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Clerk 11/07/2018
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A RESOLUTION relating to the operations and finances of the District, adopting the 2019 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 2019 budget of the District on November 5, 2018, and
WHEREAS, the board of supervisors ("Board") desires to adopt the District's 2019 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 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 Board desires to approve improvements in the District's 2019 budget that are not in the District Comprehensive Plan, or that have been modified by the District's 2019 budget, in accordance with RCW 85.15.110, and
WHEREAS, the District reaffirms its commitment to the effective and efficient implementation of capital projects by contracting with King County, as its primary service provider, and other jurisdictions when appropriate;
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 2019 Budget for the District, as set forth in Attachments A ("Work Program"), B ("2019 Annual Budget"), C ("2019 Annual Operating Budget"), D ("2019 Annual Capital Budget"), E ("2016 - 2024 Six-Year CIP"), F ("2019 Annual District Oversight Budget"), G ("2019 Subregional Opportunity Fund Allocations") and H ("2019-2024 Six-Year CIP Project Allocations"); provided that King County, or other jurisdictions contracted to implement projects, 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 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.
SECTION 6. The Board directs the District Executive Director to undertake a study examining how to increase efficiency and efficacy in flood control capital project planning, delivery and cost. The study shall include, but not be limited to, staffing analysis for District administration; a comparison of District capital project delivery with industry best practices and other nationwide flood control jurisdictions; an evaluation of the District's financial plan and a comparison to industry best practices, an analysis of capital project planning best practices; recommendations and options to increase efficiency and efficacy in capital project delivery.
SECTION 7. The Board directs the District Executive Director to develop a framework to communicate District priorities for the District's Cooperative Watershed Management (CWM) grant program prior each Water Resource Inventory Area's annual deliberation process for recommendations to the District for CWM grants.
SECTION 8. The Board directs the District Executive Director to develop a new District website.
SECTION 9. The Board directs the District Executive Director to work with King County water and land resources division to work with willing landowners to acquire the property necessary to complete a levee setback at the Gaco-Mitchell portion of the Tukwila 205 levee in Tukwila.
SECTION 10. 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.