HomeMy WebLinkAbout48-93 - Res. Lower Hood Canal Shellfish Protection District Formation & Boundaries Resolution Number "_X 6"A'15
Lower Hood Canal Shellfish Protection District
Formation and Boundaries
WHEREAS,
Lynch Cove, in the Lower Hood Canal Watershed, recieved downgrades of
commercial shellfish beds, AND;
WHEREAS,
RCW 90.72 "Shellfish Protection Districts" directs the county to establish a Shellfish
Protection District within t 80 days of such a downgrade and establish a program to
address the reason(s) for the downgrade, AND;
WHEREAS,
the Lower Hood Canal Watershed Management Committee did submitted a letter to
the Board of Mason County Commissioners supporting the formation of a Shellfish
Protection District, AND;
WHEREAS,
the Lower Hood Canal Watershed is a major shellfish producing watershed, AND;
WHEREAS,
nonpoint pollution sources including failing on-site sewage systems and agricultural
runoff threaten the public safety of shellfish harvesting within the watershed,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
Mason County establishes the Lower Hood Canal Shellfish Protection District as authorized
under RCW 90.72. AND;
Mason County establishes the boundaries of the district to include:
West Willamet Meridian,
,I ZT32N,
32N, R3W, Sections 1 and 2, 11 through 15, 21 through 28, 32 through 36;
R2W, all sections;
32N, R1W, sections 4 through 9, 16 through 21, 28 through 32;
T22N, R3W, sections 1 through 30, the east 1/ of section 31 excluding properties within the
Skokomish Flood Control District, sections 32 through 36;
T22N, R2W, sections 1 through 24, 29 and 30;
T22N, R1W, sections 5 through 7;
T21N, R3W, sections 1 through 5.
RESOLVED THIS 11'h DAY OF MAY 1993
BOARD OF MASON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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William O. Hunter Laura E. Porter Marv'L.Taughe44er
Chairperson Commissioner Commissioner
Aproved as to form:
Mie4a&i-G4*', DepAy Prosecuting Attorney
C: WATER QUALITY
PLANNING
AUDITOR
TREASURER
CLERK OF THE BOARD