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STATE OF WASHINGTON <br />DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <br />'101 1 Plum Street SE . PO Box 42525 ' alympia, Washington 98504-2525 . (360) 725-4000 <br />www.commerce,wa,gov <br />October ZZ,2020 <br />The l-ionorable Brett Wachsmith <br />Kittitas County Commissioner, District fI3 <br />205 W 5th Ave, Suite 108 <br />Ellensburg, WA 98926 <br />Dear Commissioner Wachsmith : <br />I anr pleased to inform you that Commerce has awarded Kittitas County ry$292,364 in federal <br />Community Development Block Grant - Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) funds. This award is based <br />on the jurisdiction's CDBG-CVI application for activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to <br />coronavims in partnership with local service providers for the CDBG-CV1 consortium area. <br />Prior to grant contract execution, this letter allows you to begin inculring costs not to exceed ten <br />percent of your award as of March 27,2020, for only the lbllowing activities: <br />. Administration including documented staffirrg, travel and training. Pre-application costs, such as public hearing notices and documented staffing and time <br />for the CDBG-CVl consortium building and applicationr Review of environmenlal laws and authorities, including Section 106 of the National <br />I-iistoric preservation Act of 1996 <br />r Preliminary engineering design wolk and consultations needed for the environmental <br />review <br />r Subrecipient agreements or plofessional service contracts for any of the above activitie.s <br />A CDBG subrecipient agreement, for use if you pass these funds thlough to a service provider to <br />implement the grant, is available in Section l8 of the CDBG Management Handbook, which is <br />available electronically at www.commerce.wa. gov/cdbg and herg. <br />CDBG plocurement requirements rnust be tbllowed before hiring professional services or <br />contractol's to be ftrnded by this CDBG award. These requirements are in Sections 5 andT of the <br />CDBG Management Handbook. <br />CDBG-specifio compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act QIIEPA) mUst be <br />completed before any construction bid advprlising or propefiy acquisition activity can occul'. <br />These procedrres are described in Section 6 of the CDBG Management Handbook. <br />Contract Page 033