King County Flood Hazard Management Plan UpdateOverviewEvery five years King County is required to update the King County Flood Hazard Management Plan. The 2006 King County Flood Hazard Management Plan recommends contemporary flood risk reduction strategies to reduce flood risks to tens of thousands of people, billions of dollars in economic infrastructure and major transportation corridors. The update will cover emerging issues such as levee certification, vegetation management along rivers and considering social justice as well as review how projects are prioritized. Link to goals and objectives of the Plan. Click to enlarge diagram. 
Scope of workThe King County Flood Control Board of Supervisors approved Motion FCD11-03.1 that establishes the following scope of work for the update to the 2006 King County Flood Hazard Management Plan: - Update Flood and Channel Migration Hazard Information.
- Update Risk/Vulnerability Assessment, including economic impacts.
- Update Strategy and Action Plan for each basin.
- Prepare issue papers and decision documents to facilitate potential policy development and updates by the District on the following topics:
- Risk reduction standards, appropriate levels of flood protection for each river system, and integrated basin-wide action plans;
- Levee certification and accreditation;
- Levee vegetation and PL 84-99 participation;
- Coastal, small streams, and urban flooding;
- Social justice and outreach to vulnerable populations in high risk flood zones;
- Property acquisition and relocation approaches for residential and business properties;
- Capital project prioritization, sequencing approach, criteria, and scoring;
- Bioengineering; and
- Gravel removal and sediment management.
Preliminary update scheduleRevised March 23, 2012- September 2011 - Establish citizens committee.
- December 2011 - Begin citizens committee meetings.
- June 2012 - Revise risk assessment.
- June 2012 - Revise action plan.
- July 2012 - Prepare internal and citizens committee draft plan.
- September 2012 - Release draft public plan and hold public meeting(s). Issue SEPA and respond to public comments. Prepare transmittal plan.
- December 2012 - Transmit to King County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors and King County Council. Adoption by King County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors Board of Supervisors
Public meetings and notificationAll Citizen Committee meetings are open to the public and at least one general public meeting will be held in the spring of 2012. To be notified when the draft Plan is available for comments and a public meeting will be held, please email WLR-rivers@kingcounty.gov. King County Flood Control District annual reports
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