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Public Heal
HEARING FORM July 5t", 2022
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Mark McCauley, County Administrator
FROM: Pinky Mingo, Environmental Public Health and Water Quality
Director
Tami Pokorny, Natural Resources Program Coordinator
DATE: July 11, 2022
SUBJECT: Agenda Request: Setting a Public Hearing Date and Publishing a Public
Hearing Notice on the Conservation Futures Applications for 2022.
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Public Health requests BoCC approval of a Public Hearing Notice to take comments regarding the two
Conservation Futures project applications submitted for consideration during the 2022 funding round. The
notice is to be published on July 13th and July 20t", 2022 in The Leader. The hearing is tentatively scheduled
for Monday,August 1st at 10:30 a.m.
ANALYSIS/STRATEGIC GOALS/PRO'S and CON'S:
Jefferson County Code(JCC)3.08.030(4)requires a duly noticed public hearing prior to final action by the
Board of County Commissioners on the annual allocations from the Conservation Futures Fund. Public
comment on the Quimper Trust Land Transfer and Ruck Salmon Creek projects will be accepted from July
13t', 2022 until the close of the Commissioners' hearing. After the public hearing,the BoCC may resolve to
award funding to one or more of these projects.
FISCAL IMPACT/COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS:
Costs to publish the Public Hearing Notice in The Leader will be paid for with funds from the Conservation
Futures Fund.
RECOMMENDATION:
To facilitate a timely public process, Public Health recommends that the BoCC approve the Public Hearing
Notice to hold the hearing on Monday,August 1st, 2022 at 10:30 a.m.
REVIEWED BY:
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Please publish 2 times: July 13 and 20, 2022
Contact Person: Tami Pokorny
Bill to: Jefferson County Public Health
615 Sheridan St.
Port Townsend, WA 98368
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Conservation Futures Program Project Applications in 2022
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing is scheduled by the Jefferson County Board of
Commissioners for MONDAY, August 1, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. in the Commissioners’ Chambers,
County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368. (VIRTUAL)
Notice of said hearing is to be published in the official newspaper of Jefferson County.
The public hearing is to take comments on the two projects submitted for consideration during the
2022 conservation futures funding cycle. Conservation futures funds available to projects in 2022
total $360,000. The total amount requested for the Quimper Trust Land Transfer and the Ruck
Salmon Creek projects is $340,000. Written public comment will be accepted any time up through
the close of the public hearing, addressed to the BoCC at P.O. Box 1220, Port Townsend, WA,
98368 or by email at jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us.The projects are summarized as follows:
1. Quimper Trust Land Transfer, $199,500 towards the fee simple acquisition of a total of 107 acres
to protect four State-owned parcels located in the Quimper Wildlife Corridor just outside of the Port
Townsend city limits for fish and wildlife habitat, open space, and recreation use. The properties are
currently leased to Jefferson County. The application also requests $5,500 towards reimbursement of
operations and maintenance costs. The proposed match is $215,200 in community funds raised by
Jefferson Land Trust. The project sponsor is Jefferson Land Trust and the project applicant is
Jefferson County; Project locations: S32 and 33 T31N R1W.
2. Ruck Salmon Creek, $126,375 towards the fee simple acquisition of 155.3 acres in one parcel to
protect about one mile of Salmon Creek mainstem as well as forested slopes, uplands and portions of
six tributaries. The application also requests $8,625 towards reimbursement of operations and
maintenance costs. Proposed match is $561,750 in grants from the Salmon Recovery Funding Board
and WWRP Riparian Habitat programs. The project applicant and sponsor is Jefferson Land Trust.
Project location: S27 T29N R2W.
The project applications and draft resolutions are available for viewing on the County website at
https://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/560/Conservation-Futures-Program.
You are welcome to participate in this hearing. You will need to join the meeting by 10:30 a.m.
using the following methods: VIRTUALLY: Via the following Zoom, link:
https://zoom.us/j/93777841705, PHONE: Dial 1-253-215-8782 and enter access code: 937-7784-
1705# and press *9 to “raise your hand” to be called upon. Access for the hearing impaired can be
accommodated using Washington Relay Service at 1-800-833-6384, IN-PERSON: This option is only
available provided a hybrid meeting can be held with reasonable safety, namely that the COVID-19
risk is Very Low, Low or Moderate per the dashboard located at
https://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/1429/COVID-19 per BOCC Resolution No. 24-22. If in-person is
available, seating capacity may also be limited to 50%.
To view documents or watch this meeting live with no participation, go to www.co.jefferson.wa.us
Follow the links under “Quick Links: Videos of Meetings: Today.” If you experience difficulties
joining the meeting or viewing documents please call 360-385-9100 to report any issues.
In addition, written testimony is also invited beginning on July 13, 2022 and ending on August 1,
2022 at the end of the Public Hearing, unless extended by the Board of County Commissioners.
Written public testimony may be submitted by Email to: jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us; or by Mail
to: Jefferson County Commissioners’ Office; PO Box 1220, Port Townsend, WA 98368. Testimony
must be received by the Board of County Commissioners by the end of the hearing testimony period.
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Signed this 11 day of July.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
/S/Heidi Eisenhour, Chair