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Council Water Work Session
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
311 Grand Avenue, Ste #105
Bellingham, WA 98225-4038
(360) 778-5010
Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
10:30 AM
Virtual Meeting
VIRTUAL MEETING
COUNCILMEMBERS
Rud Browne
Barry Buchanan
Tyler Byrd
Todd Donovan
Ben Elenbaas
Carol Frazey
Kathy Kershner
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
Dana Brown -Davis, C.M.C.
Council Water Work Session Meeting Agenda November 16, 2021
Call To Order
Roll Call
Water Resources Update
Discussion with WRIA 1 Planning Unit (Part 1)
Overview of Flood Control Zone District Budget
Overview of WRIA 1 Data Hub
Other Business
Adjournment
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WHATCOM COUNTY
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
JON HUTCHINGS
Director
MEMORANDUM
NATURAL RESOURCES
322 N. Commercial Street, Suite 110
Bellingham, WA 98225
Telephone: (360) 778-6230
FAX: (360) 778-6231
www. whatcomcounty. us
TO: The Honorable Satpal Singh Sidhu, Whatcom County Executive, and
Honorable Members of the Whatcom County Council
THROUGH: Jon Hutchings, Director
FROM: Gary S. Stoyka, Natural Resources Program Manager
DATE: November 9, 2021
RE: November 16, 2021 Council Water Work Session
Please refer to the proposed agenda below for the next Water Work Session. Additional supporting
documents may be distributed at or before the meeting.
AGENDA
Date:
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Time:
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Place:
Virtual Meeting. For instructions on how to watch or participate in this meeting, please visit us
at www.whatcomcounty.us/ioinvirtualcouncil or contact the Council Office at 360.778.5010.
View meeting schedules, agendas, minutes, videos, and archives at
www.whatcom.Iegistar.com.
Time
Topic
Council Action
Background Information
Requested
Attached
10:30 AM —
Water Resources Update
Informational
None
10:45 AM
10:45 AM —
Discussion with WRIA 1 Planning Unit
Discussion
None
11:15 AM
11:15 AM —
Overview of Flood Control Zone District
Informational
Proposed 2022 Budget
11:45 AM
Budget
11:45 AM —
Overview of WRIA 1 Data Hub
Informational
None
12:00 PM
If you have questions, please feel free to call me at (360) 778-6218.
cc:
Dana Brown -Davis Erika Douglas Cathy Craver Roland Middleton Mike McFarlane
Kristi Felbinger John Thompson Beth Bushaw Mark Personius Aneka Sweeney
Jill Nixon Paula Harris Jim Karcher Josh Fleischmann Chris Elder
Jennifer Schneider Lonni Cummings Atina Casas Tyler Schroeder
Karen Frakes Kraig Olason Doug Ranney Sue Sullivan
OVERALL BUDGET SUMMARY
Budget Program
Code
169100 Adminstration
169100 Transfers - To Stormwater
169102 Flood Response
169104 Flood Planning
169106 Technical Assistance
169108 NFIP and CRS
169110 Early Warning
169112 Repair and Maintenance
169114 Flood Hazard Reduction
169119 Natural Resources
169120 Aquatic Invasive Species
169121 Water Planning
169700 NPDES
TOTAL
(DECREASE)/INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE
Flood Control Zone District
2022 Budget
Approved 2021 Budget Supplemented 2021 Budget 2021 Year End Projection Proposed 2022 Budget
Revenues Expenditures Revenues Expenditures Revenues Expenditures Revenues Expenditures
$ 5,043,000 $ 777,107 $ 5,043,000 $ 784,093 $ 5,020,258 $ 902,333 $ 5,210,000 $ 859,831
$ 1,459,512 $ 1,598,954 $ 1,279,163 $ 1,202,339
$ - $ 110,000 $ - $ 110,000 $ - $ 55,000 $ - $ 110,000
$ 258,000 $ 885,000 $ 258,000 $ 927,575 $ 115,000 $ 283,025 $ 70,000 $ 940,000
$ - $ 75,000 $ - $ 75,000 $ - $ 75,000 $ - $ 75,000
$ 16,000 $ 177,000 $ 16,000 $ 177,000 $ 10,000 $ 165,000 $ 12,000 $ 127,000
$ 4,500 $ 138,100 $ 4,500 $ 138,100 $ 4,413 $ 109,000 $ 4,413 $ 133,000
$ 535,000 $ 977,439 $ 385,000 $ 827,439 $ 264,115 $ 623,039 $ 715,000 $ 1,692,439
$ 2,632,540 $ 4,517,535 $ 4,157,143 $ 6,451,950 $ 2,957,851 $ 4,196,439 $ 3,169,846 $ 4,437,456
$ 557,361 $ 2,015,894 $ 563,639 $ 2,040,950 $ 499,278 $ 2,115,916 $ 744,139 $ 2,227,659
$ - $ 152,217 $ - $ 152,217 $ - $ 152,217 $ - $ 164,944
$ 175,000 $ 728,546 $ 175,000 $ 832,246 $ 225,000 $ 801,436 $ 175,000 $ 548,914
$ - $ 160,320 $ - $ 160,320 $ - $ 80,000 $ - $ 160,320
$ 9,221,401 $ 12,173,670 $ 10,602,282 $ 14,275,844 $ 9,095,915 $ 10,837,568 $ 10,100,398 $ 12,678,902
$ (2,952,269) $ (3,673,563) $ (1,741,653) $ (2,578,504)
Notes: 14% Rev Lapse 24% Exp Lapse
Assumes no fall flood in 2021; 2022 budget includes funding for flood response and new repair
2021 Txfr to Stormwater Projection includes a 20% budget lapse.
Starting Balance
8,084,364
Projected Net Annual Activity
-1,741,653
Projected Balance
6,342,711
Budgeted Net Annual Activity
-2,578,504
Add back expense lapse of 20% (with related grant income reduction)
1,901,811
Projected Balance
5,666,018
Rev Exp
ASR's 6426 Collaborative Water Solutions Process $
125,000 $ 375,000
$ (250,000)
6427 WSU Extension $
- $ 25,000
$ (25,000)
6430 Auditor Fee Increases $
$ 12,500
$ (12,500)
6431 AIS Enforcement Funding $
$ 28,000
$ (28,000)
6432 Software Maint Contracts $
$ 5,000
$ (5,000)
6436 PIC Livestock Technical Ass't Frog. $
$ 50,000
$ (50,000)
Balance after ASR's 5,295,518
BOY 2021
BOY 2022
BOY 2023
169121
169119
169100
169120
169100
169119
BOY 2023 (after ASRs)
2022 ASR's
Revenues Expenditures
$ 17,500
$ 125,000
$ 75,000
$ 28,000
$ 375,000
$ 125,000 $ 495,500
$ (370,500)
FLOOD MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS
Flood Response (169102)
Wage and Benefits
Sand and sandbags
Preparedness training
Sector observers during response
Construction contracts
TOTAL
NET IMPACT TO FUND BALANCE
Flood Planning (169104)
Lower Nooksack
Wage and Benefits
CFHMP refinement/update
Facilitation
Hydraulic modeling/alternatives analyses
FLIP process support/Engineering design/Plan
Sediment management
Reach 1 Sediment
FLIP support for ag (AWB, farmer stipends)
High water mark survey
TOTAL
NET IMPACT TO FUND BALANCE
Technical Assistance (169106)
Wage and Benefits
Postage for Special District reassessments
TOTAL
NET IMPACT TO FUND BALANCE
National Flood Insurance Prgm (169108)
Wage and Benefits
FEMA Floodplain mapping
Permit reviews
Original 2021 Budget
Revenues Expenditures
$
10,000
$
35,000
$
5,000
$
40,000
$
20,000
$ - $
110,000
$ (110,000)
Original 2021 Budget
Revenues Expenditures
$ 150,000
$ 50,000
$ 50,000
$ 200,000
$
300,000
$
200,000
$ -
$
50,000
$ 58,000
$
60,000
$
25,000
$ 258,000
$
885,000
$ (627,000)
Original 2021 Budget
Revenues Expenditures
$ 75,000
$ - $ 75,000
$ (75,000)
Original 2021 Budget
Revenues Expenditures
$ 150,000
$ 12,000
$ 16,000
Flood Control Zone District
2020 Budget
Work Plan and Supporting Documentation
DETAIL FOR FCZD PROGRAM AREAS
Supplemented 2021 Budget
2021 Year End Projection
Proposed 2022 Budget
Revenues Expenditures
Revenues Expenditures
Revenues Expenditures
$
10,000
$
10,000
$
10,000
$
35,000
$
10,000
$
35,000
$
5,000
$
5,000
$
5,000
$
40,000
$
20,000
$
40,000
$
20,000
$
10,000
$
20,000
$ - $
110,000
$ - $
55,000
$ - $
110,000
$ (110,000)
$ (55,000)
$ (110,000)
Supplemented 2021 Budget
Revenues Expenditures
$ 150,000
$ 87,550
$ 50,000
$ 200,000
$ 305,025
$ 200,000
$ 50,000
$ 58,000
$ 60,000
$ 25,000
$ 258,000
$ 927,575
$ (6699575)
Supplemented 2021 Budget
Revenues Expenditures
$ 75,000
$ - $ 75,000
$ (75,000)
Supplemented 2021 Budget
Revenues Expenditures
$ 150,000
$ 12,000
$ 16,000
2021 Year End Projection
Revenues Expenditures
$ 150,000
$ 3,000
$ 10,000
$ 100,000 $ 105,025
$ 15,000 $ 15,000
$ 115,000 $ 283,025
$ (168,025)
2021 Year End Projection
Revenues Expenditures
$ 75,000
$ - $ 75,000
$ (75,000)
2021 Year End Projection
Revenues Expenditures
$ 150,000
$ 10,000
Proposed 2022 Budget
Revenues Expenditures
$ 130,000
$ 70,000 $
$ 70,000 $
$ (870,000)
ns/Notes
Includes pre -deployed and sand bags for training
Road and M&O employees and equipment
Road employees wages and benefits for 1 significant flood event
During and immediately following response
Budget based on 2009 flood with cost & wage increases
2021 YE projection assumes small fall flood
ns/Notes
75,000 2021 BA inc 37,550 CA for CollinsW; need 2022 BA to cover est balance (35000) and
amendment
60,000 2021 PO will CA (est bal is 10k) 2022 for FEQ model support
300,000 2021 BA inc 5025 CA for NWIC; Herrera balance will CA into 2022 (2021 PO): NEP
grant ends in 2021
200,000 likely to get under contract in 2022
75,000 2020 PO for $85.7 balance + amendment for updated survey; 2021 BA for follow-up
work with reach team
75,000 Pass through funding for ag consultant, farmers stipends and tribes- revenues from
FbD
25,000
940,000
Proposed 2022 Budget
Revenues Expenditures
$ 75,000
$ - $ 75,000
$ (75,000)
ns/Notes
CDID#5 was updated in 2020 with improved parcel coverage
Proposed 2022 Budget
Revenues Expenditures Assumptions/Notes
$ 100,000
$ - $ 12,000 Assumes LNR mapping in 2022 - expenditures for public meeting
notice
$ 12,000 $ - Flood permit fees
Public education/CRS activities
TOTAL
NET IMPACT TO FUND BALANCE
Early Warning System (169110)
Wage and Benefits
Nooksack River gages - USGS
Everson MainSt stage gage _ USGS
Emergency access to SNOTEL
Equipment for gage upgrades/repairs
Repairs and maintenance
TOTAL
NET IMPACT TO FUND BALANCE
FLOOD CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS
Repair and Maintenance (169112)
Wage and Benefits
Misc
Construction Projects
Emergency/new projects as needed
Miscellaneous repair projects
Marine Drive Levee Repair 2020 damage (720004)
Truck Road 2018 Emergency Bank Protection (718001)
Truck Road 2020 Damage (720008)
Everson Overflow Pipeline Bank Stabilization (720009)
Sande -Williams Levee Rehab (USACE/DD2-719004)
Bertrand Creek Levee Stabilization (721002)
Mitigation Planning/Implementation
Jail crew
Reveg planning/coordination
Reveg/misc supplies
TOTAL
NET IMPACT TO FUND BALANCE
$ 15,000
$ 16,000 $ 177,000
$ (161,000)
Original 2021 Budget
Revenues
Expenditures
$
5,000
$ -
$
106,100
$ 4,500
$
-
$ -
$
5,000
$
$
12,000
$
$
10,000
$ 4,500
$
138,100
$ (133,600)
Original 2021 Budget
Revenues Expenditures
$ 120,000
$ 50,000
$
50,000
$ -
$
50,000
$ 225,000
$
300,000
$ 140,000
$
150,000
$ 120,000
$
150,000
$ 117,439
$ 30,000
$ 10,000
$ 535,000 $ 977,439
$ (442,439)
$ 16,000 $
$ (161,000)
Flood Control Zone District
2020 Budget
Work Plan and Supporting Documentation
15,000 $ 15,000 $ $
177,000 $ 10,000 $ 165,000 $ 12,000 $
$ (155,000) $ (115,000)
Supplemented 2021 Budget
Revenues
Expenditures
$ 5,000
$ -
$ 106,100
$ 4,500
$ -
$ -
$ 5,000
$
$ 12,000
$
$ 10,000
$ 4,500
$ 138,100
$ (133,600)
Supplemented 2021 Budget
Revenues Expenditures
$ 120,000
$ 50,000
$
50,000
$ -
$
50,000
$ 75,000
$
150,000
$ 140,000
$
150,000
$ 120,000
$
150,000
$ 117,439
$ 30,000
$ 10,000
$ 385,000 $ 827,439
$ (442,439)
Flood Hazard Reduction (169114) 1 Original 2021 Budget I Supplemented 2021 Budget
2021 Year End Projection
Revenues Expenditures
$ 5,000
$ 104,000
$ 4,413
$ 4,413 $ 109,000
$ (104,587)
2021 Year End Projection
Revenues Expenditures
$ 120,000
$
5,000
$ 40,000
$
80,000
$ 123,025
$
140,600
$ 93,750
$
125,000
$ 7,340
$
-
$ 117,439
$ 30,000
$ 5,000
$ 264,115 $ 623,039
$ (358,924)
2021 Year End Projection
15,000
127,000
Proposed 2022 Budget
Revenues Expenditures
$
1,000
$ - $
105,000
$ 4,413 $
-
$ - $
5,000
$ $
12,000
$ $
10,000
$ 4,413 $
133,000
$ (128,587)
Proposed 2022 Budget
Revenues Expenditures
$ 185,000
$ 50,000
$
350,000
$ -
$
50,000
$ 251,250
$
300,000
$ 253,750
$
250,000
$ 135,000
$
150,000
$ 25,000 $ 250,000
$ $ 117,439
$ $ 30,000
$ $ 10,000
$ 715,000 $ 1,692,439
$ (977,439)
Proposed 2022 Budget
CRS mailings
ns/Notes
Canadians reimburse cost to maintain gage; AVZ pays for Jones
gage directly
Equip at NF gage may need replacing
ns/Notes
Assumed costs for responding to flood/new repairs (assumes no
fall 2021 flood)
Placeholder for small projects; fall 2019 flood assumed
Surveyed in 2020, construction in 2022 (FEMA)
50/50 cost -share with Roads; land ac d/s of site will provide final
mitigation for past emergency work
2021 contract for alt analysis; 2021 amendment for design: rev are
75% FEMA and 12.5% Roads
Alt anal in 2021; design in 2022; FEMA reimburses 75%
2021 revenues from DD#2 for 80/20 split on USACE cost -share
Start design in 2021 and construct in 2022; potential cost -share
from DD#4
Jail crew labor for FCZD and SWIF projects; available to diking or
subzones
New 2-year contract in 2021
Increased to cover plant replacement costs for Deming and other
past projects as needed
Wage and Benefits _
Misc
Swift Creek
Bank stabilzation/channel excavation
Marietta property acquisition & demo New properties
Leases for agriculture
Walton Property Management
Floodplain acquisition
Ferndale Levee Improvement Project (719008)
Lynden Levee Improvement Project (in conjunction with
USACE rehab project) (718005)
USACE Lynden Levee Rehab and Culvert Replacement
(718005)
Abbott Levee Improvement (SWIF) (718010)
Duffner Ditch Flood Gate Replacement Early Action
(720007)
Cougar Creek Early Action Project Design (720010)
Other FbD Early Action Projects (TBD)
South Fork Fish Camp Project (72100x)
Phase 1 design/construction
Dahlberg Wetland Mitigation Site (719006)
Wetland plan development
Jones Creek Deflection Berm (712004)
Berm and bridge design
Land/easement acquisition
Pre -closing costs (appraisals, hazmat, etc.)
Construction
High Creek Sediment Management
Sediment trap maintenance (720005)
Glacier -Gallup Creek Alluvial Fan Restoration (718007)
Feasibility study/concept design (BGC)
Outreach
Preliminary design
TOTAL
NET IMPACT TO FUND BALANCE
Revenues Expenditures
$ 375,000
$ - $ 107,835 1
$ - $ 50,000
$ 3,780 $ -
$ 831,760 $ 1,039,700
$ 524,000 $ 655,000
$ - $ 220,000
$ 325,000 $ 650,000
$ 90,000 $ 90,000
$ 100,000
$ 54,000 $ 180,000
$ 520,000 $ 650,000
$ $ 45,000
$ 48,000 $ 60,000
$ 36,000 $ 45,000
$ 200,000 $ 250,000
$ 2,632,540 $ 4,517,535
$ (1,884,995)
Flood Control Zone District
2020 Budget
Work Plan and Supporting Documentation
Revenues Expenditures Revenues Expenditures Revenues Expenditures
$ 375,000 $ 315,000
$ - $ 107,835 1
$ - $ 50,000
$ 3,780 $ -
1 $ 671,760 $ 839,700
$ 356,988
$
446,235
$ 524,000
$
655,000
$ -
$
220,000
$ 413,215
$
826,430
$ 150,000
$
150,000
$ 90,000
$
90,000
$ 100,000
$ 54,000
$
180,000
$ 1,409,600
$
1,762,000
$ 75,800
$
94,750
$ 124,000
$
155,000
1 $ - $ 45,000
$ 48,000 $ 60,000
$ 36,000 $ 45,000
$ 200,000 $ 250,000
$ 4,157,143 $ 6,451,950
$ (2,294,807)
$ 3,780
$ 16,800 $ 42,000
we may spend
more this year if
GG goes
through
$ 174,588 $ 218,235
$ 421,600 $ 527,000
$ 45,000 $ 210,600
$ 786,000
$ 150,000 $ 150,000
$ 105,000 $ 120,000
$ 10,000 1
7$ 100,000
$ 1,409,600 $ 1,762,000
$ 75,800 $ 94,750
$ 10,000
$
57,994
$ 72,492
$
42,690
$ 53,362
$
32,000
$ 40,000
$
2,957,851
$ 4,196,439
$
(1,238,588)
$ $ 114,624
$ - $ 50,000
$ 3,780 $ -
$ 16,800 $ -
$ 847,866 $ 1,059,832
$ 422,400 $ 528,000
$ 36,000 $ 45,000
$ 155,000
$ 60,000 $ 75,000
$ 300,000 $ 375,000
$ 880,000 $ 880,000
ns/Notes
300k commitment per year; 150k Roads; remainder cost -shared
70/30 b/w FCZD and SNE Subzone Subject to CPI-W Increases
New owner interested in selling
River Rd and Emmerson Rd properties
Revenues are from lease; 2021 expenses to deal with barn fire
(demo, electric and well house)
Revenues from FbD grant; 2021 BA reduced by 200k for transfer to
Jones Crk; 2022 is remaining grant task balance if not used for GG
2021 BA from R&E CA; 2022 BA cover contract balance +
amendment for 60% design; rev from FbD
Chanel construction and USACE cost -share in 2021; planting and
O&M plan in 2022
20% cost -share for USACE project; rev are from Lynden and LE
subzone
Assumes Roads pays 50%; design and contruct bank repair in
2021; 2022 BA is for Phase 2 design; 2021 BA inc NHC CA
2021 rev are EQIP funding (loaned to WID in 2020) and 150k FbD
grant early action funds
2021 rev is NOAA funding through TNC; complete design and
permit in 2022 as early action project for FbD?
Balance of task budget in 2019-21 FbD grant; projects TBD
Pass -through FbD funding to Nooksack Tribe for integrated fish -
flood project: Tribe to provide grant match (not included in WRIP)
$ 130,000 ?021 costs for BLA to settle claim; 2022 BA for work to start on site
$
$ 50,000 $
$ 124,000 $
2021 BA inc CA for Swift appraisals; 2021 PO for PSE contract
130,000 lance; Permitting assistance from Roads (30k/yr) design cost-
Derus and Swift properties plus two easements in 2021; revenues
from FbD; 2022 revenues is from road for new ROW
2021 BA for CA for Swift appraisal + supplement for add'tal
properties
155,000 Demo and cleanup of Derus- likely to slip to 2022 due to movers
$ $ 45,000
$ 20,000 $ 25,000
$ 200,000 $ 250,000
$ 3,169,846 $ 4,437,456
$ (1,267,610)
Cleaning only one trap in 2021
Risk assessment and alternatives anlaysis in 2021; 2021 exp is
contract balance to select alternative
2021 YE exp is contract balance - 2021 PO
interim repair alt analysis in 2021; 60% design in 2022
Flood Control Zone District
Proposed 2022 Budget
Natural Resources (169119)
NATURAL RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION
Staff
Office and operating
TOTAL
NET IMPACT TO FUND BALANCE
NATURAL RESOURCES OPERATIONS
Salmon Recovery
Staff
Restoration effectiveness monitoring, adaptive
management, and stewardship
Maintaining existing restoration projects*
New restoration projects"
Marine Resources Committee
Staff
MRC restoration projects
Water Quality/Pollution Identification & Correction
Program Coordination
Water Quality Monitoring
Data Management
Technical Assistance
Community Outreach
Incentives
Compliance
Coordination and Planning
Lake Whatcom Homeowner Incentive Program
Cosmos
WSU Extension outreach services
TOTAL
NET IMPACT TO FUND BALANCE
TOTAL FOR COST CENTER
'Integrated Salmon Recovery/Flood Hazard Reduction
Aquatic Invasive Species (169120)
AIS ADMINISTRATION
Staff
Office and operating
TOTAL
NET IMPACT TO FUND BALANCE
AIS OPERATIONS
Coordination and Planning
Interlocal Agreement (COB)
Enforcement
AIS online education program website maintenance
TOTAL
NET IMPACT TO FUND BALANCE
TOTAL FOR COST CENTER
Water Planning (169121)
WATER PLANNING ADMINISTRATION
Staff
Office and operating
TOTAL
NET IMPACT TO FUND BALANCE
Original 2021 Budget
Revenues Expenditures
$ 327,441
$ 293,439
$ $ 620,880
$ (620,880)
$ 135,926
$ 61,408
$ 92,112
$ 30,000
$ 93,000
$ 105,100
$ 4,000
$ 3,365
$ 139,291
$ 247,035
$ 90,240
$ 90,240
$ 114,240
$ 114,240
$ 134,100
$ 173,100
$ 35,000
$ 59,000
$ 87,416
$ 87,416
$ 61,086
$ 25,000
$ 557,361 $ 1.424.954
$ (867,593)
$ 557,361 $ 2,045,833
$ 1,488,472
capital and planning projects appear ur
Original 2021 Budget
Revenues Expenditures
$ $
143,467
$ $
8,750
$ $
152,217
$ (152.2171
$ - $
152,217
$
152,217
Original 2021 Budget
Revenues
Expenditures
$
123,354
$
550
$ - $
123,904
$ (123,904)
Supplemented 2021 Budget
Revenues Expenditures
$ 327,441
$ 293,439
$ $ 620,880
$ (620,880)
$
135,926
$
61,408
$
92,112
$
30,000
$ 93,000
$
105,100
$
10,278
$ 3,365
$
139,291
$
258,165
$ 90,240
$
90,240
$ 114,240
$
114,240
$ 134,100
$
173,100
$ 35,000
$
59,000
$ 87,416
$
87,416
$
61,086
$
115,000
$
25,000
$ 557,361 $ 1.424.954
$ (867,593)
$ 557,361 $ 2,045,833
$ 1,488,472
der Cost Center 169114 and 169104.
Supplemented 2021 Budget
Revenues Expenditures
$ $
143,467
$ $
8,750
$ $
152,217
$ (152.2171
$ $
152,217
$
152,217
Supplemented 2021 Budget
Revenues
Expenditures
$
123,354
$
550
$ - $
123,904
$ (123,904)
Year End 2021 Projection
Revenues Expenditures
$ 327,441
$ 293,439
$ $ 620,880
$ (620,880)
$
134,959
$
59,440
$
89,160
$
30,000
$ 93,000
$
105,100
$ -
$
10,278
$
139,291
$
258,165
$ 88,676
$
90,240
$ 96,066
$
96,066
$ 104,082
$
173,100
$ 22,500
$
42,500
$ 88,676
$
87,416
$
60,646
$
115,000
$
25,000
$ 493.000 $ 1.516.361
$ (1,023,361)
$ 493,000 $ 2,137,241
$ 1,644,241
Year End 2021 Projection
Revenues Expenditures
$ $
143,467
$ $
3,700
$ $
5,050
$ $
152,217
$ (152.217)
$ $
152,217
$
152,217
Year End 2021
Projection
Revenues
Expenditures
$
110,886
$
550
$ - $
111,436
$ (111,436)
Proposed 2022 Budget
Revenues Expenditures
$ 324,595
$ 344,040
$ - $ 668,635
$ (668,635)
$
169,257
$
61,408
$
92,112
$
30,000
$ 102,000
$
102,900
$
4,000
$
123,866
$ 6,000
$
267,227
$ 100,000
$
100,000
$ 170,000
$
170,000
$ 189,055
$
238,055
$ 58,000
$
79,000
$ 87,416
$
87,416
$
58,998
$
25,000
$ 712.471 $ 1.609.239
$ (896,768)
$ 712,471 $ 2,277,874
$ 1,565,403
Proposed 2022 Budget
Revenues Expenditures
$ $
154,944
$ $
10,000
$ $
164,944
$ (164.9441
$ - $
164,944
$
164,944
Proposed 2022
Budget
Revenues Expenditures
$
141,284
$
550
$ - $
141,834
$ (141,834)
Assumptions/Notes
Includes salary for 2.5 FTEs and overtime.
1 FTE
WCC crew restoration activities
WCC crew contract for maintaining previously planted projects
Contracted services for activities supporting planting, fencing, culvert replacement, etc
0.95 FTE + $1,100 for intern
MRC projects
Program Coordinator (1 FTE)
Sampling personnel, lab contract, one vehicle, equipment (1 FTE + extra help)
WCD Data Manager
WCD Farm Planners
Outreach staff, WCD staff, supplies
OSS and small farm cost share
PDS Staff
Staff time only (0.5 FTE); contracted services under Stormwater budget
CosMos Project $125 with funding (RD 40%, BB 10%, GF 30%)
Assumptions/Notes
Misc. Expenses
Contribution to City for AIS Program; includes COB program cost increase
Interdepartmental Agreement with WCSO
Contracted services for online course/website support
Assumptions/Notes
Watershed Planner
ASRs
$ 50,000
$ 25,000
$ 28,000
Flood Control Zone District
Proposed 2022 Budget
WATER PLANNING OPERATIONS
Coordination and Planning
Drainage -Based Management
Watershed Planning Administrative Support
LENS Groundwater Model
LIO administration
Stream Gauging
Water Settlement Initiative
TOTAL
NET IMPACT TO FUND BALANCE
TOTAL FOR COST CENTER
$ 50,000
$ 50,0
$ 25,0
$ 50,0
$ 125,000
$ 125,0
$ 110,0
$ 250,0
$ 175,000
$ 610,0
$ (435,000)
$ 175,000
$ 733,9
$ 558,9
$ 50,000
$ 50,0
$ 25,0
$ 153,7
$ 125,000
$ 125,0
$ 110,0
$ 250,0
$ 175,000
$ 610,0
$ (435,000)
$ 175,000
$ 733,9
$ 558,9
$ 100,000
$ 50,0(
$ 25,0(
$ -
$ 162,71
$ 125,000
$ 125,0(
$ 105,0(
$ 222,3(
$ 225,000
$ 690,01
$ (465,000)
$ 225,000
$ 801,4:
$ 576,4:
$ 50,000
$ 50,0
$ 25,0
$ 100,0
$ 125,000
$ 125,0
$ 125,0
$ 125,000
$ 375,0
$ 300,000
$ 800,0
$ (500,000)
$ 300,000
$ 941,8
$ 641,8
Drainage -Based Management
Watershed Planning Administrative Support
Peer Review and Modification of Groundwater Model
Administration of LIO process
USGS Stream Monitoring/AESI GW Monitoring Contracts
Collaborative Process to Resolve Water Issues
$ 375,000
$ 478,000
September 26, 2021
Whatcom County Council
311 Grand Avenue, Suite 105
Bellingham, WA 98225
Sent Via Email
Dear Councilmembers,
This letter is written on behalf of and has been unanimously approved by the Planning Unit. The
Planning Unit has previously responded to Executive Sidhu's May 21, 2021 letter asking the question:
"What would be an ideal water resource plan backed by legally binding mechanisms?" The provided
response was;
"The ideal water resources plan is to update the salmon recovery plan, the watershed
management plan, and then incorporate both into the County Comprehensive Plan."
Given the Councils responsibility for Comprehensive Planning, this letter is intended to provide
additional information related to the Planning Unit's recommendation of an ideal water resources plan.
The Planning Unit supports updates to the WRIA 12005 Watershed Management Plan and the Salmon
Recovery Plan (already underway). These plans, along with the Whatcom County Climate Action Plan,
need to be incorporated into the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan and associated codes (Critical
Areas Ordinance, Shoreline Master Program, and relevant sections of Title 20 Zoning). These updates
and incorporations must include planning for climate change mitigation and adaptation and
incorporating best available science associated with climate change and biodiversity.
County Legal Responsibility to Protect Surface and Ground Water Resources
The County must address water resource issues as part of its land use planning responsibilities. This
message came from the Washington Supreme Court even before its Hirst decision:
The GMA includes requirements that counties consider and address water resource issues in
land use planning. See, e.g. RCW 36.70A.020(100)(GMA goal to protect the environment,
including "water quality and the availability of water"), .070(1) (requiring that land use elements
"shall provide for protection of the quality and quantity of groundwater used for public water
supplies"), (5)(c)(iv) (requiring that rural elements include measures "[p]rotecting ... surface
water and groundwater resources"). Kittitas County et al., v. Eastern Washington Growth
Management Hearings Board et al., 172 Wn.2d 144, 175, 256 P.3rd 1193 (2011).
Moreover, the Washington Supreme Court in Kittitas also pointed out:
Several relevant statutes indicate that the County must regulate to some extent to assure that
land use is not inconsistent with available water resources. The GMA directs that the rural and
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land use elements of a county's plan include measures that protect groundwater [and surface
water] resources. RCW 36.70A.070(1), (5)(c)(iv).
The County clearly has a legal obligation to protect surface and ground water resources as part of its
land use planning responsibilities.
II. County Comprehensive Plan and Development Regulations
A. Under the Growth Management Act, water resource issues are a component of county
comprehensive plans. Local public processes for water resource and climate change
planning must be further developed and integrated with land use planning. The County's
Comprehensive Plan is the vision for what Whatcom County looks like in 20 years and
compiles all of the use designations, water use, habitats, flood plains, buildable lands,
critical areas, etc. together in one place. This vision must include water resources and fish
and wildlife protection.
B. Revisions to the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan should emphasize knowledge- and
solution based decision making as necessary to achieve meaningful water resources
protection and water availability. County commitments and activities taken pursuant to the
above identified water resources statutes must be clearly identified as "measures," within
the meaning of that term under GMA and should be based on the best available
information. Id.
C. Comprehensive plans are implemented through development regulations. Upon approval of
a Comprehensive Plan establishing water resource goals, policies, and objectives, the next
step is County adoption of enforceable water resource -related development regulations to
implement its Comprehensive Plan. GMA development regulations are the legally binding
mechanisms available to Whatcom County for water resources.
III. Process
Good governance requires a water resource plan backed by legally binding mechanisms to be developed
in a public process. Only with constant and timely input by the citizens of Whatcom County will we get
the public buy -in to make such a plan understandable, meaningful, and garner support for the public
investments that will be required to see the plan to completion/implementation. The County's
Comprehensive Plan has an already existing public input process that culminates in approval from
County Council.
IV. Schedule
The Planning Unit recognizes the timing challenges associated with incorporating an updated Salmon
Recovery Plan and Watershed Management Plan (WMP) into a new County Comprehensive Plan. While
the Salmon Recovery Plan is in process of being updated, a WMP update has not yet been started. We
understand that the County Comprehensive Plan update has a state mandated completion schedule
which must be met. However, updates to the Comprehensive Plan can be initiated once per year by the
Council and Executive. Aside from ensuring that changes to the Comprehensive Plan are docketed by
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March of any year there is little standing in the way of incorporating as much watershed and climate
change planning work as possible into the Comprehensive Plan.
V. WMP update
Water resource and habitat information developed in the WMP update is vital to development of the
Comprehensive Plan and the County in discharging its GMA responsibilities. The County should view
WMP updates as a necessary component of the land use planning process. Accordingly, County staff
must take the lead on the Watershed Management Plan. There is no other way to make this work. The
Planning Unit caucuses volunteer their time to provide comment and feedback. Specific priorities and
proposals must be developed by County staff and brought to the Planning Unit for discussion and
perspective, similar to the role staff takes on with the Planning Commission.
VI. Conclusion
The time has come for Whatcom County to fully integrate water resource planning with land use
planning as required by the GMA. Development of a new Comprehensive Plan over the next few years
affords the County with the opportunity to incorporate elements of an updated Watershed
Management Plan and Salmon Recovery Plan into its own Comprehensive Plan. By fully complying with
its legal obligations under GMA for water resource planning, Whatcom County has within its authority
the ability to develop "legally binding mechanisms' to implement water resource policies. These policies
and subsequent regulations should be developed, reviewed, and approved pursuant to the robust
"public participation" requirements mandated by the GMA.
Sincerely,
WRIA 1 Planning Unit
Cc: Whatcom County Executive Satpal Sidhu
WRIA 1 Planning Unit Caucuses