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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />PUBLIC WORKS — BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIVIISSIONERS <br />STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />STUDY SESSION DATE: December 9, 2019 <br />TOPIC: 2019 Joint Planning Conference <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Support Staff Actions Implementing ELN 2020 — 2025 <br />Capital Improvement Plan <br />LEAD STAFF: <br />Mark R. Cook <br />RECONL'VIENDATION: <br />Support staff actions implementing the Federal Aviation Administration ELN 2020 — <br />2025 Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP). <br />BRIEFING SUMMARY: <br />• The annual joint planning conference with Washington. State Department of <br />Transportation Aviation Division (WSDOTA) and the Federal Aviation <br />Administration (FAA) was held on December 4, 2019 <br />• Staff is requesting several changes to the approved ACIP <br />• FAA region (Seattle) is supporting staff's request to go to sixty percent (60%) <br />design on the 11/29 taxiway and 11/29 reconfiguration <br />Additional funding is being sought by the FAA in the next several weeks <br />• Staff is requesting $2M in additional funding for wetland mitigation <br />• Staff is requesting that taxiway construction be pushed to 2024 and 11129 <br />reconfiguration be set back to 2025 <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Annually, Public Works (PW) airport staff phone conferences with WSDOTA and the <br />FAA on matters concerning ELN. The most recent conference focused on the ongoing <br />Environmental Assessment and PW request for advanced design. The request for <br />advanced design is being driven by the draft wetland identification mapping and flood <br />attenuation proposal. These two actions have significant probable impact to ACIP <br />implementation. <br />DISCUSSION: <br />FAA Seattle appears supportive of staff s request for advanced design. An estimated <br />$400,000 is likely defining wetland and floodplain impact supporting a final <br />environmental determination by FAA Seattle staff. A likely requirement resulting from <br />wetland impact is an individual project permit from the United States Army Corps of <br />Engineers (USACE). PW staff anticipates mitigating wetland impact at a ratio of seven <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />PUBLIC WORKS BOARD OF COUNTY CONMSSIONERS WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />