File #: 2002-0309    Version:
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 7/8/2002 In control: Utilities Committee
On agenda: Final action: 7/29/2002
Enactment date: Enactment #: 11488
Title: A MOTION authorizing the executive to enter into a project cooperation agreement with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to address flood hazards in and around the city of Snoqualmie; and authorizing the executive to enter into an interlocal agreement with the city of Snoqualmie to share local sponsorship responsibilities under the project cooperation agreement.
Sponsors: Kathy Lambert
Indexes: Flood Control, Interlocal Agreement, Snoqualmie, City of
Attachments: 1. Motion 11488.pdf, 2. A. Interlocal Agreement between King County and the City of Snoqualmie for Cost Sharing of US Army Corps of Engineers Section 205 Snoqualmie River Flood Control Project, dated July 23, 2002, 3. Revised Staff Report , 4. 2002-0309 Transmittal Letter.doc, 5. A. Interlocal Agreement between King County and the City of Snoqualmie for Cost Sharing of US Army Corps of Engineers Section 205 Snoqualmie River Flood Control Project, 6. A. Interlocal Agreement between King County and the City of Snoqualmie for Cost Sharing of US Army Corps of Engineers Section 205 Snoqualmie River Flood Control Project dated July 23 2002, 7. B. Draft Project Cooperation Agreement between the Department of the Army and King County, 8. B. Draft Project Cooperation Agreement between the Department of the Army and King County, Washington for Construction of the Snoqualmie River Section 205 Flood Damage Reduction Project, 9. Snoqualmie 205 PCA Proposal Power Point, 10. Staff Report 7-23-02
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Clerk 07/25/2002
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A MOTION authorizing the executive to enter into a project cooperation agreement with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to address flood hazards in and around the city of Snoqualmie; and authorizing the executive to enter into an interlocal agreement with the city of Snoqualmie to share local sponsorship responsibilities under the project cooperation agreement.
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WHEREAS, flooding has severely and repeatedly damaged hundreds of homes and businesses within and around the city of Snoqualmie, which has the highest concentration of flood-prone structures in King County, and area flooding causes economic damages averaging more than one million six hundred thousand dollars per year, and
WHEREAS, King County has constructed and maintains levee systems to protect other flood-prone communities in the Snoqualmie River Basin, but study has shown that physical constraints in the Snoqualmie area prevent similar levee construction in that community, and
WHEREAS, in 1988 the United States Army Corps of Engineers ("USACE") proposed a channel widening/overbank excavation project along the Snoqualmie River to reduce the depth and frequency of flooding in and around the city of Snoqualmie, and this project would have disturbed one and eight-tenths miles of river channel and cleared seventy-one acres of riparian forest, creating unacceptable environmental impacts, and
WHEREAS, in 1989 King County adopted the Snoqualmie Valley Community Plan, which states that "achieving a long-term solution to flood damages within the city of Snoqualmie is one of King County's highest priorities for this planning area," and sets forth additional policy guidance as to how this solution should be achieved, and
WHEREAS, in 1993 King County adopted the Flood Hazard Reduction Plan ("FHRP"), which identified the flood problems in and around the city of Snoqualmie as a high priority, and recommended hydraulic studies to help narrow the scope of the...

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