Each Ground Water Management Committee will serve as the point of contact between the Groundwater Program and the community. The committees will meet about three times a year. The committees will solicit concerns from the public and consider them. Working together with implementing agencies, the committees will help chart out subsequent groundwater protection efforts. As an official body, the Ground Water Management Committees will be in a position to urge agencies toward greater groundwater protection efforts.
Council votes a motion to designate members of each committee.
At the first meeting, members will select staggered terms at random, elect leaders, and select ground rules. The constituencies to be represented are listed in the following excerpts from the respective plans. The geographic extent of each Ground Water Management Area can be found in maps accessible from the Groundwater Home Page . This Ground Water Management Committee should consist of one representative from the Ground Water Advisory Committee, King County Department of Natural Resources, the Island's water purveyors, residential well users, Vashon Chamber of Commerce, Vashon-Maury Island Community Council, business owners, commercial agriculturists and a Vashon environmental organization . The Redmond-Bear Creek Valley Ground Water Management Committee should consist of one representative from the City of Redmond, NE Sammamish Sewer and Water District, the Union Hill Water Association, Woodinville Water District, King County Department of Natural Resources , and the King County Board of Health .