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Clerk 04/20/2018
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A MOTION relating to the Lower Green River Corridor Plan; initiating the planning process for a proposal that will result in the Plan; describing the goals and purposes of the proposal; describing alternative means of accomplishing the goals and purposes of the proposal; requesting the District responsible official to begin State Environmental Policy Act review of the proposal; and establishing the charter for and membership of a Lower Green River Corridor Plan Advisory Committee.
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WHEREAS, the King County Flood Control District ("the District") through Resolution FCD2016-05 directed the District executive director to prepare a work plan and budget for a Lower Green River Corridor Plan ("the LGRCP") and to issue a request for proposal for a consultant to prepare a State Environmental Policy Act ("SEPA") programmatic environmental impact statement ("EIS") for the LGRCP, and
WHEREAS, the LGRCP is a follow-up plan to the Interim System-Wide Improvement Framework ("Interim SWIF") submitted by the District to the United States Army Corps of Engineers in February 2016 and accepted by the Corps on March 31, 2017, and
WHEREAS, the Interim SWIF maintains eligibility for flood damage repairs under the federal PL 84-99 Program, but does not include projects to extend flood protection and does not address multiple objectives, and
WHEREAS, the District through Resolution FCD2016-05 determined that the broader objectives supported by stakeholders who participated as Interim SWIF advisors can best be achieved through a long-range planning process that includes a SEPA EIS that can analyze cumulative impacts and reasonable alternatives for accomplishing the objectives of flood protection, economic vitality, equity and social justice, habitat restoration, housing, recreation, salmon recovery, water quality and other issues to be defined through an EIS scoping process, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to chapter 86.15 RCW, the District's purpose...
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