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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br />AGENDA DATE: September 7, 2021 <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Request to Approve a Resolution to Authorize Chair <br />Signature on the Title VI Standard Assurances and the Letter <br />of Intent to Comply with the Washington State Department of <br />Transportation (WSDOT) Title VI Plan. <br />BACKGROUND: The Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 broadened the scope <br />of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include all <br />programs or activities of federal aid recipients, sub -recipients, <br />and contractors/consultants, whether such programs and <br />activities are federally assisted or not. <br />Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) <br />approved Kittitas County's Title VI Program Implementation <br />Plan on August 25, 2006. <br />At the April 20, 2021, Board of County Commissioners' <br />Agenda Session Resolution 2021-063 was approved updating <br />the Non -Discrimination Agreement and the Title VI Annual <br />Accomplishment Report. <br />Upon receipt of the updated documents, WSDOT contacted <br />staff and requested additional information due to a March _ <br />2021 update to the Local Agency Guidelines Manual. This <br />requested action will complete the documentation previously <br />submitted in April 2021. <br />INTERACTION: Public Works <br />RECOMMENDATION: Move to Approve the Resolution authorizing Chair Signature <br />on the Title VI Standard Assurances and the Letter of Intent to <br />Comply with the Washington State Department of <br />Transportation (WSDOT) Title VI Plan. <br />HANDLING: Sign three originals and return two signed originals to Public <br />Works. <br />ATTACHMENTS: Resolution; Title VI Standard Assurances and Letter of Intent <br />to Comply with the Washington State Department of <br />Transportation (WSDOT) Title VI Plan. <br />LEAD STAFF: Joshua Fredrickson, County Engineer <br />