Drafter

Clerk 08/20/2024

Title

A RESOLUTION approving an Interlocal Agreement with the City of Seattle regarding the South Park Interim Flooding Preparedness and Response Program.

Body

                     WHEREAS, the Duwamish River, located in the City of Seattle, flooded the South Park neighborhood in December 2022, damaging local homes and businesses, and

                     WHEREAS, the flooding was caused by a combination of factors including higher-than-average tides, rain runoff, and melting snow, and

                      WHEREAS, before December 2022, the South Park neighborhood experienced previous flooding, as well as environmental and health damages due to historical inequities and industrial contamination, and

                     WHEREAS, the South Park neighborhood is home to low-income, immigrant, refugee, and unsheltered people and is 74 percent people of color, and

                     WHEREAS, a significant portion of the 6,900 jobs in the South Park neighborhood are in the industrial area (in the Greater Duwamish MIC), and

                     WHEREAS, the King County Flood Control District ("District") and the City of Seattle desire to create a South Park Interim Flooding Preparedness and Response Program ("Project"), and

                     WHEREAS, the District allocated $1,551,000 in its 2023 mid-year budget and increased the allocation by $490,000 in its 2024 CIP and budget, for a total amount of $2,041,000, and

                     WHEREAS, the City of Seattle has agreed to serve as the District's service provider for the Project;

                     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 "Interlocal Agreement for the South Park Interim Flooding Preparedness and Response Program" between the King

County Flood Control Zone District and the City of Seattle, Attachment A to this resolution, and authorizes the chair to sign the agreement.