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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: October 17 2022
SUBJECT: Agenda Item -Agreement with the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation to
support Washington CoastSavers and Student Marine Advanced Technology and
Education (MATE) ROV Competition, a project of the North Pacific Coast Marine
Resources Committee (NPC MRC); May 1, 2022 -June 15, 2023; $6,690
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Jefferson County Public Health requests approval of an Agreement with the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation to
support Washington CoastSavers and Student MATE ROV Competition, a project of the North Pacific Coast Marine
Resources Committee (NPC MRC); May 1, 2022 -June 15, 2023; $6,690
ANALYSIS/STRATEGIC GOALS/PRO'S and CON'S:
This Agreement uses grant funds to the NPC MRC from the Department of Fish and Wildlife (EH-21-052/#21-18965)
to support the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation's in-person Marine Advanced Technology and Education
(MATE) Olympic Coast Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Competition and to update and expand its Washington
Coastsavers website (httos://www.coastsavers.org). The goal of the Coastal MRC program is to understand,
steward, and restore the marine and estuarine ecological processes of the Washington Coast in support of
ecosystem health, sustainable marine resource-based livelihoods, cultural integrity, and coastal communities. This
project was submitted to the NPC MRC in response to a Request for Proposals in late 2021 and recommended for
funding at its regular meeting last December.
FISCAL IMPACT/COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS:
Funding for this agreement is provided by the State General Fund and administered through the WDFW Coastal MRC
Program. There is no impact to the Jefferson County General Fund for this agreement and there are no match
requirements.
RECOMMENDATION:
JCPH Management recommends BOCC signature for an Agreement with the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation to
support Washington CoastSavers and a Student MATE ROV Competition, a project of the North Pacific Coast Marine
Resources Committee (NPC MRC); May 1, 2022-June 15, 2023; $6,690
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