File #: 2025-0276    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/9/2025 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 10/7/2025
Enactment date: 10/20/2025 Enactment #: 19981
Title: An ORDINANCE approving the grant funding allocation for the council-designated projects funded through the WaterWorks grant program, for the 2025 cycle, in accordance with Ordinance 18031, Section 1 as amended, and the 2025 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Section 114, as amended by Ordinance 19956, Section 59.
Sponsors: De'Sean Quinn
Indexes: Budget, Grants, WaterWorks
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 19981, 2. 2025-0276_REVISED_SR_WaterWorks 9-23-2025, 3. 2025-0276 ATT2 Amd 1 WaterWorks bar, 4. 2025-0276 ATT3 Amd 2 WaterWorks bar, 5. 2025-0276 ATT4 Title Amendment bar, 6. 2025-0276_SR_WaterWorks
Drafter
Clerk 09/23/2026
Title
An ORDINANCE approving the grant funding allocation for the council-designated projects funded through the WaterWorks grant program, for the 2025 cycle, in accordance with Ordinance 18031, Section 1 as amended, and the 2025 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Section 114, as amended by Ordinance 19956, Section 59.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. Ordinance 18031, Section 1, as amended by Ordinance 18261, Section 1, established the grant award criteria and process for the WaterWorks grant program in accordance with the 2015-2016 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17941, Section 110, Proviso P2.
2. Attachment A to Ordinance 18261 contains the implementation guidelines for the WaterWorks grant program, including the project criteria, eligibility, and administration of grants.
3. As described in Attachment A to Ordinance 18261, projects approved for funding must meet eligibility criteria for water quality improvements.
4. The 2025 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Section 59, as amended by Ordinance 19956, Section 59, appropriated funding for the WaterWorks grant program.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The King County council authorizes funding of WaterWorks projects recommended by the council for the 2025 cycle, totaling $1,674,967 as follows:
A. Beavers Northwest: $39,000 for "Urban Beavers and Water Quality Volunteer Program";
B. Bellevue College: $50,000 for "Coal Creek Stormwater System Phased Design and Build Stage 1";
C. Cascadia College: $35,000 for "Cascadia College Stormwater and Wetland Community Education";
D. City of Covington: $80,392 for "170th Place SE Water Quality Retrofit Project";
E. City of Kent: $71,000 for "Kent Lakes Water Quality Monitoring 2026-2027";
F. City of Maple Valley: $80,392 for "Witte Road SE Green Stormwater Infrastructure Improvements";
G. Clean Lake Union: $49,234 for "Eastern Avenue and Fremont Bridge Bioswales";
H. Earthcorps a...

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