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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br />RESOLUTION <br />•I 0 <br />RESOLUTION TO AMEND RESOLUTION 2017-138 TO AWARD THE 2018 <br />DISTRESSED COUNTY SALES AND USE TAX FUNDS AS RECOMMENDED <br />BY THE CONFERENCE OF GOVERNMENTS CORRECTING MATCH <br />PERCENTAGE <br />WHEREAS: The 1999 Legislature did pass RCW 82.14.370 Sales and Use Tax <br />for Public Facilities in rural counties; and <br />WHEREAS: These funds are for the purpose of financing Public Facilities <br />which are defined as bridges, roads, domestic and industrial water <br />facilities, sanitary sewer facilities, earth stabilization, storm sewer <br />facilities, railroad, electricity, natural gas, buildings, structures, <br />telecommunications infrastructure, transportation infrastructure or <br />commercial infrastructure and port facilities in the State of <br />Washington; and <br />WHEREAS: The Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners makes sales <br />and use tax funding available to cities pursuant to an annual grant <br />program; and <br />WHEREAS: The COG as directed, met to review the 2018 applications to <br />consider if they met the economic development needs of the <br />county and communities within the county; and <br />WHEREAS: The COG is presenting the results and their recommendations for <br />the funding as shown in Exhibit `A', as amended, and; <br />WHEREAS: Award recipients are required to provide thirteen and one-half <br />percent (13.5%) matching funds against sales and use tax grant <br />awards; and <br />WHEREAS: The City of Roslyn application fails to meet the required match <br />and is therefore reduced to $798,222; and <br />WHEREAS: The City of Cle Elum application requires verification of match <br />from a state agency funding source; and <br />