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AN ORDINANCE revising and updating the Council-designated portion of Round 5 of the WaterWorks program; and amending Ordinance 19353, Section 2.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. District 5 has requested to revise its project selection for the Council-designated portion of the Round 5 project round of the King County WaterWorks grant program authorized in Ordinance 19353, as regards the "Expanding Rainwater Catchment and Community Education Work at Paradise Parking Plots" project. District 5 has identified an appropriate alternative project to be funded at the same level, referred to as the "Kent-Meridian High School Rain Garden Project."
2. District 1 has requested to revise its project selection for the council-designated portion of WaterWorks Round 5, replacing "Forterra" as the project sponsor of the "Thornton Creek Noxious Weeds Knockout Project" with an alternate project sponsor, "EarthCorps."
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 19353, Section 2, is hereby amended to read as follows:
The King County council authorizes funding of WaterWorks projects recommended by the council for Round 5, 2021, totaling $2,671,000, as follows:
A. City of Woodinville: $30,000 for "Lake Leota Water Quality Monitoring and Watershed Stewardship Program";
B. Friends of North Creek Forest: $10,000 for "Friends of North Creek Forest Environmental Education 2022";
C. Lake City Collective: $30,000 for "Little Brook Creek Stewardship Program";
D. Sno-King Watershed Council: $50,000 for "Sno-King Watershed Council Volunteer Water Monitoring and Bacterial DNA Research Project";
E. Thornton Creek Alliance: $12,500 for "Community-based Monitoring of Water Quality on Thornton Creek";
F. City of Kirkland: $37,500 for "Windsor Vista Park Riparian Restoration";
G. ((Forterra: $80,000 for "Thornton Creek Noxious Weeds Knockout Project)) EarthCorps: $80,000 for "Thornton Creek Noxious Weeds Knockout Project";
H. City of Kenmore: $50,000 for "Squire's Landing Waterfront and Natural Area Access Project";
I. Friends of Paramount: $20,000 for "Conifer Capacity: Establishing Urban Evergreen Forests to Increase Rainfall Interception";
J. Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group: $50,000 for "Lake City Floodplain Park Community Engagement and Design";
K. Whale Scout: $21,000for "Saving the Orcas One Drop at a Time";
L. Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust: $15,000 for "Little Bear Creek Ecological Restoration and Riparian Enhancement";
M. Black Star Farmers: $200,000 for "Rainier Valley Water Resiliency Project";
N. Seattle Parks Foundation: $85,000 for "Arboretum Creek-Supplemental Design";
O. Bhutanese Community Resource Center: $30,000 for "Educating Bhutanese Community on Water Quality and Waste Management";
P. Sustainable Seattle: $90,000 for "Cuidadores del Agua: Monitoring Our Lower Duwamish Waterway and Empowering Youth";
Q. Long Live the Kings: $40,000 for "A Healthy Ship Canal to Save Salmon";
R. Stewardship Partners: $50,000 for "Expanding Green Infrastructure in the City of Carnation";
S. Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group: $25,000 for "GSI for Salmon-Keep it Simple Farm Property";
T. City of Issaquah: $40,000 for "Issaquah Creek Watershed Bacteria Study";
U. Lake Advocates: $35,000 for "Testing the Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Monitoring and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms";
V. Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery: $35,000 for "FISH Education and Outreach Program";
W. Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust: $30,000 for "Ecological Restoration at Lake Sammamish";
X. University of Washington Green Futures Research and Design: $161,000 for "Sweetgrass Marine Living Shoreline Demonstration and Research Prototypes";
Y. Seattle 2030 District: $161,000 for "2030 District United for Water Quality at South Lake Union";
Z. City of Kent: $150,000 for "Lake Fenwick Alum Treatment";
AA. ((World Relief Seattle: $43,250 for "Expanding Rainwater Catchment and Community Education Work at Paradise Parking Plots")) Kent-Meridian High School: $43,250 for "Kent-Meridian High School Rain Garden Project";
BB. Environmental Science Center: $52,000 for "Environmental Heroes: Water Quality Community Programming Along the Cedar River";
CC. Valley View Sewer District: $7,500 for "98168/98188 Water Quality Monitoring";
DD. City of Bellevue Utilities: $50,000 for "City of Bellevue Watershed Management Plan - Public Engagement Phase 2";
EE. City of Kirkland: $50,000 for "Kirkland’s Online Watershed Dashboard and Interactive Map";
FF. City of Mercer Island: $15,000 for "Luther Burbank Park South Shoreline and Trail Restoration - Upland";
GG. City of Redmond: $55,500 for "Tosh Creek Watershed Street Sweeping for Water Quality";
HH. Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group: $30,000 for "West Sammamish River Trail Riparian Restoration Phase 2";
II. King County Housing Authority: $159,500 for "Illahee and Sandpiper East Apartments";
JJ. City of Pacific: $10,000 for "Pacific Meadows/Hansen PRD Wetland Enhancement";
KK. The Blueline Group: $90,000 for "Algona Wetland Preserve Socio-ecological and Cultural Assessment, Outreach and Permitting";
LL. Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group: $55,000 for "Student Action in Streamside Restoration";
MM. Green River Coalition: $75,000 for "Soos Creek Water Quality Improvement Phase 1";
NN. Just Health Action: $124,250 for "Engaging Community to Improve Water Quality in the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site Watershed";
OO. Vashon Nature Center: $60,000 for "Community Waters 2.0: Education, Engagement and Stream Monitoring";
PP. Earthcorps: $60,000 for "Youth Forest Stewards Pilot";
QQ. City of Maple Valley: $116,000 for "Cedar Downs Water Quality Retrofits"; and
RR. City of Newcastle: $80,000 for "S-040 Landcastle Water Quality Improvement Project."