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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
Natural Resources Committee
February 10, 2015
CALL TO ORDER
Committee Chair Barry Buchanan called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. in the
Council Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington.
ROLL CALL
(9:33 :49 AM)
Present: Carl Weimer, Sam Crawford and Barry Buchanan.
Absent: None.
Also Present: Barbara Brenner, Pete Kremen, and Rud Browne.
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION
1. PRESENTATION BY WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND
WILDLIFE AND DISCUSSION OF THE PUGET SOUND NEARSHORE
ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PROJECT (PSNERP) (AB2015 -057)
Paula Cooper, Public Works Department, introduced Theresa Mitchell, Department of
Fish and Wildlife.
Theresa Mitchell, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, submitted and
read from a presentation (on file) and described the Army Corps of Engineer's general
investigation process.
The committee discussed whether some of the identified PSNERP projects are
components of other projects; the amount of agricultural land that will be displaced;
whether the 11 selected projects around Puget Sound have been prioritized; the size of the
Nooksack Delta Restoration project compared to the other 10 projects around the Puget
Sound; the amount of local support the Nooksack Delta Restoration project has; how the
project will accommodate local landowners who are unwilling to participate; whether the
Nooksack Delta Restoration project will address Nooksack River pollution; whether the State
and federal program truly has the support of and has communicated and worked with the
local community; getting support from the local Congressional delegation; the estimated
costs of the entire Puget Sound -wide program; the estimated cost for the Nooksack Delta
Restoration project; which local groups the Department of Fish and Wildlife has worked with
so far, and; at what stage in the project's process they will develop the conceptual plans.
OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business.
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ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 10:17 a.m.
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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASdINGTON
Natural Resources Committee, 2/10/2015, Page 2
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