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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />AGENDA DATE: <br />ACTION REQUESTED <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br />October 15, 2019 <br />Conduct a Public Hearing to consider the purchase of Real <br />Property described as Tax Parcel 58933. <br />BACKGROUND: On October, 7, 2018 Kittitas County entered into an <br />agreement with the Trust for Public Land for the purchase <br />of real property (land and water rights). This acquisition <br />would secure approximately 160.3 acres of land (tax parcel <br />58933) and two associated senior water rights. After <br />acquisition, the land would be managed by the Flood <br />Control Zone District as open space for flood hazard <br />reduction, fish and wildlife enhancement, and agriculture <br />uses. <br />Purchase of this real property is contingent on the Board of <br />County Commissioners adopting a resolution authorizing <br />the purchase and on Kittitas County receiving funding from <br />Ecology in an amount sufficient to fund the total purchase <br />price of the property. Kittitas County has applied for <br />funding the Department of Ecology's Floodplain by Design <br />program, which requires a grant agreement <br />INTERACTION: Public Works <br />RECOMMENDATION: Conduct a Public Hearing to consider the Purchase of Real <br />Property described as Parcel 58933 and approve enabling <br />documents for the Authorizing the Purchase of Real <br />Property, the Chair's Signature on Closing Documents, and <br />the Public Works Director to execute the Floodplains by <br />Design Grant Agreement. <br />HANDLING: Return one original to Public Works <br />ATTACHMENTS: Resolution <br />LEAD STAFF: Arden Thomas, Water Resources Manager <br />