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Clerk 08/05/2010
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to execute an amendment to the interlocal agreement for the Snoqualmie and South Fork Skykomish watersheds within Water Resource Inventory Area 7.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. In response to the 1999 listing of the Puget Sound Chinook salmon under the Endangered Species Act, King County and other affected jurisdictions determined that water resource inventory area ("WRIA")-based salmon conservation planning was a critical and necessary step in promoting salmon recovery overall.
B. On October 16, 2000, the King County council passed Motion 11077, authorizing the King County executive to enter into three interlocal agreements between King County and other eligible governmental entities in, respectively, WRIA 8, WRIA 9 and the King County portion of WRIA 7 (Snoqualmie and South Fork Skykomish watersheds) for the purpose of cooperatively developing, funding and implementing watershed-based salmon recovery plans, habitat protection and restoration efforts and other water resource management projects and programs in these watersheds.
C. Under each of the agreements, the participating jurisdictions appointed one representative to take part in a watershed forum for that WRIA, which acted as the governing body for the activities undertaken under each respective agreement. In each agreement, King County was designated as the service provider to complete the annual scopes of work agreed upon by the watershed forums.
D. Upon execution of the agreements, and over the ensuing five-year terms of the agreements, the jurisdictions that were parties to the agreements cooperatively and successfully completed salmon recovery plans for their respective watershed areas.
E. The WRIA 7 plan is entitled the Snohomish River Basin Salmon Conservation Plan ("WRIA 7 plan").
F. The WRIA 7 plan includes a long-term vision for recovery and ten-year numeric mile...

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