AN ORDINANCE relating to the Cedar River Watershed; authorizing two years of ecological thinning, in accordance with the Cedar River Watershed Habitat Conservation Plan, in Sections 8 and 9, Township 22, North, Range 8, East, W.M., Sections 3, 4, and 10, Township 21, North, Range 10, East, W.M., and Section 33, Township 22, North, Range 10, East, W.M.; declaring the logs resulting from ecological thinning to be surplus to the City’s needs; authorizing the sale of such logs pursuant to applicable City contracting and surplus property sale procedures; and directing deposit of the proceeds therefrom to the Water Fund for the purposes of the Habitat Conservation Plan implementation.
Agenda item for Constable 119958 relating to the Cedar River watershed authorizing two years of ecological spending in accordance with the Cedar River Watershed Habitat Conservation Plan. The committee recommends the bill pass. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Councilmember Peterson, you are recognized in order to provide the committee's report. Thank you. Council President. Council Bill 119958 authorizes additional time to complete the necessary ecological thinning of trees to improve forest habitat and biodiversity in accordance with the Seattle or the Cedar River Watershed Habitat Conservation Plan. Both the Michael Shute tribe and the Sierra Club supported this two year extension with letters to the council, and this was also unanimously approved by the Transportation and Utilities Committee. Thank you, Councilmember Peterson, for those comments. Are there any additional comments on the bill. Before. Hearing no additional comments on the bill, will the Court please call the roll on the passage of the bill? Strauss Yes. Herbold Yes. Suarez, I. Lewis. Yes. Morales. S Peterson? Yes. So what? Yes. President Gonzalez, I am in favor and unopposed. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The bill passes and the chair will sign it. Will the clerk please affix my signature to the legislation on my behalf? Item number five Will the clerk please read the short title of item five into the record?