The Flood Control District is accepting applications for its Flood Reduction Grants.
Donor Name: King County Flood Control District
State: Washington
County: King County (WA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/31/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The Flood Control District is offering funds in four grant categories:
- Original Flood Reduction
- This general category will continue to be funded for projects within King County that will result in potential or existing flood reduction and meet the general criteria listed above, but do not fit in any of the more specific new categories.
- Example project types include stormwater retrofit, lake outflow modification, lake flooding, agricultural drainage improvements, slope stabilization, design/permitting of drainage improvement projects.
- Urban Streams
- Must reduce risks from urban flooding to property or public infrastructure.
- Must be located within urban growth areas in King County.
- Example project types include green infrastructure, sediment ponds, flow control, stream restoration, habitat restoration, water quality improvement, design/permitting of improvement projects.
- Coastal Erosion/Coastal Flooding
- Must be located within a mapped flood zone along the Puget Sound shoreline of King County.
- Must result in reducing potential or existing flooding.
- Must focus on increasing resiliency to sea level rise in coastal flood hazard areas.
- Must restore shorelines and/or retrofit or relocate infrastructure out of flood-prone areas to reduce risk.
- Cannot result in any increase in hard armored shoreline such as bulkheads, seawalls, or hardened revetments.
- May include acquisition as long as demolition/relocation of structures out of flood-prone areas is included or addressed under this or other funding.
- Example project types include acquisition and restoration, demolition of at-risk structures, relocation of houses or other structures at tops of bluffs at risk for landslide due to coastal erosion, removal of armoring/bulkheads, modification of shoreline stabilization to use soft armoring techniques, design/permitting of shoreline stabilization.
- Culvert Replacement/Fish Passage
- Must restore fish passage by replacing and/or removing culverts or other instream structures that have been identified as partial or complete barriers to fish passage.
- Must demonstrate reduction of potential or existing flood risks as well as improving fish passage.
- Must demonstrate that project reflects a coordinated effort to restore fish passage in the watershed.
- Must demonstrate that the project has been or will be designed to meet or exceed minimum fish passage standards per Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife requirements.
- Can include stream shoreline stabilization and habitat improvement near fish passage barriers that will be remedied.
- Example project types include replacement or removal of barriers to fish passage, revegetation to improve habitat and reduce erosion in areas affected by removal of blockages, design and permitting of barrier removal/replacement.
- Funding Information
- The total amount available for Flood Reduction Grants for 2024 is at least $12 million.
- Matching/leveraged funds are encouraged but not required – this is taken into consideration during the scoring process.
- The expenditure of funds must be completed no later than 36 months after signing the grant agreement.
Eligible Applicants
Eligible for all four categories:
- Non-profit organizations or associations
- Special purpose districts
- Tribes
- Cities and towns within King County
- King County agencies
Eligible for the Original Flood Reduction Grant category only:
- Homeowner associations
- Schools.
For more information, visit KCFCD.
