HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 97-217-CC�o�,Ra oF court�r co�nnn�sslor�ERs
Grant County, V�ashington
It� TNE MATTER t�F REQU�STING
EX�LUSIC)►N C}F GRA�IT Ct3UNTY,
�tVA�H[NGTt�N, FRC}M THE
AMERiC�N HERiTAGE RIVERa
1NITIl�TIVE
RE�t)LUTIC�N Nt�.97-z17-CC
�1HERE�IS, the Board of Cvmmissioner�s o�f Gran� County,
W�shingtan does hereb� request that Gran� Cour[ty b� �xciuded from
any area des6gnated as an American Heritage Riuer untii such time ihat
�his body, c�r our successors, determin�s that designation is in ihe best
inter�st of its residenis; and
11VHE��AS, the application fc�r designaiion as an ,�me�ica�n
H�rita�ge River requires that a"river community.. �esign�te itseCf for the
purp�s�s c�f �h�s Initiative. AS such, ihe Board of Grant County
Camr�nissianers affirms its cansiitutdanal ral� as the lacal authoa�ity
iegally authorized tv represent �his river commur�ity. We, ihe
representa�ives of the river community, have determined that the ierrr�s
and canditions presented by the American Heritage Rivers Iniiiative are
erague and unc[ear. �Ite �ave further determined that the paiential
canseq�uences of the �trr�erican Heritage Ri�r�rs Ini�iafive cannot b+�
ascertained withaut mare detaited informat�iQn,
NO1t� THEREFURE, BE IT HEF�EB�( RESOLVEi� that the Board o�
Corrtmissivner� +�f Grant Caun�ty, Washing�tan, hereby requests thai,
until �uch t�me as the �rap0s�d implementaiion t�f the American
#�eritage Rivers [�itiativ� has been fully explained to �h� satisfaction o�
the locai e[ected officia[s, �rant County, Washington, b� excluded from
any area designation under the American Heritage Ri��rs initia�tiv�,
Dated this 30th. day of December,l997
ATTEST:
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Clerk the aar �`�
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Chaixman �
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Cansti zt'�ng the Board of County
Commissioners af Grant Caunty,
Washington