Dam Maintenance Project

 After the 2018 periodic  inspection by the Dam Safety Office, a Dam Maintenance plan was developed and agreed upon with Dam Safety and progress is discussed at board meetings.   

The team continues to work on the list of required activities from the 2018 Dam Safety Office (DSO) inspection. A lot of headway has been made, vegetation clearing and now maintaining those cleared areas on and around the Dam, canal and weir areas. We perform an annual owner inspection in the fall and file the report with DSO, along with updates to the Emergency Action Plan and the Operations and Maintenance Plan  every year.   Many discussions have taken place with DSO staff on remediation for the emergency outlet system and the preliminary bids for the plan on replacement have been obtained.  DSO has been kept up to date with our progress and the team continues to manage and discuss the activities still needing attention. Board Members are actively pursuing the remaining items. 

In December 2022, we submitted the application and it was aproved by FEMA in April 2024... Unfortunagely, we were unable to accept the grant due to complications due to timing  with Snohomish County and their 5 year Hazard Mitigation Plan that we need to be annexed into before funds can be released for the grant.  We will need to reapply in 2024.  We partnered with King County to apply for the  FEMA (Federal) High Hazard Dam  grant.   This application is for the seismic evaluation of the dam and we have identified a local geotechnical contractor to work with once we hear about the grant results. We won't know whether we are awarded the grant until Spring 2025.  Any federal grant  will require the community to pay a 35% portion with the federal grant funding at 65% and will help assist paying for the expensive projects ahead. 

We will be applying for a second type of grant for funding assistance to cover the emergency outlet replacement project and the filling of the low spots along the canal. These projects will require us to have several contractor bids  as well as filing for an additional hydraulic permit before we can submit the grant. King County  is willing to partner with us again and we deeply appreciate their assistance.    

Andy Quast worked on the grant application, Molly Graham obtained updated bids and helped with grant review, Kacie Ciske handled the hydraulic permits from the Dept of Fish & Wildlife for maintaining the beaver dam in the outlet canal. Tom Morgan and Molly Graham worked on finalizing the vegetation clearing and meeting with various contractors onsite. The initial seismic bids were gathered in 2011 by Arnold Pretz  and the Mouton family joined in the Owner inspection last year.   All board members are active  and the team includes community members George Edwards, Laura Gunion and Doug Linman.  

Contact a board member if you are interested in participating, or would like more details or information about the project. We always need your assistance !