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A RESOLUTION relating to the operations and finances of the King County Flood Control Zone District, adopting the 2016 budget and authorizing improvements.

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WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 86.15.140, the King County Flood Control Zone District ("District") held a public hearing on the proposed 2016 budget of the District on November 16, 2015; and

WHEREAS, the board of supervisors ("Board") desires to adopt the District’s 2016 budget; and

WHEREAS, King County Ordinance 15728, which created the District, adopted the "2006 King County Flood Hazard Management Plan" ("District Comprehensive Plan") as the initial comprehensive plan for the District; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 86.15.110, the District Board must approve by resolution all flood control and storm water control improvements prior to the extension, enlargement, acquisition or construction of such improvements; and

WHEREAS, RCW 85.15.110 further provides that such approval resolution must (1) state whether the improvements are to be extended, enlarged, acquired or constructed, (2) state that the comprehensive plan has been adopted, (3) state that the improvements generally contribute to the objectives of the comprehensive plan, (4) state that the improvements will benefit the county as a whole, (5) state the estimated costs of the improvements and (6) identify the data supporting the estimated costs; and

WHEREAS, the District Board desires to approve improvements in the District’s 2016 budget that are not in the District Comprehensive Plan, in accordance with RCW 85.15.110; now, therefore

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE KING COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT:

                     SECTION 1.  The Board hereby adopts the 2016 budget for the District, as set forth in Attachments A ("2016 Work Program"), B ("2016 Annual Budget dated November 2, 2015"), C ("2016 Annual Operating Budget dated November 2, 2015"), D ("2016 Capital Budget"), E ("2016 - 2021 Capital Budget"),  F ("2016 Annual District Oversight Budget"), G ("2016 Subregional Opportunity Fund Allocations") and H ("2016-2021 Capital Budget Project List."), provided that King County shall submit pre-design reports for capital projects to the District executive director, and shall seek approval from the executive director of project charters.  Furthermore, King County shall provide the District executive committee with 30 percent design project reports for authorization to proceed with 60 percent design.

                     SECTION 2.  Prior to the expenditure of District funds on the project titled "WLFL 8 Porter Levee ERES" that is in the Green River Basin category, the District and the affected property owner must enter into an easement agreement.

SECTION 3.  The Board approves the extension, enlargement, acquisition or construction, as applicable, of the improvements that are not included in the District Comprehensive Plan and that are identified in Attachments C, D and H to this resolution and determines that such improvements generally contribute to the objectives of the District Comprehensive Plan and will be of benefit to the county as a whole.

SECTION 4.  The estimated costs of the improvements is stated in Attachments C, D and H to this resolution, and the supporting data for the estimated costs is on file with the director of King County water and land resources division.

SECTION 5.  For improvements that will be constructed, preliminary engineering studies and plans either have been prepared or will be prepared, and have been filed or will be filed, with the Director of King County Water and Land Resources Division.

                     SECTION 6.  The Board authorizes the Executive Committee to modify project budgets and schedules identified in Attachment H provided all changes remain within the identified basin and overall basin budget allocation as identified in Attachments C and D.

                     SECTION 7.  In accordance with the interlocal agreement between the District and King County, Section 3.5, King County shall notify the District Executive Director in writing if the County needs to modify or reprioritize capital projects.  King County’s notifications to the District should include information regarding variations within project budgets of more than twenty percent in the "acquisition", "design", "construction",

"contingency" and "total" expenditure categories, shown on Attachments D to this resolution.