HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOW 2021-07-26 Item 5B - Resolution - 2021 WRIA9 (Water Resources Inventory Area 9) Habitat PlanCOUNCIL AGENDA SYNOPSIS
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Watershed Planning 2021-2026
9 2021 Update to the Salmon Habitat Plan
07/26/21
08/02/21
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SPONSOR ❑Council Mayor HR DCD Finance ❑Fire ❑TS P&R ❑Police 11 PW' ❑Court
SPONSOR'S The Salmon Habitat Plan Update represents the next chapter of salmon recovery efforts in
SUMMARY watershed. It provides a science -based framework for identifying, prioritizing, and
implementing salmon recovery actions over the next 10-15 years. The Plan Update
integrates over a decade of new science and monitoring and is intended as a guidance
document for use in habitat restoration efforts and in relevant City policy and code updates.
Council is being asked to make a recommendation on the draft resolution.
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ITEM INFORMATION
ITEM NO.
5.B.
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STAFF SPONSOR: MIKE PERFETTI
ORIGINAL AGENDA DATE: 07/26/21
AGENDA ITEM TITLE
Surface Water Fund
Resolution to Adopt
— WRIA 9
the WRIA
Watershed Planning 2021-2026
9 2021 Update to the Salmon Habitat Plan
07/26/21
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❑ Bid Award
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❑ Public Hearing
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CATEGORY 11 Discussion
11 Resolution
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Mtg Date 08/02/21
SPONSOR ❑Council Mayor HR DCD Finance ❑Fire ❑TS P&R ❑Police 11 PW' ❑Court
SPONSOR'S The Salmon Habitat Plan Update represents the next chapter of salmon recovery efforts in
SUMMARY watershed. It provides a science -based framework for identifying, prioritizing, and
implementing salmon recovery actions over the next 10-15 years. The Plan Update
integrates over a decade of new science and monitoring and is intended as a guidance
document for use in habitat restoration efforts and in relevant City policy and code updates.
Council is being asked to make a recommendation on the draft resolution.
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❑ Arts Comm. ❑ Parks Comm. ❑ Planning Comm.
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DATE: 07/12/21
RECOMMENDATIONS:
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COMMIrrEE
Public Works Department
Forward to Committee of the Whole; Regular Consent Agenda
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ATTACHMENTS
07/26/21
Informational Memorandum dated 07/09/21
Draft Resolution
Resolution 1595
Powerpoint
WRIA 9 Fact Sheet
08/02/21
Minutes from Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meeting of 07/12/2021
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City of Tukwila
Allan Ekberg, Mayor
Public Works Department - Hari Ponnekanti, Director/City Engineer
INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
TO: Transportation and Infrastructure Services Committee
FROM: Hari Ponnekanti, Public Works Director/City Engineer
BY: Mike Perfetti, Habitat Project Manager
CC: Mayor Ekberg
DATE: July 9, 2021
SUBJECT: Surface Water Fund — WRIA 9 Watershed Planning 2021-2026
Project No. 91641205
Resolution to Adopt the WRIA 9 2021 Update to the Salmon Habitat Plan
ISSUE
Authorize a resolution ratifying the 2021 Update to the Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed (WRIA 9)
Salmon Habitat Plan: Making Our Watershed Fit for A King.
BACKGROUND
In 2004, The City of Tukwila entered an Interlocal Agreement (ILA) with 15 other watershed jurisdictions. The WRIA 9 ILA was
established to draft a habitat recovery plan to guide local jurisdictions in the recovery of threatened Puget Sound Chinook
salmon. The initial plan was adopted by the City of Tukwila via Resolution 1595 in 2005. Since then, the City has been
working to implement the plan, including the completion of the Duwamish Gardens Habitat Restoration Project, and is in the
midst of construction for the Riverton Creek Flapgate Removal Project. Two other projects identified in the original habitat plan
— Gilliam Creek Fish Barrier Removal Project and the Nesen Side Channel project - are in the planning and design stages.
These projects not only help to recover struggling salmon and other fish species, but provide public open space, water access,
recreational and educational benefits to Tukwila residents.
DISCUSSION
The Salmon Habitat Plan Update represents the next chapter of salmon recovery efforts in watershed. It provides a science -
based framework for identifying, prioritizing, and implementing salmon recovery actions over the next 10-15 years. The Plan
Update integrates over a decade of new science and monitoring; provides updated habitat goals; outlines refined recovery
strategies and embedded policies and programs; updates the capital projects list; and outlines a monitoring and adaptive
framework for tracking implementation and making strategic adjustments. The plan does not obligate jurisdictions to complete
any particular project or program, but rather is intended as a guidance document for use in habitat restoration efforts and in
relevant City policy and code updates.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
RECOMMENDATION
The Committee is asked to make a recommendation on the draft resolution for discussion at the July 26, 2021, Committee of
the Whole Meeting.
Attachment: Draft Resolution
Resolution 1595
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DRAFT
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
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WHEREAS, coordination and cooperation among federal, state, and local agencies,
tribes, businesses, non-governmental organizations, landowners, community members,
and other interests are essential to implement and adaptively manage a salmon recovery
plan; and
WHEREAS, the Puget Sound Partnership serves as the Puget Sound regional
organization and lead agency for planning and implementing the Puget Sound Salmon
Recovery Plan, approved by NOAA Fisheries; and
WHEREAS, the WRIA 9 Plan is one of 15 watershed -based chapters of the Puget
Sound 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
WHEREAS, habitat protection and restoration actions to increase Chinook salmon
productivity trends are necessary throughout the watershed, in conjunction with other
recovery efforts, to avoid extinction in the near term and restore WRIA 9 Chinook salmon
to viability in the long term; and
WHEREAS, salmon recovery is interrelated with flood risk reduction, water quality
improvement, open -space protection, recreation, economic development, and tribal treaty
rights; and
WHEREAS, the City has a strong interest to achieve multiple benefit outcomes for
people and fish across the watershed; and
WHEREAS, the WRIA 9 Plan recognizes that salmon recovery is a long-term effort,
and focuses on a 10 -year implementation time horizon to allow for evaluation of progress
and adaptation of goals and implementation strategies; and
WHEREAS, it is important to provide jurisdictions, the private sector and the public
with certainty and predictability regarding the course of salmon recovery actions in WRIA
9; and
WHEREAS, if insufficient action is taken at the local and regional level, it is unlikely
Chinook salmon populations in WRIA 9 will improve and it is possible the federal
government could list Puget Sound Chinook salmon as an endangered species, thereby
decreasing local flexibility; and
WHEREAS, the Parties previously took formal action to ratify the 2005 Salmon
Habitat Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
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The City hereby ratifies the Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed,
Water Resource Inventory Area 9 Salmon Habitat Plan Update, Making Our Watershed
Fit for a King, dated February 2021. Ratification is intended to convey the City's support
for the following:
1. Protecting and restoring habitat based on best available science with the intent
to achieve sustainable, resilient, and harvestable populations of naturally
spawning Chinook salmon.
2. Pursuing a multi -benefit approach to WRIA 9 Plan implementation that integrates
salmon recovery, flood hazard reduction, water quality improvements, open
space and recreation, and equity and social justice to improve outcomes for
people and fish.
3. Utilizing the WRIA 9 Plan as a source of best available science to inform local
government actions, including, but not limited to land use, shoreline, and
transportation planning/permitting.
4. Utilizing capital project concepts, programmatic actions, and policies outlined
within the WRIA 9 Plan to inform local priorities for implementation and funding
via grants, capital improvements, ordinances, and other activities. Ratification
does not obligate any partner to implement any specific actions or adhere to
specific timelines for such actions.
5. Working collaboratively with local, state, and federal partners and tribes to
support and fund implementation of the WRIA 9 Plan, including monitoring and
adaptive management to address scientific uncertainty, tracking and
communicating progress, and refining strategies to ensure cost-effective
investments.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at
a Regular Meeting thereof this day of , 2021.
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
Christy O'Flaherty, MMC, City Clerk Kate Kruller, Council President
APPROVED AS TO FORM BY:
Office of the City Attorney
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Filed with the City Clerk:
Passed by the City Council:
Resolution Number:
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CHINOOK SALMON NUMBERS
REMAIN BELOW RECOVERY TARGETS.
A record low of 165 wild Green River
Chinook were observed in 2009. In five
of the past 10 years (2010-2019) wild
Chinook numbers have been below the
short-term target range (1,000-4,200).
THE WRIA 9 SALMON HABITAT PLAN HAS HELPED LEVERAGE
OVER $200 MILLION OF LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING.
Plan implementation has contributed to realignment of 2+ miles of
levees to reconnect floodplains, restoration of 4,500+ feet of marine
shoreline, and revegetation of 500+ acres of riparian habitat. The
WRIA 9 Interlocal Agreement between local government partners
funds implementation and adaptive management.
NUMBER OF SPAWNERS
12,000
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1995
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2015 2020
10 -Yr. VSP goal (range)
NEW SCIENCE STRENGTHENS THE PLAN AND INFORMS
REFINEMENT OF RECOVERY PRIORITIES. Recent research refines
our understanding of priority pressures and limiting factors for
recovery. This information serves as the foundation for the Plan
Update. For example, recent studies indicate that Chinook entering
estuarine waters as fry (< 60 mm) — as opposed to parr (> 60 mm)
— experience very low rates of marine survival.
THE 2021 PLAN UPDATE OUTLINES REVISED HABITAT GOALS TO TRACK IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS.
Habitat goals outline necessary future ecological conditions to support a viable salmon population and short-
term implementation targets.
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Salmon Habitat Plan 2021 Update
DUWAMISH ESTUARY
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THE 2021 PLAN UPDATE IDENTIFIES 118 CAPITAL
HABITAT PROJECTS ACROSS FIVE
SUBWATERSHEDS. The updated project list was
developed in partnership with local government, non-
profit, state agency, and other partners. Projects are
tiered based on magnitude of potential benefit, with Tier
1 projects having the highest potential to advance
recovery and substantively contribute to habitat goals.
THE PLAN UPDATE OUTLINES A
PORTFOLIO OF 12 RECOVERY
STRATEGIES. Recovery strategies include
policies and programs to address priority
pressures within the salmon life cycle to
increase salmon abundance, productivity,
and diversity; and build long-term
population resiliency. Strategies include
fish passage barrier removal, floodplain
reconnection, revegetation, shoreline
restoration/armor removal, improving
water quality, and education.
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Lower
Green (LG)
A Monitoring and Adaptive Management Plan (MAMP)
outlines monitoring priorities inform strategic adaptation.
The MAMP establishes a framework for (1) tracking
implementation progress, (2) assessing project effectiveness,
(3) evaluating habitat status and trends, (4) assessing Chinook
salmon population status, and (4) prioritizing research and
monitoring investments. The MAMP will guide data collection
to support status and trends reporting.
Please contact Matt Goehring, WRIA 9 Salmon Recovery Mgr., at mgoehring@Kingcounty.gov or (206) 263-6826
for more information.
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Auburn
Black Diamond
Burien
Covington
Des Moines
Enumclaw
Federal Way
Kent
King County
Maple Valley
Normandy Park
Renton Tacoma
SeaTac
Seattle
Tacoma
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City of Tukwila
City Council Transportation & Infrastructure Services Committee
Meeting Minutes
July 12, 2021 5:30 p.m. - Electronic Meeting due to COVID-19 Emergency
Councilmembers Present: Verna Seal, Chair, De'Sean Quinn, Thomas McLeod
Staff Present: Hari Ponnekanti, Rachel Bianchi, David Cline, Brittany Robinson, Mike
Perfetti, Dan Nguyen, Muhammad Musa, Scott Bates,
Guests: Laura Moser & Randy Jones, Waste Management; Barbara Combs,
resident
Chair Seal called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
I. BUSINESS AGENDA
There was consensus to move item E to the second order of business.
A. Waste Management Service Discussion
Committee members and representatives from Waste Management discussed recent
customer issues and appropriate protocols for handling issues. Ms. Moser& Mr. Jones invited
Councilmembers to contact them directly with future concerns, discussed a forthcoming
rerouting process, and indicated they would follow up with the customer serviceteam to learn
why differing messages are being shared with residents.
Committee Recommendation
Discussion only.
B. BNSF Alternative Access Study Next Steps
Staff presented an update on the BNSF Alternative Access Study Environmental Impact
Statement process, including schedule, community engagement' and fundingoptions.
Item(s) for follow-up:
Plan future discussion around debt capacity.
Committee Recommendation
Discussion only.
C. Resolution: WRIA9 Watershed Planning 2021-2026
Staff is seeking Council approval of a resolution to adopttheWRIA92021 Update to the Salmon
Habitat Plan.
Committee Recommendation
Unanimous approval. Forward to July26, 2021 Committee of the Whole.
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