District Type and District Type and Issues Issues

Identification Identification Chehalis River Basin Flood Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority Entity FormationAuthority Entity Formation

July 15, 2010July 15, 2010

Chehalis River Basin Flood District Formation

Meeting GoalsMeeting Goals

Select the approach for the Select the approach for the initial formation of a flood entityinitial formation of a flood entity

Present entity formation Present entity formation scheduleschedule

Define and refine key issuesDefine and refine key issues Discuss next stepsDiscuss next steps

Flood Control District orFlood Control District orFlood Control Zone Flood Control Zone

DistrictDistrict Chehalis River Basin Draft Chehalis River Basin Draft

Comprehensive Flood Hazard Comprehensive Flood Hazard Management Plan analyzed 7 Management Plan analyzed 7 organizational & funding structuresorganizational & funding structures

Recommended either a FCD or a FCZD Recommended either a FCD or a FCZD be selected by the Flood Authoritybe selected by the Flood Authority

Final decision will be made in the fall of Final decision will be made in the fall of 2011 by BCCs2011 by BCCs

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Flood Entity FormationFlood Entity Formation6/24/2010 Workshop 6/24/2010 Workshop

SummarySummary Flood Authority heard & discussed the Flood Authority heard & discussed the

pros & cons of FCDs and FCZDspros & cons of FCDs and FCZDs Flood Authority heard overview of breadth Flood Authority heard overview of breadth

of policy choices available for eitherof policy choices available for either Flood Authority provided feedback on the Flood Authority provided feedback on the

desirability of phasing the governance desirability of phasing the governance structure and financingstructure and financing

Consultant agreed to provide a phasing Consultant agreed to provide a phasing recommendation at the 7/15 meetingrecommendation at the 7/15 meeting

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Flood Entity Flood Entity RecommendationRecommendation

Recommend a basin-wide FCZD as Recommend a basin-wide FCZD as ultimate mechanismultimate mechanism

Recommend interim use of FCZD’s Recommend interim use of FCZD’s or Drainage Utilities within each or Drainage Utilities within each county as component members of a county as component members of a basin-wide interlocal entity basin-wide interlocal entity

Chehalis River Basin Flood District Formation

Flood Entity Flood Entity RecommendationRecommendation

Can form interim entity through Can form interim entity through Interlocal Agreement without need Interlocal Agreement without need for state legislationfor state legislation

Much more flexibilityMuch more flexibility Can meet the state deadline in 2011Can meet the state deadline in 2011 Can do in phasesCan do in phases Can improve relevant statutes Can improve relevant statutes

through state legislationthrough state legislation

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Flood Entity Flood Entity Recommendation: Recommendation:

GovernanceGovernance Create initial Entity as a Watershed Create initial Entity as a Watershed

Management Partnership (WMP) through Management Partnership (WMP) through Interlocal Interlocal

Parties include existing Lewis FCZD; new Parties include existing Lewis FCZD; new Grays Harbor FCZD; Thurston Drainage Grays Harbor FCZD; Thurston Drainage Utility or new Thurston FCZDUtility or new Thurston FCZD

Interlocal determines governance structureInterlocal determines governance structure Additional Parties could include the Additional Parties could include the

Chehalis Tribe and the StateChehalis Tribe and the State

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Flood Entity Flood Entity Recommendation: Recommendation:

Budget, Financing & Budget, Financing & BoundariesBoundaries Initial Regional Program Budget to include Initial Regional Program Budget to include

shared costs per ESA Adolfson Memo (date)shared costs per ESA Adolfson Memo (date) Interlocal to determine allocation of costsInterlocal to determine allocation of costs Revenues raised & contributed by each Revenues raised & contributed by each

PartyParty No bonding until major capital program No bonding until major capital program

approvedapproved Initial boundary: Thurston, Lewis and Grays Initial boundary: Thurston, Lewis and Grays

Harbor Counties within the Chehalis BasinHarbor Counties within the Chehalis Basin

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Flood Entity Flood Entity Recommendation: Recommendation: Options RetainedOptions Retained

Can request adjustments to state law for Can request adjustments to state law for multi-county FCZD governance structure to multi-county FCZD governance structure to replace Interlocal Agreementreplace Interlocal Agreement

Retains future public vote options: (1) Retains future public vote options: (1) future separately elected board, (2) future separately elected board, (2) bonding the capital programbonding the capital program

Retains capacity for future subzones within Retains capacity for future subzones within boundaryboundary

Retains ability to impose Retains ability to impose tax/assessments/rates tax/assessments/rates

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Flood Authority Flood Authority Provisional DecisionProvisional Decision

Should an interim entity be formed by Should an interim entity be formed by interlocal agreement to meet the June interlocal agreement to meet the June 2011 deadline?2011 deadline?

Should a Watershed Management Should a Watershed Management Partnership be the focus as the interim Partnership be the focus as the interim entity?entity?

Should options be retained for a multi-Should options be retained for a multi-county Flood District in future? county Flood District in future?

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Chehalis Entity Formation Chehalis Entity Formation ScheduleSchedule

Chehalis River Basin Flood District Formation

Chehalis River BasinChehalis River BasinEntity FormationEntity Formation

Issues?Issues?

Concerns?Concerns?

Questions?Questions?

Chehalis River Basin Flood District Formation

Chehalis River BasinChehalis River BasinEntity FormationEntity Formation

Next StepsNext Steps Date, Time & Location of Next Date, Time & Location of Next

MeetingMeeting Topics/AgendaTopics/Agenda AdjournmentAdjournment

Chehalis River Basin Flood District Formation