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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br />RESOLUTION <br />NO. <br />AUTHORIZING BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CHAIR SIGNATURE ON AN <br />INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN KITTITAS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ZONE <br />DISTRICT AND ELLENSBURG WATER COMPANY <br />WHEREAS: The Interlocal Cooperation Act, as amended, and codified in Chapter 39.34 of the Revised <br />Code of Washington ("RCW'), provides for public agencies to enter into agreements for joint <br />or cooperative action authorized under that chapter; and <br />WHEREAS: Kittitas County Flood Control District (KCFCZD) and the Ellensburg Water Company <br />(EWC) are public agencies within the meaning of Chapter 39.34 RCW; and <br />WHEREAS: Kittitas County established a County -Wide Flood Control Zone District pursuant to Chapter <br />86.15 RCW for the purpose of addressing flood management needs within the county; and <br />WHEREAS: RCW 86.15.035 provides for flood control zone districts to participate in and expend revenue <br />on cooperative watershed management arrangements and actions for purposes of water <br />supply, water quality, and water resource and habitat protection and management; and <br />WHEREAS: Kittitas County established a County -Wide Flood Control Zone District pursuant to Chapter <br />86.15 RCW for the purpose of addressing flood management needs within the county; and <br />WHEREAS: Per an agreement by and between SSHI LLC, d/b/a D.R. Horton and Kittitas County effective <br />November 2nd, 2021, D.R. Horton had agreed to remove flood deposited sediment from the <br />EWC canal until January 24, 2025, or up until the flow restrictor at the Bender Road culvert <br />was removed, whichever event occurred first; and <br />WHEREAS: The flow restrictor at the Bender Road culvert remains in place while the KCFCZD continues <br />to work to construct the EWC siphon project; and <br />WHEREAS: The KCFCZD desires to compensate EWC for costs incurred to remove flood deposited <br />sediment from the EWC canal until March 31, 2027, or up until the flow restrictor at the <br />Bender Road culvert is removed, whichever event occurs first; and <br />NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners, in the best interest of <br />the public, does authorize Board of County Commissioners Chair Signature on an interlocal agreement <br />between Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District and Ellensburg Water Company. <br />DATED this 181h day of March 2025, at Ellensburg, Washington. <br />Attest: <br />❑ Clerk of the Board- Julie Kjorsvik <br />❑ Deputy Clerk of the Board- Mandy Buchholz <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br />Laura Osiadacz, Chairman <br />Cory Wright, Vice -Chairman <br />Brett Wachsmith, Commissioner <br />