HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 0127 - Construction of Flood and Drainage ControlRESOLUTION NO 127
WHEREAS, there is located in the Town of Tukwila large areas lying within
the flood plain of the Green River and,
WHEREAS, the completion of the Howard A. Hanson Dam for control of flood waters
having their origin in the upper reaches of the Green River drainage basin will
virtually remove the danger of devastating floods in the flood plain due to break-
ing or overtopping of principal dikes along the Green River and,
WHEREAS, as a result of this control and the regulation of flows in the main
river channel measures required to collect and dispose of surface drainage having
its origin in the lower Green River drainage basin become feasible and,
WHEREAS, the perfection and construction of such drainage collection and
disposal facilities is essential to the realization of optimum utilization of several
thousand acres of land in the Green River flood plain which will be subject to per-
iodic inundation and,
WHEREAS, parallel requirements for flood control and drainage works exist in
sections of the Green River flood plain outside the boundaries of the Town of Tuk-
wila and,
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Public Law 566 of the 83rd Congress, known as
'the WATERSHED PROTECTION AND FLOOD PREVENTION ACT, Federal asssitance can be made
available in planning. and financing the construction of the necessary flood control
drainage works,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
(1) That the Town of Tukwila will participate with other municipal cor-
porations having a common interest in the oonstructlon, operation and mainten-
ance of flood "and drainage control works in the flood plain of the Green River
in submission, through proper channels, of a jointly sponsored request for such
Federal assistance as can be provided under Public Law 566 in the development
and implementation of acarefully planned and integrated flood and drainage
control program meeting all major requirements and that such request shall be
in essence the same in form and content as the APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE IN
PLANNING AND CARRYING OUT YORKS OF IMPROVEMENT UNDER THE WATERSHED PROTECTION
AND FLOOD PREVENTION ACT and exhibits attached hereto and made a part hereof.
(2) That the Town of Tukwila shall incur no obligation for the expendi-
ture of funds until such time as a work plan defining the facilities to be con-
structed has been approved by the City Council. it is the intent of this Res-
olution, however, to express the willingness on the part of the City to partici-
pate within the limits of the availability of resources and applicable laws
in the proposed project to permit optimum utilization of the flood plain.
(3) That the Mayor and Town Engineer be authorized to take such action
as may be appropriate to effect necessary coordination with other sponsoring
agencies and to otherwise implement this Resolution.
(4) That the office of County Engineer be designated to receive all
correspondence or contracts pertaining to the attached application.
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PASSED BY THE TOWN WUNCIL this 16th day of May, 1960.
Approved as to form:
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APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 16th day of May, 1960.
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Mrs. Lois Newton, City Clerk
Charles 0. Baker, Mayor