TIS 2021-07-12 Item 2B - Resolution - Ratify 2021 Update to Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed (WRIA 9) Salmon Habitat Plan

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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, RATIFYING THE 2021 UPDATE TO THE GREEN/DUWAMISH AND CENTRAL PUGET SOUND WATERSHED, WATER RESOURCE INVENTORY AREA (WRIA-9) SALMON HABITAT PLAN, "MAKING OUR WATERSHED FIT FOR A KING." WHEREAS, the 2021 update to the WRIA 9 Salmon Habitat Plan ("WRIA 9 Plan") is an addendum to the 2005 WRIA 9 Salmon Habitat Plan, and includes new science, revised habitat goals and recovery strategies, an updated capital project list, and a monitoring and adaptive management plan; and WHEREAS, 17 local governments in WRIA 9 ("Parties") have partnered through an interlocal agreement (ILA) (2001-2006, 2007-2015, 2016-2025) to jointly fund development and implementation of the WRIA 9 Plan to address shared interest in and responsibility for long-term watershed planning and salmon recovery in the Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed ("watershed"); and WHEREAS, in March 1999, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries listed the Puget Sound Chinook salmon evolutionary significant unit, including the Green River Chinook salmon population, as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA); and WHEREAS, local jurisdictions have authority over some habitat -based aspects of Chinook survival through land use and other policies and programs; and the state and tribes, who are the legal co -managers of the fishery resource, are responsible for addressing harvest and hatchery management; and WHEREAS, the WRIA 9 partners recognize participating in the ILA and implementing priorities in the WRIA 9 Plan demonstrates their commitment to proactively working to address the ESA listing of Chinook salmon; and CC:\Legislative Development\WRIA-9 Salmon Plan update 6-7-21 MP:bjs Review and analysis by Barbara Saxton Page 1 of 3 2