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Pierce County Council unanimously authorizes BRIC, habitat grant applications and adopts watercraft and director-code updates
Summary
The council voted 7–0 to authorize FEMA BRIC and state Puget Sound grant applications for flood-risk and habitat projects, approved updated watercraft regulations with a technical amendment, and adopted code changes on appointed department director recruitment and oaths.
At its May 5 meeting the Pierce County Council adopted several measures addressing flood mitigation, habitat restoration, county code and watercraft rules.
Grant authorizations: Council approved resolution R2026-143 authorizing submission of a $20 million Federal Emergency Management Agency BRIC (Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities) grant application for the 128th Corridor project along the Puyallup River; staff said the BRIC request requires a 25% local match of roughly $6.7 million for a total estimated project cost of $26.6 million and identified construction in 2027–2030. Paul Bokey, principal policy analyst, told the council that hydraulic modeling shows certain levee sections overtop in 2–10 year floods and that the funds would repair levees and improve…
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