HomeMy WebLinkAbout2619 Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 2619
A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE MAINSTEM PLAN AS AN
AMENDMENT TO THE COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN FISH &
WILDLIFE PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, the U.S. Congress under the Northwest Power Act charged
the Northwest Power Planning Council (Council) with developing and
periodically amending a fish and wildlife program for the Columbia River Basin,
and
WHEREAS, the Council has been using the National Marine Fisheries
Services (NMFS) Biological Opinions (1995, 1998, 2000) as the fish and wildlife
program for the Columbia River Basin, and
WHEREAS, in 1998 the Council received The Columbia-Snake River
Flow Targets/Augmentation Program recommendations dated February 1998
sponsored by the Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association and others, and
WHEREAS, on March 14, 2001 the Council requested recommendations
for a plan for the mainstem of the Columbia and Snake rivers, to be adopted as
an amendment to the Council's Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife
Program, and
WHEREAS, in response to the Council's March 14, 2001 request, the
Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association, Eastern Oregon Irrigators
Association, and Northwest Irrigation Utilities, submitted to the Council the
"Mainstem Plan: A New Water Management Alternative for the Columbia River
Basin" (Mainstem Plan) dated June 15, 2001, and
WHEREAS, the recommendations in the Mainstem Plan would not be
detrimental to Endangered Species Act (ESA) listings, and will enhance
electrical generation, improve river flows that would benefit communities and
industry, and provide an estimated $100 million per year to be used for ESA
programs such as habitat programs in the tributaries and other programs;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO:
That the City of Pasco concurs that the adoption of the Mainstem Plan is
in the best interest of the ESA listed species, management of the Columbia
River, and communities along the Columbia River, and that the Council should
adopt the Mainstem Plan as an amendment to the Columbia River Basin Fish
and Wildlife Program.
Be it further resolved, the Governor of the State of Washington and the
State of Washington's representatives to the Council are requested to support
the Mainstem Plan as an amendment to the Council's Fish and Wildlife
Program for the Columbia River Basin.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco this 15 I Day of October
2001.
F
Michael L. Garrison, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Catherine D. Seaman, Deputy City Clerk Leland B. Kerr, City Attorney