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Support capital funding for Floodplains by Design <br />Support capital funding for Floodplains by <br />Design <br />UPDATE: THE LETTER TO GOVERNOR INSLEE HAS CLOSED AS OF NOVEMBER 12, <br />2020. IF YOU ADD YOUR SIGNATURE AFTER THIS DATE, IT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE <br />LETTER TO CAPITAL BUDGET WRITERS TO BE DELIVERED IN LATE JANUARY 2021 <br />Identical letters will be sent to Governor Inslee (in November) and to capital budget writers (in <br />January). <br />Please contact 1rjL#any.gaIIagherQnc.org with any questions. <br />Thank you! <br />NOTE: Minor typos in the letter as it appears below have been corrected for the final version to <br />send to Olympia. <br />November 3, 2020 <br />Dear Governor Inslee 1 Dear Legislative Leaders, <br />Thank you for your support of Floodplains by Design, a popular, cost-effective public -private - <br />tribal -agricultural partnership that delivers critical results for communities, conservation and <br />Washington's urban and rural economies. We write today to respectfully request that you <br />include $70 million in your 2021-23 biennial capital budget for Floodplains by Design. <br />Administered by the Department of Ecology, Floodplains by Design has been supporting tribal <br />nations, farmers, and flood managers across the State to transform how floodplains are <br />managed since 2013. Local demand for this type of collaborative multi -benefit investment has <br />only grown and become more sophisticated in its ability to provide local results and leverage <br />public investment. <br />file:lllkitntlprivatelpworks_privlmark.cookl2021%20FbDISupportlo20capital%20funding%20for°1a20Floodplains%20by%20Design.html[115/2021 8:13:38 AM] <br />