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HomeMy WebLinkAboutITEM IV-A 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. Reviewed by Council & Committees:Reviewed by Departments & Divisions: Arts Commission COUNCIL COMMITTEES: Building M&O Airport Finance Cemetery Mayor Hearing Examiner Municipal Serv. Finance Parks Human Services Planning & CD Fire Planning Park Board Public Works LegalPolice Planning Comm. OtherPublic Works Human Resources Information Services 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 Page 2 of 2 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 ----------------------------- Resolution No. 4584 March 22, 2010 Page 1 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. ----------------------------- Resolution No. 4584 March 22, 2010 Page 2 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 ----------------------------- Resolution No. 4584 March 22, 2010 Page 3