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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR <br />501 North Anderson Street <br />ch of Ellensburg,Washington 98926 <br />Telephone:(509)962-7221 Fax:(509)982-7143ammmmr <br />February 27,2017 <br />RepresentativeMatt Manwe11er <br />470 John L.O'Brien Building <br />PO Box 40600 <br />Olympia,WA 98504-0600 <br />Honorable RepresentativeManweller: <br />Please accept this letter to confirm the City's support of a Kittitas County capital budget <br />request.The County is working to upgrade the Kittitas Valley Event Center.The County'sCapitalBudgetrequest,if funded,will address structural issues of the Event Centergrandstands,and make improvementsto existing buildings and barns to maintain the center'sviabilityforcontinuedoperation.The structural integrity of the Rodeo Grounds stadium <br />seating is critical to the County's continued ability to accommodate the EIIensburg Rodeo as <br />are the building and bam improvementsproposed by the County that support County Fair <br />activities. <br />As home of the Ellensburg Rodeo,the Event Center has hosted the Ellensburg Rodeo fornearlyahundredyears.This eventattracts tourists to E11ensburg for over the Labor Day <br />Weekend resulting in significant economic benefit to the City and County.In addition to thefairandrodeo,the County has expanded the operation of the eventcenter to offer year round <br />amenities and sponsor eventsthat draw outside wealth into the community.The Event Center <br />is a valuablecontributor to the local economy and your support of this project is very much <br />appreciated.Thanks for sponsoring the request. <br />Yours truly, <br />Rich Elliott <br />Mayor