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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br />RESOLUTION <br />NO. 2012- D ' <br />TO ESTABLISH A COUNTY -WIDE FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT FOR KITTITAS <br />COUNTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND REQUIREMENTS OF <br />CHAPTER 86.15 RCW <br />WHEREAS: on the 18th day of January, 2012, in a regular session, the Board of County <br />Commissioners (the "Board") unanimously passed Resolution No. 2012-001 initiating the <br />creation of a proposed county -wide Flood Control Zone District in accordance with RCW <br />86.15.010, et seq., and amendments, changes and alterations and additions thereto; and <br />WHEREAS: notice of public hearing of the intent of the Board of County Commissioners to establish <br />a Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District was given, made and published as provided <br />by law and such hearings on the establishment of said Flood Control Zone District were <br />held on June 20, 2012 in Ellensburg, and on June 27, 2012 in Cie Elum; and <br />WHEREAS: the Board of County Commissioners finds that there is a public necessity for the <br />establishment of the Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District and that it is in the best <br />interest of the County and for the general public health, safety, benefit, welfare and <br />economic development and use. <br />NOW, THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners establishes a <br />county -wide flood control zone district which shall be designated Kittitas County Flood <br />Control Zone District, which shall have all the powers, authorities, and duties provided in <br />RCW 86.15, et seq., and any and all amendments, changes or alterations thereto or laws <br />pertaining to such, and including provisions as herein provided. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the boundaries of said district are hereby established and declared <br />to be as described in RCW 36.04.190, to wit: <br />Commencing at a point where the main channel of the Columbia river crosses the township line <br />between township fourteen and fifteen north, range twenty-three east of the Willamette Meridian, <br />and running thence west on said township line to the range line between ranges eighteen and <br />nineteen east; thence north on said range line six miles, or to the township line between the <br />townships fifteen and sixteen north; thence west on said township line to the range line between <br />ranges seventeen and eighteen east; thence north to the township line between townships sixteen <br />and seventeen north; thence west along said township line and a line prolonged due west to the <br />Naches river; and thence northerly along the main channel of the Naches river to the summit of <br />the Cascade mountains, or to the eastern boundary of King county; thence north along the eastern <br />boundary of King county to the point where such boundary intersects the summit of the main <br />divide between the waters flowing northerly and easterly into the Wenatchee and Columbia rivers <br />and the water flowing southerly and westerly into the Yakima river; thence in a general <br />