HomeMy WebLinkAbout430RESOLUTION NO. J-j.J tJ
WHEREAS, there is located in the City of Kent large areas
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lying within the flood plain of the Green River and,
WHEREAS, the completion of the Howard A. Hanson Dam for
contraol of flood waters having their origin in the upper reaches
of the Green River Drainage basin will virtually remove the
danger of devastating floods in the flood plain due to breaking
or overtopping of principal dikes along the Green River and,
WHEREAS, as a result of this control and the regulation of
flows in the main river channel measures required to collect
and dispose of surface drainage having its origin in the lower
Green River drainage basin become feasible and,
WHEREAS, the perfection and construction of such drainage
collection and disposal facilities is essential to the
realization of optimum utilization of several thousand acres of
land in the Green River flood plain which will be subject to
periodic inundation and,
WHEREAS, parallel requirements for flood control and drainage
works exist in sections of the Green River tlood plain outside
the boundaries of the City of Kent and,
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Public Law 566 of the 83rd
Congress, known as the WATERSHED PROTECTION AND FLOOD PREVENTION
ACT, Federal assistance can be made available in planning and
financing the construction of the necessary flood control and
drainage works,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
(1) That the City of Kent will participate with other
municipal corporations having a common interest in the
construction, operation and maintenance of flood and drainage
control works in the flood plain of the Green River in
submission, through proper channels, of a jointly sponsored
request for such Federal assistance as can be provided under
Public Law 566 in the development and implementation of a
carefully planned and integrated flood and drainage control
program meeting all major requirements and that such request
shall be in essence the same in form and content as the
APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE IN PLANNING AND CARRYING OUT WORKS
OF IMPROVEMENT UNDER THE WATERSHED PROTECTION AND FLOOD
PREVENTION ACT and exhibits attached hereto and made a part
hereof, it being understood that the statment of works of
improvement needed as set forth in Section 2 of Exhibit 11 A11
hereto are in no way to be considered as directory, or binding
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upon the appropriate Federal planning agency, but, both as
to the location and nature of improvements listed therein
should be considered only as possible improvements involved
in the total solution of the general watershed problem.
(2) That the Mayor and City Engineer be authorized to
take such action as may be appropriate to effect necessary
coordination with other sponsoring agencies and to
otherwise implement this Resolution.
(3) That the office of County Engineer be designated to
receive all correspondence or contracts pertaining to the
attached application.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this ~day of August, 1960.
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APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this ~c0day of August, 1960.
Approved as to form: