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• - :. • �K• III �1111'LK•3uluif.Y. f"Z OW <br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2022 - r4fo <br />AUTHORIZING CHAIR SIGNATURE ON AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT <br />BETWEEN KITTITAS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT AND CITY OF <br />ELLENSBURG <br />WHEREAS: The Interlocal Cooperation Act, as amended, and codified in Chapter 39.34 of the <br />Revised Code of Washington ("RCW"), provides for public agencies to enter into <br />agreements for joint or cooperative action authorized under that chapter; and <br />WHEREAS: Kittitas County established a County -Wide Flood Control Zone District pursuant <br />to Chapter 86.15 RCW for the purpose of addressing flood management needs <br />within county, and <br />WHEREAS: RCW 86.15.080(8) provides for flood control zone districts to enter into <br />cooperative agreements with any political subdivision; and <br />WHEREAS: The City of Ellensburg is undertaking the Reecer Creek Flood Hazard Reduction <br />and Floodplain Restoration Project, and <br />WHEREAS: Flood Control Zone Districts can provide grant funds to political subdivisions of <br />the state that are located within the boundaries of the zone, so long as the use of <br />the grant funds is within the purposes authorized under Chapter 86.15 RCW, and <br />WHEREAS: The Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District has included a total of <br />$1,000,000 in funding for the Reecer Creek Flood Hazard Reduction and <br />Floodplain Restoration Project in its 2021 and 2022 annual budgets; and <br />WHEREAS: The Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District previously provided a total of <br />$111,637 in 2021 project funding for the Reecer Creek Flood Hazard Reduction <br />and Floodplain Restoration Project to conduct Reecer Creek Floodplain Mapping <br />and Levee Certification Support Services; and <br />WHEREAS: Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District and the City of Ellensburg desire to <br />desire to allocate the remaining $888,363 in funding in support of the construction <br />of the Reecer Creek Flood Hazard Reduction and Floodplain Restoration Project; <br />NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners, in the <br />best interest of the public, does hereby authorize Chair signature on an Interlocal Agreement <br />between Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District and City of Ellensburg. <br />