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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES — BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS <br />2023 STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />STUDY SESSION DATE: July 24, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Watershed Task Order Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Acknowledge Task Order Issuance <br />LEAD STAFF: <br />Mark Cook and Jamey Ayling. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Begin work immediately on the proposed task order developing a buildable lands analysis <br />for Kittitas County. <br />BRIEFING SUMMARY: <br />• Community Development Services (CDS) has negotiated a Task Order (TO) with <br />The Watershed Group (TWG) developing a buildable lands analysis for Kittitas <br />County. <br />• The TO value is approximately $49,000. <br />• Once Phase One efforts are complete, we will re -assess our need and return to the <br />Board of County Commissioners if a TO amendment is required. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Immediately following the transfer of CDS to Public Works in June 2023, staff began <br />negotiating a TO with TWG for a buildable lands analysis of Kittitas County. The first <br />phase of TO deliverables is anticipated by December 31, 2023. <br />DISCUSSION: <br />Completion of Phase One TO deliverables will inform the number of buildable acres in <br />current rural county land use designations. The results will be utilized to refine the <br />preliminary scope of work regarding Office of Financial Management (OFM) population <br />allocations for the rural lands of Kittitas County. Phase Two TO deliverables are <br />anticipated to be complete ahead of the 2024 comprehensive plan amendment process. <br />FISCAL IMPACTS: <br />Phase One TO costs are approximately $49,000. <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />Exhibit 1: THE WATERSHED GROUP TO 2023-01 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />Community Development Services "Work Session Staff Report", 2023 <br />