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Council General Information
Sonya Claar Tee, City Clerk
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
1. Preliminary Council Agenda
2. City Meeting Schedule
3. Preliminary Future Activities Calendar
4. Yakima River Basin Integrated Plan Quarterly Report
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Item No. 17.A.
For Meeting of: December 4, 2018
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OFFICE OF CITY
YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
December 7, 2018
City of Yakima Training Facility -- 421 E. Chestnut Ave, Yakima
12 noon
1. Roll Call
2. 2019 State Legislative Priorities Briefing
3. Adjournment
The next meeting will be a City Council Business Meeting on December 11, 2018, at 6 p.m. at
City Hall in the Council Chambers
Any invocation that may be offered before the official start of the Council meeting shall be the
voluntary offering of a private citizen, to and for the benefit of the Council. The views or beliefs
expressed by the invocation speaker have not been previously reviewed or approved by the Council,
and the Council does not endorse the religious beliefs or views of this, or any other speaker.
A Council packet is available for review at the City Clerk's Office and on-line at www.yakimawa.gov.
The City provides special accommodations, such as hearing devices, wheelchair space or language
interpreters, for City meetings. Anyone needing special assistance please contact the City Clerk's
office at (509) 575-6037 at least two business days prior to the meeting.
YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
December 11, 2018
City Hall -- Council Chambers
6 p.m. Business Meeting
BUSINESS MEETING
1. Roll Call
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Interpreter Services
4. Open Discussion for the Good of the Order
A. Proclamations
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i. Homeless Persons Memorial Proclamation
5. Council Reports
6. Consent Agenda
Items listed are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion without
discussion. A Council member may request to remove an item from the Consent Agenda and, if approved,
it will be placed on the regular agenda for discussion and consideration.
A. Accept Council Committee minutes
B. Approve payment of disbursements for the period November 1 — 30, 2018
C. Project Completion and Contract Acceptance for Moreno & Nelson Construction - Project
2412 Safe Routes to Schools - Adams & Washington Sidewalks
D. Resolution to Award Bid 11837 Re -bid Asphalt & Materials for Public Works
E. Resolution authorizing a Professional Services Agreement with HLA Engineering and
Land Surveying, Inc. in the amount of $459,790 to provide engineering design, bidding,
and construction services for the Fair Avenue Sanitary Sewer Main Improvements project
F. Resolution authorizing certain uncollectable parking citations to be written off
7. Public Comment
Community members are invited to address items that are not listed on the regular business meeting
agenda. A guideline of three (3) minutes per speaker is in place in order to allow as much opportunity as
possible for audience participation. A speaker's time may be extended at the discretion of the Mayor
and/or the consensus or vote of the Council. Written communication and e-mail messages are strongly
encouraged.
DEPARTMENT ITEMS
8. Ordinance adopting a 2019 Budget for the City of Yakima
9. Affordable Housing Report
CITY MANAGER UPDATE
10. Resolution announcing Council Business meeting schedule for 2019
11. Other Business
12. Adjournment
The next meeting will be a City Council Special Meeting on December 13, 2018, at 5 p.m. at the Yakima
Greenway Office at 111 S. 18th St.
13. Council General Information
A. Council General Information
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Any invocation that may be offered before the official start of the Council meeting shall be the
voluntary offering of a private citizen, to and for the benefit of the Council. The views or beliefs
expressed by the invocation speaker have not been previously reviewed or approved by the Council,
and the Council does not endorse the religious beliefs or views of this, or any other speaker.
A Council packet is available for review at the City Clerk's Office and on-line at www.yakimawa.gov.
The City provides special accommodations, such as heating devices, wheelchair space or language
interpreters, for City meetings. Anyone needing special assistance please contact the City Clerk's
office at (509) 575-6037 at least two business days prior to the meeting.
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CITY MEETING SCHEDULE
For December 3-10, 2018
Please note: Meetings are subject to change
Monday, December 3
500 p.m. Tree City USA Board meeting — Council Chambers
Tuesday, December 4
10:00 a.m.
5:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
County Commissioners — Council Chambers
City Council executive session — Council Chambers
City Council meeting — Council Chambers
Wednesday, December 5
2:00 p.m. Bid opening — Council Chambers
Thursday, December 6
9:00 a.m. Hearing Examiner — Council Chambers
1:30 p.m. Hearing Examiner— Council Chambers
Friday, December 7
8:00 a.m. Sister City meeting — 2nd Floor Conference Room
12:00 p.m. City Council special meeting - CYU
Monday, December 10
8:30 a.m. Pension Boards — 1St Floor Conference Room
5:30 p.m. Community Integration Committee — Council Chambers
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Office of Mayor/City Council
Preliminary Future Activities Calendar
Please Note: Meetings are subject to change
Meeting
Daterrime
Mon. Dec. 3
5:00 p.m.
Tue. Dec. 4
5:00 p.m.
Orgartizatiort Meetng Purpose Participants
Meeting Location
Tree City USA Board
meeting
Board Meeting
City Council Executive
Session
Cit Council meetin
Scheduled Meeting
00
Scheduled Meetin
Wed. Dec. 5
8:30 a.m.
4:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
Board of Health meeting
Ponderosa Holiday Event
FourSquare Cops and
Students Event
Board Meeting
Event
Event
White
Council
Council
Funk
Council Chambers
Council Chambers
Council Chambers
Health District
Ponderosa Assisted Living
Yakima Foursquare Church
Thur. Dec. 6
1:30 p.m.
Scheduled Meeting
Yakima EMS Office
Fri. Dec. 7
8:00 a.m.
12:00 „m.
Mon. Dec. 10
8:30 am.
5:30 p.m.
Sister City meeting
Council ssecial meetin•
Scheduled Meeting
Scheduled Meetin.
Tue. Dec. 11
11:30 a.m.
5:00 p.m.
6:00 ..m.
Wed. Dec. 12
10:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m,
Pension Board meetings
Community Integration
Committee meeting
Chamber Board meeting
City Council Executive
Session
Cit Council meetin•
Board Meeting
Scheduled Meeting
Board Meeting
Scheduled Meeting
Mendez
Council
Gutierrez
White
White
Council
Council
White
White
White
Funk
Bike & Ped Committee
YPAL Board Meeting
Yakima Planning
Commission
Parks & Recreation
Commission
YVCOG Membership
meetin•
Scheduled Meeting
Board Meeting
Scheduled Meeting
Scheduled Meeting
Scheduled Meeting
2nd Floor Conference Room
CYU Annex Trainin Room
1st Floor Conference Room
Council Chambers
Chamber of Commerce
Council Chambers
Council Chambers
2nd Floor Conference Room
WA Fruit Community Center
Council Chambers
Council Chambers
Harman Center
Thur. Dec. 13
10:00 a.m.
Council Healthy
Communities Committee
1:00 p.m, Seniors Inc. Board meeting
1:30 p.m,
Yakima Regional Clean Air
Scheduled Meeting
Board Meeting
Scheduled Meeting
Funk, White,
Coffey
Hill
Mendez
2nd Floor Conference Room
Harman Center
Council Chambers
Fri Dec. 14
9:00 a.m. Yakima Basin Joint Board
meetin•
Mon. Dec. 17
1:30 p.m. YVCOG Executive
Committee meeting
Tue, Dec. 18
8:30 a.m.
TPA and Hotel/Motel
Association
Thur. Dec. 20
1:30 p.m.
Council Economic
Development Committee
meeting
Board Meeting Mendez Halverson NW
Scheduled Meeting Hill
Scheduled Meeting
Scheduled Meeting
Mendez
YVCOG
White, Gutierrez,
Cousens
Convention Center
Yakima Airport
Fri. Dec. 20
5:00 p.m.
Homeless Persons
Memorial - read
roclamation
Scheduled Event Coffey
Millennium Plaza
Tue. Dec. 25
CITY OFFICES CLOSED
Wed. Dec. 26
3:00 p.m.
5:30 p,m.
Yakima Planning
Commission
Historic Preservation
Commission
Scheduled Meeting White
Scheduled Meeting White
Council Chambers
Council Chambers
Thur. Dec. 27
3:00 p.m.
Council Public Safety Scheduled Meeting
Committee meetin
Funk, Gutierrez,
Cousens
2nd Floor Conference Room
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Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Pian
Project Activity Update
November 2018
Purpose: To provide updates on technical aspects of ongoing planning studies for the
Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan (Integrated Plan)
Fish Passage Element
Cle Elum Dam Fish Passage Facilities and Reintroduction Project:
The juvenile fish passage facility has an innovative helix design to transport juvenile fish downstream
over 63 feet of reservoir fluctuation. The upstream adult fish passage facility will be a trap -and -haul
facility where fish are trapped at the base of the dam, loaded into a truck, and then hauled for release
into Cle Elum Reservoir or upstream tributaries.
Project Construction Updates: The secant vault construction is complete. The downstream passage
tunnel will be the only onsite construction until the Gate/Helix, and Intake contractor mobilizes
sometime in spring 2019. The construction contract for the tunnel bypass was awarded in August
2017, and work began onsite in April 2018. To date, the contractor has installed the tunnel portal and
completed grading needed to start tunnel boring operations. Tunnel boring started the week of October
29. Reclamation awarded the Gate/Helix and Intake contract in September 2018 and onsite work is
expected in spring 2019.
Study Updates: In 2018, Reclamation and the Yakama Nation worked with the USGS to conduct an
adult sockeye tracking test to understand sockeye migration between Roza and Cle Elum Dam.
Results of the study showed that sockeye released at Roza Dam were not falsely attracted to any
tributary, that upstream migration was relatively quick with only some minor slowing at the Town
Ditch Diversion, and that 100 percent of the tagged sockeye made it to the base of the Cle Elum Dam.
Box Canyon Creek Fish Passage:
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) with input from Reclamation, Ecology
and other passage restoration experts has completed a conceptual design for the Box Canyon Creek
Fish Passage Enhancement Project. Reclamation, Ecology, Yakama Nation and YBIP partners will
finalize the design. Additional field survey was needed to move the conceptual design toward final
design. This survey work was obtained the week of October 22, 2018 and is expected to be processed
soon. The preliminary final design is anticipated to be completed by June 2019.
Clear Creek Dam Fish Passage:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Reclamation, and WDFW completed a study of fish
passage at Clear Creek Dam in 2015, finding that existing fish passage facilities were not functional
and Bull Trout from the North Fork Tieton River were unable to reach critical spawning and rearing
habitat. Ecology received funding for fish passage improvements at this location in the 2017-2019
State funding biennium request. With a portion of this funding, Reclamation completed an appraisal
level design for fish passage in September 2018. The design consists of a traditional pool -and -weir -
style fishway with a steel bulkhead at the upstream end that will draw cool water from deeper in the
reservoir. Situated along the left abutment of the dam, fish would enter the fishway in the stilling
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basin and exit in the reservoir pool. The bulkhead will be deep enough to maintain suitable water
temperature in the fishway for Bull Trout. Reclamation is coordinating with USFWS, Yakama
Nation, WDFW, and others to review and refine the design. The final design will be complete by
December 2019. Construction timing will depend upon final cost estimates and funding availability.
Until passage improvements are accomplished, USFWS, Reclamation, and WDFW will continue
capturing Bull Trout from below Clear Creek Dam and transporting them around the dam so they can
reach spawning habitat in the North Fork Tieton River. Fish capture and transport was conducted in
2016, 2017, 2018, and to -date, 59 adult 130 Trout have been transported above the dam.
Structural and Operational Changes Element
Keechelus-to-Kachess Conveyance (KKC) Project:
Refer to KDRPP project below.
Cle Elum Pool Raise:
The purpose of the Cle Elum Pool Raise Project is to increase the reservoir's capacity for improved
aquatic resources for fish habitat, rearing, and migration in the Cle Elum and upper Yakima River,
thereby fulfilling the intent of the congressional authorization, Title XII of Public Law 103-434.
Completed: Radial Gate construction was completed in April 2017.
Shoreline Protection Updates: Reclamation and Ecology are in the process of implementing shoreline
protection. The construction contract for improvements on U.S. Forest Service (USFS) facilities at
Cle Elum Campground was awarded September 2017, and construction was completed November
2017. Reclamation and Ecology awarded the construction contract for Speelyi Day Use Area
shoreline protection in FY18. Speelyi Day Use Area access was closed for construction October 1,
2018 and will remain closed through early spring 2019. Shoreline protection actions are planned for
the Wishpoosh Campground in 2019. Other shoreline protection contracts related to the Cle Elum
Pool Raise will be awarded as funding becomes available. Reclamation and Ecology continue to meet
with local landowners. Additional public notices about the timing of construction and informational
meetings on existing shoreline designs will be mailed to shoreline parcel owners and posted at USFS
facilities.
Chandler Pumping Plant Electrification
Kennewick Irrigation District (KID) and their consultant developed a concept design for an electric
pumping plant at Chandler. Reclamation reviewed the concept design and KID performed a transient
analysis in June 2017, which was reviewed by Reclamation, and comments were sent to KID
September 2017. KID provided an updated concept design and transient analysis for Chandler
Electrification with an isolating reservoir to Reclamation earlier 2018. Reclamation will continue to
coordinate with KID on Chandler Electrification project design review.
Reclamation, Ecology, and HDR also are completing sensitivity analysis modeling for the lower
Yakima River, including examination of return flows in the lower Yakima system to determine
impacts from future conservation efforts on KID. Meetings were held with KID and the Water Use
Subcommittee in October 2018 to share the draft study results.
Lower Yakima River Smolt Survival
The Lower Yakima River Smolt Survival Study completed a successful field season for 2018. Data
are being analyzed, and planning is underway for the 2019 field season. The study team captured,
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tagged, and monitored juvenile Chinook salmon, steelhead, and Pacific lamprey from late March
through late June. The fish were released in the Yakima River near the cities of Yakima and Prosser,
and they were monitored downstream to the Columbia River. In 2018, the U.S.Army Corps (Corps)
of Engineers also deployed monitoring systems on the mainstem Columbia River at McNary and
Bonneville dams. The Yakama Nation and irrigation district partners collected data related to
predator abundance and diet from the lower river, focusing on smallmouth bass. Currently, the study
team is conducting quality control on nearly 34 -million lines of collected data and developing
environmental data sets, such as river flow and water temperature. Next steps are evaluating fish
migration rates, behavior at dams, and survival through river reaches. The 2018 data collection results
and findings are expected by spring 2019.
Surface Water Storage Element
Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant (KDRPP)
The Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant and Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir
Conveyance Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement was released to the public for
comment on April 13, 2018. Public meetings were held in May. The public comment period ended on
July 11. Approximately 6,000 comments were received on the 2015 Draft Environmental Impact
Statement and 2018 Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Reclamation and Ecology
are working to respond to the comments and make appropriate edits to prepare the Final
Environmental Impact Statement.
Wymer Reservoir
Consideration of site requirements is ongoing.
Bumping Reservoir Enlargement Project
Consideration of site requirements is ongoing.
Groundwater Storage Element
Groundwater Storage — Basinwide Analysis
The Groundwater Storage Subcommittee is reviewing all ongoing groundwater storage projects.
In the Wapato Irrigation Project (WIP), additional monitoring -well locations have been identified,
which will help with observation of the aquifer system response to recharge activities from Toppenish
Creek. Reclamation is working with Yakama Nation Engineering to locate and drill the three (3)
additional wells. The drill crew has been rescheduled for March 2019. Ecology will install pressure
transducers, and data will be analyzed to determine the benefits of the recharge activities. Monitoring
of existing sites continues.
The Groundwater Subcommittee reviewed project proposals for the 2017 — 2019 biennium. Four
proposals were selected for funding and approved by the executive committee. These projects include
(1) Indian Creek Groundwater Dynamics Investigation, Oregon State University (2) Yakima Basin
Focused Managed Aquifer Recharge Assessment, Kittitas Reclamation District (3) Yakima River
Groundwater Infiltration Study, Selah Moxee Irrigation District and (4) Geochemical Study of
Groundwater in Potential Storage Sites, Central Washington University.
The Lower River Subgroup is exploring opportunities to use groundwater recharge to improve thermal
refuges for migrating fish along the lower Yakima River. An initial study has been funded to develop
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current information on temperature variations in the river from Wapato Dam to the Yakima River
mouth. The USGS is currently processing temperature data from this study and will work with Benton
Conservation District to determine optimum locations for additional monitoring.
Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR)
The City of Yakima's ASR program is fully permitted. The City plans to recharge its aquifer in the
winter of 2018-2019. The City is planning full build -out for the program. They intend to drill two
ASR devoted wells: the first well is estimated for 2020-2021, and the second is estimated for 2025-
2026.
Habitat Protection and Enhancement Element
Targeted Watershed Protection and Enhancement
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) and WDFW are working with the
Teanaway Community Forest (TCF) advisory committee to develop a recreation plan for the TCF.
Actions will be guided by the TCF management plan. Funding appropriated by the State for the 2017-
2019 biennium will be used for habitat, forest and infrastructure projects. The primary focus of
habitat projects will be continued removal of fish passage barriers, and installation of fencing, stream
crossings, and watering stations to keep grazing stock out of sensitive riparian areas. In addition the
Yakama Nation continues to work on wood placement in TCF streams to improve habitat conditions
and watershed functions.
Recent accomplishments by TCF goals include:
Goal 1 — Watershed Protection: 6 miles of road maintenance and abandonment work to address
priority sediment delivery problems in the Cle Elum Ridge portion of the TCF completed this quarter.
Projects have reduced sediment delivery to streams by 31 tons of sediment per year.
Goal 2 — Working Lands: Addressing issues related to implementing the grazing strategy including
livestock fencing, grazing management, and public interaction with livestock. Fencing
accomplishments to date are 4.5 miles of new range fence. Additional fence work (approximately 4-6
miles) is in the contracting phase. Grazing monitoring results from the season will be available in the
next quarterly update. DNR also established contracts for forest health projects: one for connecting the
shaded fuel break on Cle Elum Ridge to the private lands fire risk reduction projects for an all
lands/cross boundary approach to better wild land urban interface preparedness; another for 500 acres
of pre -commercial thinning throughout the community forest.
Goal 3 — Recreation: The recreation plan SEPA kickoff meeting will be October 24th. Following the
comment period, DNR will review comments/make any needed edits and have the plan adopted in
December. Staff are maintaining sites and working on cultural resource assessments, gathering
permits, preparing SEPA's, and building contracts for the implementation of two grants. Those grants
will renovate the West Fork Tenaway Camping Area and renovate and expand camping at Indian
Camp. DNR also installed a new CXT outhouse at the end of the West Fork in that high use area.
Goal 4 — Habitat Restoration: DNR replaced a fish passage barrier on an un -named tributary to the
West Fork Teanaway with a new bridge structure for the T-4000 road. Two other fish passage
barriers were removed in Lick Creek via road abandonment. The only fish passage barrier remaining
on the Lick Creek system at this point is the county road crossing. The county is working on
designing that project. It will be reason to celebrate when that project is complete making 11 barriers
removed opening a whole major tributary to fish again.
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Goal 5 — Community Involvement: The G5 members are coordinating legislative outreach for the
upcoming session. G5 has also launched a photo contest to engage the community in spotlighting their
favorite aspects of the TCF.
Mainstem Floodplain and Tributaries Fish Habitat Enhancement Program
Funding of $5.4 million for projects during the 2017-2019 biennium was appropriated by the State
Legislature in January 2018. The Habitat Subcommittee reviewed the proposed projects in February 2018
to bring information up-to-date. Ecology is working with the funding recipients to establish contracts for
these projects.
The Habitat Subcommittee has approved a projects funding request for the next State biennium (2019-
2021).
A stakeholder group consisting of the City of Richland, federal and state fisheries managers, irrigation
districts, environmental and commercial interests, the U.S. Corps of Engineers (Corps) -Walla Walla
District, and the Yakama Nation and Umatilla Confederated Tribes have been working together on the
Yakima River Delta Enhancement Project. The proposed project to breach a portion or all of the Bateman
Island causeway will change flow patterns and improve temperature conditions, instream water flows,
water quality, and fisheries within the Yakima Delta, and is viewed as critical to the long-term success of
numerous upstream fisheries projects being implemented as a part of the Integrated Plan. Additional
project support has been requested through the Corps' 1135 Program.
Benton Conservation District (BCD), in partnership with Yakama Nation and volunteer partners, have
completed 9 thermal profiling floats during the summer and early fall of 2018. The floats covered the
stretch of the lower Yakima River from Wapato to Mabton, and from Prosser to Bateman Island
(Richland). A total of 88 river miles were profiled for micro -scale river temperature changes. BCD shared
preliminary results at the September Workgroup meeting, and the full USGS analysis of the 2018 results
will be available early next year.
The Yakama Nation and Kittitas County Conservation District (KCCD) are working to engage landowners
and farm and ranch operators in contracting funds awarded in 2016 by the USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) through their Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). The
Yakima Integrated Plan — Toppenish to Teanaway Project is funded through 2021. The RCPP funding
focuses on insufficient water/drought, water quality degradation, and inadequate fish and wildlife habitat
in priority areas in Kittitas County, and Yakama Nation Reservation lands. The Yakama Nation is working
on "beaver based" restoration projects on Reservation land.
The 5- year agreement between the Yakama Nation and NRCS was finalized in September 2017. KCCD
conducted their first of, at least, four annual sign-ups for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program
(EQIP) beginning in October. KCCD received 23 applications by the deadline in November 2017. KCCD
staff have been working closely with NRCS staff to complete the conservation plans, design the practices
to be implemented, and execute contracts with the highest priority applications. As of September 30, all
seven contracts have been signed and nearly $770,000 in EQIP funds obligated to these projects.
Construction of these projects is underway. KCCD received one application for fish habitat improvements
in the EQIP sign-up, and although planning work began on the contract, it will likely not be executed this
year. The project partner advertised the project for bid and bids came in much higher than expected. This
forces the project to be delayed until the design can be adjusted to reduce costs or additional funds can be
secured. The second EQIP sign-up is underway now with a deadline of November 2, 2018. So far, 22
applications have been received and only four are rolled over from last year.
KCCD conducted a sign-up for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) beginning in
May, with a deadline of June 22 and then extended to July 18. One application was received from Kittitas
County and Forterra for a 280 -acre farm. KCCD will be working with the partners and NRCS to verify the
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application and begin work toward executing the easement. KCCD will also be setting up a sign-up for the
Healthy Forest Reserve Program (HFRP) in late fall of 2018. HRFP is focused on private forestland
adjacent to the Teanaway Community Forest.
Enhanced Water Conservation Element
Funding of $5 million for additional projects during the 2017-2019 biennium was appropriated by the
State Legislature in January 2018. In February 2018, recipients of 2017-2019 funded proposals provided
updates to the Water Use Subcommittee. Projects with Kittitas County Conservation District, Kittitas
Reclamation District, and Roza Irrigation District are under contract and moving forward. Projects with
Wapato Irrigation Project and Benton Conservation District are drafted and should be finalized this
quarter.
Market Reallocation Element
In September 2017, Kittitas Reclamation District was awarded Reclamation's WaterSMART Water
Marketing Strategies grant (http s : //www. u s br. govinewsroominewsrel ease/detail . cfruntecordID=6 04 5 7)
The funding from Reclamation are being matched with funding from Ecology's Water Resources Program
and Office of Columbia River to analyze issues that limit market transactions throughout the Yakima
River basin. Denver Reclamation staff are working with KRD and Trout Unlimited (TU) to develop the
partnership agreements necessary to formally award the WaterSMART funds. Additionally, KRD and TU
provided a draft scope of work for matching funds to Ecology staff. The two agencies are working on a
detailed Scope of Work using Ecology's YBIP templates and anticipate providing a draft for review in the
near future.
Proposed Projects for Consideration
During implementation of the Integrated Plan, an adaptive approach will be used periodically to assess
progress towards meeting the identified instream flow objectives, the 70 percent proratable supply goal for
irrigation, and goals for other out -of -stream needs. The need for additional water supply enhancements
would depend on the effectiveness of projects that are implemented as part of the Integrated Plan, how the
Yakima basin economy develops over time, and the timing of and manner in which climate changes affect
water supply availability. From time to time, new projects may be identified (and proposed) for
consideration under the Integrated Plan. Projects proposed recently and currently being evaluated are
listed here.
KRD Upper Yakima Basin Storage System (under evaluation)
The purpose of the KRD Upper Yakima Storage System Study Project is to identify and assess storage
projects within the KRD service area that can use conserved water or water diverted for storage as part
of total water supply available (TW SA) for tangible improvements. This water could be used for the
following: instream flow objectives, tributary supplementation, aquatic habitat improvements,
supporting delisting steelhead and Bull Trout populations, proratable drought -year supply, and TWSA
throughout the Yakima River basin. KRD commissioned a study which resulted in the, Kittitas
Reclamation District Initial Water Storage Assessment Summary Report and Recommendations June
2017. Reclamation is currently contracting for a feasibility study to analyze storage sites, operational
approaches, and potential benefits. Ecology has provided matching funds to assist KRD in
participating in Reclamation's WaterSmart program that is funding the evaluation study. Once the
study is complete, further analysis of the project objectives as it may compare to the goals of the
Yakima Integrated Plan will be evaluated and presented to the Workgroup.
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YTID Diversion Relocation (under evaluation)
In March 2018, Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District (YTID) completed a report that evaluates
alternatives to replace or repair the YTID main canal. Alternatives considered include:
1. Baseline Alternative (Tieton Main Canal Repair)
2. Tieton Main Canal Replacement
3. Diversion Relocation to Wapatox Diversion Dam (and associated new conveyance system)
4. New North Fork Cowiche Creek Reservoir, either with or without the Wapatox diversion.
YTID is continuing evaluation of alternatives. YTID is currently meeting with USFS, WDFW,
Reclamation, Ecology, and others to assist in development of alternatives and evaluation of metrics to
meet Integrated Plan goals and objectives as listed above. For example, RiverWare modeling is being
evaluated (simulate) for the YTID project alternatives comparing these to baseline conditions and
will be discussed with YRBWEP Workgroup members to assist in identification of metrics that are
consistent with Integrated Plan goals and objectives.
Contacts for Information on the Integrated Plan:
Wendy Christensen, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Columbia -Cascades Area
Office, (509) 575-5848, ext. 203
Thomas Tebb, Washington State Department of Ecology, Office of Columbia River, (509) 574-3989
Project website: http://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/yrbwep/index.html
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