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The City of Seattle
Ordinance
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An ordinance relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Seattle Public Utilities, or designee, to execute an amendment to the interlocal agreement between Seattle Public Utilities and the King County Flood Control Zone District for the South Park Interim Flooding Preparedness and Response Program; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Seattle Public Utilities, or designee, to execute additional amendments to the interlocal agreement between Seattle Public Utilities and the King County Flood Control Zone District for the South Park Interim Flooding Preparedness and Response Program; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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The Duwamish River flooded the South Park neighborhood in December 2022 due to a combination of factors including higher-than-average tides, rain runoff, and melting snow, damaging local homes and businesses.
The South Park neighborhood, which is home to low-income, immigrant, refugee, and unsheltered people and is 74 percent people of color, has experienced previous flooding, as well as environmental and health damage due to historical inequities and industrial contamination.
The South Park neighborhood provides the bulk of the 6,400 jobs that are part of Seattle's Duwamish manufacturing/industrial center.
The King County Flood Control Zone District is a quasi-municipal corporation of the State of Washington, authorized to provide funding and support for flood risk reduction projects within King County.
Pursuant to Seattle Ordinance 127057, the City Council authorized the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Seattle Public Utilities (SPU), or designee, to enter into an interlocal agreement funding flood preparedness and emergency response in South Park and, accordingly, the King ...
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