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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4300A. The drainage area lies mostly within the boundaries of the area on West Hill recently annexed to the City of Auburn and is within the drainage basin area that contributes surface water flows into Mill Creek tributaries 0045, 0047, 0048 and 0053; B. Unincorporated King County records demonstrate a long history of surface water complaints and problems within the subject area; C. King County has conducted a detailed analysis identified as the Mullen Slough Capital Improvement Project Study and Action Plan identifying chronic flooding within the drainage basin, due to a lack of conveyance capacity caused by increased runoff from development and aggradation of sediments in the valley floor channels; D. Development in the subject area has resulted in increased storm water runoff from those developed properties and has created chronic flooding throughout the subject area; E. RCW 35A.63.220 establishes a process whereby the City can establish a moratorium; F. Approval of applications for building permits and land use applications that would result in increased impervious surfaces or for grading activities that would result in the removal of vegetation and other earth manipulating activities that would likely exacerbate identified drainage problems; G. The City.of Auburn finds that it is in the public interest to enact a moratorium in order to allow adequate time to identify resources to regulate the land use in the Drainage Area Contributing Surface Flows to Mill Creek Tributaries 0045, 0047, 0048 and 0053, as identified by King County and as defined herein, so that the City will be ----------------- Resolution No. 4300 January 22, 2008 Page 2 of 4 Section 6. Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effect and be in full force upon adoption. PASSED by the City Council this ~~`~ day of ~n,ti~ 2008. ., ~w ~ ~-~ y/ Peter .Lewis, Mayor Attest: ~~~~ Danielle Daskam, City Clerk as to Form: Jgs`eph N. Beck, Assistant City Attorney ----------------- Resolution No. 4300 January 22, 2008 Page 4 of 4