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KITTITAS COUNTY <br /> DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br /> STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT <br /> STUDY SESSION DATE: September 11, 2023 <br /> ACTION REQUESTED: Request to Approve a Resolution Ratifying the Chair's <br /> Signature on the Local Agency Federal Aid Project <br /> Prospectus for the Vantage Highway Paving CRP 317-23. <br /> BACKGROUND: Kittitas County was informed there may be a surplus of <br /> federal funds available to Local Agencies that have shovel <br /> ready projects able to obligate funding by mid-September <br /> of this year. <br /> Public Works identified the repaving of Vantage Highway <br /> from City of Ellensburg limits to No. 81 Road as a project <br /> that meets the criteria of this funding. <br /> Project design will be performed by Kittitas County Public <br /> Works. This project will require a 13.5 percent match in <br /> local funds for construction. The current estimated total <br /> cost of the project is $3,950,000.00, with $534,000.00 <br /> being the Local match. <br /> Notice was received September 1, 2023, that Kittitas <br /> County was awarded federal redistribution funding in the <br /> amount of$3,416,720.00. Owing to the short timeline <br /> required by WSDOT for obligation, the Chair signed the <br /> project prospection and Public Works is now requesting the <br /> Board ratify the signature. <br /> INTERACTION: Public Works <br /> RECOMMENDATION: Approve the Resolution Ratifying the Chair's signature on <br /> the Local Agency Federal Aid Project Prospectus for the <br /> Vantage Highway Paving CRP 317-23. <br /> HANDLING: Return one original to Public Works <br /> ATTACHMENTS: Resolution, Local Agency Federal Aid Project Prospectus <br /> LEAD STAFF: Josh Fredrickson, County Engineer <br />