File #: 2024-0278    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/17/2024 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 10/15/2024
Enactment date: 10/28/2024 Enactment #: 19835
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the imposition of a natural resource conservation rate and charge in the King Conservation District and authorizing the executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between King County and the King Conservation District.
Sponsors: Claudia Balducci
Indexes: Conservation District, Interlocal Agreement, rate
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 19835, 2. Att A - Amended and Restated ILA V2 Updated TOC, 3. A. ILA Between King County and the King Conservation District, Revised 9/24/2024, 4. Amendment 2024-0278 bar, 5. 2024-0278 transmittal letter, 6. 2024-0278 Fiscal Note (2025-2029), 7. 2025 KCD Rates and Charges Report, 8. Appendix A Technical Analysis, 9. KCD Proposed ILA Transmittal July 2024, 10. Resolutions 24-002-24-004, 11. 2024-0278 Legislative Review Form, 12. 2024-0278 ATT4 King Conservation District Resolution No. 2024-002, 13. 2024-0278 ATT5 King Conservation District Resolution No. 2024-003, 14. 2024-0278 ATT6 King Conservation District Resolution No. 2024-004, 15. 2024-0278 ATT7 King Conservation District Rates and Charges Update, 16. 2024-0278_REVISEDSR_KCD ILA 9-24-24
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to the imposition of a natural resource conservation rate and charge in the King Conservation District and authorizing the executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between King County and the King Conservation District.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The King Conservation District is a governmental subdivision of the state of Washington, organized under chapter 89.08 RCW to protect and conserve natural resources throughout King County except within the boundaries of the incorporated cities of Enumclaw, Federal Way, Milton, Pacific, and Skykomish.
B. RCW 89.08.405 authorizes a county legislative authority to approve by resolution revenues to a conservation district by fixing a system of rates and charges to fund conservation district activities and programs to conserve natural resources.
C. The King Conservation District provides the benefits of resource practices, programs and projects authorized by chapter 89.08 RCW available to all land owners or land occupiers within the district including but not limited to: soil conservation; measures to address property compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations, including Clean Water Act standards and Endangered Species Act requirements; aquatic and upland habitat protection and restoration, including technical assistance; National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit support; educational and demonstration projects; water quality monitoring; rain garden programs; invasive species programs; assistance relating to stewardship of working lands, such as agricultural and forest lands; assistance to farmers; assistance to county and municipal departments with water quality coordination and protections; coordination of intergovernmental partnerships to carry out joint projects, including the development and implementation of water quality and habitat protection projects; cost-sharing funding for sensitive area b...

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