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Home My WebLink About2025-08-11 PW study session supporting documents KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Public Works Study Session Regular Meeting Monday August 11, 2025 - 1 :30 PM BoCC Auditorium 205 West 5th Room 109- Ellensburg 1. Call to Order 2. Citizen Comments (1 min.time limit) 3. Snoqualmie Pass Comprehensive Safety Action Plan Update 4.6-Year Transportation Plan Update 5. Other Business- No Action to be taken 6. Concluded Created on 8/7/2025 11:14:50 AM KITTITAS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS—BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT STUDY SESSION DATE: August 11, 2025 TOPIC: Snoqualmie Pass Comprehensive Safety Action Plan Update ACTION REQUESTED: Information only LEAD STAFF: Cameron Curtis RECOMMENDATION: Informational briefing-No action required BRIEFING SUMMARY: • In 2023, the County received funding through the federal "Safe Streets and Road for All" (SS4A)program to develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan. • As a part of the project, a stakeholder's group was created including members of the public and other agencies including WSDOT, King County, Washington State Patrol, the Fire District, etc. • Public Works and the consultant have engaged with the stakeholder group for input throughout the development of the Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (CSAP). ■ The consultant has completed a draft of the CSAP. BACKGROUND: Public Works applied for and received a Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant to evaluate the Snoqualmie Pass area for road safety and capacity concerns. This effort will result in a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (CSAP) identifying potential projects which would result in increasing safety for all road users. Due to the unique seasonal dynamics of Snoqualmie Pass, Public Works and our consultants placed a strong emphasis on community engagement and feedback. A Stakeholder group was created consisting of local members of the community including residents and business owners, Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) maintenance and planning personnel, police agencies (including Washington State Patrol and County Sheriff s office), the Local Fire District, and others with a vested interest in improving safety in the area. The stakeholder group has provided valuable feedback from the very beginning by helping the consultant identify problematic areas which may not necessarily show up through crash data alone. They've remained engaged by reviewing the collected data, suggesting improvements, and commenting on proposed solutions. The consultant has completed the initial draft of the CSAP, and it will be out to the public for comment later this month. Most of the identified projects are related to pedestrian facilities and intersection improvements on SR 906. One identified project includes improvements to a County Road on Hyak Drive. FISCAL IMPACT: The completion of the CSAP will allow for the potential of future grant funding. ATTACHMENTS: None KITTITAS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS —BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT STUDY SESSION DATE: August 11,2025 TOPIC: 6-Year Transportation Plan Update ACTION REQUESTED: Information only LEAD STAFF: Cameron Curtis RECOMMENDATION: Informational briefing -No action required BRIEFING SUMMARY: • Per RCW 36.81.121 Public Works is required to publish a 6-Year Transportation Improvement Plan prior to the adoption of the budget. Schedule: o Online Engagement—August 18 through September 5 o Update 6-Year Plan— September 12 o Draft Presentation for BoCC Consideration—September 22 o Adopt 6-Year Plan at Public Hearing—December 2 ■ Public Works has prepared and attached the draft 6-Year Transportation Improvement Plan. Conceptual Update to the 6-Year Plan including the Capital Improvements List BACKGROUND: Public Works has been working to update the 6-Year Transportation Plan(Plan), as required by RCW 36.81.121. The Plan highlights capital road improvement projects Public Works is planning through the year 2031. The Plan is broken down by design and construction phases, as well as local and grant funding. Funding sources are also identified to help calculate the impact to the road fund. The Plan identifies secured funding in order to represent the impact to the Road Fund. Public Works intends to seek public input through posting information online this year. The 6-Year Plan will be posted on the Public Works website, and Public Works will release a press release and post the Plan on the County Website. Public Works will also work with BoCC staff to include a Facebook post with a link to the Plan in an effort to reach a wider crowd. The website will be available for comment for three weeks, tentatively August 18t'through September 5t'. Public Works will update the plan as necessary based on the public's feedback and present the BoCC with a draft for consideration prior to October 1 st. Public Works intends to bring the Final 6-Year Plan to the BoCC for adoption on or before December 2. DISCUSSION: Public Works has updated the 6-Year Plan to better represent the County's ability to fund projects. In years past, projects which may receive grant funding have been included on the 6-Year Plan. In an effort to show a more realistic 6-Year Plan, Public Works has created a conceptual update to the 6-Year Plan by removing projects which currently do not have secured grant funding from the scheduled work and instead includes a Capital Improvements List to show other needs which would be completed if funding becomes available. FISCAL IMPACT: The 6-Year Transportation Plan will help set the Public Works budget for 2026. ATTACHMENTS: Exhibit 1: Draft 6-Year Transportation Improvement Plan for 2026-2031 Exhibit 1: Draft Six-Year Transportation Improvement Plan 2026-2031 r 7{q[ 2011 SOi. 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