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Clerk 01/19/2016
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Vashon-Maury Island groundwater protection committee; and amending Ordinance 14214, Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.14.070.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 14124, Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.14.070 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. The Vashon-Maury island groundwater protection committee is hereby created and shall continue in existence until December 31, 2017. ((The Vashon-Maury island groundwater protection committee shall be referred to as the "groundwater protection committee" or "the committee" throughout this section.))
((A.)) B. The ((groundwater protection)) committee members shall be selected from within the Vashon-Maury island groundwater management plan area and shall consist of the following ((representatives)):
1. ((One)) Three representatives ((from the groundwater advisory committee)) who are Vashon-Maury island residents;
2. One representative from water purveyors;
3. ((Two)) One representative((s)) from ((sewer and water utilities and associations)) interests representing water supply or wastewater management;
4. One representative from residential exempt well ((users)) owners;
5. One representative from ((business owners)) island commercial and industrial interests;
6. One representative from commercial agriculturists;
7. One ((representative who is a resident of the Vashon-Maury Island community)) livestock owner; and
8. ((One representative from chambers of commerce; and
9.)) One representative from local environmental organizations.
((B.)) C. The county shall invite each of the tribal nations with federally recognized rights within the Vashon-Maury island groundwater management area to recommend candidates for the committee. The committee shall include a representative from each tribal nation with federally recognized rights within the Vashon-Maury isla...
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