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Clerk 11/09/2016

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A RESOLUTION relating to the operations and finances of the District, adopting the 2017 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 2017 budget of the District on November 7, 2016; and

                     WHEREAS, the board of supervisors ("Board") desires to adopt the District's 2017 budget; and

                     WHEREAS, by Ordinance 15728, the King County council adopted the District's initial comprehensive plan of development for flood and stormwater control, which is titled "2006 King County Flood Hazard Management Plan," and by Resolution FCD2011-05.1, the District Board amended the initial plan to include a project in the city of Seattle (collectively, the "District Comprehensive Plan"); 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 state whether the improvements are to be extended, enlarged, acquired or constructed; state that the comprehensive plan has been adopted; state that the improvements generally contribute to the objectives of the comprehensive plan; state that the improvements will benefit the county as a whole; state the estimated costs of the improvements; and identify the data supporting the estimated costs; and

                     WHEREAS, the District Board desires to approve improvements in the District's 2017 budget that are not in the District Comprehensive Plan, or that have been modified by the District's 2017 budget, 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 2017 Budget for the District, as set forth in Attachments A ("Work Program"), B ("Annual Budget"), C ("Annual Operating Budget"), D ("2017 Capital Budget"), E ("2017 - 2022 Capital Budget"), F ("2017 Annual District Oversight Budget"), G ("2017 Subregional Opportunity Fund Allocations") and H ("2017-2022 Capital Budget Project List"); provided that King County shall submit predesign 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 to the District executive committee thirty percent design project reports for authorization to proceed with sixty percent design.

                     SECTION 2.  The Board approves the extension, enlargement, acquisition or construction, as applicable, of the improvements that are included in the District Comprehensive Plan, that are included in the District Comprehensive Plan but have been modified by Attachments C, D and H to this resolution, or that are not included in the District Comprehensive Plan but are identified in Attachments C, D and H to this resolution (collectively, the "improvements").  The District Comprehensive Plan includes the streams or water courses upon which the improvements will be enlarged, extended, acquired or constructed.  The Board determines that the improvements generally contribute to the objectives of the District Comprehensive Plan and will be of benefit to the county as a whole.

                     SECTION 3.  The estimated costs of the improvements are stated in Attachments C, D and H to this Resolution and the supporting data for the estimated costs are on file with the director of the King County water and land resources division.

                     SECTION 4.  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 the King County water and land resources division.

                     SECTION 5.  The Board authorizes the executive committee to modify project budgets and schedules identified in Attachment H; provided that all changes must remain within the identified basin and overall basin budget allocation as identified in Attachments C and D.

                     SECTION 6.  Funds realized from the sales of the River's Edge property in the City of Kent which the County purchased on behalf of the District for the Briscoe Desimone Levee Setback Project shall be allocated to the Lower Russell Road Levee Setback Project.

                     SECTION 7.  Water and Land Resources Division is directed to identify financial and other barrier to participation in the District's Home Elevation Program, and to develop options and make recommendations to the District Executive Committee by March 31, 2017 for a pilot program to assist landowners with their financial participation in the District's home Elevation program taking into account public benefit, equity, and social justice.

                     SECTION 8.  The Board directs the Water and Land Resources Division to work with the King County Sheriff's Office King County Sheriff Marine Rescue Dive Unit to prepare an analysis of the level of effort and costs for services performed by the King County Sheriff Marine Rescue Dive Unit on behalf of the District including large wood investigations and response, river safety related to capital construction projects, inspections of flood facilities, and emergency response and rescues.  A report on these documented costs is due to the Executive Committee as part of the mid-year budget.

                     SECTION 9.  The Board authorizes up to $41,250 in the Water and Land Resources Division Operating Budget for marine equipment, boat engine or proportionate share of a new vessel for use by the King County Sheriff Marine Rescue Dive Unit in its performance of services on behalf of the District.

                     SECTION 10.  The Board directs the Water and Land Resources Division to provide written quarterly progress reports to the District Executive Committee on groundwater monitoring and technical studies of Government Canal in the vicinity of White River Estates in the City of Pacific.

                     SECTION 11.  The Board directs the District Executive Director to work with the Water and Land Resources Division to propose a budget development policy by March 31, 2017 for consideration by the District Board of Supervisors that will define the steps in the budget process for the mid-year and annual budget, the format for materials to be provided by Water and Land Resources to the District, the timetables for submittals, the reconciliation of the Flood District budget with the King County Executive's budget for the Division, and integration of the policy into the District's Operating Rules.

                     SECTION 12.  The Board directs the Water and Land Resources Division to prioritize the following capital projects for implementation in the 2017-2022 capital improvement program as a condition for using District funds to pay for six new capital project staff positions and one administrative position:  Flood damage repair projects; Jan Road Levee construction; Cedar River Trail Site "A" Repair; South 277th Revetment construction; Nintendo Levee Setback; Ribary Creek Construction; Tolt River Road Improvements (four sites), and a new capital project to be identified by the Board through the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Corridor Plan.

                     SECTION 13.  The Board directs the Water and Land Resources Division to provide a monthly report to the District Executive Committee on the status of recruitment and hiring of all vacant and newly authorized positions funded by the District.  If positions remain unfilled at the time of the mid-year budget in July 2017, the District may consider reallocating the Operating Budget to achieve project delivery goals through alternative contracting methods.

                     SECTION 14.  The Board directs the Water and Land Resources Division to provide a report to the District Executive Committee on strategies to mitigate flood hazards on the right bank of the Cedar River between River Mile 3.3 and 4.3 affecting the Maplewood neighborhood as part of the Cedar River Corridor Plan.

                     SECTION 15.  The District directs the Water and Land Resources Division to provide the District Executive Committee with a scope of work, schedule, and budget by March 31, 2017, for obtaining a General Programmatic Hydraulic Project Approval for large wood removal on the Cedar River.

                     SECTION 16.  Section 3.6 of the interlocal agreement between the District and King County provides that 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 executive director 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 Attachment D to this resolution.