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A RESOLUTION relating to the operations and finances of the District, adopting the 2020 budget and authorizing improvements.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 86.15.140, the King County Flood Control Zone District (District) held a public hearing on the proposed 2020 budget of the District on October 30, 2019, and
WHEREAS, the board of supervisors (Board) desires to adopt the District’s 2020 budget, and
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 15728, the King County council adopted the District’s initial comprehensive plan of development for flood and stormwater control, which is titled "2006 King County Flood Hazard Management Plan," and by Resolution FCD2011-05.1, the District Board amended the initial plan to include a project in the city of Seattle (collectively, the District Comprehensive Plan), and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 86.15.110, the Board must approve by resolution all flood control and storm water control improvements, prior to the extension, enlargement, acquisition or construction of such improvements, and
WHEREAS, RCW 85.15.110, further provides that such approval resolution must state whether the improvements are to be extended, enlarged, acquired or constructed; state that the comprehensive plan has been adopted; state that the improvements generally contribute to the objectives of the comprehensive plan; state that the improvements will benefit the county as a whole; state the estimated costs of the improvements; and identify the data supporting the estimated costs, and
WHEREAS, the Board desires to approve improvements in the District’s 2020 budget that are not in the District Comprehensive Plan, or that have been modified by the District’s 2020 budget, in accordance with RCW 85.15.110, and
WHEREAS, the District reaffirms its commitment to the effective and efficient implementation of capital projects by contracting with King County, as its primary service provider, and other jurisdictions when appropriate;
now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE KING COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT:
SECTION 1. The Board hereby adopts the 2020 Budget for the District, as set forth in Attachments A ("Work Program"), B ("2020 Annual Budget"), C ("2020 Annual Operating Budget"), D ("2020 Annual Capital Budget"), E ("2020 - 2025 Six-Year CIP"), F ("2020 Annual District Oversight Budget"), G ("2020 Subregional Opportunity Fund Allocations") and H ("2020-2025 Six-Year CIP Project Allocations"); provided that King County, or other jurisdictions contracted to implement projects, work shall submit predesign reports for capital projects to the District executive director, and shall seek approval from the executive director of project charters. Furthermore, King County shall provide to the District executive committee thirty percent design project reports for authorization to proceed with sixty percent design.
SECTION 2. The Board approves the extension, enlargement, acquisition or construction, as applicable, of the improvements that are included in the District Comprehensive Plan, that are included in the District Comprehensive Plan but have been modified by Attachments C, D and H to this resolution, or that are not included in the District Comprehensive Plan but are identified in Attachments C, D and H to this resolution (collectively, the "Improvements"). The District Comprehensive Plan includes the streams or water courses upon which the Improvements will be enlarged, extended, acquired or constructed. The Board determines that the Improvements generally contribute to the objectives of the District Comprehensive Plan and will be of benefit to the county as a whole.
SECTION 3. The estimated costs of the Improvements are stated in Attachments C, D and H to this Resolution and the supporting data for the estimated costs are on file with the director of the King County water and land resources division.
SECTION 4. For Improvements that will be constructed, preliminary engineering studies and plans either have been prepared or will be prepared, and have been filed or will be filed, with the director of the King County water and land resources division.
SECTION 5. The Board authorizes the executive committee to modify project budgets and schedules identified in Attachment H.
SECTION 6. The Board approves a one-time funding increase of the Flood Reduction Grant Program to fulfill unmet flood risk reduction needs in 2019 partial grant recipients and new additional applicants, if any.
SECTION 7. The Board directs King County water and land resources division to develop recommendations for the maintenance and operations of flood risk reduction facilities in the Sammamish River Basin, including sediment management at the mouth of the Sammamish River.
SECTION 8. The Board directs King County water and land resources division to develop recommendations for the replacement of high-value culverts for flood risk reduction and fish passage by April 30, 2020. This report shall incorporate the information required in King County Council Motion 15328 and shall prioritize high value culverts in incorporated and unincorporated King County.
SECTION 9. The Board directs King County water and land resources division to develop recommendations for the maintenance and operations of the weir on Lake Sawyer.
SECTION 10. The Board directs King County roads services division to develop recommendations related to flooding concerns in Skyway.
SECTION 11. The Board directs King County water and land resources division to convert eight temporary term limited positions to full time positions to District project delivery goals.
SECTION 12. The Board directs King County water and land resources division to prioritize the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Sediment Management study and the following capital projects for implementation in the 2020-2025 capital improvement program as a condition for using District funds to pay for five new capital project staff positions: Middle Fork Snoqualmie PL 84-99 study, Tukwila - 205 Gunter Floodwall and other capital projects ready for implementation.
SECTION 13. The Board directs King County water and land resources division to provide a monthly report to the District executive director on the status of recruitment and hiring of all vacant and newly authorized positions funded by the District. If any of the five newly created capital project staff positions remain unfilled by August 1, 2020, the District may consider reallocating the Operating Budget to achieve project delivery goals through alternative contracting methods.
SECTION 14. The Board directs King County water and land resources division to provide a monthly report to the District executive director on the status of inspections of all facilities monitored and maintained by King County as a service provider to the District.
SECTION 15. The Board directs King County water and land resources division to provide a quarterly report to the District executive director on the status of progress on items in the Work Program as set forth in Attachment A.
SECTION 16. The Board directs King County water and land resources division to provide a report on all facilities monitored and maintained by King County as a service provider to the District that have been altered as the result of a capital project by any entity other than the rivers and floodplain management section of King County water and land resources division by March 31, 2020.
SECTION 17. The Board directs the District executive director to provide a report on how the District can contribute to the repairs of the Hiram M. Chittenden Ballard Locks operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers by March 31, 2020.
SECTION 18. Section 3.6 of the interlocal agreement between the District and King County provides that King County shall notify the District executive director in writing if the county needs to modify or reprioritize capital projects. King County’s notifications to the District executive director should include information regarding variations within project budgets of more than twenty percent in the "acquisition", "design", "construction", "contingency" and "total" expenditure categories, shown on Attachment D to this resolution.