Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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Motion 25-064, approval of Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement between Moga Properties LLC as seller and Snohomish County as buyer for ten parcels of land and naming of the future property The Moga Conservation Area
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DEPARTMENT: CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
ORIGINATOR: PEJ MORGAN
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Lacey Harper 1/23/25
PURPOSE: Surface Water Management to acquire land needed to complete a multi-benefit project that will accomplish both open space preservation, and floodplain preservation and reconnection.
BACKGROUND: on December 18, 2024, Snohomish County Council adopted Motion 24-507 to fully fund 7 Conservation Futures projects through the Conservation Futures Property Tax Fund, including Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Surface Water Management’s Thomas Eddy Phase 2 - MOGA Acquisition. The Snohomish County Conservation and Natural Resources Department’s Surface Water Management division (SWM) desires to purchase the following described properties for floodplain restoration and reconnection. MOGA PROPERTIES LLC (“Seller”) own real property consisting of approximately 129.14 acres of vacant land located in Snohomish, WA 98290, identified by assessor tax parcel numbers 270605-002-004-00, 270605-002-005-00, 270605-002-006-00, 270605-002-008-00, 270605-002-021-00, 270605-002-022-00, 270605-002-023-00, 270605-002-024-00,270606-001-004-00 AND 270606-001-007-00 (the “Property”) and are willing to sell the Property to Snohomish County for the amount of $3,000,000 (the “Purchase Price”). Floodplain restoration at Thomas’ Eddy on the Snohomish River will improve the quality and quantity of channel edge and off-channel habitat and increase connectivity between the main channel, floodplain, and associated floodplain waterbodies. Proposed restoration actions for the Thomas’ Eddy Phase 1 project include removal of large sections of levee, edge habitat enhancements, large wood placement, and riparian planting. The Thomas’ Eddy Phase 2 project is located across the river from the County’s Thomas’ Eddy Phase 1 project and the largest part of Bob Heirman Wildlife Preserve, a popular park located between river mile 16 and 18 on the Snohomish mainstem. As with the Beck Dike on the left bank of the Snohomish River, on the right bank, at the edge of the Phase 2 area, the Crabbs Dike was similarly constructed in the 1930s and cut off floodplain and off-channel habitat. The Crabbs Dike developed a natural breach at the upstream edge of the Phase 2 property that regularly receives floodwater during flood events. In 2016, working with Mr. Moga, the Snohomish Conservation District, reconnected the lower portion, 6.3 acres of off channel habitat, by constructing floodplain channels and replacing fish barrier culverts with two large culverts that connect the channels to the Snohomish River during normal salmon outmigration flows. While this project didn’t connect the channels to the natural breach at the upstream end of the floodplain, they did account for additional dike erosion in their restoration design. design. If successfully acquired, additional grant funding would be sought for the Thomas’ Eddy Phase 2 property to be assessed for restoration feasibility, and conceptual designs would be developed. ,
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
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EXPEND: FUND, AGY, ORG, ACTY, OBJ, AU |
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COSERVATION FUTURES TAX FUND |
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3,000,000.00 |
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DEPARTMENT FISCAL IMPACT NOTES: Click or tap here to enter text.
CONTRACT INFORMATION:
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CF24-05 |
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$3,000,000.00 |
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OTHER DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW/COMMENTS: Reviewed/approved by: Risk Management (Sheila Barker 1/8/25), Finance (Nathan Kennedy 1/23/25), and Prosecuting Attorney’s Office as to form only (Rebecca Guadamud 1/21/25)