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

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1.8 STAKEHOLDERS: Stakeholders refers to those public and private entities within WRIA 9 who reflect the diverse interests integral to implementing the Salmon Habitat Plan, and may include but is not limited to environmental and business interests. 2. PURPOSES. The purposes of this Agreement include the following: 2.1 To provide a mechanism to protect and restore the ecological health of the Green /Duwamish Rivers and Central Puget Sound Watersheds. 2.2 To provide a mechanism, through an annually agreed upon work plan, for implementing and coordinating local efforts to address issues with watershed -wide or basin implications, including but not limited to flood hazard reduction, floodplain management, surface and groundwater quality, water quantity, and habitat. 2.3 To provide information for WR1A 9 ILA Parties to inform land use planning, regulations, environmental programs, education, and enforcement of applicable codes. 2.4 To provide a mechanism and governance and funding structures for jointly implementing the Salmon Habitat Plan. 2.5 To develop and take actions on key issues during the implementation of the Salmon Habitat Plan. 2.6 To provide a mechanism for cooperative review and implementation of recommended policies and regulations needed for response to listings under the Endangered Species Act. 2.7 To provide a venue for the ongoing participation of citizens and other stakeholders in salmon recovery and other watershed efforts and to ensure continued public outreach efforts to educate and garner support for current and future watershed and Endangered Species Act listed species response efforts by local governments and in accordance with the Salmon Habitat Plan. 2.8 To provide a mechanism for securing technical assistance and any available funding from federal, state, and other sources to implement the Salmon Habitat Plan. 2.9 To provide a mechanism for implementing other multiple benefit habitat, surface and groundwater quality, water quantity, floodplain management, and flood hazard reduction projects with other local, regional, tribal, state, federal and non - profit funds as may be contributed to or secured by the WRIA 9 ILA Parties and Watershed Ecosystem Forum. 2.10 To annually recommend WRIA 9 administrative support, projects, and programs for funding by the King County Flood Control District through the District's Cooperative Watershed Management grant program. 2.11 To annually recommend projects for implementation of planning, engineering, permitting and construction tasks for the Green / Duwamish Ecosystem Restoration Project in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. ILA WRIA9 2016 -2025 05- 14- 2015.docx Page 4