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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />PUBLIC WORKS — BOARD OF COUNTY CON M- ISSIONERS <br />STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />STUDY SESSION DATE: April 8, 2024 <br />TOPIC: Flood Control Zone District Match <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Direction to Staff <br />LEAD STAFF: <br />Arden Thomas <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Direct staff to prepare enabling documentation for Interlocal Agreement with City of <br />Ellensburg and work on necessary budget changes to support. <br />BRIEFING SUMMARY: <br />• The City of Ellensburg was awarded Flood Control Account Assistance Program <br />(FCAAP) funding by the Department of Ecology. <br />• This grant will fund a city -led effort to improve flood risk information associated <br />with Whiskey and Mercer Creeks in the city and identify flood mitigation actions. <br />• The City has asked the Flood Control Zone District to provide matching <br />contributions valued at $100,000 in the form of District staff time and tasking our <br />on -call consultant with integration of the City's work with County -led flood risk <br />assessment. <br />e This contribution is not currently budgeted for 2024 and will require a budget <br />amendment. <br />• The Flood Control Zone District proposes to first look for cost savings in other <br />projects in 2024 to cover these expenses. If this cost savings cannot be found, the <br />Flood Control Zone District may need to reduce our 2024 contribution to the City <br />of Ellensburg Reecer Creek levy project to provide the required match. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The City of Ellensburg was awarded Flood Control Account Assistance Program <br />(FCAAP) funding by the Department of Ecology. This grant will improve information <br />available about flood risk from Whiskey and Mercer Creeks in the city and identify <br />effective mitigation actions. The focus of the City's work is stormwater modeling, but <br />there are also floodplain integration and flood mitigation project identification elements <br />to the grant. <br />DISCUSSION: <br />Mis-communication between the City of Ellensburg and District staff resulted in this <br />project not being included in the Flood Control Zone District 2024 budget. <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />PUBLIC WORKS BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />