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lV. Project Timeline <br />Because of dependencies on many factors outside the project team's unitateraI controt, the timetine <br />below is ambitious but achievabte. <br />Mitestone Start End <br />Finatize govern a nce strategy <br />Form Public Facitities District (in coordination with County <br />Commissioners and city officiats in Cte Etum, Rostyn, and Ettensburg) <br />Conduct campaign to form a Metropotitan Parks District (MPD) in Upper <br />County (targeting November 2025 battot) <br />Launch fundraising campaign to secure approximatety $10 mi[tion from <br />pubtic and private sources <br />conduct campaign to pass: <br />-0.2o/o county-wide sates taxto fund operations <br />- MPD bond measure to fund a portion of construction <br />Soticit construction bids and select contractor <br />ln process <br />)uly 2025 <br />)uly 2025 <br />)uly 2025 <br />October <br />2025 <br />February <br />2026 <br />Aprit 2026 <br />July 2025 <br />October <br />2025 <br />November <br />2025 <br />December <br />2025 <br />February <br />2026 <br />Aprit2026 <br />March2028Construct the facitity <br />V. Feasibility and Risk Management <br />1. Feasibitity <br />The project is highty economicatty feasibte. The tand has atready been secured, and comptete <br />construction documents are in hand, making the project truty "shovet-ready." Upper Kittitas <br />County's substantiat assessed property vatue provides a strong foundation for issuing bonds <br />backed by property tax revenues. ln addition, a modestO.2o/o sales tax increase, equitabty <br />attocated between the upper and lower county, woutd be sufficient to support the operationaI <br />funding needs of this and other regionaI projects-ensuring [ong-term financiat sustainabitity. <br />2. Risk Management <br />The most significant chattenge facing the project is securing voter approvaI for the bond and levy <br />measures required to fund construction and ongoing operations. Whil,e simitar efforts in 2007 <br />and 2013 were unsuccessfut, both faited by narrow margins. Since then, the demographics of <br />Upper Kittitas County have evotved, and pubtic support for a community recreation facitity has <br />grown markedty. <br />The Project Committee is composed of experienced, committed stakehotders who have worked <br />for over four years to move this project forward in ctose cotlaboration with community members, <br />locaI and state officiats, and subject matter experts. That same [eve[ of ditigence, transparency, <br />15