File #: 2004-0164    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 4/5/2004 In control: Natural Resources and Utilities Committee
On agenda: Final action: 5/17/2004
Enactment date: 5/27/2004 Enactment #: 14908
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing an interlocal agreement between King County, the city of Des Moines, the city of SeaTac, the Port of Seattle and the Washington state Department of Transportation for construction and operation of the Des Moines creek restoration projects.
Sponsors: Julia Patterson
Indexes: Creek, Des Moines, City of, Sea-Tac, City of, Washington, State of
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 14908.pdf, 2. 2004-0164 Des-Moines_KC-council.ppt, 3. 2004-0164 Fiscal Note.xls, 4. 2004-0164 Staff Report Des Moines Creek Basin Interlocal Agreement.doc, 5. 2004-0164 Transmittal Letter.doc, 6. A. Des Moines Creek Restoration Projects Interlocal Agreement
Staff: Reed, Mike
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Clerk 03/25/2004
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing an interlocal agreement between King County, the city of Des Moines, the city of SeaTac, the Port of Seattle and the Washington state Department of Transportation for construction and operation of the Des Moines creek restoration projects.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The city of Des Moines, the city of SeaTac, the Port of Seattle and the Washington state Department of Transportation ("parties") have jurisdiction and/or public service provision responsibilities within the Des Moines creek basin ("basin"), which contains an extensive natural resource system including streams, lakes, and wetlands worthy of restoration and protection to promote water quality, fish habitat, recreation and flood storage values in the basin.
B. Existing development in the basin has resulted in conditions, including drainage and water quality problems, flooding, erosion and fish habitat degradation, that threaten the stability and function of the basin's natural resource system.
C. The parties wish to address these conditions basin-wide and recognize that cooperative effort is the most effective and efficient way to protect the basin's natural resource system and to address surface-water-related problems across jurisdictions.
D. The parties have worked through a series of interlocal agreements as the Des Moines creek basin committee to jointly address stream issues and to develop the Des Moines Creek Basin Plan ("basin plan").
E. The basin plan, which was completed in 1997 and endorsed by the parties, identified the construction of a series of capital projects as the most effective and efficient means to address drainage and stream flow issues and improve water quality and fish habitat in the basin.
F. The parties have worked cooperatively to prepare designs and environmental and permitting documentation for the projects and now propose, pending granting of...

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