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(q,l).,oJ ,jLU-j. ) STATE OF WASHINGTON County of Jefferson In the Matter of the Election to Receive National Forest Related Safety-Net Payments Under PLI 06-393 } } } RESOLUTION NO. 58-05 WHEREAS, Congress enacted in 1908 and subsequently amended a law that requires that twenty-five percent (25%) ofthe revenues derived from the National Forest lands be paid to states for use by the counties in which the lands are situated for the benefit of public schools and roads; and WHEREAS, the volume of timber sold annually from the most National Forest lands has declined precipitously with a corresponding precipitous decline in revenues shared with counties; and WHEREAS, the United States Congress recognized a need to stabilize education and road maintenance funding through predictable payments to the affected counties, job creation in those counties, and other opportunities associated with restoration, maintenance and stewardship for Federal lands, and to achieve those goals enacted by PL106-393 in 2000; and WHEREAS, Title I, Section 102 ofPL106-393 gives each eligible county the right to elect to receive either its traditional share of revenues from the National Forest lands pursuant to the Act of May 23, 1908 and Section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911, or instead to receive the guaranteed minimum amount also known as the "full payment amount"; and WHEREAS, an election to receive the full payment amount is effective for all Federal fiscal years through 2006; and WHEREAS, any county electing to receive the full payment amount in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) shall further elect each fiscal year to expend an amount not less than eighty percent (80%) nor more than eighty-five percent (85%) of its full payment amount in the same manner in which the twenty-five percent (25%) payments are required to be expended; and WHEREAS, any county with minor distributions electing to receive the full payment amount which is less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for any fiscal year may elect to expend all such funds in the same manner in which the twenty-five percent (25%) payments are required to be expended; and WHEREAS, Title I, Section 102(d)(1)(B) ofPL106-393 requires that counties electing to receive the full payment amount in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) must allocate its project funds, fifteen percent (15%) to twenty percent (20%) of its full payment amount for expenditure between projects in accordance with Title II ofPL106-393, projects in accordance with Title ill PLI06-393, and a return of the balance unspent under Titles II and ill to the General Treasury of the United States, and communicate such allocation to the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture; and Page 1 Resolution No. t1R_nt1 re: Election to Receive National Forest Related Safety-Net Payments Under PLI06-393 WHEREAS, Title II ofPL106-393 provides for special projects on Federal lands or that benefit resources on Federal lands, which projects are recommended by local resource advisory committees (RAC's); and WHEREAS, RAC's recommend projects for consideration by the Secretary of Agriculture, with project funding supplied in whole or in part out of monies allocated for such purposes by participating counties; and WHEREAS, counties that allocate funding to projects under Title II ofPL106-393 and are potential participants in more than one RAC, may further direct that their Title II project funds be divided between different RAC's according to an allocation decided by each participating county, with such funds held in the General Treasury of the United States under the name of the county with a designation of the amount allocated to each RAC; and WHEREAS, Title III ofPL106-393 provides for county projects or services, some of which are associated with the federal lands, with Title ill authorizing expenditures for search, rescue and emergency services, staffing of community services work camps, the purchase of easements, forest related educational opportunities, fire protection and county planning, and community forestry pursuant to the Cooperative Forest Assistance Act of 1978; and WHEREAS, Jefferson County is projected to benefit by electing to receive its full payment amount rather than electing to receive its traditional share of National Forest revenues. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL VED, that Jefferson County hereby selects to receive their forest reserve payments as set forth below: 1. Jefferson County hereby elects to receive its full payment amount pursuant to Title I, section 102(a)(2) ofPL106-393. 2. Jefferson County hereby allocates twenty percent (20%) of its full payment amount for expenditure on projects under Title II and Title ill ofPL106-393. Jefferson County will return none (zero percent) of its full payment amount to the General Treasury of the United States pursuant to Title I, Section (1 02( d)(1 )(B)(iii). 3. Of the amount allocated to Title II and Title ill projects above in paragraph 2, hereinafter referred to as the "Project Funds", Jefferson County further allocates between such Titles for Federal fiscal year 2005 (for expenditure after Federal fiscal year 2004) on the following basis: Seventy percent (70%) of Project Funds for expenditure on Title II projects and thirty percent (30%) of the Project Funds for expenditure on Title ill projects. 4. Ofthe amount of Project Funds allocated to Title II projects, Jefferson County further allocates between RAC's as follows: One hundred percent (100%) to the North Olympic Resource Advisory Committee. Page 2 Resolution No. 58-05 re: Election to Receive National Forest Related Safety-Net Payments Under PLI06-393 BE IT FURTHER RESOL VED, that a copy ofthis resolution be transmitted to the Governor of the State of Washington by such date as may be necessary for it to reach the United States Secretary of Agriculture by September 30, 2005. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that a copy ofthis resolution be transmitted to all jurisdictions in this county receiving Forest Reserve payments. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this Ii (p. day of d,?{;;'fJ/eh'Lh2/> .-io05. .,..-_............ ,.. ...., -1 '. SEAL:/~;. j., ..:t. '. ,.', j- ~t'. "l.."~ ... ~ ..... ~..., .' ~ . . "'1'- . . -., . \ ,: :\.. ; J.'. I ~ ~' I ' . , . \ .' . , , ...... ,.,"' .;,;, ';\ : \ ....~ ""."'- ..... ;' ,w.. \-: . , ,/ "., ~. ~.. ~ ~ .,.~'" '" ATTEST: -',,',) J '; c.' >- J~~;tth~~~~"~;.~~~/~ Clerk of the Board JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ~A' ~~.. Davi Sullivan, Member ~bcr - Page 3