CLIPA White Paper

• RCW 43.34.090 section 4 states: For purposes of this section, "state capitol grounds" means buildings and land owned by the state and otherwise designated as state capitol grounds, including the west capitol campus, the east capitol campus, the north capitol campus, the Tumwater campus, the Lacey campus, Sylvester Park, Centennial Park, the Old Capitol Building, and Capitol Lake.
   
• RCW 79.24.720 states: The department of general administration is responsible for the stewardship, preservation, operation, and maintenance of the public and historic facilities of the state capitol, subject to the policy direction of the state capitol committee and the legislative buildings committee as created in chapter . . . (*House Bill No. 1301), Laws of 2005, and the guidance of the capitol campus design advisory committee.
   
• RCW 79.24.530 states: The department of general administration shall develop, amend and modify an overall plan for the design and establishment of state capitol buildings and grounds … in accordance with current and prospective requisites of a state capitol befitting the state of Washington. The overall plan, amendments and modifications thereto shall be subject to the approval of the state capitol committee.

In 1997, a multi-jurisdictional advisory committee known as the Capitol Lake Adaptive Management Plan (“CLAMP”) Steering Committee was established to advise GA’s Director on management of the lake. The committee shifted direction and focused its effort primarily toward advocating for the reversion of the area into tidal mud flats, at great immediate expense, over the next 50 to 80 years. The findings from this effort are problematic and numerous. Below we outline some of the more significant issues.