Upper Bear Creek Unincorporated Area Council

Serving 22,000 people in north-central King County
between the Sammamish and Snoqualmie Rivers and
north of Redmond and east of Woodinville.

Upper Bear Creek UAC Meeting Minutes

Date: Nov 23, 2008

Time: 7:30 – 9:00 PM

Location: Woodinville Water District Offices

Board Attendees: Mary Filkins, Jerry Hicks, Nancy Stafford

County Attendees: Marissa Algeria, Matt Kuharic, Richard Gelb

Community Attendees: Tom Rogers, Dick Schaetzel, Jan Hunt, Jeff Rickard, Patti Van Laeken,

Ed Shein, Guy Baltzelle, John Sherman, Michael Dolenge, Alan Robbs,

Maxine Keesling, Megan DeSantis, Joanna Hamed

Nancy Stafford opened with a few comments about last months All UAC meeting at the Avondale Bible Church in Woodinville and the purpose of Unincorporated Area Community Councils.

Matt Kuharic and Richard Gelb, both with King County Dept of Natural Recourses and Parks presented the proposed Climate Landowner Incentive Program (CLIP), giving background, intent, and challenges.

King County is considering ways to support and reward actions of voluntary landowner willing to commit to long term climate-related land management practices - addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation; in an effort to sequester and store carbon and increase ecosystem resiliency in the face of climate change. Compensation to landowners could take the form of tax reductions (as in the Public Benefit Rating System) or direct payments; actions would be compensation on a sliding scale based on degree of positive impact.

This program is still in planning stages; public awareness and input are desired.

Megan DeSantis gave an enthusiastic report on the progress of “A BetterAvondale’s” efforts to have a portion of Avondale resurfaced and will continue to keep the UBC updated. Progress can be tracked on their web-site ABetterAvondale.com

Upper Bear Creek Community Council is seeking additional board members who are asked to meet the 2 nd Tuesday evening of most months for planning. Interested? Please contact Nancy Stafford

N_stafford@juno.com

Meeting adjourned at 9PM. Next public forum January 27, 2009.