ADMIN

• Alicia: Reminder for WACD nominations next Friday.
• Kaisha: SCC meeting materials sent out for proofread; materials due by Sept 6th.

FINANCE

• Kate U: Working on vouchers, all June vouchers have been completed.
• Courtney: Friday close out, FY25 grants set up, district allocations.
• Alec: Out of the office Friday-Monday; filing done, completed vouchers for July.

COMMS (Paige& Jodi)

• Quick overview on intranet, sending out invites on Friday
• Log in to team, set up with your own password.
• Login/out button on the upper right corner.
• Protected pages for "Commissioners", “Leadership” and “Supervisors”
• Staff calendar on front page or you can subscribe (only internal).
• Reading list – Send along an article or news announcement if you find one.
• Staff directory page has been updated with a search feature
• Out of the office Aug 28 - Sept 9.
• Brief overview of riparian focus groups and update on riparian communications campaign

IT

• Thomas is out of the office today

POLICY

• Karla: Finishing project, out of the office Thurs-Monday.
• Kate: Working with Climate Resiliency Committee, Bonneville Foundation, new grant program.
• Summit held last week, Lynda Lyshall at Snohomish CD to take leadership role.
• Compliment resource/capacity at CDs.
• ECY rolling out different definition of buffer requirements (small at 65 feet), closer to one another on minimums.
• Connect with Climate Resiliency Committee connecting with SCC Communications Department to discuss strategy.
 

DISTRICT OPERATIONS (Shana)

• Reflecting on last election and appointment cycles.
• Training for CDs.
• Preparing for SCC meeting.
• Check-in status of funded projects, more to come on that for program managers and regional managers.
• Hiring SE Manager, please circulate with your networks.
• Regional Team Meeting guests are welcome to join at 9:00 am.
• Program Managers: Would it be helpful to have a program meeting for leads? Please reach out to Shana to let her know your interest.

CD Round Table:

• Shout-out for round table topics for the Sept 12th round table with the CDs. RMs are thin on the ground that day, so looking for a moderator and note taker for the round table. Topics or volunteers, please get in touch. Thank you!

PROGRAMS

OFP (Paul)

• Rank list for ACES list, 5 applications, RCO requested $150 million, $13.5 million to Farmland, $8 million rollover, legislature 3/5 projects fully funded. Hope for enthusiasm in RCO funding.

Science Hub (Levi)

• Spirit of cooperation at Climate Resiliency Summit, exciting to see where that goes.
• Synthesis of Science Hub with buffer issues, and structuring incentives.
• Gonzaga connecting to do applied science work (EPA grant)
• Exploring how to operationalize, develop more capacity

CREP (Brian)

• Audit continues across the state, supporting SE heavily.
• Information to CDs and landowners to support decisions.
• Less acres than anticipated, out of the office most of Sept in the field.
• If any RMs want to join, I can send a schedule so you can see where I'll be:
• CL2 grant numbers to move forward.
• VSP pilot watershed for 10-year review.
• CPDS going to pure login through Safe System starting on August 28^th. SAW accounts will be needed. Reach out to Brian Cochrane if you need assistance with your account.

Sustainable Farms and Fields (Karen)

• 72 applications, funded project list finalized.
• Reporting back to applicants, quality is up in applications.
• Applicants would benefit from feedback.
• Excited for possibility of data system, application review system.

RPPP (B'Elanna)

• Was supposed to be in jury duty, making edits to decision packages.

Community Wildfire and Forest Health (Jenny)

• Getting to know individual districts, travel to districts next month.
• Connecting with forestry workgroups.
• Working to build connections, gauge goals/grant opportunities/concerns.

Irrigation Efficiencies (Jon)

• Working with Lori for job description for technical coordinator in water resources.
• Admin work.
• Off next week, not reachable.

Disaster Assistance Program (Bill)

• Working on Big Creek Fire near Bickleton, funding recently activated.

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