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

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agreement of members cannot be reached then the Parties to this agreement may reach consensus by a majority recommendation with a minority report. Any Party who does not accept a majority decision may request weighted voting as set forth below. 5.2 In the event consensus cannot be achieved, as determined by rules and procedures adopted by the Parties to the WRIA 9 Interlocal Agreement , the WRIA 9 ILA Parties shall take action on a dual- majority basis, as follows: 5.2.1 Each Party, through its appointed representative, may cast its weighted vote in connection with a proposed WRIA 9 action. 5.2.2 The weighted vote of each Party in relation to the weighted votes of each of the other Parties shall be determined by the percentage of the annual contribution made by each Party as set in accordance with Section 4.4 herein in the year in which the vote is taken. 5.2.3 For any action subject to weighted voting to be deemed approved, valid and binding, an affirmative vote must be cast by both a majority of the Parties to this Agreement and by a majority of the weighted votes of the Parties to this Agreement. 6. IMPLEMENTATION and ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THE SALMON HABITAT PLAN. The Salmon Habitat Plan shall be implemented consistent with the following: 6.1 The WRIA 9 Watershed Ecosystem Forum shall provide information to the WRIA 9 ILA Parties regarding progress in achieving the goals and objectives of the Salmon Habitat Plan. Recommendations of the WRIA 9 Watershed Ecosystem Forum are to be consistent with the purposes of this Agreement. The WRIA 9 ILA Parties may authorize additional advisory bodies to the WRIA 9 Watershed Ecosystem Forum such as a technical committee and adaptive management work group. The Watershed Ecosystem Forum shall develop and approve operating and voting procedures for its deliberations, but such procedures do not affect the voting provisions contained in this Agreement for the WRIA 9 ILA Parties . 6.2 The WRIA 9 ILA Parties shall act to approve or remand any substantive changes to the Salmon Habitat Plan based upon recommendations by the WRIA 9 Watershed Ecosystem Forum within ninety (90) days of receipt of the proposed changes, according to the voting procedures of Section 5 herein. In the event that the Salmon Habitat Plan changes are not so approved, the recommended changes shall be returned to the WRIA 9 Watershed Ecosystem Forum for further consideration and amendment and thereafter returned to the WRIA 9 ILA Parties for decision. 6.3 The WRIA 9 ILA Parties shall determine when ratification is needed of substantive changes to the Salmon Habitat Plan. The changes shall be referred to the Parties for ratification prior to the submission to any regional, state, or federal agency for further action. Ratification means an affirmative action, evidenced by a resolution, motion, or ILA WRIA9 2016 -2025 05- 14- 2015.docx Page 8