{"id":43728,"date":"2019-12-30T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/city-of-kent-seeks-feedback-for-mill-creek-reestablishment-project\/"},"modified":"2019-12-31T10:11:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T18:11:38","slug":"city-of-kent-seeks-feedback-for-mill-creek-reestablishment-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/city-of-kent-seeks-feedback-for-mill-creek-reestablishment-project\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Kent seeks feedback for Mill Creek Reestablishment project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The heavy rains Dec. 19-21 and local flooding are a perfect example of why the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentwa.gov\/Home\/Components\/FacilityDirectory\/FacilityDirectory\/288\/568?npage=2\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mill Creek Reestablishment project<\/a> is so important to Kent, according to the City Public Works Department.<\/p>\n<p>City staff wants residents to send comments to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about the project to dredge Mill Creek in order to reduce flooding.<\/p>\n<p>The Mill Creek Reestablishment Project seeks to improve flooding issues and fish habitat along Mill Creek by removing built-up sediment and invasive plants; the planting of native plants; improving pedestrian safety; providing wetland mitigation; sediment capture; and culvert replacement.<\/p>\n<p>The project will be a little over 3 miles long, spanning Mill Creek from East Smith Street to South 204th Street.<\/p>\n<p>This project is in the design and permitting stage and requires a number of permits at the federal, state and local levels. The groups that must sign off on the estimated $10 million project include the Army Corps of Engineers, the state Department of Fish &#038; Wildlife, the state Department of Ecology and the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe.<\/p>\n<p>One hurdle is the Joint Aquatic Resource Permit Application (JARPA) which is managed by the Army Corps of Engineers.<\/p>\n<p>To help secure the JARPA, the city is asking for resident comments from the Mill Creek neighborhood about the project.<\/p>\n<p>Send comments directly to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nws.usace.army.mil\/Missions\/Civil-Works\/Regulatory\/Public-Notices\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"corps\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kristin McDermott at the Army Corps of Engineers<\/a> via email at kristin.l.mcdermott@usace.army.mil by Jan. 9.<\/p>\n<p>Please include the following information in your email: Kent, City of (Mill Creek Reestablishment); NWS-2018-726. All comments are appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about the project, contact Melissa Dahl in the City Public Works Department at 253-856-6511 or MDahl@KentWA.gov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents can comment to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":43729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-43728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43728"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43728"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=43728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}