Drafter
Clerk 07/31/2009
Title
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 14214, Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C. 9.14.070 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The Vashon-Maury Island groundwater protection committee is hereby created and shall continue in existence until December 31, ((2009)) 2013. The Vashon-Maury island groundwater protection committee shall be referred to as "the groundwater protection committee" or "the committee" throughout this section.
A. 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 representative from the groundwater advisory committee;
2. One representative from water purveyors;
3. Two representatives from sewer and water utilities and associations;
4. One representative from residential well users;
5. One representative from business owners;
6. One representative from commercial agriculturists;
7. One representative from the unincorporated area council;
8. One representative from chambers of commerce; and
9. One representative from local environmental organizations.
B. 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 island groundwater management area, if the tribal nation provides to the county a candidate for appointment to the committee.
C. Each county abutting the Vashon-Maury island groundwater management plan area boundary shall be requested to provide to the county a ca...
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