Drafter
Clerk 10/02/2024
Title
A MOTION adopting a Flood Reduction Facilities Inventory Policy.
Body
WHEREAS, in 2007, the King County Flood Control Zone District ("District") was formed to provide flood risk reduction to the residents of King Count, and
WHEREAS, through multiple interlocal agreements, King County ("County") has served as the primary service provider to the District, ensuring efficient implementation of flood risk reduction measures including the operations and maintenance of the County’s existing inventory of flood risk reduction facilities consisting of levees, revetments, and property used as flood storage ("Flood Risk Reduction Facilities"), and
WHEREAS, the District provides the funding and strategic guidance necessary to implement, operate, and maintain a regional flood risk reduction system based on the principles of integrated floodplain management, and
WHEREAS, the County, primarily in its work supporting the Water Resource Inventory Areas and salmon recovery, designs, permits, and implements habitat restoration projects that can involve a modification and/or removal of an existing County Flood Risk Reduction Facility, and
WHEREAS, Section 9.3 of the 2021 interlocal agreement between the District and the County directed the development of a policy notifying the District of proposed modifications to the County’s Flood Risk Reduction Facilities, and
WHEREAS, the District intends to continue District funding for the operations and maintenance of modified County Flood Risk Reduction Facilities after receipt of notice of the proposed modification, as set forth in Attachment A to this motion;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE KING COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT:
SECTION 1. The board of supervisors adopts the "Notification and Approval
Procedures for Modifications to Flood Risk Reduction Facilities or Real Property Interests in Inventory," Attachment A to this motion.