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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />PUBLIC WORKS — BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />WORK SESSION DATE: October 26, 2015 <br />TOPIC: Kittitas County Conservation District <br />(KCCD) Coleman Creek Siphon <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Authorize the Chairman Sign an Interlocal <br />Agreement with KCCD Providing a <br />Maximum of $85,000 towards Project <br />Construction <br />LEAD STAFF: Mark R. Cook <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Authorize the Board of County Commission Chairman sign an interlocal <br />agreement with Kittitas County Conservation District providing a maximum of <br />$85,000 towards project construction (Coleman Creek siphon). Allow the County <br />Engineer approval authority releasing construction change order funding <br />following review of all funding requests not to exceed $85,000_ <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The following project summary is provided by the Kittitas County Conservation <br />District (KCCD): "The Kittitas County Conservation District proposes to construct <br />a siphon at the intersection of the Ellensburg Water Company (EWC) canal with <br />Coleman Creek east of Ellensburg, WA and replace the EWCs existing upstream <br />diversion with a structure that includes a fish screen and fishway to provide fish <br />passage. This project is one in a series designed to provide safe fish passage in <br />the lower five miles of Coleman Creek. Projects have already been completed to <br />provide passage into the first two miles, as well as provide fish screens to protect <br />fish from entrainment and gain Trust Water for instream flow through irrigation <br />efficiency improvements. This project will improve fish access for Spring <br />Chinook and Mid -Columbia Summer Steelhead." <br />The current bridge structure over the irrigation channel is in poor condition. It is <br />one of the County's worst under 20 foot bridge structures. Replacement costs <br />for the bridge are expected to exceed $300,000. Recently, Public Works took <br />action removing Colockum Road from the 2016-2021 six-year transportation plan <br />($85,000 in local funding). <br />Page 1 of 6 <br />PUBLIC WORKS BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />