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Briefing for WRIA 8 – Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish Watershed
July 17, 2008
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South Central Action Area
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Action Agenda TimelineJuly - September • Set strategic direction • Draft action area profiles (comment period until 8/15) • Briefing WRIA’s, watershed groups, counties, cities,
public• Identify near/long term actions – action area workshops
(7/30)
September - October• Present action agenda outline (9/18 Watershed Summit) • Integrate feedback • Finalize actions• Draft agenda
November - December• Produce final agenda• Announce final agenda (12/1)
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South Central Action Area Outreach
• WRIAs (8, 9, 10/12, 15)
• Watershed councils/groups
• Cities and counties (staff and elected officials/managers)
• APWA-WA - ad hoc stormwater managers group
• Health departments (King and Pierce Counties)
• Scientific community (topic area forums, south sound forum)
• Public (action area workshops, e-mail, e-newsletters, etc.)
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Upcoming Meetings• July 18th – Ecosystem Coordination Board
– Alderbrook Resort (Union)
• July 23rd – 24th - Leadership Council – Mount Vernon
• July 30th (1 pm – 5 pm) – Action Area Workshop – Tukwila Community Center - 12424 42nd Ave South – Tukwila
• August 22nd – Ecosystem Coordination Board– Location TBD
• September 4th and 5th - Leadership Council– Sequim - Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe
• September 18th (1 pm – 5 pm) - Watershed Summit– Tukwila Community Center - 12424 42nd Ave South - Tukwila
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July 30th Action Agenda Workshop
Tukwila Community Center (12424 42nd Ave. S., Tukwila)
Workshop Agenda – Overview of action agenda progress (15-20 min.)
– Overview/feedback re: action area profiles (20-30 min.)
– Overview of Partnership’s strategic priorities (15 min.)
– Local and regional priority alignment (2 - 2½ hrs.)
– Wrap up & next steps (30 min.)
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Action Area Profile
• Included in action agenda
• Action area profile - sections– Physical description– Land use, population, and economy– Unique ecosystem characteristics– Ecosystem stressors
• Comments due by August 15th
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Strategic Priorities for Puget Sound
1. Ensure that activities and funding are focused on most urgent and important problems facing the Sound
–Identify priority activities and investments
–Coordinate existing agencies/activities
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2. Protect the intact ecosystem processes that sustain Puget Sound
– Protection costs less than restoration
– Protect critical functions Sound-wide
Strategic Priorities for Puget Sound
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Strategic Priorities for Puget Sound
3. Restore ecosystem processes that sustain Puget Sound
– Large projects
– Sequential projects
– Strategic projects: Link habitat, build contiguous ecosystems
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Strategic Priorities for Puget Sound
4. Prevent the sources of water pollution
– Address non-point source pollution
– Improve stormwater management - system retrofitting/LID
– Improve wastewater management/on-site septic
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Local and Regional Priority Alignment
• Existing priorities matrix – based on action area profile and inventories
• Key questions:
– What plans and actions currently address the regional strategic priorities?
– What other actions should be considered to help implement these priorities locally?
– What specific implementation barriers do we face?
– Are there other local priorities not captured by the regional priorities?
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Key Meeting Dates
• July 30th – Action Area Workshop – 1 pm – 5 pm– Tukwila Community Center - 12424
42nd Ave South
•September 18th - Watershed Summit– 1 pm – 5 pm– Tukwila Community Center - 12424
42nd Ave South
