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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br />AGENDA DATE: May 18, 2021 <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Approve a Resolution to Authorize Execution of a Contract <br />for Services between Kittitas County and Nelson Gelbvieh <br />Ranch, LLC for the Sale of Mitigation Certificates <br />BACKGROUND: Kittitas County operates a water banking program that <br />provides the sale of water mitigation certificates. A water <br />mitigation certificate enables applicants to demonstrate that <br />they have legal access to water, as required by KCC <br />13.35.027. Water mitigation certificates are available <br />through the County water bank and through private water <br />banks. <br />This agreement enables Kittitas County to sell RCWR <br />water rights under the same terms that we sell county - <br />owned water. Nelson Gelbvieh Ranch, LLC ("NGR") now <br />wishes to enter into a Contract for Services for the Sale of <br />Water Mitigation Certificates with Kittitas County. This <br />agreement enables Kittitas County to sell NGR water rights <br />under the same terms that we sell county -owned water. <br />At the Public Works Study Session on April 26, 2021, the <br />Board of County Commissioners reviewed the draft <br />agreement and provided direction to staff to prepare <br />enabling documents. <br />INTERACTION: Public Works; Prosecuting Attorney's Office <br />RECOMMENDATION: Approve a Resolution to Authorize Execution of a Contract <br />for Services between Kittitas County and Nelson Gelbvieh <br />Ranch, LLC for the Sale of Mitigation Certificates. <br />HANDLING: Return one original to Public Works. <br />ATTACHMENTS: Resolution; Contract for Services <br />LEAD STAFF: Arden Thomas, Water Resource Program Manager. <br />