15-142 - Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed (WRIA 9) - Interlocal Agreement

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Agreement. The Parties to this ILA shall each designate a representative and alternate representative to the WRIA 9 Watershed Ecosystem Forum. 1.3 WRIA 9 WATERSHED ECOSYSTEM FORUM: The WRIA 9 Watershed Ecosystem Forum referred to herein is the cooperative body comprised of the designated representatives of the WRIA 9 ILA Parties and a balance of Stakeholder representatives and any other persons who are deemed by the Parties to this Agreement to be appropriate members for the implementation of the Salmon Habitat Plan. The WRIA 9 Watershed Ecosystem Forum shall be an advisory body responsible for making recommendations for implementing the Salmon Habitat Plan including substantive plan amendments recommended as a result of adaptive management or other changed conditions. 1.4 GREEN /DUWAMISH AND CENTRAL PUGET SOUND WATERSHED WATER RESOURCE INVENTORY AREA 9 SALMON HABITAT PLAN: The Green /Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed Water Resource Inventory Area 9 Salmon Habitat Plan (2005 Salmon Habitat Plan or Salmon Habitat Plan) is the plan developed by the WRIA 9 Watershed Ecosystem Forum and ratified by all of the parties to an interlocal agreement for its development and implementation. The Salmon Habitat Plan recommends actions that should be taken to protect and restore salmon habitat, using an ecosystem approach, in the Green /Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watersheds. The Salmon Habitat Plan may be amended from time to time according to the procedure in Section 6 herein and approved amendments shall be considered integral parts of the Salmon Habitat Plan. Efforts under the Salmon Habitat Plan are intended to complement habitat improvements in other parts of Puget Sound and hatchery and harvest actions to recover Puget Sound Chinook salmon, steeihead, and bull trout, and when implemented achieve multiple ecosystem benefits. The Salmon Habitat Plan constitutes a chapter of the Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Plan. 1.5 MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE: The Management Committee as referred to herein consists of seven (7) elected officials or their designees. The seven officials of the Management Committee are chosen by the WRIA 9 ILA Parties, according to the voting procedures in Section 5 herein, charged with certain oversight and administrative duties on the WRIA 9 ILA Parties' behalf. 1.6 SERVICE PROVIDER: The Service Provider, as used herein, means that agency, government, consultant, or other entity which supplies staffing or other resources to and for the WRIA 9 ILA Parties, in exchange for payment. The Service Provider may be a Party to this Agreement. 1.7 FISCAL AGENT: The Fiscal Agent refers to that agency or government which performs all accounting services for the WRIA 9 ILA Parties as it may require, in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 39.34 RCW. ILA WRIA9 2016 -2025 05- 14- 2015.docx Page 3