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A RESOLUTION relating to the operation and finances of the King County Flood Control Zone District, adopting the 2025 budget and authorizing improvements.

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                     WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 86.15.140, the King County Flood Control Zone District ("District") held a public hearing on the proposed 2025 budget of the District on November 12, 2024, and

                     WHEREAS, the board of supervisors ("Board") desires to adopt the King County Flood Control Zone District's 2025 budget, and

                     WHEREAS, by Ordinance 15728, the King County council adopted the District's initial comprehensive plan of development for flood and stormwater control, which is titled "2006 King County Flood Hazard Management Plan," and by Resolution FCD2011-05.1, the District Board amended the initial plan to include a project in the city of Seattle (collectively, "District Comprehensive Plan"), and

                     WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 86.15.110, the Board must approve by resolution all flood control and storm water control improvements, prior to the extension, enlargement, acquisition or construction of such improvements, and

                     WHEREAS, RCW 85.15.110, further provides that such approval resolution must state whether the improvements are to be extended, enlarged, acquired or constructed; state that the comprehensive plan has been adopted; state that the improvements generally contribute to the objectives of the comprehensive plan; state that the improvements will benefit the county as a whole; state the estimated costs of the improvements; and identify the data supporting the estimated costs, and

                     WHEREAS, the Board desires to approve improvements in the District's 2025 budget that are not in the District Comprehensive Plan, or that have been modified by the District's 2025 budget, in accordance with RCW 85.15.110;

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

                     SECTION 1.  The Board hereby adopts the 2025 Budget for the District, as set forth in Attachments A ("Work Program"), B ("2025 Annual Budget"), C ("2025 Annual Operating Budget"), D ("2025 Annual Capital Budget"), E ("2025 - 2030 Six-Year CIP"), F ("2025 Annual District Oversight Budget"), G ("2025 Subregional Opportunity Fund Allocations"), and H ("2025-2030 Six-Year CIP Project Allocations") to this resolution; provided that King County, or other jurisdictions contracted to implement projects, shall submit predesign reports for capital projects to the District executive director, and shall seek approval from the executive director of project charters.  Furthermore, King County and other service providers as appropriate shall provide to the District executive director thirty percent design project reports for authorization to proceed with sixty percent design, sixty percent design project reports for authorization to proceed to ninety percent design, and ninety percent design project reports for authorization to proceed to one hundred percent design.

                     SECTION 2.  The Board approves the extension, enlargement, acquisition, or construction, as applicable, of the improvements that are included in the District Comprehensive Plan, that are included in the District Comprehensive Plan but have been modified by Attachments C, D, and H to this resolution, or that are not included in the District Comprehensive Plan but are identified in Attachments C, D, and H to this resolution (collectively, "Improvements").  The District Comprehensive Plan includes the streams or water courses upon which the Improvements will be enlarged, extended, acquired, or constructed.  The Board determines that the improvements generally contribute to the objectives of the District Comprehensive Plan and will be of benefit to the county as a whole.

                     SECTION 3.  The estimated costs of the improvements are stated in Attachments C, D, and H to this resolution and the supporting data for the estimated costs are on file with the director of the King County water and land resources division.

                     SECTION 4.  For the improvements that will be constructed, preliminary engineering studies and plans either have been prepared or will be prepared, and have been filed or will be filed, with the director of the King County water and land resources division.

                     SECTION 5.  Section 3.6 of the interlocal agreement between the District and King County provides that King County shall notify the District executive director in writing if the county needs to modify or reprioritize capital projects.  King County's notifications to the District executive director should include information regarding variations within project budgets of more than twenty percent in the "acquisition,"

"design," "construction," "contingency" and "total" expenditure categories, shown on Attachment D to this resolution.