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A RESOLUTION relating to the operations and finances of the King County Flood Control Zone District; authorizing the expenditure of District funds for projects and activities in Water Resource Inventory Areas 7 (Snoqualmie Watershed portion) 8, 9 and 10 (King County portion).
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WHEREAS, the King County Flood Control Zone District's ("District") comprehensive plan prioritizes expanded partnerships and collaborations with watershed forums; and
WHEREAS, the District's comprehensive plan emphasizes the consideration of fish and wildlife habitat when managing flood-risk; and
WHEREAS, the District seeks to protect public safety and promote the recovery of native salmon species; and
WHEREAS, the District adopts an annual work program, budget, operating budget for King County, capital budget and six-year capital improvement program pursuant to chapter 86.15 RCW; and
WHEREAS, the District desires to continue funding watershed resource inventory area ("WRIA") activities and projects that are identified using a process for awarding WRIA grants in which the WRIA forums made grant recommendations to the District and the King County water and land resources division administers the grant processes; and
WHEREAS, in establishing the District's 2016 budget, the District provided $4,303,013 in funding for projects and activities in WRIA's 7 (Snoqualmie Watershed portion), 8, 9 and 10 (King County portion); now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE KING COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT:
SECTION 1. A. The Board authorizes the funding of water quality and water resources and habitat restoration projects and activities as follows:
1. WRIA 7 (Snoqualmie Watershed portion) - $855,141;
2. WRIA 8 - $1,556,772;
3. WRIA 9 - $1,642,105; and
4. WRIA 10 (King County portion) - $225,668.

B. The amounts listed in Section A. are in accordance with the projects, grant recipients and individual grant amounts desc...

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