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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br />AGENDA DATE: January 2, 2024 <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Request to Set a Public Hearing on January 16, 2024, at 2:00 <br />pm to Consider Updating the Public Works Fee Schedule to <br />include the Addition of a Water Budget Neutral Review fee. <br />BACKGROUND: Kittitas County Code Chapter 13.35.027 requires all new <br />exempt uses of groundwater in the Yakima River Basin to <br />receive a Water Budget Neutral (WBN) Determination prior <br />to land use or building permit decisions. The Washington <br />Department of Ecology is required by Rule (WAC 173-539A) <br />to conduct WBN review within the Upper Kittitas County <br />Rule area, but not outside the rule area. On July 24, 2023, <br />Public Works Staff received direction from the Board to <br />explore providing Water Budget Neutral review outside the <br />Upper Kittitas County Rule Area. On November 6, 2023, <br />Public Works staff presented a proposal to the Yakima Basin <br />Water Transfer Working Group to provide this review and <br />report WBNs issued through the existing Kittitas County <br />reporting process with the Department of Ecology and Water <br />Transfer Work Group. <br />To start providing this service, Kittitas County needs to set a <br />public hearing to consider fee adoption for WBN review for <br />private Water Bank customers. Kittitas County already <br />conducts this review, tracking, and reporting to Public Bank <br />customers through our Over -the -Counter program. <br />INTERACTION: Public Works <br />RECOMMENDATION: Set a Public Hearing on January 16, 2024, at 2:00 pm to <br />Consider Updating the Public Works Fee Schedule to include <br />the Addition of a Water Budget Neutral Review fee. <br />HANDLING: Return one original to Public Works <br />ATTACHMENTS: Notice of Public Hearing <br />LEAD STAFF: Arden Thomas <br />Public Works Water Resource Manager <br />