||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS |||
The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank is seeking public input on its recently completed Draft Strategic Plan. The purpose of the strategic plan is to guide the Land Bank in conservation efforts, stewardship priorities, and community engagement for the next six years and to assist the Land Bank in meeting its mandate: To preserve in perpetuity areas in the county that have environmental, agricultural, aesthetic, cultural, scientific, historic, scenic or low-intensity recreational value and to protect existing and future sources of potable water.
You can download a copy of the Draft Strategic Plan from the Land Bank’s website by following this link: https://sjclandbank.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WEB_SJCCLB-2024-2030-Strategic-Plan.pdf
Public Comment Period: April 24 – May 8, 2024
The public is invited to submit comments:
- Via email to Tanja Williamson at tanjaw@sjclandbank.org
- Via mail: 350 Court Street, No. 6, Friday Harbor, WA 98250
Please submit your comments by May 8, 2024.
After the comment period closes, Land Bank staff and commissioners will review comments. An overview of comments will be provided at the May 17, 2024, commission meeting.
Questions? Email tanjaw@sjclandbank.org or call the Land Bank Office: 360-378-4402.
About San Juan County’s Land Bank
San Juan County’s Land Bank, funded by a 1% real estate excise tax paid by purchasers of property at closing, acquires and preserves areas in the county that have environmental, agricultural, aesthetic, cultural, scientific, historic, scenic, or low-intensity recreational value. The department offices are located at 328 Caines Street, Friday Harbor, WA 98250. For more information about San Juan County’s Land Bank, visit www.sjclandbank.org.
I urge everyone to download and read the 2024-2030 Strategic Plan from the Land Bank. These are OUR tax dollars at work and the current Land Bank commissioners are ASKING for our input. I’m relatively sure there are a variety of opinions out there… now would be a good time to share them!
Thank you, Ken; and just to be clear–“Our tax dollars at work” is not an annual property tax. As most know, it is a one-time Real Estate Transfer Tax (REET) paid by the the purchaser of a property in San Juan County. It “works” by purchasing and protecting undeveloped natural land. And, yes, the Land Bank would like you to know what they do, to have you visit a preserve, attend a meeting and to hear from you. https://sjclandbank.org