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Diversion Authority repeals 2015 detention funding policy, ties future funding to 2021 settlement terms
Summary
The board voted to repeal the 2015 Detention Funding Policy Manual and adopt a framework aligned with the Feb. 2021 settlement agreement; future detention funding would require board-negotiated agreements and a maximum local cost share of 50% for costs not covered by other grants.
The Metro Flood Diversion Authority on Feb. 27, 2025, repealed its 2015 Detention Funding Policy Manual and directed that future detention-project funding be handled under terms set out in the authority’s 2021 settlement agreement with upstream stakeholders.
General Counsel John Shockley described the repeal as a housekeeping action: the 2015 manual predates the 02/2021 settlement agreement and is now out of date. He said the new approach requires that any detention project demonstrate a ‘‘meaningful reduction in frequency or the height of water within the UMA storage area’’ before the authority would consider funding it.
Shockley told the board that future detention projects would be evaluated under negotiated agreements and that the authority’s maximum cost share would be 50% of costs not otherwise paid by the federal or state government or other local grants. He also emphasized that the board is not required to enter into any such funding agreements; each project would be evaluated on its merits.
The motion to repeal the 2015 manual was moved and seconded (Commissioner Breitling recorded as second) and passed by roll call. No board member recorded a negative vote on the motion.
The board’s action aligns the authority’s detention-policy approach with the 2021 settlement agreement and establishes a clear funding cap for local contributions to future detention projects.
