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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2023 -_U <br />AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN <br />KITTITAS COUNTY AND KITTITAS COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT FOR <br />IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VOLUNTARY STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM <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: The Washington State Legislature, through ESHB 1886, created a Voluntary <br />Stewardship Program ("V SP") for protection of critical areas in areas of agricultural <br />activities; and <br />WHEREAS: The Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners approved Ordinance No. <br />2011-012, An Ordinance Electing to Participate in the Voluntary Stewardship <br />Program (RCW 36.70A.705), identifying and nominating the Upper Yakima <br />watershed and the Alkali-Squilchuck watershed as state priority watersheds, and <br />electing to have Kittitas County proceed with implementation of the requirements <br />of the Voluntary Stewardship Program once the Washington State Legislature <br />provides adequate funding for such activity; and <br />WHEREAS: Kittitas County and the Kittitas County Conservation District previously executed <br />Interlocal Agreements for the purpose of implementing the Voluntary Stewardship <br />Program for Kittitas County through Resolution No. 2015-139, 2016-019, 2019- <br />115, 2021-098 and Interlocal Agreements approved on August 21, 2017, March 5, <br />2019, July 2, 2019, and June 15, 2021; and <br />WHEREAS: Kittitas County and the Kittitas County Conservation District are agreeable to a <br />new Interlocal Agreement for the two-year period between July 1, 2023, and June <br />30, 2025, to continue implementation of the Voluntary Stewardship Program; and <br />