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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN KITTITAS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL <br />ZONE DISTRICT AND CITY OF ELLENSBURG FOR GRANT MATCH <br />This Interlocal Agreement is made and entered into this 6 s day of May, 2024, by and <br />between the City of Ellensburg (hereinafter the "City") and Kittitas County through the <br />Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District (hereinafter the "District") for the purpose of <br />establishing the District's commitment to provide in -kind services for grant matching <br />requirements. <br />RECITALS <br />WHEREAS, the Interlocal Cooperation Act, as amended, and codified in Chapter <br />39.34 of the 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, Kittitas County established a County -Wide Flood Control Zone District <br />(District) pursuant to chapter 86.15 RCW for the purpose of addressing flood management <br />needs within county; and <br />WHEREAS, RCW 86.15.080(8) provides for flood control zone districts to enter into <br />cooperative agreements with any political subdivision; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Ellensburg is undertaking the Shorelands Competitive <br />Planning Flood Assistance project, funded by the Department of Ecology Flood Control <br />Account Assistance Program ("FCAAP") to provide updated stormwater mapping within the <br />City's Urban Growth Area ("UGA"); and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Ellensburg FCAAP project will improve information <br />available about flood risk from Whiskey and Mercer Creeks in the city and identify effective <br />mitigation actions, and <br />WHEREAS, the FCAAP grant requires a 25% grant match in the amount of $100,000 <br />during the grant period (July 1, 2023-June 30, 2025), which can be provided through in -kind <br />services valued at an equivalent amount, and the City has requested this match be provided by <br />the District; and <br />WHEREAS, the District will participate in the City's project for the purposes of <br />coordinating this effort with District -led floodplain mapping and flood -risk reduction projects; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the District will document the $100,000 in matching in -kind services <br />contributed by District staff time and hydraulic and hydrologic professional services provided <br />by the District's on -call consultant Watershed Sciences and Engineering; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows: <br />Interlocal Agreement For Flood Control District Grant Match - Page 1 of 4 <br />