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<br /> <br />9 FINAL WRIA 8 Interlocal Agreement 2026-2035 January 2025 <br /> <br /> <br />6. IMPLEMENTATION and ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THE WRIA 8 CHINOOK SALMON <br />CONSERVATION PLAN. The WRIA 8 Plan shall be implemented consistent with the following: <br />6.1 The WRIA 8 Salmon Recovery Council shall provide information to the Parties <br />regarding progress in achieving the goals and objectives of the WRIA 8 <br />Plan. Recommendations of the WRIA 8 Salmon Recovery Council are to be consistent <br />with the purposes of this Agreement. The WRIA 8 Salmon Recovery Council may <br />authorize additional advisory bodies on priority topics such as subcommittees and work <br />groups. <br />6.2 The WRIA 8 Salmon Recovery Council shall act to approve or remand any WRIA 8 <br />Plan amendments prepared and recommended by the committees of the WRIA 8 <br />Salmon Recovery Council within ninety (90) calendar days of receipt of the plan <br />amendments, according to the voting procedures described in Section 5. In the event any <br />amendments are not so approved, they shall be returned to the committees of the WRIA <br />8 Salmon Recovery Council for further consideration and amendment and thereafter <br />returned to the WRIA 8 Salmon Recovery Council for decision. <br />6.3 After approval of the WRIA 8 Plan amendments by the WRIA 8 Salmon Recovery <br />Council, the plan amendments shall be referred to the Parties for ratification prior to the <br />submission to any federal or state agency for further action. Ratification means an <br />affirmative action, evidenced by a resolution, motion, or ordinance of the jurisdiction’s <br />legislative body, by at least nine (9) jurisdictions within WRIA 8 representing at least <br />seventy per cent (70%) of the total population of WRIA 8. Upon ratification, the WRIA 8 <br />Salmon Recovery Council shall transmit the updated WRIA 8 Plan to any state or <br />federal agency as may be required for further action. <br />6.4 In the event that any state or federal agency to which the WRIA 8 Plan or amendments <br />thereto are submitted shall remand the WRIA 8 Plan or amendments thereto for further <br />consideration, the WRIA 8 Salmon Recovery Council shall conduct such further <br />consideration and may refer the plan or amendments to the committees of the WRIA 8 <br />Salmon Recovery Council for recommendation on amendments thereto. <br />6.5 The Parties agree that any amendments to the WRIA 8 Plan shall not be forwarded <br />separately by any Party or Stakeholder to any regional, state, or federal agency unless <br />the changes have been approved and ratified as provided herein. <br />7. OBLIGATIONS OF PARTIES; BUDGET; FISCAL AGENT; RULES. <br />7.1 Each Party shall be responsible for meeting its individual financial obligations hereunder <br />as described in Section 2.2 and established in the annual budget adopted by the WRIA 8 <br />Salmon Recovery Council under this Agreement and described in Section 4.4. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 48E79E7B-5AC3-4CC4-8B35-4E352C6A884A