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Home My WebLink About048 09 STATE OF WASHINGTON County of Jefferson In the Matter ofthe Election to Receive National Forest Related Safety-Net Payments under Division C, Title VI, Section 601 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of2008, PLlIO-343. } } } } } RESOLUTION NO. 48-09 WHEREAS, Congress enacted in 1908 and subsequently amended a law that requires that twenty-five percent (25%) of the revenues derived from the National Forest lands be paid to states for use by the counties in which the lands are situated for the benefit of public schools and county roads; and WHEREAS, the volume of timber sold annually from most National Forest lands has declined precipitously with a corresponding precipitous decline in revenues shared with counties; and WHEREAS, the United States Congress recognized a need to stabilize education and county road funding through predictable payments to the affected counties, create jobs in those counties, and create other opportunities associated with restoration, maintenance and stewardship for Federal lands, and to achieve those goals enacted the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 500 note; Public Law 106-393) in 2000; and WHEREAS, in October of2008, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, PL 110-343, reauthorized and amended the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 for the Federal Fiscal Years 2008-2011; and WHEREAS, Division C, Title VI, Section 601 ofPLlIO-343 gives each eligible county the right to elect to receive either its traditional share of revenues from the National Forest lands pursuant to the Act of May 23, 1908 and Section 13 of the Act of March I, 1911, or instead to receive the guaranteed minimum amount also known as the "full payment amount"; and WHEREAS, an election to receive the full payment amount is effective for Federal Fiscal Years 2008 through 2011; and WHEREAS, Jefferson County is projected to benefit by electing to receive its full payment amount (safety net) rather than electing to receive its traditional share of National Forest revenues; and WHEREAS, any county electing to receive the full payment amount in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) shall further elect each fiscal year to expend an amount not less than eighty percent (80%) nor more than eighty-five percent (85%) of its full payment amount in the same manner in which the twenty-five percent (25%) of the revenues derived from the National Forest lands are required to be expended; and Resolution No. 48-09 re: Election to Receive National Forest Related Safety-Net Payments under PLll 0-343 WHEREAS, Title 1, Section 1 02( d)( I )(B) ofPLl 06-393 requires that a county electing to receive the full payment amount in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) must allocate its project funds, fifteen percent (15%) to twenty percent (20%) of its full payment amount for expenditure between projects in accordance with Title II of PL 1 06-393 and with Title III PLl 06-393, and a return of the balance unspent under Titles II and 1lI to the General Treasury of the United States, and communicate such allocation to the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture; and WHEREAS, Title 11 of PLl 06-393 provides for special projects on Federal lands or that benefit resources on F ederallands, which projects are recommended by local Resource Advisory Committees (RACs); and WHEREAS, RACs recommend projects for consideration by the Secretary of Agriculture, with project funding supplied in whole or in part out of monies allocated for such purposes by participating counties; and WHEREAS, counties that allocate funding to projects under Title II of PLl 06-393 are potential participants in more than one RAC, may further direct that their Title II project funds be divided between different RACs according to an allocation decided by each participating county, with such funds held in the General Treasury ofthe United States under the name of the county with a designation of the amount allocated to each RAC; and WHEREAS, Title 1lI ofPLlO6-393 as amended by PL 110-343 provides for county projects or services, some of which are associated with the federal lands, with Title III authorizing expenditures for search and rescue on federal lands, fire prevention education, and community wildfire protection planning. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL VED, that Jefferson County hereby elects to receive its forest reserve payments as set forth below: 1. Jefferson County hereby elects to receive its full payment amount (safety net) pursuant to PL 11 0- 34 3 Section 601. 2. Jefferson County hereby allocates eighty-five percent (85%) of its full payment amount for expenditure under Title I ofPL 110-343, thirteen percent (13%) of its full payment amount for expenditure under Title II ofPL 110-343, and two percent (2%) of its full payment amount for expenditure under Title III ofPL 110- 343. Jefferson County will return none (zero percent) of its full payment amount to the General Treasury of the United States pursuant to Title I, Section 102( d)(1 )(B )(iii). Page 2 Resolution No '148-09 re: Election to Receive National Forest Related Safety-Net Payments under PLlIO-343 3. Of the amount of project funds allocated to Title II projects, Jefferson County further allocates between RACs as follows: one hundred percent (100%) to the North Olympic Resource Advisory Committee. BE IT FURTHER RESOL VED, that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the timber program manager of the Washington State Association of Counties no later than September I, 2009. BE IT FINALLY RESOL VED, that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to all jurisdictions in this county receiving Forest Reserve payments. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this {A ~1- dayof f71<j~ ,2009. ,,__' ""-' - , ",.. ~c r; . '."';\ > ;C7' · ....s:. c..A" , '. . ~"r\>" \, "'.' \ \ )f~:',"" '':\ ,rtj// :.::)1 . ;j, 7.../, <"". ~ . /,.' ../,/ f,":'.~\'."'/""" !E ...? j-~'~ Al.J srL;:. Y IvL d.tVtJeyu:..</L ~ Lundgren, fiepuly f) Clerk of the Board David Sui Ivan, hairman (f )( C Ie) R J iJ h 5en 6z..) Phil Johnso , Member John Austin, Member Page 3