Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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Motion 26-440, approving an Interlocal Agreement between Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife and Snohomish County for estuary restoration on Spencer Island, and Project Partnership Agreement between the Army Corps of Engineers and Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife and Snohomish County for Puget Sound and adjacent waters restoration, Spencer Island, Washington
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DEPARTMENT: CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
ORIGINATOR: PEJ MORGAN
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Approved by Thomas Teigen 10/26/26
PURPOSE: The purpose of this action is to authorize the County’s participation in the Spencer Island Estuary Restoration project in partnership with Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife and United States Army Corps of Engineers.
BACKGROUND: WHEREAS, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (“WDFW”) owns the northern half of Spencer Island, a portion of the proposed project area, further described as Assessor Parcel IDs 29051600400300; 29051500200100; 29051500300100 and Snohomish County (“County”) owns the southern half of Spencer Island, also a portion of the proposed project area, further described as Assessor Parcel ID 29051500300300; and WHEREAS, the County and WDFW have cooperatively planned and managed this site to protect wetlands and to provide public access and recreation since 1989; and WHEREAS, WDFW was awarded by the United States Corps of Engineers (USACE), a grant for the purpose of restoring the ecosystem on Spencer Island; and Snohomish County is considering participating in and entering into the USACE Project Partnership Agreement as a third-party nonfederal sponsor for the WDFW grant funded Spencer Island Ecosystem Restoration Project, in partnership with the USACE and WDFW; and WHEREAS, WDFW and County, acting through its Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, would like to enter into a Project Partnership Agreement (“PPA”) with the ...
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