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The City hereby ratifies the Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed, <br />Water Resource Inventory Area 9 Salmon Habitat Plan Update, Making Our Watershed <br />Fit for a King, dated February 2021. Ratification is intended to convey the City's support <br />for the following: <br />1. Protecting and restoring habitat based on best available science with the intent <br />to achieve sustainable, resilient, and harvestable populations of naturally <br />spawning Chinook salmon. <br />2. Pursuing a multi -benefit approach to WRIA 9 Plan implementation that integrates <br />salmon recovery, flood hazard reduction, water quality improvements, open <br />space and recreation, and equity and social justice to improve outcomes for <br />people and fish. <br />3. Utilizing the WRIA 9 Plan as a source of best available science to inform local <br />government actions, including, but not limited to land use, shoreline, and <br />transportation planning/permitting. <br />4. Utilizing capital project concepts, programmatic actions, and policies outlined <br />within the WRIA 9 Plan to inform local priorities for implementation and funding <br />via grants, capital improvements, ordinances, and other activities. Ratification <br />does not obligate any partner to implement any specific actions or adhere to <br />specific timelines for such actions. <br />5. Working collaboratively with local, state, and federal partners and tribes to <br />support and fund implementation of the WRIA 9 Plan, including monitoring and <br />adaptive management to address scientific uncertainty, tracking and <br />communicating progress, and refining strategies to ensure cost-effective <br />investments. <br />PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, a <br />a Regular Meeting thereof this day of , 2021. <br />ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED: <br />Christy O'Flaherty, MMC, City Clerk Kate Kruller, Council President <br />APPROVED AS TO FORM BY: <br />Office of the City Attorney <br />CC:\Legislative Development\WRIA-9 Salmon Plan update 6-7-21 <br />MP:bjs Review and analysis by Barbara Saxton <br />Filed with the City Clerk: <br />Passed by the City Council: <br />Resolution Number: <br />Page 3 of 3 <br />4 <br />