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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />2023 AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br />AGENDA DATE: May 16, 2023 <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Request to Approve a Resolution Adopting Kittitas County <br />Department of Public Works Drone Policy. <br />BACKGROUND: After several years of technical evaluation, Public Works <br />elected to acquire a survey drone in 2022. Upon <br />procurement, Public Works found it to be essential to <br />stipulate the data collected, but not used in survey <br />document creation, be noticed in policy as being incidental <br />data to survey. With the policy in place this allows Public <br />Works to discard significant digital data that is not post - <br />processed by a third -parry vendor. This also provides cost <br />savings and file space on county servers for archiving <br />unnecessary data. Additionally, numerous FAA certified <br />operators will operate the survey drone, the policy defines <br />operational requirements consistent with FAA <br />requirements. <br />This policy was reviewed and approved by the Prosecuting <br />Attorney's Office. <br />INTERACTION: Public Works; Kittitas County Prosecuting Attorney's <br />Office <br />RECOMMENDATION: Approve the Resolution adopting the proposed Kittitas <br />County Department of Public Works Drone policy for use. <br />HANDLING: Return one original to Public Works. <br />ATTACHMENTS: Resolution; Kittitas County Department of Public Works <br />Drone Policy <br />LEAD STAFF: Mark R. Cook, Director. <br />