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A RESOLUTION relating to the Briscoe-Desimone levee improvement project on the Green River in the city of Kent, and authorizing the chair to enter into an agreement with the city of Kent.
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WHEREAS, the King County Flood Control Zone District ("District") desires to move forward on improvements to the Briscoe-Desimone levee on the Green River in the city of Kent; and
WHEREAS, construction of the levee improvement is intended to achieve levee certification on the Green River between river mile 14.3 to 17.0, right bank; and
WHEREAS, in the 2012 legislative session, the Washington state Legislature passed ESHB 6074 which appropriated $7,000,000 to the King County Flood Control Zone District ("District") for the Briscoe-Desimone levee improvement project (river mile 14.3 to 17.0, right bank); and
WHEREAS, by Resolution FCD2013-06 the District chair was authorized to enter into a Grant Agreement (No. G1300118) with the state Department of Ecology, relating to the use of the $7,000,000 funding authorized by ESHB 6074; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution FCD2013-02.2, the District commit to provide funding for levees at the four outside bends of the Green River between South 200th and South 180th Streets; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors desires to authorize the chair of the District to enter into an agreement between the King County Flood District and the city of Kent to outline the obligations and tasks of the respective jurisdictions for the implementation of the levee improvement described herein; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE KING COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT:
SECTION 1. The chair of the King County Flood Control Zone District is authorized to enter into the agreement between the city of Kent and the King County Flood Control District, Attachment A to this resolution.