director@jeffcountychamber.org building business, building community Thinking of retiring?Wondering the best way to sell your business? How Much is it Worth? Only 2% of business owners know the true value of their business. Yet, whether you are 10 or even 15 years from exiting your business, knowing what your business is worth is essential to a successful exit. CEO of True North Retirement Advisors,Ashley Micciche,will walk the audience step by step through the valuation process using a free tool that allows business owners to accurately estimate the value of their company. By the end of this FREE session,you will: • Understand the importance of a business valuation • Learn what information you need in order to value your business • Be able to value your business in less than 30 minutes • Register for this workshop through the Chamber website and get credits! Register EXIT ',114g*e as o. pd 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 12409 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 Unsubscribe kdean@co.jefferson.wa.us Update Profile I Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by director@jeffcountychamber.org powered by GConstant Contact Try email marketing for free today! 2 jeffbocc From: Alea Waters <aleawaters@olypen.com> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 2:39 PM To: jeffbocc Subject: Home for the Homeless CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Commissioners, My husband and I are residents of Port Townsend and very concerned about the terrible situation with homelessness. We are firmly opposed to Greg Brotherton's proposal to move vulnerable people to a cleared area in Cape George. We believe this is utterly foolhardy, unnecessary, and shows little to no compassion. It reminds us of when our country made the horrific decision to move Japanese citizens to concentration camps. We have regretted it ever since. We are part of a homeowners' association that has contributed to the tiny house movement by building a very nice tiny house that is now part of a group of tiny houses looking for a location. We are glad to hear the county is expecting large financial grants from the federal government that will be applied to providing safe housing for our homeless. We oppose the development of a site on the steep hillside above the mill that also sits atop a sensitive aquafer. We believe the most appropriate site for a tiny house village with all the appropriate services is on Howard Street in Port Townsend. This is a flat area with sidewalks and easy accessibility to Behavior Health Services, OlyCap, and DSHS — all important agencies for people experiencing homelessness. In addition it is right on the bus line, and has water and sewer. This is a SENSIBLE location. It could have an area for tent camping also, until enough tiny houses are available to house everyone. The recent Leader article describing an apartment complex intentioned for somewhere in this area mentioned "low income families." These people need easy access to services as well. Both low-income people and people experiencing homelessness often may also be living with a disability and unable to walk long distances or navigate hills. As far as the problems that often accompany homeless encampments--these problems are not inherent to a homeless condition. They are definitely not unsolvable. With the proper monitoring and management they can be significantly ameliorated, if not completely resolved. Those who continue to act outside the rules will end up being barred from living there, but the majority of people will be relieved to be safe, have some acommodations, be near the services they need, and eager to comply to reasonable rules and guidelines. We hope that the reasonable, safe, intelligent option is chosen by our commissioners, and that the plan includes thoughtful steps out of the condition of homelessness for all who suffer it. We urge the commissioners to listen to the people's homelessness advisory board composed of citizens who deeply understand the problem and have been studying it for decades. I believe the name of one of the principle advocates is Barbara. Listening to "stakeholders" who probably have vested NIMBY interests, or agency folks who quite possibly feel burned out trying to solve the problems of poverty without adequate government assistance--will probably lead to inadequate or unrealistic solutions. 1 Sincerely, Alea Waters, RN Lang Russel 2 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 4:07 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Coronavirus Pandemic Resources for Counties—June 17, 2021 From: NACo Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 4:06:19 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Coronavirus Pandemic Resources for Counties—June 17, 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 CORONAVIRUS ( OVID419) RESOURCES FOR COUNTIES NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES I NACo.org/coronavirus JUNE 17, 2021 • IE �\ :. - 4 • - « -666616 ._asx 111 TREASURY RELEASES UPDATED GUIDANCE ON ELIGIBLE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE USES FOR FISCAL RECOVERY FUND Today, the U.S. Treasury Department released updated guidance on the broadband provision of the Fiscal Recovery Fund's Interim Final Rule (IFR). The FAQ update provides answers to questions from stakeholders, including county officials, on eligible broadband infrastructure investments. The update clarifies that states and localities may invest in areas where not all households or businesses are unserved or underserved, as long as an objective of the project is to provide service to unserved or underserved households or businesses. 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These will focus on: -Justice & Public Safety - Economic Recovery and Mental Health Intergovernmental Partnerships -Children & Families - Housing & Homelessness - Water, Sewer and Infrastructure - Broadband - Small Business Assistance - Lost Revenue LEARN MORE ®ISTER I EXPLORE THE FULL SCHEDULE Call Recording: NACo National Membership Call Miss today's national membership call?View the recording for updates on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, plus an update on important changes to the Child Tax Credit. - T" ACCESS RECORDING 410 4:) FEDERAL POLICY NEWS & RESOURCES Webinar Recording: Understanding Eligible Uses of the Fiscal Recovery Fund: Water and Sewer Infrastructure As counties determine how to invest ARPA State and Local Fiscal Recovery 4700) " '\ Funds, NACo is hosting a series of information sessions digging into the eligible uses outlined in Treasury's Interim Final Rule for the program.This session a focused on how counties can support critical water and sewer needs. ACCESS RECORDING 4:0 (!) CDC Hosts Webinar for National Month of Action for COVID- ° 19 Vaccinations • On June 24,the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a webinar highlighting successes and challenges of organizations that have conducted 1ae�����r' � . successful mass vaccination activities for Black,African American, Hispanic and C(NTUns «N DINNANN Latino persons. CONTROL AND PRIEYONTFoN REGISTER 0 0 TOP COUNTY FAQS ON RECOVERY FUND NACo staff are answering your questions on the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund through the NACo COVID-19 Recovery Clearinghouse. See the most frequently asked questions below, and click here to ask your question. Q For broadband infrastructure investments, what does the requirement that infrastructure "be designed to" provide service to unserved or underserved households and businesses mean? A Designing infrastructure investments means to prioritize unserved or underserved households or businesses (speeds below 25 Mbps download/3 Mbps upload). To meet this requirement, counties can use funds to deploy broadband infrastructure projects whose objective is to provide service to unserved or underserved households or businesses. Q For broadband infrastructure to provide service to "unserved or underserved households or businesses," must every house or business in the service area be unserved or underserved? No. It suffices that an objective of the project is to provide service to unserved or A underserved households or businesses. Doing so may involve a holistic approach that provides service to a wider area in order to make the ongoing service of unserved or underserved households or businesses within the service area economical. Unserved or underserved households or businesses need not be the only households or businesses in the service area receiving funds. CN CountyNews HOW COUNTIES ARE RESPONDING 4 '`` Counties use ARP funds to boost tourism after big pandemic ;:,;,, hit ` '''; & `„ ' With funding from the$61.5 billion American Rescue Plan, leaders in counties — e '„tia '" • k across the country are hoping to make up for lost revenue that their tourism = ' operations, along with the rest of the county, missed out on during the height .. : s 1 , ,;ry", of the pandemic and stay on their toes bringing in new visitors and boosting rc "" `` ° their vacation budgets this year. dr: a READ MORE County News Coverage: COVID-19 9i9r �� „ County News has explored many facets of county governments' response to the COVID-19 pandemic, big and small. w LEARN MORE NACo PARTNER RESOURCES ARPA Allocations and Investments Blog: Tyler Technologies breaks down ARPA funding, answers frequently asked questions and to •% atyler provides guidance on how to best spend this once-in-a-generation i ,2; $ xe21,,,, , investment. 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':'"S`':e:w'::l.;.a�:., ,,, ::.)a.,...t,r,,:yi'.,•i:. '..�.4,<.. t r...•, •r,„.::: �, .a�.�.�. ... w' r daYsw� ' z.a.r�'?~'r +.t ,..r.::.;•�.. `�: . ter....::... v..r ----., .4 , - . ,- ,,,-.1.-. °,, .pg _,. ,,,,Allibt Nk..1... - ",—;- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION CfC0tiNTIES 660 North Capitol Street,NW,Suite 400 Washington,D.C.20001 tir f in + Did someone forward you this email?Sign up to stay up-to-date on topics affecting America's counties! Click here to unsubscribe. 6 jeffbocc From: McNamara, Julia (RCO) <julia.mcnamara@rco.wa.gov> Sent: Thursday,June 17, 2021 4:19 PM Subject: Public Meeting Notice for the Recreation and Conservation Funding Board-Materials CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good Afternoon: The meeting materials for the June 30th, 2021 meeting of the Recreation and Conservation Funding Board are now available online. Please note that this is an online meeting and you are encouraged to register in advance. Registration is available on Zoom. When registering, it is not necessary to disclose your name unless you plan to testify. Instead, you can simply register as "anonymous". Testimony, correspondence and other questions about the board materials should be directed to Wyatt Lundquist, Board Liaison, at wyatt.lundquist@rco.wa.gov. To remove your address from this distribution list, please click here. Be well, Julia McNamara (she/her) Board and Policy Administrative Assistant 1111 Washington ST SE Olympia WA 98501 Mailing Address PO Box 40917 Olympia WA 98504-0917 julia.mcnamara@rco.wa.gov WASEONGTON STATE Recreation andConservation Office 1 jeffbocc From: Anthony De Leo <adeleo2200@msn.com> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 4:36 PM To: Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Greg Brotherton Cc: jeffbocc Subject: Re proposed homeless "city", Cape George area Attachments: board of commissioners 6 17 21.docx CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Honorable Commissioners, Attached is a letter to you which I will also be mailing to the Board. Respectfully, Anthony F. De Leo Port Townsend 1 Anthony F. De Leo 251 McMinn Road Port Townsend WA 98368 Jefferson County Board of Commissioners P 0 Box 1220 Port Townsend WA 98368 June 17, 2021 RE: Proposed Cape George Homeless Encampment Honorable Commissioners, Having served as an elected Hospital Commissioner, Jefferson County Public Hospital District No 2, for over 44 years, I feel that I can speak to the operation of an elected board and conduct of elected officials. During my time serving on the Hospital Commission, there were some rules that we lived by as a board and as individuals. First, that no single commissioner could speak for, or make commitments on behalf of the board,that only the board chair could speak for the board and then only to convey positions and policies officially approved by the board. One of the other standards was that no commissioner would be allowed to defame otherwise attach a fellow commissioner, The following comments that I make here are based on the June 17 article in The Leader. First, I would like to commend Commissioners Dean and Eisenhour for applying the concept of due diligence on this issue. Requiring a detailed and accurate proposal, including financial, public safety, public health, environmental and long-range impacts, is what I would expect of those elected to represent me and manage the public resources. Commissioner Brotherton's promises to "stakeholders" without board action or knowledge is unacceptable. Expecting other agencies, such as Jefferson Transit, to provide resources and uncompensated services without their approval is another example of how not to govern. RE his comment "To go back on my word is unconscionable to me", it is his actions and lack of respect for his fellow commissioner that are unconscionable to me and those he represents. Yes, the homeless issue within Eastern Jefferson County, as well as housing for low-income working families, needs to be addressed, not by a "leap of faith" but through responsible and effective governance. Respectfully, jeffbocc From: Linda A. Noble <la7noble@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 7:11 AM To: jeffbocc Subject: Re: Special meeting? CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Could you please ask Mark McCauley to mute his microphone in future meetings?The recording is severely impacted by his continuous typing and other background noise. As a courtesy to listeners we would appreciate it. Thank you. On Wed,Jun 16, 2021 at 5:04 PM jeffbocc<ieffbocc@co.iefferson.wa.us>wrote: It is posted on the home page, latest news. https://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/ From: Linda A. Noble<la7noble@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday,June 16, 2021 11:44 AM To:jeffbocc<ieffbocc@co.iefferson.wa.us> Subject:Special meeting? CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. I looked at the BOCC site and could not locate any information about the special meeting to be held tomorrow, Thursday. Could you please let me know the time? Is the Zoom link the same? Perhaps post it on your website so citizens can attend? Thank you, Linda Linda A. Noble 1 WA AOC Certified, Russian ATA Certified, Russian=>English www.nobletranslation.com ***Email may be considered a public record subject to public disclosure under RCW 42.56*** Linda A. Noble WA AOC Certified, Russian ATA Certified, Russian =>English www.nobletranslation.com 2 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Friday,June 18, 2021 8:58 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Draft Minutes of June CAC Meeting Attachments: Minutes_Draft_060821 (rev).docx From: Judy Surber Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 8:56:53 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: (kevins2@ptpc.com); (trubert@jeffersontransit.com); Cara Loriz; Cindy Jayne (cindyj911@yahoo.com); David Seabrook(davidseabrook@pacifier.com); David Wilkinson; Diane McDade; Eric Toews (eric@portofpt.com); Greg Brotherton; Haylie Clement; Jeff Randall (jrandall@jeffpud.org); Joanna Sanders; Julie Shannon; Kate Chadwick (kate_cecys@yahoo.com.au); Kate Dean; Laura Tucker; Miranda Nash (ngauthier@jeffersontransit.com); O'Higgins, Chris; Pamela Adams; Shelley Jaye (shelleyjaye@gmail.com) Cc: Anika Avelino (aavelino88@gmail.com); Cameron Rowland (camel.rowland@gmail.com); Craig Durgan (durgan@olympus.net); Elaine Bailey; Geoff Hughes; Harry Doyle (harry@doyleconsult.com); John Ford (diagnosticl0@netscape.net); Larry Carter (Iwc@cablespeed.com); Lyn Keenan (Ikeenan@geoengineers.com); Matt Stewart; mhuxtable@olympus.net; Richard Doherty; Stanley Willard (StanWillard@cablespeed.com); Suzy White (SWHITE@jgh.org); Tami Pokorny Subject: Draft Minutes of June CAC Meeting CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hello All, Attached, please find draft minutes of our last meeting. Have a great weekend! Due to COVID-19, Development Services remains closed for public access. Virtual meetings, emails and phone calls are encouraged. If your permit application cannot be submitted via drop box or mail, please contact one of our permit technicians to schedule an appointment (24 hours advance notice requested). For additional information please see our webpage: https://cityofpt.us/development-services/page/development-services- permit-counter Judy Surber I Planning Manager City of Port Townsend I www.citvofpt.us I isurber@citvofpt.us 250 Madison St.Suite 3, Port Townsend,WA 98368 P:(360)379-5084 f Follow us on Facebook:fb.me/CitvofPT CITYOFPT NOTICE REGARDING PUBLIC DISCLOSURE: Public documents and records are available to the public as required under the Washington State Public Records Act (RCW 42.56). 1 The information contained in all correspondence with a government entity may be disclosable to third party requesters under the Public Records Act. 2 Jefferson County/City of Port Townsend - N co C,tyofPort�� Climate Action Committee Townsend rY �f � �Q4NINCs� � r\ , ii.441111 CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes Wednesday, June 8, 2021, 3:00 - 5:00 PM ONLINE due to COVID Hosted by Jefferson County Public Health Members Present: Cindy Jayne, Shelley Jaye,Nicole Gauthier (Jefferson Transit), Miranda Nash (Jefferson Transit), Diane McDade, Kate Chadwick, Laura Tucker (Jefferson County Public Health), Chris O'Higgins (JHC), Cara Loriz, Dave Wilkinson, Kate Dean (BOCC), David Seabrook Absent:, Jeff Randall (PUD No. 1), Pamela Adams (City Council), Eric Toews (Port of PT), Vacant (Port Townsend Paper Corporation), Staff: Judy Surber (City of PT), Laura Tucker (Jefferson County) Guests: Scott Walker, Steve King (City Public Works), Wendy Clark-Getzin(JCPW); Rebecca Kimball, Debbie Jahnke Scribe: Judy Surber Topic Recommendation/Action Follow Up Items Call to order Chair Cindy Jayne called the meeting to order at 3:03 PM. A quorum was present. Approval of Chair Cindy Jayne requested amendments/approval of Laura to finalize May Agenda & Minutes the agenda and May Minutes. Shelley Jay moved to minutes and post to approve. Second by Cara Loriz. Motion passed. County website. Kate noted additional items for future agendas: Forestry; report out to City Council and County Commissioners Public Comment None. Continue to Cindy discussed possible sub-teams: EVs led by Steve Discuss King and VMT reduction led by Wendy Clark-Getzin Cindy will coordinate with Steve King and Transportation Strategies from Motion by Chris O'Higgins -Authorizing the Wendy Clark, and make GHG Redux formation of two sub teams, one focused on GHG other appointments as Report and Next reduction through the use of EVs (electric vehicles) appropriate.- and one through VMT (vehicle miles traveled) Steps. reduction. The sub teams shall be tasked with gathering information to bring to the CAC with recommendations for goals in each area, potential projects, policies or grant opportunities, or other next steps. The Chair is authorized to make appointments to the sub teams. Composition may include individuals outside the CAC, but shall be limited to no more than 7 CAC members (i.e. Less than a quorum). These are advisory sub teams only. No official business will be conducted, Seconded by Laura Tucker. Motion passed. Cindy asked if there were volunteers/suggestions for the two sub teams? EV: Chris O'Higgins, Laura Tucker, Cindy Jayne VMT: Cindy Jayne,Nicole Gauthier, Shelley Jaye, Diane McDade Cindy noted other non-CAC individuals who may be interested. Kate noted NODC grant may align with the sub teams. Wendy asked about the time commitment—Cindy replied that it will be up to the subteams to determine what is feasible, and as the CAC meets every other month, the subteams may want to meet monthly. Transit shuttle to ferry - Kingston run: Jefferson Transit May 26 public meeting and presentation for Pilot service on Kingston run. See Jefferson Transit website for the presentation. Public comment open until July 31. Target start date: October 25; however, depends upon ability to recruit drivers. High efficiency transit—In 2019, Jefferson Transit began fleet electrification study. Still in midst of study, coordinating with PUD on infrastructure requirements. Schedule would need to be adjusted to coincide with battery capacity. Some runs more adaptable than others. Assessing costs to convert. Reviewing operational issues other electrified bus fleets are having. Comments: Wendy: Asked if Jefferson Transit would consider effectiveness of personal EVs vs. bus fleet since CAC's GHG reduction strategies suggest personal EV better return on investment. Miranda replied, no, Jefferson Transit focused on fleet. However, long-term, they will consistently need to adjust service to adapt to demand/trends. Kate Dean: Much interest among Transit board members. Timely with the potential for grant funding. Incremental implementation is encouraged. Cindy—will Transit vans be considered for electrification? Miranda: It's definitely on the table. Van pool laws and funding will change in September so we can expect vanpools to evolve. Will peed to coordinate with insurance companies. Fully implement complete streets transit supportive of complete streets. Indivdual's ability to access transit is linked to architectural designs. Judy and Steve noted'complete street design needs to be aligned with rural city/county funding capacity. Steve noted we will continue to apply for grants to provide non- motorized access (e.g., Discovery Road). Kate D: What can we do to encourage "share the road"? Steve: Education, paint on pavement. Judy noted City of Bainbridge signage for share the road. Steve,Kate D, Chris noted the concept of complete streets is valued however, may be cost prohibitive. Wendy and Steve noted looming deadline to finish ADA transition plans. Self-evaluation and strategy to overcome barriers. Kate C. —Can it be a cultural/behavioral shift(e.g. walking school bus) rather than a physical infrastructure improvement? Wendy- Jefferson County working on Safe routes to school program—reserving a portion of the grant for encouraging behavioral change. Goals — Cindy discussed current City-County adopted goal of Evaluate opportunities for Community- 80% of 1990 emissions by 2050; State goal 45% monitoring consumption wide and below 1990 levels by 2030 emissions. IPCC report, new inventory, forestry modeling and Organizational thoughts on revising the existing goal. How do Goals members feel about updating our GHG reduction goal? Kate C. —Highly supportive, should revisit considering updated information. It was noted that having interim goals,not just 2050 goals, would be beneficial. Cindy agreed and noted the state goal has a 2030 goal that we could consider. There was discussion regarding goals for consumption emissions. Chair will investigate options for monitoring that aspect. Cindy shared CAC Organizational Goals 2019.-2020 last updated August 2019; placed on hold during inventory update. She asked whether members saw value in updating the list. Laura and Kate D., Steve expressed support. Steve noted it helps with grants. Chris noted State Green Buildings Act will mandate certain goals for buildings of 50,000 sf or more, will put a heavy burden on hospitals, schools, etc. https://www.commerce.wa.gov/energy-blog/clean- buildings-e3 shb-1257/, Dave Seabrook noted possible interest from Fire Districts in updating the goals. Parking and Guest Scott Walker presented a slide show. GHG Reduction 66%of our local GHG is from transportation sector. (Scott Walker) Nationwide, suburban sprawl leading to longer commutes. VMT is increasing 3x faster than population growth. Parking supports that trend. Scott provided his background in transportation. Scott's presentation highlighted the need for systemic changes to shift the trend to non-motorized and transit; get people out of their cars. Existing policy and parking requirements resulting in excessive area of land dedicated to under-utilized parking. Millard-Ball study from San Francisco studied cause and effect of parking to transit use. He cited additional studies. Suggested policy changes: 1) Rescind parking policies that lead to sprawl/institute parking maximums 2) rezone to encourage density 3) fee- based on-street parking management plan for dense commercial zones where demand is high; use revenues to subsidize transit. Scott noted City of Bainbridge adopted new climate action plan that includes similar recommendations. Q&A ensued. Kate noted Port Hadlock sewer provides opportunity to revisit land use pattern in that service area. Cindy suggested she continue to work with Scott to develop a draft recommendation to the city and county councils for the CAC to consider that summarizes the tie between parking policy and reduced VMT and GHG emissions, and recommends parking policy changes for GHG reduction, considering both zoning, and managed parking. ICLEI150 Cities Cindy referred to materials sent previously (see link Cindy, Kate D., city Race to Zero - on agenda item). She shared the materials onscreen representative and staff to icleiusa.org/race- including the required pledge and commitment. review more closely. County could meet Net Zero given Forestry is What are the to-zero/ included in the calculation. implications? Is there a She asked for comments on whether County should timeline? Have other participate. Kate D. noted materials say"city", but local communities signed Cindy noted City or County and it makes sense to do on? it at the County level, as that is what the inventory is based on. It was noted that John Mauro and Pam Adams should also be included if the county wants to move forward, to discuss their potential role. Kate C. noted pledge requires revisiting emissions goals. Upcoming Judy noted Shoreline Master Program periodic review Organizational and Critical Ares Ordinance revisions in process. Plans & Documents for Climate Review? Public Comment None. Other Updates NODC grant—5 RFQs. Cindy and Kate D on selection committee. City and County have requested to be the municipalities participating. Steve King—City in process of converting streetlights from high pressure sodium to LED lights. Collecting feedback on reducing lights. Reduces energy use by 30-50%. Next Steps and Next Meeting: August 10, 2021 at 3PM. Agenda Agenda Planning topics: Forestry report, Race to Zero, Parking recommendations, Organizational goals, EV and VMT sub-teams. Adjourn The meeting was adjourned at 5:02 p.m. jeffbocc From: Lola Oduyeru <loduyeru@americanprogress.org> Sent: Friday,June 18, 2021 9:53 AM To: jeffbocc Cc: jparshall@americanprogress.org Subject: Weekly Help Is Here Roundup (6/18) CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Greetings, This week's"Help Is Here" press release can be found below. It highlights federal, state, and local officials who are sharing stories on social media related to the implementation of the American Rescue Plan. If you use the hashtag #HelpisHere, CAP can amplify your story in future press releases. Please feel free to send your social media posts or other ways that your office plans to use American Rescue Plan funding directly to me or Jerry Parshall atjparshall@americanprogress.org.You can find our previous roundups here. Thank you, Lola Oduyeru (she/her/hers) Manager,State and Local Government Affairs Center for American Progress and Center for American Progress Action Fund www.americanprogress.org E. For Immediate Release June 17, 2021 Contact Zahir Rasheed zrasheed.af@americanprogressaction.org Help Is Here Roundup: American Rescue Plan Funding Hailed by State and Local Officials, Used to Bolster Communities and Families. Read this on our medium page here. Washington, D.C.— Federal,State, and Local Officials across the country continue to praise the American Rescue Plan (ARP)for providing critical relief for their communities. For example, local counties across America are using$61.5 billion in ARP funds to boost tourism after big hits to their economies during the pandemic. This week, 13 states announced$250 million in ARP funding would go towards advancing 22 transit projects in the Federal Transit Administration's Capital Investment Grants program.According to FTA Administrator Nuria Fernandez, "The funding will help numerous communities across the country continue to protect jobs and advance important transit projects that otherwise might have been canceled or delayed due to the pandemic." But that's not all, last week Vice President Harris touted new guidance on$15 billion in grants to support child care programs,forthcoming payments to families from the child tax credit and a separate credit to help parents pay for care. i Additionally,the USDA also announced it would be using ARP funds to inject$4 billion into the nation's food system in an effort that will create new market opportunities,tackle the climate crisis, help communities that have been left behind and supportgood-paying jobs throughout the supply chain. pp See more examples below of how the American Rescue Plan continues to provide critical relief across the country: HELP IS HERE STATE AND LOCAL STORIES: Keeping a roof over their heads: Northern Arapaho housing program is a model for how to use pandemic relief funds to help families stay in their homes. [Indian Country Today,06/16/2021] AZ:Valley Metro to receive $17.4M for Tempe Streetcar project. [KTAR,06/13/2021] CA: Feds award $19.3 million to rapid bus line project linking Downtown Pittsburgh to Oakland. [Yahoo Sports, 06/15/2021] CT:After chaotic year, Connecticut schools spending millions in COVID-19 relief funds to beef up summer programming;social and emotional wellbeing takes center stage. [Hartford Courant,06/14/2021] IA: Cedar Falls Schools' non-bargaining staff receive wage, benefit increases of 2.9%. "On another matter, Pattee said Cedar Falls Schools will be adding positions in the fall that are funded by federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief dollars.The aid is part of the American Rescue Plan,signed into law March 11 to help schools recover from COVID-19-related challenges." [WCF Courier,06/15/2021] HI: Big Island Set to Receive$1 Mil in Housing Vouchers. [Big Island Now,06/11/2021] HI: Hawai'i to Receive Over$14.2 Million in Federal Funding. [Big Island Now,06/13/2021] IL:Grant money to improve road, prepare for home lots at Colona. [The Dispatch Argus,06/14/2021] IN:American Rescue Plan to fund city transit projects including IndyGo Purple Line. [Fox 59,06/11/2021] ID: Idaho to get$30 million to reduce COVID health disparities. [KMTV11,06/10/2021] LA: Coronavirus relief funds for local road, infrastructure projects. [The Ouachita Citizen,06/16/2021] MI: Governor Calls for$1.4 Billion in Childcare Funding with Federal Dollars. [9and10 News,06/14/2021] MI: Michigan Legislature passes$6.6 B in federal virus aid. [Fox 17,06/16/2021] MI: In One State, a Plan to Use$250M in Federal Aid for Park Improvements. [Route Fifty,06/15/2021] MI: Stamas on school aid funding:This will help our children recover from learning loss. [Our Midland,06/16/2021] MN: Broadband project gets a lift from the Kandiyohi County Board. [Yahoo,06/16/2021] MO: Mayor Jones outlines$80M public safety plan using federal funds. [KSDK,06/15/2021] NC: Representatives Price and Ross Announce$5.4 Million Federal Grant for Wake Bus Rapid Transit. [Price.House, 06/14/2021] NC: N.C. among 13 states receiving federal funds to help with transit projects. [Spectrum Local News,06/11/2021] NC:Greensboro helps 1,000 households with rent assistance, receives additional funding. [WXII12,06/11/2021] NH: State outlines how it will use hundreds of millions of dollars in education funding. [WMUR,06/15/2021] NH: Hassan/Shaheen: Lower health care costs through the American Rescue Plan. [SeaCoastOnline,06/10/2021] NM: New Mexico seeks reforms at unemployment agency. [Associated Press,06/11/2021] NY: Ulster executive lays out plan for spending bulk of county's federal relief money. [Daily Freeman,06/16/2021] OH: Columbus receives$93 million in American Cares Act funding. [ABC 6,06/15/2021] OK: Political notebook:American Rescue Plan includes$590 million for child care in Oklahoma. [TuslaWorld, 06/13/2021] OR:The American Rescue Plan Is Officially Funding Gun Violence Prevention:The Oregon county that encompasses Portland is one of the first local governments to tap the new federal stimulus to reduce shootings. [The Trace, 06/15/2021] SC:SC gets$8.9B in federal COVID-19 relief,governor calls for'transformative' investments. [Post and Courier, 06/15/2021] TX:City of Fort Worth Plans to Get Close to$180 Million Stimulus Funding to Restore the Economy. [WBAP, 06/14/2021] VA: Loudoun Gets First$40M from American Rescue Plan. [Loudoun Now,06/09/2021] WA: Spokane City Line Project Receives$5.8 Million in New Federal Funding. [Spokane Public Radio,06/11/2021] WA: Clark County Council approves$15.5 million to address homelessness. [Yahoo News,06/16/2021] WI:$10 million in federal funding slated for Wisconsin rural health clinics. 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Update your preferences I Unsubscribe from this list Copyright©2021 Washington State Association of Counties,All rights reserved. 206 10th Ave SE•Olympia,WA 98501-1311 •USA I Contact Us 4 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Friday,June 18, 2021 10:11 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Special Session 6-17-21 From: J MOTTOLA Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 10:10:59 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean; Heisenhower@co.jefferson.wa.us; Greg Brotherton Subject: Special Session 6-17-21 CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Commissioners Dean, Eisenhower and Brotherton, Yesterday afternoon I listened to the entire 2 hour special session of the commission regarding the homeless camp at the fairgrounds. The obvious answer short term was given by the EDs of Dove House and Olycap. Whatever it takes, stay the course and let the campers shelter at the fairgrounds until a better solution can be worked out. The current site lends itself to the more efficient rendering of services by those organizations that are already caring for this population. Shopping is nearby along with other essential services such as transportation, healthcare and police protection. Yesterday I also took a closer look at the Cape George site. The budgeted costs for adding appropriate infrastructure to bring it up to the standards this population already experiences would not only be expensive but would be wasted down the line as this "temporary" fix was abandoned. If you detach the Fairgrounds camping area from the agreement with the Fair Board, sufficient rent back to the Fair association should ease the sting somewhat. As I view the progress we are making with the Covid 19 dilemma, while significant, I cannot imagine a county fair for the 2021 season. The best answer may not be palatable to some. Do the right thing and maintain the homeless community where it can be best served. Shoving them off to the boondocks somewhere in the county is assuredly not the right answer. Respectfully, John and Joyce Mottola i 930 Beckett Point Road . ECEIVED Port Townsend WA 98368 June 16,2021 JUN 18 2021 K6 JEFFERSON COUNTY Greg Brotherton COMMISSIONERS County Commissioners P>0>Box 1220 Port Townsend WA 98368 Subject: 'Homeless Hub' I think this 'hub' is the stupidest idea I have ever heard. I think putting people together that have problems is not a good idea. I was a high school teacher and I didn't think it was a good idea for kids. It is not good idea for homeless. Frankly, most people are homeless because the rent is too high for anyone. In Port Townsend, if you rent a bedroom in a house you will pay at least$600. No kitchen, no bathroom,no privacy. I have another idea. About 20 yeaars ago, I was in Vancouver B.C. and they had a problem with homeless people. So they created a`single room occupancy' for people who could not rent an apartment or a house. I went to Ann Raab in PT to design a house for SRO. On the one floor there were three 350 sq. ft. apartments with kitchen and bathroom;there is another floor with three more. Unfortunately, my files are so bad I can't find the designs, but Ann is working on them for me right now. You say there are 140 homeless people in Port Townsend. I don't believe it. Each house would give 6 people to live; In order to give apartments for 140 people, it would take 23 houses. Each house will be on a regular resident lot. The rent would be around$350-$450 per apt. I would like to talk to you about this concept. Maybe you can build a SRO apartment with maybe 10-40 apartments. I am available pretty much anytime. I am 75 years old and I was born in Port Townsend. My mother rented bedrooms in our house when my father died in 1946. I understand how important for people will have a place to live. My phone number is 360-531-2423. Sincerely, Barbara L. Blowers C �ti Uzi�l JUN 18 2021 kit -11-;€ Rej F RSON Extenitt JUNI)! ).1,-14-e, /144oaym V-€ e /2614, gym. - / a ..ar,te44113A2-a lest petit eta.. di a - "ce.etee bo-4---Latta-de ,t- i-Lao 4-7 .Lext7;28 . C101te-v - ito_Ayth -4-01-„PuJ 1/1-1 4:4141 -1144- .. 1,01, /rod' W A � 4%. itevaduA, do." --)1.-01..)-4:7 AY' idet-cg wv,o-14E- , ph-a-4 altry� 1a-ei" /` _ 64 et Jed.„+" ,441v. eite1.4 LLL y-ova, 4eAfir-#4 ai47-11 7-+.-0- k June 13, 2021 Subject: Letter of Objection regarding the proposed relocation of Homeless from the Jefferson County Fairgrounds ECEIVE I To: Kate Dean, County Commissioner, District 1 Heidi Eisenhour, County Commissioner, District 2 JUN 1 8 2021 Greg Brotherton, County Commissioner, District 3 From: Landowners and residents of Loftus Rd, Port Townsend, Wit` EgrEZ.0 1 RS Halcomb, Elisa Halcomb, and Savannah Hensel 1. Summary: This Letter of Objection is submitted for the purpose of bringing attention to the problems associated with the purposed relocation of the Homeless population from Jefferson County Fairgrounds to a gravel pit located on Cape George Road, Port Townsend, WA. Inasmuch as it is understood that the homeless population will need to be removed from the fairgrounds, there seems to be a lack of a well-established plan for relocating these human beings to a safe and secure location that will not only support them but will also allow them the ability to maintain a modicum of civility with appropriate infrastructure. For clarity of definition, an encampment is a group of tents or other shelters in a particular place, especially when they are used by persons with no permanent place to live. In this case, encampment means the homeless population of Jefferson County who may or may not have chosen to live in these conditions with no specific or alternative means in which to live. Below highlights areas of specific concern by local residents for the proposed relocation of the homeless to an encampment at the "Gravel Pit" on Cape George Rd. 2. Health and Safety: The gravel pit on Cape George Rd is isolated and offers no quick remedy for health, safety and general welfare of any person living there. The location of the gravel pit is nowhere near to any type of fire, police or medical facilities. This will surely become a safety issue for any resident living in the encampment, especially during the heat of the summer with very dry conditions and risk of forest fires. 3. Security: There is no proper security lighting or security enforcement. The gravel pit is isolated, thus offering the temptation for high crimes with little to no protection for the rights of the citizens who have chosen or have been forced to live there. 4. Lack of Appropriate Infrastructure: There is no potable water, electricity, exterior/ security lighting, toilets, showers, protection from the elements, nor effective access to the local food bank. Living conditions will become dire and extremely unsanitary within a very short period of time. 5. Local Residents: This proposal does not take into account the establishment of an encampment of homeless within close proximity of local, long-standing and tax-paying residents. It was reported that crime within the local area of the Jefferson County Fairgrounds increased by 300 percent since the arrival of the homeless living there. The possibility of transference of this level of crime is a definite area of concern for all residents living near to the gravel pit. The county commissioners have not taken into account the opinions nor suggestions of local residents prior to this decision to relocate the homeless into their area. The commissioners have also not taken into account that this specific area is along trails that are frequently used by local residents for equestrian, dog- walking, hiking and biking leisure activities. Establishment of this encampment will effectively remove all this. An encampment in the gravel pit on Cape George Rd was a result of a poor decision process that will be clearly reflected in the upcoming elections. 6. RECOMMENDATIONS for alternative locations: a. Relocation near to the Fire Station adjacent to the Jefferson County Department of Public Works (Recycling Center). This location offers a fire and safety facility within very close proximity to an encampment. This location will offer the residents of the homeless encampment the ability to call for help when the need arises. b. The county commissioners should consider the numerous other public land areas with the city limits of Port Townsend. These other locations will offer a higher level of general safety and public support such as nearby police and medical. It will also be along established bus lines, thus allowing the homeless encampment persons to access the local food bank and other support facilities as needed. This letter is submitted in good faith that Greg Brotherton, Jefferson County Commissioner, District 3 has all residents within his district in mind. The proposed idea of relocating the homeless to an"out-of-sight, out-of-mind" area, hopefully, was not a quick-fix to a problem of homeless within Commissioner Brotherton's district. Respectfu bmitted ' uni with al signatures below, �f L� Jack Hense Landowner resident of Loftus Rd, Port Townsend, WA � ,a9t_ Jos-:.h Halcomb Landowner and resident of Loftus Rd, Port Townsend, WA Elisa Halcomb nee Hensel Landowner and resident of Loftus Rd, Port Townsend, WA Savannah Hensel Resident of Loftus Rd, Port Townsend, WA Gina McMather ( re. Homeless encampment location Jun 8, 2021 at 4:56:02 PM RECEIVED JeffBoCC@co.jefferson.wa.us June 8,2021 JUN 18 2021 To the Jefferson County Commissioners and the Homeless Housing Task Force: JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS I just learned the County Commisioners are considering placing the homeless encampment on county property on Cape George Road and I listened to the commissioners' discussion taped Monday. I am a septuagenarian who lives alone on acreage at the very end of J Popper Way. My property abuts the county parcel and the Equestrian Park site. Other retired folks are neighbors along J Popper Way and a family with young children is putting in a home across from me and which also abuts the county property.The proposed homeless encampment is an easy 5-10 minute walk on the trails through the woods. Many people with dogs. children, horses as well as runners and bicyclists come to use the network of trails through the woods that connect the residential streets of J. Popper, Loftus,Arabian Lane, Hidden Trails and Jolie Way. I listened to the commissioners' discussion June 7.There seemed to be little awareness of the people this would impact. I am appalled to think the commissioners consider this property could be a solution to the homeless predicament where mental health and substance abuse are ongoing problems.Those of us who live back here are isolated and vulnerable. Fire danger is a major concern every summer as the woods and brushy areas become very dry. Several years ago I reported a homeless camper off one of the foot trails in the Equestrian Park. His tent was well hidden in the bushes and I ran across his tent and bags of trash when I was picking berries and followed the smell of cigarette smoke.There is no water accessible to the Equestrian Property but acres of dry tinder and woods that are contiguous with residences and the transfer site. I expect you remember there was a fire on the neighboring Seton acreage two years or so back which closed off Cape George Road for hours when they brought in firefighting equipment. How would these people be supervised for law enforcement? I am aware of the problems that have been occurring at the fairgrounds as I have a good friend who lives a block away from there.To move those problems to a rural residential area puts many vulnerable people at risk. I am fearful for my safety and that of my neighbors. Sincerely, Gina McMather 374 J Popper Way, Port Townsend gmcmather@gmail.com P.S. • Gina McMather Re: homeless Jun 11, 2021 at 3:50:16 PM Greg Brotherton Norton Couron kdean@co.jefferson.wa.us, heisenhour@co.jefferson.wa.us Greg, Your latest note certainly sounds like your mind is made up! I take special exception to your statement, "I have been looking for an area of low density so there are fewer actual impacts." There may be different impacts but they may not be fewer or less consequential. You are thinking of the gravel pit as an isolated site. Those of us who live here—and I have lived on my property on J Popper Way since 1988—understand just how interconnected is this whole area. For example, you are expecting people to stay inside a fenced area in a gravel pit, shadeless, hotter than a griddle in the summer heat, and say they will not extend into the brush and shaded woods along the trails? Will they be smoking? Will they be cooking over campfires during the county burn bans? This is an area that does not have fire hydrants or much access for fire vehicles. This whole center of the Quimper Peninsula could go up in flames very quickly just depending on which way the wind would be blowing. It gets so dry in the summer and every year we are fearful of fires. This is not a manicured campground. It is dry woods with downed trees and forest debris. Essentially you are inviting a forest fire. How is that not consequential? How about supervising these people re. law enforcement? How do you plan to extract any bad actors when you have miles of RECEIVED 6-13-2021 JUN 18 2021 Dear Commissioner's JEFFERSON COUNTY I am Wayne Parker. A constituent, living at, 181 Loftus Rd. I am writing on tommIgsseNER0 to move the Homeless Encampment from the Fairgrounds to 1172 Cape George Rd. A major concern of mine is the Health and Safety of the current population,which reside at a place that has all the amenities that are needed to be healthy and safe. The lot you are planning to move them to, a place that has zero of these features at this present time. There are numerous reasons we could go into why not, but the bottom line is the health and safety concerns of a population of already disadvantaged persons. There are many spots around the County,and in the City proper that have better equipped resources for these people. There is Kah Tai,and the Transit Stations vast unused parking area,The Boy Scout Camp, Public Parcel 001083012, 001172002,001083003,004083008,001082020.All have more infrastructures in place than the lot 1172 Cape George Rd. Another major concern is the fire hazard this could bring to our area,an area without quick response and zero water to fight it when it does. And bad cell communication,911 service to receive protection. Lastly,the distance from town and essential services is a major problem for this population, being miles from essential services,and transportation. As residents here,we have no access to public transportation to go back and forth to anywhere;we rely on Peninsula Taxi,or our own vehicles.Would the disadvantaged also be required to use the taxi service as we are? If not,why, how? I will be waiting to hear your positions on my concerns. ?Sincerely Wayne F Parker 1 RECEIVED KDea n@CO.Jefferson.WA.US JUN 18 2021 HEisenhour@CO.Jefferson.WA.US GBrotherton@CO.Jefferson.WA.US JEFFERS(3t�1 COUNTY �QMM$SSI®NERS Dear Commissioners 06.13.21 I have completely missed the reasoning behind why the most vulnerable of our community are even being considered to be moved from their location at the RV park area at the very far rear corner of the fairgrounds, where they have all of the services that they need to stay heathy and safe: running water, toilets, electricity, RV dump stations, emergency services, lights, to an undeveloped area 7 miles from town. There are plenty of options that could be used for the most vulnerable at this time, that have water, electric, Cell Service, access to services, including some that Brotherton has indicated in Port Hadlock. For some reason, Brotherton wants to simply dump his unwanted into a forest out of sight and services. I detail Brotherton as Eisenhour and Dean have been completely absent from their duties during this planning as evidenced by their admission of knowing nothing about this planning for over 6 months. An appalling lack of leadership and a dereliction of the duties for which they were elected for. COVID and Hand Washing These vulnerable people will be permanently moved during COVID to an area with no running water. Now to use hand sanitizer on occasion during COVID, say to enter a store is one thing, but to remove feces, dirt, and blood from your hands needs running water, which they currently have, but you are taking away from them. A shower will be a 7 mile walk. Why would we create a plan to basically take facilities away from people? If one of these people die from COVID, the fact that you have chosen to remove their safety net of facilities such as running water and hand washing, will be looked into very seriously. Fire Risk For warmth and light, you are suggesting that they collect and burn wood in the middle of a forest and a dry summer. With no close services the whole area will be compromised. Again another area of responsibility that will fall on the commissioners if any fatalities or damage is caused by a fire originating from this move. Local Well Contamination Additionally, the whole area is on well water and as the urine, feces and vomit of these people seep into the water table,the areas wells will be also compromised. You can provide porta-potties, but you rely on them both being used and not being tipped over and seeping into the water table. Additionally,the RVs have nowhere to dump like at the Fairgrounds and may overflow into the water table. Will you be providing free infrastructure to the surrounding tax paying residents to replace their wells with city water after all of the wells become contaminated? Communication The area has also very limited Cell phone service, so if another person is hurt or die, the "self-managing" group may have to walk many miles to get a signal to call for help. r t Environmental damage Currently this is an area for families, horses and pets to enjoy.The area is fill of brush and it will be impossible to find all of the needles in the brush, making it a toxic area for small children and pets to walk in, for the rest of time. Pest issues: Rats\Coyotes\Bears\Mountain Lions There is also a pack rat and coyote issue in his area which will only be exacerbated by tents and trash. This being a health hazard to those most vulnerable that you are condemning to deal with the pack rats, bears, Mountain Lions and packs of coyotes. Taxpayer Liability There has obviously not been any thought behind this move from liability to the protection of these vulnerable people. It puts our entire county budget at risk via wrongful death, property damage and endangerment lawsuits trying to implement a random thought for a temporary move that removes all services and protections of these few people. These people do not need to be moved, by moving those means that the County is now taking on a financial liability for their situation and their care and the removal of facilities. The appalling lack of professionalism of our commissioner Kate Dean, who has indicated that for at least 6 months she has been completely unaware and non-participating in any of the planning, is shocking for an elected official.Then to simply sit quietly while cow telling behind Greg Brotherton doing absolutely nothing to support the residents who voted for her and put their trust in her support and active participation in local politics, is beyond any excuse for an elected official. Kates disinterest in her elected position, her dereliction of duties and unawareness of the proceedings for 6 months is a clear reason why I will not be voting for this public official. Eleanor Shinsky 221 Loftus rd. Frodos.email@gmail.com June 13, 2021 RECEIVED JUN 18 2021 To the Jefferson County Commissioners and members of the homeless task force: SUN COUNTY I live on Loftus Road and I would like to say that I am completely a aIr1 lyi• �(4ERS homeless encampment to the former Horse Park on Cape George . -ought of moving people who already have many challenges in their day-to-day life out to a gravel pit is unconscionable. There are no services available for even basic human health and safety. 1. There is NO TRANSPORTATION to town. The Cape George Community taxpayers have asked for a bus route to the area for many years but it has been denied up to this point. 2. There is NO ELECTRICITY to the Gravel Pit. 3. There is NO WATER at the Gravel Pit. 4. There is RARELY CELL SERVICE at the Gravel Pit. With the lack of cellular service it is a huge risk for anyone requiring emergency services. 5. There are NO BATHROOM OR SANITATION FACILITIES, neither showers or toilets, at the Gravel Pit. 6. There are NO GROCERY STORES within five miles of the gravel pit. 7. There is NO FIRE SUPPRESSION service at the gravel pit. 8. This will require the sheriff to add regular patrols to the pit to avoid city/county liability for pain and suffering if someone gets injured while living there. I do not understand why you would think it's a good use of taxpayer money to bring this property up to any kind of level for human habitation when there are much more viable properties in the area. The boy scout camp for one. It is already set up for campers. You have had months to work out a solution, and now with a deadline that is dependent on the governor not extending the moratorium looming over you, this is what you deem to be the best solution going forward? Best for whom, I ask? Certainly not for the homeless folks. Why don't you just dump them in the Olympic National Forest? At least there they would have a river to bathe in and maybe catch fish to eat. No doubt better cell service and probably park rangers to check up on them. This is not a solution to the problem. This is just kicking the can down the road once again. We're supposed to take you, Greg, at your word, that this will only last a year and there will be a maximum of 38 people in the camp? How about you guaranteeing that our property values will not go down, our neighborhood will not be destroyed by an accidental fire, or that we will not have to replace things that may go missing? I'd like to know where to send the bills for recompense. How about guaranteeing that my neighbors will not see a decline in their own safety? All of it will lay at your feet, Greg. You blindsided your fellow commissioners with this. That does not speak well to your trustworthiness. Jennifer Hefty Loftus Road Resident Jefferson County Stakeh r Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 12:07 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW:Treasury Releases Guidance for Fiscal Recovery Fund Reporting Requirements From: NACo Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 12:06:31 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Treasury Releases Guidance for Fiscal Recovery Fund Reporting Requirements CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Having trouble viewing this email? Click Here NATIONAL ASSOCIATION "COUNTIES NAG)* Is MinMAW:-. ... 41111 is TREASURY RELEASES GUIDANCE FOR FISCAL RECOVERY FUND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 1 JOIN TREASURY FOR A BRIEFING ON THE NEW GUIDANCE JUNE 22 AT 3 P.M. EDT Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released the Compliance and Reporting Guidance (Reporting Guidance) for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (Recovery Fund) authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act. The guidance provides additional detail and clarification for counties' compliance and reporting responsibilities under the Recovery Fund. On Tuesday, June 22 at 3 p.m. EDT, Treasury will host a 30 minute introductory briefing on the new reporting requirements. Register for the briefing here. Treasury will also host the following webinars for counties, which will focus on specific reporting requirements. NACo will share registration details once they are made available. • Counties with a population over 250,000 residents: Thursday, June 24 at 1:30 p.m. EDT • Counties with a population below 250,000 residents that received more than $5 million in State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) funding:Thursday,June 24 at 12 p.m. EDT and Friday, June 25 at 1:30 p.m. EDT • Counties with a population below 250,000 residents that received less than $5 million in SLFRF funding: Tuesday,June 22 at 11:30 a.m. EDT and Wednesday, June 23 at 1:30 p.m. EDT Since the American Rescue Plan Act was signed into law, NACo has supported the U.S. Treasury's efforts to successfully implement the Recovery Fund. Included in the guidance are additional details and clarification for each recipient's compliance and reporting responsibilities, instructions on submitting reports, a report template and other guidance advocated for by counties. How Can We Help? Share Your Story Click here to ask a question,and NAcu staff flow is your county responding to the will respond via email Please also explore ow cdrunaviru'pandemic is and driving the curates resources, including guidance, FAQ recovery in your community,nity,Click here to and more at NACo.orgtcoronavrus, share how your county is using federal relief fundswith NACo. ASK A QUESTION SHARE YOUR STORY EXPLORE COVID-19 RECOVERY RESOURCES Explore key recovery resources below, and visit the NACo COVID-19 Recovery Clearinghouse to stay up-to-date on recovery news and resources from NACo. 2 Watch: Understand U.S. Treasury's Interim Final Rule on the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund in less than five 'W u minutes Watch our five-minute overview of the key provisions in the U.S.Treasury's 0. Interim Final Rule and how these provisions may impact county governments. WATCH NOW I ACCESS FULL NACo ANALYSIS tt. 4110 0 T, Understanding the Fiscal Recovery Fund: How counties should calculate revenue loss Counties may use Fiscal Recovery Funds to replace lost revenue and use these funds outside of explicit eligible uses of recovery funds under the interim rule. NACo has developed a new resource page that contains important information counties should use when calculating revenue loss. Included on this resource page is a new calculator tool developed by the Government Finance Officers Association, a valued NACo partner,that helps counties easily calculate revenue loss. LEARN MORE 1410 CO American Rescue Plan Funding Breakdown $ NACo's interactive tool helps you navigate the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Programs that may provide counties with additional funding are denoted as "county eligible."This information will be updated as federal guidance for 62223 the new and existing programs is released. ACCESS THE TOOL I WATCH THE WEBINAR ON USING THE TOOL 0 0 Register Now for the 2021 NACo Annual Conference JULY 9-12 I IN-PERSON&VIRTUAL I PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY,MD Join county elected and appointed officials from across the country in Prince George's County, Md. or online for the NACo 2021 Annual Conference& Exposition. 6-6NFtinritick , , During the conference,we will explore how counties are driving COVID-19 recovery in our communities, along with many topics to foster healthy,vibrant and safe communities. LEARN MORE®ISTER I VIEW FULL SCHEDULE 3 0 0 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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION f S 660 North Capitol Street,NW,Suite 400 Washington,D.C.20001 f in + Did someone forward you this email?Sign up to stay up-to-date on topics affecting America's counties! Click here to unsubscribe. 4 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Friday,June 18, 2021 12:20 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW:Ask MRSC:June 2021 From: Ask MRSC Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 12:20:12 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Ask MRSC: June 2021 CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. � 1 ,� s 466. June 2021 �t a gyp• c `fie% In This Issue 1 May American Rescue Plan Act(ARPA)funds be used to hold a Have a question? lottery for city residents who show proof of COVID-19 vaccination? Officials and employees Can a code violation hold up permit approval of an unrelated from eligible government proposal on that same property? ' agencies can use our free one-on-one inquiry service, Do you have examples of city policies intended to incentivize Ask MRSC. the use of residential solar panels? What if the mayor refuses to sign a resolution passed by �1 Ask MRSC the city council in a mayor-council code city? Is a child victim's identity still protected once they reach adulthood? Scroll down to read the answers May American Rescue Plan Act(ARPA)funds be used to hold a lottery for city residents who show proof of COVID-19 vaccination? Yes, our understanding is that funds may be used in this manner provided that the costs of administering the lottery are reasonably proportional to the expected public health benefit. The U.S. Department of Treasure has issued a series of FAQs regarding use of the Local Fiscal Recovery Funds(LFRF)included in the American Rescue Plan Act(ARPA). FAQ 2.12 asks: • May recipients use funds to pay for vaccine incentive programs(e.g., cash or in-kind transfers, lottery programs, or other incentives for individuals who get vaccinated)? • Yes. Under the Interim Final Rule, recipients may use Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency, including expenses related to COVID-19 vaccination programs. See forthcoming 31 CFR 35.6(b)(1)(i). Programs that provide incentives reasonably expected to increase the number of people who choose to get vaccinated,or that motivate people to get vaccinated sooner than they otherwise would have, are an allowable use of funds so long as such costs are reasonably proportional to the expected public health benefit. For more on Treasury's guidance, see this blog written by our Finance Consultant, Eric Lowell:Treasury Issues Guidance for Local Fiscal Recovery Funds_. Can a code violation hold up permit approval of an unrelated proposal on that same property? MRSC recommends that agencies not tie the issuance of one permit to fixing an unrelated code violation on the property. One relevant case to consider is Mission Springs, Inc. v. City of Spokane, 134 Wn.2d 947, 960, 954 P.2d 250,256(1998) (city councilmembers liable for refusing to issue grading permit when "Issuance of such a permit is not a matter of discretion but is ministeriaf'). So,depending on the type of permit, if the applicant satisfies all the requirements for issuance(including the payment of fees for that permit),then the city should issue the permit. There may be circumstances in which denial of a building permit is appropriate if the code violation is related to the building permit.An example of that would be if the applicant has not satisfied a subdivision or short plat condition of approval that is required prior to issuance of building permits. Your agency attorney should be able to advise you in specific situations where you are not sure how to proceed. 2 Do you have examples of city policies intended to incentivize the use of residential solar panels? Below are examples of cities across the state that are employing various tools(e.g. permitting,education and incentives)to encourage residential solar power. City of Bellevue Bellevue's solar panel permitting page includes a checklist for residential photovoltaic systems and several other resources. City of Bellingham Bellingham created the first solar panel building permit exemption program in the state, eliminating permitting and engineering requirements for almost all residential installations.This link includes green building incentives, including those for solar. City of Edmonds Edmonds is a Northwest Solar Community,which means it works to promote solar energy and reduce some of the costs associated with solar installations.The program includes a flat fee and height exemptions for rooftop solar installations, among other elements. City of Issaquah Issaquah no longer requires building permits for certain residential solar installations.The city's checklist for exemption is similar to Langley's (below). City of Kirkland As part of a federal Department of Energy grant, Kirkland and other grant partners(Seattle, Bellevue) have developed a streamlined process for the permitting of small-scale rooftop-mounted solar installations for single-family residential customers. City of Langley Langley no longer requires building permits for small roof-mounted systems less than 15kW.The city's checklist for small roof-mounted systems is here. City of Mercer Island The Solarize Mercer Island campaign has been in place since 2014. Mercer Island is part of the Solarize Northwest program that provides discounts from participating installers. Solarize Snoqualmie—2016 Municipal Excellence Award winner. Snoqualmie put together a program to help lower costs for solar installations for residents,detailed here. And here are a couple additional resources regarding solar power(albeit several years old now): 2014 MRSC Webinar slides highlighting city opportunities for solar permitting improvements. 2011 Management Memorandum from the City of Bellevue regarding leasing city property for solar installations. What if the mayor refuses to sign a resolution passed by the city council in a mayor-council code city? The mayor in a mayor-council code city is not required to sign a resolution.As we noted in our 2020 blog post Taking Action Using Ordinances, Resolutions, Motions,and Proclamations, resolutions are statements of council's legislative intent, or directives from council to staff.The mayor cannot veto them, and they are effect on passage without signature. What to do when the mayor declines to sign will depend on your council's rules of procedure. Your options might include: noting on the resolution the council vote, and that the mayor declines to sign; having the mayor pro-tern sign on behalf of council; or having all councilmembers sign.As mentioned above, the resolution is effective when approved by council,with or without the mayor's signature. 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MRSC.org MRSC 12601 Fourth Avenue, Suite 800, Seattle, WA 98121 Unsubscribe kdean©co.jefferson.wa.us Update Profile I Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by it@mrsc.org 4 jeffbocc From: Brian <developmentrc@dovehousejc.org> Sent: Friday,June 18, 2021 1:06 PM To: jeffbocc Subject: Help Wanted at Recovery Cafe JC CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. View this email in your browser X Help Wanted! We have two open full-time staff positions at Recovery Cafe 1. Recovery Advocate 2. Kitchen Lead Come join our incredible recovery community! See job descriptions here. Inquire at brianr@dovehousejc.org or 360-385-5292. Volunteer Opportunities Members and Volunteers make Recovery Cafe what it is! A beautiful, safe, warm, drug-and-alcohol-free community. We need help in the kitchen! Kitchen Assistants help with food prep, meal service, and cleanup. 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You can update your preferences or unsubscribe 2 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 1:38 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: KPTZ questions for June 21, 2021 BOCC Update From: Lynn Sorensen Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 1:38:06 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Tom Locke; Willie Bence; Greg Brotherton; Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour;jeffbocc Cc: Kate Ingram Subject: KPTZ questions for June 21, 2021 BOCC Update CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hello Commissioners, Dr Locke, and Willie Bence, Please see the KPTZ listeners' questions listed below from the past week. And, I have a question of my own; Will these update meetings continue after the State and County Covid restrictions are lifted on June 30th? Thank you, Lynn Sorensen, member KPTZ Virus Watch Team Questions for Dr Locke: 1 . Housing Solutions Network is hoping to hold a candidate forum for the City Council candidates on July 17th in the Cotton Building. Will an in-person, public event be possible, and what kinds of COVID restrictions will be in place at that time - limited capacity, mask requirements, vaccine requirements, etc? 2. Why are some strains more infectious? What are the differences in the virus itself? 3. What information is available about the incidence of long COVID in vaccinated persons who get a breakthrough infection? 4. I have heard little to no discussion about theories as to why some people who are just as susceptible to contracting COVID-19 as anyone else have not gotten the disease in any form. I am, of course, speaking about the unvaccinated. Perhaps there needs to be more dialogue around prevention as well as immunization as a way to control this pandemic and future pandemics. 1 5. Has there been any decision by the DOH or County Health Officers on the counting of positive Covid 19 home test results in the official data? Questions for Willie Bence: 1 . Do you anticipate keeping the DEM Call Center active during the summer months (after June 30th)? 2. How many volunteers have given their time to DEM response/activity over the length of the pandemic thus far? 2 jeffbocc From: DJ Dimick Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 2:48 PM To: jeffbocc Subject: FW: Online Form Submittal: Feedback Dj Dimick Network Technician IV Jefferson County 1820 Jefferson St. Port Townsend, WA. 98368 t: 3603859246 e: ddimick@co.jefferson.wa.us co.pefferson.wa.us From: noreply@civicplus.com <noreply@civicplus.com> Sent: Friday,June 18, 2021 2:46 PM To:#MailGateway<#MailGateway@co.jefferson.wa.us> Subject: Online Form Submittal: Feedback CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Feedback What kind of comment Suggestion would you like to send? What would you like to Commissioner's Office comment about? Other Homelessness Comments A lot of money is being thrown at the homeless issue. The County Fairgrounds will be closed to the issue soon. It seems that the PDA for Fort Worden at its outset was to address housing. Why not utilize the existing barracks for just that? Its on public transportation routes, has utility service, water, sewer, electricity, and policing, and its better than any tent. Name Dik Lang 1 Email diklang32hotmail.com Phone Number 206/753-7131 Please contact me as soon Yes as possible regarding this matter. Email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. 2 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 4:23 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: KPTZ question for June 21, 2021, an additional one From: Lynn Sorensen Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 4:22:34 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: KPTZ VTeam; Tom Locke; Greg Brotherton; Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Willie Bence; jeffbocc Subject: KPTZ question for June 21, 2021, an additional one CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hello again! I missed one of the KPTZ questions and decided to slide it in late this Friday for Monday, June 21st BOCC update with Dr Locke and Willie Bence. I apologize for the additional email. Lynn Sorensen KPTZ Virus Watch Team Questions for Dr Locke: 1. With the loosening of state-wide measures happening, will Jefferson County public health be loosening its measures to allow the Mountain View Pool to operate similar to the Y in Sequim and the Shore pool in Port Angeles? 2. From a public health perspective, could the Mountain View pool be treated more like an outdoor space? (with protocols for the showers)? Loosening measures at the pool would have a positive effect on the mental and physical health for many people. Thank you! i jeffbocc From: Our Sound, Our Salmon <info@wildfishconservancy.org> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 4:55 PM To: jeffbocc Subject: We did it! CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. OUR SOUND, OUR SALMON Washington Agencies Agree to Provide Additional Time for Public to Comment on Important Commercial Net Pen Management Plan Earlier this week, we shared the alarming news that Washington state agencies failed to provide the public a fair and adequate opportunity to weigh in on the draft Guidance for Commercial Marine Net Pen Aquaculture,a vitally important and far-reaching plan that will guide how local and state governments manage commercial net pens in Washington's public waters. After members of the Our Sound, Our Salmon coalition and others called out Washington agencies for failing to provide adequate time and notice of this opportunity to comment, Washington state agencies have agreed to extend the comment period deadline from June 21st to August 5th! This week's efforts and success highlight the important role the Our Sound, Our Salmon coalition continues to play in watchdogging this industry, as we aggressively move forward our campaigns and legal strategies to permanently remove this industry from Puget Sound. Thank you to everyone who submitted an extension request and helped draw attention from all levels of government to the fundamentally broken process undermining this public review. 1 c The additional 48-days provided by this extension will ensure organizations like Wild Fish Conservancy and other members of the public have time to adequately review the draft guidance and meet the true intent of public review—providing thorough and detailed comments that are informative to agency officials and ensure government decision-making is transparent, evidence-driven, and equitable. In the coming weeks, we will be sure to share a summary of our primary recommendations to serve as a guide and reference as you develop your own comments on this detailed and technically complex plan. Information on this public comment period is available on the Department of Ecology's website. Thanks again to everyone who helped to hold our state agencies accountable for correcting this broken public process and ensuring the public has a fair and adequate opportunity to comment on how commercial net pens in Washingotn are managed. oursound-oursalmon.org Make a tax deductible donation to Wild Fish Conservancy to support the Our Sound, Our Salmon campaign and help us end Cooke Aquaculture packing. Since the campaign's foundation in 2017, the support of our members has been vital to driving forward and growing this broad-based coalition.Thank you for all you make possible! Donate Today oursound-oursalmon.org Our Sound, Our Salmon is a campaign coordinated by the Wild Fish Conservancy. 2 View this email in your browser 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. 3 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 7:42 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Under-housed From: Bret Black Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 7:41:54 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Under-housed CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Commissioner, As relevant to East Jefferson Fire Rescue, I would be happy to further the conversation regarding the under-housed in our community. Please feel free to reach out if you have questions. Thank you Bret Black - Fire Chief Office 360-385-2626 Cell 360-381-0292 bblack(a,,ejfr.org A T MOS 1 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 8:31 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Homeless village on Cape George Road From: Yanna Hanson Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 8:30:28 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Greg Brotherton Subject: Homeless village on Cape George Road CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear County Commissioners, As a resident of Jefferson County, I am writing to tell you how I feel about the proposed homeless camp off of Cape George Rd. I believe that this is a poorly thought out plan, and I hope that you will abandon further discussions to continue down this path. My objection to this plan is that it shows no compassion for those in our community who are struggling to have a stable life. To tear down the current homeless camp by the fairgrounds and to move these residents of our county out to an area with no public transportation to needed services, food procurement, healthcare, and with no water, no bathroom facilities, and no hygiene facilities is heartless and uncaring. I'm sure that if you think more about the homeless problem in our county, you can find a much better solution than the current proposed one, which, in my opinion, is no solution at all only putting the problem and the affected people out of sight, out of mind. I would like to believe that our county government is watching out for the well-being of all our Jefferson County residents. Please be a board that governs with compassion and wisdom. thank you, Yanna Hanson 1 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Friday,June 18, 2021 9:00 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Seattle Mayor extends eviction moratorium -- Do it for Jeffco families From: Doug Edelstein Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 8:59:17 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Greg Brotherton Subject: Seattle Mayor extends eviction moratorium -- Do it for Jeffco families CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. To the Commissioners, Mayor Jennie Durkan has extended the eviction moratorium in Seattle til September, citing the slow speed of federal and state funds to renters and landlords, and the impending eviction of hundreds of families if more isn't done. If it is within your power and authority,you must do the same for the families in this county. If it is not within your power, you must advocate with all your influence for the same outcome with whomever does have the authority. As you well know, not only will you save dozens of families and hundreds of people from joining the ranks of the homeless in Jeffco,you will take the immediate pressure off the situation with the relocation of the campers at the Fairgrounds and give everyone a much-needed chance to work together for a workable solution. Very sincerely, Doug Edelstein Port Townsend 1 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2021 5:06 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW:This Week in Photos From: NACo Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2021 5:06:19 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: This Week in Photos CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Having trouble viewing this email? 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Commissioner Bob Fox testifies before a U.S. House Agriculture Subcommittee on challenges and opportunities rural counties will face in a post-COVID economy. `SC Association of Counties @SCCounties If NACo @NACoTweets ._ litrAlt „;„, I .. R >" S ' ' qy ue .. M) South Carolina Association of Counties Deputy New Hanover County, N.C. Commissioner Rob Executive Director Joshua Rhodes and the Zapple and Pasco County, Fla. Commissioner Municipal Association of South Carolina's Erica Kathryn Starkey represent NACo in a Wright provide an update on American Rescue conversation with the National League of Cities Plan funding during the S.C. City and County and the U.S. Conference of Mayors on American Management Association's summer conference. 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From: noreply@civicplus.com<noreply@civicplus.com> Sent:Saturday,June 19, 2021 9:30 To:#MailGateway Subject: Online Form Submittal: Feedback CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Feedback What kind of comment Field not completed. would you like to send? What would you like to Field not completed. comment about? Other uMasks Comments Why are masks still required iin Jefferson county. I have traveled widely throughout our country in last several weeks and masks are no longer required less airline travel. Do y'all know science the CDC does not.?Why the expenditure to get vaccinated if we have to wear mask.What is the purpose of vaccination if we have to wear masks.? Please do not respond that not enough have been vaccinated. This requirement is compared to the rest of the country makes you look not quite right . 1 Name John Vosilus Email litvok72@gmail.com Phone Number 9134243767 Please contact me as soon Field not completed. as possible regarding this matter. Email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. 2 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Saturday,June 19, 2021 4:57 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Relocation of Homeless Encampment Attachments: 061921_LrtCommissioners.pdf From: Gloria Gould-Wessen Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2021 4:56:34 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Relocation of Homeless Encampment CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Commissioner Dean, Please consider my attached letter before you come to a final decision about relocating the homeless encampment. Sincerely Gloria Gould-Wessen 905 56th St. Port Townsend, WA Sent from Mail for Windows 10 1 Gary & Gloria Wessen 905 56th Street Port Townsend, WA June 19, 2021 Jefferson County Commissioners Kate Dean, Chair Heidi Eisenhour Greg Brotherton Re: Relocation of Homeless Encampment Dear Jefferson County Commissioners, I am writing as a property owner in Port Townsend. My husband and I live in North Beach and own a 4-plex in the Lynnesfield PUD which has been directly impacted by the homeless encampment at Jefferson County Fairgrounds for the past 18 months. This lovely single family neighborhood is filled with folks of diverse ages and household structure. We have folks living alone, with partners, and there are plenty of families too. Blue Heron School, which serves students in grades 6-8 and the K- 12 OCEAN Program, is located about 1,200 feet from the encampment. In the past, students could safely walk the neighborhood trails to get to school. Not anymore. There are also large swaths of preserved forest land developed for walking and biking that are now considered less safe because of the encampment. I am glad you are all paying attention to this long festering issue. It is complex, particularly with Covid-19 restrictions, and Greg Brotherton has diligently been seeking a solution to this very difficult issue. I understand that Commissions Dean and Eisenhour do not support the proposed temporary encampment location off Cape George Wye (aka gravel pit). I would like to address some of their concerns, as well as comments voiced by professionals at the special June 17th meeting. The gravel pit is too small: The usable area of the 29.13 acre gravel pit property is minimally 3.34 acre (actually larger, if you did a little grading). The area could accommodate multiple ingress/egress to the encampment, an internal road, and also accommodate emergency vehicles with room for a turn-around. It would also allow a minimum 120' gravel buffer to the nearby forest. Presently, the encampment at the Fairground utilizes approximately 2 acres. This site is not too small to accommodate the proposed uses. Fire & Safety response: Fire and public safety should be considered for any location. Chief Nole is willing to add more patrol for Cape George residents, and if they do, they could take a spin into the camp as part of that patrol. Fire Marshal Black raised a number of concerns ranging from small medical issues turning into a need for an EMT for transportation to questioning if 1,000 gallon water-tank would be enough to quell a potential fire. Near the gravel pit there are presently over 20 homes off Fortuna Drive and all located on large wooded acreage. Based on County maps, it looks like they are not served by any municipal water which means no fire hydrants. The human activities associated with these homes, and a multitude of others within the County, all pose the potential for starting a forest fire. The proposed 2 acre campsite will be within a 29 acre gravel pit. There is very little vegetation on site and much of that could be removed prior to occupation. The site can easily accommodate the 100' fire suppression buffer from the property line as prescribed in California standards Fire Marshal Black referenced. There will be rules for the campers (unlike the present encampment) and there will be the ability to expel those who break the rules. Fire is not something to take lightly, but if you rationally look at the site, the potential hazard is low and the safeguards are high (fire extinguishers could also be deployed on site). Certainly the fire risk is lower at the gravel pit than if the homeless dispersed into the woods where there are no rules and no one over-seeing their activities. Break the lease/contract with the Fair Board: Breaking the lease/contract would be abdicating your responsibility to maintain the assets of the County for the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens. The Fair Board, and all the others who volunteer their time to the Fairground's year-round activities, should also be considered assets. They need to be supported, not tossed aside because of pressure from organizations with a single agenda. I encourage you to look at this decision for a temporary location as just that, temporary. Evaluate the options with criteria that are sound, not just reacting to 85+ emails from Cape George residents who are upset that a gravel pit is being considered as a temporary location for our homeless population. The nearest entrance to Cape George is 3/4 mile from the gravel pit. After living with the encampment across the street and adjacent to our backyards for the last 18 months, my neighborhood is tired of it and we are ready to have our neighborhood back. Bite the bullet and commit to a temporary solution now. You can then put your energy and Federal Funds towards the development of a permanent location for the homeless that can expand into a possible public/private partnership to build affordable housing for our teachers, healthcare workers, and service providers. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Gloria Gould-Wessen Cc: Lynnesfield Neighbors jeffbocc From: Lane Lindberg <nbeachglass@icloud.com> Sent: Saturday,June 19, 2021 6:03 PM To: jeffbocc Subject: Fairgrounds CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links,especially from unknown senders. Hello, My name is Lane and I'm a Lynnesfield resident and volunteer with Bayside Housing in distributing meals at the fairgrounds(as of Oct 2020). It has been an extremely rewarding way to meet and get to know a few of the residents there. The experience has taught me a lot about myself and my former prejudices(my fear of homeless and mentally ill folks), as well as fellow community members who have a very different opinion of the residents at the campground. I can say,with first hand knowledge,that many of the complaints are exaggerated or rumor based. I just wanted to let you know that not all Lynnesfield or surrounding homeowners are upset with the fairgrounds residents. In fact,there have been 2 Facebook fundraisers, and an 8o-year old neighbor has donated a tv, microwave, and picks up extra fruit for me to bring in the days I hand out meals. Those of us who support or at least have compassion for the residents generally keep a low profile due to the hostility of some homeowners. One neighbor did a slow drive by last fall while covering her face as I waited for the meals to be delivered (like I didn't recognize her or her car???). Afterwards my neighbors stopped talking to or waving at me for a good 6 months. Many still ignore me. That's the kind of low level emotional maturity your dealing with in regards to this situation. Sorry for rambling. I love the homeless;they are creative, resourceful, intelligent individuals. Are there problems on occasion? Of course! But no worse than what goes on in many of the homeowners residences, it's just more visible at the fairgrounds. I hope they stay because I will miss them terribly if/when they scatter to the wind. Thank you for trying to look out for them. It's a global issue with no easy answers. Regards, Lane Lindberg Lynnesfield homeowner Sent from my iPad 1 jeffbocc From: Anna Haas <annarockhead@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2021 8:30 AM Subject: Cape George Encampment Proposal CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Greetings, I am Anna Haas I live at 501 Loftus Road. I moved here seven years ago from Seattle where I managed four apartment buildings and four commercial accounts on Capitol Hill.This area impacted by the influx of drug activity.The impact has been nothing less than a constant battle with the problems of large groups of people who suffer from drug addiction. In addition, an area has the advantage of quick medical,fire, and police responses that help to saving the lives of this group and allowing police action when needed quickly. The idea of dumping this marginalized group of people at the Cape George location will only yield terrible trauma to the area.Just one death from a drug overdose or fighting amongst the "campers" is an inevitable situation that will arise. With the increase of the temperatures rise,the possibility of fire is very real from campfires and worse yet with the propane use. Deaths and fires are a constant battle in Seattle and it is important that a plan to handle these here is very important to the safety of all! The lack of cell service is also a problem causing the inability of the disasters of all of the above problems.At my house, I get no bars at my home. Please use your vote to stop the idea of using this Cape George Road and be compassionate to this group of marginalized people.That they too are deserving of all that they are entitled to as citizens of our community. Velcro: what a rip off! Don't worry about old age; it doesn't last. Jokes about German sausage are the wurst We could learn a lot from crayons.Some are sharp,some are pretty and some are dull.Some have weird names and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box. 1 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Sunday,June 20, 2021 9:03 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Cape George Gravel Pit - Oven From: Jane Doe Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2021 9:02:44 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: jeffbocc; Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Greg Brotherton Subject: Cape George Gravel Pit - Oven CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Commissioners, I wanted to point out another area of consideration regarding the Gravel pit on Cape George Rd. I am not even sure it will be habitable during the summer as the gravel both stores and radiates the heat of the sun. Being in a pit, there is often not a breath of air and the heat is oppressive even at 70f. As the summer approaches and the heat starts to rise into the 70's and 80's, that gravel pit will become uninhabitable as the heat gets soaked up by the gravel and retained by the bowl of the pit. Per weather.com: https://weather.com/forecast/national/news/2021-03-10-summer-outlook- temperatures-united-states Summer 2021 is expected to be hot across much of the nation, particularly in the western and central United States, according to the latest three-month outlook from The Weather Company, an IBM Business. Also per the Guardian, we could be looking at the worst (heat related) drought in 1200 years. https://weather.com/forecast/national/news/2021-03-10-summer-outlook-temperatures- united-states https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/18/us-heatwave-west-climate-crisis-drought You could end up paying out a large amount of money to 'develop' a site that is uninhabitable during the summer and is abandoned due to the heat, along with all the trailers as the residents woud have no way of moving them, once dragged over to the Pit. Another option would be to pay the Fairgrounds a fair and equitable amount monthly to retain the encampment for a year until the hub is ready. Turn the fiarground site into an 'emergency shelter' to get rid of the 'bad apples' and build the wall around it for security. Here the i residents have stability, availability to services, can catch transit to their jobs and have safer settlement. By paying the fairground, you would come out more finacially favorable that paying to develop a 'temporary' unsafe 'pit'. Just a few things to think about. Eleanor Shinsky 2 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2021 10:28 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW:The Future Of Our Homeless Population From: Lisa Thomas Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2021 10:27:15 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Greg Brotherton; Heidi Eisenhour; Kate Dean; mmcauley@co.jefferson.wa.us Subject: The Future Of Our Homeless Population CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Commissioners, I am Lisa Thomas and I live in the Lynnesfield community abutting the Fairgrounds. Like cities and communities everywhere across our country, this County and the City of Port Townsend is struggling to find both a temporary safe ground for our homeless community members and a permanent housing solution. Doing both is not a mutually exclusive objective. I thank you for your efforts and commitment to finding both, and, in particular, Commissioner Brotherton who has been tirelessly working with the neighborhoods,the supporting services and the campers. This isn't going to win me any points with my neighbors, but I feel it is important to tell you that through the process of having the encampment in our backyards for the past 18 months, I have learned a lot about the importance of consistent structure and the benefits of maintaining the array of services at a single place. I think it's important to acknowledge the positive changes that have taken place at the Fairgrounds and how,over the course of the 18 months, the the negative impact on the neighborhoods has decreased.Yes, it could still be better, but I believe the consistency of services plus the reality of having a fairly safe place to live without fear of arrest or trespass has had a calming effect. Is it ideal? No. But going backward into a fight for survival for many of the campers is simply not acceptable. Many have made great strides having that stability. It's important to acknowledge that and do everything we can not to undo that stability. People in our County and in Port Townsend need to accept that doing nothing and allowing the homeless to disperse will only increase the disruption, the cost of services and the impact on every neighborhood. I want to urge you to read a recent article in the Sacramento Bee (https://apple.news/Ai70R-lg9QuiHLcVXBAnNIQ) about how their city is attempting to deal with their homeless population in a mixture of safe sites. We need a mixture of safe parking sites, safe tent sites and transitional housing, and this needs to be scalable so as to accommodate the growing population of people who will become unsheltered. Thank you for your time, Lisa Thomas 3946 Hill Street 1 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Sunday,June 20, 2021 11:10 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW:Jefferson Transit ATU rep clarification From: David Jorgensen Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2021 11:09:39 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: dfaber@cityofpt.us Cc: Kate Dean; Greg Brotherton; Heidi Eisenhour; aspeser@cityofpt.us Subject: Jefferson Transit ATU rep clarification CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Greetings JT Authority Board Members, A little clarification is needed on the recent appointment of Rick Burton as the ATU 587 Union representative as the non voting member of the authority board. My name is David Jorgensen. I was elected shop steward by the membership of ATU at Jefferson Transit. I have worked at JT for 5 years now. In that 5 year period, and to my knowledge before that time, a shop steward was appointed to the board.Therefore I was asked by the other shop stewards to take this position. Apparently the ATU president has to approve it. At the most recent board meeting I was replaced by Rick Burton from Clallam Transit without my prior knowledge. I had a DAR shift to fill so was unable to attend.That would have been a little awkward had I attended the zoom meeting. I did not find out until the end of my shift, still no one from the union contacted me. The President of ATU, Ken Price has very broad powers in these matters. Unfortunately according to our bylaws they can not be challenged. He appointed Rick Burton without consulting anyone at Jefferson Transit with the exception of one non-elected ATU member that shares his views. Rick Burton seems very knowledgeable and effective with Clallam Transit issues, however none of the ATU Jefferson Transit members know Rick and he has never stopped by to introduce himself to us. He has also never worked for Jefferson Transit. I believe his only source of information about JT comes from the ATU president and a disgruntled employee. I only met Rick once briefly in a meeting because he was elected to the ATU executive board.Therefore I don't know him either. My opinion is that Rick was appointed and replaced me because I lack the reputation of a disgruntled employee. I very much enjoy and appreciate my job at JT and get along well with my coworkers. I am not alone in this, in fact the majority of the members feel the same about their job. Not to say there aren't some issues that need resolving. I believe all concerns can be worked out mutually without much conflict. The fact that I have no ax to grind with JT management and actually admire them is counter productive to the profile ATU leadership and their allies desire. Our hope was to start early negotiations for the upcoming contract based on a survey planned for ALL members. Despite myself being democratically elected by the membership to represent them.The President of ATU supports a small minority of disgruntled employees' special interests at JT. Although they have not said it directly. (they are extremely cautious and experienced with their wording) It is obvious to me that myself and the other shop stewards will not be in on contract negotiations.They have derailed any chance of us working this out quickly. I have resigned my position as shop steward but will continue my membership so that I still have a voice. 1 Please keep in mind that this is solely my opinion and I plan to continue on as a valuable employee of Jefferson Transit. Sincerely, David Jorgensen 2 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2021 11:38 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Fairgrounds campground, of course From: Linda A. Noble Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2021 11:37:40 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Heidi Eisenhour; Kate Dean Subject: Fairgrounds campground, of course CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Commissioners Dean and Eisenhour, I watched the recording of the special meeting on the homeless encampment in close detail and wanted to take this opportunity to make a few points and requests. Both of you made comments to the extent of"not liking"the Cape George proposal. I want to emphasize that there is no option on the table at the moment that can be classified "like-able."At this point, it truly is a matter of finding not the "best" option, but the "least bad" one. I found the comments by one stakeholder who was encouraging the county to violate the lease agreement with the fair board to be particularly"partisan" for lack of a better word.She trivialized the impact of that approach on 1) the neighborhood around the fairgrounds; 2) public trust in county government, and 3) impact on the community resource of the fair and other activities at the fairgrounds. I can speak directly to the impact on the neighborhood as I am one of the neighbors. While I do not object to having a shelter adjacent to my residence per se, it has been particularly challenging due to the complete lack of enforceable rules.This was made explicit by Chief Olson in his comments during the special meeting.The campground has had very little oversight, which serves to bring an element of fear to the neighborhood.To characterize neighbors as callous and uncaring is myopic.The problems have been very real, as has the impact. Please do not give the greatest weight to the residents with the highest property values, but rather to those who are most directly impacted, both in number and severity. In this case, many of the immediate neighbors to the encampment are renters—another marginalized segment of this rather affluent city. To violate the lease agreement with the Fair Board is to undermine public trust in county government and could have a permanent impact on the fair and the sense of community that it brings. Giving prominent voices to stakeholders who are overtly dismissive of the Fair's position is to engender anger and distrust in the community. I found it disappointing at best to hear people in positions of such influence espousing one-sided positions, especially when there was no opportunity for public comment at that meeting. I would strongly discourage you from breaking the lease with the Fair. If some time can be bought in order to find a location for a bona fide emergency encampment that will serve until a permanent solution can be achieved,then do so in cooperation with the Fair and adhere to whatever deadline you agree to. If you break your lease with the Fair Board and place an emergency encampment at the existing site, the damage to the neighborhood, to the fair and to public trust will likely be irreparable. 1 Thank you for your time and dedication to this issue. Sincerely, Linda Noble Fairgrounds neighbor Linda A. Noble WA AOC Certified, Russian ATA Certified, Russian =>English www.nobletranslation.com 2 jeffbocc From: Tom Thiersch <tprosys@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2021 12:42 PM To: jeffbocc Subject: Mountain View-who vetoed this site? CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Commissioners, I've listened to the public discussions regarding possible sites for use as a temporary location for the unhoused population who are about to be evicted from the county-owned fairgrounds. During specific discussion of the matrix presented by Commissioner Brotherton on June 17, I heard no explanations as to those sites shown last on the list that were designated as "Disqualified/Declined". It seems to me that, if the matrix had been fully filled in to include the "declined" sites, Mountain View would likely have outscored them all. Mountain View is owned by the Port Townsend School District and is leased to the City of Port Townsend. As the landlord, the school district retains certain rights to the use of its property. Was the school district contacted? Has the lease for Mountain View been examined to see if either the lessor or lessee has veto power? Here's how I would score the Mountain View site: Zoning: 9 The county has already declared a homeless emergency, which applies to all parts of the county. That should be enough, but the City Council could also pass an emergency ordinance to firm up the case. The Supreme Court has already ruled that people can camp on any part of public property that they want if there no viable alternative is provided, so this could happen with or without government approval and assistance. Transportation: 10 (JTA#11 bus, every hour) Access to Services: 10 (food bank, + ) Potable Water: 10 (from the Commons) Cost: 10 (same as courthouse park; i.e., no cost) Emergency Response: 10 (PT Police are literally next door) Showers: 10 (inside the Commons) Fire Risk: 10 (open space) Power: 10 (via the Commons) Acreage: 10 (more than 2 acres of completely open space, parcels#949818001, 949817901, 949817602) 1 Neighborhood Density: 4 (same as courthouse park) Timeframe: 8 (same as courthouse park) Total score: 111 Seriously, I would like to know who "declined" to make the Mountain View campus available for consideration. If there's no legitimate reason for excluding this site from consideration, it should be at the top of the list, not the bottom. Thank you, Tom Thiersch Jefferson County 2 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2021 1:04 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW:fire risk at proposed Cape George homeless encampment From: Joan Hommel Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2021 1:03:54 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: chief@ejfr.org; Greg Brotherton; Heidi Eisenhour; Kate Dean Cc: Malloree Weinheimer Subject: fire risk at proposed Cape George homeless encampment CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. I want to thank all the commissioners for the time and attention they are giving to the issue of homelessness in Jefferson County. Whatever our differing opinions on how it is best achieved, I think we all share the goal of providing as safe as possible an environment for the unsheltered, with minimum impact on the rest of the community. I won't reiterate the many thoughtful objections already raised to the proposed new location on Cape George Road, but I do want to emphasize that this location affects more than just a few residents whose properties are adjacent to the site. There are many new safety and security risks posed by a rural encampment, both to the general population and the homeless themselves. First among these risks is extreme wildfire danger. We are all aware that this may be an exceptionally challenging fire season. The Cape George area is at risk from electrical poles nestled amongst trees, poorly managed logging sites, and outcroppings of scotch broom and other volatile brush along roadsides. Recently, forestry expert Malloree Weinheimer has overseen a "forest thinning" project at the Larry Scott trailhead, quite close to the proposed new encampment site. When I communicated my concern to her about the large quantity of fallen brush and debris near the trailhead, she responded that the fire risk in the area was so extreme that the thinning "had to be done."This project is not yet complete, but Weinheimer said that even after cleanup is done, the fire risk will likely be even higher for"a year or two." I have previously shared this information with Commissioner Brotherton. The level of fire risk in the Cape George area is already unacceptable—and will grow even higher with increased activity, propane tank usage, and possible careless fire behavior, if the new site is approved. The amount of water proposed for the encampment is inadequate for a fire emergency. Let me respectfully submit that aside from all the other valid objections posed, fire danger alone should eliminate the Cape George site from further consideration. Thank you. Joan Soderland Hommel Cape George Colony ishommel@gmail.com 1 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Sunday,June 20, 2021 2:09 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Relocation of Homeless Encampment Attachments: 061921_LrtCommissioners.pdf From: Gloria Gould-Wessen Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2021 2:08:59 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Greg Brotherton; Heidi Eisenhour; Kate Dean Subject: Fw: Relocation of Homeless Encampment CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Commissioner Dean, Eisenhour, and Brotherton, It was brought to my attention that I got the location of the proposed Cape George homeless relocation site wrong. The letter I sent concerned a nearby gravel pit with a parcel number that is one digit off. My apologies. Please disregard my earlier letter (see attached) with one exception, my comments concerning breaking the lease/contract with the Fair Board. Please do not break the lease/contract with the Fair Board. They are an asset to the entire County, giving of their time, energy, and resources to ensure that we have the pleasure of the fairgrounds throughout the year. The loss would be too great for the citizens and business owners of Jefferson County. Sincerely, Gloria Gould-Wessen 905 56th St. Port Townsend, WA 98368 It was brought to my attention that I got the location to the proposed Cape George homeless relocation site WRONG! I double checked, and yep, I got it wrong. I was off by one digit. Close is not good enough, particularly in this case. With that knowledge, I am deeply embarrassed by the letter I sent to you and the Commissioners. Heidi is right, the site for an encampment is too small unless you clear away forest. The Fire Marshal is right, the needs for access and fire buffers are not there because again, the site is too small. The only part of my letter that has substance is my opinion on breaking the lease/contract with the Fair Board. I apologize to you for my failure to get this right. I hope I can regain your trust at some point. Now I must write to the Commissioners. With humility, i Gloria Gould-Wessen From: Gloria Gould-Wessen Sent: Saturday,June 19, 2021 5:04 PM To:gbrotherton@co.jefferson.wa.us<gbrotherton@co.jefferson.wa.us> Subject: Relocation of Homeless Encampment Dear Commissioner Brotherton, First I want to thank you for all that you have done on behalf of the homeless and the Lynnsfield neighbors. Please consider this letter prior to making your decision on relocating the homeless encampment. Sincerely, Gloria Gould-Wessen Sent from Mail for Windows 10 2 Gary & Gloria Wessen 905 56th Street Port Townsend, WA June 19, 2021 Jefferson County Commissioners Kate Dean, Chair Heidi Eeisenhour Greg Brotherton Re: Relocation of Homeless Encampment Dear Jefferson County Commissioners, I am writing as a property owner in Port Townsend. My husband and I live in North Beach and own a 4-plex in the Lynnesfield PUD which has been directly impacted by the homeless encampment at Jefferson County Fairgrounds for the past 18 months. This lovely single family neighborhood is filled with folks of diverse ages and household structure. We have folks living alone, with partners, and there are plenty of families too. Blue Heron School, which serves students in grades 6-8 and the K- 12 OCEAN Program, is located about 1,200 feet from the encampment. In the past, students could safely walk the neighborhood trails to get to school. Not anymore. There are also large swaths of preserved forest land developed for walking and biking that are now considered less safe because of the encampment. I am glad you are all paying attention to this long festering issue. It is complex, particularly with Covid-19 restrictions, and Greg Brotherton has diligently been seeking a solution to this very difficult issue. I understand that Commissions Dean and Eeisenhour do not support the proposed temporary encampment location off Cape George Wye (aka gravel pit). I would like to address some of their concerns, as well as comments voiced by professionals at the special June 17th meeting. The gravel pit is too small: The usable area of the 29.13 acre gravel pit property is minimally 3.34 acre (actually larger, if you did a little grading). The area could accommodate multiple ingress/egress to the encampment, an internal road, and also accommodate emergency vehicles with room for a turn-around. It would also allow a minimum 120' gravel buffer to the nearby forest. Presently, the encampment at the Fairground utilizes approximately 2 acres. This site is not too small to accommodate the proposed uses. Fire & Safety response: Fire and public safety should be considered for any location. Chief Nole is willing to add more patrol for Cape George residents, and if they do, they could take a spin into the camp as part of that patrol. Fire Marshal Black raised a number of concerns ranging from small medical issues turning into a need for an EMT for transportation to questioning if 1,000 gallon water-tank would be enough to quell a potential fire. Near the gravel pit there are presently over 20 homes off Fortuna Drive and all located on large wooded acreage. Based on County maps, it looks like they are not served by any municipal water which means no fire hydrants. The human activities associated with these homes, and a multitude of others within the County, all pose the potential for starting a forest fire. The proposed 2 acre campsite will be within a 29 acre gravel pit. There is very little vegetation on site and much of that could be removed prior to occupation. The site can easily accommodate the 100' fire suppression buffer from the property line as prescribed in California standards Fire Marshal Black referenced. There will be rules for the campers (unlike the present encampment) and there will be the ability to expel those who break the rules. Fire is not something to take lightly, but if you rationally look at the site, the potential hazard is low and the safeguards are high (fire extinguishers could also be deployed on site). Certainly the fire risk is lower at the gravel pit than if the homeless dispersed into the woods where there are no rules and no one over-seeing their activities. Break the lease/contract with the Fair Board: Breaking the lease/contract would be abdicating your responsibility to maintain the assets of the County for the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens. The Fair Board, and all the others who volunteer their time to the Fairground's year-round activities, should also be considered assets. They need to be supported, not tossed aside because of pressure from organizations with a single agenda. I encourage you to look at this decision for a temporary location as just that, temporary. Evaluate the options with criteria that are sound, not just reacting to 85+ emails from Cape George residents who are upset that a gravel pit is being considered as a temporary location for our homeless population. The nearest entrance to Cape George is 3/4 mile from the gravel pit. After living with the encampment across the street and adjacent to our backyards for the last 18 months, my neighborhood is tired of it and we are ready to have our neighborhood back. Bite the bullet and commit to a temporary solution now. You can then put your energy and Federal Funds towards the development of a permanent location for the homeless that can expand into a possible public/private partnership to build affordable housing for our teachers, healthcare workers, and service providers. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Gloria Gould-Wessen Cc: Lynnesfield Neighbors Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2021 3:02 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW:fire risk at proposed Cape George homeless encampment From: Sherry Hanan Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2021 3:01:20 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Joan Hommel Cc: chief@ejfr.org; Greg Brotherton; Heidi Eisenhour; Kate Dean; Malloree Weinheimer Subject: Re: fire risk at proposed Cape George homeless encampment CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Joan, You have stated Cape George's position very well. Thanks. I will never understand how such a site could have been suggested with our fire hazards. The Fire Dept. has a building stationed on Cape George Road just outside The Village BUT,we have been owners in CG since 2007 iand I have yet to see any activity there. I have heard one of the commissioners talk about this Fire house as if it were a working concern. Not so in my opinion I remember once seeing a lone man standing outside the building. I believe there would be no one to disagree with you that the fire issue should eliminate Cape George from consideration in and of itself. The fire we had a few years ago- near Beckett Point was frightening to everyone here. The story I heard is that residents got our their garden hoses and watered everything they could see while waiting for the Fire Department. I do hope the commissioners check the records the Fire Department has on this fire and any others that may be available. THIS should have been considered on Mr. Brotherton's summary of the places he has checked and discarded for various reasons and CG should NOT have been thought of as having no discernible reason to be eliminated from consideration. I believe whatever has been done so far,AND for some reason not made the public to the community of Port Townsend is reckless, dangerous and unacceptable. I believe that this item has been on the docket since last September, but am not certain of that. It somehow feels like, all of a sudden, there is dire need to push hard and fast to make Brotherton's suggestions into a reality. In my opinion, this is ludicrous as dangerous situations need to take precedence over deadlines. I am glad for the presence of Dean and Eisenhouer as commissioners.They appear to have good heads on their shoulders. I do hope that they will continue to delve into important aspects of this decision. We need protection from poor decisions that have dangerous repercussions for Port Townsend residents. We cannot be pushed at the very last minute into decisions that. could be, at worst, absolutely disastrous. Sherry Hanan, resident of Cape George On Jun 20, 2021, at 1:03 PM,Joan Hommel<ishommel@gmail.com>wrote: I want to thank all the commissioners for the time and attention they are giving to the issue of homelessness in Jefferson County. Whatever our differing opinions on how it is best achieved, I think we all share the goal of providing as safe as possible an environment for the unsheltered, with minimum impact on the rest of the community. I won't reiterate the many thoughtful objections already raised to the proposed new location on Cape George Road, but I do want to emphasize that this location affects more than just a few residents whose 1 ro erties are adjacentto thesite. Th ere p are many new safety and security risks posed by a rural encampment, both to the general population and the homeless themselves. First among these risks is extreme wildfire danger. We are all aware that this may be an exceptionally challenging fire season. The Cape George area is at risk from electrical poles nestled amongst trees, poorly managed logging sites, and outcroppings of scotch broom and other volatile brush along roadsides. Recently, forestry expert Malloree Weinheimer has overseen a"forest thinning" project at the Larry Scott trailhead, quite close to the proposed new encampment site. When I communicated my concern to her about the large quantity of fallen brush and debris near the trailhead, she responded that the fire risk in the area was so extreme that the thinning "had to be done."This project is not yet complete, but Weinheimer said that even after cleanup is done, the fire risk will likely be even higher for"a year or two." I have previously shared this information with Commissioner Brotherton. The level of fire risk in the Cape George area is already unacceptable—and will grow even higher with increased activity, propane tank usage, and possible careless fire behavior, if the new site is approved. The amount of water proposed for the encampment is inadequate for a fire emergency. Let me respectfully submit that aside from all the other valid objections posed, fire danger alone should eliminate the Cape George site from further consideration. Thank you. Joan Soderland Hommel Cape George Colony ishommel@gmail.com 2 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2021 3:06 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Future For The Homeless in Port Townsend From: Lisa Thomas Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2021 3:05:25 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Greg Brotherton; Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour Subject: Future For The Homeless in Port Townsend CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Commissioners, Apparently my earlier email (and any copy I had of it) has vanished into the ether. I will try to succinctly reconstruct here. As a resident of the Lynnesfield neighborhood that abuts the Fairgrounds, I have had the opportunity over the past 18 months to observe up close and learn about the many issues surrounding homelessness. I will admit that I was not unlike most housed residents in Port Townsend -- I had a lot of fears about the impact on the neighborhood, the kind of people who would be in our midst on a daily(and nightly) basis, etc. I had just moved into my house in September of 2019, and I was seriously considering selling my house and leaving Port Townsend as some of my neighbors have done. As a woman who lives alone, I was concerned about my safety. And for the initial year,the adjustment was a difficult one for us and for the campers. I must commend Commissioner Brotherton for being willing to come out here, listen to us and then to start the weekly Stakeholder meetings. I think we all want solutions, and they are not easy to come by. Mr. Brotherton has worked extremely diligently to open pathways for conversations and exchange of ideas.We were successful in mitigating some of the problems we encountered, by talking and by coming to know each other through the meetings. I won't score any points with my neighbors who still adamantly want the encampment gone by telling you that I believe things have improved here. I believe that, through the efforts of the supportive services,there is now a trusted structure at the Fairgrounds that provides them with stability, which, in turn, has improved behavior and cooperation. I think that is incredibly important. Is it perfect? No. But, I strongly believe that dispersing the group at the end of this month will only serve to destabilize the well-being of all of them, cost so much more in terms of emergency services and make a crisis even worse. On their own,they will be in every neighborhood and much worse off. We need to be stronger in the face of the housed population's"not in my neighborhood" opposition, as well as urging the City to create more flexible zoning regulations to allow for a temporary place to relocate the group if they absolutely cannot stay at the Fairgrounds for another month or two until we, as a community, can sort out both temporary and long term,scalable solutions. If we can establish a combination of safe grounds for parking, safe camping sites and supportive housing options in the County and City, we might be able to avert a community disaster. Can we come up with creative ways of achieving this? Thanks very much, 1 Lisa Thomas 3946 Hill Street 2 jeffbocc From: Jennifer Hefty <jenroseland@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday,June 20, 2021 7:47 PM To: Greg Brotherton; Heidi Eisenhour; Kate Dean;jeffbocc; shelter4jc@outlook.com Subject: Proposed encampment at former horse park on Cape George Road CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Commissioners, In light of the informative input from Chief Black and the others at this month's board meetings, I implore you to not put any homeless or homed citizens of Jefferson County in harm's way by moving the homeless camp to the gravel pit. Please consider utilizing the proposed budget to secure an extension at the fairgrounds while completing the purchase and development of a suitable, permanent site. Your financial liability will pale in comparison to the moral and ethical culpability that will haunt you the rest of your lives if ANY person is harmed as a result of this misguided band-aid being applied to the homeless crisis that has befallen Port Townsend. Thank you for your consideration, Jennifer Hefty Loftus Road Resident and Stakeholder i jeffbocc From: Mike Hilt <Hilt@comcast.net> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2021 9:23 PM To: jeffbocc Subject: Fairgrounds encampment CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Commissioners, With only ten days left until the moratorium ends, I hope a temporary site will be close to being ready. I think there will not be a perfect place. It will be important to pick one and go for it. There is no time for further research on a temporary site. You will just have to pick a new site, go for it and take the flack for it afterwards. The Cape George site looked pretty good to me depending on how many folks will reside there. Some of the campers will not be willing to live by rules and will disperse elsewhere. What is the actual projected size of the group that would move to a new location? As Greg said, services will have to be brought in. All the complaining by the Cape George residents about how close it is to homes is silly. Living near the fairgrounds we have experienced what it is like to be near the encampment. Cape George homes are far from the proposed site. The fairgrounds will need help when the moratorium ends and having a place for the campers to go will help in the process before they have to start the eviction process. If there is no place for them to go and the eviction process starts, it is going to be a mess in my opinion and the fairgrounds will have a hard time absorbing those costs. I wish a temporary site had been locked in by now. The moratorium extensions have enabled the powers that be to kick the can down the road and now we are here. I hope you can come together and get this done. 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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 mailchimp 3 jeffbocc From: Susan Short <wecleanup@msn.com> Sent: Monday,June 21, 2021 8:46 AM To: jeffbocc Subject: Proposed Loftus homeless encampment CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Commissioners, We are long residents on Loftus Road. Has anyone asked the homeless persons to be moved from the fairgrounds how they feel about this move or what their concerns are since they are the ones being evicted? We are unhappy at the prospect of these already seriously disadvantaged people being sent to a location that i humanity This move would result in greatlyincreased greatly reduces their already compromised and o danger for them, from the elements affecting their safety and health. Please consider this deeply before you act. Please take a moment to imagine how you might feel in their place. Sincerely, Benny and Susan Short i Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Monday,June 21, 2021 9:39 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: MM EIS Presentation from Timber Counties Caucus Meeting 6/18 Attachments: WSAC_Timber Counties Caucus_20210618.pptx From: Paul Jewell Sent: Monday, June 21, 2021 9:37:17 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Timber Counties Subject: MM EIS Presentation from Timber Counties Caucus Meeting 6/18 CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. 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N N d- Ol OA C Q N OD C \ M C fa Q) •C - \ N J +a a-+ fti• Ol c-I IIMIIIMI U Q v c co v 0 1 N u E U Q Q Q ( ) o J ��_ UQQQ .0 -D C Q a CO N O O N 0 C N ON H f0 1 = 0 %%-1 N N }' U = N N 0 0 0 ^ , co 0 Q c cZ J Lt. N N N r1 � rnoaC•N I IN7 CO ca) oA L.L c CU Q rn o 0 0 . 6 ol 0 0 NI rNi a N . . . U E o u. Fes— can () . . N Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Monday, June 21, 2021 10:08 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Please read... III make it short. From: L K Sent: Monday, June 21, 2021 10:08:12 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Greg Brotherton; Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour Subject: Please read... III make it short. CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. I had to call the police 3 times this weekend because of the yelling and fights going on at the fairgrounds. Check the police logs. Why do I need to be afraid of a bullet coming my way when these people fight? Why Do I need to live in fear of a bullet coming through my office space while doing my work? Why will I get a ticket if I speed or break the law and these folks get away with drug dealing and disturbing the peace on a daily basis? You have no right to judge or dismiss my concerns. You have no idea what is going on here on a daily basis. These are true facts and not imagined ones as presented by the Cape George group. i Very Truly, Lori L.Kraght Cell 360.301.1969 LorikPj ohnlscott.com 2 jeffbocc From: Anne McFarland <outlook_82A038761 D042355@outlook.com> Sent: Monday,June 21, 2021 11:14 AM To: jeffbocc Subject: Loftus Road CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. I am writing you after finding out just recently we could send our thoughts about this homeless encampment. This was startling news about something happening quickly(to us with news just coming out) close to us. My most pressing thought not counting the fire hazard, etc. is how unfair it is to the homeless population. They heed more help than putting them out of sight with no help and many dangers. Not a good idea to use this location. Sincerely, Anne McFarland Sent from Mail for Windows 10 1 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Monday,June 21, 2021 12:12 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Blake Letter to AOC Attachments: Letter to AOC re Blake.pdf From: Lynn Fiorillo-Lowe Sent: Monday, June 21, 2021 12:08:26 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: WSAC_AII Members Cc: WSAC Staff All; WSAC Lobbyists; WSAC County Lobbyists Subject: Blake Letter to AOC CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Good afternoon! Juliana will be discussing this on today's call. OM, Lynn Fiorillo-Lowe I Operations&Support Assistant Washington State Association of Counties Iwsac.org O. 360.753.1886 I D. 360.489.3019 I C. 360.972.0370 lfiorillo-lowe@wsac.org Disclaimer:Documents and correspondence are available under state law. This e-mail may be disclosable to a third-party requestor. 1 I �''illil, I dlllli I'ii � I luolp ' I II ; Ipli,ldl„ � ' iI,•, wsAc N T III, N "'"`': STATE ASSOCIATION ;, deli 9 „ d Tent Ave SE S l z t is WA90501 " il,,l ,Ili!II"I I° i I t7 I.' 060) k. w r sa .or g i !ii11� a ri i June 18, 2021 Ms. Dawn Marie Rubio State Court Administrator Administrative Office of the Courts 1112 Quince St. SE P.O. Box 41160 Olympia, WA 98504-1170 SENT VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL Re: Blake Funds Ms. Rubio: Since February 2021, counties have grappled with how to address the State of Washington's obligation to address the Supreme Court's decision in State v. Blake.The Legislature responded by passing ESB 5476 (2021) as well as providing funding for counties in the operating budget, ESSB 5092 (2021),for resentencing,vacations, and the reimbursement of legal and financial obligations (LFOs). We, along with our county partners including the Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, Washington State Association of County Clerks, and the Washington State Association of County Auditors have concerns regarding how the Administrative Office of the Courts(AOC) plans to use the funds allocated by the Legislature to address Blake. In short,we believe that the funds allocated in the budget provisos should go to the counties, not to AOC or to the Office of Public Defense (OPD), as expressly stated in the appropriations. We believe the appropriations should be used for all defendants impacted by Blake, not just those currently in custody or under supervision at the Department of Corrections (DOC). We believe the appropriations should be applied to offset all county costs associated with Blake, not just those costs that are associated with new employees or equipment, for example.And finally, we believe the appropriations should be equitably distributed across the state based on the proportion of county population as compared to the state population. In Sec. 115(5) of ESB 5092,the Legislature allocated funds in a budget proviso that states in full: "$44,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2022 is provided solely to assist counties with costs of resentencing and vacating the sentences of defendants whose convictions or sentences are affected by the State v. Blake decision. Subject to the availability of amounts provided in this section,the office must provide grants to counties that demonstrate extraordinary judicial, 1 prosecution, or defense expenses for those purposes.The office must establish an application process for county clerks to seek funding and an equitable prioritization process for distributing the funding." (Emphasis added.) Based on the plain reading of this proviso, and what we believe is the clear legislative intent, these funds are to be provided in the form of grants solely to counties to assist with the costs of resentencings and vacations. It has come to our attention that AOC intends to provide portions of the allotted $44.5 million to OPD ($1 million) and to the courts for a scheduling referee (approximately$130,000). If that occurs, the money would be diverted from its stated purpose. As the proviso asserts, this appropriation is to "assist counties with costs of resentencing and vacating" sentences and the associated judicial, prosecution,or defense related expenditures.The OPD was allocated $11 million to assist with public defense costs related to the vacation of sentences, $800,000 of which was earmarked for OPD to provide statewide attorney training,technical assistance, data analysis and reporting, and quality oversight for administering financial assistance for public defense costs. (See Sec. 116 of ESSB 5092 (2021).) If a scheduling referee is desired,then appropriate funding for such a position should be deducted from funding not dedicated to counties,such as the$4.6 million provided to DOC for this very purpose. It is also our understanding that AOC has interpreted "extraordinary judicial, prosecution, or defense expenses"to mean that counties will only be reimbursed for Blake costs that either require additional staff to be hired, or force other cases and work to be postponed because of Blake cases. It is imperative for AOC to let counties know immediately how it will interpret the proviso because counties need to know how to track the information necessary for reimbursement for the work that is already taking place. Additionally, we believe that all Blake work is extraordinary. The very definition of extraordinary is work that is "going beyond what is usual, regular, or customary." Every activity a county performs to implement the fallout of Blake adds to its usual, regular, and customary workload and responsibilities. Had this monumental case not been decided, counties wouldn't have the additional work on behalf of the State associated with these cases, especially at a time during which courts are already significantly backlogged and overburdened due to scheduling restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.There are many counties that cannot afford to hire new employees and are requiring existing employees to take on this extra work without extra pay. Therefore,AOC should interpret the word "extraordinary," consistent with its definition,to mean all costs associated with implementing the systemwide impacts of the Blake decision. Finally, every county should be eligible for reimbursement of Blake costs, despite whether they occurred before or after July 1, 2021.The Legislature's intent was to reimburse counties for these costs since the date the decision was released, not just those costs that are incurred after July 1, 2021. Simply because a county quickly and efficiently addressed its Blake cases does not mean that that county should be penalized for the work it performed expeditiously. By acting prior to July 1, 2021, counties have helped minimize State liability by addressing cases promptly and shortening the amount of time people are held in custody or on community supervision.The proviso does not 2 provide that these funds should only be paid out for services rendered after July 1, 2021.That just happens to be the date on which the money is available to AOC. The proviso also states that AOC"...must establish an application process for county clerks to seek funding and an equitable prioritization process for distributing the funding." We believe that an appropriate way to distribute the funds would be to use the county population as a percentage of the State's overall population.That would be the presumed portion for each county.This will ensure that every county will receive some reimbursement and will avoid a circumstance in which a few counties take the entirety of the proviso funds. In fact, we think it would be best to grant the counties their proportional funds, as is stated in the proviso, and allow them to determine where the funds will go within their system. Counties are currently tracking their expenses for Blake cases.As you know, costs vary greatly by county for the prosecution, defense, and administration of a criminal matter. Unsurprisingly, so do the costs to address Blake. Forcing counties to use a statewide average, rather than their actual costs, is inequitable and we encourage you to use the actual costs incurred. In Sec. 115(6) of ESB 5092, the Legislature provided funding for legal financial obligations (LFOs), which includes: "$23,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2022 is provided solely to establish a legal financial obligation aid pool to assist counties that are obligated to refund legal financial obligations previously paid by defendants whose convictions or sentences were affected by the State v. Blake ruling. County clerks may apply to the administrative office of the courts for a grant from the pool to assist with extraordinary costs of these refunds. State aid payments made to a county from the pool must first be attributed to any legal financial obligations refunded by the county on behalf of the state.The office must establish an application process for county clerks to seek funding and an equitable prioritization process for distributing the funding." It is our understanding that AOC intends to use a 10-year lookback to determine an average cost of the LFOs imposed rather than the actual amounts imposed for each case. Not only is this inequitable because different counties impose different LFOs, it is also an insufficient timeframe as these cases go back to 1971. We all know that the further back we look, the greater the amount of LFOs imposed.Therefore, we believe counties should be reimbursed for the actual LFO amounts collected for the entire time period effected by Blake—1971 to 2021 -rather than an average amount of LFOs over a 10-year period. Finally, it is clear that the entirety of the funding provided in the state budget for Blake is insufficient. If that funding runs out,we request that AOC include additional funding in its budget submission to the Governor and the Legislature to adequately address this matter. Because all drug possession cases were brought in the name of and by the authority of the State of Washington, with counties acting as agents for the State in this process,the unwinding of drug possession convictions remains a State obligation. 3 We all want the same thing—a fully functioning court system. The COVID pandemic has created a massive setback in both the civil and criminal court system.And,the Blake decision has frustrated counties' attempts to reduce court caseloads. While the Legislature's provision of Blake funds gets us one step closer to addressing the court backlog created by this decision, how that money is granted to counties plays a huge role in counties' success in this matter. We look forward to working with you to sort out these details. Sincerely, Is/ Eric Johnson Executive Director Washington State Association of Counties /s/ Russell Brown Executive Director Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys /s/ Timothy W. 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N I VING I 1 ITSAP tI' A ICI 11LICKITA 1LEWIS1rrl c 3 A ?N I � AN aGAN, 1 PAc.t*IL 1 P ND OQ I4 III I IhP1 R 1.gar,,��AN t 4,,i; 1 Si,tAmANAo 1"_a ON113H € b KAN i srE\,Eris 1a to rzs ca i i WA°K1AKLrm) jlvrA�.z,A"'"'L A I VJIrATcc''t'' 1 `a t t 1+At �r 6ir4A � 11i1'i ' iili" :',,,1iihul` .iylllllill�io•!I��'�I ,: �ii',, q �liii� i,il ., Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Monday,June 21, 2021 12:36 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW:Join Treasury This Week for a Briefing on Reporting Requirement Guidance for Fiscal Recovery Fund From: NACo Sent: Monday, June 21, 2021 12:35:41 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Join Treasury This Week for a Briefing on Reporting Requirement Guidance for Fiscal Recovery Fund CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Having trouble viewing this email? Click Here NATIONAL ?COUNT+IT NACCI E Y dTs � o MI* .aatk.:- = = ° :•:s.a?''' :::.... gyp° .... .�a TREASURY RELEASES GUIDANCE FOR FISCAL RECOVERY FUND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 1 JOIN TREASURY FOR A BRIEFING ON THE NEW GUIDANCE THIS WEEK Last week, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released the Compliance and Reporting Guidance (Reporting Guidance) for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (Recovery Fund) authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act. The guidance provides additional detail and clarification for counties' compliance and reporting responsibilities under the Recovery Fund. UPDATE: Treasury will not be hosting a briefing on Tuesday, June 22 at 3 p.m. EDT. However, Treasury will be hosting the following briefings for counties about the new reporting requirements: Counties with a population over 250,000 residents: • Thursday, June 24 at 1:30 p.m. EDT I Register Counties with a population below 250,000 residents that received more than $5 million in State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (Recovery Fund)funding: • Thursday, June 24 at 12 p.m. EDT I Register • Friday, June 25 at 1:30 p.m. EDT I Register Counties with a population below 250,000 residents that received less than $5 million in Recovery Funds: • Tuesday,June 22 at 11:30 a.m. EDT I Register • Wednesday, June 23 at 1:30 p.m. EDT I Register Please note that these briefings are being hosted directly by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Since the American Rescue Plan Act was signed into law, NACo has supported the U.S. Treasury's efforts to successfully implement the Recovery Fund. Included in the guidance are additional details and clarification for each recipient's compliance and reporting responsibilities, instructions on submitting reports, a report template and other guidance advocated for by counties. 2 How Can We Help? Share Your Stogy Ciick here to ask a question,and NACo staff How is your county responding to the will respond via email, Please also explore our coronawirus pandemic and driving the curated resources, including guidance, FAQs recovery in your community.Click here to and more at NACo.or /coronavirus. share how your county is using federal relief funs with NACo, ASK A QUESTION SHARE YOUR STORY EXPLORE COVID-19 RECOVERY RESOURCES Explore key recovery resources below, and visit the NACo COVID-19 Recovery Clearinghouse to stay up-to-date on recovery news and resources from NACo. " Watch: Understand U.S. Treasury's Interim Final Rule on the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund in less than five minutes Watch our five-minute overview of the key provisions in the U.S.Treasury's r Interim Final Rule and how these provisions may impact county governments. WATCH NOW I ACCESS FULL NACo ANALYSIS 0 0 Understanding the Fiscal Recovery Fund: How counties "'� w 1 w , should calculate revenue loss Counties may use Fiscal Recovery Funds to replace lost revenue and use these funds outside of explicit eligible uses of recovery funds under the interim rule. NACo has developed a new resource page that contains important information counties should use when calculating revenue loss. Included on this resource page is a new calculator tool developed by the Government Finance Officers Association,a valued NACo partner,that helps counties easily calculate revenue loss. LEARN MORE CP/ 0 American Rescue Plan Funding Breakdown NACo's interactive tool helps you navigate the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Programs that may provide counties with additional funding are denoted as "county eligible."This information will be updated as federal guidance for the new and existing programs is released. ACCESS THE TOOL I WATCH THE WEBINAR ON USING THE TOOL 0 41:0 Register Now for the 2021 NACo Annual Conference dye �rti roiµ , d JULY 9-12 I IN-PERSON&VIRTUAL I PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD Join county elected and appointed officials from across the country in Prince George's County, Md. or online for the NACo 2021 Annual Conference& Exposition. AN" N C"9 1 During the conference,we will explore how counties are driving COVID-19 . y „ � ' recovery in our communities, along with many topics to foster healthy,vibrant and safe communities. LEARN MORE®ISTER I VIEW FULL SCHEDULE 0 0 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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION erCOUNTIES 660 North Capitol Street,NW,Suite 400 Washington,D.C.20001 f in + 4 Did someone forward you this email?Sign up to stay up-to-date on topics affecting America's counties! Click here to unsubscribe. 5 jeffbocc From: Barbara Morey <bemorey@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2021 12:49 PM To: jeffbocc Cc: Liz Coker Subject: Extend the Eviction Moratorium to Sept 30 CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Commissioners, Seattle has extended the eviction moratorium until September 30. I believe we should seriously consider doing the same for Jefferson County for several reasons: 1) Extending the moratorium would allow the county and housing agencies time to obtain, establish, and organize efficient and effective resources to address the claims of both landlords and tenants under the new regulations. 2) It would allow time for the estimated 400 families who face eviction from their homes to consult with legal advocates about their rights, responsibilities and options when the moratorium ends. 3) An extension of the moratorium would give landlords an opportunity to identify their legal options and best course of action. Hopefully, the landlords will be able to avoid costly and time consuming evictions, obtain financial restitution for lost income, and avoid the costs and tensions of evicting tenants. 4) An extension of the moratorium will allow tenants to access legal information about their rights, responsibilities, and financial obligations. As people get back to work, they will be able to identify legal and financial resources to get back on their feet and once more function as they could before this pandemic hit. As you know, we already had a crisis in the lack of affordable workforce housing before the pandemic. We would only make it worse by adding an estimated 400 evictions of previously housed families and workers. 5) There will be no county fair this year. Extending the moratorium would give us time to actually create a workable alternative for the people who are camping at the fairgrounds campground--and potentially reimburse costs to the FG management for allowing them to stay. I would propose that funding be made available to repair the showers and waterlines, and that if campers stay, the ancillary bathrooms and showers and showers be made accessible while the campground facilities are repaired. 6) Extending the moratorium would also give housing agencies and campers an opportunity to develop a plan for a self-governing supported encampment--as opposed to a restrictive "extended shelter" with its imposed regulations--at whatever location is chosen when the individual campers move from the fairgrounds as has occurred in Olympia, Bellingham, Portland and Eugene OR, Austin Texas, and Madison WI. The campers are individual adults who have chosen not to participate in the shelter for a variety of reasons. Some have dogs or are couples who don't want to be separated. A few have children. But i they all deserve to be treated with the dignity and respect that this kind of self-governing status affords. 7) Finally, it is within YOUR power to extend the eviction moratorium until Sept 30. That would give Jefferson County the time, structure, and access to resources to help us all--tenants, landlords, and the homeless population-- to work together to recover both financially and as a community from the impact of this once in a generation social crisis. It takes the whole village, Barbara Morey, Housing Advocate Port Townsend 206 326-9022 Nevertheless, she persisted... 2 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Monday, June 21, 2021 1:23 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: 1172 Cape George Rd From:Wayne Parker Sent: Monday,June 21, 2021 1:22:25 AM (UTC-o8:oo)Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject:117z Cape George Rd CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. 6/21/2021 Dear Commissioner Dean I first off,would like to thank you for your previous response to my concerns. I have been paying close attention to the past couple weeks of meetings,the Commissioners and other County agencies. I have to applaud you for your concerns on specifics,your hesitation,for us your constituents,to vote on something you were not given the total picture on, as well as basic facts.This brings me comfort in knowing,why you were elected by the people,Thank You. I hope this will be the final note on my concerns regarding the proposed site to move the homeless encampment to 1172 Cape George Rd. Being in very close proximity to this area, I live the end house down on Loftus Rd, I know what is out here, and that is a bunch of of nothing, I have heard you stress the same,The health and safety concerns of the already disadvantaged, is disheartening,to say the least,the Pit,that you have slated for this, is blazing hot in the summer and we know how it is, walking our dogs,some ride horses on these trails that this Pit spearheads,such a small place to have people living on top of each other in that condition. Fires are a very major concern for us as, it should be for them that form this camp also. No fire hydrants, as you already know, no way to control a disaster that could happen,The need for the Fire District to protect us and them is minimal at most,even with some of the best fire fighters that we have.Access in and out is not there for them, not for the type of equipment needed if something got out of control. A 5o MPH limit on Cape George Rd.and the curve before the entrance to the proposed camp in that area will be a disaster waiting to happen, as us,who pull out of Loftus Rd know to well, barely room to walk with all the plants and trees on the roadway sides,the danger and tragedy that is bound to happen to the people who need to walk this to get to services, not including us who have to navigate this road and could well have our lives turned upside down hitting one of these people who may wander into the road. My last concern is the properties and business that are in the immediate area, and the liability the County will hold if these are damaged, or disrupted in anyway, Could the County afford a hit like this and still stay concentrated on funding a long term solution? I will be present at the next meeting and looking to get some answers to these concerns. I have really had the experience of connecting with my immediate neighbors, and surrounding ones and we have become a voice i hope is considered. Wishing you the best today. - i Sincerely Wayne F Parker 2 Anthony F. De Leo 251 McMinn Road RECEIVED Port Townsend WA 98368 Jefferson County Board of Commissioners JUN 212021 P 0 Box 1220 JEFFERSON COUNTY Port Townsend WA 98368 COMMISSIONERS June 17, 2021 RE: Proposed Cape George Homeless Encampment Honorable Commissioners, Having served as an elected Hospital Commissioner,Jefferson County Public Hospital District No 2, for over 44 years, I feel that I can speak to the operation of an elected board and conduct of elected officials. During my time serving on the Hospital Commission, there were some rules that we lived by as a board and as individuals. First, that no single commissioner could speak for, or make commitments on behalf of the board, that only the board chair could speak for the board and then only to convey positions and policies officially approved by the board. One of the other standards was that no commissioner would be allowed to defame otherwise attack a fellow commissioner, The following comments that I make here are based on the June 17 article in The Leader. First, I would like to commend Commissioners Dean and Eisenhour for applying the concept of due diligence on this issue. Requiring a detailed and accurate proposal, including financial, public safety, public health, environmental and long-range impacts, is what I would expect of those elected to represent me and manage the public resources. Commissioner Brotherton's promises to "stakeholders" without board action or knowledge is unacceptable. Expecting other agencies, such as Jefferson Transit, to provide resources and uncompensated services without their approval is another example of how not to govern. RE his comment "To go back on my word is unconscionable to me", it is his actions and lack of respect for his fellow commissioner that are unconscionable to me and those he represents. Yes, the homeless issue within Eastern Jefferson County, as well as housing for low-income working families, needs to be addressed, not by a "leap of faith" but through responsible and effective governance. Respectfully, Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Monday, June 21, 2021 3:41 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Coronavirus Pandemic Resources for Counties—June 21, 2021 From: NACo Sent: Monday, June 21, 2021 3:40:42 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Coronavirus Pandemic Resources for Counties—June 21, 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 CORONAVIRU (C VID_1.9) RESOURCES FOR COUNTIES NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES I NACo.org/coronavirus JUNE 21, 2021 i a. t t' as a ry:t � a •v a< :v.a. ::�e. to .. ..... .w!•:..., t .. .. .'•'•�' :.a\,''�., �^ ,.....'.•u. ,, x.. �,.\� .. .,•: .. ., nw\ .�. .x... xt...: ...,.. .avV':��, tkn..a,:\:u'i „ \w..:.. ., ......� .. .va:. ...,,Y.; ..,.y�,,v.ar.:.:.. ..'>l�:.u`:..>'.:"., �;�,��<, .�.�ua �•wa'i"' .. '.>.:.'a� v,::`.�' ':waV.. •w i:.`. '.�wv..:\ v •.,.,Yvw':'„w•�°.� 1�.,. :t.�� v�,', .•� ... „'..... v :.:`..,,. .>. :a:\e"•.. <'a .fie `v \".. iy `\::`P ,,y,,.i' s .....rx'„ „. ,v.. „ ,>w•.. •d .. � ..,,., .. �^'•i,•:°r'„�•.c\�`Y�a 'a „ aty „ '' ,v:. ::., .,w � ... b.. .. ..3-•.a\`• .x:v...: s�:.e,�.... `. 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EDT Meetup: American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) l Housing& Homelessness FRIDAY,JULY 9 I 5:30 P.M.—6:10 P.M. EDT*IN—PERSON ONLY Coal Brew: A Coal-Reliant County Meetup & Coffee Hour SATURDAY,JULY 10 I 8:30 A.M.TO 9:15 A.M. EDT*IN—PERSON ONLY Meetup: American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) I Economic Recovery& Intergovernmental Partnerships SATURDAY,JULY 10 I 8:30 A.M. TO 9:15 A.M. EDT*IN—PERSON ONLY Meetup: American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) I Small Business Assistance SATURDAY,JULY 10 I 8:30 A.M.TO 9:15 A.M. EDT*IN—PERSON ONLY 2 International Trade in a Post-Pandemic World SATURDAY,JULY 10 I 2:15 P.M.—3:30 P.M. EDT Trends in Property Assessments and Their Financial Impacts: Commercial Assessments and the Post-COVID Housing Market SUNDAY,JULY 11 I 3:45 P.M.—5:00 P.M. EDT County Tools, Challenges&Solutions in Expanding Broadband Access SUNDAY,JULY 11 I 5:15 P.M.—6:00 P.M. EDT Treasury Update on State & Local Recovery Funds MONDAY,JULY 12 19:30 A.M.—11:00 A.M. EDT * Due to evolving public health circumstances, the conference schedule is tentative and subject to change based on expected conference attendance, capacity considerations and public health protocols. LEARN MORE®ISTER I EXPLORE THE FULL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE CIO Q Join Treasury for a briefing on new guidance for Fiscal Recovery Fund reporting requirements Last week,the U.S. Department of the Treasury released the Compliance and Reporting Guidance(Reporting Guidance)for the Coronavirus State and Local bpi Fiscal Recovery Funds(Recovery Fund)authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act.Theguidance provides additional detail and clarification for counties' compliance and reporting responsibilities under the Recovery Fund. Treasury will host the following briefings for counties about the new reporting requirements: Counties with a population over 250,000 residents: • Thursday,June 24 at 1:30 p.m. EDT I Register Counties with a population below 250,000 residents that received more than $5 million in Recovery Funds: • Thursday,June 24 at 12 p.m. EDT I Register • Friday,June 25 at 1:30 p.m. EDT I Register Counties with a population below 250,000 residents that received less than $5 million in Recovery Funds: • Tuesday,June 22 at 11:30 a.m. EDT I Register • Wednesday,June 23 at 1:30 p.m. EDT I Register 3 Please note that these briefings are being hosted directly by the U.S.Department of the Treasury. ....................................... iiii . i 4 : : Understanding Eligible Uses of the Fiscal Recovery Fund: Public Health Response TUESDAY,JUNE 29 12 P.M. EDT m As counties determine how to invest ARP State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, NACo is hosting a series of information sessions digging into the eligible a r 1 uses outlined in Treasury's Interim Final Rule for the program.This session will a. focus on how counties can invest Recovery Funds to address a broad range of public health needs across COVID-19 mitigation, medical expenses, behavioral health and public health resources. REGISTER 1130 0 _ ... How Can We Help? Share Your Story Click here to ask a question,and NACo staff How is your cOunty responding to the will respond via email. Please also explore our coronavirus pandemic and driving the curated resources, including uidance, EAR recovery in your community.Click here to and more at WAo.or ' rinnavirus, i share how your county is using federal relief funds with NA , ASK A QUESTION SHARE YOUR STORY EXPLORE COVID-19 RECOVERY RESOURCES Explore our latest recovery resources below, and visit the NACo COVID-19 Recovery Clearinghouse to stay up-to- date on recovery news and resources from NACo. Understanding the Fiscal Recovery Fund: How counties should calculate revenue loss Aiktn Counties may use Fiscal Recovery to replace lost revenue use funds outside of explicit eligible uses ofFunds Recovery Funds under the interimand these rule. NACo has developed a new resource page that contains important information ,iiivio-ii. counties should use when calculating revenue loss. R Included on this resource page is a calculator tool developed bythe nw ti . » p g p Government Finance Officers Association, a valued NACo partner,that helps counties easily calculate revenue loss. 4 LEARN MORE4r1)1 Watch: Understand U.S. Treasury's Interim Final Rule on the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund in less than five minutes Watch our five-minute overview of the key provisions in the U.S.Treasury's Interim Final Rule and how these provisions may impact county governments. WATCH NOW I ACCESS FULL NACo ANALYSIS C)�nx Use the Power of the Media to Amplify Your COVID-19Recovery Efforts Utilize NACo's customizable press release template and highlight how your , ., county will invest federal funds to drive recovery in your community. NACo COMMUNICATIONS TOOLKIT 4110 IC) 111111.11111111111.21111111111111111111111111 American Rescue Plan Funding Breakdown sAri NACo's interactive tool helps you navigate the American Rescue Plan Act of KLI 2021. 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Click here to unsubscribe. 6 w,�4SON CoG� w Rose Ann Carroll JEFFERSON COUNTY AUDITOR Brenda Huntingford—Chief Deputy ,;"„�. -''-+ PO Box 563,Port Townsend WA 98368 (360)385-9118 9S41146S (360)385-9358 bhuntingrl`t nsfl carrollra@co.iefferson.wa.us (� JUN 2 3 2021 JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS , , 4. - L,:; t .,„4 II To: James Kennedy, Prosecuting Attorney, Coroner From: Jessie Graves Date: June 23, 2021 Subj: Summons & Complaint Michael Shields & Cynthia Shields, Plaintiffs Vs. JEFFERSON COUNTY, Washington, Defendant The attached was received byhand in our office today. Y CC: BOCC Auditor Accounting Elections Licensing Recording FAX 385-9121 385-9117 385-9115 385-9116 385-9228 • 003161`:0 "I‘ t"-* r"'" 411 1: .�, 1 18 PH 2 IN SL;fR;); CC.'UI;rs 1 rFERSoN COUNTY CLERK 3 4 5 6 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY MICHAEL SHIELDS and CYNTHIA 8 SHIELDS,a married couple, Case No.: 9 Plaintiffs, � � � � _ ® ® � SUMMONS v. 10 JEFFERSON COUNTY,a political 11 subdivision of the State of Washington;and UNKNOWN PERSONS OR PARTIES 12 CLAIMING ANY RIGHT,TITLE, ESTATE,LIEN OR INTEREST IN THE 13 REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN DERIVED THROUGH JEFFERSON 14 COUNTY, 15 Defendants. 16 TO: JEFFERSON COUNTY 17 A lawsuit has been started against you in the above-entitled court by plaintiffs Michael and 18 Cynthia Shields. Plaintiffs'claims are stated in the written complaint,a copy of which is served 19 upon you with this summons. 20 In order to defend against this lawsuit,you must respond to the complaint by stating your 21 defense in writing,and by serving a copy upon the persons signing this summons within 20 days 22 after the service of this summons,excluding the day of service(or within 60 days after service of 23 SUMMONS KOSTELEC LAW OFFICE Page 1 ofl 211 Taylor St,Suite 403E P.O.Box 866 Port Townsend,WA 98368 360-379-6453(TEL) 1-866-677-0468(FAX) colette@kortekc-taw.com I0 • l this summons,excluding the day of service,if served outside the State of Washington),or a 2 default judgment may be entered against you without notice. A default judgment is one where 3 plaintiffs are entitled to what they ask for because you have not responded. If you serve a notice 4 of appearance on the undersigned person,you are entitled to notice before a default judgment 5 may be entered. 6 You may demand that the plaintiffs file this lawsuit with the court. If you do so,the 7 demand must be in writing and must be served upon the persons signing this summons. Within 8 14 days after you serve the demand,the plaintiffs must file this lawsuit with the court,or the 9 service on you of this summons and complaint will be void. 10 If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in this matter,you should do so promptly,so 11 that your written response,if any,may be served on time. 12 This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4 of the Superior Court Civil Rules of the State 13 of Washington. 14 DATED this lb day of June,2021. KOSTELEC LAW OFFICE 15 By 16 Colette M.Kostelec,WSBA#37151 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 17 211 Taylor St.,Suite 403B P.O.Box 866 18 Port Townsend,WA 98368 (360)379-6453 19 colette@.kostelec-1aw.com 20 21 22 23 SUMMONS KOSTELEC LAW OFFICE Page 2 Of 2 211 Taylor St.,Suite 403B P.O.Box 866 Port Townsend,WA 98368 360-379.6453(TEL) 1-866-677-0468(FAX) colette@kostelecdaw.com • ,otpotl Vs,02-1ie- , 000-I tVALi-"D 1 � 1)3 09 2 11-4o:iY CE:Ettt� 3 4 5 6 7 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY 8 MICHAEL SHIELDS and CYNTHIA SHIELDS,a married couple, Case No.: 2 1 - 2 .. 0 0 0 8 5 1 6 9 Plaintiffs, 10 COMPLAINT TO QUIET TITLE v. 11 JEFFERSON COUNTY,a political subdivision of the State of Washington;and 12 UNKNOWN PERSONS OR PARTIES CLAIMING ANY RIGHT,TITLE, 13 ESTATE,LIEN OR INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN 14 DERIVED THROUGH JEFFERSON COUNTY, 15 Defendants. 16 I. Parties 17 18 1. Plaintiffs Michael Shields and Cynthia Shields,a married couple,are owners of 19 real property legally described as: That portion of Block 80 of Captain Tibbals Lake Park,as per plat recorded in 20 Volume 2 of Plats,page 3,records of Jefferson County,Washington lying 21 Easterly of Cook Avenue Extension; 22 23 COMPLAINT TO QUIET TITLE-1 KOSTELEC LAW OFFICE 211 Taylor St,Suite 403B P.O.Box 866 24 Port Townsend,WA 98368 360-379-6453(TEL) 1-866-677-0468(FAX) colctoe®kostelec-Iaw.com I 1 TOGETHER WITH that portion of George Street adjoining or abutting thereon, which upon vacation,attached to said premises by operation of law. Resolution 2 recorded under File No.429823. 3 Situate in the County of Jefferson,State of Washington. 4 Aka Jefferson County Assessor Parcel Number 999-008-002. 5 2. Defendant Jefferson County is a county located within,and a political subdivision 6 of,the State of Washington. 7 3. Additional defendants are persons or parties who claim any right,title,estate,lien 8 or interest in the real property described herein which claims are derived through Jefferson 9 County. 10 II. Jurisdiction and Venue 11 4. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction under RCW 7.28.010. 12 5. Venue is proper in this Court under RCW 4.12.010. 13 III. Facts 14 6. The Supplementary Plat of Captain Tibbals Lake Park(which plat is hereafter 15 referred to as"Captain Tibbals Lake Park")was filed for record on April 17, I889. A copy of 16 the plat is attached as Exhibit A and incorporated by reference. 17 7. Captain Tibbals Lake Park contains avenues,streets and alleys which were 18 dedicated for public use. 19 8. Plaintiffs seek recognition of the statutory vacation of the 60-foot wide right-of- 20 way dedicated as"Maple Street"abutting Blocks 80 and 81,plus the 16-foot wide alley in Block 21 80 east of Cook Avenue Extension,all in Captain Tibbals Lake Park(hereinafter"the Subject 22 23 COMPLAINT TO QUIET TITLE-2 KOSTELEC LAW OFFICE 211 Taylor St.,Suite 403E P.O.Box 866 24 Port Townsend,WA 98368 360-379-6453(TEL) 1-866-677-0468(FAX) cokue@koatelec-law.com . . 1 Property")and to quiet title in plaintiffs to the alley in Block 80 and the western half of the 2 Maple Street right-of-way abutting Block 80. A copy of the Assessor's Map showing the 3 Subject Property is attached as Exhibit B and incorporated by reference. 4 9. To the best of plaintiffs'knowledge,the platted rights-of-way comprising the 5 Subject Property were neither opened nor used by the public within five(5)years from the date 6 of filing of the plat. In 1889,the Subject Property was,and still is today,outside of the 7 incorporated limits of the City of Port Townsend. 8 IV. Cause of Action—Ouiet Title 9 10. Plaintiffs incorporate paragraphs 1-9 herein. 10 11. In 1890,the Washington legislature passed the"nonuser"statute which provided: 11 Any county road,or part thereof,which has heretofore been or may hereafter be authorized,which remains unopened for public use for the space of five years 12 after the order is made or authority granted for opening the same,shall be and the same is hereby vacated,and the authority for building the same barred by lapse of 13 time. 14 Laws of 1889-90,ch. 19, §32. 15 12. The non-user statute was amended in 1909 to exclude roads dedicated by plat. 16 Laws of 1909,ch.90,§ 1,now codified at RCW 36.87.090. The Washington Supreme Court ha• 17 held that the 1909 amendment would not be applied retroactively to prevent the vacation of 18 rights-of-way dedicated in plats filed prior to 1909. Howell v.King County, 16 Wn.2d 557,559, 19. 134 P.2d 80(1943);Tomblin v. Crowley,99 Wash. 133, 138, 168 Pac.982(1917). 20 13. The rights-of-way comprising the Subject Property are classified as Class C 21 County roads under Jefferson County Code: 22 23 COMPLAINT TO QUIET TITLE-3 KOSTELEC LAW OFFICE 211 Taylor St,Suite 403B P.O.Box 866 24 Port Townsend,WA 98368 360-379-6453(TEL) 1-866.677-0468(FAX) colette@lcosteleo-law.com • i 1 "County roads"means a public right-of-way,which lies outside the limits of any incorporated city,and that has been dedicated to,deeded to,established by usage, 2 maintained,or otherwise established by the county.Such county roads shall be classified as follows: 3 ... (c)Class C.Roads dedicated on a plat that was filed before March 12, 1904, 4 which remained unopened for public use for a period of five years after authority was granted for opening them. 5 JCC§12.10.020. 6 14. Jefferson County does not have an administrative or legislative process for 7 recognition of Class C road vacations under the non-user statute. 8 In accordance with Section 32,Ch. 19,P.603,Laws of 1889-1890,roads 9 classified as Class C roads in this chapter are roads where any public interest in that road was extinguished(or"vacated")automatically by operation of law 10 because they remained unopened for five years after authority was granted for opening them.As such,Jefferson County does not offer any procedure,formal or 11 informal,that would recognize or formalize this automatic extinguishment of the public's interest in a Class C road. 12 JCC§12.10.100. 13 15. The Subject Property was vacated by operation of law in April 1894 and therefore 14 Jefferson County and the public were divested of their interests before the 1909 amendment 15 (codified in RCW 36.87.090)became effective.Jefferson County and the public have lost the 16 right to use the Subject Property. 17 16. Plaintiffs seek to an Order and Judgment confirming the statutory vacation of the 18 Subject Property under the non-user statute and to quiet title in Plaintiffs as to the western half of 19 vacated Maple Street and the entire alley within Block 80. 20 // 21 // 22 23 COMPLAINT TO QUIET TITLE-4 KOSTELEC LAW OFFICE 211 Taylor St..Suite 403E P.O.Box 866 24 Port Townsend,WA 98368 360-379.6453(TEL) 1-866-677-0468(FAX) ooleno@kostetec-law.com I • 1 V. PRAYER FOR RELIEF 2 WHEREFORE,plaintiffs,having asserted claims for relief,now request that the Court 3 enter findings,conclusions and judgment as follows: 4 (a)that the Subject Property was vacated pursuant to the 1890 non-user statute as a result 5 of Jefferson County's failure to open the rights-of-way for public use within the time required by 6 that statute; 7 (b)that the rights of Jefferson County and the rights of the public derived from Jefferson 8 County to the Subject Property are thereby lost; 9 (c)quieting title in Michael and Cynthia Shields to the west half of the vacated Maple 10 Street right-of-way abutting Block 80 of the Captain Tibbals Lake Park plat and to the entire 11 alley within Block 80 east of Cook Avenue Extension;and 12 (d)that any rights,including easement rights,held by any party or entity other than 13 Jefferson County or the public claiming rights which are derived through Jefferson County are 14 unaffected by this action. 15 DATED this in day of w�•�— ,2021. 16 KOSTELEC LAW OFFICE 17 By J 18 Colette M.Kostelec,WSBA#37151 Attorney for Plaintiffs 19 20 21 22 23 COMPLAINT TO QUIET TITLE-5 KOSTELEC LAW OFFICE 211 Taylor St,Suite 40313 24 P.O.Box 866 Rost Townsend,WA 98368 360-379-6453(TEL) 1-866-677-0468(FAX) coleuc@kostelec-law com 0 I is . . 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All, As you are looking for a site for a homeless transient camp I would like to suggest some of the property that the City of PT owns next to the Kai Tah Lagoon. It is close to transit, grocery, restaurants, police and it is served by sewer and water. A bank of showers and toilets could be built there. Just another option to consider. Sincerely, Craig Durgan 1 jeffbocc From: Craig Durgan <durgan@olympus.net> Sent: Monday,June 21, 2021 4:54 PM To: jeffbocc Subject: Homeless venue CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. All, As you are looking for a site for a homeless transient camp I would like to suggest some of the property that the City of PT owns next to the Kai Tah Lagoon. It is close to transit, grocery, restaurants, police and it is served by sewer and water. A bank of showers and toilets could be built there. Just another option to consider. Sincerely, Craig Durgan i jeffbocc From: Tom Thiersch <tprosys@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 4:34 PM To: news@ptleader.com; news@peninsuladailynews.com Cc: jeffbocc; citycouncil@cityofpt.us; Mark McCauley;John Mauro; 'Eron Berg' Subject: FW: Port Townsend/Coupeville Service Update CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. FYI "we [WSF] do not have the capacity to add a second vessel to the Port Townsend/Coupeville route for the foreseeable future. " Torn Thiersch Chair, Jefferson County Ferry Advisory Committee (FAC), Port Townsend terminal tprosys(a�gmail.com 5-,A SAVE PAPER - Please do not print this email unless absolutely necessary. From:Vezina,John <VezinaJ@wsdot.wa.gov> Sent:Tuesday,June 22, 2021 4:28 PM Subject: Port Townsend/Coupeville Service Update Port Townsend, Coupeville, and Clinton FAC members, Good afternoon. As you know, due to a lack of vessel and crewing availability, the Port Townsend/Coupeville route is currently on one-boat service, and several other routes are downsized by capacity, with smaller boats than would normally be assigned in summer. The impact of losing the Wenatchee, one of our three largest vessels, for several months due to a fire, has rippled across the system, but our biggest current constraint is crewing. Over the last couple of days, we have had to cancel sailings on several routes due to the lack of available crewing, leading us to the frustrating conclusion we do not have the capacity to add a second vessel to the Port Townsend/Coupeville route for the foreseeable future. While we won't experience this continued service reduction in the same way you and your constituents will, we understand its serious repercussions on businesses, vacationers, and local residents. We have looked at every option, but as we aren't able to consistently provide even our current service, it would be irresponsible to try to expand it further, knowing we couldn't reliably crew the second vessel, leading to even more frustration. As we continually monitor the health of our four metrics of service (ridership, crewing, vessels, and funding) to find a path to return to full service, we are also analyzing the feasibility of restoring the last round-trip sailings suspended on this route since COVID disrupted service. I will keep you informed of our progress and let you know if there are any changes in circumstances allowing the last round-trips to be restored. I understand this isn't the news you, or the residents of your respective communities were looking for—it's certainly not what we'd planned when we pushed the resumption of two-boat service to this weekend. I'm working on a briefing paper explaining our two current constraints, which, while it may be cold comfort, will give detailed reasoning of why we're where we are. I'll get that to you as soon as it has been fully reviewed. i As always, I'm available to discuss this decision, which was made this morning by the WSF executive team after reviewing our current situation and options. John John B. Vezina Government Relations Director Washington State Ferries Cell - 206.473.9945 Pronouns: He/Him/His 2 jeffbocc From: Tom Thiersch <tprosys@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday,June 23, 2021 8:51 AM To: news@ptleader.com; news@peninsuladailynews.com Cc: jeffbocc; citycouncil@cityofpt.us; Mark McCauley;John Mauro; 'Eron Berg' Subject: FW:WSF Service Constraints Briefing Paper Attachments: WSFServicelmpacts Briefing Paper_062221.pdf CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. FYI. All of the decisions regarding changes in service levels were made by Washington State Ferries, without public process and without consultation with the Ferry Advisory Committees. Tom Thiersch Chair, Jefferson County Ferry Advisory Committee (FAC), Port Townsend terminal tprosysCa�gmail.com A SAVE PAPER - Please do not print this email unless absolutely necessary. From:Vezina,John<VezinaJ@wsdot.wa.gov> Sent: Wednesday,June 23, 2021 7:55 AM Subject:WSF Service Constraints Briefing Paper Ferry Advisory Committee Members, Good morning. As you may have seen in the media, heard from neighbors, or experienced yourself, we have had to cancel several sailings over the last couple of weeks due to two constraints—vessel and crewing availability. This was highlighted yesterday when we had to make the difficult decision not to add a second vessel to the Port Townsend/Coupeville route this weekend, as we'd planned, due to a lack of available crewing. Knowing we can't consistently crew our current schedule, augmenting service would simply have led to additional cancelled sailings across the system, which would have been indefensible when we knew that impact in advance. We understand our passengers' frustrations with current service and a lack of understanding on our two constraints. To help with the latter, attached is a detailed briefing paper explaining current vessel and crewing challenges. We are working with our labor partners and crews to reinforce the importance of being able to fully staff our sailings and with our Human Resources and Training Departments to hire and train new employees. Like most of the country,there are lingering COVID impacts on our service—impacts we're working diligently to address. Best, John John B. Vezina Government Relations Director 1 Washington State Ferries Cell - 206.473.9945 Pronouns: He/Him/His 2 Amik„ WIWSDOT Washdngron State Ferries Washington State Ferries: Summer 2021 Vessel Availability and Crewing Challenges June 2021 Overview Severely limited vessel availability and a lack of trained staff has led to extraordinary service challenges at Washington State Ferries for summer 2021. In particular, the short-term restoration of pre-pandemic service levels has been problematic. While COVID-related restrictions have begun to ease and vehicle ridership levels have returned to nearly pre- pandemic levels, there are still limits on WSF's ability to provide full, reliable service. For our passengers, this can mean delays, alerts warning of long wait times, cancelled sailings, and traffic backups in ferry-served communities. Everyone at WSF is committed to safe and efficient service, and the restoration of service as the state emerges from COVID-19, but two substantial challenges remain —vessel availability and crewing. Vessel Availability The root of some of the recent service challenges is a shortage of vessels. In a typical year, WSF is Historic funding gap and pause in vessel construction legislatively directed to operate a sailing schedule that requires 19 vessels in summer months. This After the passage of 1-695 in 1999, year, with the Anacortes/Sidney BC route WSF lost approximately 25% of its suspended due to the border closure, 18 vessels operating budget subsidy and 75% are needed to operate the 2021 Peak Schedule. of its dedicated capital subsidy. In Maintaining this level of service is increasingly response to the revenue loss, challenging, as the fleet inventory is at an all-time WSF reduced service on several low, and we must allocate sufficient vessel time for routes, raised fares by 95%, and U.S. Coast Guard mandated inspections, routine reduced administrative and capital maintenance, and vital preservation. costs by approximately $36 million a year. Even with those While WSF briefly experienced a 24-vessel fleet reductions, to maintain the current with the delivery of the Olympic Class vessels, schedule, the legislature has there are now 21 vessels due to retirement of the transferred approximately $1.2 oldest ferries. With recent legislatively-mandated billion from other transportation vessel retirements, WSF is left without a service accounts and continues to do so to relief vessel to maintain service during unplanned fund WSF's operating and capital repairs. The funding of the first Hybrid Electric activities. As a result, no new Olympic Class ferry is a start, but to keep pace with vessels were built between 2000- vessel aging WSF needs a continuous vessel build 2010. plan to add 16 vessels in the next 19 years. The 2040 Long Range Plan calls for 26 vessels to support the current level of funded service. 2040 Iatitt#4101.an Tlltikurn ^l - . ammtrwommow•uwsilim r r§ lkow Hyak" Kaleetan 010,444 -Yakima II WSF's current �lmilmmul E ., plans assume kiwha arwnwonollommum - 4 ferry vessels will Spokane last for 60 years. mienummiia w ua ° �� Between now and Walla Walla :, 2040.13 vessels l ssayuah will be at or near wiielii w��w Kittitas - - the end of their Kitsap planned liFespan, awwrr®er Cathiamet w Chelan miiiiiiimamemmostsimmoimmesmossooma Sealth Tacoma iiimmillimixamommemtgeriatoM Wenatchee Puyallup Chetze moka '.. Salish Kennewick. Tokitae Samish Chimacum somomommw .Suquamish 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2J0J5/0////f/2060 2070 2080 'Hyak did not have a midlife refurbishment.It Is scheduled to be retired in 2020. 'eff,// ysed on vessels and cor'sndition Chart from the WSF 2040 Long Range Plan showing the planning process for vessel replacement. The chart includes the Elwha and the Hyak which have since been retired. Of the current 21 vessel fleet, one vessel is 62-years old, two are over 50, and another five over 40-years old. Vessel preservation challenges There are several challenges related to this shortage of vessels: • Availability of vessels for critical preservation work—With a fleet of 21 vessels, there is limited capacity to remove vessels from service to complete the preservation activities necessary to sustain them for the historical service life target of 60 years. • Vessel preservation funding —Another limitation is funding, as a preservation program depends on reliable and predictable financing. WSF has consistently been funded well below the needs of the Vessel Lifecycle Cost Model, amounting to a current preservation backlog of more than $245 million. • Availability of commercial shipyard resources—WSF must compete for the services of a very limited industrial base. There is only one shipyard in Puget Sound capable of fully supporting our five largest vessels. Two other shipyards in the area provide more limited support, when available. With increasing frequency, WSF must reschedule preservation contracts due to an absence of even a single bidder. • State-owned maintenance resources—WSF's Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility is staffed at 115 employees and funded for a single fully-crewed shift that can support maintenance for two vessels at a time, plus scheduled terminal maintenance. All of WSF's vessel support resources are gradually returning to full capacity. However, a full recovery will likely take the remainder of the calendar year at a minimum. As detailed in WSF's COVID Response Service Plan, the pandemic also impacted WSF's ability to conduct vessel maintenance and preservation work. At the beginning of the pandemic, all work was suspended as state and private shipyard employees were directed to work from home. There were also supply chain interruptions affecting vessel parts and equipment. As guidelines changed and supply lines reopened, WSF reorganized the Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility to allow it to reopen in April 2020 and worked with shipyard contractors to allow work to resume on vessels in their yards. Service impacts due to vessel constraints In March 2021, WSF felt confident that while service this year wouldn't be the same as past years, the system could operate a 2021 Peak Schedule that restored service on several routes downsized at the start of the pandemic (i.e. adding a second boat on the Seattle/Bainbridge, Seattle/Bremerton, and Port Townsend/Coupeville routes, a third boat on the Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth route, and additional service on the Anacortes/San Juan Islands route). Since then, several unplanned events have further constrained vessel availability: • On April 23, two weeks before the peak schedule was to commence, while on sea trials after an engine overhaul, there was a fire on the Wenatchee (one of WSF's three biggest vessels) that removed it from service for several months. • Vigor, one of WSF's major contractors, lost one of its two drydocks, leading to delays in vessels being worked on in the shipyard, or scheduled to for dry-docking. These events resulted in having only 15 of the 18 vessels necessary for service available at the start of the peak schedule on May 9 causing downsizings by a vessel or vehicle capacity on six routes. Since then, the return of the Yakima from maintenance has increased vehicle capacity for the San Juan Islands and allowed the Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth route to return to three-boat service for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Currently, the Port Townsend/Coupeville route is still on one-boat service, and there are smaller boats than would have usually been assigned on the Seattle/Bremerton, Seattle/Bainbridge, Mukilteo/Clinton, and Anacortes/San Juan Islands routes. Crewing Washington State Ferries has an aging workforce. During COVID-19, WSF was usually able to crew a reduced sailing schedule, but impacts on training, increased retirements over the last year, and quarantines due to contact tracing, are still affecting our ability to crew vessels. In addition to the required levels of crewing on each vessel, there are seasonal changes in the terminal and vessel employee numbers. Because more vessels are in service in the summer, WSF hires and train employees in the spring, who then work through the summer. Some are then laid off or put on "on-call" status as our ridership decreases in the winter. In summer 2020, due to COVID-19, training was suspended, then severely limited. Our training staff worked hard, and innovatively, to redesign training allowing for physical distancing. Since most WSDOT office workers continue to telework fulltime, including the WSF office workers, our trainers reorganized rooms to allow for smaller, masked, physically distanced classes that allowed us to add new terminal staff and vessel crews. Availability of qualified crew WSF vessels are crewed by maritime professionals History of U.S. Coast Guard credentialed by the U.S. Coast Guard. There are requirements for crewing and persistent challenges filling all required vessel crew funded staffing levels positions due to shortages of qualified employees. Historically, WSF had sufficient"relief' Engine Room and "on-call" crew members to provide In the engine room, where WSF is experiencing the needed coverage when crew some of the greatest constraints, there have been members were off for personal leave 27 separations in the last year and there will be or did not show up for work due to seven more at the end of June. WSF has hired 15 illness or unforeseen circumstances. employees in the last year— 13 oilers and two In 2012, the U.S. Coast Guard assistant engineers. increased the number of required crew members on WSF vessels. Before The engine crew workforce is primarily fed through then, WSF was funded for an extra the recruitment and training of oilers. WSF crewmember on each vessel, and now advertised for the position intent on hiring 10 new WSF is funded to crew vessels at the employees for the role. Using standing minimum level required by the Coast relationships with maritime academies and other Guard. institutions who train students for these roles, WSF recruited candidates with the required This means, for example, that if a prerequisites. Despite this, WSF was only able to crewmember gets into a car accident hire and train three qualified candidates for the 10 on the way to work, is ill, or is delayed positions. After another recruitment, eight additional for any other reason, the vessel can't qualified candidates will be ready for work in early sail. July. Deck Crew WSF has had 19 deck officers retire and 36 unlicensed deck employees separate between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020. An additional 10 deck officers retired, and 39 unlicensed deck employees have separated since July 1, 2020. During this time frame, WSF was only able to hire five new deck officers and 13 mates, leaving the Marine Operations department without enough licensed crew to fill all the positions for this year's peak season service. Deck department recruitments have been successful in hiring unlicensed deck employees. However, WSF needs more employees to upgrade their U.S. Coast Guard license to be a deck officer and to recruit more deck officers to fill the vacated officer positions caused by retirements. Service impacts due to crewing Due to the lack of required vessel crew, WSF has been forced to tie up vessels during the sailing day, canceling sailings on several routes. This is only done after our dispatch center makes hundreds of calls to on-call and other staff trying to fill the positions. Customer Service attempts to alert passengers to possible early tie-ups with enough notice for them to adjust plans. Again, because WSF is crewed at the U.S. Coast Guard minimum level, the loss of a single crewmember means the boat can't sail and a trip, or multiple trips, is cancelled. snares aww.ww.ri.rews ' While working to hire additional vessel and terminal staff, WSF is ;wa: na:re also working with its labor partners on flexibility ands. FatlaM.9leYin mor�^��� accountability. A vacation relief engineer position has been .rea.. � . mwwven an ia.av a nvor�.mrve a as wm ara added to each week, and management and labor are working on ^� an agreement to allow permanent crews on vessels laid up or in shipyards to fill vacancies on other vessels, and WSF is posting oiler position announcements for our September trainings. ;- r Conclusion. G ppfM.vnw°^1°r�°re COV6f9 �. pn.NM WMreflww on lu9.��°� . Although ferry ridership is approaching, or exceeding on several av rs�nv+ww.aasx Mernevt awD°�o nra routes, pre-pandemic levels, WSF still faces several constraints ^^�, �.,. KK FY that are causing service impacts throughout the system. Lack of vessels and limited crew availability are leading to cancelled sailings and a slow return to normal service levels. While working to address these issues, there are WSF has been heavily recruiting for several long term issues that must be addressed before open crew positions including this the system can operate in a stable, reliable way. notice in the WSF Weekly Update. Contact Information John Vezina, Director of Government Relations • Email: vezinaj@wsdot.wa.gov • Phone: 206-473-9945 • Online: wsdot.wa.gov/ferries jeffbocc From: Washington State Parks <WA.Parks@public.govdelivery.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 9:51 AM To: jeffbocc Subject: WA State Parks Resource Sale Rule Amendment— Requested Action CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. .. ^„ ,..,,gym,•,,, ",-^ , a«°a„ , ..... .. o 'sm.Fr,.W, w• Ww .v f State Parks and Recreation Commission will consider amending sections in Chapter 352-28 WAC to update and consolidate definitio iva1 process for resource sales. t 9 a.m. Thursday, July 15, 2021 at the Spokane House Interpretive Center, 13501 N Nine Mile Road,Nine Mile Falls, WA 99026. ile Rule Amendment discussion is scheduled for approximately 9:25 a.m. e to attend and will have an opportunity to provide comment. If you want to provide written comment regarding the item, please send trks.wa.gov by 5 p.m. July 9, 2021. posted at http://bit.ly/ParksAgendas prior to the Commission meeting. tions about this agenda item or wish to receive a copy,please contact: ardship Manager e Parks and Recreation Commission Olympia, WA 98504-2650 ?-8641 @parks.wa.gov 1 WASH4NOTON a,.. SHARE .__.. ' . Min Manage Subscriptions I Unsubscribe All I Help I Contact Us I Subscribe jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of:Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission 1111 Israel Road S.W.• Y� -6512 (� 2 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Monday,June 21, 2021 4:29 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: EDC From: ptf@olypen.com Sent: Monday, June 21, 2021 4:28:38 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Greg Brotherton Subject: EDC CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hello all, Just a few things to note, one sector was left out on the contract that needs to be put back on,That is "manufacturing" one I happen to represent on the board along with the marine trades sector. The paper Mill is also manufacturing and vital to our community. There is aerospace and aviation industry(small shops) are doing work here, as we also manufacture composite parts for aircraft. We had the largest composite vessel in the world at the time was built by Admiral Marine. I look forward to working through the frame work that has been presented. Thanks Pete Peter R. Langley Port Townsend Foundry LLC 251 Otto St. Port Townsend WA. 98368 P. 360 385-6425 F. 360 385-1947 "The bigger the dream, The larger the reality" www.porttownsendfoundry.com www.facebook.com/Port-Townsend-Foundry-LLC 1 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Monday, June 21, 2021 11:19 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: do not support homeless encampment proposal on Cape George Road From: Judy Caruso Sent: Monday, June 21, 2021 11:19:01 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean; Greg Brotherton; Heidi Eisenhour Subject: do not support homeless encampment proposal on Cape George Road CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. About a week ago,I became aware of the proposal to relocate homeless people staying at the fairgrounds to the vicinity of Cape George and Loftus Roads. The day that I heard about the proposal,I paid attention to the location when I drove home from work that day. The location doesn't make sense to me. I understand wanting to move people from the fairgrounds in order to better utilize the fairgrounds for the benefit of the county and to reduce incidents of crime in that part of Port Townsend. But just one fire that got out of control on Cape George Road would be all that it that would take to make this a county disaster. How about a fire to burn trash? This is a wide open area and once tents get established there and word gets around,I have no doubt that the population of people there would keep expanding. Out of sight and out of mind of Port Townsend residents and police,Cape George and Loftus Road would be like a playground for anything goes. The goal should be to dismantle any homeless living site,one person,couple or family at a time. The county should not be creating incentives for people to live outside and be talking about providing power,portable water and sanitation options and trying to come up with transportation on undeveloped county property. Isn't there a location--such as one of the county parks--which already has these basic facilities? Choose a location with set boundaries,adequate but only essential services,and clear communication that the location is not a permanent location for outside living. Using the words"homeless encampment"is an invitation for the tent city issues that are out of control in California. Make it clear that the taxpayers of Jefferson County provide temporary outside living for people who choose to do their part to join the community. I would rather hear of proposals--even if costly, propose actual solutions to problems for community consideration.--to provide sponsors and living arrangements for people with mental and substance abuse issues. I know that it takes time but there should be no"homeless encampment". People who commit crimes or who just want to do whatever they want to do are security risks to the taxpayers of the county and should not be allowed to take advantage of county services for purely personal reasons. I will continue to speak with more neighbors about the Cape George Road proposal and research the issue so you may hear from me again. But at this point,no one whom I have spoken with about the proposal expresses support for it. I am encouraging them to contact each of you. Thank you for considering my viewpoints on this proposal. Judith Caruso 41 Vancouver Drive Port Townsend 1 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Tuesday,June 22, 2021 8:03 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: This Wednesday - Peninsula Behavioral Health on Coffee with Colleen From: Clallam EDC Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 8:03:02 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: This Wednesday - Peninsula Behavioral Health on Coffee with Colleen 44 C CLALLAM COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL Join us Tomorrow Morning on Coffee with Lynn (Colleen is on vacation) at 8am to hear from CEO Wendy Sisk: Peninsula Behavioral Health (PBH) not only provides critical behavioral health services to people across our county, but they are also one of our largest employers - especially in the world of non-profits. Last year PBH was selected as the EDC Non-Profit of the year --This is an incredibly innovative service provider in our community. They offer Adult, Youth and Family Outpatient appointments, Community Support Services, Crisis Help, Homeless Outreach, Substance Use Counseling, and much more. Please join us to hear from their CEO about their exciting plans. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89474510306?pwd=Vl IrRHh5RG 1nYVh3V3JXRzFSM mRodz09 Meeting ID: 894 7451 0306 Passcode: 187447 1 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 Congressional & Legislative Districts are DRAW ' Being Redrawn - Including Our Own. Join m the Conversation or Just Listen in: YOU The Washington State Redistricting Commission has scheduled a second round of public outreach meetings regarding the drafting of new congressional and legislative district maps. What: Second Round Public Outreach Meeting - Congressional District #6. The 6th Congressional includes all of our state Legislative Districts 24. Why: To solicit public input on the drawing of new congressional and state legislative district maps. When: July 26, 2021 at 7-9 p.m. Where: Zoom Webinar, TVW, & YouTube How: To contribute in the meeting, you will need to register as a participant and receive a Zoom invite. If you want to watch without contributing you DO NOT need to register. You can watch the meeting live at TVW (for English and Spanish broadcasts) or the Commission's YouTube page for broadcasts in English with American Sign Language interpretation. Esta reunion tambien se retransmitira en un canal de TVW en espanol. Unemployment Insurance - Job search requirements going back into effect in early July: With the economy recovering and reopening, the job search requirement is going back into effect. This means individuals drawing unemployment insurance will be required to look for work and document approved job search activities each week in order to remain eligible for unemployment benefits. Job search activities begin the week of July 4th, and claimants will report those activities starting the week of July 11th and every week thereafter that benefits are needed. 2 The Employment Security Department (ESD) is committed to helping individuals understand the job search requirements before they go back into effect. Communications via email and eServices are taking place now. To learn more about job search requirements now, review the list of acceptable job search activities on this hyperlink - job search activities on the ESD website. https://esd.wa.gov/unemployment/job-search-requirements Did you receive Unemployment Insurance? ESD May Contact You: Many current and former unemployment benefit recipients will need to answer additional fact-finding questions if ESD staff thinks you may qualify for a new claim. The fact-finding includes a link to apply for a new claim. Claimants are advised to respond to all emails, postal mail, and web notices from ESD. For more information, read the potential new claim alert webpage on esd.wa.gov. Do You Want to do More Business with State Agencies? Grow Your Business is a free, one-hour webinar for established businesses that are actively seeking opportunities to grow their business from beyond its current model — new markets, new products, new locations, new staffing, and new financing. The focus will be on government-supported opportunities and assistance, and the regulatory impacts of growth to factor in your planning. The webinar includes brief presentations from several state agency small business liaisons with dedicated time for questions and answers. The next webinar is scheduled for July 14th at 2 p.m. The webinar includes brief presentations from several state agency small business liaisons with dedicated time for questions and answers. Click here for information about the SBRR webinars and to register online. Start Your Business —free August 10 webinar: Start Your Business is a free, one-hour webinar for aspiring entrepreneurs or newly-started businesses to gain valuable information about business registration and licensing, other regulatory requirements, and resources for further assistance. When: August 10th at 2 p.m. 3 Click here for more information and to register online. For a Directory of our State's Small Business Liaison's click HERE. Are you a small business owner that has a specific tax question about funding you received from the SBA or a grant program?: The CPA Firm Clark Nuber is offering free advising to any small business in the state for a limited time. Contact LeighJ@seattlechamber.com to be connected to a Clark Nuber CPA. Emergency Broadband Benefits About the Emergency Broadband Benefit The upcoming Emergency Broadband Benefit will provide a discount of up to $50 per month towards broadband service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for households on Tribal lands. Eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet from participating providers if they contribute $10-$50 toward the purchase price. Who Is Eligible for the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program? A household is eligible if one member of the household meets one of the criteria below: 1. Receives benefits under the free and reduced-price school lunch program or the school breakfast program, including through the USDA Community Eligibility Provision, or did so in the 2019-2020 school year; 2. Received a Federal Pell Grant during the current award year; 3. Experienced a substantial loss of income since February 29, 2020 and the household had a total income in 2020 below $99,000 for single filers and $198,000 for joint filers; or 4. Meets the eligibility criteria for a participating providers' existing low-income or COVID- 19 program. Download the EBB Brochure HERE. 4 /1 , , ,, , . ,, ,...,:p,,_ ,, „,:., 1114. „. .....,, , „ , , , ,...:.;„,:ct...„.:?... Funding still available for new or increased Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL): Whether you have an existing COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and want to apply for an increase; or are interested in applying for an initial COVID-19 EIDL, funding is available for loans up to $500,000. For more information on eligibility, use of proceeds, and loan terms, visit the SBA website. Details on EIDL Clallam County Economic Development Council 1338 W 1st St., Suite 105, Port Angeles, WA 98362 Unsubscribe kdean@co.jefferson.wa.us Update Profile I Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by info@clallam.org powered by eiConstant Contact Try email marketing for free today! 5 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Tuesday,June 22, 2021 10:17 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony today! And next two meetings cancelled... From: director@forkswa.com Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 10:10:32 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony today! And next two meetings cancelled... CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Kate Dean , Due to the high volume of tourists in town,we have made the decision to start our summer break earlier than planned.We will resume meetings on September 29th. Upcoming Programs June 23—Cancelled June 30—Cancelled SUMMER BREAK September 29—Clallam County Budget & Road Show FORKS OLD FASHIONED 4T" OF JULY The preliminary schedule is now available! Please see this link for the schedule,the new location of the WEYL fireworks stand, demo derby ticket info, and the PARADE APPLICATION. A printed copy of the schedule will be available closer to the event. Have you heard of Pickleball? It is a new event on the schedule! Check out this video for a fun overview of the sport. And learn how the game got its name! PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FROM CLALLAM COUNTY HEALTH DEPT Clallam County made a PSA to encourage citizens to vaccinate. Feel free to share! https://youtu.be/SaxdBfDreNs WE WANT TO DO YOUR RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY Would you like to celebrate your new business, grand opening, re-opening, addition, or a special unveiling with a ribbon cutting ceremony? We would love to provide that service to you! Simply contact me and we will put it on the calendar. Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies make great acknowledgements for business milestones! Upcoming Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies: Tuesday,June 22nd at 11am Keller Williams— Rachel Breed 1 640 S. Forks Avenue Forks, WA 98331 FROM CLALLAM EDC Join us Tomorrow Morning on Coffee with Lynn (Colleen is on vacation) at 8am to hear from CEO Wendy Sisk: Peninsula Behavioral Health (PBH) not only provides critical behavioral health services to people across our county, but they are also one of our largest employers - especially in the world of non-profits. Last year PBH was selected as the EDC Non-Profit of the year--This is an incredibly innovative service provider in our community. They offer Adult, Youth and Family Outpatient appointments, Community Support Services, Crisis Help, Homeless Outreach, Substance Use Counseling, and much more. Please join us to hear from their CEO about their exciting plans. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89474510306?pwd=VIIrRHh5RG1nYVh3V3JXRzFSMmRodz09 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 I D: 894 7451 0306 Passcode: 187447 gyp, ����)'," 1' P1i� �� ✓I"41 IL , 1�I II�����I�III��Id�Qj9�)��90'a.dd I 9Cp I I �I rK""vi�i( �I�u 4��������j:j�ri`'daJ lull �"iP i..s.' , ,t ,`r a�! Mn ,F""A; '�1 Congressional & Legislative Districts are Being Redrawn kr DRAW - Including Our Own.Join the Conversation or Just YIUR Listen in: The Washington State Redistricting Commission has scheduled a second round of public outreach meetings regarding the drafting of new congressional and legislative district maps. What: Second Round Public Outreach Meeting- Congressional District#6. The 6th Congressional includes all of our state Legislative Districts 24. Why: To solicit public input on the drawing of new congressional and state legislative district maps. When:July 26, 2021 at 7-9 p.m. Where: Zoom Webinar,TVW, &YouTube 2 How:To contribute in the meeting, you will need to register as a participant and receive a Zoom invite. If you want to watch without contributing you DO NOT need to register. You can watch the meeting live at TVW (for English and Spanish broadcasts) or the Commission's YouTube page for broadcasts in English with American Sign Language interpretation. Esta reunion tambien se retransmitira en un canal de TVW en espanol. � ':,�-I19�� IIDuI ti: IdII�I� ;,,IlillalW,II�.:",<ID3VnDlul'III��,h ti�'laa�,.�,�pl)i 1.IIIuoI I IDII�IIII�qu16,Dh�ll�l�s.� hJlllllllu ,,.nil,ll�,p ��I�h�VI o",a �, � I11, � 1 I'.I„I�Illull Illm Unemployment Insurance -Job search requirements going back into effect in early July: With the economy recovering and reopening,the job search requirement is going back into effect. This means individuals drawing unemployment insurance will be required to look for work and document approved job search activities each week in order to remain eligible for unemployment benefits. Job search activities begin the week of July 4th, and claimants will report those activities starting the week of July 11th and every week thereafter that benefits are needed. The Employment Security Department (ESD) is committed to helping individuals understand the job search requirements before they go back into effect. Communications via email and eServices are taking place now. To learn more about job search requirements now, review the list of acceptable job search activities on this hyperlink- iob search activities on the ESD website. https://esd.wa.gov/unemployment/iob-search-requirements h'III i r,.' IDIIP^'r 0?I,lo 11 '�iil((,II iup !!.DIa�I�I �i"('',' �dll��ll Ilia Dili 'IiA���l li .�'na iivili i 'I��; Did you receive Unemployment Insurance? ESD May Contact You: Many current and former unemployment benefit recipients will need to answer additional fact-finding questions if ESD staff thinks you may qualify for a new claim. The fact-finding includes a link to apply for a new claim. Claimants are advised to respond to all emails, postal mail, and web notices from ESD. For more information, read the potential new claim alert webpage on esd.wa.gov. i� I' �', I aa:`� I � I'�II;ICµ,..htil; �� y+w tir�,lr it llk,""�.*, ;, III IIII��Ii011DD"' Il iII III �s< < ,igipll 11 ll� ivSH ryllt� ;.. Il lull lll�''�:,I III I°aa�du f� itll III I ryi II��I II ' �;i Do You Want to do More Business with State Agencies? 3 Grow Your Business is a free, one-hour webinar for established businesses that are actively seeking opportunities to grow their business from beyond its current model —new markets, new products, new locations, new staffing, and new financing. The focus will be on government-supported opportunities and assistance, and the regulatory impacts of growth to factor in your planning. The webinar includes brief presentations from several state agency small business liaisons with dedicated time for questions and answers. The next webinar is scheduled for July 14th at 2 p.m. The webinar includes brief presentations from several state agency small business liaisons with dedicated time for questions and answers. Click here for information about the SBRR webinars and to register online. I I c � � �rrl�l IUh l�i dU ,I ��Innllr �I 111 I , I I ll I( mull o I Start Your Business—free August 10 webinar: Start Your Business is a free, one-hour webinar for aspiring entrepreneurs or newly-started businesses to gain valuable information about business registration and licensing, other regulatory requirements, and resources for further assistance. When: August 10th at 2 p.m. Click here for more information and to register online. For a Directory of our State's Small Business Liaison's click HERE. II I Itil. I°. �Irl �.r✓I" ;z IIII"..'�h jll 111 �IIu ,I VIi e'J6 .L'!I:�';-.x'l�n 'i�,l,. III , IIIIJII � Ifk���I�II�° ' � �il ill ��.h�, I I ill 111 brt r��ill la''" �!�� Illilll� dlQ�l,!I-' I Ir: Are you a small business owner that has a specific tax question about funding you received from the SBA or a grant program?: The CPA Firm Clark Nuber is offering free advising to any small business in the state for a limited time. Contact LeighJ@seattlechamber.com to be connected to a Clark Nuber CPA. Emergency Broadband Benefits About the Emergency Broadband Benefit The upcoming Emergency Broadband Benefit will provide a discount of up to $50 per month towards broadband service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for households on Tribal lands. Eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet from participating providers if they contribute $10-$50 toward the purchase price. 4 Who Is Eligible for the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program? A household is eligible if one member of the household meets one of the criteria below: 1. Receives benefits under the free and reduced-price school lunch program or the school breakfast program, including through the USDA Community Eligibility Provision, or did so in the 2019-2020 school year; 2. Received a Federal Pell Grant during the current award year; 3. Experienced a substantial loss of income since February 29, 2020 and the household had a total income in 2020 below $99,000 for single filers and $198,000 for joint filers; or 4. Meets the eligibility criteria for a participating providers' existing low-income or COVID-19 program. Download the EBB Brochure HERE. 8 .„ _..„.. ,4,,, ,,., „„,,,,,,,,„ .„,,....„:„.„ „. : „.„, „I, ,,,,,,,,,,...„ ..., , ,, ............. Funding still available for new or increased Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL): Whether you have an existing COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and want to apply for an increase; or are interested in applying for an initial COVID-19 EIDL, funding is available for loans up to $500,000. For more information on eligibility, use of proceeds, and loan terms, visit the SBA website. Details on EIDL WEST END BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION (WEBPA) WEBPA meetings take place 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 5 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! Cham1 JVcw3 . . FORKS VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER (VIC) Our lobby is open for business! Our hours are 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 summer hours! Come see us Thursday through Monday Noon —4pm. Please see link for more details. FORKS CHAMBER STAFF DIRECTORY Lissy Andros, executive director Kari Larson, 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. 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. Emery Damron, Samantha Baldwin, Matthew Larson VIC staff members. Susie Michels, IT Manager. Susie runs our website and handles all technical issues. PPP, EIDL and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Best regards, Lissy Andros, Executive Director Forks Chamber of Commerce 1411 S. Forks Avenue Forks, WA 98331 360-374-2531 office 903-360-4449 cell 6 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Tuesday,June 22, 2021 10:22 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: JeffConnects June 24, 2021 From: The Chamber of Jefferson County Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 10:21:46 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: JeffConnects June 24, 2021 CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. www.jeffcountychamber.org The Chamber 360.385.7869 OF JFFFFRSON COUNTY di rector@jeffceuntycham ber.org building business budding c ourrnunity JeffConnects June 24,2021 Reimagine - Reengineer - Revitalize THE CHAMBER OF JEFFERSON COUNTY Jefferson County CONNECTS Click here to read JeffConnects, forward or print it and enjoy! = .14 � wk.w b.0 in.na weer.a a wu�nK xruik.wMw�abmmww Join us for Chamber Cafe-your community conversationC.Ounennere comincetl.Arant Verotone OnUenbonsa� bWb�.emnaro, ..: : The 1st and 3rd Friday of each monthromen co.� � ^ Hpnbypynw.l.aPhed Mtt dvn wn 10:00 AM on Zoom Registration is required for these events to obtain Zoom access code. rnod...a., ronrowtt..e enwuro co-v-n No fees or memberships are required MY oponlrq l-mob_„,n„,to �..,., www jeffcountychamber.org/events �bWb .a.m .,,n�, Register for a Chamber Cafe Now! 1 Newcomers Meet-Up July 17th Virtual - Live Join us on Zoom, Saturday morning, 7.17.21 at 10:00 am to 11:15 am virtually for this Meet-Up and then after 11:30 stop by the Chamber and pick up your SWAG bag either curbside or we welcome you in for some coffee/tea and to take the short tour, meet the vaccinated team and acquaint yourself with all our resources. Great for newcomers, new business start-ups,your clients and friends-join us and learn more about your new community. It is often difficult to find what you need to reengage in a new community or to try to start or migrate a business to your new hometown.We are here to help your transition be as seamless as possible. Even if you've been here for several months,you no doubt have wondered where to find something or a professional reference for you or your businesses. Our job is to"connect the dots"and we will do that for you throughout Jefferson County. Check out the Chamber on www.jeffcountychamber.org and register for this free event today! Register Now! F m �r Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce 12409 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 Unsubscribe kdean@co.jefferson.wa.us Update Profile I Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by director@jeffcountychamber.org powered by , Constant Contact Try email marketing for free today! 2 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 10:37 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: 2nd try - Ribbon Cutting Ceremony today; Last two meetings cancelled... From: director@forkswa.com Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 10:31:06 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: 2nd try - Ribbon Cutting Ceremony today; Last two meetings cancelled... CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Dear Kate Dean , (This is a second try at this email. Sorry for any inconvenience.) Due to the high volume of tourists in town,we have made the decision to start our summer break earlier than planned. We will resume meetings on September 29th. Upcoming Programs June 23—Cancelled June 30—Cancelled SUMMER BREAK September 29—Clallam County Budget & Road Show FORKS OLD FASHIONED 4TH OF JULY The preliminary schedule is now available! Please see this link for the schedule, the new location of the WEYL fireworks stand, demo derby ticket info, and the PARADE APPLICATION. A printed copy of the schedule will be available closer to the event. Have you heard of Pickleball? It is a new event on the schedule! Check out this video for a fun overview of the sport. And learn how the game got its name! PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FROM CLALLAM COUNTY HEALTH DEPT Clallam County made a PSA to encourage citizens to vaccinate. Feel free to share! https://voutu.be/SaxdBfDreNs WE WANT TO DO YOUR RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY Would you like to celebrate your new business, grand opening, re-opening, addition, or a special unveiling with a ribbon cutting ceremony? We would love to provide that service to you! Simply contact me and we will put it on the calendar. Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies make great acknowledgements for business milestones! Upcoming Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies: Tuesday,June 22nd at 11am 1 Keller Williams— Rachel Breed 640 S. Forks Avenue Forks, WA 98331 FROM CLALLAM EDC Join us Tomorrow Morning on Coffee with Lynn (Colleen is on vacation) at 8am to hear from CEO Wendy Sisk: Peninsula Behavioral Health (PBH) not only provides critical behavioral health services to people across our county, but they are also one of our largest employers - especially in the world of non-profits. Last year PBH was selected as the EDC Non-Profit of the year--This is an incredibly innovative service provider in our community. They offer Adult, Youth and Family Outpatient appointments, Community Support Services, Crisis Help, Homeless Outreach, Substance Use Counseling, and much more. Please join us to hear from their CEO about their exciting plans. Y https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89474510306?pwd=VI IrRHh5RG1nYVh3V3JXRaFSMmRodz09 Meeting I D: 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 i; l ', i, G14 ... .:ri ,i3O.'. " aIli ,�pi%" I11191, ilo' 10'�"''I%I, "il I ✓Ni i n , rumrii i!� {w n7i�iioli a.IVIiiIIIFIt[p �i t. „I rL i(lillli : If , ,'III j 'aid Congressional & Legislative Districts are Being Redrawn DRAW - Including Our Own.Join the Conversation or Just D yitw; Listen in: w , The Washington State Redistricting Commission has scheduled a second round of public outreach meetings regarding the drafting of new congressional and legislative district maps. What: Second Round Public Outreach Meeting- Congressional District#6. The 6th Congressional includes all of our state Legislative Districts 24. Why:To solicit public input on the drawing of new congressional and state legislative district maps. When: July 26, 2021 at 7-9 p.m. 2 Where: Zoom Webinar, TVW, & YouTube How:To contribute in the meeting, you will need to register as a participant and receive a Zoom invite. If you want to watch without contributing you DO NOT need to register. You can watch the meeting live at TVW (for English and Spanish broadcasts) or the Commission's YouTube page for broadcasts in English with American Sign Language interpretation. Esta reunion tambien se retransmitira en un canal de TVW en espanol. li '+il�ll'�" �y,!t�II'la' 'IhI�i��i":. illril+""^.�° L ut6!!III��I�PIIi ili ';�iUi'i is ry w t:nl�lll i Irl�"„^ iliilllllr�^�iuu� - r�^"° 'il, 'Ii�alll�il�i Unemployment Insurance-Job search requirements going back into effect in early July: With the economy recovering and reopening, the job search requirement is going back into effect. This means individuals drawing unemployment insurance will be required to look for work and document approved job search activities each week in order to remain eligible for unemployment benefits. Job search activities begin the week of July 4th, and claimants will report those activities starting the week of July 11th and every week thereafter that benefits are needed. The Employment Security Department (ESD) is committed to helping individuals understand the job search requirements before they go back into effect. Communications via email and eServices are taking place now. To learn more about job search requirements now, review the list of acceptable job search activities on this hyperlink- job search activities on the ESD website. https://esd.wa.gov/unemployment/job-search-requirements Did you receive Unemployment Insurance? ESD May Contact You: Many current and former unemployment benefit recipients will need to answer additional fact-finding questions if ESD staff thinks you may qualify for a new claim. The fact-finding includes a link to apply for a new claim. Claimants are advised to respond to all emails, postal mail, and web notices from ESD. For more information, read the potential new claim alert webpage on esd.wa.gov. Do You Want to do More Business with State Agencies? 3 Grow Your Business is a free, one-hour webinar for established businesses that are actively seeking opportunities to grow their business from beyond its current model —new markets, new products, new locations, new staffing, and new financing. The focus will be on government-supported opportunities and assistance, and the regulatory impacts of growth to factor in your planning. The webinar includes brief presentations from several state agency small business liaisons with dedicated time for questions and answers. The next webinar is scheduled for July 14th at 2 p.m. The webinar includes brief presentations from several state agency small business liaisons with dedicated time for questions and answers. Click here for information about the SBRR webinars and to register online. �°, ali r,,. uik t ,a: i' r� plyl 6- g1u111ii'ip,gi„ I , „=Ipul,Nh' 'll0iSl4 a 41 ;,a ^ Ilrl I' �-,;r. do illr a ,lf,�l,rl lil .`a I!V!i'd91INII I�i�w I"p,. Start Your Business—free August 10 webinar: Start Your Business is a free, one-hour webinar for aspiring entrepreneurs or newly-started businesses to gain valuable information about business registration and licensing, other regulatory requirements, and resources for further assistance. When: August 10th at 2 p.m. Click here for more information and to register online. For a Directory of our State's Small Business Liaison's click HERE. q(,,' � d,;v��iii i^'�'iu ,lil�l��i�` I&'I��II�`p� illloliilhl'Nf itlV�l';�r il,dj"s;i' 'll� allllll'luilriii �'�hilll � �I�i�llm� , Illplllhli; Iil Ivi ;,r,-,,. Are you a small business owner that has a specific tax question about funding you received from the SBA or a grant program?: The CPA Firm Clark Nuber is offering free advising to any small business in the state for a limited time. Contact LeighJ@seattlechamber.com to be connected to a Clark Nuber CPA. ';,,'.w Ili ta,9i I �'. la?{Iv ��;,.. IIPNi .°u Ph:r.r.;„. 6aP.�gid"Ifl � ' ',•."JG,r� vlll'FI C`m� h�"'ahll 1�,,... rlillll�li�,we�;'" G�ji'il��iill ii ,,,,�'"S��' illlll'i�i�i��l'li:�. Gp NiiI�ilD. : (i Ip�!s7 i uillhll; � ".I=,�Nllplr �II��'�I�I'�l.,r, . ., �Ilili�lillii i'a; ( () IIII itdryr� i Emergency Broadband Benefits About the Emergency Broadband Benefit The upcoming Emergency Broadband Benefit will provide a discount of up to $50 per month towards broadband service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for households on Tribal lands. Eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet from participating providers if they contribute $10-$50 toward the purchase price. 4 Who Is Eligible for the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program? A household is eligible if one member of the household meets one of the criteria below: 1. Receives benefits under the free and reduced-price school lunch program or the school breakfast program, including through the USDA Community Eligibility Provision, or did so in the 2019-2020 school year; 2. Received a Federal Pell Grant during the current award year; 3. Experienced a substantial loss of income since February 29, 2020 and the household had a total income in 2020 below$99,000 for single filers and $198,000 for joint filers; or 4. Meets the eligibility criteria for a participating providers' existing low-income or COVID-19 program. Download the EBB Brochure HERE. Funding still available for new or increased Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL): Whether you have an existing COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and want to apply for an increase; or are interested in applying for an initial COVID-19 EIDL, funding is available for loans up to $500,000. For more information on eligibility, use of proceeds, and loan terms, visit the SBA website. Details on EIDL WEST END BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION (WEBPA) WEBPA meetings take place 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 5 CHAMBER RENEWALS for 2021 were due on January 315t. 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! eftaniffeit JVCU , FORKS VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER (VIC) Our lobby is open for business! Our hours are 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 summer hours! Come see us Thursday through Monday Noon —4pm. Please see link for more details. FORKS CHAMBER STAFF DIRECTORY Lissy Andros, executive director Kari Larson, 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. 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. Emery Damron, Samantha Baldwin, Matthew Larson VIC staff members. Susie Michels, IT Manager. Susie runs our website and handles all technical issues. PPP, EIDL and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Best regards, Lissy Andros, Executive Director Forks Chamber of Commerce 1411 S. Forks Avenue Forks, WA 98331 360-374-2531 office 903-360-4449 cell 6 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 11:02 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Something to Present to You Attachments: mapes jpg From: Marc Sullivan Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 11:01:51 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Something to Present to You CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Kate, You may have noticed that Lynda Mapes of the Seattle Times has a new book out, Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home. The Save Our wild Salmon Coalition, for whom I'm an organizer, bought multiple copies of this compelling and timely work. Lynda gladly agreed to inscribe these books with a dedication and autograph for particular friends of orcas (and salmon), of whom you are one. I've got your autographed copy to deliver to you; I'm wondering if we could meet up in the next week or two for the hand-over. Marc Sullivan, Vice-Chair Sierra Club Washington Chapter Sequim i ''. Mr y4a i hrslx� Yg S '..S� F' /Y'F, yes •';l ,4t7 P�ef 6 st x ; � 'car ry ° k ,fitp f t, t1 { r .p Cr��' i +"`.'Fri t Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 12:26 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW:TODAY @ 2:30 - Hood Canal Bridge Assessment Mgmt. Cmte. Meeting From: Lucas Hall Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 12:25:46 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: jeff.parsons@psp.wa.gov; kbriggs@lairdnorton.org; wendy.brown@rco.wa.gov; Michael Schmidt; hharguth@hccc.wa.gov; rebecca.hollender@psp.wa.gov; amber.oliver@leg.wa.gov; Shannon.Turner@leg.wa.gov; colleen_bryan@murray.senate.gov; dan.griffey@leg.wa.gov; Rob.Barnes@leg.wa.gov; Drew.MacEwen@leg.wa.gov; mike.chapman@leg.wa.gov; annika.pederson@leg.wa.gov; Chantell.Munoz@mail.house.gov; Linda.Owens@leg.wa.gov; Christine.Rolfes@leg.wa.gov; Tarra.Simmons@leg.wa.gov; Casey_Duff@cantwell.senate.gov; steve.tharinger@leg.wa.gov; barry.berejikian@noaa.gov; crossi@pnptc.org; dherrera@skokomish.org; sboh461@ECY.WA.GOV; denise_hawkins@fws.gov; Dlz@co.mason.wa.us; Heidi Eisenhour; Jacques White; jeffbocc; jeromys@pgst.nsn.us; Josh.Peters@dnr.wa.gov; Kate Dean; kpeters@co.kitsap.wa.us; KRISTIN.SWENDDAL@dnr.wa.gov; Sara.Oliveiral@navy.mil; mark.strom@noaa.gov; murchie.peter@epa.gov; paulm@pgst.nsn.us; rharder@pnptc.org; rlumper@skokomish.org; kshutty@co.mason.wa.us; randyn@co.mason.wa.us; rgelder@co.kitsap.wa.us; Laurie.Peterson@dfw.wa.gov; sbrewer@hccc.wa.gov; SchuelJ@WSDOT.WA.gov; Tarang.Khangaonkar@pnnl.gov; WardC@wsdot.wa.gov; WhiteM@wsdot.wa.gov; matt.beirne@Elwha.org; hhals@jamestowntribe.org; jpoole@hccc.wa.gov; Carolyn Gallaway; Greg Brotherton; rjohnson@jamestowntribe.org; kevin.vandewege@leg.wa.gov; peter.steelquist@leg.wa.gov; timothy.sheldon@leg.wa.gov; suzette.cooper@leg.wa.gov; carrie_cook-tabor@fws.gov; Chris.Waldbillig@dfw.wa.gov; rfk@psvoa.org; margaret.dour@navy.mil; Megan Moore - NOAA Federal; Hans Daubenberger; Dana Postlewait; Brad Johnson; Iris Kemp; Doug Little; David Troutt; Meiners, Colleen (Murray); Alicia; Kunz, Cynthia A CIV USN NAVFAC NW SVD WA (USA) Subject: TODAY @ 2:30 - Hood Canal Bridge Assessment Mgmt. Cmte. Meeting CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hello all, I hope many of you will be able to join the Hood Canal Bridge Management Committee meeting at 2:30 this afternoon where we will share relevant updates with you all and open the floor to questions,feedback, and discussion as necessary. The Zoom meeting detail are below. Best, Lucas Lucas Hall I Senior Project Manager 206-382-9555 ext. 30 Linkedln Long Live the Kings 1326 5th Ave. Ste.450 Seattle,WA 98101 Restoring wild salmon and steelhead I Supporting sustainable fishing in the Pacific Northwest From: lhall@lltk.org When: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM June 22, 2021 1 Subject: Hood Canal Bridge Assessment Mgmt. Cmte. Meeting Location: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84992253244 Updated with meeting agenda. Topic: Hood Canal Bridge Assessment Mgmt. Cmte. Time:Jun 22, 2021 02:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/i/84992253244 Meeting ID: 849 9225 3244 One tap mobile +12532158782„84992253244# US (Tacoma) +13462487799„84992253244# US (Houston) Dial by your location +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 929 436 2866 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US(Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) Meeting ID: 849 9225 3244 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kelp41SWQO 2 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Tuesday,June 22, 2021 2:15 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Cape George site From: Tiffany Hudepohl Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 2:13:01 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Heidi Eisenhour; Kate Dean Subject: Cape George site CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hello Heidi and Kate- I just wanted to give you an invitation to tour our property, business and neighborhood and have a look around and see how this idea would impact this area. Thank you. Tiffany Drewry 1 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Tuesday,June 22, 2021 3:39 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: County News Now—June 22, 2021 From: NACo County News Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 3:38:29 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: County News Now—June 22, 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 N ow 1 CN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION CUlES 0 (2) 12 CountyNe� June 22, 2021 1 to ; " e , !- I'' ill �, a � �' � 1 dxk ,' 1. tl n�� "�"' � ' Ilia ° v � � u� mil ,. i ,, u N' County libraries bridge COVID `learning loss' 1 Counties and county library systems are taking steps to combat the "summer slide" by providing resources and programming to prevent learning loss. READ MORE NACo member vote totals and candidate platforms During NACo's 2021 Annual Conference in Prince George's County, Md.,delegates from member counties will cast their votes for a new executive leadership team and new policy positions for the American County Platform. Read platform statements from the three candidates for NACo second vice president. Read more S e Book excerpt: Our Darkest Hours The New York State County Executives Association document "'" ` and share the hard lessons learned during this once-in-a- century public health crisis in Our Darkest Hours,which will be featured at NACo's Annual Conference Jul 9-12 in Prince George's County, Md. Read more New York County leadership&the CCVta Pandemic Juneteenth becomes a federal holiday Juneteenth,or Freedom Day, celebrates the end of chattel slavery in the U.S., specifically commemorating the announcement of General Order Number 3 by Union Army General Gordon Granger proclaiming freedom from slavery in Galveston,Texas Read more MORE COUNTY NEWS The Latest From NACo ARP Breaking News Update Recently issued guidance from the U.S. Treasury provides counties and other public entities with the opportunity to invest their ARP funds in interest bearing accounts through 2024. Even better, 2 public entities will not have restrictions on how they utilize the compound interest earned on ARP funds, providing ample opportunity to maximize the value of each dollar. Learn more about the newest guidance relating to compound interest from the U.S. Treasury, and how three+one's innovative technology can help formulate a strategy here. Webinar: Reducing Third Party Cyber Risk in Local Government Recent cyberattacks against public sector networks have demonstrated the risk that third parties can introduce into government networks. Local government leaders must look at identification, classification, assessment, management, and monitoring of third parties and their risk. In partnership with one of NACo's trusted cybersecurity advisors, The Cybersecurity Collaborative, attendees will learn about the groups recommended program components and walk away with the high-level building blocks to develop a third party risk management program for their county. Learn More. 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P ; : k ::, r c � � Uv , , r„ , „ " 3` _ g„ ,aOQNFERENC 0 +M Rr Y � M , , , , ANDvi } „,. , , ii, p. -, ,, dt-GEOFII.. 4... prsi , . ..,...:,. ,, _ +Q� . g c . k jilil l ¢ s}: �M 5 NATIONAL ASSOC � O �"1ES St 660 North Capitol reet,NW,Suite 400 Washington,D.C.20001 tor in + Did someone forward you this email?Sign up to stay up-to-date on topics affecting America's counties! Click here to unsubscribe. 4 Julie Shannon From: Heidi Eisenhour Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 4:28 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Pt. Townsend/Coupeville Service Update From: Vezina, John Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 4:27:34 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kevin Van De Wege; Ron Muzzall; Mike Chapman; Steve.Tharinger@leg.wa.gov; Dave Paul; Greg Gilday; Kate Dean; Heidi Eisenhour; Greg Brotherton; Michelle Sandoval; mayor@townofcoupeville.org; David Faber; Amy Howard; Ariel Speser; Monica MickHager; Pamela Adams; Owen Rowe; Jackie Henderson; Rick Walti; Jenny Bright; Michael C. Moore; Pat Powell Cc: Peter Steelquist; Eric Hemmen; Annika Pederson; Leanne Horn; Mayzie Shaver; Nick Nehring; John Mauro; Eron Berg Subject: Pt. Townsend/Coupeville Service Update CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Senators Van De Wege & Muzzall, Representatives Chapman, Tharinger, Paul, & Gilday, Commissioners Dean, Eisenhour, & Brotherton, Mayors Sandoval and Hughes, and Port Townsend & Coupeville Councilmembers, Good afternoon. As you know, due to a lack of vessel and crewing availability, the Port Townsend/Coupeville route is currently on one-boat service, and several other routes are downsized by capacity, with smaller boats than would normally be assigned in summer. The impact of losing the Wenatchee, one of our three largest vessels, for several months due to a fire, has rippled across the system, but our biggest current constraint is crewing. Over the last couple of days, we have had to cancel sailings on several routes due to the lack of available crewing, leading us to the frustrating conclusion we do not have the capacity to add a second vessel to the Port Townsend/Coupeville route for the foreseeable future. While we won't experience this continued service reduction in the same way you and your constituents will, we understand its serious repercussions on businesses, vacationers, and local residents. We have looked at every option, but as we aren't able to consistently provide even our current service, it would be irresponsible to try to expand it further, knowing we couldn't reliably crew the second vessel, leading to even more frustration. As we continually monitor the health of our four metrics of service (ridership, crewing, vessels, and funding) to find a path to return to full service, we are also analyzing the feasibility of restoring the last round-trip sailings suspended on this route since COVID disrupted service. I will keep you informed of our progress and let you know if there are any changes in circumstances allowing the last round-trips to be restored. I understand this isn't the news you, or the residents of your respective communities were looking for—it's certainly not what we'd planned when we pushed the resumption of two-boat service to this weekend. I'm working on a briefing paper explaining our two current constraints, which, while it may be cold comfort, will give detailed reasoning of why we're where we are. I'll get that to you as soon as it has been fully reviewed. i As always, I'm available to discuss this decision, which was made this morning by the WSF executive team after reviewing our current situation and options. John John B. Vezina Government Relations Director Washington State Ferries 2 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Tuesday,June 22, 2021 5:50 PM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Safe Drug Disposal promotion materials Attachments: Safe Disposal Insta square 2021 jpeg; Safe Disposal Flyer 2021.pdf From: Lindsay Scalf Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 5:50:11 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Lindsay Scalf Subject: Safe Drug Disposal promotion materials Hi all! Thank you for a great last meeting of the 2020-2021 school year! I'm looking forward to seeing you in September. I will send out the action plan we worked on today once it is approved by DBHR. Attached are the safe drug disposal promotion materials we discussed today if you are interested in printing and displaying the flyer in your office,or using the social media 'square' with the following text as a caption: Make sure you're safely storing and disposing of any medications, learn more at getthefactsrx.com For free, safe, CONFIDENTIAL, and convenient disposal, request a mail-back envelope at med-project.org or use one of the drug disposal boxes in Jefferson County Jefferson County Sheriff 79 Elkins Road Port Hadlock, WA 98339 (360)385-3831 M-F call to make an appointment OR Port Townsend Police Department 1925 Blaine Street, Suite 100 Port Townsend, WA 98368 (360)385-2322 Open office hours:M-F 10:00 am -3:00 pm ACCEPTED: Medications in any dosage form, except for those identified as Not Accepted below, in their original container or sealed bag. NOT ACCEPTED:medical devices, batteries, mercury-containing thermometers, sharps, illicit drugs, and pet pesticide products. Thanks so much to each of you for being a part of this coalition! Have a wonderful rest of the week, -Lindsay 1 �- .. Public Health Lindsay Scalf Gender Pronouns:she/her/hers Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative Coordinator Jefferson County Public Health 615 Sheridan Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 360-385-9419 Iscalf@co.iefferson.wa.us I https://ieffersoncountypublichealth.org/ -F04 W Mksaim..._ ._ Find on Phi. 4 4 acebook Always working for a Safer and Healthier Jefferson County CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message,including any attachments,is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s)and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review,use,disclosure,or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient,please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. 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To: Board of County Commissioners,Jefferson County I am writing to express my strong opposition to establishing a tent encampment for unsheltered individuals at the property on Cape George Road. Commissioner Brotherton seems to be committed to this site even though many objections have been raised. Mr. Brotherton mentioned talking to encampment residents and horse trail user(s), but not nearby neighbors.Though you may not be able to tell it from Cape George Road,there actually are several neighborhoods in this area that would experience the impacts of an encampment, including noise,fires,fights, garbage,drug use, and likely attempted break- ins. Those considerations notwithstanding,the site is highly unsuitable for the proposed use, given that it is a logged area with uneven terrain and no access to power or water or sewer or public transit.Cell phone service can be spotty in that area.There would be no place to seek shade during hot weather like we experienced this week. Commissioner Brotherton referred to encampment residents' desire to be "self-governing" but has proposed a twice daily transit shuttle entirely under the control of a public agency as the only means of transportation for those without vehicles. Would people really want to leave their belongings unattended while they spend several hours away? I understand there is a plan to have OlyCap staff on site each night to hopefully prevent frequent 911 calls, but I'm not sure that is enough to deal with the myriad issues that will arise, and I worry about the safety of some residents in a relatively isolated area, particularly women. I can't see the rationale for spending well over$100,000 of public funding for a supposedly temporary solution to what is undeniably an intractable problem, especially if there are plans in the works to purchase and modify a more suitable site. Ultimately,though, by establishing an "official"encampment,the county is essentially saying it endorses living unsheltered. Based on experience in other cities,a better path to permanent housing is to find ways to get people inside first (e.g., hotels,tiny house villages). I have a secondary apartment residence in the University District in Seattle. For over a year there was an encampment in a public park next door that greatly affected quality of life in the neighborhood; it took a gun-related homicide for the city to finally clear the camp.At that time, everyone there was offered shelter and most refused.The issue our 1 communities are grappling with is not just lack of affordable housing, but also the critical shortage of behavioral health resources. I understand the need to find an alternative to the current fairground location, and I applaud your commitment to helping those in need, but please don't rush to a solution without careful consideration of all the implications of establishing a homeless encampment on Cape George Road. Sincerely, Carol Cahill Commissioner District 2 2 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Wednesday,June 23, 2021 7:55 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW:WSF Service Constraints Briefing Paper Attachments: WSFServicelmpacts Briefing Paper_062221.pdf From: Vezina, John Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 7:54:56 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) Subject: WSF Service Constraints Briefing Paper CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Commissioners, Mayors, and County and City Councilmembers of WSF-served communities, Good morning. As you may have seen in the media, heard from constituents, or experienced yourself, we have had to cancel several sailings over the last couple of weeks due to two constraints—vessel and crewing availability. This was highlighted yesterday when we had to make the difficult decision not to add a second vessel to the Port Townsend/Coupeville route this weekend, as we'd planned, due to a lack of available crewing. Knowing we can't consistently crew our current schedule, augmenting service would simply have led to additional cancelled sailings across the system, which would have been indefensible when we knew that impact in advance. We understand our passengers' frustrations with current service and a lack of understanding on our two constraints. To help with the latter, attached is a detailed briefing paper explaining current vessel and crewing challenges. We are working with our labor partners and crews to reinforce the importance of being able to fully staff our sailings and with our Human Resources and Training Departments to hire and train new employees. Like most of the country, there are lingering COVID impacts on our service—impacts we're working diligently to address. Best, John John B. Vezina Government Relations Director Washington State Ferries Cell - 206.473.9945 Pronouns: He/Him/His 1 4dlbh '/1. WSDO Wast!igton State Fries Washington State Ferries: Summer 2021 Vessel Availability and Crewing Challenges June 2021 Overview Severely limited vessel availability and a lack of trained staff has led to extraordinary service challenges at Washington State Ferries for summer 2021. In particular, the short-term restoration of pre-pandemic service levels has been problematic. While COVID-related restrictions have begun to ease and vehicle ridership levels have returned to nearly pre- pandemic levels, there are still limits on WSF's ability to provide full, reliable service. For our passengers, this can mean delays, alerts warning of long wait times, cancelled sailings, and traffic backups in ferry-served communities. Everyone at WSF is committed to safe and efficient service, and the restoration of service as the state emerges from COVID-19, but two substantial challenges remain—vessel availability and crewing. Vessel Availability The root of some of the recent service challenges Historic funding gap and pause is a shortage of vessels. In a typical year, WSF is in vessel construction legislatively directed to operate a sailing schedule that requires 19 vessels in summer months. This After the passage of 1-695 in 1999, year, with the Anacortes/Sidney BC route WSF lost approximately 25% of its suspended due to the border closure, 18 vessels operating budget subsidy and 75% are needed to operate the 2021 Peak Schedule. of its dedicated capital subsidy. In Maintaining this level of service is increasingly response to the revenue loss, challenging, as the fleet inventory is at an all-time WSF reduced service on several low, and we must allocate sufficient vessel time for routes, raised fares by 95%, and U.S. Coast Guard mandated inspections, routine reduced administrative and capital maintenance, and vital preservation. costs by approximately $36 million a year. Even with those While WSF briefly experienced a 24-vessel fleet reductions, to maintain the current with the delivery of the Olympic Class vessels, schedule, the legislature has there are now 21 vessels due to retirement of the transferred approximately $1.2 oldest ferries. With recent legislatively-mandated billion from other transportation vessel retirements, WSF is left without a service accounts and continues to do so to relief vessel to maintain service during unplanned fund WSF's operating and capital repairs. The funding of the first Hybrid Electric activities. As a result, no new Olympic Class ferry is a start, but to keep pace with vessels were built between 2000- vessel aging WSF needs a continuous vessel build 2010. plan to add 16 vessels in the next 19 years. The 2040 Long Range Plan calls for 26 vessels to support the current level of funded service. ;SWUM%K.Man mt^. ..'iRixi 1. .. •,. 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Of the current 21 vessel fleet, one vessel is 62-years old, two are over 50, and another five over 40-years old. Vessel preservation challenges There are several challenges related to this shortage of vessels: • Availability of vessels for critical preservation work—With a fleet of 21 vessels, there is limited capacity to remove vessels from service to complete the preservation activities necessary to sustain them for the historical service life target of 60 years. • Vessel preservation funding —Another limitation is funding, as a preservation program depends on reliable and predictable financing. WSF has consistently been funded well below the needs of the Vessel Lifecycle Cost Model, amounting to a current preservation backlog of more than $245 million. • Availability of commercial shipyard resources—WSF must compete for the services of a very limited industrial base. There is only one shipyard in Puget Sound capable of fully supporting our five largest vessels. Two other shipyards in the area provide more limited support, when available. With increasing frequency, WSF must reschedule preservation contracts due to an absence of even a single bidder. • State-owned maintenance resources—WSF's Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility is staffed at 115 employees and funded for a single fully-crewed shift that can support maintenance for two vessels at a time, plus scheduled terminal maintenance. All of WSF's vessel support resources are gradually returning to full capacity. However, a full recovery will likely take the remainder of the calendar year at a minimum. As detailed in WSF's COVID Response Service Plan, the pandemic also impacted WSF's ability to conduct vessel maintenance and preservation work. At the beginning of the pandemic, all work was suspended as state and private shipyard employees were directed to work from home. There were also supply chain interruptions affecting vessel parts and equipment. As guidelines changed and supply lines reopened, WSF reorganized the Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility to allow it to reopen in April 2020 and worked with shipyard contractors to allow work to resume on vessels in their yards. Service impacts due to vessel constraints In March 2021, WSF felt confident that while service this year wouldn't be the same as past years, the system could operate a 2021 Peak Schedule that restored service on several routes downsized at the start of the pandemic (i.e. adding a second boat on the Seattle/Bainbridge, Seattle/Bremerton, and Port Townsend/Coupeville routes, a third boat on the FauntleroyNashon/Southworth route, and additional service on the Anacortes/San Juan Islands route). Since then, several unplanned events have further constrained vessel availability: • On April 23, two weeks before the peak schedule was to commence, while on sea trials after an engine overhaul, there was a fire on the Wenatchee(one of WSF's three biggest vessels)that removed it from service for several months. • Vigor, one of WSF's major contractors, lost one of its two drydocks, leading to delays in vessels being worked on in the shipyard, or scheduled to for dry-docking. These events resulted in having only 15 of the 18 vessels necessary for service available at the start of the peak schedule on May 9 causing downsizings by a vessel or vehicle capacity on six routes. Since then, the return of the Yakima from maintenance has increased vehicle capacity for the San Juan Islands and allowed the FauntleroyNashon/Southworth route to return to three-boat service for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Currently, the Port Townsend/Coupeville route is still on one-boat service, and there are smaller boats than would have usually been assigned on the Seattle/Bremerton, Seattle/Bainbridge, Mukilteo/Clinton, and Anacortes/San Juan Islands routes. Crewing Washington State Ferries has an aging workforce. During COVID-19, WSF was usually able to crew a reduced sailing schedule, but impacts on training, increased retirements over the last year, and quarantines due to contact tracing, are still affecting our ability to crew vessels. In addition to the required levels of crewing on each vessel, there are seasonal changes in the terminal and vessel employee numbers. Because more vessels are in service in the summer, WSF hires and train employees in the spring, who then work through the summer. Some are then laid off or put on "on-call" status as our ridership decreases in the winter. In summer 2020, due to COVID-19, training was suspended, then severely limited. Our training staff worked hard, and innovatively, to redesign training allowing for physical distancing. Since most WSDOT office workers continue to telework fulltime, including the WSF office workers, our trainers reorganized rooms to allow for smaller, masked, physically distanced classes that allowed us to add new terminal staff and vessel crews. Availability of qualified crew WSF vessels are crewed by maritime professionals History of U.S. Coast Guard credentialed by the U.S. Coast Guard. There are requirements for crewing and persistent challenges filling all required vessel crew funded staffing levels positions due to shortages of qualified employees. Historically, WSF had sufficient"relief' Engine Room and "on-call" crew members to provide In the engine room, where WSF is experiencing the needed coverage when crew some of the greatest constraints, there have been members were off for personal leave 27 separations in the last year and there will be or did not show up for work due to seven more at the end of June. WSF has hired 15 illness or unforeseen circumstances. employees in the last year— 13 oilers and two In 2012, the U.S. Coast Guard assistant engineers. increased the number of required crew members on WSF vessels. Before The engine crew workforce is primarily fed through then, WSF was funded for an extra the recruitment and training of oilers. WSF crewmember on each vessel, and now advertised for the position intent on hiring 10 new WSF is funded to crew vessels at the employees for the role. Using standing minimum level required by the Coast relationships with maritime academies and other Guard. institutions who train students for these roles, WSF recruited candidates with the required This means, for example, that if a prerequisites. Despite this, WSF was only able to crewmember gets into a car accident hire and train three qualified candidates for the 10 on the way to work, is ill, or is delayed positions. After another recruitment, eight additional for any other reason, the vessel can't qualified candidates will be ready for work in early sail. July. Deck Crew WSF has had 19 deck officers retire and 36 unlicensed deck employees separate between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020. An additional 10 deck officers retired, and 39 unlicensed deck employees have separated since July 1, 2020. During this time frame, WSF was only able to hire five new deck officers and 13 mates, leaving the Marine Operations department without enough licensed crew to fill all the positions for this year's peak season service. Deck department recruitments have been successful in hiring unlicensed deck employees. However, WSF needs more employees to upgrade their U.S. Coast Guard license to be a deck officer and to recruit more deck officers to fill the vacated officer positions caused by retirements. Service impacts due to crewing Due to the lack of required vessel crew, WSF has been forced to tie up vessels during the sailing day, canceling sailings on several routes. This is only done after our dispatch center makes hundreds of calls to on-call and other staff trying to fill the positions. Customer Service attempts to alert passengers to possible early tie-ups with enough notice for them to adjust plans. Again, because WSF is crewed at the U.S. Coast Guard minimum level, the loss of a single crewmember means the boat can't sail and a trip, or multiple trips, is cancelled. 0, } While working to hire additional vessel and terminal staff, WSF is also working with its labor partners on flexibility and st.swi ..woo �Mp «�.WM Foaming WO wwit accountability. A vacation relief engineer position has been iynyMONW.EW NrobrecA. added to each week, and management and labor are working on an agreement to allow permanent crews on vessels laid up or in shipyards to fill vacancies on other vessels, and WSF is posting oiler position announcements for our September trainings. � Conclusion was o m�""mn°'""•" mro coffin+s Although ferry ridership is approaching, or exceeding on several routes, pre-pandemic levels, WSF still faces several constraints that are causing service impacts throughout the system. Lack of wana w vessels and limited crew availability are leading to cancelled sailings and a slow return to normal service levels. While working to address these issues, there are WSF has been heavily recruiting for several long term issues that must be addressed before oopenotice in thcrew positions including e WSF Weekly Updhis the system can operate in a stable, reliable way. e. Contact Information John Vezina, Director of Government Relations • Email: vezinaj@wsdot.wa.gov • Phone: 206-473-9945 • Online: wsdot.wa.gov/ferries Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 8:35 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Did you miss this Chamber Cafe From: The Chamber of Jefferson County Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 8:35:11 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: Did you miss this Chamber Cafe CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. 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Cherry Street Project Costs Soar In Bayside Housing Proposal Jim ScarantinoJun 23, 2021 Port Townsend Free Press Bayside Housing wants$1.8 million from Jefferson County to complete and expand the Cherry Street Project.$1.6 million more than has already been spent would go into finishing the 70-year old Carmel Building, which has been sitting vacant and open to the elements for over four years.The total final cost of that building alone would exceed $3 million. In addition, Bayside wants$300,000 from the City of Port Townsend, and $500,000 from an unspecified block grant. Bayside proposes to contribute $200,000 of its own money,for a total cost of$2.8 million for its new vision for the 1.5 acre property. Bayside's proposal was submitted with supporting documents to the BOCC for its 6/21/21 meeting, and may be read at pages 457-462 of the correspondence file. Here is the cover letter: The Carmel House would provide 12 bedrooms through 4 two bedroom units and four small one bedroom units.The total square footage of the building, as reported by the Port Townsend and Jefferson County Leader, is about 5,000 square feet.The Port Townsend Free Press previously reported that this"affordable" housing project was already one of the most expensive developments on the Quimper Peninsula. Under Bayside's proposal,the cost would exceed $600 per square foot. Bayside's estimate of what it would take to rehab the Carmel House is$600,000 higher than the estimate provided by Homeward Bound Community Land Trust to the Port Townsend City Council in November 2019,when it said at least another$1 million was needed. Homeward Bound had been given the land and building in 2017 and a generous loan from the city. It defaulted in July 2020 and the city reclaimed the project. City taxpayers remain on the hook for the more than $1.4 million in principal and interest on the bond the city floated to raise the funds. Public records show that the loan to Homeward Bound contained a hidden interest subsidy of more than$400,000. Because Homeward Bound never paid a cent of its debt, taxpayers have been paying down the full indebtedness since 2018. The project would be transferred free of any debt to Bayside. With the additional $1.6 million of county money going into the building plus the $1.4 million city-absorbed indebtedness factored in,the total cost of rehabbing the old building would come to more than$3 million.The city has already sunk over$500,000 in the building to bring it here from Victoria, B.C. and to put it on a foundation.That amount would be included in the $3 million final cost for the Carmel Building. 1 These figures do not include the cost of the land,valued in 2017 at$600,000,or other miscellaneous expenditures by the city for utility and project management work. In an October 2, 2020, report we calculated the cost of the project as of that date at$2,329,961.That was still $1 million short of the Homeward Bound's estimated cost to complete, and is $1.6 million short of Bayside's latest estimate of cost to completion. Our figure included the$600,000 value of land given by the city to Homeward Bound, which would again be donated,this time to Bayside Housing. In addition to rehabbing the Carmel House, Bayside proposes to build two six room "boarding houses" on the property, at a combined cost of$850,000.That is the same number of rooms, newly constructed, as would be available in the old Carmel House, but for$2.15 million less. Bayside is not proposing a contract, under which it would be responsible for completion of the building by a date certain and built to plans and standards approved by the county. It is simply asking for millions of dollars with the promise that it will provide "affordable" housing. Its contractor estimates that if the money is provided promptly the proposed project would be completed within the first half of 2022. Bayside's letter does not identify the contractor or reveal whether it has gone through any sort of competitive bidding process. Bayside submitted letters of support from Dove House,Jefferson Community Foundation and Oxford House, an international program of sober living communities. The organizations did not commit to any financial support. At present, the land and the building are owned by the City of Port Townsend. City Council directed the City Manager in September 2020 to negotiate a handover to Bayside Housing of the Cherry Street Project.The City Manager ignored a $1 million cash offer from Keith and Jean Marzan of Port Townsend to bail the city out of the failed project,with the pledge that they would construct affordable housing at their own expense on the site.The City Manager told them he had been directed to deal exclusively with Bayside. The original estimated cost of the rehabbing the Carmel House with the addition of the four basement apartments was under$400,000, with a projected completion date in September or October 2017.That estimate and schedule were known to have been "bogus" by Homeward Bound's leadership and city officials.See also, "Multimillion Dollar Fraud on Taxpayers:The Cherry Street Project Unmasked," PTFP,7/27/20. In a May 28, 2018 article we identified a 36 bedroom Port Townsend apartment building, built in the 1990s, on the market for$1.5 million.That now looks like an even better bargain. But instead of securing that property, or pursuing less costly approaches, such as manufactured housing,the city kept sinking more money into the old Carmel Building structure. The COVID Funds:The County's, Not the City's Bayside is seeking$1.8 million of the county's"COVID funds." The county received $6.3 million under the American Rescue Plan Act.These funds are restricted to being spent on five categories of projects: (1) public health, including COVID-19 mitigation efforts, behavioral health care, and public health and safety staff; (2) negative economic impacts caused by the pandemic to groups including workers, households, industries and the public sector; (3)to replace public sector revenue lost to the pandemic; (4) premium pay to support essential workers whose health is at risk from exposure in critical infrastructure areas; and (5) investment in infrastructure such as water, sewer,wastewater, storm water facilities, and broadband access and infrastructure. The City of Port Townsend has not offered to spend any of its$2.744 million in ARPA funds on its Cherry Street Project. The City Manager has indicated that at least half the funds will be used to make up for lost municipal revenue. Bayside's proposal does not seek any of the City's "COVID Funds." The$1.8 million requested by Bayside would be close to a third of the county's ARPA funds.Jefferson County would be bailing the city out of its troubled Cherry Street Project,after the city had already rejected a$1 million cash offer to do the same. 2 Red Flags There are certainly legal questions about whether the county can simply give$1.8 million to a private entity for a construction project on land it does not own. Where are the legally binding guarantees,the enforcement mechanisms, the claw-back provisions,the security for county taxpayers? If Bayside fails to perform, what recourse is there? How is the county assured it is getting the lowest price from a qualified contractor without a request for proposal and a competitive bidding process? Bayside's executive director, Gary Keister, is a convicted felon, who served time in federal prison for a complex scheme involving bank fraud, conspiracy and money laundering. After release from prison he was involved with an illegal slot machine business that drew raids and enforcement action from Texas authorities and the Security and Exchange Commission. Port Townsend Free Press was contacted by two former Bayside employees who raised ethical concerns about Bayside's operations. One former employee has filed a complaint with the State Attorney General about Bayside's business practices and its conflict of interest with another business owned and managed by Kiester. We wrote about those issues here, here and here. After those articles were published, we received from a man identifying himself as a former business associate of Keister a list of more than 60 lawsuits brought by or against Keister personally, or by or against corporations he owned or managed or in which he was an officer or director.The list was the product of a search of records of nineteen Washington county court systems conducted in 2013. Mr. Keister was a defendant or third-party defendant in 36 of the listed cases, plaintiff in four. In the remainder of the listed cases he was identified as a subject of judgment, garnishment, abstract of judgment or tax foreclosure. Preliminary Talks,Conflict of Interest Bayside's letter refers to previous discussions with Kate Dean, Chair of the Board of County Commissioners.Dean has been a member of the Board of Directors of Homeward Bound since 2017, during the time that organization was the owner and developer of the Cherry Street Project. She was a Homeward Bound director when it defaulted on the city's loan and remains a director to this day.Details of the discussions between Bayside and Dean were not disclosed. In a previous Port Townsend Free Press article, Keister was quoted as saying that Bayside was being pressured by Homeward Bound to get involved in the failed Cherry Street Project. At the same time that Bayside is seeking nearly a third of the county's ARPA money,other nonprofits and critical needs are competing for the same funds. Dean will be one of three commissioners deciding how to allocate those significant, but nonetheless limited resources. 3 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 10:52 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Log Storage for HBVTH From: Jeff Selby Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 10:51:54 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Heidi Eisenhour Cc: Jeff Bohman; Steve Durrant; Kate Dean Subject: Log Storage for HBVTH CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hi Heidi. As you may know the Coalition is planning to build a trailhead for the eventual route of the Olympic Discovery Trail at the corner of SR 20 and Fairmount Rd. and to honor our terrific volunteer, Hall Baetz who really spearheaded the whole Eaglemount effort by helping to get the initial allocation of the $1M for the 4C to ALSP section. We've been making great progress on this effort so far. We have some very significant funding promised from a group of Hall's friends and colleagues. We have a designer for a shelter from the 5'Klallam Tribe, appropriate because of the Native American history of the area and Hall's interest in their culture. We also have met with the cedar log suppliers, one of our board members and the JC Land Trust. Now we are searching for a location to store these building materials for a year in order to skin them and let them dry out. I've checked with the DOT maintenance yard on Hwy 101 near the southern tip of Discovery Bay, the PUD storage yard on 4C Rd., the airport, asking about the possibility of storing some logs for the trailhead shelter. There would be about ten logs of around 35' each to be cut into the appropriate lengths later. The logs will probably be available in about a month or so. So far I haven't been able to find an available or affordable storage location. Do you think you might be able to help us find or suggest a convenient and secure location that the County might make available? Thank you for considering this request. Cheers, Jeff 1 Julie Shannon From: Kate Dean Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 11:05 AM To: Julie Shannon Subject: FW: Log Storage for HBVTH From: Jeff Bohman Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 11:04:26 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: Jeff Selby Cc: Heidi Eisenhour; Steve Durrant; Kate Dean Subject: Re: Log Storage for HBVTH CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Thanks,Jeff,for raising this with our commissioner friends. The additional point I would make is that we (PTC) are operating here entirely in a role of facilitator,funding coordination & leadership, and project management. The end result is going to be a county-owned facility associated with the county-owned ODT that will either pass through the site, or be in close proximity to, and linked to, the site. At its essence,this is a county project. Hopefully, a quiet corner of some county maintenance yard or storage yard is a reasonable thing to ask to occupy for a year. We'd only need access likely for 1-2 days at the front end to peel the logs and put shelters over them for the drying year, and then to cart them to the building site next summer. JB On Jun 23, 2021, at 10:51 AM,Jeff Selby<selbvl144@gmail.com>wrote: Hi Heidi. As you may know the Coalition is planning to build a trailhead for the eventual route of the Olympic Discovery Trail at the corner of SR 20 and Fairmount Rd. and to honor our terrific volunteer, Hall Baetz who really spearheaded the whole Eaglemount effort by helping to get the initial allocation of the $1M for the 4C to ALSP section. We've been making great progress on this effort so far. We have some very significant funding promised from a group of Hall's friends and colleagues. We have a designer for a shelter from the 5'Klallam Tribe, appropriate because of the Native American history of the area and Hall's interest in their culture. We also have met with the cedar log suppliers, one of our board members and the JC Land Trust. Now we are searching for a location to store these building materials for a year in order to skin them and let them dry out. I've checked with the DOT maintenance yard on Hwy 101 near the southern tip of Discovery Bay, the PUD storage yard on 4C Rd., the airport, asking about the possibility of storing some logs for the trailhead shelter. There would be about ten logs of around 35' each to be cut into the appropriate lengths later. The logs will probably be available in about a month or so. So far I haven't been able to find an available or affordable storage location. Do you think you might be able to help us find or suggest a convenient and secure location that the County might make available? Thank you for considering this request. i Cheers, Jeff 2