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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br />AGENDA DATE: July 6, 2021 <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Request to Approve a Resolution to Authorize the <br />Chair's Signature on the Funding Agreement with <br />Washington State Department of Transportation <br />BACKGROUND: Kittitas County is a member agency of the Rural <br />Transportation Planning Organization formed as the <br />Quad County Regional Transportation Planning <br />Organization (QUADCO). QUADCO member <br />agencies include Grant County, Adams County, <br />Lincoln County and the cities and towns within the <br />four -county region that are signatory to the <br />QUADCO Inter -Local Agreement. <br />QUADCO was established in 1992 to ensure local <br />and regional coordination of transportation plans. <br />Lead planning agency responsibilities rotate <br />between each of the four county public works <br />department every two years. For biennium <br />beginning July 1, 2021 and extending through June <br />30, 2023, Kittitas County Public Works will be the <br />lead agency for the planning organization. <br />Transportation and related planning activities by <br />major activity and task which are to be performed <br />by QUADCO over the course of the biennium are <br />documented in a Unified Planning Work Program <br />(UPWP). QUADCO has submitted the UPWP to <br />Washington State Department of Transportation <br />(WSDOT) for approval. <br />WSDOT recently approved the UPWP for the <br />upcoming biennium. As lead agency, Kittitas <br />County is eligible to receive reimbursement of costs <br />for work completed as part of the UPWP. For <br />Kittitas County to receive reimbursement a funding <br />agreement with WSDOT is required. Funding <br />Agreement Number GCB 3521 is the WSDOT <br />