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HomeMy WebLinkAbout41-05 - Res. Kitsap Peninsula Watershed Planning Unit WRIA 15 MASON COUNTY
RESOLUTION NO . 41 - 05
Kitsap Peninsula Watershed Planning Unit
Water Resource Inventory r 1
Working to create a practical plan to sustainably manage water resources for people, fish, and wildlife.
Members
Counties Resolution among Local Elected Officials irr Support of
King County
Kitsap County Im r®Vu1 Water Resource Management
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Pierce County
Tribes Throughout the Kitsap Peninsula and Islands
Port Gamble
S' Klallam Tribe
Skolxomish Tribe
Squaxin Island PREAMBLE . Elected officials from tribes , counties , cities , and special purpose
Tribe districts throughout WRIA 15 met on March 1 , 2005 at the Kiana Lodge to discuss
Suquamish Tribe
Cities water resource issues . The meeting was marked by spirit of unity, hope, listening,
City of Bainbridge collaboration, and goodwill. Those assembled at Kiana Lodge heard heartening
Island statements that demonstrated their concerns and needs of their constituents were
City of Gig Harbor being taken seriously. Among these concerns were the need to support harvestable
City h Port numbers of fish, the need to provide water to a growing population, and the need to
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City of Poulsbo provide water to urban growth areas .
Special Purpose
Districts This Resolution is in response to a call for elected officials to spell out our shared
Annapolis Water water resource goals , to demonstrate our determination to amiably resolve water
District
Kitsap Public resource issues , and to build on the momentum generated at Kiana Lodge .
Utilities District
North Perry Water We , elected officials from throughout the Kitsap Peninsula and Islands , in order to
District
Silverdale Water improve water resource management for our citizens , our environment and that of
District our posterity to the seventh generation, commit ourselves to the goals and ideals
Stakeholder expressed in this Resolution.
Caucuses
Business: IL
Homebui/ders
Kitsap
Count WHEREAS , water is a life- giving necessity upon which our civilization, ecosystem,
Kitsap County
Citizens At Large: and economy depends , and
King Co. Citizens
Kitsap Co. Citizens WHEREAS , fresh water is a limited resource for which there is a growing demand,
Mason Co. Citizens and
Pierce Co. Citizens
Environmental: WHEREAS , water plays a prominent role in the quality of life enjoyed by our citizens ,
Key Peninsu/a-Gig
Harbors/ands the beauty of our communities , and the abundance of natural resources , and
Watershed Council*
and Hood Cana/ WHEREAS , the existing framework of allocating water resources , based largely upon
Environmental 19t' centurylaw and concepts , creates complexity to resolving contemporary
Council P P tY g P rY
Fisheries: water resource issues , and
Chums of Barker
Creek WHEREAS , the zalue of water is not reflected in the cost of water under our current
Property Rights: economic system thereby adding additional complexity to resolving water
Kitsap Alliance of
Property Owners resource issues , and
Recreation:McCormick Land WHEREAS in 2000 local jurisdictions agreed to seek solutions to local water
Company resource issues through the consensus- based water resource planning process
Timber/Agriculture: described in Chapter 90 . 82 RCW, and
A/pine-Evergreea
Inc., and Overton &
Associates
Water Purveyors I:
Washington Water Contact: Keith Folherts, Kitsap County DCD, 614 Division St. M5-36, Port Orchard, WA 98366, hfoIIzerts@co.kitsap.wa.us
Services, Inc. (360) 337-7098 Toll free from Bainbridge Island (206) 842-2061; Gig Harbor (253) 851-4147.
Water Purveyorsll: www . hitsappeninsuIawatershed . org
Manchester Water
District
WaterResames Manages Aesdj,644 WRL4 15 E kmd CP cials I Mamb 23, 2005
WI IEREAS , the water resource planning process under Chapter 90 . 82 RCW and agreed to
by local jurisdictions is not intended to formally determine or resolve any legal
dispute about water rights under state or federal law or Indian Treaty Rather, this
process is an alternative , designed to cooperatively plan and manage the uses of the
Kitsap Peninsula and Islands ' water resources ; and
WHEREAS , the WRIA 15 Planning Unit after four years of diligent work has created the
" WRIA 15 Watershed Plan, Public Review Draft" and a list of " Unresolved Issues ,"
and
WHEREAS , the draft Watershed Plan contains several components addressing several
important water resource issues which have gained the apparent unanimous support
of the Planning Unit, including Monitoring, the need for Water Conservation,
Public Education, Water Re- use, and Storrawater Management; and
WHEREAS , additional state funding to help implement the Watershed Plan would likely
maintain the momentum and focus created by the Planning Unit's efforts to craft
the Watershed Plan. Without such funding the focus and momentum would likely
be lost; and
WHEREAS , successful watershed planning requires broad participation of governmental
entities with an interest in water within VMA 15 , working together to resolve water
resource issues through listening, understanding each others ' concerns , and
goodwill;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, we commit to our common goal of
sustainably managing water resources for people, fish, and wildlife .
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, as leaders of entities interested in water resources
management, we commit to reaching our common goal by
■ Remaining personally engaged in water resource management policy decision
making, seeking solutions that address underlying causes whenever possible;
■ Listening, understanding others ' concerns , sharing views , promoting goodwill,
and working together,
■ Seeking consensus- based solutions that respect the rights and needs of all
entities , and
■ Continuing to give water resource issues the priority they deserve .
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, as participants in the WRIA 15 watershed planning
process , we commit to
■ Maintaining current momentum and focus by continuing to seek consensus for
a VMA 15 Watershed Plan that includes as many components as possible ;
■ Seeking funding to fully implement the approved WRIA 15 Watershed Plan, and
■ Seeking to build broad- based support for collaborative water resource
management.
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Water Resww Managamt he olutian, WRIA 15 Elected Cfficials Mamb 23, 2005
AFFIRMED on this 23 `d day of March, 2005 .
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