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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 Mason County p g 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 Orchard P g g P P 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. Page 2 Water Resww Managamt he olutian, WRIA 15 Elected Cfficials Mamb 23, 2005 AFFIRMED on this 23 `d day of March, 2005 . Is Endresen, Commissioner, Kitsap County ,_ _ _ O c ` y a Po �01S6 v rj Q ,;, ,� e' •ry et Po.TC,.ckaiaf' A,; Al -3 ' 6L C � �OG✓NL!'L T ci i& cZ H I Not) i tAaf) a7 ew, Page 3 WaterRcsaocEs Mana nt Resoliatcv; WRM 15 Elected OjWaab March 23, 2005 - rf ji 1A 40 irE.kvC . ® Jet` if 'l _ See Attached Letter Foe dtd 4 / 12 / 0 ` 7D" tv�.W-- (W IF � 1 f Gib COW 7 ' � Mas County Commissioner , Dist 1 ILI, IF 20 r,FL kwolma4dn County C issioner , Dist 3 Ma n bounty Com issioner , Dist 2 doe A000e, Page 4