2002 Issue #5 Bird's Eye View Newsletter Washington Audubon Society

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On February 14, citizens and voters supporting smartrowth, a healthy environment and regionalransportation carpooled from around the state to

Olympia. In the morning, legislators and environmentalobbyists shared the latest information about bills pendingn the Senate or House. The citizen lobbyist learnedmore about bills that support a healthy environment and healthy economy. After lunch, citizen lobbyists met

with their Senators and Representatives to talk about thebills supported and opposed by the environmentalommunity.

Listed below are simple messages delivered by our citizenobbyists to their legislators. All bills listed below are stillalive and are either in the Rules Committees or fiscalommittees. They must be passed out of the house of

origin by next Tuesday February 19. If you are

nterested in any of these bills, call your Legislator beforeTuesday! The handy, one-line references below will maket easy to leave a message about your bill.

our environmental lobbyists in action in Olympia: (left to right) Bruce Wishart -eople for Puget Sound; Ivy Sagen-Rosenthal - WASHPIRG; Nin Carter - Audubon

Washington; Len Barson - Nature Conservancy; Josh Baldi - WEC; Bill LaBorde -

ransportation Choices Coalition; Stone Stuart - 1000 Firends of Washington.

Valentines Day 2002:Over 150 Citizen Lobbyists in Olympia !

Family Health and Transportation for Great

Jobs

Family Health

Support SB 6420: The state organic food program billis moving along in the Senate. We support this bill.

Mercury Bill

Oppose SB 6533: We oppose this bill as it written nowbecause the original bill has been stripped of all majorprovisions protecting our water and air from mercurypollutants.

Transportation

Support SHB 2359: We support this bill because itgives local governments the choice of different kindsof transportation and makes them eligible for funding.

Support ESB 5748 and HB 2440: We support both of these bills because they require coordination of landuse and transportation planning.

Oppose SSB 6140: We oppose this bill because it limitsthe use of locally raised transportation funds to beused only for state highway improvements.

Oppose SSB 6665: We oppose this because it uses aseriously flawed permit streamlining process forconstruction of State Route-167.

Oppose SB 6036: We oppose this bill because iteliminates a local motor vehicle tax MVET (if it is upheldby the Supreme Court); this tax is a vital componentof transit funding.



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Healthy Neighborhoods, Clean Technology andSmart Kids

Energy and Climate Change

Support SB 6718: Clean Energy Consumption. Thisbill makes state government a leader in clean energyconsumption and requires the state to develop anenergy plan for no net increase in greenhouse gasemissions and targets for alternative energydevelopment or purchase.

Support SHB 2326/SSB 6619: Creates a WashingtonState climate change center to study global warmingand assess opportunities for alternative rural energydevelopment.

Support SSB 6284: This bill gives incentives to reduceair pollution through the licensing and use of neighborhood electric vehicles.

Support SHB 2522/SSB 6450: This bill would direct allgovernment agencies to investigate opportunities toaggregate the purchasing of clean technologies bystate and local governments. This bill does not requireall agencies to purchase cleaner vehicles and energyif the prices are prohibitive. It simply requires that

agencies see if prices might be reduced to a reasonablelevel if they combined their resources with otheragencies in their purchases.

Oppose SHB 1221/SSB 5292: We are opposed tothis bill because it repeals a simple safeguard thatallows the public to vote on public funding of largeenergy projects, meant to avoid another WPPSSdebacle.

Our Beaches and Shorelines

Support SSB 6313: Ghost Net Bill. Audubon supportsbill because it will help clean up thousands of ghost netWashington waters that continue to kill marine creatand birds. It has passed the Senate and will be hearthe House Natural Resources Committee next weekFebruary 20th at 1:30 PM.

SSB 6553: Invasive Aquatic Species bill is on for a secreading. We have supported this bill and hope it m

along to the House next week.

Amend SB 6400: This bill promotes biodiversity conservatbut it needs an amendment to remove a section weakens our Shorelines and Forestry Practices Act; after this change is the bill acceptable.

Oppose SSB 6767: We oppose this bill because it raisesdollar threshold for shoreline developments.

Oppose SHB 1005: We oppose this bill because it g

utility companies cheap lease rates for using publicly owaquatic lands.

Oppose SHB 2591: We oppose this because it allows roto be built across public aquatic lands.

Oppose SHB 2305: We oppose this bill unless the GroManagement Act and shoreline protections are implemein a timely fashion. This bill would exempt agriculture fstate shoreline rules.

Citizens recieve training on Lobby Day 2002



Land Use: Smart Growth, Not Sprawl

Support SB 6250 & HB 2288: DOT Wetlands Mitigation

Site Transfers are allowed in this bill, with the provisionhat if the wetland fails, the liability goes back to the

Department of Transportation. We support bothe bills.

Support SHB 2697: We support this because it requiresplanning for parks/open space in comprehensive growthmanagement plans.

Oppose SSB 5107: We oppose this bill because it wouldeventually promote sprawl in rural areas, it circumventshe intent of the Growth Management Act and is an

unnecessary, destructive attempt to undermine rural growthmanagement.

Amend SHB 2676: This bill needs to be amended. In thepresent version of the bill, timelines to update GrowthManagement Act plans are extended, which will lead tomore unplanned sprawl. This bill needs reasonable timelinesnd consequences for failure to meet them.

Support Washington Farmers, Salmon and OutdoorRecreation

Habitat Protection for Birds, Fish and Wildlife

Support SSB 6598: We support this bill because it establishes competitive grants fund for non-profits to do conservation

education.

Oppose SHB 2866: We oppose this bill because it reduceshe Department of Fish & Wildlifes authority to placeonditions projects that impact fish habitat.

Timber

Support SB 6257: This bill requires DNR to increaseits environmental protection and its revenueproduction through timber sales.

Agriculture

Support HB 2657: This is a good bill that requiresstate institutions to buy Washington agriculture whenavailable and competitively priced.

Support SHB 2758: This bill should be supportedbecause it creates agriculture conservation easementprogram to save farmland from development.

Oppose SB 6726: Requires a neighbor lodgingcomplaints against polluting dairy to post a bond.

Trade & Globalization

Support SB 6632: We support this bill because itrequires the legislature to monitor the impact of tradeagreements on Washington state laws, and to providea mechanism for legislators and citizens to voice theiropinions and concerns about the potential impacts of

these trade agreements to state and federalgovernment officials.

State BudgetSupport SHB 2648: We support this bill becauseit is a smart way to spend our capital funds tosupport existing communities and open space.

Support HB 2823: Gives voters financial impactinformation about initiatives in the ballot title.



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Bills that Audubon Opposes

—Billid— —Title— —Status— —Date— —Sponsor—

SHB 1005 Public utility rights-of-way House 2nd Reading 02-14-02 TTE (Morris)

SHB 1221 Major public energy project House - On Rules Review list for 2nd reading 02-08-02 TTE (Delvin)

SHB 2305 Shoreline management House 2nd Reading 02-14-02 LGH (Hatfield)

SHB 2591 Roads across aquatic lands House 2nd Reading 02-13-02 NR (Hatfield)

SHB 2866 Hydraulic permits House 2nd Reading 02-14-02 NR (Doumit)

SSB 5107 Rural counties/growth mngmnt House Local Government & Housing 02-15-02 SLG (Sheldon, T.)

SSB 5292 Public energy projects House Technology, Telecommunications & Energy 02-11-02 EEW (Sheldon, T.)

SB 6036 Local motor vhcl excise tax House Transportation 02-11-02 Eide

E2SSB 6140 Regional trans investment House Transportation 01-29-02 TRAN (McDonald)

2SSB 6533 Mercury reduction/education Senate - Made eligible to be placed on 2nd reading 02-13-02 WM (Fraser)

SSB 6665 State route 167 Senate 2nd Reading 02-11-02 TRAN (Johnson)

SSB 6767 Shoreline management Senate 2nd Reading 02-12-02 NPS (Snyder)

Supporting Washington Farmers, Salmon, and Outdoor

Recreation

—Billid— —Title— —Status— —Date— —Sponsor—E HB 2288 Environmental mitigation Senate Transportation 02-11-02 Fisher

SHB 2648 Capital budget applications House 2nd Reading 02-14-02 CB (Murray)

HB 2657 Ag products/state facilities House - On Rules Review list for 2nd reading 02-08-02 Hunt

SHB 2758 Ag conservation easement House Passed 3rd reading 02-14-02 AGEC (Quall)

SSB 6257 Contract harvesting/timber S 2nd Reading 02-14-02 NPS (Jacobsen)

SSB 6313 Derelict fishing gear H Natural Res 02-15-02 NPS (Oke)

SSB 6553 Invasive aquatic species Senate 2nd Reading 02-11-02 NPS (Poulsen)

SB 6632 International trade Senate - Made eligible to be placed on 2nd reading 02-12-02 Prentice

Bills That Audubon Suports

Keeping Families Healthy and Moving


E SHB 2359 Regional transportation Senate Transportation 02-04-02 TR (Fisher)

HB 2440 Transportation/land use plan House 2nd Reading 02-11-02 Romero

SB 6420 Organic Food Products Senate 2nd Reading 02-12-02 Rasmussen

SSB 6619 Climate and Energy Center Senate 2nd Reading 02-12-02 EEW (Poulsen)

Healthy Neighborhoods, Smart Kids, and Clean Technology


2SHB 2697 Growth mngmnt/economic dev House 2nd Reading 02-14-02 APP (Reardon)

SHB 2823 Initiatives/fiscal impact House Appropriations 02-08-02 SG (McDermott)

E SSB 5748 Transportation/land use plan House Transportation 01-17-02 TRAN (McAuliffe)

SSB 6284 Air pollution/vehicles Senate 2nd Reading 02-14-02 EEW (Jacobsen)

SSB 6400 Biodiversity conservation Senate 2nd Reading 02-13-02 NPS (Jacobsen)

SSB 6450 Clean energy/clean vehicles Senate Passed to Rules for 2nd reading 02-06-02

SSB 6598 Natural science/wildlife edu Senate Passed to Rules for 2nd reading 02-08-02 EDU (Kohl-Welles)

SB 6632 International trade Senate - Made eligible to be placed on 2nd reading 02-12-02 Prentice

2SSB 6718 Clean energy consumption Senate - Made eligible to be placed on 2nd reading 02-14-02 WM (Fraser)



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