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Home My WebLink About5.499 Original Contract ',':'''0/54 ^CEO,"" ~ E ~Oic7u"'J~7~Wl~;-~-~;-:~:::.~LW;c;)"'~ 2005 AUG 30 Ar1 g: 02 Filed at the Request of: City of Port Angeles City Clerk's Office P. O. Box 1150 Port Angeles, W A 98362 6) 2005 1163923 Clallam County Interlocal Agreement City Clerk File No.: 'i.i tfPt Agreement between the City of Port Angeles and 1 ov't-~oA; ~ 5 Purpose: Wi,{d~Ztcf&~L1x-~tn- Dated f1;5 [0< 5'hk1 I . ' I , ~ \ . S. </qq . .,.... , 'I ~ . ' INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AIRPORT/LANDFILL WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PLAN This agreement is executed by and between the City of Port Angeles ("City") and the Port of Port Angeles ("Port") (hereinafter jointly referred to as "the parties") for the development and implementation of a Wildlife Hazard Management Plan for the vicinity of the Port Angeles Landfill and William Fairchild International Airport. The parties make and enter into this Interlocal Agreement ("Agreement") effective the <.ItA.. day of ~ ' 19~, for the purposes and under the terms contained herein. RECITALS WHEREAS, the City of Port Angeles ("City") operates the Port Angeles Landfill ("landfill"), pursuant to RCW 35.21.152 and RCW 35.92.020, as a site for municipal solid waste, and intends to continue operating the landfill until the current excavated cell [cell #3] IS closed sometime around the year 2006, and has been requested by Clallam County to establish a Wildlife Hazard Management Plan pursuant to WAC 173-351-200, and WHEREAS, the Port of Port Angeles ("Port") operates the Willia'm Fairchild International Airport ("airport"), pursuant to RCW 53.08.020. WHEREAS, the parties recognize the need to jointly manage the impacts of wildlife on the landfill and airport to provide for improved safety and efficiency; and WHEREAS, the United States Department of Agriculture ("USDA") conducted and prepared a Wildlife Hazard Assessment and Wildlife Hazard Management Plan of the landfill and airport which includes that the parties jointly implement the Wildlife Hazard Management Plan; and WHEREAS, the City and the Port are authorized, pursuant to RCW 39.34, to enter into interlocal agreements to coordinate the exercise of their respective authorities over the airport and the landfill. AGREEMENT NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, the parties hereby agree as follows: 1. JOINT BOARD: The parties hereby establish a joint board, as required by RCW 39.34.030(4), to implement this agreement. The board shall be known as the "Wildlife Hazard Management Coordination Board" ("Board") and shall be composed of the City Manager and the Port Executive Director, or their respective designees. The Board shall meet as necessary and shall direct the activities of Wildlife Coordinator, which is designated in paragraph 2 below. Decisions of the Board shall be by the consent of both members. Page - 1 I' . 4 c.' " Interlocal Agreement Airport / Landfill Wildlife Management Plan 2. WILDLIFE COORDINATOR: The parties hereby appoint the City's Director of Public Works as Wildlife Coordinator, who shall be responsible to see that the recommendations of the Wildlife Hazard Assessment are implemented and that a Wildlife Hazard Management Plan is developed by the parties as set forth in paragraph 3. Additional duties are as follows: A. Obtaining the appropriate wildlife control permits and supplies. B. Maintaining a database of wildlife hazard management activities, as well as wildlife strike information collected from pilot reports, mechanical inspections, and runway sweeps. C. Making arrangements for the proper instruction of airport and landfill personnel who are involved in the implementation of the Wildlife Hazard Management Plan. D. Ensuring that airport personnel and pilots are familiar with the proper procedures for reporting all types of wildlife strikes and making the FAA Form 5200-7 (bird Strike report form, Appendix 7) readily available. E. Establishing and providing staff assistance to a wildlife committee for dissemination of wildlife hazard information and coordination of control activities as set forth in the Wildlife Hazard Assessment. 3. WILDLIFE HAZARD MANAGEMENT PLAN: The Port and the City agree to finance and cooperate in the implementation of the Wildlife Hazard Management Plan approved by Clallam County and FAA. A true and correct copy is attached as Exhibit A. 4. NOTICE TO PILOTS: The Port agrees to work with the FAA to develop a detailed description of hazards in the vicinity of the landfill and airport, which will be included in the Airport Facility Directory (AFD) administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In addition, the Port will develop and use a Notice to Airmen (NOT AM) whenever it is aware of a sudden increase in wildlife abundance to mitigate the hazard and will maintain the NOT AM until the hazard can be mitigated through other mechanisms developed pursuant to this agreement. 5. AVAILABILITY OF CONTROL SUPPLIES: Both the City and the Port shall equip their respective vehicles that regularly use the landfill or the airport with pyrotechnic equipment, shotguns, and/or other supplies so that personnel can quickly and easily haze birds they may encounter while conducting other collateral duties. 6. AIRFIELD ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY TOWARD HAZARDOUS WILDLIFE: The Port shall adopt a zero-tolerance policy on the airfield toward all wildlife that pose a hazard to aircraft, including, but not limited to, waterfowl, gulls, starlings, crows, and ravens. 7. COVER LANDFILL EACH DAY: The City shall cover the waste received at the landfill, at a minimum, at the end of each day. 8. AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS: No amendment to this Agreement shall be effective unless approved and executed by the parties in writing. Page - 2 I ~ , \ , ". ~.. . . , Interlocal Agreement Airport I Landfill Wildlife Management Plan ,. 9. TERMINATION: This agreement shall terminate at midnight, December 31,2006, unless terminated earlier by mutual written agreement of both parties. 10. FILING: The City agrees to file this agreement with the County Auditor, pursuant to RCW 39.43.040, as soon as possible after it is executed by both parties. Whereby, the parties have executed this Agreement in duplicate by the subjoined signatures of their duly authorized officials. CITY OF PORT ANGELES PORT OF PORT ANGELES 9 ~~.!o"-'~ Gary ra ,)Mayor Chris Anderson, Executive Director ATTEST: Ao~~>~.Lfg~A_ Becky J. to City lerk VEcDAS T~ tson, City Attorney N \PWKS\SWASTE\LANDFILL\FAA\WL_PLAN\PORTAG99 WPD 1..(""\ "~ \ .JI' ~ti":;~~~~r .- 'Ii .,,,." , ~. ~ ')r ~ "{~ , :to~UHHe'I'f' "l" .\' f 0 f" --' 'i ~~..~ ~ r r'; If't ~'''''' . ~ \J ....ao{}.d il9f. /,,-:" J.... .." 1)0<'0 ~.,.!~, 1J(lo~"l ~ ..... A.... I( ''''t' ~,~ .. '.r(f, ~fO' ;i-'.., .,-:- ~">~ ~...g(;~ ~" ::; I"..}~l "'J \ f'i :,-'" ::.: r\' t c"\1 '~M Pl y ~I-~: > :~ 1.\", :""" ~ ' ~ ~ 0 /"1'\ ,,-. '" -'"::r.' ......) ",J ;J...'~t Q .... ) ~.., \~(:9;O~"t": ...' ~ \-- -to ~ . ?~..~~ fJlQC1. ...r: /~ ~ j).. ,t .. \ 1/ 4;v. I. -.... . y' ~4,-C>o ,-\... ::-" <<t""'/ Ijp.. ~/f,~ i Qooc."~O ,~'\."'\. 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