2020-02-24-minutes-public-works-study-session

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KITTITAS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS — BOARD OF COUNTY CONMUSSIONERS STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT STUDY SESSION DATE: February 24, 2020 TOPIC: Public Facility Fund Awards for 2020 ACTION REQUESTED: Direct Staff on Final Awards LEAD STAFF: Mark R. Cook RECOMMENDATION: Direct staff prepare contracts for award recipients. BRIEFING SUMMARY: • The 2020 Public Facility Fund grant awards have been re-evaluated by the Council of Governments (CoG) pursuant to Board (County Commissioners — BOCC) remand. • The annual principal and interest payment for Shady Brook trailer park ($122,007.50) has been removed from 2020 available funding leaving $825,992 for award. • CoG recommends the following: $450,000 City of Cie Elum; $151,375 City of Kittitas and $224,617 to City of Ellensburg. • The Snoqualmie Pass Public Utility District was not recommended for funding. • Kittitas Valley Event Center was not recommended for funding after initially being recommended to receive $200,000. BACKGROUND: Initial CoG awards went to Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce ($92,000) and to CenterFuse ($60,000). Owing to mistakes made by PW during initial project scoring, 2019 changes were not forwarded to CoG members. Unknowingly, CoG advanced a recommended funding list exceeding remaining funds owing to the previously awarded for economic development (Chamber and CenterFuse). The BOCC remanded the proj ect back to CoG for reconsideration. DISCUSSION: On February 19, 2020 CoG met discussing remanded projects for funding consideration. CoG elected to deny funding Snoqualmie Pass Public Utility District and Fire Station 1 requests and removed recommended funding for the Kittitas Valley Event Center. In 2018, CoG adopted a policy maintaining a fund reserve for project allocation. The policy Page 1 of 3 PUBLIC WORKS BOARD OF COUNTY COXMSSIONERS WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT