Resolution_WSE TO 8_Amendment 6_WhiskeyMercer

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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF KITTITAS STATE OF WASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO. 2022 - AUTHORIZING THE CHAIR'S SIGNATURE ON AMENDMENT NO.6 TO WATERSHED SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING TASK ORDER NO. 8 FOR WHISKEY AND MERCER CREEK LOMR SUPPORT WHEREAS: Public Works has a Task Order contract with Watershed Science and Engineering for hydraulic model and mapping support for Whiskey and Mercer Creek; and WHEREAS: The Department of Natural Resources recently made the 2019 LiDAR topographic dataset available to Kittitas County for the Whiskey and Mercer Creek study area; and WHEREAS: Updating the Whiskey and Mercer Creek 2 -Dimensional Hydraulic model with the new 2019 LiDAR topographic dataset will enable our Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to be based on the best available information; and WHEREAS: Kittitas County previously submitted the Whiskey and Mercer Creek 2 -Dimensional Hydraulic model to FEMA and was directed to revise the model so that it extends downstream to the confluence of Mercer Creek with Wilson Creek; and WHEREAS: The additional $15,000 needed to incorporate updated LiDAR from 2019 and extend the model downstream as directed by FEMA requires Board of County Commission authorization, 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 Watershed Science and Engineering Amendment No. 6 to Task Order No. 8 increasing the amount of the Task Order from $40,000 to $55,000. DATED this 4th day of October 2022, at Ellensburg, Washington. Attest: ❑ Clerk of the Board- Julie Kjorsvik ❑ Deputy Clerk of the Board- Mandy Buchholz BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON Laura Osiadacz, Chairman Cory Wright, Vice -Chairman Brett Wachsmith, Commissioner