Drafter
Clerk 04/05/2016
Title
A RESOLUTION directing King County, acting on behalf of the District, to transfer to the city of Snoqualmie six parcels within the Snoqualmie River floodplain, subject to deed restrictions.
Body
WHEREAS, the King County Flood Control Zone District ("District") was established in part to provide integrated and coordinated floodplain management, to protect effectively and efficiently public safety and property and to sustain the region's prosperity; and
WHEREAS, the city of Snoqualmie ("City") has acquired contiguous properties within the Snoqualmie River floodplain to reduce flood risk; and
WHEREAS, consistent with the City's acquisition program, King County, on behalf of the District, (1) has acquired with District funds and Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA") funds five parcels on the Snoqualmie River (Assessor's Parcel Nos. 7851200005, 7851200010, 781200015, 7851200020 and 3224089067) ("FEMA funded parcels") and (2) has acquired with District funds one parcel in the same vicinity (Assessor's Parcel No. 7849202025) ("District funded parcel")(collectively, the "King County parcels"); and
WHEREAS, maintenance and operation of the King County parcels by the City will be efficient and cost effective, because the City maintains and operates Snoqualmie River floodplain parcels in the vicinity of the King County parcels; and
WHEREAS, the District board of supervisors desires to transfer the King County parcels to the City in order to provide for efficient and cost effective maintenance and operation of the King County parcels; and
WHEREAS, the District can protect the flood protection interests of King County and the District in the King County parcels through deeds restrictions and restrictive covenants in the parcel transfer documents; and
WHEREAS, by letter to the director of the King County water and land resources division dated April 16, 2015, the mayor of the City, ...

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