Drafter
Clerk 08/29/2024
Title
A MOTION directing the development of a planning process for the Lower Green River Corridor Flood Hazard Management Plan based on the Final 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 ("Corridor"), and
WHEREAS, FCD Resolution 2016-05 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, FCD Motion 18-01 initiated the planning process for the Plan in accord with SEPA requirements, and it defined alternatives and flood facility project types, and
WHEREAS, FCD Motion 20-07 (Multibenefit Motion) 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, FCD Motion 21-03 revised the name of the Plan to the "Lower Green River Corridor Flood Hazard Management Plan" and directed that the PEIS evaluate three new alternatives, and
WHEREAS, while each of the three new alternatives evaluated substantially reduce flood risk in the Lower Green River, Alternative Three, the so-called Enhanced Systematic Implementation of Multibenefits Alternative policy framework and decision making h...

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