Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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TUALCO VALLEY FOYE CREEK CONNECTIVITY PROJECT
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DEPARTMENT: CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
ORIGINATOR: PEJ MORGAN
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Approved
PURPOSE: County to grant Tulalip Tribes a temporary nonexclusive easement over the County land for the purpose of a staging area and performing construction to reconnect Foye Creek
BACKGROUND: WHEREAS, the County owns the Centennial-Snoqualmie Trail, a former rail line and unopened and undeveloped trail property that runs from the King-Snohomish County line to the City of Monroe; and WHEREAS, approximately a 6.79-acre portion of the Centennial-Snoqualmie Trail, with property tax parcel number 27061300401700 (the "Premises"), runs adjacent to Foye Creek; and WHEREAS, the Tulalip Tribes of Washington (the "Tribe") has a floodplain restoration project that includes Foye Creek and is generally referred to as the Tualco Valley Connectivity Project; and WHEREAS, as a part of Tualco Valley Connectivity Project the Tribe would like to gain certain privileges across the County Premises for temporary construction, staging and access for the Tualco Valley Connectivity Project; and WHEREAS, the Tualco Valley Connectivity Project will benefit the Tribe and County by allowing salmon to spawn as they historically did in Foye Creek and Riley Slough and will further benefit the County by maintaining the integrity of the railroad grade associated with Centennial-Snoqualmie Trail; and WHEREAS, the County and the Tribe wish to clearly identify each entity's responsibilities to manage and maintain the County Premises before, during and after the Tualco Valley Connectivity Project; and WHEREAS, the County's participation in the Tualco Valley Connectivity Project, does not represent a new program outside existing county operations; and WHEREAS, RCW 39.34.080 authorizes public agencies, including the County and the Tribe, to enter into contracts to perform gov...
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