Building_development + Forests_green_space + Hunting + Wildlife_habitat

37:38 statutory warranty deed and execute all necessary closing documents amendments to acquire the property from the Massey family joint trust we're going to go to slide number two so the Massey property is in teal on the south side across the street is Alderbrook Park if you're familiar with that location this is in the upper Salmon Creek watershed in Hawkinson it's about two miles from the headwaters of Salmon Creek this property was identified as a high-value conservation land through the county's watershed based planning process and we'll go to the next slide so why is this property and why why this property right that's the question everybody asks not every property in the sub area becomes available for conservation this one aligns and and this is unique

38:37 because the family came to the county to initiate the acquisition the property scores high because of the stream corridor there's 22 linear feet of Salmon Creek in the property it has a forest throughout you know it is a forest 40 parcel the act the acquisition was reviewed by the parks advisory board and recommended to move forward to your approval today it is a willing seller willing buyer property and it's twenty one point four acres next slide this allows the county to act on a unique opportunity while staying consistent with the adopted capital improvement plan when council adopted the natural areas acquisition plan the upper Salmon Creek sub area was identified as one of the county's priority conservation areas because of the fish brain stream the

39:36 working forests and intact watershed function Salmon Creek drains 89 square miles in central Clark County it is the largest watershed in the entirety of Clark County the creek flows westward for 26 miles from Elkhorn Mountain into Lake River the next line and so the fat the family probably is online potentially with us today but we are seeking approval of a resolution to start this process to acquire this property and move it forward thank you very much and I just if the family I'd like to thank the family for coming forward and offering this to us any questions or comments okay I have a couple what is the current use in zoning of the property forest 40 with the

40:30 potential of one home built based on the code okay and there's no home there's no it is current forest 40 great and then this being the first purchase in this area do we I mean do we have an ex like a plan in place for our envisioning of that area we're going to be going to continue to develop or not develop it add to the properties that we own or is it this is like the first one and so we don't really have a plan at this point just a little bit about how that system works would be great yes so the watershed based model identified this property along Salmon Creek we will look at other adjacent landowners it's a willing seller willing buyer program the intention is to conserve that hip upper headwaters for fish-bearing streams and you know the habitat in general if there

41:27 was an intention to do something related to public access we would go through a master plan process but that right now it's more about conservation for us on this parcel and we have had adjacent landowner conversations okay do we try to keep or try to look at contiguous yes okay what I would add is parks and lands jointly are initiating the park system plan which also includes the natural areas acquisition plan and this is the opportunity for that outreach to really talk to the citizens and see what they want and help shape what that development and strategy would look like so that is ongoing great looks like a great property to start with and I echo the chairs comments I appreciate the landowners for being willing to come to us sure yes please go ahead yeah this is

42:21 awesome what is so will this end up in our inventory for harvest it managed managing it sustainably over time and I remember we requested some kind of work session with our forester to talk about long-term management of all our lands is that still on the is that on the books at some point and and will this be part of that strategy because I at least my perspective is that we would manage it sustainably still get some benefits locally of products but we would be focused more on sustainably managing the like the older growth characteristics of the forest versus trying to get the maximum capacity out of it yeah so I can answer maybe one of the questions and the one question that you ask is it would this move into the the FSC certified forests and we have discussed

43:20 this Kevin and I have discussed this we need to actually do an inventory and confirm that it would it would go into that program but that is a potential and then I'm not sure about the forestry side of things that's the question I can answer I do recall this Kevin and I have been working to schedule it I think it would be late this year early next year and it aligns with one of the forestry plans that he's initiating now so yeah great looking forward to that obviously great thanks for the reminder about that work session I recall that we asked for that too so that would be that would be great is there spawning habitat in this reach yeah just below is where the the fish are spawning at the top end it's salmon Falls is on private property and they kind of go down there so yeah okay not too far great and then I would just remind folks that you know these there's

44:15 a long range of vision that we have with the legacy lands program and I look at the East Fork and how many years we've been working on the East Fork and having a contiguous stretch along the river there so this may be one of the first purchases and we'll keep that long range vision going so with that this is yes please go ahead I want to echo what my colleagues have said thank you to the family for coming forward and offering this these 21 acres of what looks like untouched forest property now I think you may have said I think council young asked this question but are there other properties adjacent to this particular to this property that may be up for sale in the future yes there are okay and you're having conversations I believe with property owners the Massey families is the only property that they own or correct okay they have they have a home

45:15 site across the street I'm sure to alderbrook Park but this is a piece that they acquired this used to be an old long long view fiber property at one point okay not now but in the when the county acquires it are these properties accessible to the public or they're just completely out of bounds I think I think the question or the answer for that is we don't really have parking so I think that that's kind of a tricky situation that would have to go through a master plan process and an overarching view of the environmental constraints with the creek right through there there is no logging road on the property itself that is very overgrown on one section so we would have to be systematically thoughtful on what we do for that but yeah right now it's more conservation focused but if somebody finds itself wandering into this property in the future it's not considered trespassing correct correct that's what I want yes

46:09 thank you yes we'll look out for you okay yes go ahead a couple little things here first I was curious about the budget so in November 25 we'd approved the the capital facilities plan or improvement plan what was its capital facility plan capital improvement plan capital plan and so this is an addition to I mean is the the entire purchase edition or is it only the difference between the 750,000 and the million 35,000 so we've revised the capital improvement plan that you will see in November this property actually is already in the the draft plan that you'll be reviewing ready to go we have the full total of a million plus the due diligence in there if it hits within the seven 650 and the million that's where we would close that but it is drafted

47:06 for that top end just just to be careful okay and then it's just as far as the budget though we're we're changing the operated oh no no what no operating budget impacts okay nevermind creating an amendment to repurpose funds great be sure and tell our folks and the parks advisory that we appreciate the work that they do day in and day out for us and then the last thing is perhaps I'll be there perhaps I won't but and you know the the coming year I think it would be excellent to have kind of a deeper dive work session on you know this plan because you know it's we've had a lot come for this and it's all kind of piecemeal and so I would love to have a fundamental understanding of where we have property you know where our efforts are focused and how that property is currently functioning whether it's available to the public in

48:01 any way or not something like that but not this year sure yes just in line with the interests of the councilors who would like to be part of this it would be good to have that work session at least for the long-term management of these lands before the end of the calendar year if if that's possible we will connect with Ross Hoover parks and nature as well as Kevin Tyler when he gets back and we'll respond to you about whether what that looks like with the current system plan that's launching I think I think that's sounds like a reasonable request to me okay any other comments or questions hearing none I'll entertain a motion and this is resolution 20 26 0 8 0 6 so moved it's been moved second moved and seconded all those in favor say aye aye aye motion

49:01 carries and Daniel I would just say very good work on that agricultural conservation easement the very first one for Clark County so good work thank you so much Thank You counsel okay that brings us we removed five we're going down to item six and that's Brett Gallup welcome good morning chair marshall and council for the record my name is Brett Gallup and I am a public works real property agent the matter before you today is to