Drafter
Clerk 02/12/2026
Title
A RESOLUTION relating to the operation and finances of the King County Flood Control Zone District; adopting a revised 2026 budget, capital budget, six-year capital improvement program for 2026-2031; and amending Resolution FCD2025-12.
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WHEREAS, the King County Flood Control Zone District ("the District") adopted its 2026 work program, budget, operating budget, capital budget, and six-year
capital improvement program in Resolution FCD2025-12, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Executive Committee Motion FCDECM2021-03, directing the District to continue working collaboratively with King County to complete thirty percent (30%) design of the Willowmoor Floodplain Restoration Project, the District created as a pilot the Lake Sammamish Dock and Shoreline Grants Program, to provide grant funding for projects with flood risk reduction benefits along the shoreline of Lake Sammamish, including, but not limited to, relocating outbuildings outside of the flood hazard areas, implement green shoreline erosion control or shoreline plantings, and replacing fixed docks with floating docks, as part of its 2022 work program and budget, and
WHEREAS, a selection committee composed of the director of water and land resources division of the King County department of natural resources and parks, the District's executive director, and a former state representative and Enumclaw city councilmember reviewed the 2025 applications for grant funds and made a unanimous recommendation regarding them to the District, and
WHEREAS, based on the recommendation of the selection committee, the board of supervisors ("the Board") desires to approve the 2025 grant fund applications and projects, and
WHEREAS, on December 8, 2025, the first of two atmospheric rivers produced historic flooding across King County, setting all-time records for rivers in every river basin in King County including the White, Green, Snoqualmie and Cedar rivers. The volume and duration of flood...
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