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Home My WebLink About2019-03-11-minutes-cds-study-sessionKITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CDS Study Session Regular Meeting Monday March 11, 2019 -1:30 PM Commissioners' Auditorium 205 West 5th Room 109 - Ellensburg 1. Call to Order 2. Fire and Life Safety Inspection Progress Report 3. 2020 Census Complete Count Committee 4. Other business 5. Adjourn Created on 3/7/2019 4:15:58 PM KITTITAS COUNTY CDS STUDY SESSION MINUTES COMMISSIONERS' AUDITORIUM, 205 WEST 5TH ROOM 109 - ELLENSBURG Regular Meeting MONDAY 1:30 PM March 11, 2019 Meeting was called to order at 1:32 pm FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY INSPECTION PROGRESS REPORT Director Carlson presented a progress report on the Fire and Life Safety Inspections since new Fire Marshal, Pat Nicholson started. In 2018, the Fire Marshal's office performed 96 inspections. Year to date, the Fire Marshal has performed 64 inspections. With completing the fire life and safety inspections, he has also been active in the community with demonstrations, fire investigations, while also sitting on the Wildland Urban Interface Committee. Director Carlson is confident that with the new Fire Marshal Deputy starting March 25, 2019, the Fire Marshal Office will continue grow and do great work. 2020 CENSUS COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE Director Carlson requested the board's direction on the 2020 Census Complete Count Committee. Forming this committee would have many benefits. Some of which include, providing population date for land use planning, forecasting future hosing needs, attracting new businesses, and drawing legislative districts and school district boundaries. The board would like to the committee formed of the highest elected official in the jurisdiction. Typically, the committee would consist of 20-50 members. The board directed Director Carlson to compile a list of potential stakeholders and present to them at a later study session. OTHER BUSINESS Meeting adjourn at 1:48 p.m. 2019-03-11 MINUTES AlKI UD'-� Calvana Carper, Cler 2019-03-11 MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON Cory Wright, Chairman KITTITAS COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 411 N. Ruby St., Suite 2, Ellensburg, WA 98926 CDS@CO.KiTriTAs.wA.us Office (509) 962-7506 "Building Partnerships — Building Communities" Fax (509) 962-7682 K ITTI TASVO UNT1 Memorandum March 8, 2019 To: Board of County Commissioners From: Dan Carlson, AICP Director, Community Development Services RE: 2020 Census Complete Count Committee Introduction On March 4, 2019, 1 discussed a 2020 Census Complete Count Committee with the Board of Commissioners during the Department Head Meeting. This is a follow-up to that discussion. Purpose of Complete Count Committee Complete Count Committees (CCC) are volunteer committees that are appointed to increase awareness and to motivate residents to respond to the 2020 census. CCCs identify barriers, groups, or concerns that may impede response — such as non-English speaking groups, high crime areas, or gated communities — and develop ways to approach such barriers and create ways to dispel myths and alleviate fears associated with responding to the Census. Strategies to increase awareness include promotional materials and products, special events, social media, newsletters, etc. Benefits of Forming a CCC By increasing awareness and encouraging response to the 2020 Census, CCCs help to create better Census data. This data is used in many ways, including: • Distributing over $675 billion annually in federal funds, and even more in state funds. • Providing population data for land use planning. • Attracting new businesses to local areas. • Forecasting future transportation needs. • Forecasting future housing needs. • Designing public safety strategies. • Drawing legislative district and school district boundaries. CCC Formation CCCs are usually formed by the highest elected official in a jurisdiction, who would appoint a chair of the CCC and then appoint members. Because county CCCs cover a larger geographical region, they tend to range from 20-50 members. Based on the way that Census data is used, potential members could come from the following groups, among others: • Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce • KVH Hospital • HopeSource • Sheriffs Office • Fire Districts • Yakama Nation COMMUNITY PLANNING • BUILDING INSPECTION • PLAN REVIEW • ADMINISTRATION • PERMIT SERVICES • CODE ENFORCEMENT • Central Washington University • Ellensburg School District • Daily Record • Northern Kittitas County Tribune • Businesses • Community Groups • Church Community • Agricultural Community • Conference of Governments (COG) Washington State CCC On October 8, 2018, Governor Inslee launched a Washington State CCC which is chaired by former Governor Gary Locke. The committee is being staffed by the Washington State Office of . Financial Management (OFM). Information about the Washington State CCC can be found at hft s://www.ofm.wa. ov/washin ton -data -research/ o ulation-dem ra hits/decennial-census/2020- census-everyone-counts/coma lete-count-committees. Other Committees According to OFM, King County, Pierce County, Snohomish County, and Seattle have formed CCCs. A Yakima/Yakama committee has been formed to ensure that historically undercounted communities of color, low income, and underserved communities in south-central Washington are counted in 2020. More information about that committee can be found at: htt s://www.ofm.wa. ov/sites/default/files/ ublic/dataresearch/ o /census/2020/ akama counts. df. On February 26, 2019, Grant County Clerk of the Board of Commissioners, Barbara Vasquez, emailed clerks from all of the counties in Washington inquiring about whether those counties would be creating a CCC. As of March 8, 2019, Island County and Pend Oreille County are the only counties that have responded that they would be forming a CCC. Grant County will not be forming a committee. Timeline CCCs are forming now, and communities are being encouraged to form CCCs as soon as possible. However, there is still time to consider forming a committee. Committee work would be primarily focused from the fall of 2019 through winter of 2020, leading up to the beginning of the Census in March 2020. Lisa McLean, the state Complete Count Committee Coordinator from OFM, will be in town on May 29, 2019, to take part in a Census forum at Central Washington. Another timeline consideration is that Washington State is part of a multistate lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. A January 15, 2019 ruling supported Washington's position that a citizenship question should not be included in the Census. The U.S. Department of Justice has requested that the U.S. Supreme Court take up the case on an expedited schedule, skipping the Court of appeals. A hearing before the court is expected in April or May, most likely resulting in a decision in June. Challenges While there are benefits to the formation of a CCC, challenges would include allocating or obtaining funds for the CCC, as well as allocating staff time. Governor Inslee's biennial budget request includes $4.5 million to go to Census activities. This request was based in part on the need to build a field operation due to the grassroots challenge of the task. Therefore, some of this money may go to counties, but that won't be known until July.