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Clerk 10/12/2016
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A MOTION authorizing the executive director to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the city of Kent to guide the design and development of construction plans for the Lower Russell Road Levee Setback Project.
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WHEREAS, the Lower Russell Road levee setback project is located within the city of Kent, between river mile ("RM") 17.85 and RM 19.25; and
WHEREAS, the Lower Russell Road Levee Setback Project is an early action priority identified in the King County Flood Control Zone District ("District") approved the Interim System-Wide Improvement Framework to maintain eligibility in the United States Army Corps of Engineers PL-84-99 program; and
WHEREAS, a significant amount of the land needed to accomplish the project goals is owned by the city of Kent, including Van Doren’s Landing Park and the Green River Natural Area; and
WHEREAS, an inclusive stakeholder process in 2014 and 2015 led to the identification of project goals and objectives which formed the basis for a thirty percent design report for the project; and
WHEREAS, the next phases of design will require cooperation and partnership between the District and the city of Kent to achieve the project objectives while adhering to a constrained budget and a project construction date of 2019; and
WHEREAS, additional funding is still to needed to implement the project objectives and securing those funds from federal, state and nonprofit sources will require a strong partnership among the stakeholders; and
WHEREAS, the District is the major funder of this project and has the final decision to authorize District funding: now, therefore,
BE IT MOVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE KING COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT:
SECTION 1. The Flood Control District executive director is authorized to sign
the Memorandum of Understanding for the Lower Russell Road Levee Setback Project with the city of Kent, Attachment A to this motion.