Resolution_Interlocal_FCZD and City of Ellensburg

Home Browse Search

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF KITTITAS STATE OF WASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO. 2021 - Resolution to Authorize the Chairman's Signature on an Interlocal Agreement Between Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District and City of Ellensburg WHEREAS: The Interlocal Cooperation Act, as amended, and codified in Chapter 39.34 of the Revised Code of Washington ("RCW'), provides for public agencies to enter into agreements for joint or cooperative action authorized under that chapter; and WHEREAS: Kittitas County established a County -Wide Flood Control Zone District pursuant to Chapter 86.15 RCW for the purpose of addressing flood management needs within county; and WHEREAS: RCW 86.15.080(8) provides for flood control zone districts to enter into cooperative agreements with any political subdivision; and WHEREAS: The City of Ellensburg is undertaking the Reecer Creek Flood Hazard Reduction and Floodplain Restoration Project; and WHEREAS: Flood Control Zone Districts can provide grant funds to political subdivisions of the state that are located within the boundaries of the zone, so long as the use of the grant funds is within the purposes authorized under Chapter 86.15 RCW; and WHEREAS: The Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District has included a total of $1,000,000 in funding for the Reecer Creek Flood Hazard Reduction and Floodplain Restoration Project in its 2020 and 2021 annual budgets; and WHEREAS: Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District and the City of Ellensburg desire to allocate a portion of the funding ($111,637) to conduct Reecer Creek Floodplain Mapping and Levee Certification Support Services in support of the Reecer Creek Flood Hazard Reduction and Floodplain Restoration Project; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners, in the best interest of the public, does hereby authorize the Chairman's signature on an Interlocal Agreement between Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District and City of Ellensburg providing $111,637 in design support for the Reecer Creek Flood Hazard Reduction project.