Drafter

Clerk 06/03/2024

Title

A MOTION accepting the Lower Green River Corridor Flood Hazard Management Plan Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.

Body

                     WHEREAS, The King County Flood Control District ("District") desired to conduct a corridor-wide analysis of the cumulative impacts and benefits of possible flood reduction activity in the Lower Green River Corridor and

                     WHEREAS, Resolution FCD2016-05 directed the preparation of a work plan for a Lower Green River Corridor Flood Hazard Management Plan ("Plan") and for a State Environmental Policy Act ("SEPA") Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement ("PEIS") for the Plan, and

                     WHEREAS, Resolution FCD2016-04 designated the District executive director or designee as the District's SEPA Responsible Official ("SRO"), and

                     WHEREAS, Motion FCD18-01 initiated the planning process for the Plan in accord with SEPA requirements, and it defined alternatives and flood facility project types, and

                     WHEREAS, the SRO initiated scoping of three alternatives in 2019 and received comments on those alternatives, and

                     WHEREAS, FCD20-07 reaffirmed the District's commitment to integrated floodplain management and a set of multibenefits and convened a committee of governments and interested parties to advise the District on flood management on the Lower Green River.  The multibenefits are as follows:  equity and social justice, environmental justice, habitat protection and salmon recovery, jobs and sustainable livelihoods, open space conservation, productive and viable agriculture, recreation and other opportunities to connect people to nature, resilient communities and ecosystems, sustainable and clean water, and sustainable development, and

                     WHEREAS, Motion FCD21-03 revised the name of the Plan to the "Lower Green River Corridor Flood Hazard Management Plan" and directed the SRO to develop and evaluate three new alternatives incorporating the mulitibenfits, and

                     WHEREAS, the SRO initiated an additional scoping comment period on the three new alternatives to be evaluated in the PEIS and prepared a Draft PEIS issued in December 2022.  The Draft PEIS had an extended comment period of six months closing on June 20, 2023, and

                     WHEREAS, the SRO issued the Final PEIS on April 30, 2024, without choosing a preferred alternative;

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE KING COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT:

                     The District accepts the Final Lower Green River Corridor Flood Hazard Management Plan Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.