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\"It is a requirement by Ecology that we do offer operations of maintenance,\" Weakley said, noting the city’s maintenance crews consist of one lead, one stormwater specialist and four maintenance workers — a six-person crew in total — who inspect and maintain public stormwater infrastructure.

Weakley said the city inspects more than 240 public stormwater facilities and that crews performed maintenance on 18 of those facilities in 2024, indicating most facilities were in compliance. The city also provides inspections for 90 state‑required private stormwater facilities and plans to expand an optional inspection program to several hundred additional private sites on a volunteer basis.

Staff described key maintenance programs: construction inspections during active development (inspections every four months while construction is active), biennial inspections of roughly 5,000 publicly maintained catch basins (about 3,000 inspected last year with roughly 600 needing cleaning), and quarterly stormwater pollution-prevention inspections at city maintenance yards. Weakley said City Works and GIS are used for asset management and for tracking inspections and work orders in the field.

Committee members asked about public notice for construction and outreach scope. Staff said outreach varies by project impact and that for larger projects the city uses open houses and surveys, while smaller projects receive localized notifications; Johnson and Weakley described neighborhood canvassing, flyers and targeted letters for nearby residents as common practice.

A city technician has been trained to camera and assess corrugated metal pipe (CMP), Weakley said; the city has \"over 250 CMP pipes\" in various conditions. Staff plan condition-assessment work and to program replacements in future capital plans, aiming to complete the CMP condition work by 2028 if possible. Weakley also said crews recently installed more than 60,000 bird balls in a public pond and plan a 2027 capital project to place permanent cover over bulk salt/aggregate storage to reduce runoff.

Weakley encouraged residents to use the city’s online fix-it form for drainage concerns, spills and flooding reports; staff said reports typically receive same‑day intake and follow-up within the week.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Environment Committee Meeting June 12, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","City Surface Water staff described O&M responsibilities, inspection schedules for public and private facilities, staffing levels, and asset-management work including corrugated metal pipe assessments and community outreach through the city’s fix-it form.","taxTitle","Des Moines City, King County, Washington","taxId",51807,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6199947,"City staff update committee on CIP work, Des Moines Creek pocket estuary design progress",232,1498000,1730000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3820306-df9e19ed37842eee49f5144f48268126&start=1498&end=1730","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3820306-df9e19ed37842eee49f5144f48268126/thumbnail_1498000.jpg","/articles/6199947/Des-Moines-City/King-County/Washington/City-staff-update-committee-on-CIP-work-Des-Moines-Creek-pocket-estuary-design-progress","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6199947-d1a12f2c3b0511f280e478a743ed5e3a/orig.mp4?Expires=1770936008&Signature=TqazvbG815HNFKF4VAbva6buz83CTjFaZEonXPwL5M24v3ItXWZ0hvqCR74678yc4TENvQmJZqu89BJwoBCALgsOjCjFsFI2fWXaPqCH31tNAO-y4uVM38-1D1pC2W4uQTLdXKxkQiN9lnXS~D7yDB76TyQdYgi70DIxbWqUzWzt3a2BNdBUXRLznrukdZwC3sfiwjA72cVKe2iOV4R-jeAJb4a04Bl64QvJZc8-uHpQxOd~NEXHiAKqw7xO-OuUwPjUZ46gT~UHw1lHaAB3CgHtXk~lpGky1rfFub7J5XLP9L8fP0e~rNhrTZDPHkDLHSv11gow~GBg3dWlIjiKyg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Alex Johnson, civil engineer and capital project manager for Surface Water, briefed the Des Moines City Council Environment Committee on ongoing capital-improvement projects (CIP) and project schedules.

\"Construction is going on again, and we are currently slated to complete in November of this year,\" Johnson said about the 24th Avenue South pipeline replacement project. He reported substantial completion on the Des Moines Memorial Drive work between 208 and 212 and said crews have resumed work on several projects.

Johnson described the Des Moines Creek Pocket Estuary Project as the city’s \"big fish.\" He said the project is currently funded through about 60% design and that staff are pursuing additional grant funds for the remaining design and construction; staff expect to hear more about funding prospects in July. Johnson projected construction completion for the pocket estuary project no earlier than the end of 2027.

Other projects Johnson listed included a Sixth Place and 280 Seventh Street pipe project (10% design and fully funded for design), and a Marine View Drive retrofit project currently at about 10% preliminary design with design funding secured and construction funding still being pursued. Johnson said some grant funds originally tied to the Massey Creek work were transferred to the Marine View Drive project and that the Massey Creek effort is being closed out administratively after the county placed the feasibility work on pause.

Committee members asked about public notification for construction. Johnson said outreach varies by project size: major projects use open houses and wider public engagement, while smaller projects receive localized notice (staff cited examples of canvassing neighborhoods and distributing flyers and letters to properties within project impact areas). Council members pushed staff to be generous in outreach radius to avoid \"complying with the letter of the law but not the spirit\" when residents feel insufficiently notified.

Johnson said staff will return to the committee or full council as the Des Moines Creek pocket estuary design progresses to a point where public updates are warranted, with a likely fall reportable deliverable tied to grant outcomes and design milestones.","City engineers reported status updates on pipeline, road and estuary projects, including resumed construction on a 24th Avenue South pipeline and 60% design funding for the Des Moines Creek pocket estuary project; staff said they expect design funding decisions in July and an extended construction timeline to 2027 or later.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6199952,"Environment committee reviews WRIA 9 interlocal agreement for salmon recovery",1279,204000,1483000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3820306-df9e19ed37842eee49f5144f48268126&start=204&end=1483","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3820306-df9e19ed37842eee49f5144f48268126/thumbnail_204000.jpg","/articles/6199952/Des-Moines-City/King-County/Washington/Environment-committee-reviews-WRIA-9-interlocal-agreement-for-salmon-recovery","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6199952-5ea500864c9a208294ae6fe56f3350ce/orig.mp4?Expires=1770936008&Signature=LmtcfGrwcMwaj76t6tkDpVOmZcksG8dLKANYWNau0IJSye2AkarAVRyeDugiCm2j31atCyMqfnxtgMAAj9NL~u4UelMKZgyZ2XZtikIhyVcAl6FMIlHgGagKENr--eyIWlZUl-3lwPfuykVFQzQiosJAUjzHzqcRd-vgy8jk3UalJg8rZCVdloaSBqKWeh2nO8O9cOa-koO-wf1ghVkiGqVIz4IrVgdaZPBe~bs7eqKB~QJh3n0lRf8HRVr-B5kYGIvaMflbi1QaU1~w3UuWBGJm083WZX7QuyX8Yt9dUwcAJv~7N4qNqVA~DJbNXNsvfjzaVPCbSdmUk~zfMJZIvA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Des Moines City Council Environment Committee on Dec. (meeting date not specified) reviewed an interlocal agreement to continue the city’s participation in Water Resource Inventory Area 9 (WRIA 9) salmon-recovery coordination and funding.

Tyler Weakley, Surface Water Manager for the City of Des Moines, said the item \"is also on consent tonight, approving the ILA with WRIA 9. It's a great relationship for salmon recovery and also supporting our Des Moines Creek Estuary Project.\" The presentation was delivered in coordination with King County staff member Matt Goreng, who described the regional framework for implementation.

The ILA establishes watershed-level governance and an operational funding mechanism to support an annual work plan and grant round for priority projects across the WRIA 9 area. Goreng said the regional approach grew from the 1999 listing of Chinook salmon and subsequent shared-strategy efforts and that \"if we're gonna do salmon recovery right, it's gonna have to be embedded in our local government structure.\" The watershed ecosystem forum recommends project priorities and the ILA funds day-to-day coordination and the annual grant round.

Committee members asked about local projects and how Des Moines benefits. Weakley said the city’s annual contribution to the WRIA 9 operating budget is about $16,000 of roughly $606,000 in combined operating funds. Goreng and Weakley outlined larger grant sources that feed project funding: roughly $4.2 million annually from the Flood Control District cooperative watershed management grant program, about $1.1 million every other year from the Puget Sound Acquisition and Restoration (PSAR) program, and roughly $300,000 annually from the Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB). Goreng also said the program has helped leverage roughly $200 million across the watershed and listed accomplishments including revegetating over 500 acres and preserving about 4.5 miles of marine shorelines.

Committee members pressed on which local projects are currently prioritized. Goreng described feasibility work on a Mazze Creek project (paused as not currently feasible) and said a McSorley Creek/state park project reached 60% design before the county paused project implementation; Goreng said state parks staffing and prioritization influence whether that design will proceed to construction. Goreng also noted research sampling of small tributaries that has identified juvenile Chinook using non-natal streams, which could create new project priorities in future biennial project rounds.

The presentation also reviewed regional items such as the Howard Hanson Dam fish-passage effort, which Goreng said has had about $270 million appropriated and remains a priority for Congress and the watershed.

The WRIA 9 ILA item was presented to the committee as a consent item; the transcript does not record a formal committee vote or signature of ratification during this meeting. Committee members expressed support for continuing participation and described the arrangement as a long-term investment in regional salmon and nearshore health.

Looking ahead, Goreng said the watershed forum has asked partner jurisdictions to sign the ILA extension and that he expects the local signatory process to continue through the scheduled outreach to member councils.","The Des Moines City Council Environment Committee heard a presentation on renewing an interlocal agreement (ILA) with WRIA 9 to fund watershed coordination, grant rounds and regional salmon recovery work; the item was presented as a consent item and no formal ratification vote is recorded in the transcript.","actionData","errors"]

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