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A RESOLUTION relating to the operations and finances of the King County Flood Control Zone District; adopting the District's 2014 work program, budget, operating budget for King County, capital budget, six-year capital improvement program, oversight budget and opportunity fund project list, and authorizing improvements.
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WHEREAS, the Advisory Committee of the King County Flood Control Zone District ("District") has reviewed and recommended the District's proposed 2014 work program, budget, operating budget for King County, capital budget, six-year capital improvement program, opportunity fund project list, and management budget; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 86.15.140, the District held a public hearing on the proposed budget on October 28, 2013; and
WHEREAS, beginning in 2013, the District started to conduct corridor planning studies in five key river corridors, to better assess both current conditions and update capital program planning to reflect project needs in each corridor; and
WHEREAS, although the corridor planning studies are to be completed in 2014 and 2015, the early needs assessments performed for each corridor plan indicate that a much larger capital project need exists to address deficiencies that are now being identified, than had earlier been thought to be the case; and
WHEREAS, the early focus of the District capital program has been upon larger projects along the mainstem river corridors, and thus the capital needs for more localized flooding or surface water projects have largely been unmet; and
WHEREAS, the District seeks to rectify this unmet need, through a grant program that will focus upon localized flooding and surface water needs; and
WHEREAS, since its inception, the District has through the Subregional Opportunity Fund, provided a pro-rata funding for flooding-related capital projects and programs undertaken by each local jurisdiction within King County, equal to te...
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