Agricultural Advisory Board

The Agricultural Advisory Board, informally referred to as the "Ag Board," serves as an advisory body to the County Executive, County Council, Planning Commission, and Hearing Examiner on the County Comprehensive Plan, agriculture regulation and other agricultural policy matters. The Board, whose members are nominated by the County Executive and appointed by the County Council, is comprised of individuals who are directly engaged in commercial agriculture or represent the diking, drainage and flood control districts in the Snohomish and Stillaguamish basins.

For further information about the Board's activities, please contact Tom Niemann, 425-388-3141, or Joan Langlais, 425-388-3311, ext. 2183, at the Department of Planning and Development Services' Planning Division.

• Amended Ordinance No. 05-056

Monthly Meetings

Regular monthly meetings of the Ag Advisory Board will be held on the second Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m., in the County Admininstration Building, 3000 Rockefeller, Everett, unless otherwise posted. Meetings will occasionally be held in the farming community, dates and locations to be determined, and will be noted on the upcoming meeting agenda.

Meeting Agenda	Meeting Minutes
2009 January 13  January 21  February 10  March 10  April 14  May 12 June 9   July 14  August 11  September 8    October 6  November 10 December 8	2009 January 13  January 21  (no minutes) February 10  March 10  Jackson Project (pdf)  January 2009 Flood & Events (pdf)   April 14  May 12  June 9 July 14  August 11   September 8    October 6 November 10 December 8
2010 January 12 February 9 March 9 April 13 May 11 June 8 July 13 August 10 September 14 October 12 November 9 December 14	2010 January 12 February 9 March 9 April 13 May 11 June 8 July 13 August 10 September 14 October 12 November 9 December 14

Board Members 

AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Positions	Member Names
Dairy	Nick VanDam, Arlington area
Nursery	Mike Harnden, Marysville area
Livestock	Gerald Labish, Skykomish Valley
Commodity Crops	Brian Bookey, Chair Arlington area
Agricultural Direct Marketing	Mark Craven, Vice-Chair Snohomish/Monroe area
Diking, Drainage & Flood Control, Snohomish River Basin	Dave Remlinger, Snohomish/Monroe area
Diking, Drainage & Flood Control District, Stillaguamish River Basin	Elizabeth Christianson, Stanwood area
Equine Industry	Jackie Macomber, Granite Falls
Snohomish Farm Bureau	John Postema, Snohomish
Stillaguamish River Basin	Jesse Allen, Stanwood
Snohomish River Basin	Dan Douglas, Snohomish

Update on County Activities In and Near Designated Ag Lands. 

Departmental Staff Contacts:
For further information, contact Tom Niemann, 425-388-3141, or Joan Langlais, 425-388-3311, ext. 2183, Snohomish County Department of Planning and Development Services.