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Stormwater Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Prioritization

How should the City prioritize stormwater CIP projects?

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Within Sammamish, I am a: (check all that apply)

Response Percent Response Count
Resident 90.7% 68
Property Owner 73.3% 55
Business owner or employee in Sammamish 8.0% 6

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In consideration of City surface water management functions, please rank the following in order of your personal priorities (from highest to lowest, with 1=not important, 5=very important)?

Stormwater Facilities: Fix damaged facilities and build new infrastructure to accommodate growth.
Response Percent Response Count
1 8.0% 6
2 9.3% 7
3 24.0% 18
4 26.7% 20
5 32.0% 24
Environment: Improve water quality and habitat in lakes, streams, and wetlands, for fish and recreational use.
Response Percent Response Count
1 9.3% 7
2 12.0% 9
3 14.7% 11
4 20.0% 15
5 44.0% 33
Roadways: Fix/improve drainage issues on major roads in Sammamish.
Response Percent Response Count
1 5.3% 4
2 14.7% 11
3 22.7% 17
4 30.7% 23
5 26.7% 20
Neighborhoods: Fix/improve local drainage issues in neighborhoods.
Response Percent Response Count
1 8.0% 6
2 14.7% 11
3 28.0% 21
4 24.0% 18
5 25.3% 19

Cost: I would be willing to pay a higher stormwater utility rate to see more stormwater projects implemented quickly.

Response Percent Response Count
Agree 44.6% 33
Disagree 55.4% 41

Public vs Private Property: Public stormwater funds (collected from citizen’s stormwater utility fee) should be spent on privately-owned property to resolve private drainage issues resulting from growth? (*Note: growth pays for growth, but growth doesn’t pay to resolve existing conditions.)

Response Percent Response Count
Agree 51.4% 37
Disagree 48.6% 35

Please select the FOUR MOST important criteria for determining which surface water projects get constructed:

Response Percent Response Count
Safety: The project reduces a safety risk by decreasing/eliminating the safety impact or frequency of the drainage issue. 49.3% 37
Multiple surface water benefits: The project protects or improves natural resources at or near site, such as water quality, fish habitat, stream/lake/wetland characteristics. 56.0% 42
Community benefit: The project ranking method should give more weight to projects that benefit many people, as opposed to projects that may only benefit a few. 48.0% 36
Community interest: The majority of the community or neighborhood should support the proposed project. 16.0% 12
Time-sensitive opportunity: The project should be prioritized if there are opportunities to coordinate with another project’s implementation, or take advantage of a unique opportunity Ex: one-time funding, leveraging another project timeline or funding 48.0% 36
Meets other City priorities: The project provides other benefits, such as recreation, education, open space, riparian habitat, community livability, wildlife habitat. 40.0% 30
Plan consistency: The project should be ranked highly if it is already identified in an adopted Basin Plan (such as the Zackuse Creek Basin Plan). 21.3% 16
Improves a facility maintenance issue: The project provides a long-term, cost-savings solution to on-going maintenance problem. 49.3% 37
Maintains existing stormwater infrastructure: The project improves, corrects a defect, or removes a threat to existing stormwater infrastructure. 42.7% 32
Accommodates growth: The project expands the effectiveness of City facilities to meet projected impacts of growth and development. 29.3% 22

Please select the FOUR LEAST important criteria for determining which surface water projects get constructed (list of criteria is same as above):

Response Percent Response Count
Safety: The project reduces a safety risk by decreasing/eliminating the safety impact or frequency of the drainage issue. 18.7% 14
Multiple surface water benefits: The project protects or improves natural resources at or near site, such as water quality, fish habitat, stream/lake/wetland characteristics. 21.3% 16
Community benefit: The project ranking method should give more weight to projects that benefit many people, as opposed to projects that may only benefit a few. 36.0% 27
Community interest: The majority of the community or neighborhood should support the proposed project. 72.0% 54
Time-sensitive opportunity: The project should be prioritized if there are opportunities to coordinate with another project’s implementation, or take advantage of a unique opportunity. Ex: one-time funding, leveraging another project's timeline/funding. 30.7% 23
Meets other City priorities: The project provides other benefits, such as recreation, education, open space, riparian habitat, community livability, wildlife habitat. 48.0% 36
Plan consistency: The project should be ranked highly if it is already identified in an adopted Basin Plan (Such as the Zackuse Creek Basin Plan 60.0% 45
Improves a facility maintenance issue: The project provides a long-term, cost-savings solution to on-going maintenance problem 29.3% 22
Maintains existing stormwater infrastructure: The project improves, corrects a defect, or removes a threat to existing stormwater infrastructure. 30.7% 23
Accommodates growth: The project expands the effectiveness of City facilities to meet projected impacts of growth and development. 53.3% 40
Donald Jarrett inside Sammamish Boundary
April 14, 2018, 8:07 AM
  • Within Sammamish, I am a: (check all that apply)
    • Resident
  • How long have you lived or owned property in Sammamish (if applicable)?
    Since 1993
  • In consideration of City surface water management functions, please rank the following in order of your personal priorities (from highest to lowest, with 1=not important, 5=very important)?
    • Stormwater Facilities: Fix damaged facilities and build new infrastructure to accommodate growth. - 3
    • Environment: Improve water quality and habitat in lakes, streams, and wetlands, for fish and recreational use. - 5
    • Roadways: Fix/improve drainage issues on major roads in Sammamish. - 5
    • Neighborhoods: Fix/improve local drainage issues in neighborhoods. - 5
  • Cost: I would be willing to pay a higher stormwater utility rate to see more stormwater projects implemented quickly.
    • Agree
  • Public vs Private Property: Public stormwater funds (collected from citizen’s stormwater utility fee) should be spent on privately-owned property to resolve private drainage issues resulting from growth? (*Note: growth pays for growth, but growth doesn’t pay to resolve existing conditions.)
    • Agree
  • Please select the FOUR MOST important criteria for determining which surface water projects get constructed:
    • Multiple surface water benefits: The project protects or improves natural resources at or near site, such as water quality, fish habitat, stream/lake/wetland characteristics.
    • Time-sensitive opportunity: The project should be prioritized if there are opportunities to coordinate with another project’s implementation, or take advantage of a unique opportunity Ex: one-time funding, leveraging another project timeline or funding
    • Improves a facility maintenance issue: The project provides a long-term, cost-savings solution to on-going maintenance problem.
    • Maintains existing stormwater infrastructure: The project improves, corrects a defect, or removes a threat to existing stormwater infrastructure.
  • Please select the FOUR LEAST important criteria for determining which surface water projects get constructed (list of criteria is same as above):
    • Community benefit: The project ranking method should give more weight to projects that benefit many people, as opposed to projects that may only benefit a few.
    • Community interest: The majority of the community or neighborhood should support the proposed project.
    • Plan consistency: The project should be ranked highly if it is already identified in an adopted Basin Plan (Such as the Zackuse Creek Basin Plan
    • Accommodates growth: The project expands the effectiveness of City facilities to meet projected impacts of growth and development.
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Stormwater Facilities: Fix damaged facilities and build new infrastructure to accommodate growth.
Environment: Improve water quality and habitat in lakes, streams, and wetlands, for fish and recreational use.
Roadways: Fix/improve drainage issues on major roads in Sammamish.
Neighborhoods: Fix/improve local drainage issues in neighborhoods.

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