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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020 09 08 CFFCOC Special Meeting Final Summary  * Decisions and action items are indicated in bold font. Members Present: Mary Biskup, District 1; JD Gallant, District 3; Rob Harbour, Interest – Working Lands; Craig Schrader, Interest – Climate Change; Linda Saunders, Interest – Cultural and Historical; Lorna Smith, Interest – Ecotourism; David Wilkinson, District 1 Members Absent: Phil Andrus, District 2; Scott Brinton, Interest – Agriculture; Richard Jahnke, Interest – Coastal Areas; Joanne Pontrello, Chair, District 2; Dave Seabrook, Vice Chair, Interest – Food Security County Staff Present: Tami Pokorny, Environmental Health Rebekah Brooks, recorder I. Call to Order Since both the Chair and Vice Chair were absent, Lorna Smith nominated Mary Biskup to chair the meeting in the interim; Craig Schrader seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. Mary called the meeting to order at 4:14 PM. A quorum was present, but Tami Pokorny noted that without at least eight members attending the meeting, the bylaws could not be approved. II. Welcome and Introductions III. Approval of Minutes Rob Harbour moved to preliminarily approve the minutes from the April 7, April 28, and May 20, 2020 meetings; Lorna Smith seconded. The motion passed unanimously. The minutes from the March 20, 2020 Meeting were accepted by the Committee by consent agenda. Without a Chair present to sign the accepted minutes, Mary agreed to send out an email to the full Committee regarding the approval. IV. Approval of Draft Agenda The agenda was approved by consensus as written. V. Guest Observer Comments There were no comments. VI. Old Business 2021 Cycle Calendar Tami Pokorny reviewed the calendar. The next JCCF meeting is scheduled for March 30, 2021. The Committee reconfirmed that the calendar was received. Sub-Committee Report Rob Harbour distributed his report regarding climate change, the farm and forest scoring, Operations and Maintenance projects, long-term monitoring, and manual changes. Rob led an overview of the sub-committee findings. On the subject of climate change, a new scoring question was added to the application and score sheet to allow the applicant to describe how the project mitigates climate change. The farm and forest section was reframed to allow an answer either for agriculture or for forestry instead of for both. An extra question was included to provide a few points for diverse projects. A new question #15 in the application and scoresheet is only for stand-alone O&M projects, and requests information more appropriate for O&M project activities. The manual was also updated with a statement of priority which states that acquisition is still the highest priority of the CF Program, and O&M projects are generally not going to rank high enough to be funded. Guidance for combination acquisition and O&M applications is also given. The sub-committee suggested a new approach to the long-term monitoring issue: to form a JCCF sub-group over the next year or so to create an atlas of past projects. The Committee would update the atlas, which would then be put online with a GIS story map. This way the JCCF could manage its own information base to follow through on ambassadorship with the local community instead of relying on project sponsors. As to long-term monitoring, David Wilkinson raised the point that the Committee is responsible for oversight, and asked the group if they should have a conversation with the Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) about how to go forward with reporting and long-term monitoring with good information. The group discussed oversight versus voluntary information, the accreditation of the Land Trust, the responsibility of the JCCF to the public as program ambassadors, and the role and capacity of the Committee. David suggested adopting the sub-committee recommendations, and asking the JCCF whether it wants to continue this conversation over the next year with the BoCC about the role of the Committee. VIII. New Business 2021 Program Materials: Manual, Application, Scoresheet David Wilkinson moved to accept the Manual as amended by the sub-committee; Lorna Smith seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. David Wilkinson moved to accept the Application as amended; Lorna Smith seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. David Wilkinson moved to accept the Scoresheet as amended; Lorna Smith seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. There was unanimous approval of all program materials as written by Rob Harbour’s sub-committee. Bylaws Revision Tami Pokorny clarified that two-thirds majority was required to approve the bylaws, so this item was tabled until a future meeting. Presentation to BoCC Planning The group discussed the upcoming presentation to the BoCC in December, and agreed that it was a good opportunity to present the long-term monitoring question. Rob Harbour and Mary Biskup volunteered to help with writing up and participating in the presentation. The group discussed how to move forward with revising the bylaws, particularly if the BoCC responded with feedback about JCCF oversight. Lorna Smith moved to empower the JCCF Chair to appoint a sub-committee to rewrite the bylaws and long-term monitoring changes based on feedback from the BoCC; Rob Harbour seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. Rob Harbour moved that County staff set up a meeting for the full Committee in February 2021 for the sub-committee to report; Lorna Smith seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. IX. Announcements/Administrative Staff Update Tami Pokorny reported that the Upper Tarboo and Ruby Ranch projects would be closing soon. The next one to close will be Upper Quilcene Headwaters to Bay. She will also be working on a story map for the projects. Tami announced a District 3 vacancy and that she would be advertising the position soon. Linda Saunders announced that she had some upcoming conflicts and that she would be resigning from the JCCF. She will be working on finding an “interest” replacement for the Committee. Next Meeting The next JCCF Meeting will be scheduled for February 2021. Tami Pokorny will send out a poll for meeting dates. X. Observer Comments There were no comments. XI. Adjournment Mary Biskup adjourned the meeting at 5:25 PM.