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RESOLUTION No. 5630 A RESOLUTION of the City of Everett pertaining to the implementation of the Snohomish Basin Salmon Conservation Plan. WHEREAS, in March 1999, the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries listed the Puget Sound Chinook salmon evolutionarily significant unit as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act(ESA); and WHEREAS, in November of 1999, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) listed the Puget Sound bull trout distinct population segment as a threatened species under the ESA; and WHEREAS, under the Endangered Species Act, section 4(f), the federal agencies with jurisdiction over the listed species (NOAA Fisheries for the Chinook Salmon; USFWS for Bull Trout) are required to develop and implement a plan to address the recovery of the species; and WHEREAS, one of the most essential elements for the development and implementation of effective recovery programs is coordination and cooperation among federal, state, and local agencies, tribes, non-governmental organizations, and private citizens; and WHEREAS, Shared Strategy for Puget Sound (Shared Strategy), a non-profit organization,using funds, from among other sources, the Salmon Recovery Funding Board, (created and operating under Chapter 77.85 RCW), has assumed a lead role in the Puget Sound response to developing a recovery plan for submittal to NOAA Fisheries and USFWS; and WHEREAS, Shared Strategy intends that its recovery plans will include commitments from local governments, special districts, non-governmental organizations and interest groups; and WHEREAS, Shared Strategy intends to adopt a funding plan applicable to salmon recovery plans for all basins in Puget Sound, including that of the Snohomish River, which funding plan is in addition to and separate from any recovery plan originating from any basin forum; and WHEREAS, this Resolution is neither an approval or a commitment of any funding plan nor an approval of the Snohomish Basin Salmon Conservation Plan (Plan) as such but an undertaking to support salmon recovery by proposed revisions and by projects previously approved by the Everett City Council as outlined in the Snohomish Basin Salmon Conservation Plan(Plan); and WHEREAS, NOAA Fisheries and USFWS can provide certain regulatory assurances to jurisdictions that have committed to a recovery plan; and