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Kittitas County, Washington BOARD OF COLINTY COMMISSIONERS District One Cory Wright District Two Laura Osiadacz District Three Brett Wachsmith Iuly 18,2022 Sergio Madrid' Hazard Mitigation Program Coordinator Mitigation & Recovery Section Washington Emergency Management Division Dear Mr. Madrid, Thank you for your ongoing work with Kittitas County on our grant application through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program. It is our understanding that restrictive covenants are now required for the entirety of the current transfer station property which would be vacated by the county. This property, owned by the City of Ellensburg, is currently under long-term lease and would be transferred back to the City following the transfer station's move to its new location now owned by Kittitas County under fee simple title. The City has expressed their intent to restrict a significant low-lying part of the property to further development due to the existing flood issues, but not all of the property lies at the reduced elevation as the hazard areas. Because of the mitigation work done in the past to raise these areas well above the flood elevation, the City does not wish to see these areas restricted in the same manner to future development. We understand the intent of this grant is to significantly reduce flooding issues in areas served by the National Flood Insurance Program. Kittitas County has done extensive work over the past decade, both on our own and through regional partnerships, to greatly reduce the risk of flood on key areas with a record of flooding events. These following properties totally 391 .78 acres have been purchased by Kittitas County Public Works, through the Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District, for floodplain management. The Flood Control Zone District is funded by property tax assessments on county landowners. For these properties we have already recorded restrictive deeds to ensure that use is compatible with flood risk: Yakima Basin Plan Funded Prooertv Acquisition alons the Yakima River Floodplain Acquisition #l - 43 acres, tax parcel nos. 070333,290333, and 130333, purchased on 5 I | 5 12017 . (Restrictive Covenant) AFN 20 1 7 0922005 Acquisition #2-39.78 acres., tax parcel no.960277, purchased on 1 1 l2l20l7 . (Restrictive Covenant) AFN 20 I 9 1 2 I 000 1 6 Kittitas County Courthouse 205 West 5mAvenue, STE 108 . Ellensburg, WA98926 (s09)962-7508 .FAX (s09) 962-7679 o