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AGENDA BILL APPROVAL FORM
Agenda Subject:
Date:
Adoption of Resolution No. 4584, authorizing a grant
March 17, 2010
agreement between the City and the Washington State Recreation and
Conservation Office for the Fenster Levee Setback, Phase II project.
Department:Attachments:Budget Impact:
Planning and Development Attachment 1: Resolution No. 4584 $53,665 Sponsor Match
with Exhibit A – Salmon Project Sources:
Agreement, Fenster Levee Setback & Storm Funds: $35,000
Floodplain Restoration II Other Grant: $18,665
Administrative Recommendation:
Recommend adoption of Resolution No. 4584 authorizing execution
of grant agreement with Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office and acceptance of grant
funds for the design, permitting, and construction of the second phase of the Fenster Levee Setback.
Background Summary:
The City of Auburn and Water Resource Inventory Area 9 (WRIA 9) first identified the Fenster Levee
setback project on the Green River in Auburn as a priority salmon habitat project when developing the
WRIA 9 Salmon Habitat Plan in 2000. The City of Auburn applied for and received Salmon Recovery
Funding funds through the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office to complete Phase
I of the Fenster Levee setback project in 2006. The City of Auburn completed Phase I of the project in
2008 which involved approximately 700 feet of levee improvement, the placement of large woody
debris and rock armoring, and the planting of native riparian trees and shrubs. The City of Auburn
applied for Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office Salmon Recovery Funding Board
funds in 2009 in order to complete Phase II of the Fenster Levee setback project which will setback
an additional segment of levee immediately adjacent to the north of the first phase of the project near
River Mile 32 on the Green River. Project components include approximately 880 feet of levee
setback, re-attachment of a large forested swale to the river for off-channel habitat and fish refuge,
increased area for floodwater quieting and storage, removal of invasive plans, native plant
revegetation, and the installation of large woody debris at the toe of the new levee. This project will
allow for greater movement of the Green River during the winter high flow period and increased flood
storage, providing both greater protection of downstream property, and also refugia for threatened
salmon and steelhead on the Green River. The site for this phase of the project is adjacent to the
downstream end of an intact two-mile long riparian corridor along the Green River within the Fenster
Nature Park (Auburn) and the Auburn Narrows Natural Area (King County).
The City’s Fenster Levee Setback & Floodplain Restoration II project was approved for the full
funding request of $304,103 by the Salmon Recovery Funding Board on December 10, 2009. A grant
agreement from the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office was received by the City
on March 8, 2010. The grant has a local sponsor match requirement of $53,665 (15 percent). The
City has identified $35,000 in Storm Funds and $18,665 in other grant funds to make up this match
requirement. A budget amendment will be required for the reallocation $35,000 of City Storm Funds
and the allocation of the $304,103 in SRFB funds. King Conservation District has authorized
$200,000 for this project, a portion of which has been identified to be used for the $18,665 remainder
of the match requirement.
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Action:
Committee Approval: Yes No
Council Approval: Yes NoCall for Public Hearing__/__/____
Referred to _________________________________ Until ____/___/____
Tabled ______________________________________ Until___/___/____
Councilmember:Staff:
Norman Andersen
Meeting Date:
Item Number:
3/22/2010
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RESOLUTION NO.4584
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, AUTHORIZING
THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF AUBURN AND THE
WASHINGTON STATE RECREATION AND
CONSERVATION OFFICE FOR THE FENSTER
LEVEE SETBACK & FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION,
PHASE II PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Fenster Levee Setback is a project identified in the
Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed, Water Resource
Inventory Area 9, Salmon Habitat Plan, Making our Watershed Fit for a King,
dated August 2005 and ratified by the City Council of the City of Auburn (“City”)
by adoption of Resolution No. 3922 on October 17, 2005; and
WHEREAS, the City and King County Water and Land Resources
Division (WLRD) entered into an interlocal agreement for the performance of
work for the Fenster Levee Setback project as authorized by the Auburn City
Council by adoption of Resolution No. 4054 on July 17, 2006; and
WHEREAS, the City and King County WLRD have completed the
construction of setback levee improvements and habitat restoration as part of
Phase I of the Fenster Levee Setback project; and
Whereas, on November 17, 2008 the City Council adopted Resolution No.
4415 authorizing the City’s acceptance of a $130,000 grant from the King
Conservation District for the acquisition of the Smith Property which was identified
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as a critical segment of the Fenster Levee Setback project, and did subsequent
purchase the property, thereby completing City ownership of the proposed project
site; and
WHEREAS, Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office is a
State agency responsible for the administration of Salmon Recovery Funding
Board funds for salmon recovery projects; and
WHEREAS, the City has been awarded a Washington State Salmon
304,103
Recovery Funding Board grant in the amount of $for the design,
permitting, and construction of the Fenster Levee Setback, Phase II Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN,
WASHINGTON, HEREBY RESOLVES as follows:
Section 1.
The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute a Grant Agreement
between the City and Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office in the
total amount of $304,103, or such amount as may be awarded to the City under the
Grant Agreement, in substantial conformity with the agreement attached hereto,
marked as Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 2.
The Mayor is hereby authorized to implement such
administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry out the directions of this
legislation.
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Section 3.
That this Resolution shall take effect and be in full force upon
passage and signatures hereon.
Dated and Signed this _____ day of _________, 2010.
CITY OF AUBURN
PETER B. LEWIS
MAYOR
ATTEST:
______________________
Danielle E. Daskam,
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_____________________
Daniel B. Heid,
City Attorney
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