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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 Steve Bleifuhs Memorial Flood Reduction Grant Program.

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                     WHEREAS, the King County Flood Control Zone District ("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, in 2014, the District created the Steve Bleifuhs Memorial Flood Reduction Grant program 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, in 2020, the District expanded the Steve Bleifuhs Memorial Flood Reduction Grant program to provide grant funding for projects addressing the countywide flood issues of urban streams, coastal erosion/coastal flooding, and culvert replacement/fish passage restoration, and

                     WHEREAS, the District desires to continue funding projects in the Steve Bleifuhs Memorial Flood Reduction Grant Program, and

                     WHEREAS, in establishing the District's 2024 budget, the District provided $13,504,618 in funding in the Steve Bleifuhs Memorial Flood Reduction Grant Program, 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 state representative and Enumclaw city councilmember reviewed the 2024 applications for grant funds and made a unanimous recommendation regarding them to the District, and

                     WHEREAS, based on the recommendation of the selection committee, the board of supervisors desires to approve the 2024 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 2024 King County Flood

Control District - Steve Bleifuhs Memorial Flood Reduction Grant Projects, described in Attachment A to this resolution.