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Joint Lake Whatcom
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Cathy Craver
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April 22, 2015
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TITLE OF DOCUMENT. Resolution adopting the Lake Whatcom Management Program 2015 -2019 Work
Plan.
ATTACHMENTS: Resolution
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Resolution adopting the Lake Whatcom Management Program 2015 -2019 Work Plan.
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4/22/2015: Approved
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Res. 2015 -015
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RESOLUTION NO. 2015 -015
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM,
AND THE LAKE WHATCOM WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT COMMISSION ADOPTING THE
LAKE WHATCOM MANAGEMENT PROGRAM 2015 -2019 WORK PLAN
WHEREAS, in 1992 and again in 1998 the City of Bellingham, Whatcom County and the
precursor to the Lake Whatcom Water and Sewer District jointly formed the Lake Whatcom
Management Program and declared their intention to work together to protect and manage Lake
Whatcom; and
WHEREAS, the three Lake Whatcom Management Program jurisdictions have adopted
three previous five -year plans that have provided a framework for program cooperation and
implementation of joint activities, and which have resulted in improved water quality and
environmental conditions of the lake; and
WHEREAS, the Lake Whatcom Management Program 2015 -2019 Work Plan defines the
major activities and investments needed to improve and protect water quality in the lake and
its tributary streams during the next five years, including construction and maintenance of
capital facilities, enforcement of standards for new development, retrofitting of existing
residential properties, preservation of land and restoration of its ecological function, and
continuation of the Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Program;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Whatcom County Council that the Whatcom
County Council hereby adopts the Lake Whatcom Management Program 2015 -2019 Work Plan
as the framework for joint management of the lake and for achieving necessary milestones to
improve water quality in the lake.
APPROVED this 22ni day of _Anr; i , 2015.
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Daniel Gibson, Chief Civil Deputy Prosecutor
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Carl Weimer, Council Chair