Drafter
Clerk 06/02/2011
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A MOTION stating that the executive has responded to the requirements for a work plan for noxious weed control by county land managers in the 2011 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 16984, Section 81, Proviso P1.
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WHEREAS, the 2011 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 16984, included a proviso that limits the expenditure or encumbrance of $158,000 until the executive transmits and the council adopts by motion a work plan addressing noxious weeds on county lands, and
WHEREAS, the proviso is in Ordinance 16984, Section 81, Proviso P1, and
WHEREAS, the work plan called for in the proviso has been completed and transmitted to the council by the executive, and
WHEREAS, the work plan includes: identification by county agency of the number of uncontrolled noxious weed sites which are present on county lands; a methodology to reduce or eliminate any backlog of uncontrolled noxious weed sites on county lands to the extent that the proportion of uncontrolled sites on county lands exceeds the proportion of uncontrolled sites on non-county lands; a description of a process to achieve control of noxious weeds on county sites; an analysis of consideration of contracts with the department of adult and juvenile detention community work program for work crews to provide labor for such noxious weed control projects; and identification of a time frame within which substantial control of noxious weeds will be achieved on county-owned lands, in satisfaction of the requirements specified in the proviso;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
Through the transmittal of the work plan, entitled Work Plan Addressing Noxious Weeds on County Lands, Attachment A to this motion, the executive has responded to
the requirements of the 2011 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 16984, Section 81, Proviso P1.