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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />PUBLIC WORKS — BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />STUDY SESSION DATE: May 8, 2017 <br />TOPIC: Hazard Mitigation Plan (grant Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Authorize a Request for Qualifications <br />LEAD STAFF: Mark R. Cook <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Direct staff prepare a request for qualifications soliciting firms to update the County's <br />Hazard Mitigation Plan. <br />BREIFING SUMMARY: <br />• Public Works has received a grant to update its existing Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />• Staff recently met with State grant representatives <br />• We are waiting confirmation from several counties regarding our offer to solicit <br />for a single consultant <br />• We now need to solicit qualified firms to conduct the update <br />BACKGROUND: <br />In 2016, Public Works (PW) received a FEMA grant updating the 2012 Multi - <br />jurisdictional Hazards Mitigation Plan. The grant expires on October 30, 2018. <br />Preparing for the grant, staff recently met with state emergency management staff <br />inviting staff from Walla Walla, Benton and Franklin counties. All four counties have <br />various amounts of grant award with associated varying work programs. PW has <br />received the largest of the four grant awards. <br />DISCUSSION: <br />PW is offering to combine all county grant resources conducting a single RFQ to secure <br />one consultant to update all plans. We believe this added purchasing power can benefit <br />the other counties, as Kittitas is well funded by FEMA ($91,125.00). Representatives <br />from the other counties are considering if combining resources is the best fit for their <br />individual needs. Once we hear back from the other counties, we will solicit for <br />consultants using the Request for Proposal approach. The original plan included <br />numerous stakeholders. A similar large outreach effort is envisioned for the update. A <br />review of all hazards will be conducted with particular attention afforded to drought <br />mitigation strategies. There may be an opportunity to fuse the County's water banking <br />program into this effort. Regional groundwater storage and other similar strategies <br />should be loaded into the plan for deployment during declared emergencies. <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />PUBLIC WORKS BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />