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A RESOLUTION relating to the King County Flood Control Zone District property tax levies for collection in 2014; authorizing a property tax levy increasing property tax revenue to implement the District's 2014 work program; and protecting a portion of the District's property tax levy from proration under RCW 84.52.815.
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WHEREAS, 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; and
WHEREAS, the one hundred-year floodplain in King County covers more than twenty-five thousand acres or almost forty square miles and more than 500 flood protection facilities throughout the County protect property with an estimated assessed valuation of more than $7 billion; and
WHEREAS, flood control facilities provide vital protection to the regional economy; and
WHEREAS, 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; and
WHEREAS, beginning in 2013, the District started to conduct corridor planning studies in five key river corridors, to better assess both current conditions and update capital program planning to reflect project needs in each corridor; and
WHEREAS, although the corridor planning studies are to be completed in 2014 and 2015, the early needs assessments performed for each corridor plan indicate that a much larger capital project need exists to address deficiencies that are now being identified, than had earlier been thought to be the case; and
WHEREAS, the early focus of the District capital program has been upon larger projects along the mainstem river corridors, and thus the capital needs for more localized flooding or surface water projects have largely been unmet; and
WHEREAS, the District seeks to rectify this unmet need, through a grant progra...

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