Drafter
Clerk 03/05/2008
Title
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to convey real property interests held by King County to the King County flood control zone district and the city of Tukwila for the purposes of implementing projects in cooperation with the United States Army Corps of Engineers; and declaring an emergency.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. Every year, King County faces threats from flooding, the impacts of which are far-reaching and pose significant threats to public health and safety and economic activities throughout the county.
B. The one hundred-year floodplain in King County covers more than twenty-five thousand acres or almost forty square miles. The flood control needs in King County are described more extensively in the 2006 King County Flood Hazard Management Plan, adopted by Ordinance 15673 in January 2007.
C. One of the most fundamental functions of government is to protect citizens and public and private property from the ravages of natural disasters such as flooding.
D. Flood control needs exist throughout the county, and an integrated and coordinated approach is needed to effectively and efficiently address those needs to ensure that public safety and property are protected and our region's prosperity is sustained.
E. Pursuant to chapter 86.15 RCW, the metropolitan King County council created the countywide King County flood control zone district ("the district") in April 2007 to provide a comprehensive approach to flood protection.
Pursuant to chapter 86.15 RCW, the adopted 2006 King County Flood Hazard Management Plan constitutes the current Comprehensive Plan for the district.
F. By Resolution FCZD2007-03.2, the board of supervisors of the district on November 13, 2007, adopted the district's 2008 budget and work program, and authorized a property tax levy in order to fund the budget and work program.
G. By Resolution FCZD 2007-05.2, the b...
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