Contingency Staffing Agreement

							   WRIA 9 Scope of Work 2009 -- ILA, Lead Entity, KCD, and Contract Services
Current Tasks                                                                                Staffing   Management Committee Recommendations                                                    Staffing
Forum & Steering Committee Coordination
• Schedule & staff Forum & Steering Committee meetings at key decision points in              0.70      • Combine Forum & Steering Committee into WRIA 9 Watershed Ecosystem                     0.70
  implementing & monitoring of Habitat Plan & preparing scope of work & budget for work                   Council Forum . • Hold a maximum of 4 meetings of the combined group.
  to be cost-shared after 2010.
• Participate in & coordinate with State & Puget Sound regional efforts (Lead Entity                    • Reduce overall participation and coordination. • Do not participate on PS
  Advisory Group, the Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership, & regional or sub-regional                       Nearshore Partnership Steering Committee & Lead Entity Advisory Group .
  efforts, etc.).
• Schedule & staff Management Committee meetings to oversee the 2009 ILA-funded                         • Hold a maximum of 4 meetings.
  work program.
• Provide information to jurisdictions.                                                                 • Reduce responsiveness. • Do not provide written comments of EIS's, development
                                                                                                          proposals, & other permit/land use issues in any local government.
• Coordinate with city & county staff & elected officials.                                              • Reduce coordination.
WRIA 9 Plan Implementation
• Work with Implementation Technical Committee & Steering Committee, including any            1.00      • Do not continue convening & leading Implementation Technical Committee. • Do           0.50
  subcommittees, to facilitate implementation & monitoring of Habitat Plan.                               no watershed-scale monitoring & discontinue all work on developing watershed
                                                                                                          scale monitoring program.
• Implement adaptive management, & participate in regional or sub-regional planning,                    • Eliminate Selective participation in regional/sub-regional planning &
  implementation, monitoring, & financing efforts.                                                        implementation efforts. • No participation in regional monitoring.
• Implement a WRIA 9 H-integration strategy in cooperation with WDFW, Muckleshoot                       • Revise Habitat Plan from every year to every 2 years or less 3 years . •
  Indian Tribe, & Tacoma Public Utilities.                                                                Comprehensive Progress Report every 2 or 3 years with an annual report of
                                                                                                          achievements . • Do not prepare a "report card" for any other regional or state
                                                                                                          group. • Discontinue work on all H-integration. • Do not make reductions that limit
                                                                                                          access to dollars.
• Work with Capital Projects Implementation to prioritize & track projects and programs.                • Discontinue mitigation funding coordination.
Capital Projects Implementation
• Coordinate cross-jurisdictional implementation of projects identified as WRIA priorities    1.00       Work Remains                                                                            1.00
  (e.g., projects funded by watershed allocation of KCD funds, Puget Sound Partnership,
  SRFB, & other funds).
• Help to establish partnerships & seek funding for high priority capital projects.                      Work Remains
• Develop & manage long-term WRIA-wide capital facility plan & 3-year capital                            Work Remains
  improvement program.
• Support Steering Committee in developing, prioritizing, & presenting project                           NOTE: Combine Forum & Steering Committee into WRIA 9 Watershed Ecosystem
  recommendations to SRFB for funding.                                                                   Council Forum (see above).
• Coordinate regional aspects of the Green River Ecosystem Restoration Project & the                     Work Remains
  Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project.




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   WRIA 9 Scope of Work 2009 -- ILA, Lead Entity, KCD, and Contract Services
Current Tasks                                                                                 Staffing   Management Committee Recommendations                                        Staffing
Public Outreach
• Coordinate public outreach & involvement & marketing/ communications strategy for the        0.50       Work Remains                                                                0.50
  plan implementation process. Products could include:
   Marketing/communications plan;                                                                        Work Remains
   Interpretive materials to help engage the public in the WRIA implementation &                         Work Remains
  monitoring process;
   Field trips or other informational opportunities for the Steering Committee, Forum &                  Work Remains
  state and federal electeds;
   A regularly updated & maintained WRIA 9 website; &                                                    Work Remains
   Coordinate with jurisdictions with implementation of education & stewardship                          Work Remains
  programs identified by the Habitat Plan.
Miller/Walker Creek Basin Plan Implementation
• Under separate contract to the parties in the Miller/Walker Creek basin, assist in           0.50       Work Remains                                                                0.50
  implementation of the basin plan including:
    Implement a stewardship program to restore & maintain stream habitat projects; &                     Work Remains
   Coordinate monitoring efforts.                                                                        Work Remains
Program Management and Administration
• Conduct general administration work in support of ILA implementation. Administration         0.80       Work Remains                                                                0.80
  includes work program development & monitoring, budget development & tracking,
  regular reporting, billing, personnel, & supervision. Short written progress reports will
  accompany the billings to the parties. Verbal progress reports will be made at WRIA 9
  Steering Committee, Forum, & Management Committee meetings.
• Conduct a Professional Assessment of Services pursuant to provisions of the WRIA 9                      Work Remains
  Interlocal Agreement.
• Coordinate grant tracking & invoicing.                                                                  Work Remains
                                                                                Total Staff    4.50                                                                   Total Staff     4.00
                              Staffing Cost Subtotal (ILA+KCD/LE/Contract Svcs.)              $650,800                       Staffing Cost Subtotal (ILA+KCD/LE/Contract Svcs.)      $595,863
                                                            Operations Subtotal                $25,100                                                        Operations Subtotal     $25,100
                                                                                                                                      Difference to be used as Contingency Fund       $25,273
                                                           Total ($410,478 cost shares)       $675,900                                                Total ($380,814 cost shares)   $646,236




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