WRIA 62 WMP 032305 - Washington State Department of Ecology

March, 2005 -94- 023-1289-003.3040
Management Action(s)
WRIA 62 WMP 032305
IMP-1 Designate a locally based Implementing Body to coordinate implementation of
the watershed management plan consistent with Chapter 90.82 RCW.
IMP-2 Prioritize educational needs, projects, policies and management strategies for
funding and implementation.
IMP-3 Continue to identify alternate funding sources (alternate to watershed planning
funds).
IMP-4 Request that the State Legislature allow Supplemental Phase II Watershed
Planning funds to be applied for and spent during Phase IV implementation.
IMP-5 Consider implementation funding for grant writers.
IMP-6 Develop recommendations (such as cooperative agreements) for formalizing
obligations on the entities identified as responsible for Plan actions.
IMP-7 Develop formal mechanism to update and modify the Phase III Plan without
having to go through a formal County hearing.
6.3 Watershed Plan Implementing Body
The Planning Unit recommends that an Implementing Body be formed to coordinate and prioritize
implementation of the Plan actions. Based on Planning Unit discussions during the Phase III process,
it is anticipated that the Phase III Planning Unit will evolve into a governing body for Plan
implementation. The Planning Unit recommends that the current Memorandum of Agreement
(Appendix C2) between the Watershed Planning Initiating Governments (i.e. Pend Oreille County,
the Pend Oreille Public Utility District No. 1, the City of Newport and the Kalispel Tribe), which
covers Phase I, II and III of Watershed Planning, be amended to include Phase IV. The Planning
Unit’s vision is that willing members of the Planning Unit as well as others within the community
will volunteer to make up the Implementing Body so that there is strong continuity between the
Planning and Implementation Phases.
The final structure of this entity will be determined as the initial step in Phase IV Implementation and
will require establishment of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and operating procedures specific
to Plan implementation. In order to be eligible for Watershed Planning implementation funds, the
Implementing Body must continue to be representative of the community.
6.4 Mechanism to Allow for Plan Updates
The WRIA 62 Planning Unit acknowledges that there may be a need to update this plan during the
Implementation Phase. Therefore it is important that the Implementing Body develop operational
procedures to allow amendment of and additions to the Plan.
6.5 A Living Plan
The Planning Unit sees this document as a living plan that will be revised and updated by the
Implementing Body as needed to address current concerns. It is anticipated that the Implementing