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How should the County communicate about building under its HCP? December 5, 2018 Listening Session
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How should the County communicate about building under its HCP?
December 5, 2018 Listening Session
Meeting AgendaTopic: How should the County communicate about building under its HCP?
12:00 Grab a sandwich, Introductions & Review Agenda
12:10 Brief HCP Status update (Chris Chaput)
12:15 Guided Group Discussion Begins (all)• What info do you need about the HCP in order to do your work?• New Fact Sheets• New HCP Video • New HCP Website • Maps• Training
1:00 Meeting concludes
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Today we have asked you all here as you are leaders in your industries and we have grant funding to create communication materials for implantation of the HCP. We are looking to you as representatives for input on what information is best for you all to do your jobs and how best to communicate this information. So, if you haven’t already grabbed a sandwich, please don’t be shy and I’d like to start with introductions. Start we Chris go through staff then guests
HCP Status Update - briefly• The County submitted a revised draft
Habitat Conservation Plan to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on July 26th of this year.
• County officials & staff are meeting with The Service regularly to discuss.
• The Service is taking time to review it. There may be another gopher review season.
• Next Steps
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Although this meeting is not about the HCP specifically, but the communication products for implementation. I wanted to briefly let you all know where the County is at in development. Next steps: Once there is a technically complete HCP we will move into the review under NEPA/SEPA. The NEPA process will take one year from beginning the process. This will take us to the adoption point by the Board. Once adopted
What do you need to know about building under the HCP?What materials would serve our community and how best to get the information out?
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Currently the County is developing information and staff would like your input as industry representatives . What do you need to know to do your job efficiently & effectively. Next we will be running through the survey that was provided to you all. Please indicate y/n. Provide comments and ask questions.
What do you need from the County?1. A way to find out if a site is within the County’s HCP area without coming
into the BDC?2. Guidance about how to plan a site to avoid or reduce mitigation?3. Mitigation options & costs?4. A Fact Sheet or webpage that explains:
• The application process flow.• How long the HCP review takes.• How the included federal coverage works.• How long the impact authorization lasts.
5. What else?
Who else to do outreach to?
Current List of Stakeholder Groups1. Architects, developers, construction companies
engineers2. County property owners3. Realtors4. Bankers5. Farmers & the ag community6. County staff, planners, other departments
How Best to Provide the Information?
1. In person at the permit counter2. Online – on the County’s websites3. Fact Sheets4. Meeting appointments with staff
member5. Training classes6. Other
Guided Group Discussion (all)
Fact Sheets
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Hand out Fact Sheets
Guided Group Discussion (all)
New HCP Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIn1kaxFths
• What three things did you learn from the video?
• Do you think this is a good introduction for people who may be new to the County’s HCP?
• What are two things we can do to improve the video?
Guided Group Discussion (all)New HCP Website https://thurstonhcp.org/
• Our goal is to provide information for a wide variety of people who will need information about the HCP: permit applicants, regulators, planners, architects and designers, biologists doing reports, etc.
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Does the ‘Applicants’ section seem complete? What else do you need or want to see here that would help you do your job?
Guided Group Discussion (all)
What types of maps would be most helpful? https://www.geodata.org/
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Base map with layers? PDF map for instant identification of location? No self-diagnosing? Requiring everyone to check with staff first?
Submit Comments Anytime to:[email protected]
or
Christina Chaput or Andrew Deffobis
Associate Planner, Community Planning
Community Planning and Economic Development
Find more Information at https://thurstonhcp.org
