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TITLE OF DOCUMENT,•
Ii RIA I Watershed Management Plan
ATTACHMENTS:
WRIA 1 Watershed Management Plan
SEPA review required? ( ) Yes ( ) NO
Should Clerk schedule a hearing ? ( X J Yes ( ) Pr'O
SEP9 review completed? ( ) Yes ( ) NO
Requested Date: June 7. 2005
SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE: The draft Water Resource Inventory Area
1 (WRIA I) Watershed Management Plan (WRIA 1 WMP) was developed through the cooperative efforts of
local stakeholders and governments pursuant to the framework provided by the Washington State Watershed
Management Act, RCW 90.82. The WRIA I WMP provides a roadmap for addressing water quantity, water
quality, instream flow, and fish habitat challenges faced by residents of WRIA 1 now and in the future, with
an initial focus on 2005 - -2006 activities.
The WRIA 1 WVP was approved by consensus and forwarded to the Whatcom County Council with a
recommendation for approval by the WRIA I Watershed Management Planning Unit and Initiating
Governments Joint Board
A public hearing before the County Council is scheduled for June 7, 2005.
Passage of this Resolution by the Whatcom County Council will approve the WRIA I Watershed
Management Plan
COMMITTEE ACTION:
COUNCIL ACTION:
5/24/2005: Introduced
6/7/2005: Approved 7 -0 Resolution
Number 2005 -025
Related County Contract #:
Related File Numbers:
Ordinance or Resolution
Number: Res. 2005 -025
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on the County's websiteat: wwiv.co.whateorn.wa.us/council.
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SPONSORED BY: County Council
PROPOSED BY: WRIA 1 Planning Unit and Joint Board
INTRODUCTION DATE: May 11, 2005
RESOLUTION NO. 905_025
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE
WRIA 1 WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN — PHASE I
WHEREAS, the 1998 Washington State Legislature passed the Watershed Planning Act,
subsequently codified into RCW 90.82, to set a framework for developing local solutions to
watershed issues on a watershed basis; and
WHEREAS, the stated purpose of watershed planning is to develop a more thorough and
cooperative method of determining the current water resource situation in each Water Resource
Inventory Area ( "WRIA ") and to provide local citizens with the maximum possible input
concerning their goals and objectives for water resource management and development (RCW
90.82.005); and
WHEREAS, the local development of watershed plans is intended to serve vital local
interests by placing it in the hands of people who have the greatest knowledge of both the
resources and the aspirations of those who live and work in the watershed, and who have the
greatest stake in the proper long -term management of the resources (RCW 90.82.010); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 90.82.060, Whatcom County, the City of Bellingham and
the District decided jointly and unanimously to proceed with watershed planning in WRIA 1 and
invited, as further provided under RCW 90.82.060, the Lummi Nation and Nooksack Tribe to
participate; and
WHEREAS, the five above -named entities together are regarded as the initiating
governments ( "Initiating Governments ") as defined in RCW 90.82.060 and by interlocal
agreement formed the Joint Board as a decision making body; and
WHEREAS, RCW 90.82.060 assigns the Initiating Governments the task of organizing
the planning unit and determining the scope of the planning to be conducted within the WRIA;
and
WHEREAS, the WRIA 1 watershed planning process was initiated in 1998 and has
continued until the present time; and
WHEREAS, the WRIA 1 watershed planning process conducted pursuant to Chapter
90.82 RCW has produced a document entitled Watershed Management Plan - Phase 1 ( "WMP' );
and
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WHEREAS, upon completion of the WMP, it must be approved by the planning unit
followed by the legislative body with territory within the management area (RCW 90.82.130);
and
WHEREAS, the Joint Board met on March 18, 2005 and by consensus recommended
approval of the WMP; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Unit met on March 23, 2005 and by consensus recommended
approval of the WMP;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Whatcom County Council that the
WRIA 1 Watershed Management Plan — Phase 1, set forth as Exhibit A attached hereto, be
approved.
APPROVED this 7th day of June , 2005.
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