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A RESOLUTION relating to the operations and finances of the King County Flood Control Zone District; authorizing the expenditure of District funds for projects and activities in accordance with the Flood Reduction Grants.
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WHEREAS, the King County Flood Control Zone District ("District") adopts an annual work program, budget, operating budget for King County, capital budget and six-year capital improvement program pursuant to chapter 86.15 RCW; and
WHEREAS, in 2014, the District created the Flood Reduction Grant fund to provide grant funding for projects with flood reduction benefits, including, but not limited to, surface water overflows, near shore flooding, lake flooding due to outflow blockage, or the clearance of clogged agricultural drainage systems, and
WHEREAS, the District desires to continue funding projects in the Flood Reduction Grant fund; and
WHEREAS, in establishing the District's 2019 budget, the District provided $3,630,513 in funding in the Flood Reduction Grant Fund; and
WHEREAS, a selection committee composed of the director of the water and land resources division of the King County department of natural resources and parks, the District's executive director and a former Newcastle mayor reviewed the 2019 applications for grant funds and made a recommendation regarding them to the District;
WHEREAS, the District's executive committee reviewed the selection committee's recommendations;
WHEREAS, based on the recommendation of the selection committee, as considered and modified by the District's executive committee, the board of supervisors desires to approve the 2019 grant fund applications and projects; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE KING COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT:
SECTION 1. The board of supervisors approves the 2019 King
County Flood Reduction Fund Grant Projects described on Attachment A to this resolution.