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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2022 - ____ <br /> <br />AUTHORIZING THE CHAIR’S SIGNATURE ON WATERSHED SCIENCES AND <br />ENGINEERING TASK ORDER NO. 4 – EASTON REACH YAKIMA RIVER HAZARD <br />ANALYSIS AND MAPPING INVESTIGATION <br /> <br />WHEREAS: Kittitas County Public Works (PW) recently received a Flood Control Account <br />Assistance grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology to flood study <br />the Easton reach of the Yakima River; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: Kittitas County Public Works procured on-call professional hydraulic and hydrologic <br />engineering services from Watershed Sciences and Engineering (WSE) consistent <br />with state law and local purchasing policies in April 2020; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: WSE previously conducted technical analysis, developed a 2-dimensional hydraulic <br />model, and conducted a channel migration and avulsion risk assessment for the <br />Kittitas Reach Yakima River; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: The Easton Reach River Hazard Analysis is required to complete the scope of work <br />for Washington State Department of Ecology Flood Control Account Assistance <br />Program Funding, accepted by Kittitas County by Resolution 2021-179; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: This project is identified on the Flood Control Zone District Annual and six-year <br />work plans; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: The value of Task Order No. 4 exceeds the contract authorization amount currently <br />provided to the Public Works Director. <br /> <br />THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County Commissioners, in the best interest <br />of the public, does hereby authorize the Chair’s signature on WSE Task Order No. 4 <br />in the amount of $245,261. <br /> <br />DATED this 15th day of March, 2022, at Ellensburg, Washington. <br /> <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br /> <br /> ________________________________ <br /> Laura Osiadacz, Chairman <br />Attest: <br /> <br />☐ Clerk of the Board- Julie Kjorsvik ________________________________ <br />Cory Wright, Vice-Chairman <br />☐ Deputy Clerk of the Board- Mandy Buchholz <br /> _______________________________ ________________________________ <br /> Brett Wachsmith, Commissioner