14-020 - City of Kent - Briscoe-Desimone Levee Repair

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FCD Resolution 130 5. King County as the District's service provider will provide the 131 District with timely technical assistance in reviewing plans submitted to the District by 132 the City. 133 SECTION 5. The District shall provide funding for inspections, operations and 134 maintenance on the Briscoe - Desimone levee. King County, as the District's service provider, 135 shall inspect, maintain and repair the Briscoe - Desimone levee. 136 SECTION 6, The District will ensure that public safety plans are in place, 137 including annual outreach to residents and workers along the Green River, as well as 138 other basins in King County. The District will make these plans a priority in the 139 District's 2014 budget. 140 SECTION 7. The District will encourage all businesses and residents in low - 141 lying areas near rivers, regardless of levee accreditation, to purchase flood insurance. 142 SECTION 8. The conditions along the South 200th Street to South 180th Street South 143 corridor in the cities of Kent and Tukwila represent a unique set of circumstances in King 144 County. The approval of the use of flood walls in this location does not set a precedent for their 145 use in other parts of the County or the Green River corridor, nor should this limited use be 146 considered a departure from the District's intent of setting back levees where appropriate. 147 SECTION 9. The District hereby directs District staff to work with King County to 148 develop a funding strategy for consideration by the District using bond financing to accelerate 149 high- priority flood protection projects throughout the county that are not fully funded through 150 pay -as- you -go implementation of the District's capital improvement program. This strategy 151 should consider the long -term financial stability of the Flood Control District, the ability to 152 commit Flood District revenue to pay necessary debt service over the life of the bond, the 7