Title
Approval of a Resolution Authorizing an Interlocal Agreement with the City of Lacey, the City of Yelm, and the Squaxin Island Tribe to Establish the Budd/Deschutes Watershed Environmental Stewardship Coalition
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the Resolution Authorizing an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Olympia, the City of Lacey, the City of Yelm, and the Squaxin Island Tribe to Establish the Budd/Deschutes Watershed Environmental Stewardship Coalition.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve the Resolution authorizing an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Olympia, the City of Lacey, the City of Yelm, and the Squaxin Island Tribe to Establish the Budd/Deschutes Watershed Environmental Stewardship Coalition
Staff Contact:
Rich Hoey, Assistant City Manager, 360.753.8227
Jesse Barham, Water Resources Director, 360.753.8164
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
In 2011, the cities of Olympia, Lacey, Yelm, and the Squaxin Island Tribe created the Budd/Deschutes Watershed Stewardship Coalition. A signing ceremony was held at the Squaxin Tribal Museum and represented the communities all coming together around the health of the Deschutes Watershed. The MOU stemmed from the three cities' water rights mitigation efforts that had been coordinated with the Squaxin Island Tribe. Through these conversations the three cities and Tribe created the idea of a larger effort focused on Budd Inlet/Deschutes Watershed restoration.
Leading up to the original MOU, all three cities had been seeking approval of water rights for water supplies serving their respective communities. The City of Olympia had been seeking approval to transfer our water rights from McAllister (Medicine) Springs to the new, more protected, McAllister Wellfield. Following development of a comprehensive water rights mitigation plan (including this Agreement), th...
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