File #: 2006-0332    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/31/2006 In control: Growth Management and Natural Resources Committee
On agenda: 10/16/2006 Final action: 10/16/2006
Enactment date: 10/20/2006 Enactment #: 15614
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.
Sponsors: Jane Hague
Indexes: Bellevue, City of, Flood Control, Interlocal Agreement, Redmond, City of, Sammamish, City of
Attachments: 1. 15614.pdf, 2. 2006-0322 and 0333 press release.doc, 3. 2006-0332 and 2006-0333 Hearing Notice.docf, 4. 2006-0332 Fiscal Note.xls, 5. 2006-0332 Transmittal Letter.doc, 6. A. Interlocal Agreement between the West Lake Sammamish Flood Control Zone District, King County, Bellevue and Redmond to Abolish the West Lake Sammamish Flood Control Zone District, 7. Staff Report 9-26-06
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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