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Home My WebLink AboutCAC Minutes_121024 Special Meeting_DRAFTJefferson County/City of Port Townsend Climate Action Committee / Special Meeting Minutes Tuesday, December 11, 2024, 3:00 - 5:00 PM Hybrid Meeting Hosted by Jefferson County Public Health 615 Sheridan Street; Pacific Room; Port Townsend Members Present: Cindy Jayne, Dave Wilkinson, Owen Rowe (City Council), Laura Tucker (Jefferson County Public Health), Nicole Gauthier (Jefferson Transit), Kees Kolff (JHC), Micheal Clea (PTPC), Kate Chadwick, Jamie Duyck, Crystie Kisler, Krista Myers Absent: Jeff Randall (PUD No. 1), Carol Hasse (Port of PT), Kate Dean (BoCC), Dave Seabrook, Sara Peck (Jefferson Transit alt.), Eric Toews (Port of PT alt.) Staff: Judy Surber (City of Port Townsend); Laura Tucker (Jefferson County) Guests: Lara Cittadini, Lara Gaasland-Tatro, Lou, Norton Smith Scribe: Judy Surber Topic Recommendation/Action Follow Up Items Call to order Introductions Chair Kolff called the meeting to order at 3:03. Approval of Minutes Cindy Jayne Moved to approve 10/22/24 Minutes; Second by Nicole. Motion passed. Laura to post on County Website Public Comment Lara Cittadini recommended County DCD incorporate peat land conservation into the Comprehensive Plan Climate Element and that they get the most current guidance from the Conservation District. CAC Workplan Discussion Chair Kolff asked What would the group like to focus on in 2025? He noted potential future topics listed at the end of the agenda. Some have already been addressed: Resources/reference list was assigned to the Outreach group; Organizational climate goals are ongoing. Commerce and Energy Audit Grant – our work completed; Funding for Agriculture is covered by Food System Workgroup; Adaptation Measures incorporated into Comp. Plan Workgroup Items to address in 2025 include: Revisit Climate Decision tool – Kate Chadwick noted the NODC now has their own tool for this area. Bainbridge also has one now. Racial justice presentation – Crystie is willing to help with this. JLT Presentation – have them present their climate report, and include their consideration of carbon offsets in community forest. Urban Wildland Interface – check with Dave Seabrook on having Community Wildfire Protection Plan presented to the group Consumption Emissions-suggest Outreach and Education explore this topic. Climate Commitment Act was passed – scope may depend on state budget. Good to track in 2025. Any additional items? Tree Ordinance for City and County – understanding existing regulations and implementation. Strategic Planning Exercise to identify Funding Opportunities and Priorities - Kate Chadwick envisions scoping an investment plan, what are our priorities for strategic approach vs. opportunistic; could we get funding? Kees recalls in early CAC we did a similar exercise – is it feasible politically, difficulty to implement, cost? Jamie Duyck noted this would be a good opportunity to learn about the various niches. Laura is willing to help, Cindy will check on the prioritization efforts that NODC has done. Kees: proposed taking this on early to help inform Comprehensive Plans if at all possible. Kate C agreed to organize. Nicole offered to Present Jefferson Transit adopted Climate Action Plan. Outreach group to consider how to incorporate Resources/reference list Food System group to include funding for agriculture and climate. Comp Plan group to include adaptation measures in their work. Cindy and Kate C will bring the Climate Decision tool topic to the group at a future meeting. Dave Seabrook to consider having Community Wildfire Protection Plan presented to the group Kate C will bring the strategic planning item to the CAC early in 2025. CAC Workplan Discussion Chair Kolff asked What would the group like to focus on in 2025? He noted potential future topics listed at the end of the agenda. Some have already been addressed: Resources/reference list was assigned to the Outreach group; Organizational climate goals are ongoing. Commerce and Energy Audit Grant – our work completed; Funding for Agriculture is covered by Food System Workgroup; Adaptation Measures incorporated into Comp. Plan Workgroup Items to address in 2025 include: Revisit Climate Decision tool – Kate Chadwick noted the NODC now has their own tool for this area. Bainbridge also has one now. Racial justice presentation – Crystie is willing to help with this. JLT Presentation – have them present their climate report, and include their consideration of carbon offsets in community forest. Urban Wildland Interface – check with Dave Seabrook on having Community Wildfire Protection Plan presented to the group Consumption Emissions-suggest Outreach and Education explore this topic. Climate Commitment Act was passed – scope may depend on state budget. Good to track in 2025. Any additional items? Tree Ordinance for City and County – understanding existing regulations and implementation. Strategic Planning Exercise to identify Funding Opportunities and Priorities - Kate Chadwick envisions scoping an investment plan, what are our priorities for strategic approach vs. opportunistic; could we get funding? Kees recalls in early CAC we did a similar exercise – is it feasible politically, difficulty to implement, cost? Jamie Duyck noted this would be a good opportunity to learn about the various niches. Laura is willing to help, Cindy will check on the prioritization efforts that NODC has done. Kees: proposed taking this on early to help inform Comprehensive Plans if at all possible. Kate C agreed to organize. Nicole offered to Present Jefferson Transit adopted Climate Action Plan. Outreach group to consider how to incorporate Resources/reference list Food System group to include funding for agriculture and climate. Comp Plan group to include adaptation measures in their work. Cindy and Kate C will bring the Climate Decision tool topic to the group at a future meeting. Dave Seabrook to consider having Community Wildfire Protection Plan presented to the group Kate C will bring the strategic planning item to the CAC early in 2025. Planned Organizational Climate Activities City, JH and JTA have all previously submitted. PUD recently submitted theirs. Carol Hasse was pursuing for Port. Laura will post PUD list and follow up on County list. Work Group Updates VMT – (Cindy) meeting next week. The recommendation to BOCC and City Council was sent– City Manager thanked us. Owen noted decreasing VMT was included in the City’s Draft Proposed 2025 State Legislative Agenda. Food Systems – (Crystie) – Met last week. Established group priorities and started looking on how to embark on those priorities including recommended input to Comp Plans which will be shared with the full CAC before forwarding to City/County. Other items: emergency response for food systems; updating regional mapping on “real time” food system productivity; grant opportunities. Forestry (Cindy) -going to meet with Kate Dean to discuss priority next steps including City and County Comp Plan input. Kate C noted group may want to review Recompete Grant funding that went to natural resource jobs with a sustainability component. Kees noted the BOCC was interested in more information on next steps. Education and Outreach (Laura and Krista): Krista summarized plans to restructure the CAC webpage. Dave W suggests links to current information such as: NOAA dashboard and King Tides forecasts. Possibly a topographic map to make sense of flood elevations; Fire Danger level. Upcoming Organizational Plans & Documents for Climate Review? Judy Surber gave a presentation on the City of Port Townsend Shoreline Master Program Periodic Review – SLR Adaptation Strategy for Southern Shoreline Public Comment None Other Updates America is All in – County approved it. City Manager will follow up. (And did so later in the meeting.) Solid Waste Facility – County used CAC Climate Decision Tool. Will be useful for the design. Yard waste will stay at current location. Hazard Mitigation Plan – CAC provided input awhile back, but the latest draft does not reflect the input. Judy to forward Solid Waste Facility CAC Climate Decision Tool Cindy will follow up with Commissioner Dean. Meeting Dates for 2025: Motion by Jamie to approve meeting dates as presented on the Agenda. Second by Owen. Passed. Next Steps and Agenda Planning & 2023 Dates Next Meeting: February 25, 2025 - Elections for Chair and Vice Chair, Strategic Framework Exercise, Jefferson Transit Climate Action Plan presentation. Members potentially interested in chair or vice chair position are encouraged to talk with Kees or Cindy. Adjourn End of Year Celebration. Meeting was adjourned at 5:00 p.m. when Kate Chadwick departed, and the group no longer had a quorum, but many stuck around to honor Judy Surber who has shepherded the CAC so well since the beginning and who is retiring before our next meeting.