Date | Action/Brief | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 1/6/76 | WRIA1 estab./ Water Resources Act of 1971 | Order DE 75-23, § 173-500-040, filed 1/6/76. Also see Definitions 173-500-050 |
| 8/1/82 | Lake Whatcom SubArea Plan | First version, initial county attempt at comp plannning. Exec was John Louws [ this can’t be right - Shirley VanZanten was CE] |
| 1983 | Ban, EDB (per O'Heron report) | water quality/pollution "detected" |
| 2/20/86 | County Drainage Districts, terms reviewed | Council resolution 86-6, re terms of office, lists various districts |
| 11/30/92 | 1992 Lake Whatcom declared a reservoir | WC Council res 92-73, Bellingham 92-68 11-30-92, LWWSD (Dist 10) No. 560 12-11-92 |
| 1/1/93 | Some refs say '94 (coordinated how/with whom?) | Abbotsford-Sumas Aquifer International Task Force, 1993. Interim Status Report |
| 1993 | (by whom?) | LENS Groundwater Study (the first) LENS = Lynden-Everson-Nooksack-Sumas https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/publications/1203238.pdf |
| 10/6/93 | Mortimer letter | PUD Strategy - partner w/tribes, manage all water; trap ag to do it |
| 3/2/94 | PUD Interlocal, "Water Supply Committee" | Agreement w/county, put Mortimer/PUD in charge, refers to Ag Preservation Committee, see county Contract 9403002: PUD, county, Lynden, Bellingham |
| 9/27/94 | Ag Water District formation attempt | Ag Preservation Committee submittal, see council Res 94-046 |
| 1997 | Watershed Planning Act | Whatcom County opted-in... (Could have passed it by) |
| 5/5/98 | WC Council Resolution 98-024 | Whatcom County elected to participate as an "Initiating Government," declared the Watershed Planning Lead Agency |
| 10/28/98 | FCZD Audit, County Auditor Forslof | Report |
| 10/29/98 | MOA between initiating govts | without Nooksack tribe |
| 6/1/99 | O'Heron, Ecology gndwtr study (some refs say '98) | Ecology Nooksack Aquifer Vulnerability Project, 1999 - pollutants? "The Washington State Department of Ecology Aquifer Vulnerability Project is using modeling to address this in the State of Washington. What follows is a ... EDB was detected in private wells in 1984 in Whatcom, Skagit, and Thurston Counties. The area in Whatcom ... EDB was banned in 1983 (O'Heron, 1998)." |
| 10/26/99 | WC Council Resolution 99-050 - Whatcom County "opted in" to Watershed Planning Act | "Improvements to the WRIA 1 Watershed Management Project Decision Making Process." "Policy changes negotiated by the adninistrative decision-makers of the Initiating Governments will be brought back to the County Council and the respective councils of the other initiating governments, as agreed to during the creation of the Memorandum of Agreement, for approval." |
| 12/22/99 | Planning Unit adopted "by IGs" | Also, first PPA adopted (PPA=Policy & Procedures Agreement) |
| 1/14/00 | IG Interlocal memorandum | Administrative terms, "executive" signers, "admin team" limits |
| 10/19/00 | Postema | Opinion filed by Supreme court, remanded |
| 2001 | Culverts Case, US v. Washington | "Request for Determination," 9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| 4/23/02 | WCC 24.11 "Drinking Water Ordinance" Major amendment/rewrite | Ord 2002-024 6-1, Crawford opposed. Major amendments/most entirely new. Parts rest on (first) CWSP, "health" section of county code |
| 9/15/03 | Various letters to SAO, Brenner | Council concerns (EB PDR 2012-237m, Disk 1, council) |
| 11/5/03 | Bertrand WID formed | List approved for ballot; doesn't include all parcels within boundary |
| 12/10/04 | County->PUD "WRIA1 Watershed Mgmt Proj" Contract 200411027 | Interlocal, WC paying $226,655 to PUD to "implement" 90.82 activities incl Planning Unit facilitation/communication; Bertrand WID ISF work; Ten Mile work. Signed by PW staff and Executive. Cover sheet says "approved" but not signed by council or mentioned in minutes. Copy filed in council office afterward. Exp date 12/31/06 |
| 1/19/05 | (eff 1/31/05) ECY POL-2025 | Ecology won't apply four-part-test, position(s) re exempt wells |
| 1/24/05 | First contract draft/text, ECY-UW contract | for Anderson services; file created by a Peggy Wojcik. Prior version "scope" only. Wojcik added std terms, format, etc. |
| 1/30/05 | (term beg.) ECY/UW, Anderson contract | not executed until December 2005. $200,000 End date 6/30/07 #C0500192 |
| 2/10/05 | Grout to Linville | Re-task $200K of watershed planning to mediation |
| 2/25/05 | 1st confid mtg, at PUD, strategy - pilots | Strategy meeting, hosted by PUD |
| 10/26/05 | Amend, County-PUD 200411027-1, by Exec | Says council passed a supplemental budget on July 27 2004; PUD "agreed" to modify scope of Task 2 - instream flow "packaging"; has confidentiality clause, refers to "PUD people" and Roll/PW Director contact for County. Exp date still 12/31/06 |
| 11/25/05 | "Negot Mtg" at Ecology, Bertrand | |
| 1/22/07 | 2003 Municipal Water Law amds. Eff. Date | SECOND ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1338 |
| 2/15/07 | (grant start date) ECY/PUD G0700173 | Bertrand Creek Instream Flow Meeting Management and Facilitation $18,250 |
| 7/20/07 | DIP adopted | |
| 8/22/07 | Culverts Case, Liablity: Summary Jdgt Order | First phase of Culverts case decided (Liablity first, then Remedy phase followed) |
| 9/25/07 | North Lynden WID created | (council resolution approved, special election, select properties) |
| 10/31/08 | Lummi Mitigation Bank Prospectus | Adopted |
| 1/28/09 | 2nd to last Planning Unit Meeting | Questions posed/rebuffed |
| 6/30/09 | Planning Unit - last meeting/hiatus began | Voted to continue, yet no more meetings "scheduled" |
| 7/1/09 | (grant start date) ECY/PUD G1000137 | WRIA 1 Instream Flow Negotiation $236,000 |
| 7/1/09 | (grant start) ECY/PUD re Bertrand | WRIA 1 Drainage Management Project, Bertrand plus instream flows $130,000 |
| 7/9/09 | JB/Salmon Recovery boards > Consolidated | (with approval of legislatures?) |
| 1/9/10 | Baldrige/Entrix - new facil/"negotiations" | Outlined "Forks" terms, prepping for 2/3/10 meeting (Uppiano PDR, PUD Doc 2.29) |
| 1/12/10 | (grant reduction) ECY/PUD "task" | G1000137 - Amendment #1 ?, this Amendment 2 a token reduction ($5,000) |
| 2/3/10 | Mtg - Negotiations | at Bham Ecology office |
| 6/8/10 | USU Settlement contract 201006031 | w County. First county contract ... Prior w/ "Joint Board" (!) |
| 7/31/10 | "NRM" Report, Ecology | Ecology's first official NRM "report" Grant G1000138, attributed to Whatcom County "NRM Working Group Whatcom County" |
| 10/28/10 | Lower Nooksack Strategy "finalized" | Official date of LNS, finalized/adopted by whom/how? |
| 10/28/10 | Lummi v Ecology case decided | upheld definitions of "municipal water supplier" and "municipal supply purposes" |
| 11/19/10 | PSP designated Consolidated Bd as LIO | |
| 2/4/11 | PSP's Ponzio, email | w/ Hutchings, Peterson, Gill - PSP wants to pursue next steps for LIO (EB PDR 2012-237, Disk 3 PW) |
| 3/11/11 | Nooksack letter to Salazar | "Litigation Request to Protect Nooksack Indian Tribe Treaty Fishing and Water Rights" |
| 4/23/11 | PSP Strategies, Whatcom "Crosswalk" | Whatcom County, B Peterson, WIT (Whatcom Integration Team) |
| 5/13/11 | Draft RFP for "Water Budget" | Gill, Mohnkern - purpose: "WRIA 1 Watershed Planning Project" - "funding" approved JB as part of LNS (JB hadn't met) |
| 6/1/11 | USU fired? Refund? | details uncertain; little documentation |
| 6/6/11 | Lummi letter to Salazar | "Litigation Request to Protect Lummi National Treaty Fishing and Water Rights" |
| 6/30/11 | Whatcom PDS "State of the Watershed" | "Becky Peterson, Geneva Consulting, Contractor for WRIA 1 Watershed Joint Board, Funded in part by a Washington State Department of Ecology Watershed Planning Grant (Grant No. G0600298)" |
| 7/5/11 | WC-FCZD Interlocal | Agreement between jurisdictions (between selves, really), via WC Contract# 201104010, signed by Kremen |
| 7/27/11 | RFP 11-68 "L Nksk Basin Water Budget" | Public Works? Written by Gill |
| 8/7/11 | Futurewise letter to county, complaint | "Lack of available water supplies in rural...damaging salmon habitat" |
| 8/19/11 | Results, RFP 11-68 (PW) but by Gill at PDS? | "Update to Water Supply Planning...for negotiations" (PDR 2012-237 Disk 3, PW) |
| 11/1/11 | Grant "Legal Mediation Three Forks" | WA Ecology G1200070, $136,000, then -$55K, then +$90,000 - "instream flow" negotiations, through 2013 (extended?) |
| 11/9/11 | Mediator Summary | Anderson? Undated, authorship unattributed |
| 2/7/12 | WWDC ltr to Zachmann, updtd | Roger Brown (updated 7/9/12) |
| 2/14/12 | PUD Resolution 645, Admin Powers, Jilk | Extended expanded "administrative" powers |
| 3/14/12 | PSP $75K, (first) LIO | Whatcom County "contact" |
| 7/9/12 | Process violations ltr to PSP | Roger Brown to O'Keefe |
| 7/9/12 | WWDC ltr to Zachmann | Update of 2/7 corresp, re Grant G1200070 to PUD, "streamflow negotiations" |
| 10/19/12 | Lummi Mitigation Bank forms online | |
| 12/21/12 | Corps/Ecology/WDFW/WSDOT | Interagency Regulatory Guide-Mitigation (signed agreement) |
| 12/31/12 | PDS/Gill "Water Budget" finalized | Official date, PDS, self-declared, work by Bandagaroda |
| 2013 | UN IGRAC (Intl Groundwater/Aquifer Comm) | Refers to 1993 (!) Abbotsford-Sumas Groundwater Study |
| 2/6/13 | AG Question, Overstreet - CWSP, EDI $? | Found for us - yes, EDI money must be spent on capital projects |
| 3/12/13 | WRIA1 "WIT" working document | "Local Strategies and Actions Working Document" date |
| 3/29/13 | Culverts Case, Remedy: Decision, Injunction | Second phase of case. DOT, DNR, Parks and WDFW ordered to prioritize work (Memorandum and Decision and a Permanent Injunction) |
| 5/7/13 | WWDC letter to Louws, re funding PU | Pointed out 10/28/98 auditor issues w/FCZD |
| 5/14/13 | AG Answer, Overstreet Q | Taxes collected under RCW 82.14.370 could not be used for long range planning/supply planning unrelated to specific public facility |
| 5/28/13 | Culverts Case - State filed appeal | ...subsequently lost that; went to 9th Circuit (wouldn't accept it) |
| 6/29/13 | (appx) DEB (2) concerns | Meeting, delivered supporting evidence |
| 7/15/13 | Bucknell crashed LWWSD mtg | Blair Burroughs visit to LWWSD crashed by Bucknell (anti-Planning Unit) |
| 7/23/13 | WC Council Resolution 2013-25 | Restoring Planning Unit, clarifying role, self-direction, etc. |
| 9/25/13 | Planning Unit Reconvened | First meeting since 2009 |
| 10/11/13 | WWDC letter to WASWD | to Burroughs, re Bucknell/RH2 |
| 1/30/14 | SAO Exit Interview, Louws | re Joint Board |
| 12/3/14 | Ecology ISF presentation to P.U. | Ecology presentation to Planning Unit (Qs from Carmichael, Kilduff) |
| 12/4/14 | Lummi Mitigation Bank brochure, $ levels | Share price levels: $150K, $225K, $300K ea, to Lummi general fund |
| 2/3/15 | AG Question, Ericksen - ISF review? | |
| 2/12/15 | Cornelius case decided | Upheld 2003 Municipal Water law amendments, such as 90.03.560 re relinquishment |
| 3/26/15 | Hirst case filed w state Supreme Court | Evidence - Lummi page from NWIFC report |
| 7/17/15 | Lummi "settlement" meeting | included Lynden, county, Bellingham, Ecology... |
| 10/8/15 | Foster Case | |
| 10/14/15 | NRM, 7th Amendment, addl $112K | 7th amendment to "Ag Watershed Project," buying land. Whatcom Contract 201206008-7. Refers to Commerce funds. |
| 10/6/16 | Hirst case decided, Supremes | |
| 10/21/16 | Culverts Case - Deadline, 3 agencies | DNR, Parks and WDFW ("Paragraph 5" requirements) included forest roads |
| 5/19/17 | Culverts case - WA run at feds (denied) | 9th Circuit latest denial |
| 3/29/30 | Culverts Case - WSDOT deadline | WSDOT barriers ("Paragraph 7") |