WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO

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1 WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO CLEARANCES Initial Date Date Received in Council Office Af(enda Date Assif(ned to: Originator: County Cou 10/19/ /25/2016 Introduction Division Head: Dept. Head: Prosecutor: Purchasing/Budget: Executive: TITLE OF DOCUMENT: Appointment to Horticulture Pest & Disease Board, Applicants: Various ATTACHMENTS: Application(s) SEP A review required? ( ) Yes ( ) NO Should Clerk schedule a hearing? ( ) Yes ( X ) NO SEP A review completed? ( ) Yes ( ) NO Requested Date: SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE: (If this item is an ordinance or requires a public hearing, you must provide the language for use in the required public notice. Be specific and cite RCW or WCC as appropriate. Be clear in explaining the intent of the action.) The Board is created to enable Whatcom County to more effectively control and prevent the spread of horticultural pests and diseases. One member shall have at least a practical knowledge of horticultural pests and diseases and the other members shall be residents of the county, shall own land within the county and shall be engaged in the primary and commercial production of a horticultural product or products, one of whom shall be engaged in the production of certified organic produce, if available. Such appointed members shall serve a term of two years. The Board shall have the following powers and duties. 1. Receive complaints, 2. Inspect 3. Enforce 4. Employ persons and purchase goods and equipment as necessary, 5. Educate the public, and 6. Administrate COMMITTEE ACTION: COUNCIL ACTION: 10/25/2016: Received 7-0 Related County Contract #: Related File Numbers: Ordinance or Resolution Number: Please Note: Once adopted and signed, ordinances and resolutions are available for viewing and printing on the County's website at: whatcom. wa.us/council.

2 Subject: Date: Online Form Submittal: Board and Commission Application Wednesday, October 19, :25:45 AM Board and Commission Application Step 1 Application for Appointment to Whatcom County Boards and Commissions Public Statement THIS IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT: As a candidate for a public board or commission, the information provided will be available to the County Council, County Executive, and the public. All board and commission members are expected to be fair, impartial, and respectful of the public, County staff, and each other. Failure to abide by these expectations may result in revocation of appointment and removal from the appointive position. First Name Last Name Allen Brown Date 10/18/2016 Street Address City 506 Foerest Lane Lynden Zip Do you have a different mailing address? Primary Telephone Secondary Telephone Address allen@maberrys.com Step 2 1. Name of Board or Horticulture Pest and Disease Board Committee 2. Do you meet the Yes residency, employment, and/or affiliation requirements

3 of the position for which you're applying? 3. Which Council district do you live in? 4. Are you a US citizen? 5. Are you registered to vote in Whatcom County? 6. Haveyoueverbeen a member of this Board/Commission? 7. Do you or your spouse have a financial interest in or are you an employee or officer of any business or agency that does business with Whatcom County? You may attach a resume or detailed summary of experience, qualifications, & interest in response to the following questions 8. Please describe your occupation (or former occupation if retired), qualifications, professional and/or community activities, and education 9. Please describe why you're interested in serving on this board or commission References (please District 1 Yes Yes No No Farm manager on a berry farm in the north Whatcom area. just a note here, the board i"m applying for is not listed. it's the Whatcom horticulture pest board. Chris Benedict asked me if I'd like to help with this. I think it's important for members of the farming community to participate in this for the perspective we can bring, to be able to answer questions and inform others as to what we do and why we do certain things to be able to grow our crops. Steve Midboe Randy Kraght

4 include daytime telephone number): Signature of applicant: Place Signed I Submitted Allen Brown Lynden,Wa. not displaying correctly? View it in your browser

5 JACKLOUWS County Executive cc COUNCILMEMBERS: Barbara E. Brenner Rud Browne Barry Buchanan Todd Donovan PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY and COMPLETE ALL ITEMS Name: rl\ ATI \-\8W VV\.~~ VV\.Ol\ Date: I O I 'l l ~ StreetAddress: "3Bz..s- ~ City: W~ ycytu Zip Code: ((8 2~ 1- Mailing Address (if different from street address): Day Telephone: Evening Telephone: Cell Phone: "53o '11 t 'f-2 ZLj address: YV\.n. # t""h-t..<aj Q. caovdvno V ~~t±t\.tv\f~vvv\ U.V\.te. r. or{t 1. Name of board or committee-please see reverse: 2. You must specify which position you are applying for. Please refer to vacancy list. 3. Do you meet the residency, employment, and/or affiliation requirements of the position for which you're applying? (If applicable, please refer to vacancy list.) (~yes ( ) no 4. Which Council district do you live in? ( ) One ( ) Two (>4_ Three ( ) Four ( ) Five 5. Are you a US citizen? (~ yes ( ) no 6. Are you registered to vote in Whatcom County? (>() yes ( ) no 7. Have you ever been a member of this Board/Commission? ( ) yes (')10 no If yes, dates: 8. Do you or your spouse have a financial interest in or are you an employee or officer of any business or agency that does business with Whatcom County? ( ) yes (X) no If yes, please explain: You may attach a resume or detailed summary of experience, qualifications, & interest in response to the following questions. 9. Please describe your occupation (or former occupation if retired), qualifications, professional and/or community activities, and education. S"~e,,._ 1"-'\-c..._ ~< d y-<"'lv ~ 10. Please describe why you're interested in serving on this board or commission: &v-""--e..v- ~'-C\~ q~.jt (.A) i f-'h. ~t~e.~ References (please include daytime telephone number): Signature of applicant: ( THIS IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT: As a candidate for a public board or commission, the above information will be available to the County Council, County Executive, and the public. All board and commission members are expected to be fair, impartial, and respectful of the public, County staff, and each other. Failure to abide by these expectations may result in revocation of appointment and removal from the appointive position. 10/2016

6 EDUCATION MATTHEW MCDERMOTT 3825 Cabrant Rd., Everson, WA (530) Michigan State University M.S. Community, Agriculture & Resource Studies Specialization in Ecological Food and Farm Systems Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems Ecological Horticulture Certificate Merritt College/Oakland Permaculture Institute Permaculture Design Certificate University of Colorado B.A. Applied Economics East Lansing, MI Santa Cruz, CA Oakland, CA Boulder, CO EXPERIENCE Present Cloud Mountain Farm Center Everson, WA Food Production Manager Manage production of orchard, vineyard, and annual cropping systems, including IPM program, fertility, and crop trials Collaborate on educational offerings of 39-week internship program Coordinate farm incubator program consisting of 4 budding farm businesses Seattle Tilth Association Seattle, WA Farm and Program Manager Manage multi-site incubator program serving 28 immigrant, refugee, and limited resource individuals; 38 production acres of vegetables, livestock and perennials Collaborate on the planning and delivery of 20-week organic farm education program and ongoing technical assistance for participating farmers Manage team of 4 staff, 2 ongoing contractors and 2 interns; a team which coordinates two farm sites and a food hub that supplies a 300 member CSA, farm stands and restaurant accounts Manage the development of new farm sites and relationships with stake holders Michigan State University & Kellogg Biological Station East Lansing, MI Research Assistant Through farmer interviews, collected data regarding the understanding of the association between nitrogen fertilizer and global warming impacts Gathered nitrogen fertilizer application data and researched corresponding environmental quality impacts Collected temperature data for winter hoophouse vermicomposting system at the MSU Student Organic Farm

7 Subject: Date: Online Form Submittal: Board and Commission Application Thursday, October 27, :19:58 PM Board and Commission Application Step 1 Application for Appointment to Whatcom County Boards and Commissions Public Statement THIS IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT: As a candidate for a public board or commission, the information provided will be available to the County Council, County Executive, and the public. All board and commission members are expected to be fair, impartial, and respectful of the public, County staff, and each other. Failure to abide by these expectations may result in revocation of appointment and removal from the appointive position. First Name Last Name Melissa Bedlington Date 10/27/2016 Street Address City 8497 Guide Meridian Lynden Zip Do you have a different mailing address? Primary Telephone Secondary Telephone Emai I Address melissa@bedlingtonfarms.com Step 2 1. Name of Board or Horticulture Pest and Disease Board Committee 2. Do you meet the Yes residency, employment, and/or affiliation requirements

8 of the position for which you're applying? 3. Which Council district do you live in? District 4 4. Are you a US Yes citizen? 5. Are you registered to Yes vote in Whatcom County? 6. Have you ever been No a member of this Board/Commission? 7. Do you or your No spouse have a financial interest in or are you an employee or officer of any business or agency that does business with Whatcom County? You may attach a resume or detailed summary of experience, qualifications, & interest in response to the following questions 8. Please describe your occupation (or former occupation if retired), qualifications, professional and/or community activities, and education 9. Please describe why you're interested in serving on this board or commission References (please include daytime I have been a seed potato farmer in Whatcom County for over 20 years As a seed potato farmer in Whatcom County it is important to me to control and prevent the spread of pests and diseases. Kay Oakley Steve Midboe Greg Ebe

9 telephone number): Signature of applicant: Place Signed I Submitted Melissa Bedlington Lynden, WA (Section Break) not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.

10 Subject: Date: Online Form Submittal: Board and Commission Application Friday, October 28, :08:43 PM Board and Commission Application Step 1 Application for Appointment to Whatcom County Boards and Commissions Public Statement THIS IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT: As a candidate for a public board or commission, the information provided will be available to the County Council, County Executive, and the public. All board and commission members are expected to be fair, impartial, and respectful of the public, County staff, and each other. Failure to abide by these expectations may result in revocation of appointment and removal from the appointive position. First Name Last Name Mike Hawley Date 10/28/2016 Street Address City 1291 central road Everson Zip Do you have a different mailing address? Primary Telephone Secondary Telephone Address hawleymike@yahoo.com Step 2 1. Name of Board or Horticulture Pest and Disease Board Committee 2. Do you meet the Yes residency, employment, and/or affiliation requirements

11 of the position for which you're applying? 3. Which Council district do you live in? 4. Are you a US Yes citizen? 5. Are you registered to Yes vote in Whatcom County? 6. Have you ever been No a member of this Board/Commission? 7. Do you or your No spouse have a financial interest in or are you an employee or officer of any business or agency that does business with Whatcom County? You may attach a resume or detailed summary of experience, qualifications, & interest in response to the following questions 8. Please describe your Seed potato farmer occupation (or former occupation if retired), qualifications, professional and/or community activities, and education 9. Please describe why you're interested in serving on this board or commission References (please include daytime

12 telephone number): Signature of applicant: Place Signed I Submitted Mike Hawley Everson, Wa (Section Break) not displaying correctly? View it in your browser,