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Public Healt
June 04,2024
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CONSENT AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Mark McCauley, County Administrator
FROM: Pinky Feria Mingo, Director, Environmental Public Health &
Water Quality
Tami Pokorny, Natural Resources Program Coordinator
DATE: June 10, 2024
SUBJECT: Setting a Public Hearing Date and Publishing a Public Hearing Notice
on the Conservation Futures Applications for 2024
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Public Health requests BoCC approval of a Public Hearing Notice to take comments regarding the three
Conservation Futures Fund project applications submitted for consideration during the 2024 funding round.
The notice is to be published on June 12t1 and June 19' in The Leader. The hearing is tentatively scheduled
for Monday,June 24'at 9:45 a.m.
ANALYSIS:
Jefferson County Code(JCC)3.08.030(4)requires a notice of 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 Deerfoot Forest, Humbleberry Farm, and Tarboo Wildlife Preserve—West Slope Forest
Addition projects will be accepted from June 12', 2024 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:
Costs to publish the Public Hearing Notice in The Leader will be paid by 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,June 24, 2024 at 9:45 a.m.
REVIEWED BY:
Mark McCauley, unty Administrator D to
Community Health Environmental Public Health
Developmental Disabilities Water Quality
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PT Leader: Please publish 2 times(June 12 and 19, 2024)
Contact Person: Tami Pokorny
Bill to: Jefferson County Public Health
615 Sheridan St.
Port Townsend, WA 98368
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Conservation Futures Fund Program Project Applications in 2024
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing is scheduled by the Jefferson County Board of
Commissioners for MONDAY.June 24, 2024 at 9.45 mnL in the Commissioners' Chambers,
County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368. Notice of said hearing is to be
published in the official newspaper of Jefferson County.
The public hearing is to take comments on the three projects submitted for consideration during the
2024 Conservation Futures funding cycle. Conservation Futures funds available to projects in 2024
total $280,000. The total amount requested for the Deerfoot Forest, Humbleberry Farm, and Tarboo
Wildlife Preserve—West Slope Forest Addition is $402,000. 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 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 9:45 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,or IN-PERSON
In addition,written testimony is also invited beginning on June 12,2024 and ending on June 24,2024 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(a,co iefferson.wa.us You may view documents and
testimony received by visiting: www.co.jefferson.wa.us and following this pathway—Services—
Laserfiche Web Portal (username and password is: public)—Board of Commissioners—BOCC
Agenda Packets—2024 Weekly Agenda Items—06 June 2024—062424
You can also Mail your testimony to: Jefferson County Commissioners' Office; P.O.Box 1220,Port
Townsend, WA 98368. Written testimony must be received by the Board of County Commissioners by
the end of the hearing testimony period.
Signed this 10a'day of June, 2024.
JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
/S/Kate Dean, Chair
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Conservation Futures Fund Program Project
Applications in 2024
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public
hearing is scheduled by the Jefferson County
Board of Commissioners for MONDAY,June
24,2024 at 9:45a.m.in the Commissioners'
Chambers,County Courthouse, 1820 Jef-
ferson Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368.
Notice of said hearing is to be published in
the official newspaper of Jefferson County.
The public hearing is to take comments on
the three projects submitted for consider-
ation during the 2024 Conservation Futures
funding cycle. Conservation Futures funds
available to projects in 2024 total$280,000.
The total amount requested for the Deerfoot
Forest,Humbleberry Farm,and Tarboo Wild-
life Preserve—West Slope Forest Addition
is$402,000.Written public comment will be
accepted any time up through the dose of
the public hearing,addressed to the BoCC at
P.O.Box 1220,Port Townsend,WA,98368
or by email at Pff hncc0co.4PffPrqnn.wauL
The project applications and draft resolutions
are available for viewing on the County web-
site at hnps,//www.co.jefferc_on.wa.us/560/
Consery ation-Futures-Program_
You are welcome to participate in this hear-
ing.You will need to join the meeting by 9:45
a.m. using the following methods: VIRTU-
ALLY:Via the following Zoom,link:https://
zoom.usfy93777841705, 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 im-
paired can be accommodated using Wash-
ington Relay Service at 1-800-833-6394,or
IN-PERSON
In addition,written testimony is also invited
beginning on June 12,2024 and ending on
June 24,2024 at the end of the Public Hear-
ing,unless extended by the Board of County
Commissioners. Written public testimony
may be submitted by Email to:jeffhowB
gp,j.ff.rsnn.wa.ns You may view docu-
ments and testimony received by visiting:
www.co.jefferson.wa.us and following this
pathway—Services—Laserfiche Web Portal
(username and password is:public)—Board
of Commissioners—BOCC Agenda Packets
—2024 Weekly Agenda Items—06 June 2024
—062424
You can also Mail your testimony to:Jef-
ferson County Commissioners'Office;P.O.
Box 1220,Part Townsend,WA 98368.Writ-
ten testimony must be received by the Board
of County Commissioners by the end of the
hearing testimony period.
Signed this 10th day of June,2024.
JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS
Kate Dean,Chair
PTL.:May 29,2024
Legal No.208758