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KITTITAS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS — BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT STUDY SESSION DATE: November 14, 2016 TOPIC: Water Resource Issues Update ACTION REQUESTED: Informational LEAD STAFF: Mark R. Cook RECOMMENDATION: None. BACKGROUND: During the past several months, Public Works has been working various water resource issues: Ringer Loop, Schaake Levee and Lower Yakima. Last week, we took action reallocating $500,000 of the integrated plan money ($988,452) awarded to Ringer Loop. The $500,000 will now go towards high priority habitat acquisitions in the Teanaway. In early October, we completed removal of pavement and Reno blankets along the north -south segment of Ringer Loop Road. We are also finalizing equipment procurement resulting from our November 2015 flood claim with FEMA. We currently have two land acquisitions offers out: Papineau and Sparks. We anticipate those acquisitions will expense approximately $488,452 of integrated plan funds. We have been working for months with US Army Corps of Engineers towards repairing damaged elements of the Schaake Levee. Bureau of Reclamation and US Fish and Wildlife are requesting we consider an alternate repair. The proposal is to set back the damaged levee. We are currently working with all partners to see if a setback repair is possible. Several months ago, we submitted three Floodplain by Design grants: Lower Yakima ($5.1 million); Reecer Creek ($5 million) and Manastash ($500,000). We received notice last week that Lower Yakima is proposed for funding (#11 priority statewide) and falls at about the $50 million mark. Lobbying of the Governor's budget for funding at $70 million is underway. DISCUSSION: We may not successfully close Papineau and Sparks. Our offers have not met with acceptance. Sparks countered and so did we. As of the time of this Page 1 of 2 PUBLIC WORKS BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT