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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024 09 24 CFFCOC Special Meeting Summary_20240924_DRAFTPage 1 | 2 http://www.co.jefferson.wa.us Members Present: Tom Backman, District 3; Laurie de Koch, District 3; Tom Erlichman, District 2; Richard Jahnke, Interest – Coastal Areas; Cheryl Lowe – Interest, Habitat Values; Joanne Pontrello, Chair, District 2; Ron Rempel, Interest – Wildlife Conservation Biology; Dave Wilkinson, District 1 Members Absent: Mary Biskup, District 1; Rob Harbour, Vice Chair, Interest – Working Lands (joined briefly by phone); E. Ryan McMackin, Interest – Wetlands County Staff Present: Tami Pokorny, Natural Resources Program Coordinator; Tressa Linquist, Clerk, Public Health Others Present: Sarah Spaeth and Erik Kingfisher of Jefferson Land Trust. I. Call to Order, Roll Call, Determination of Quorum Chair Joanne Pontrello called the meeting to order at 4:06 PM. Roll call was performed, with two Committee members absent and one joining by phone. With 11 current CFFCOC members, a quorum of 6 is required. There are 8 members present. II. Public Comments None. III. Summary of previous meeting The draft summary of the April 23, 2024 CFFCOC meeting was approved by consensus. IV. Old Business None. V. Sub-Committee Reports StoryMap Sub-Committee: Tressa reported that a draft StoryMap site has been created (not yet published) but still needs some caption revisions and additional wildlife photographs. Materials Sub-Committee: The Sub-Committee’s suggestions for revisions to program materials for 2026 (to be implemented fall of 2025) were introduced. The purpose of these revisions would be to align the application and scoring materials more closely to the goals and criteria set out in the Jefferson County Code and to equalize scoring across various project land types (i.e. wildlife lands, agricultural lands, forest lands). The CFF Program goals and criteria (JCC 3.08) were reviewed and discussed. The sub-committee asked for input from the group on “uniqueness” of the different land types and potential “regional and community” benefits. Jefferson County Conservation Futures Fund (JCCFF) Special Meeting: Hybrid between Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue and Zoom Connection September 24, 2024 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM DRAFT Summary Page 2 | 2 “What makes this wildlife/agricultural/forest land unique?” “What specific benefits will the project provide?” VI. New Business Sarah Spaeth of Jefferson Land Trust (JLT) described the cancellation of a previously funded CFF project, “North Barry Snow Creek (2023).” She then reviewed a proposed scope-change to the Lower Chimacum Creek Mainstem project (as funded in 2023). JLT has been unable to secure one of the parcels outlined in their original application. JLT (as the project sponsor) are proposing to replace protection of this parcel with a nearby parcel. Additional funds are not being requested. A site visit of the new parcel will be required, as well as a public hearing on its approval. JLT will deliver a redlined, updated version of the application. The Materials Sub-Committee reported on suggested changes to the application for the next funding cycle (2025). The redlined application was displayed as each suggested change was reviewed. There was significant discussion around non-scored question #10 (Project Description), and how to best craft the question to encourage the applicant to provide goals and objectives for the protection of the land, rather than funding goals. Scored question #2 was also heavily discussed, regarding how to best encourage applicants to consider and describe potential long-term threats to the project lands and how to mitigate/reduce/prevent their effects. A newly suggested question was discussed, regarding water rights and the future use of water on the land/reliance on water to protect conservation values. Due to time constraints, discussion of the remaining suggested changes was tabled until the next meeting. Any additional comments/changes to the 2025 materials from the full CFFCOC should be sent to Tressa for incorporation and delivery to the Materials Sub-Committee. VII. Next meeting date The next CFFCOC meeting will be a site-visit for the new Lower Chimacum Creek Mainstem project parcel (date TBD). This will be followed by an in-person meeting to finalize discussions on that project as well as the 2025 Materials changes. VIII. Announcements None. IX. Public Comment None. X. Adjournment Chair Joanne Pontrello adjourned the meeting at 6:23 pm. Meeting summary prepared by Tressa Linquist.