HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution_WaiveFldPlainDevPermitFees_FishHabitatProjectsKITTITAS COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
AGENDA DATE:
ACTION REQUESTED
AGENDA STAFF REPORT
July 6, 2021
Request to approve a Resolution to waive Floodplain
Development Permit fees for Fish Habitat Restoration
projects.
BACKGROUND: Public Works staff proposed to waive floodplain
development permit fees for fish habitat restoration projects
during the Public Works Study Session on June 28, 2021.
The Board provided direction to staff to prepare enabling
documents for this proposal.
In 2019, the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) repealed their previous Policy on Fish
Enhancement Structures in the Floodway. They also
noticed Washington State and Washington State
communities that projects that qualify as a Fish Habitat
Enhancement Project streamlined permitting process, must
still meet National Flood Insurance Program requirements.
Staff recommends waiving floodplain development
permitting fees to help address increased permitting costs
and to demonstrate support for fish habitat restoration
projects.
INTERACTION: Public Works.
RECOMMENDATION: Approve said Resolution to waive Floodplain Development
Permit fees for Fish Habitat Restoration projects.
HANDLING: Return one original to Public Works.
ATTACHMENTS: Resolution
LEAD STAFF: Arden Thomas
Public Works Water Resource Manager
BOARD OF COUNTY
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO. 2021 -
WAIVE FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FEES FOR FISH HABITAT
RESTORATION PROJECTS
WHEREAS: Substitute Senate Bill 5381 establishes that, pursuant to Chapter 86.16 RCW, local
governments may impose requirements necessary to administer National Flood
Insurance Program regulation requirements on fish habitat projects; and
WHEREAS: Fish recovery is a key objective of the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan; and
WHEREAS: The Kittitas County Board of Commissioners find that fish recovery is in the public
interest; and
WHEREAS: Waiving Floodplain Development Permit fees for projects primarily designed to
improve fish and habitat or remove or reduce impediments to migration of fish,
provides additional funds towards construction to meet these objectives.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County Commissioners, does hereby waive
Floodplain Development Permit fees for projects primarily designed to improve fish
habitat or remove or reduce impediments to fish migration and authorizes the Public
Works Director to determine if a proposed project meets the fish habitat restoration
project definition and qualifies for the fee waiver.
DATED this 6`° day of July 2021, at Ellensburg, Washington.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Brett Wachsmith, Chairman
Attest:
❑ Clerk of the Board- Julie Kjorsvik
Laura Osiadacz, Vice -Chairman
❑ Deputy Clerk of the Board- Mandy Buchholz
Cory Wright, Commissioner