WRIA 8 Salmon Recovery Council

Membership Subcommittee Recommendation

March 20, 2014

Background

The WRIA 8 Salmon Recovery Council Guiding Principles call for a membership subcommittee to

be convened annually to review current membership and make recommendations regarding

future membership. In 2014, the membership subcommittee included:

Andy Rheaume, SRC Vice-Chair and City of Bothell Councilmember

Ted Frantz, Town of Hunts Point Councilmember

Don Fiene, Friends of the Cedar River Watershed

The subcommittee reviewed two requests for membership to the SRC, considered removal of

an existing member organization, and evaluated whether to reach out to specific state and

federal agencies that either have existing SRC membership but do not attend or that would be

good additions to the SRC. Below are the subcommittee recommendations for SRC

consideration.

Recommendations for Decision

1. Request from Long Live the Kings to be added as a stakeholder member to the Salmon Recovery Council, and to have Dr. Don Davidson serve as their representative (see attached letter).

Recommendation: Add Long Live the Kings as a new SRC member.

2. Request from Alderwood Water and Wastewater District to be added as a stakeholder member to the Salmon Recovery Council (see attached letter). Please note that the Washington Association of Sewer and Water Districts seat on the SRC, which has been vacant for some time, has been filled as of this meeting by Gary Schulz, Commissioner of the Skyway Water and Sewer District (see attached letter).

Recommendation: Add Alderwood Water and Wastewater District as a new SRC

member. Given the large number of individual water and sewer districts in WRIA 8, limit

SRC membership to the Washington Association of Sewer and Water Districts and up to

one additional individual sewer and water district that demonstrates a clear and

compelling interest in advancing salmon recovery implementation issues and priorities.

3. Improve state and federal agency participation by requesting Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) fill their existing but vacant seats on the SRC. Also, request NOAA and EPA become SRC members and designate representatives.

Recommendation: WRIA 8 staff should draft a letter on behalf of the SRC to request

DNR and the Corps fill their existing seats, and draft a separate letter requesting NOAA

and EPA join the SRC and designate representatives.

4. Cleve Steward has resigned from the Salmon Recovery Council due to his moving out of state. Sustainable Fisheries Foundation has not expressed an interest in maintaining their seat on the SRC.

Recommendation: Remove Sustainable Fisheries Foundation as an SRC member. The

Sno-King Watershed Council, which had been an alternate member for Sustainable

Fisheries foundation, should retain its membership on the SRC.

February 26, 2014

Jason Mulvihill-Kuntz Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish Watershed Coordinator Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 8 Dear Mr. Mulvihill-Kuntz: I understand that there is a vacant seat on the WRIA 8 Salmon Recovery Council. This seat has been allocated to the Washington Association of Sewer & Water Districts (WASWD) in the past, but has been vacant for some time. Having become aware of this vacancy, I want to assure you that our organization would like to be actively represented on the Council. One of our member districts has a Commissioner who is interested in the seat. Our Board of Directors asks you to consider placing Gary Schulz from the Skyway Water & Sewer District as our representative in the WASWD seat. You will find him an excellent candidate. By profession he is a wetland/forest ecologist with past experience on WRIA 9, having served on its committee for conserving and restoring salmonid habitats. Mr. Schulz’ contact information is as follows:

C. Gary Schulz 7700 S. Lakeridge Dr. Seattle, WA 98178 206.772.6514 cgschulz@hotmail.com

If there is any additional information that you need, please let me know.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Blair Burroughs Executive Director Washington Association of Sewer & Water Districts

WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF SEWER & WATER DISTRICTS

12720 Gateway Drive, Suite 204, Tukwila, Washington 98168 • 206.246.1299 • 800.244.0124 • fax: 206.246.1323

Email: staff@waswd.org • http://www.waswd.org