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STATE OF WASHINGTON <br />DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <br />9099 Plum Street SE • PO Box 42525. Olympia, Washington 98504-2525 • (360) 725-4000 <br />www.commorce.wa.gov <br />October 22, 2020 <br />The Honorable Brett Wachsmith <br />Kittitas County Commissioner, District #3 <br />205 W 5th Ave, Suite 108 <br />Ellensburg, WA 98926 <br />Dear Commissioner Wachsmith: <br />1 am pleased to inform you that Commerce has awarded Kittitas County up $292,364 in federal <br />Community Development Block Grant - Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) funds. This award is based <br />on the jurisdiction's CDBG-CV 1 application for activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to <br />coronavirus in partnership with local service providers for the CDBG-CV1 consortium area. <br />Prior to grant contract execution, this letter allows you to begin incurring costs not to exceed ten <br />percent of your award as of March 27, 2020, for only the following activities: <br />• Administration including documented staffing, travel and training <br />• Pre -application costs, such as public hearing notices and documented staffing and time <br />for the CDBG-CV1 consortium building and application <br />• Review of environmental laws and authorities, including Section 106 of the National <br />Historic preservation Act of 1996 <br />• Preliminary engineering design work and consultations needed for the environmental <br />review <br />• Subrecipient agreements or professional service contracts for any of the above activities <br />A CDBG subrecipient agreement, for use if you pass these funds through to a service provider to <br />implement the grant, is available in Section 18 of the CDBG Management Handbook, which is <br />available electronically at www.commerce.wa.gov/cdbg and here. <br />CDBG procurement requirements must be followed before hiring professional services or <br />contractors to be funded by this CDBG award. These requirements are in Sections 5 and 7 of the <br />CDBG Management Handbook. <br />CDBG-specific compliance with the National Envirom-rental Policy Act (NEPA) must be <br />completed before any construction bid advertising or property acquisition activity can occur. <br />These procedures are described in Section 6 of the CDBG Management Handbook. <br />