12/06/2006: "Letter On "Stop Dock Study" Put On Hold"

The inclusion of a letter on the Consent Agenda requesting "the Director of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to terminate implementation of the "experimental moorage float" program immediately" was removed Tuesday from the Agenda by Councilman Rich Peterson, who stated he wished to discuss the matter. The letter was in response to a request by the MRC (Marine Resource Committee) that such a letter be sent to the State.

Councilman Kevin Ranker immediately asked the Council Clerk to notify the MRC so they could be in attendance for the discussion- which he seemed to assume would be held later in the day, but Chairman Alan Lichter said the agenda did not allow discussion until next week. Ranker protested that the letter was "time sensitive", but Lichter informed him it would be put on a later agenda.

There was no discussion if any other interested or potential effected parties -such as the State of Washington- would be informed of, or invited to, attend the review of the issue of experimental dock program, and if the program had value for the State and the County.