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

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ordinance of the local government's legislative body, by at least five Parties representing at least seventy percent (70 %) of the total population within the geographic planning and management area of WRIA 9. 6.4 Upon remand for consideration of any portion or all of the changes to the Salmon Habitat Plan by any regional, state or federal agency, the WRIA 9 ILA Parties shall undertake a review for consideration of the remanded changes to the plan. The WRIA 9 ILA Parties may include further referral to the WRIA 9 Watershed Ecosystem Forum for recommendation or amendments thereto. 6.5 The Parties agree that any changes to the Salmon Habitat Plan shall not be forwarded separately by any Party to any regional, state or federal agency unless the changes have been approved and ratified as provided herein. 7. OBLIGATIONS OF PARTIES; BUDGET; FISCAL AGENT; RULES. 7.1 Each Party shall be responsible for meeting only its individual obligations hereunder as established in the annual budget adopted by the WRIA 9 ILA Parties under this Agreement, including all such obligations related to the WRIA 9 ILA Parties and WRIA 9 Watershed Ecosystem Forum funding, technical support and participation in related planning and implementation of projects, and activities as set forth herein. It is anticipated that separate actions by the legislative bodies of the Parties will be necessary from time to time in order to carry out these obligations. 7.2 The maximum funding responsibilities imposed upon the parties during each year of this Agreement shall not exceed the amounts that are established annually pursuant to Section 4.4 herein. 7.3 No later than September 1 of each year of this Agreement, the WRIA 9 ILA Parties shall adopt a budget, including its overhead and administrative costs, for the following calendar year. The budget shall propose the level of funding and other (e.g., staffing) responsibilities of the individual parties for the following calendar year and shall propose the levels of funding and resources to be allocated to specific prioritized planning and implementation activities within WRIA 9. The Parties shall thereafter take whatever separate legislative or other actions as may be necessary to address such individual responsibilities under the proposed budget, and shall have done so no later than December 1 of each year. Parties may elect to secure grant funding to meet their individual obligations. 7.4 Funds collected from the Parties or other sources on behalf of the WRIA 9 ILA Parties shall be maintained in a special fund by King County as Fiscal Agent and as ex officio treasurer on behalf of the WRIA 9 ILA Parties pursuant to rules and procedures established and agreed to by the WRIA 9 ILA Parties. Such rules and procedures shall set out billing practices and collection procedures and any other procedures as may be necessary to provide for its efficient administration and. operation. ILA WRIA9 2016 -2025 05- 14- 2015.docx Page 9