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____________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />VSP Agreement Between the KITTITAS COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT and KITTITAS COUNTY - Page 16 of 17 <br />enhancement goals and benchmarks. The five year review and evaluation <br />report should include a summary of how plan implementation is satisfying the <br />following plan elements through VSP implementation: <br />1. Develop goals for participation by agricultural operators conducting <br />commercial and noncommercial agricultural activities in the watershed <br />necessary to meet the protection and enhancement benchmarks of <br />the work plan; <br />2. Ensure outreach and technical assistance is provided to agricultural <br />operators in the watershed; <br />3. Create measurable benchmarks that, within ten years after the receipt <br />of funding, are designed to result in (i) the protection of critical area <br />functions and values and (ii) the enhancement of critical area <br />functions and values through voluntary, incentive-based measures; <br />4. Work with the entity providing technical assistance to ensure that <br />individual stewardship plans contribute to the goals and benchmarks <br />of the work plan; <br />5. Incorporate into the work plan any existing development regulations <br />relied upon to achieve the goals and benchmarks for protection; <br />6. Establish baseline monitoring for: (i) Participation activities and <br />implementation of the voluntary stewardship plans and projects; (ii) <br />stewardship activities; and (iii) the effects on critical areas and <br />agriculture relevant to the protection and enhancement benchmarks <br />developed for the watershed; <br />7. Conduct periodic evaluations, institute adaptive management, and <br />provide a written report of the status of plans and accomplishments to <br />the county and to the commission within sixty days after the end of <br />each biennium; <br />8. Assist state agencies in their monitoring programs; and <br />9. Satisfy any other reporting requirements of the program. <br />Deliverables: <br />1. DISTRICT will complete the Two-year status report no later than August 30, 2021 <br />and provide to the COMMISSION. <br />2. DISTRICT will facilitate continued regular communication with the State <br />Technical Panel and the Watershed Group. <br />3. District will maintain ongoing database of implemented stewardship practices for <br />future 5-year reporting purposes. <br />