A crowded agenda awaits members of the Auburn City Council at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Council Chambers at Auburn City Hall.

At the top of the list are number of resolutions, including the following:

• Setting the time and date for a public hearing on the 2011-2016 Transportation Improvement Program, or TIP.

• Authorizing an agreement between the City and Washington State University for consulting services related to the Auburn Environmental Park.

Since 2009, City staff and the Planning and Community Development and Public Works committees have talked about updating planning documents to create a detailed engineering, architectural and biological plan for sustainable development in the district. The idea is to enhance the environment to attract green businesses to the district. Recently City staff and Councilman Rich Wagner met with the Washington State University Institute for Sustainable Design to talk about collaborating on the project, which will enlist 20 senior level students in different fields of study to come up with sustainable solutions. The total cost of the consulting services agreement is $95,000, and the City will tap its stormwater utility fund to pay for it.

• Accepting a grant agreement between the City and the King Conservation District for Phase 2 of the Fenster levee setback and floodplain restoration.

The KCD Board of Supervisors approved the grant award at their monthly meeting on July 12. The KCD funds will be used along with funds awarded to the project last December by the state Salmon Recovery Funding Board and funds from the City. KCD also provided grant funds to the City for acquisition of part of the project site in 2008.

The levee setback will be constructed on the north 4.5-acre portion of the City’s Fenster Nature Park property on the west side of the Green River, and will involve the reconstruction of approximately 880 feet of the existing river levee, locating it further away from the river to reconnect the river to its natural floodplain. The project will create and enhance habitat for young fish that are incubating or rearing in the river, including Chinook salmon and steelhead, which are listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act. The project will also increase floodwater storage capacity to help protect downstream landowners during increased river flows.

The setback will complete the work started by the City and the County under Phase 1 of the project on the south portion of the Fenster site, which was completed in 2008.

After construction of the levee setback, the City plans to work with the Veteran’s Conservation Corps for replanting, monitoring, and maintenance of the site. Final design and construction of the project is scheduled to occur in 2011-2012.

• Awarding the contract to the lowest responsible bidder for the City Hall Plaza improvement project.