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Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District Project Prioritization Framework Approved April 28, 2021 Projects supported by the Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District ("District") must address the purposes identified in Chapter 86.15 RCW (Flood Control Zone Districts) District -funded capital improvement projects must address at least one of the following purposes: • More effectively manage flood and storm waters. • Protect life and property within the district from flood damage. Capital improvement projects and programs are prioritized for funding based on objective project evaluation criteria. Planning, designing, and constructing projects, including property acquisition for flood management purposes. These activities are also collectively referred to as "Capital Improvement Projects" and include: • Improving flood conveyance' o Drainage improvements o Bridges and siphons • Improving flood storage and managing erosion and velocity hazards o Levee removal and setbacks o Inset floodplain creation and enhancement • Acquiring floodplain properties to remove flood -prone structures, prevent new flood risks, and / or create or maintain flood storage and associated implementation activities. • Improving flood resiliency: o Structure elevation, relocation, or floodproofing o Improve ingress and egress during flood conditions o Flood map improvements The District Advisory Committee project prioritization criteria provide are used so that funding decisions are replicable, defensible, and transparent to rate payers. Proposed programmatic activities, such as repetitive loss buy-out and mitigation projects will be evaluated as a program. Project rankings, available funding, promoting investment equity through the County and timing and sequencing consideration (including balancing planning and implementation activities in the work plan) will be used to develop the 6 -year capital plan and annual budget. ' Conveyance improvements in excess of $20,000 of district funding for an individual project in a year are considered capital improvements.