Laserfiche WebLink
KITTITAS COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br />AGENDA DATE: November 5, 2024 <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Request to advertise a Request for Qualifications for consulting <br />services related to the Kittitas County CWU Technology Transfer <br />Center Study. <br />BACKGROUND: The Washington State Community Economic Revitalization Board <br />(CERB) has selected Kittitas County to receive planning grant <br />funding in the amount of $50,000. This funding is to aid in financing <br />the cost of the Kittitas County CWU Technology Transfer Center <br />Study (Project). <br />This Project will research the architecture and construction costs to <br />repurpose an existing vacant industrial building to create hospitality, <br />meeting and office space. As part of the study, the feasibility of a <br />public/private partnership to share costs of construction and <br />improvements will be explored. This planning grant will assist in the <br />groundwork for a technological transfer, training and development <br />hub to support economic and workforce development in the Central <br />Washington Region. <br />Project development and completion will require outside consulting <br />services to complete. Public works has developed a request for <br />qualifications for professional consulting services. <br />INTERACTION: Public Works <br />RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the advertisement of a Request for Qualifications for <br />consulting services related to the Kittitas County CWU Technology <br />Transfer Center Study. <br />HANDLING: Return One original to Public Works <br />ATTACHMENTS: Notice of Request for Qualifications; Request for Qualifications <br />supporting the Kittitas County CWU Technology Transfer Center <br />Study. <br />LEAD STAFF: Josh Fredrickson, Director <br />