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Clerk 05/31/2016

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A MOTION approving a report on the road right-of-way drainage trunk line inventory in accordance with 2015/2016 Biennial Budget Ordinance 17941, Section 77, as amended by Ordinance 18110, Section 30, Proviso P3.

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                     WHEREAS, Ordinance 17941, Section 53, Proviso P1 states that one million dollars could not be expended or encumbered until the executive transmits a drainage trunk line inventory report and a motion that approves the report and the motion is passed by the council, and

                     WHEREAS, much of the county's road drainage system is at or nearing the end of its useful life, and

                     WHEREAS, the largest and most costly components of this aging network are the pipe systems and metal culverts twenty-four inches or larger in diameter, and

                     WHEREAS, the water and land resources division of the department of natural resources and the road services division of the department of transportation have worked together with a consultant to conduct an inventory and business risk assessment of the drainage trunk system within major road rights-of-way in unincorporated King County, and

                     WHEREAS, the inventory report provides information on the location and condition of the drainage trunk system within major road rights-of-way in unincorporated King County, estimates accuracy of the resultant database, analyzes data to assess risks of failure and failure impacts, and includes a prioritized program for maintenance that contains a replacement schedule and costs, and

                     WHEREAS, the executive has transmitted to the council the requested report and motion;

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:

                     The report on the road right-of-way drainage trunk line inventory, submitted as Attachment A to this motion, is hereby approved.