Drafter
Clerk 07/27/2006
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to the dissolution of the West Lake Sammamish Flood Control Zone District and providing for distribution of its assets to the cities of Bellevue and Redmond through an interlocal agreement.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. Chapter 86.15 RCW provides for the creation of flood control zone districts by county legislative authorities.
2. The West Lake Sammamish Flood Control Zone District ("the district") was formed in April 1963 through adoption of Resolution 25759 by the King County board of commissioners.
3. When the district was originally created, most of its area was within unincorporated King County and under the political jurisdiction of King County.
4. The council of King County constitutes the board of supervisors of the district ("the board") in accordance with RCW 86.15.050.
5. The board in November 1964, through Resolution 28921, assessed a fee of three hundred dollars per developed acre within the district for developing properties that did not provide for storm water trunk lines, which are those storm water pipes that convey storm water from the perimeter of a platted property to the natural watercourse.
6. The development fees collected by the district were placed in a fund managed by the King County treasurer, and the funds were used to further the purposes of the district, including the construction and maintenance of a number of storm water control facilities. There remains a balance of approximately three hundred twenty-five thousand dollars in the district's fund.
7. Since the creation of the district, the cities of Bellevue and Redmond have annexed all of the area within the district. The cities of Bellevue and Redmond have storm water management regulations and programs that address storm water conveyance and have financing mechanisms to fund the programs.
8. The original purposes for which the district was established can now be satisfied by the storm water progra...
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