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Contents of Implementing Local Planning:
Local Working Groups Working Through MOUS
IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL PLANNING
LOCAL WORKING GROUPS WORKING THROUGH MOUS
During the research and review process or after the issuance of the Board's report and decision, local working groups will be established through Memoranda of Understanding for implementation of local planning to maintain or re-establish the balance in ecological systems in Walla Walla County.
a) Disclosure in good faith of information regarding the particular purpose of the specific working group established by the MOU;
b) Efforts by the working group to secure funding from public or private sources to aid in pursuing the purpose of the MOU;
c) Regular meetings of the working group;
d) Continuing effort to identify and attempt to include all parties with a possible interest in the purpose of the MOU; .
e) Establish and continue, to the extent possible, a comprehensive survey of the conditions of the ecological system and the species under study; .
f) Develop and formulate an action plan to guide and coordinate the efforts of the working group;
g) Work cooperatively and coordinately to create and implement a management plan for the ecological system under study.
The County will seek the participation of all governmental agencies involved in the management of lands, water, and other natural resources in Walla Walla County or in any such management activities which will impact Walla Walla County, other adjoining counties which are impacted by events and actions in Walla Walla County, citizens and groups of citizens who use the federally and state managed lands in Walla Walla County, and citizens and groups of citizens who are interested in the natural resources of Walla Walla County and their use. When specific MOUs are executed, they will be attached to the Walla Walla County Land Use Plan for the Federally and State Managed Lands, and will be considered part of this Plan.
The County may also study and support the development of Conservation Agreements through the program of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and/or conservation programs and/or agreements offered by other state and federal agencies and interested citizens and citizen organizations.
The Walla Walla County Coordinating Committee will recommend to the Board of Commissioners; specific actions regarding a particular species, a particular condition objective for and ecological system within the County; or the use of plans for the federally and state managed lands within the County when the Coordinating Committee believes such plan is necessary or desirable to meet the planning standards established for such lands by federal and state statutes. This recommendation process will be coordinated with state and federal agencies and interested citizens and citizen organizations.
When such specific action plan is recommended, the Board of Commissioners shall conduct a public hearing regarding adoption of the plan. Public notice of the hearing will be published, and written notice will be mailed to all governmental agencies involved in the management of land, water and natural resources in Walla Walla County. Written notice will also be mailed to members of any working group involved with the particular subject of the proposed action plan.
After the hearing, the Board may adopt, reject, or modify the action plan. If the plan is adopted as presented or as modified, it shall be attached to this Plan and become a part of this Plan as fully as if set forth herein. The Board will then notify all governmental agencies involved in the management of land, water and natural resources in Walla Walla County of the adoption of the action plan.
When the Board of Commissioners deems it necessary. Walla Walla County planning standards for management of the federally and state managed lands in County will be established by County ordinance pursuant to Washington law.