Puget Sound Partnership pursues progress on plan
October 3rd, 2008 by cdunaganAll three deliberating bodies of the Puget Sound Partnership — the Leadership Council, Ecosystem Coordination Board and Science Panel — are making progress on what will be the first draft of the Puget Sound Action Agenda.
The Action Agenda is scheduled to be made public Nov. 6, after which time people may offer their comments in meetings or in writing.
The Ecosystem Coordination Board met this week and discussed a load of projects that could become priorities in the Action Agenda, as I discussed in a story in Thursday’s Kitsap Sun. Members did not have time to review possible funding sources, so that will be taken up at a later time.
Here’s the proposed schedule from Oct. 1 until the Action Agenda is presented to the Washington Legislature.
Oct. 1: Ecosystem Coordination Board gives
input on Partnership Initiatives and rationale for actions
Oct. 6: Staff members transmit topic forum
synthesis work to Science Panel for review
Oct. 7: Science Panel meets
Oct. 17: Science Panel communicates guidance re:
synthesis to staff
Oct. 22-23: Leadership Counsel discusses Action
Agenda and feedback from Ecosystem Coordination Board
Nov. 6: Public review begins
Nov. 11: Leadership Counsel discusses Action
Agenda, funding strategy, public hearing
Nov. 20: Public comment period ends
Nov. 21: Leadership Council meeting with public
hearing and finalize guidance to staff
Nov. 19-30: Staff finalizes Action Agenda text and
begins production
Dec. 1: Leadership Council approves Action Agenda;
celebration and media event
Dec. 2-Jan. 6: Action Agenda layout and printing
for legislature; all appendices and background documents
complete
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October 4th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Hi Chris,
I was curious as to whether you’ve read the Scientific/Professional Letter that was sent to the PSP in recent weeks? Tom Holz, one of the authors of this letter sent it to me. You may find it interesting…