Countywide. Choice will be given among the three least senior positions for which the laid-off employee is qualified (or can become qualified for during the 90-day orientation period). The bumping employee must demonstrate that he/she meets the minimum qualifications and has the required certifications or licenses to perform the job. Employees who lack the necessary certifications or licenses and who can obtain them within the 90-day orientation period shall be permitted to bump. Definition of qualifications for the purpose of the section will be described in Article 15.2(b)(vi).
Countywide. Outside of GMA requirements, however, the County has a significant program addressing stormwater issues. Map 6.4.3-1 also shows the boundary of the Yakima County Stormwater Management Utility, which was established in 2008 to facilitate the county’s compliance with the Stormwater Phase II Final Rule. Established by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1999 to implement the Clean Water Act, this rule extended coverage of the National Pollution Discharge Elimination Permit System (NPDES) to certain “small” Municipal Separate Stormwater Sewer Systems (MS4s). As further implemented by the Department of Ecology, the rule requires compliance with the conditions of Ecology’s general stormwater permit in Urban Growth Areas and in “Urbanized Areas” as defined by the federal Census Bureau. The Stormwater Management Utility facilitates Yakima County’s compliance with the permit by assessing a fee on the owners of property lying within the utility in order to pay for the costs of compliance. Revenue from such fees, however, are not used to pay the costs of expanded or new stormwater capital facilities 35 36.70A.030(17) and 36.70A.110(4). 36 Exceptions to this policy will only be allowed if off-site collection, treatment, and disposal services are available from a municipality, or other entity property authorized to collect and dispose of such flows. within the utility boundary or for maintaining such facilities. The capital costs of such new or expanded facilities are budgeted through the six-year Transportation Improvement Plan, with revenue provided by the County’s road fund. The County’s maintenance and operation of these facilities are also funded by the County’s road fund. The Board of Yakima County Commissioners, in their capacity as decision-making body for the Yakima County Flood Control Zone District, has adopted three comprehensive flood hazard management plans since 1998: • Upper Yakima River CFHMP (adopted 1998, updated 2007); • Naches River CFHMP (adopted 2006); and • Ahtanum-Wide Hollow CFHMP (adopted 2012). Each of these CFHMPs, which were also adopted by the cities affected, include recommendations that are adopted by reference in Section 6.5 (Capital Facilities Plan: Goals and Policies).
