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File #: AB2022-265    Version: 1
Type: Contract (FCZDBS) Status: Authorized by Consent
File created: 4/25/2022 In control: Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee
On agenda: 5/10/2022 Final action: 5/10/2022
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Request permission for the County Executive to enter into a Shorelands Floodplain by Design Agreement with the State of Washington Department of Ecology (Council acting as the Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)
Indexes: FbD, FCZD, Flood, Floodplains by Design, Grant, Grant Agreement
Attachments: 1. Memo, 2. Proposed Agreement, 3. Contract #202205009
Department Public Works Department

Primary Contact Email:    sdraper@co.whatcom.wa.us

 

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Request permission for the County Executive to enter into a Shorelands Floodplain by Design Agreement with the State of Washington Department of Ecology (Council acting as the Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)

 

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This grant provides $6,320,000 in Floodplain by Design funding to advance three capital projects in the FCZD flood hazard reduction program and supports the Nooksack Indian Tribe for the Fish Camp integrated flood reduction project.  This grant will also acquire key floodplain land and support agricultural, tribal, and small citites in participating in the Floodplain Integrated Planning (FLIP) process.  This grant requires a 20% match ($1,580,000) for a total project cost of $7,900,000



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