2022-10-24-minutes-public-works-study-session

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Project rankings will evaluate projects based on: • The geographic scale of flooding impact. • Whether the project addresses a current or potential repetitive loss or impact, considering flooding frequency and durability of investment. • Whether the project addresses a public safety concern associated with flooding. • Whether the project advances watershed management for water supply, water quality, and water resource and habitat protection and management. • Whether the project promotes and compliments the Community Rating System Standing. • Whether this activity builds on past investments or leverages partnerships. The amount of non -district match and funding. District Funding for Private Benefit Conducting site-specific flood risk modeling, engineering, permitting, or project implementation falls outside operations and maintenance activities and is a capital project activity. Capital project activities that benefit private property owners are allowable if there is an associated public benefit. When establishing if a public benefit will be provided, the District advisory committee should first consider local, state, and Federal regulations that must be met. District funding will not be used to meet minimum regulatory requirements for private projects. If District involvement will reduce off-site flood impacts, then there may be a public benefit, and the project is eligible for capital funding and can be evaluated on its technical merits utilizing the project evaluation criteria. If a FCZD capital project will negatively impact private property, priority will be given to funding to mitigate for these impacts. Private property owners are solely responsible for proving there is a negative impact to their property if Kittitas County has determined there would be no significant impact. When district funding is utilized for projects that will also provide a private benefit, the FCZD Advisory Committee will advise if they recommend a financial contribution by the benefiting party be required. Additionally, the Advisory Committee should consider if the public benefit should be protected through a legal agreement. Project Identification occurs through planning efforts and by referral by landowners, agency staff, and flood control zone district advisory committee members. The website will be updated with information about flood project referrals. This information will provide the contact information for referrals, the Flood Control Zone District Advisory Committee's timeline for six-year work plan and annual budget development and adoption, and the information needed by the Advisory Committee to consider funding flood projects. There will not be a formal call for proposals at this time. Project identification will also consider information gaps and planning needs to inform potential planning activities.