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This 2009 technical report, prepared by ESA Adolfson for the City of Des Moines, Washington, documents wetland and stream conditions along Des Moines Creek as part of a flood mitigation project at Des Moines Beach Park. The park, a National Register Historic District since 2006, contains historic buildings built over or adjacent to the creek that are vulnerable to flood damage. The report outlines wetland delineations, stream boundary determinations, and a conceptual plan to reduce flood risk while addressing environmental mitigation and restoration requirements.

Ordinance No. 1407 is a City of Des Moines, Washington municipal ordinance that updates and consolidates the city's Buildings and Construction Code (Title 14) by adopting the latest editions of major building, fire, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing codes, including Sound Control Requirements relevant to the Sea-Tac Airport noise environment. The ordinance repeals more than 40 previously enacted building-related ordinances dating back to 1959 and brings the city into compliance with state-mandated building standards under RCW 19.27.031. It establishes updated rules for administration, enforcement, and a range of construction-related regulations applicable within the City of Des Moines.

In June 2005, the Port of Seattle and the city of Des Moines — formerly legal adversaries over Sea-Tac Airport's third runway — unanimously agreed to collaborate on a proposed 75-acre Des Moines Creek Business Park on land south of the airport that was cleared of homes in the late 1980s as part of a noise mitigation program. Studies suggested the site was best suited for aviation-related or general industry, with potential uses including manufacturing, distribution, and retail. The partnership marked a significant shift in relations between the two parties, with construction potentially targeted for early 2007 pending approval of a conceptual master plan in early 2006.

A Port of Seattle resolution authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to execute version two of an Interlocal Agreement with the Cities of Des Moines and SeaTac, Washington State Department of Transportation and King County to fund, construct, operate and maintain capital projects necessary to implement the Des Moines Creek Basin Plan. The projects include construction

Des Moines Mayor Don Wasson was charged by Washington State's Public Disclosure Commission with concealing $49,000 in illegal campaign contributions from local businessman Hank Hopkins, who stood to profit from a third-runway construction contract at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The funds allegedly helped elect three pro-runway City Council members in 2001, after which Wasson was named mayor and the council voted to cut the city's $150,000 funding to the anti-runway Airport Communities Coalition. Wasson denied the charges, but investigators confronted him with an endorsed check he had initially claimed not to have received.