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Feb. 27, 2004
Sims works with City of Kenmore to reduce flooding in Swamp Creek Basin
King County Executive Ron Sims today requested authorization to release $100,000 in Conservation Futures Tax funding for a project that will eliminate or reduce flooding for up to 20 properties in the City of Kenmore.
The King County Council approved the funding in 2002, but must authorize the executive to enter into an interlocal agreement with Kenmore. The funding will allow Kenmore to acquire an additional two parcels of riparian land located along 73rd Avenue Northeast that are key to the Swamp Creek Flood Reduction Improvement Project.
In 2001, King County provided $10.75 million through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to the City of Kenmore for the design and construction of flood reduction improvements in the Swamp Creek watershed. The MOA requires that these funds be used for specific flood reduction projects identified in the 1997 Swamp Creek Action Plan.
The purpose of the Swamp Creek Flood Reduction Improvement Project is to reduce flooding in the Swamp Creek Basin within the City of Kenmore. The improvements will eliminate or reduce flooding for approximately 15 to 20 properties, return Swamp Creek to a more natural condition, prevent flooding of a King County sanitary sewer trunk line, and reconstruct a portion of 73rd Avenue to its current minor arterial standards.
Related information: Sammamish Watershed
Updated: Feb. 27, 2004
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