The board for the new flood-control zone district today approved a countywide property tax of 10 cents per $1,000 of assessed value starting next year to pay for flood projects.
The board for the new flood-control zone district today approved a countywide property tax of 10 cents per $1,000 of assessed value starting next year to pay for flood projects.
The Board of Supervisors, made up of the seven Pierce County Council members, adopted the tax by a vote of 5 to 2. Council members Dan Roach and Dick Muri voted no.
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For many Pierce County residents, another year of sliding home values caused property tax bills to decline this year.
The total cost for improving river levees and other flood control structures in Pierce County is projected to reach more than $350 million over the next 20 years.
GLACIER - Some members of the Whatcom County Council said the Glacier Springs subdivision was ill-conceived, but a majority voted to go ahead with a $3.4 million project to protect the homes there from the floodwaters of Canyon Creek.
The subdivision was platted in the 1970s, before the hazards of building on an alluvial fan were well understood, said Paula Cooper, an engineering manager for Whatcom County Public Works. The most immediate concern is that the creek, when running high and clogged with debris, could break the levee built in 1994 to protect the neighborhood.
More recent studies of how debris flows down that creek have shown the levee to be inadequate, Cooper said.
The last holdout from a regional emergency dispatch system under the newly created South Sound 911 – is now pursuing a partnership with that agency. The city is considering a range of options, including becoming a member and providing its dispatch center for the use of South Sound 911.
Pierce County leaders have shelved plans to ask voters to create a metropolitan park district as a separate source of tax revenue for parks.
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