2014

WRIA 9 Capital Project

Priorities and Budgets

Decision Items

•Approve 2014 WRIA 9 SRFB

Habitat Project Priorities & Budget

•Approve 2015-2017 PSAR Large

Capital Project Priorities

•Approve 2014 WRIA 9 CWM Habitat

Capital & Program Budget

Salmon Recovery Funding Board

Project Criteria • WRIA 9 Salmon Habitat Plan Policy MS-1: 40% Transition Zone

30% Rearing Habitats (Middle Green, Lower Green, Duwamish and Marine Nearshore)

30% Spawning Habitats • Previous projects move forward • Portfolio of projects in different phases

• Coordination with other grant funding sources

Salmon Recovery Funding

Board Project Selection Process

1. WRIA 9 Salmon Habitat Plan

2. WRIA 9 Prioritization Methodology

3. Implementation Technical Committee

ranked projects

4. 3-Year Workplan

5. 3-Year Workplan becomes the basis for

selecting projects for funding

Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan

CWM 2014

SFRB 2014

PSAR 2015

Grant Timelines

Typical Funding Sources

•Salmon Funding Recovery Board

(SRFB)

•Puget Sound Acquisition and

Restoration (PSAR)

•King County Cooperative Watershed

Management (CWM)

Other Funding Sources • Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program

(ESRP)

• Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem

Restoration Project (PSNERP)

• Army Corps of Engineers Ecosystem

Restoration Project (ERP)

• Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program

(WWRP)

• Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account (ALEA)

• Conservation Futures Tax Levy (CFT) and

Parks Expansion Levy

• Local Project Sponsor Contribution (5-10%)

2014 SRFB Funding

•Amount Available:

$327,353 2014 SRFB Allocation

$ 79,665 Prior year return funds

TOTAL $407,018

Proposed projects Project Name

and Sponsor

Funding

Request

Project

Phase

Mill

Creek/Green

River

Confluence

(RM 23.7)

$407,018 Construction

Porter Levee

Restoration

Project

(RM 34)

$407,018 Construction

Leber Homestead Floodplain

Wetland Creation Project

Salmon Habitat Plan

• Conservation Hypothesis

▫ LG-1 (Tier 1): Protecting and creating/restoring

habitat that provides refuge (particularly side

channels, off channels and tributary access)

and habitat complexity . . . for juvenile salmon

over a range of flow conditions and at a variety

of locations . . . will enhance habitat quality and

quantity and lead to greater juvenile salmon

residence time, greater growth, and higher

survival”

Future Artists Rendition

Green River Flows During

Outmigration

Funding Source Type Year Amount

PSAR State 2013 135,541

PSAR (2013

remainder)

State 2014 357,221

PSAR (returns

from Downey

Farmstead)

State 2014 79,665

SRFB State 2014 327,353

CWM Local 2014 787,846

City of Kent Local 2014 100,000

PSAR (proposed) Local 2015 500,000

TOTAL 2,287,626

Mill Creek – Leber Construction Costs

Porter Levee

Restoration

Project

Study site

Porter Site

Existing Levee

Containment

levee

Backwater Remnant River

Ch.

• Remove exist. revetment

• 11 habitat jams • 8 deflector jams • 1,600’ new rock

revetment on South GVR

• Wood piles/roughness on North GVR

• Revegetation

Preferred

Alternative

Revenue Secured for Design: • $340,000 ($200K SRFB + $140K KC) for 30% Design

(complete) • $750,000 (Corps) for 100% Design (to be completed in

2014)

Estimated Construction Cost: • ~$5,000,000

Possible Sources of Funding: • Large Sources: Corps (65%), PSAR (85%), Floodplains

by Design (100%) • Match Sources: SRFB, CWM, KC SWM, Flood Control

District

Approve List of Projects and

Funding Amounts

Mill Creek – Leber for

$408,018

Porter Levee Setback

Restoration as alternate

CWM – WRIA 9 Forum Decision

Puget Sound Acquisition and

Restoration

Large Capacity Project Priorities

2015-2017

•State funding identified for Puget

Sound restoration

•For 2013, included in Governor’s

budget for $50 million

•Projects selected competitively

2015 PSAR Project List

Implementation Technical

Committee Recommendation:

▫Porter Levee

▫Downey Farmstead

▫McSorley Creek

Downey Farmstead Side

Channel Creation Project

Downey Farmstead

Green River Flows During

Outmigration

Funding

• ~210,000 CY of excavation needed;

• Frager Road realignment included;

• Total Project Cost: $6.0 Million;

• PSAR Large Capital Projects Request: $4,891,000

Future Artists Rendition

Saltwater State Park

McSorley Creek Project

PSAR Large Capacity Project

List Forum Decision

•Approve projects to go forward for

2015-2017 grant round

Porter Levee Setback

Downey Farmstead

McSorley Creek Nearshore

Armoring Removal

Cooperative Watershed Management

Grant Program

1,50200,000

• Revenue Available: $1,508,846

• Project list needs to be approved by

WRIA 9 Forum- tonight

• King County Flood District to

approve project list August 25gust

26

WRIA 9 - Cooperative Watershed

Management Grant Funding

Expenditures Amount

Small Grant/Stewardship Grant Round 25,000

Porter Levee Setback - Construction 300,000

Mill Creek/Green River Confluence -

Leber

787,846

WRIA 9 Capital Implementation/Outreach 225,000

Environmental Science Center – Env. Ed. 30,000

Beach Naturalist Program 21,000

Green River Smolt Trap 45,000

Monitoring Baseline Conditions 40,000

Programmatic Survey 25,000

Green River Chinook Productivity

Analysis

10,000

TOTAL $1,508,846

Small Grant/

Stewardship

Grant Round

$25,000

Porter Levee Setback

Construction

Mill Creek – Leber

Construction

Improving Watershed Health

Environmental Science Center

WRIA 9 Capital Implementation/

Outreach and Communication

Products • Supports Habitat Project and Program

Coordination

• Provide technical support

• Knowledge of funding resources

• Track progress

• Coordinate stakeholder presentations

• Strategy Sessions

• Raise awareness through outreach, marketing and branding

• Special Communications

Beach Naturalist Program

Seattle Aquarium

Monitoring: Program

Implementation Survey

• Solicit information from ILA jurisdictions and others ▫ What activities are they doing that

support the WRIA 9 Salmon Habitat Plan Land use activities Water quality monitoring

Project effectiveness monitoring ▫ What are the ways we can help

Monitoring:

Land cover example Lower Green River

Landcover categories

Agricultural Land

Bare Ground

Grass

Impervious Surface

Ornamental Landscapes

Other

Shrubs

Trees

0 225 450112.5 Feet

µ

Monitoring:

Vegetation/Landcover

mapping of Duwamish

Monitoring: Map Intertidal Fill

Approve List of Projects

and Funding Amounts

CWM – WRIA 9 Forum

Decision

Questions?