Drafter
Clerk 05/24/2016
Title
A RESOLUTION approving an interlocal agreement with the City of Kent regarding design alternatives and property acquisition relating to the Milwaukee II Levee.
Body
WHEREAS, King County, through the water and land resources division of the department of natural resources and parks, as service provider to the King County Flood Control Zone District ("District") pursuant to an interlocal agreement operates and maintains a major portion of the Green River levee system; and
WHEREAS, the Milwaukee II Levee ("Levee") is a key part of the Green River levee system; and
WHEREAS, the District desires to improve the Levee ("the Project") to provide improved flood protection and scour protection, to enable certification and secure necessary land rights; and
WHEREAS, the District has included the Project in its CIP and budget, in a total amount of $8,500,000; and
WHEREAS, the city of Kent has agreed to construct the Project, in order to provide for the safety of residents and businesses that are protected by the Levee; and
WHEREAS, the District, King County and city of Kent ("the Parties") desire to construct the Project as soon as possible, with a goal of construction in 2017; and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to prepare an analysis and study of design and construction alternatives for the Project, and select a preferred alternative for recommendation to the District; and
WHEREAS, the Parties further intend that after the District selects a design for the Project, the Parties will negotiate and enter into an agreement regarding final design and construction of the Project, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE KING COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT:
Section 1. The board of supervisors approves the "Agreement Regarding Alternatives and Property Acquisition, Milwaukee II Levee Improvement Project, River
Mile 24.04 to 24.25, Right Bank", Attachmen...

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