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Flood control committee recommends revised 2026 budget and emergency flood‑response funding following December’s historic storm
Summary
The King County Flood Control District Executive Committee on Feb. 4 recommended a revised 2026 operating and capital budget and a resolution to fund emergency repairs and new capital work stemming from the Dec. 2025 floods, identifying nearly $10.2 million in known emergency and capital needs and sending the resolution to the board for consideration.
Chair Reagan Dunn recommended that the King County Flood Control District’s board consider a revised 2026 operating and capital budget and a companion resolution to fund emergency flood‑fight efforts after the December 2025 storms.
Michelle Clark, district executive director, told the committee the district has identified $2,958,457 in emergency repairs from December that are known at this time and $7,266,543 in new capital repair needs for 2026; she cautioned those totals are preliminary and that additional invoices are still arriving. Clark also described a Lake Sammamish dock and shoreline grants pilot that went live in August and said staff had made a unanimous selection committee recommendation (details are attached to the staff report).
The staff report listed several new or augmented projects proposed for 2026: a $75,000 allocation for Skykomish left‑bank levy repairs; augmentation of the Cedar River Residential Flood Mitigation Fund by $2,000,000 to meet increased requests for buyouts and acquisitions; two Cedar River Trail revetment projects totalling $529,000; and a new White River acquisitions line item of $1,000,000. Clark emphasized the numbers are the district’s current estimates and may change as inspections continue.
Clark said King County staff carried out extensive emergency work—patrolling rivers and implementing emergency repairs—during an event she described as “perhaps a 200‑year flood,” and noted the county’s inspections remain ongoing. She told members a fuller briefing is scheduled for Feb. 10 that will include King County’s Water and Land Resources Division leadership and a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representative to review observed damages and regional coordination.
Chair Reagan Dunn asked that the district recognize staff and county personnel for their on‑the‑ground work. After discussion, the committee voted 3–0 to recommend Resolution FCD 2026‑03, as amended, to the board of supervisors so funds could be moved quickly to support response and repairs.
What happens next: The committee’s recommendation goes to the board of supervisors for consideration at its next meeting; staff warned additional requests to fund flood damage may come forward as inspections continue and invoices arrive.
