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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022 04 26 CFFCOC Special Meeting Final Summary  * Decisions and action items are indicated in bold font. Members Present: Phil Andrus, District 2; Mary Biskup, District 1; Guy Dobyns, Vice Chair, District 3; Rob Harbour, Interest – Working Lands; Richard Jahnke, Interest – Coastal Areas; Joanne Pontrello, District 2; Ron Rempel, Interest – Wildlife Conservation Biology; Craig Schrader, Interest – Climate Change; Dave Seabrook, Chair, Interest – Food Security; Dave Wilkinson, District 1 Members Absent: Scott Brinton, Interest – Agriculture; Lorna Smith, Interest – Ecotourism County Staff Present: Tami Pokorny, Environmental Public Health Non-members Present: Rebekah Brooks (Rebekah Brooks Contracting) Call to Order: Chair David Seabrook called the meeting to order at 3:00 PM. Welcome and Introductions Approval of Minutes: The November 22, 2021 CFCOC Meeting minutes were accepted at the last meeting. Richard Jahnke moved to approve the April 5, 2022 CFCOC Meeting Minutes; Ron Rempel seconded. The motion passed unanimously. The Committee discussed reducing the review and approval process of draft minutes to one step instead of two in the future. *Tami Pokorny will include that decision in the next CFCOC Meeting agenda. Approval of Draft Agenda: The agenda was accepted by consensus as written. Guest Observer comments: None Old Business: None Sub-committee Report: None New Business: Appearance of Fairness Forms: Tami Pokorny reported that she had received forms from each of the members. No one identified any conflicts of interest to disclose. Review of Project Ranking Process: Tami gave an overview of the ranking process, which begins with stating whether or not each project is worthy of funding. This is based on the project earning a score of at least 70%, or an exception being made by the Committee to declare the project worthy of funding regardless of the score. At least $220,000 of funding is available as the Committee’s annual allotment. An additional $140,000 may be returning to the CFCOC from The Northwest Watershed Institute; they expect to be able to fund the Camp Discovery Creek project through different means, but will confirm this after closing early next month. Tami suggested that the Committee recommend an alternate project to have in place in the event those returned funds are available. She needs to have recommendations for the funding in time for the Board of County Commissioners’ (BoCC) hearing in June. Richard Jahnke suggested that the CFCOC proceed with votes on which projects are worthy of funding, rank them according to existing funding, and provide a third motion for how to move forward with the possible additional funding. The Committee agreed that it would be best to produce a clean recommendation to the BoCC that would not require the CFCOC to reconvene in the event that the funds become available. *Tami also requested any comments on the projects from Committee members, and encouraged attendance at the BoCC hearing. Presentation of Composite Scores: Tami presented the compilation of Committee members’ score sheets. Ruck Salmon Creek ranked in first place, scoring 258.4 points at 81.6%, and the Quimper Trust Land Transfer came in second with 220.2 points at 69%. Rob Harbour moved to approve both projects as worthy of funding; Mary Biskup seconded. The group discussed the Quimper Trust Land Transfer project. The motion passed with all in favor. Project Ranking and Funding Recommendations for Quimper Trust Land Transfer and Ruck Salmon Creek: The Ruck Salmon Creek project request was for $135,000, and the Quimper Trust Land Transfer request was for $205,000. Guy Dobyns suggested fully funding the Ruck Salmon Creek project, and to allocate the remaining funds to Quimper Trust Land Transfer. In the case of returned funds, Quimper Trust Land Transfer could be fully funded. The group discussed the merits of the two projects, agreeing that Ruck was the most immediate need and more time was left on the Quimper lease if it could not be fully funded at this time. Richard Jahnke moved to fully fund Ruck Salmon Creek at $135,000, and to recommend that the remainder of this year’s allocation of $85,000 be given to Quimper Trust Land Transfer; Rob Harbour seconded. Phil Andrus made a friendly amendment that the group discussed and Richard Jahnke accepted: If additional funds become available, the full request amount of $205,000 are to be designated to Quimper Trust Land Transfer, with any residual funds remaining with the CFCOC. The motion passed with all in favor. Tami asked for any thoughts from the Committee on the value of the projects to be *emailed to her in time for the June BoCC meeting. Phil requested that Tami distribute the composite score sheets; *Tami will send them out to the Committee and Rebekah Brooks. Announcements/Administrative: Staff Update: Tami Pokorny will inform the group when she hears back from the County attorney on any Bylaws revisions; she hopes to have news by the end of May. She suggested that the Committee meet sooner rather than later if they anticipated making many changes, but otherwise they could wait to meet again until the fall. She announced a District 3 vacancy, and mentioned that Scott Brinton and Lorna Smith were also considering retirement from the CFCOC. Joanne Pontrello added that she knew two people who were interested in joining the Committee from Districts 1 and 3. Next Meeting: Dave Seabrook suggested waiting until they heard back from the County attorney on the Bylaws before scheduling the next meeting. *Tami will be in touch to arrange a Bylaw Subcommittee meeting over the summer if necessary; Subcommittee volunteers included Phil Andrus, Rob Harbour, Ron Rempel and Dave Seabrook. The next full Committee meeting was tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, 10/4/22 at 3:00 PM. Guest Observer Comments: None Adjournment: Chair Dave Seabrook adjourned the meeting at 3:49 PM. Action Items: *Tami Pokorny will include a decision on the process of approving future CFCOC meeting minutes in the next meeting agenda. *Please email any thoughts on the value of the recommended projects to Tami Pokorny in time for the June BoCC meeting. *Tami will send the composite score sheet out to the Committee and Rebekah Brooks. *Tami will be in touch to arrange a Bylaw Subcommittee meeting over the summer if necessary. Meeting Summary prepared by Rebekah Brooks.