File #: FCD2017-05    Version: 1
Type: FCD Resolution Status: Passed
File created: In control: King County Flood Control District Executive Committee
On agenda: Final action: 8/21/2017
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: 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 accordance with the Flood Reduction Grants.
Attachments: 1. FCD2017-05 FINALpdf, 2. A. 2017 Flood Reduction Grant Recommendations

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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 accordance with the Flood Reduction Grants.

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                     WHEREAS, the King County Flood Control Zone District ("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, in 2014, the District created the Flood Reduction Grant fund to provide grant funding for projects with flood reduction benefits, including, but not limited to, surface water overflows, near shore flooding, lake flooding due to outflow blockage, or the clearance of clogged agricultural drainage systems, and

                     WHEREAS, the District desires to continue funding projects in the Flood Reduction Grant fund; and

                     WHEREAS, in establishing the District's 2017 budget, the District provided $3,391,700 in funding in the Flood Reduction Grant Fund; and

                     WHEREAS, a selection committee composed of the director of the water and land resources division of the King County department of natural resources and  parks, the District's executive director and a former Newcastle councilmember reviewed the 2017 applications for grant funds and made a recommendation regarding them to the District;

                     WHEREAS, the District's executive committee reviewed the selection committee's recommendations;

                     WHEREAS, based on the recommendation of the selection committee, as considered and modified by the District's executive committee, the board of supervisors desires to approve 2017 grant fund applications and projects; now, therefore

                     BE  IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE KING COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT:

 

SECTION 1.  The board of supervisors approves the 2017 King County Flood Reduction Fund Grant Projects described on Attachment A to this resolution.