10/16/2006: "Report Released On Restoring The Sound"

The Puget Sound Partnership has released a Draft Recommendation report on a "comprehensive restoration effort for Puget Sound". The report is the work product of a new committee -comprised of committees- that Gov. Chris Gregoire created when the Puget Sound Partnership was formed. The goal is to "develop aggressive actions to help solve Puget Sound's most vexing problems by 2020". The Partnership includes a group of regional leaders, and has 17 members and four legislative liaisons.

One of the project managers is Jim Kramer of Shared Strategy, and if that name rings a bell, it is because as previously reported in the Island Guardian, the SJ County Council and Shared Strategy have signed a contract to use San Juan County as a future model for the development of programs in other counties in the state, that will serve to advance the goals of the Partnership.

The draft report covers the five charges that the Governor gave to the blue ribbon commission last December. At the core of the Partnership's recommendations is a new approach that would address the whole ecosystem—both the people and natural elements of our region.

The eight-page executive summary and the 107-page full report can be read here.

The Partnership will take public comment on the draft recommendations between Oct. 13-26. The Partnership will meet in early November to finalize the recommendations, and then will present them later that month to Gov. Gregoire.

How to comment on the recommendations: Comments on the Draft Recommendations are due at 5 p.m. on Oct. 26. You may submit your comments in a variety of ways:
E-mail: Send comments and attachments to info@pugetsoundpartnership.org
Mail: Send hard copy comments to: Puget Sound Partnership, c/o Puget Sound Action Team, P.O. Box 40900, Olympia, WA 98504-0900