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Executive Pete Kremen
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JAN 2 U 1999
WHATCOM COUNTY
COUNCIL
1/26/99
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SUBJECT:
Resolution Adopting the 1999 Lake Whatcom Management Program
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution and Program (Exhibit "A ")
Cover Memorandum
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SUMMARYSTATEMENT:
to resolution adopts the 1999 Lake Whatcom Management
Program. The accompanying memorandum briefly explains the
changes that changes that were made to the draft program based
on recommendations from the City /County Councils, and Water
District 10 Commissioners. Approval of the resolution is
recommended.
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COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN:
1999-56 1/26/99: Update presented, Approved 7 -0, Res. #99 -006
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(this item): 0 006
LAKE WHATCOM
1AANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE
210 Lottie Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
(360) 676 -6979
FAX 738 -7418
PETE KREMEN
County Executive
Whatcom County
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MARK ASMUNDSON SANDY PETERSEN
Mayor. General Manager
City of Bellingham Water District 10
JOINT RESOLUTION
Whatcom County Council No. 99 -006
Bellingham City Council No. 1999 -6
Water District No. 10 625
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM, WHATCOM COUNTY,
AND WATER DISTRICT 10 ADOPTING THE 1999 PROGRAM FOR THE LAKE
WHATCOM WATERSHED.
WHEREAS, Lake Whatcom and its associated watersheds, is currently the source of
drinking water for approximately half the residents in the county; and
WHEREAS, the County, City, and District have agreed to work cooperatively to manage
and protect the water supply as defined in the 1998 " interlocal Agreement Between the City of
Bellingham, Whatcom County, and Water District 10 Concerning Joint Management of Lake
Whatcom"; and
WHEREAS, part of cooperative management includes the joint development, adoption,
and implementation of an annual work program for the watershed; and
WHEREAS, the Councils and Commissioners were presented with a draft work program
on September 23, 1998, and modifications were made to the program based on subsequent
direction from the Councils /Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, per adopted interlocal agreement, all cooperative projects and actions,
including annual work programs, will be approved by each jurisdiction and attached to the
interlocal agreement as an appendix,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM,
WHACOM COUNTY, AND WATER DISTRICT 10 that the work program set forth in
Exhibit A attached hereto be hereby adopted for 1999 and attached as Appendix A to the 1998
interlocal Agreement.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the highest priority will be placed on three
elements of the work program: stormwater management (Goal 11), urbanization/development
(Goal 13) and watershed ownership (Goal 2).
FOR THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM:
PASSED by Council this 26X day of '1999
Council President
APPROVED by me this day of '1999
Mayor
ATTEST:
Fe,F3 Finance Director
APPROVED AS T FORM:
Office of the City Attorney
FOR WHATCOM COUNTY:
PASSED by Council this 26ttday of January ,.1999
Chair, Marlene Dawson
ATTEST:
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Civi4 Deputy Pros cuting Attorney
FOR WATER DISTRICT 10:
Signed this JQ"�' day of -719"70/LG.4J , 1999
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LAKE WHATCOM
MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE
210 Lottie Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
(360) 676 -6979
FAX 738 -7418
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
PETE KREMEN
County Executive
Whatcom County
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MARK ASMUNDSON SANDY PETERSEN
Mayor General Manager
City of Bellingham Water District 10
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Whatcom County Council
Lake Whatcom Management Committee — County Executive Pete Kremen, Bellingham
Mayor Mark Asmundson, Water District 10 Manager Sandy Petersen
January 8, 1999
Resolution Adopting the 1999 Lake Whatcom Management Program
Attached is a Resolution adopting the 1999 Lake Whatcom Management Program. The Lake Whatcom
Program is one of the major program areas identified in the County Water Resources Plan that was
submitted to the Council in October 1998. As will occur with each of the program areas, the attached
Lake Whatcom Program supplements the October general description by providing specific details
regarding actions, time lines, funding, and public involvement opportunities.
Prior to implementation, the Lake Whatcom Program must be jointly adopted by the City, County, and
Water District 10'. The Program was originally presented to the legislative bodies on September 23,
1998. Individual meetings with each of the Councils and Commissioners followed, at which time
additional recommendations were received. The recommendations have been incorporated into the
attached Program. Key changes include:
• Specific details regarding how the Councils and Commissioners will be updated on the Program in
1999 (Goal 1, Task 2);
• Priority placed on stormwater management, urbanization/land use, watershed ownership, and
projects that will reduce impacts on water quality (e.g. on -site detention, reduction in impervious
surfaces, improvements in District 10 system to reduce potential overflows, and incentives);
• Additional actions related to forest management (Goal 4, Task 3);
• Reduction of activities related to conservation (Goal 17);
• Additional monitoring efforts to identify the source of fecal coliform in Silver Beach Creek, and
Austin Creek (Goal 3, Task 8);
• Assessment of potential water quality impacts from the "Y "- Road Landfill (Goal 3, Task 8);
• Recommendation that future program planning include specific measurable objectives (benchmarks)
and extend beyond one year (Program Administration, Task 2); and
• Additional language that would require the City and County to evaluate concurrency related to the
Lake Whatcom Connector (Transportation Goal 12, Task 1);
Please feel free to contact Sue Blake if you have any questions regarding the Program.
' The 1998 jointly adopted interlocal agreement entitled "Interlocal Agreement Between the City of Bellingham,
Whatcom County, and Water District 10 Commissioners Regarding Joint Management of Lake Whatcom", specifics
that cooperative projects will be approved by each jurisdiction and attached to the Interlocal Agreement as an
appendix.