HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2021-006 A Resolution of the City of Arlington Approving and Supporting Washington State Department of Ecology’s Submission of the WRIA 7 Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Plan RESOLUTION NO. 2021—006
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON APPROVING AND SUPPORTING
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY'S SUBMISSION OF THE
WRIA 7 WATERSHED RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, in response to the January 2016 Washington State Supreme Court Hirst
decision, the state Legislature passed the streamflow restoration law (RCW 90.94) requiring
restoration of stream flows to levels necessary to support robust, healthy, and sustainable
salmon populations while providing water for homes in rural Washington; and
WHEREAS, this law directs the Washington state Department of Ecology to convene
Committees in eight watersheds surrounding Puget Sound to develop watershed plans that will
offset impacts from new domestic permit-exempt wells and achieve a net ecological benefit
within the watershed; and
WHEREAS, Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 7 is included within the eight
watersheds identified in the law and Arlington City limits extend into WRIA 7; and
WHEREAS, City of Arlington Water Resources staff has been part of the WRIA 7
Committee since October 2018, contributing to the development and drafting of the WRIA 7
draft Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Arlington, as
follows:
1. The City Council of the City of Arlington hereby approves and supports
submittal to Ecology of the WRIA 7 draft Watershed Restoration and
Enhancement Plan.
APPROVED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Arlington this 5th day of April 2021.
CITY OF ARLINGTON
Barbara Tolbert, Mayor
ATT ST:
Wendy Van ber Meersche City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
StevoEn e' e, ity Attorney