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October 8, 2015 <br />Kittitas County Department of Public: Works <br />Attn: Mark Cook, Public Works Director <br />Christina Wollman, Floodptain/Project Manager <br />411 North Ruby Street, Suite 1 <br />Ellensburg, WA. 98976 <br />800108th Avenue, N.E., Suite 700 <br />Bellevue. Washington 98004 U S.A. <br />1.425.452.8000 Fax 1.425.1212 <br />Subject: Release of funding for the Naneum, Wilson, and Chert' Creek Watershed Assessment <br />Dear idfark and Christina: <br />As per our conversation(s) ,last week I am requesting that you release $129,969 that was placed on <br />hold at the time of contracting due to a delay in funding acquisition for the Naneum, Wilson, Cherry <br />Creek )Natershed Assessment. This funding was associatedh portions of Tasks 01, 02, 03, , 06, <br />07, and 08. Jacobs has worked with you to be flexible in our or 04 <br />ject/budget management to bridge the <br />funding gap and manage change. We have accomplished this by allocating funds from budgeted <br />tasks to address project needs as they arise and track these changes in a project change management <br />log. (see attached) <br />Our fee proposal for the assessment was $652,378. it was our understanding, while this amount was <br />authorized for expenditure, if is conditionally limited to $522,409 until additional funds were acquired, <br />and authorized by Kittitas County Public Works. This limitation is detailed within the attached LAG <br />Contract Exhibit Al. (see attached) <br />I am asking to make a few changes to the allocation of the project budget due to the following needs of <br />the project: <br />v Change No. 1 — Whiskey Creek Early Alternatives Analysis - Transfer $5,000 from Task 100 <br />Management Reserve to Jacobs Task 04 Alternative Screening. <br />Change No. 5 — Eliminate Kramer Consulting (an Olympia based firm specializing in <br />Stakeholder involvement) and transfer the $17,951 to Jacobs Task 02. Jacobs has a local <br />Project Manager and Deputy Project Manager at a lower base with no travel cost and <br />relationships with local stakeholders. Jacobs has been been providing stakeholder involvement <br />by transferring funds from other tasks and supporting new tasks such as the Advisory <br />Committee without requesting a budget supplement This change would allow Jacobs to adjust <br />the negative budget on Task 02 and to continue to provide supplemental stakeholder <br />involvement for the project without request of a supplemental task budget change. <br />If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact me at 509.312-9398. <br />Sincerely, <br />Jason Smith <br />Jacobs PNW Environmental Manager <br />Attachments: LAG Contract Exhiblt A-1 <br />Project Change Management Log <br />P11MdX7oZ0CY W CwAgWU_Rm%mmrPwdmLRr74&15da <br />