Primary Contact Email: sdraper@co.whatcom.wa.us
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Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into an interagency agreement between Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District and State of Washington Puget Sound Partnership for coordination of the Whatcom County Local Integrating Organization (LIO), in the amount of $75,000 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)
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The WRIA 1 Watershed Management Board acts as Local Integrating Organization (LIO) for water resources programs in the Whatcom County region. The WRIA 1 Management met on August 1, 2019 and approved the draft FFY 2019 LIO Coordination Scope of Work for the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District as the fiscal agent, acting on behalf of the WRIA 1 Whatershed Management Board, for negotiating a contrct with the Puget Sound Partnership. This agreement provides funds for tasks related to 1) organize, support, administer,facilitate, and coordinate a Local Integrating Organization, 2) steward and implement the Puget Sound Action Agenda 2018-2022, 3) performance management, and 4) support communication, adaptive management, and synthesis of LIO Ecosystem Recovery Plans