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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />PUBLIC WORKS - BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />STUDY SESSION DATE: September 9, 2024 <br />TOPIC: Kittitas County Water Mitigation for Kittitas Public <br />Utility District No. 1 <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Direction to Staff <br />LEAD STAFF: <br />Arden Thomas <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Direct Staff to Prepare Resolution Authorizing Mitigation through the Kittitas County Water <br />Bank. <br />BRIEFING SUMMARY: <br />• Kittitas County has acquired water rights for the purpose of providing Total Water Supply <br />Available mitigation for domestic ground water uses within the Yakima Basin portion of <br />Kittitas County and administers this water though a water mitigation bank. <br />• Kittitas Public Utility District No. 1 (Kittitas PUD) purchased land in unincorporated <br />Kittitas County for future construction of a new office building and storage yard. <br />• The new Kittitas PUD Facility will be served by an individual well and will require legal <br />mitigation for the new use. <br />• Two package A mitigation certificates are needed to meet the estimated water demand of <br />the new facility. <br />• County staff recommend that the Board of County Commissioners authorize mitigation <br />be provided out of the County bank, under the "Special Use Program" identified in KCC <br />13.40.010. <br />• County staff also recommend that mitigation provided for this use be provided per <br />pricing and package size terms for standard water bank packages. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Kittitas County has acquired water rights for the purpose of providing Total Water Supply <br />Available mitigation for domestic ground water uses within Kittitas County and administers this <br />water though a water mitigation bank. Most of the water mitigation provided through the bank is <br />offered through the Standard Program. To be eligible for the standard program, an applicant <br />must: 1) be within the water bank service area, and 2) require a quantity of water consistent with <br />available mitigation packages, and 3) submit an application for a residential building permit <br />within two years (commercial uses not eligible), or 4) submit a short plat application. <br />Commercial uses are not eligible. If the proposed mitigation falls outside these eligibility criteria, <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />PUBLIC WORKS BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />