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Agenda Bill Master Report
File Number: AB2021-516
File ID:
AB2021-516
Version: 1
Status: Approved
File Created:
08/31/2021
Entered by: LCumming@co.whatcom.wa.us
Department:
Public Works
File Type: Resolution (FCZDBS) Requiring a Public Hearing
Department
Assigned to:
Council
Final Action: 09/28/2021
Agenda Date:
09/28/2021
Enactment#: RES 2021-040
Primary Contact Email: Sdraper@co.whatcom.wa.us
TITLE FOR AGENDA ITEM:
Resolution adopting the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Six -Year Water Resources
Improvement Program for the years 2022 through 2027 (Council acting as the Flood Control Zone
District Board of Supervisors)
SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:
Resolution by the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors adopting the
Six -Year Water Resources Improvement Progaram (WRIP) for 2022-2027. The adoption by
resolution is pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington (RCW 86.15.100)
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE FILE
Date: Acting Body:
Action:
Sent To:
09/14/2021 Council INTRODUCED FOR PUBLIC Council
HEARING
Aye: 7 Browne, Buchanan, Byrd, Donovan, Elenbaas, Frazey, and Kershner
Nay: 0
Absent: 0
09/28/2021 Council APPROVED
Aye: 7 Browne, Buchanan, Byrd, Donovan, Elenbaas, Frazey, and Kershner
Nay: 0
Absent: 0
Whatcom County Page 1 Printed on 913012021
Agenda Bill Master Report Continued (AB2021-516)
Attachments: Staff Memo, 2022-2027 WRIP Resolution, 2022-2027 WRIP Exhibit A, 2022-2027 WRIP Project
Narratives
Whatcom County Page 2 Printed on 913012021
PROPOSED BY: Public Works
INTRODUCED: 9/14/21
RESOLUTION NO. 2021-040
(A Resolution of the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District
Board of Supervisors)
WHATCOM COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT
SIX -YEAR WATER RESOURCES IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
FOR THE YEARS 2022 THROUGH 2O27
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 86.15.110, flood control or storm water control
improvements may be extended, enlarged, acquired, or constructed by a flood control zone
pursuant to a resolution adopted by its Board of Supervisors; and
WHEREAS, Whatcom County Public Works Department on behalf of the Whatcom
County Flood Control Zone District has prepared a Six -Year Water Resources Improvement
Program for adoption; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 86.15.120, the Supervisors shall hold a public hearing
prior to adopting the resolution; and
WHEREAS, the Six -Year Water Resources Improvement Program attached hereto as
Exhibit "A" has been reviewed and determined to be consistent with Whatcom County's
comprehensive plan and is consistent with the following plans:
• Lower Nooksack River Comprehensive Flood Hazard Management Plan,
October 1999
• Jones Creek Debris Flow Study, March 2004
• WRIA 1 Salmon Recovery Plan, October 2005
• Birch Bay Comprehensive Stormwater Plan, July 2006
• Lake Whatcom Comprehensive Stormwater Plan, March 2008
• Lake Samish Basin Comprehensive Stormwater Plan, July 2012
• Birch Bay Central North Subwatershed Master Plan, December 2013
• Birch Bay Central South Subwatershed Master Plan, January 2015
• Nooksack River System -Wide Improvement Framework, June 2016
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• Birch Point, Terrell Creek Urban Area, and Point Whitehorn Subwatershed
Master Plan, November 2016
• Lake Whatcom Comprehensive Plan: Stormwater Capital Program Update,
September 2017
• Lake Whatcom Management Program 2020-2024 Work Plan, July 2020; and
• Lake Whatcom East Geneva Subwatershed Master Plan, January 2021
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 86.15.110, the preliminary engineering studies for
constructed improvements are on file with the Whatcom County Public Works Department;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 86.15.110, the estimated cost of the acquisition or
construction of the improvement, together with supporting data, is included in the Six -Year
Water Resources Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, the improvements will benefit one or more flood control zones, subzones
and the county as a whole;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone
District Board of Supervisors as follows:
That the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Six -Year Water Resources
Improvement Program for the years 2022 through 2027, which is attached hereto as
Exhibit "A", is hereby adopted.
APPROVED this 28th day of septe
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APPROVE16 AS TO FORM:
Approved Via Email-CQ/LC 8/31/21
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Flood Control Zone District Board of
Supervisors
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Bar uchanan, Chair
Christopher Quinn, Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney — Civil Division
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