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Clerk 09/29/2008
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A RESOLUTION relating to the Subregional Opportunity Fund, establishing an allocation process, eligibility criteria, and a mechanism for distributing the King County Flood Control Zone District's Opportunity Fund, and amending Resolution FCZD2007-03.2, section 11.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE KING COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The King County Flood Control Zone District was created by the King County Council in April 2007 by Ordinance 15728, which included the creation of a fifteen member advisory committee of elected officials to provide expert policy advice to the board of supervisors of the district on regional flood protection issues, and to review and recommend an annual work program and budget for the district, including capital improvement program projects and funding levels.
B. The board of supervisors seeks to address in an equitable manner flooding problems that occur along the mainstem rivers of King County including their major tributaries and flooding problems that occur in those jurisdictions that provide funding but which experience flooding unrelated to mainstem rivers and major tributaries.
C. In Resolution FCZD2007-03.2 the board of supervisors approved the district's 2008 annual work program and budget to support the 2008 budget and implement the 2008 work program. Ten percent of the district's revenues were allocated to an "opportunity fund" for addressing "subregional" flooding problems unrelated to main- stream river and major tributaries.
D. Resolution FCZD2007-03.2 further provided that the advisory committee develop a definition for "subregional" projects that qualify for the opportunity fund and provide a recommendation to the district regarding this matter.
E. In response to this directive, the advisory committee's 2008 agenda included discussions related to defining what types of flood protection projects co...
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