2020-01-27-minutes-public-works-study-session

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KITTITAS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS —BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT STUDY SESSION DATE: January 27, 2020 TOPIC: Council of Governments 2020 Public Facilities Update ACTION REQUESTED: No Action is Requested LEAD STAFF: Mark R. Cook RECOMMENDATION: No action is requested. BRIEFING SUMMARY: • The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) recently directed Public Works engage the Council of Governments (COG) on issues surrounding COG's 2020 Public Facility Fund (PF) recommendations of grant award. • At the COG January 15, 2020 meeting; project status and grant reporting was discussed. • COG voted to recommend to the BOCC that current grant reporting requirements not apply to projects approved prior to policy adoption. • COG voted to postpone discussing further action concerning 2020 grant award recommendations to the February meeting. BACKGROUND: • The COG's 2020 PF funding recommendation exceeds 2020 allocated funding levels by $152,000. • PW recently reviewed all open projects and presented the review to COG. • Several projects from 2017 have limited or no construction to date. • COG's action declining to discuss three projects for funding is inconsistent with state law and two of the rejected projects do appear to meet state law "Public Facility" requirements. • The BOCC has directed staff to obtain a revised 2020 PF funding recommendation for Board consideration. DISCUSSION: Providing the Board follows the COG's recommendation to NOT impose current reporting requirements on projects pre -dating reporting policy adoption, very little money is available for re -appropriation supporting 2020 grant awards. A summary of the past three years of COG award recommendations appears below for consideration. Page 1 of 2 PUBLIC WORKS BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT