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NO. 97 -314A
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Introduction
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Council /Hearing
Dept. Head: Jeff Monsen
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SUBJECT: Ordinance Establishing a Flood Control Zone District Sub -Zone in the Sumas /Nooksack/Everson area.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Cover letter
2. Ordinance
SUMMARY STATEMENT.- Please complete sections of box as appropriate & explain the item below.
Related County contract //:
Should Clerk schedule a hearing? NO / / YES /x / Requested date:
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Is it (or will it be) within budget? YES /. / NO/ / (Please explain below)
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,rr"TMMARY: RCW 86.15.025 authorizes the Division of the County -wide Flood Control Zone District into
�arately designated sub - zones, and authorizes the establishment of such sub -zones by Resolution of the Council.
Residents of the area have. requested the creation of a Flood Control sub -zone district and the Flood Control Zone
District Advisory Committee has officially endorsed formation of said sub -zone.
ORIGINATOR'S RECOMMENDED ACTION: Recommend approval
COMMITTEE ACTION TAKEN.
COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN:
1997-314 A 9/9/97: Introduced
9/23/97: Adopted 7 - 0. Ord. #97 -051
Related File Numbers: Ordinance or Resolution Number (this item only):
Cord. 97-05(
1 SPONSORED BY: Public Works, Engineering
2 PROPOSED BY: Edwin R. Henken
3 INTRODUCTION DATE: 9/9/97
1 ORDINANCE NO. 97 -051
2 ESTABLISHING A FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT SUB -ZONE
3 WHEREAS, RCW 86.15.025 authorizes the division of the County -wide Flood Control
4 Zone District into separately designated sub - zones; and
5 WHEREAS, RCW 86.15.025 authorizes the establishment of such sub -zones by
6 resolution of the Council and further states that RCW 86.15.020 and 86.15.030 do not apply to
7 the establishment of such sub - zones; and
8 WHEREAS, the draft Comprehensive Flood Hazard Management Plan for the Lower
9 Nooksack River recommends the formation of sub -zones in certain reaches and flood areas, and
10 WHEREAS, residents of the Sumas /Nooksack/Everson area have requested the formation
11 of such a sub -zone; and
12 WHEREAS, the Flood Control Zone District Advisory Committee has officially endorsed
13 formation of said sub -zone; and
4 WHEREAS, a map and legal description of said Sumas /Nooksack/Everson sub zone is
6 included in this Ordinance as Attached Exhibit "A ".
16 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, by the County Council that the
17 Sumas /Nooksack/Everson Sub -zone of the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District is
18 hereby established.
19 ADOPTED this 23 day of Septembg1997.
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21 ATTEST:
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23 'Dana-Brfown- Davis, Council Clerk
24 APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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26 Civil Deputy Prosecutor
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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Ward Nelson, douncil Chair
( Approved O Denied
Pete Kremen, Executive
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MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION
SUMAS, NOOKSACK, EVERSON SUB -ZONE
SUMAS, NOOKSACK, EVERSON SUBZONE
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
A subzone district comprised of all or part of sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16,
17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29, 30,3t and 32 of Township 39 North, Range 4 East of W.M.
AND all or part of sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23,
24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 of Township 40 North, Range 4 East of
W.M.
AND all or part of sections 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 of Township 41 North, Range 4 East of
W.M.
AND all or part of sections 1, 2, 11, 12 and 13 of Township 40 North, Range 3 East of W.M.
AND all or part of sections 35 and 36 of Township 41 North, Range 3 East of W.M.
AND all or part of sections 19, 30 and 31 of Township 40 North, Range 5 East of W.M.
AND all or part of sections 6 and 7 of Township 39 North, Range 4 East of W.M.
AND all or part of section 1, Township 39 North, Range 3 East of W.M.
AND section 36, Township 40 North, Range 3 East of W.M. the perimeter of said district more
particularly described as follows:
commencing at the intersection of Mission Road and SR 542 at the Southwest corner of section
6, T39N, R4E and being the true point of beginning; thence North along the range line, 6 1/2
miles, to intersect the abandoned Burlington Northern Railroad right of way; thence Northerly,
on a curve to the right, along said right of way, to the East line of section 36, T40N, R3E; thence
continuing North, along the range line, 2 1/4 miles, to the Southeast corner of section 13, T40N,
R3E; thence west, 1/2 mile, to the South quarter corner of said section 13; thence North, 1/2
mile, to the center of said section 13; thence West, 1/2 mile, to the West quarter corner of said
section 13; thence North, 1/2 mile, to the Southeast corner of section 11, T40N, R3E; thence
West, 1/2 mile, to the South quarter corner of said section 11; thence North, 1/2 mile, to the
center of said section 11; thence West, 1/2 mile to the West quarter corner of said section 11;
thence North, along section lines, 2 1/8 miles, to the Northwest corner of fractional section 35,
T41N, R3E, and the international boundary; thence East, 7 3/8 miles, along said boundary, to the
right or Easterly bank of the Sumas River; thence Southerly 1 1/4 miles, to the South line of
fractional section 36, T41N, R4E; thence West, 3/8 mile, to the Northwest corner of section 1,
T40N, R4E; thence South, along section lines, 3 miles, to the Southwest corner of section 13,
T40N, R4E; thence East, 1 mile, to the Southeast corner of said section 13; thence North, 200
feet, more or less, to the Southwest corner of section 18, T40N, RSE; thence East, one mile, to
the Northeast corner of section 19, T40N, RSE; thence South, 1 mile, to the Southeast corner of
said section 19; thence West, 1/2 mile, to the South quarter corner of said section 19; thence
South, 1 1/2 miles, to the center of section 31, T40N, RSE; thence West, 1/2 mile, to the West
quarter corner of said section 31; thence South, 1 1/4 miles, to the Northeast corner of the
Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of section 1, T39N, R4E; thence West, 1/2 mile, to the
Northeast corner of the Southeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of said section 1; thence
South, 1/4 mile, to the South quarter corner of said section 1; thence West, 1/2 mile, to the South
west corner of said section 1; thence South, 2 miles, to the Northeast corner of section 23, T40N,
R4E; thence West, 1 mile, to the Northwest corner of said section 23; thence South, 1/2 mile to
the West quarter corner of said section 23; thence West, one mile, more or less, to the existing
Burlington Northern Railroad; thence Northwesterly along said railroad, 1/4 mile, to intersect the
North line of the South half of the Northeast quarter of section 21, T39N, R4E; thence West, 1/4
mile, to the Easterly or right bank of the Nooksack River; thence southerly, along said right bank,
one mile, more or less, to SR 542; thence Southwesterly along said SR 542, 3 miles, to the South
line of section 6, T38N, R4E; thence West, 1/4 mile to the Southwest corner of said section 6
and the true point of beginning.
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Flood Control Zone District
Sumas, Nooksack, Everson Sub -zone