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Clerk 11/10/2015
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing a supplemental appropriation of $2,900,000 to the Renton maintenance facility construction capital fund; and amending the 2015/2016 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17941, Section 129, as amended, and Attachment A, as amended.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The roads fund continues to be constrained such that infrastructure is not being maintained and replaced and roads in the rural areas remain vulnerable to damage from storm debris, floods and other weather events.
2. The 2014 strategic plan for the road services division estimated that it would cost $350 million annually to fully address the current roads system needs.
3. The county is concerned about the impacts of snow and ice storms and other severe weather events on county residents and public safety personnel who rely on county roads.
4. In 2014, the county council included an emergent needs reserve fund in the adopted general fund financial plan with the goal of mitigating such impacts on county roads.
5. The county must maintain the emergent needs reserve fund in the future so the county can ensure that it is able to respond effectively and clear county roads when severe weather events occur.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. This ordinance makes a supplemental appropriation of $2,900,000 to the Renton maintenance facilities construction capital fund.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 17941, Section 129, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM - The executive proposed capital budget and program for 2015/2016 - 2019/2020 is incorporated herein as Attachment A to this ordinance, amended November 9, 2015 ,Version ((3)) 4. The executive is hereby authorized to execute any utility easements, bill of sale or related documents necessary for the provision of utility services to the capital projects described in Attachment A to this ordinance, amended November 9, 2015, Version ((3)) 4, but...
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