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I CAS NUMBER. 05-146 I ORIGINAL AGENDA DATE. NOVEMBER 14, 2005
AGENDA ITEM TITLE Resolution Ratifying the WRIA 9 Salmon Habitat Plan.
CATEGORY Discussion Motion Resolution Ordinance Bzd Award Public Hearing Other
Mtg Date Mtg Date Mtg Date 11/14/05 Mtg Date Mtg Date Mtg Date Mtg Date:
'SPONSOR Council Mayor Adm Svcs DCD Finance Fire Legal P&R Police Ply
SPONSOR'S The Green /Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed Water Resource Inventory Area
SUMVARY 9 Salmon Habitat Plan is now complete and ready for adoption. The finished Salmon
Habitat Plan, "Making our Watershed Fit for a King is intended as a guide for use in
habitat restoration and City procedures. Cooperation among Federal, state, and local
agencies, tribes, etc, is essential to plan for and implement a salmon recovery plan.
REVIEWED BY COW Mtg. CA &P Cmte F &S Cmte Transportation Cmte
Utiltries Cmte Arts Comm. Parks Comm. Planning Comm.
DATE: 10/11/05 10/25/05 (CAP); 11/14/05 (cow)
RECOMMENDATIONS:
SPONSOR /ADMIN. Approve Resolution.
COMMITTEE Forward to COW and then Regular with approval of resolution.
COST IMPACT FUND SOURCE
EXPENDITURE REQUIRED AMOUNT BUDGETED APPROPRIATION REQUIRED
Fund Source: 301 Parks &Trails (page 22, 2005 CIP)
Comments
I MTG. DATE I RECORD OF COUNCIL ACTION
11/14/05 I Discussed at COW; forwarded to 11/21/05 Regular Meeting for final action.
I MTG. DATE I ATTACHMENTS I
11/14/05 I Information Memo dated October 11, 2005
Resolution
Community Parks Committee Meeting Minutes from October 25, 2005
11/21/05 I Resolution in final form.
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City of Tukwila
Washington
Resolution No.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, RATIFYING THE GREENIDUWA1'\1ISH AND CENTRAL
PUGET SOUND WATERSHED, WATER RESOURCE INVENTORY AREA
(WRIA-9) SALMON HABITAT PLAN, "MAKING OUR WATERSHED FIT
FOR A KING."
WHEREAS, in March 1999, \he National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
listed the Puget Sound Chinook salmon evolutionary significant unit as a threatened species under
the Endangered Species Act (ESA); and
WHEREAS, in November 1999, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) listed the
Puget Sound bull trout distinct population segment as a threatened species under the ESA, and
WHEREAS, significant areas of the Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed,
Water Resource Inventory Area 9, are designated by the Federal government as critical salmon
habitat; and
WHEREAS, coordination and cooperation among Federal, state, and local agencies, tribes,
businesses, non-governmental organizations, landowners, citizens, and other interests are essential to
plan for and implement a salmon recovery plan; and
WHEREAS, the City supports cooperation at the WRIA level to set common priorities for
actions among partners, efficient use of resources and investments, and distribution of responsibility
for actions and expenditures; and
\VHEREAS, 17 local governments in WRIA-9 entered into an i~terloca1 agreement in 2001 to
jointly fund development of the GreenlDuwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed, Water
Resource Inventory Area 9 Salmon Habitat Plan, "Making our Watershed Fit for a King," published
August 1 0,2005; and
WHEREAS, the WRIA-9 Salmon Habitat Plan, developed by a steering committee comprised of
multiple interests, includes a wide variety of actions that focus on habitat recovery for Chinook
salmon, bull trout, and other salmonids for the next ten years, and prioritizes them to guide efforts to
recover the Green River Chinook salmon population; and
WHEREAS, the WRIA-9 Salmon Habitat Plan is based upon a sound scientific foundation, and
includes an adaptive management approach and funding strategy for implementation,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, HEREBY RESOL YES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City hereby ratifies the GreenlDuwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed,
Water Resource Inventory Area 9 Salmon Habitat Plan, "Making our Watershed Fit for a King."
dated August 2005
Section 2. This resolution does not obligate the City Council to future appropriations beyond
current authority
RFSOL VED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at
a Regular Meeting thereof this day of . 2005.
ATTEST/ AUTHENTICATED'
Pamela Linder, Council President
Jane E. Cantu, CMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORt\1 BY.
Office of the City Attorney
Filed with the City Clerk:
Passed by the City Council.
Resolution Number
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