Call To Order
Roll Call
Committee Chair Kaylee Galloway called the meeting to order at 11:26
a.m. in a hybrid meeting.
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Present:
Elizabeth Boyle, Barry Buchanan, Ben Elenbaas, Kaylee Galloway, Jessica
Rienstra, Jon Scanlon, and Mark Stremler
Announcements
Special Presentation
1.
Presentation from Birch Bay Watershed and Aquatic Resources Management
(BBWARM) District Advisory Committee regarding funding
Jane Mauk, Birch Bay Watershed and Aquatic Resources Management
(BBWARM) District Advisory Committee, read from a presentation (on
file) on the purpose of BBWARM and how it came to be, how fees are
collected from the district, past and future capital improvement projects,
other types of projects they work on, and funding requests. She stated they
are requesting that REET II funding continues to be allocated in their next
budget cycle. She spoke about a comprehensive study that determined, for
the next decade, what the district’s fees should be and that a new fee was
approved by the Council and went into effect in 2024. The study said it
would also incorporate $200,000 in REET II funding and approximately
$445,000 per year from the Road Fund and that would supplement
BBWARM’s capital improvements for the next decade. Without the
funding, however, the scope and effectiveness of their programs will be
severely impacted. She stated, if the Council cannot approve the REET II
funding, they are asking that they approve a one percent increase in the
Flood Control Zone District tax or release banked capacity in order to
support BBWARM. She spoke about three capital improvement projects
that need to get done.
Holly Faulstich, Public Works Department, answered what the relationship
is with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) crew
and program, and stated they are very integrated, but BBWARM basically
helps to enhance the level of service that NPDES provides because they are
overlapping jurisdictions (the NPDES area covers a smaller portion of the
BBWARM district). She answered what the illegal dumping response looks
like.
Debbie Arthur, Executive's Office, spoke about the Executive’s Office
perspective on the funding request, and gave an update on their work on the
Capital Improvement Program and on the biennial budget.
Faulstich stated that as far as she knows, the Executive’s Office is
