HomeMy WebLinkAbout5570 RESOLUTION NO. 5570
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, ENDORSING
THE 2021 WATERSHED RESOURCE INVENTORY
AREA (WRIA) 9 STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
WHEREAS, the City of Auburn is one of 17 local government partners
("partners") who collectively share interest in and responsibility for addressing
long-term watershed planning and conservation of the aquatic ecosystems and
floodplains of the Green River, Duwamish River, and Central Puget Sound
Watersheds ("WRIA 9"); and
WHEREAS, in March 1999, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Fisheries listed the Puget Sound Chinook salmon
evolutionary significant unit, including the Green River populations in WRIA 9, as
a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA); and
WHEREAS, the WRIA 9 partners recognize participating in an interlocal
agreement ("ILA") and implementing priorities in the WRIA 9 Plan demonstrates
their commitment to proactively working to address the ESA listing of Chinook
salmon; and
WHEREAS, The City of Auburn is a partner to the ILA to jointly fund
implementation and adaptive management of the WRIA 9 Salmon Habitat Plan
through 2025; and
WHEREAS, an essential ingredient for the development and
implementation of an effective recovery program is coordination and cooperation
among federal, state, and local agencies, tribes, businesses, researchers, non-
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governmental organizations, landowners, citizens, and other stakeholders as
required; and
WHEREAS, if insufficient action is taken at the local and regional level, it
is unlikely Chinook salmon populations will improve and it is possible the federal
government could list Puget Sound Chinook salmon as an endangered species,
thereby decreasing local flexibility; and
WHEREAS, federal and state funding of critical habitat and pollution
control programs is essential to salmon and orca recovery in Puget Sound.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN,
HEREBY RESOLVES as follows:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Auburn hereby ratifies the
2021 WRIA 9 State and Federal Legislative Priorities for Puget Sound Watershed
Health and Salmon Habitat Recovery. Ratification is intended to convey the City
of Auburn's approval and support for funding federal and state level programs
that are essential to local and regional salmon recovery efforts.
Section 2. The Mayor is authorized to implement such administrative
procedures as may be necessary to carry out the directives of this legislation.
Section 3. That this Resolution shall take effect and be in full force
upon passage and signatures.
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Dated and Signed: December 21, 2020
CITY OF AUBURN yANC •. ,,... , ,
Y 4 KUS, MAYOR
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Shawn Campbell, MMC, City Clerk Kendra Comeau, City Attorney
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STATE For Puget Sound
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Watershed Health and
PRIORITIES Salmon Habitat Recovery
Green/Duwamish&Central Puget Sound
A Critical Habitat Programs
► Support Federal efforts to expedite planning, ► Brian Abbott Fish Barrier Removal Board: $70 million
design,and construction of downstream fish ► Family Forest Fish Passage Program:$10 million
passage facility at Howard Hanson Dam.
► Washington State Department of Transportation Fish Passage
► Puget Sound Acquisition and Restoration (PSAR): Barrier Projects:$726 million
$69.9 million
► Stormwater Financial Assistance Program: $52.7 million
► Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program (ESRP):
► Chemical Action Plan (CAP) implementation: $6.5 million
$20 million
0. Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB): $80
► Centennial Clean Water Program: $80 million
million state,$50 million federal match ► Water Pollution Control Revolving Account: $315 million,
0- Floodplains by Design (FbyD): $70 million $15 million state match
► Clean Up Toxic Sites-Puget Sound:$6.6 million
WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATIVE
DISTRICTS IN WRIA 9 REGION
® District 5 ■ District 33 ® District 43 J
® District 11 • District 34 • District 47
• District 30 ■ District 36 0 WRIA 9 4 I
• District 31 D District 37 Boundary -` SEATTLE
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2021 STATE PRIORITIES I For Puget Sound Watershed Health and Salmon Habitat Recovery
B Southern Resident Orca Whale Recovery ® Toxics Cleanup
► Support increasing Chinook salmon abundance by ► Protect Model Toxics Control Act funds from
significantly increasing funding for protecting and diversion to purposes other than toxic pollution
restoring habitat. cleanups and prevention and fully fund the
► Accelerate implementation of habitat restoration Department of Ecology's ranked Remedial Action
projects in the Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Grant project list.Cleanup pursuant to MTCA must
Sound Watershed and throughout Puget Sound. be guided by pro-equity policy practices and be
culturally responsive.
Reduce stormwater threats and accelerate cleanup
of toxics that are harmful to orcas.
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For more informationabout these priorities please contact: - - -
Doug Osterman,WRIA 9 Salmon Recovery Manager,Green/Duwamish Central Puget Sound Watershed(WRIA 9)
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