Drafter
Clerk 11/19/2007
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AN ORDINANCE creating the King County flood control operating contract fund and the King County flood control capital contract fund; amending Ordinance 12076, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.08.015 and adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 4.08.
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PREAMBLE:
Every year, King County faces threats from flooding, the impacts of which are far-reaching and pose significant threats to public health and safety and economic activities throughout the county.
The one hundred-year floodplain in King County covers more than twenty-five thousand acres or almost forty square miles. County flood protection facilities protect property with an estimated assessed valuation of more than seven billion dollars. The flood control needs in King County are described more extensively in the 2006 King County Flood Hazard Management Plan, adopted by Ordinance 15673 in January 2007.
One of the most fundamental functions of government is to protect citizens and public and private property from the ravages of natural disasters such as flooding.
Flood control needs exist throughout the county, and an integrated and coordinated approach is needed to effectively and efficiently address those needs to ensure that public safety and property are protected and our region's prosperity is sustained.
Pursuant to chapter 86.15 RCW, the metropolitan King County council created the countywide King County Flood Control Zone District in April 2007 to provide a comprehensive approach to flood protection.
Pursuant to chapter 86.15 RCW, the adopted 2006 King County Flood Hazard Management Plan constitutes the initial Comprehensive Plan for the King County Flood Control Zone District.
As part of the ordinance creating the King County Flood Control Zone District, an advisory committee was created in April 2007 to provide recommendations on the district's work plan and budget.
The King County Flood Control Zone District advisory committee met between May and ...

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