HomeMy WebLinkAbout78-10 - Res. Declaring Need and Support for South Puget Sound CouncilRESOLUTTON NO. 7 ø-lD
A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE NEED AND SUPPORT FOR A SOUTH PUGET
SOUND COUNCIL, MAKING INITIAL APPOINTMENTS, AND REQUESTING STATE
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ITS OPERATIONS.
\ilHEREAS, South Puget Sound, defined by all of the marine, freshwater tributaries and
associated lands in the Puget Sound Basin, south of the Tacoma Narrows Bridges, is a shared an8
fragile resource critical to the economic and social welfare of our communities; and
\ilHEREAS, Increasingly, the health of South Puget Sound is threatened by
contaminated sediments, toxics, excessive nutrients, loss of natural areas, population growth, and
has a growing number of threatened or endangered species; and
WHEREAS, Mason County shares the fresh and marine waters of South Puget Sound
with numerous local governments and the three South Sound Tribes but no formal regional
collaboration mechanism exists to ensure coordinated and cost effective programs for protecting
South Sound waters; and
WHEREAS, The lack of a formal regional coordinating body for South Puget Sound
results in unnecessary and counterproductive competition among local governments and Tribes
of South Sound that is both wasteful and has not assured state and federal funds go to the most
important needs otthe region; and
\ilHEREAS, The lack of a formal regional coordinating body for South Puget Sound
results in federal or state entities setting priorities for the South Sound; and
WHEREAS, Various state and federal programs have become increasingly onerous,
expensive and uncoordinated resulting in increased demands on local and tribal governments;
and
WHEREAS, Recent efforts from the South Puget Sound's Ecosystem Coordination
Board Core Group and from the South Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Entities have
demonstrated a strong willingness and capability of South Sound entities to collaborate
informally on regional needs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mason County Commissioners:
Section 1. The need exists to establish what is informally called the South Puget Sound
Council. The mission of the South Puget Sound Council shall be to support coordinated and
collaborative decision making aimed at restoring and protecting the ecological and socio-
economic health of South Puget Sound. It should be organized with an Executive Committee of
elected County and Tribal members from Mason, Thurston, Kitsap and Pierce Counties and the
Nisqually, Squaxin, and Puyallup Tribes as its decision-making body and a Forum of other
jurisdictions, entities and citizens.
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Section 2. Mason County supports the establishment of the South Puget Sound Council
and will participate as an active member if approved by all counties and tribes in the South
Sound.
Section 3. The State of Washington will derive specific and measurable benefits from the
regional coordination and collaboration of the South Puget Sound Council; therefore the State
must assume a financial responsibility by providing operational support for the Council and that
support is hereby requested.
Section 4. Initial appointment to the Executive Committee of the South Puget Sound
Council shall be as follows: Lynda Ring-Erickson, Mason County Commission.
Section 5. Subsequent appointrn^ents to fîll avacantMason County Commission
position shall be made by the Mason County Commission.
BOARD OF COTINTY COMMISSIONERS
MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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Tim Shddon- Commissionering
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DATED this lq{b day of 0(7û@ 2oto.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
October 5, 2010 Resolution No.