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AN ORDINANCE approving the grant funding allocation for the projects funded through the WaterWorks grant program, Round 3, in accordance with the 2017-2018 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 18409, Section 113 and Ordinance 18261.

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STATEMENT OF FACTS:

1.  Ordinance 18031, amended by Ordinance 18261, 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.  The 2017-2018 Biennial Budget Ordinance 18409, Section 113 appropriated funding for the WaterWorks grant program.

3.  Attachment A to Ordinance 18261 contains the implementation guidelines for the WaterWorks grant program, including the project criteria, eligibility, project selection process and administration of grants.  The implementation guidelines provide for a grant ranking committee to review, rank and recommend projects for funding and for the wastewater treatment division of the department of natural resources and parks to administer and staff the program.

4.  As described in Attachment A to Ordinance 18261, projects approved for funding must meet eligibility criteria for water quality improvements, and the grant ranking committee is to review, rank and recommend to the King County executive the projects to be approved for funding, based upon the eligibility criteria and ability of the applicants to demonstrate water quality benefits and implementation strength.

5.  The grant ranking committee convened seven times in 2017 and 2018 to review and rank grant proposals, and has recommended funding for the projects listed in section 1 of this ordinance, based upon the eligibility criteria, water quality benefits and implementation strength.

                     BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:

                     SECTION 1.  The King County council authorizes the funding of WaterWorks projects for Round 3, 2017, totaling $1,860,000, as follows:

                     A.  EarthCorps:  $30,000 for "Sharing Our Resources for the Duwamish";

                     B.  Nature Vision:  $39,622 for "Water Quality Education and Stewardship Project";

                     C.  City of Seattle:  $100,000 for "EnviroStars Business Outreach and Technical Assistance Support for Water Quality Actions";

                     D.  EarthCorps:  $25,000 for "Duwamish River Stewards";

                     E.  Trout Unlimited:  $151,062 for "Lower Laughing Jacobs Creek Channel and Water Quality Restoration Feasibility Study";

                     F.  World Relief:  $144,227 for "Hillside Paradise Parking Plots Community Garden";

                     G.  Tilth Alliance:  $150,000 for "Soil and Water Stewardship Training Program";

                     H.  United Indians of All Tribes:  $59,000 for "Labateyah Native Water Stewards";

                     I.  Forterra:  $89,543 for "Green Buffers to Clean the Green";

                     J.  National Audubon Society:  $29,500 for "Clean Water for the Birds: Education & Restoration at Seward Park";

                     K.  Pacific Marine Research:  $35,000 for "Marine Science Afloat";

                     L.  Seattle Parks Foundation:  $100,000 for "Duwamish Valley Green Connections";

                     M.  City of Redmond:  $20,000 for "Public Outreach Truck Wraps - City of Redmond";

                     N.  National Wildlife Federation:  $55,000 for "Water-wise Habitat Stewards Trainings and Demonstration Gardens Education and Action";

                     O.  Environmental Coalition of South Seattle:  $60,000 for "Environmental Stewards";

                     P.  University of Washington Green Futures Research and Design Lab:  $236,000 for "The Sweetgrass Shoreline Restoration Project";

                     Q.  Pacific Science Center:  $97,381 for "Lake Washington Watershed Internship Program";

                     R.  Puget Soundkeeper:  $67,500 for "Lost Urban Creeks Community Education and Revitalization Project";

                     S.  City of Kent:  $125,000 for "Downey Farmstead Contaminated Soil Removal";

                     T.  Zero Waste Washington:  $108,000 for "Plastic Pollution Youth-Created Videos, Outreach and Education in the Duwamish Valley and Beyond";

                     U.  Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides:  $24,962 for "Raindrops to River King County";

                     V.  City of Shoreline: $63,203 for "NE 148th Street Infiltration Facilities"; and

                     W.  Na'ah Illahee Fund: $50,000 for "Yahowt Permaculture Water Project."