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INTEERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN KITTITAS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT AND CITY OF ELLENSBURG This Interlocal Agreement is made and entered into this 1st day of April 2024, by and between the City of Ellensburg (herein after the "City")and Kittitas County through the Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District(hereinafter the "District"). RED I a A L S WHEREAS,the Interlocal Cooperation Act, as amended, and codified in Chapter 39.34 of the Revised Code of Washington("RCW"),provides for public agencies to enter into agreements for joint or cooperative action authorized under that chapter; and WHEREAS, Kittitas County established a County-Wide Flood Control Zone District (District)pursuant to chapter 86.15 RCW for the purpose of addressing flood management needs within county, and WHEREAS, RCW 86.15.080(8)provides for flood control zone districts to enter into cooperative agreements with any political subdivision; and WHEREAS, the City of Ellensburg is undertaking the Shorelands Competitive Planning Flood Assistance project, funded by the Department of Ecology Flood Control Account Assistance Program (FCAAP), and. WHEREAS, the City of Ellensburg FCAAP project will improve information available about flood risk from Whiskey and Mercer Creeks in the city and identify effective mitigation actions, and WHEREAS, the FCAAP grant requires $100,000 in matching funds during the contract period (April 1, 2024-.tune 30, 2025) and the City has requested this match be provided by the District; and WHEREAS, the District will participate in the City's project for the purposes of coordinating this effort with District-led floodplain mapping and flood-risk reduction projects; and WHEREAS, the District will document $100,000 in matching funds contributed by District staff time and hydraulic and hydrologic professional services provided by on-call consultant Watershed Sciences and Engineering. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT MATCH 1 r