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PSUDES,-T TM <br />5 LC. <br />D� <br />4p <br />KI I TMs coi vv <br />February 7, 2017 <br />Kittitas County, Washington <br />BOARD of COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />District One District Two District Three <br />Paul Jewell Laura Osiadacz Obie O'Brien <br />Jay Weber <br />Executive Director <br />County Road Administration Board <br />2404 Chandler Ct. SW, Ste. 240 <br />Olympia, WA 8504-0913 <br />Re: Westside Road Project, RAP Project Number 1915-02 <br />Dear Mr. Weber, <br />Kittitas County is formally turning the grant funds for Westside Road back to CRAB for the <br />amount requested of $1,026,000. RATA currently authorized is for the amount. of $875,100. No <br />RATA funds have been paid on for this project to date. <br />A letter dated July 2nd, 2013 from the Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners to <br />Executive Director Jay Weber turned back money for a previously scoped project in the amount <br />of $3,800,000 and requested retainage of design money amounting to $106,052. This tum back <br />was based on the fact that the cost of the project had been found to be significantly higher than <br />originally proposed. The basis of the request for retainage was due to the design funding already <br />spent would be utilized for construction of future projects. The letter also identified that survey, <br />wetland delineation, and archaeologic studies were completed, and a draft alignment and road <br />widening design was available for future designs. <br />Following this retainage request CRAB required Kittitas County to return $51,057 and allowed <br />the county to retain $54,995 of the aforementioned $106,052 reimbursed design funds. This was <br />formally documented under amendment number three, RAP Project Number 1907-01 and <br />adopted by Kittitas County Resolution Number 2014-158 <br />The estimated cost identified in the current project prospectus for RAP Project Number 1915-02, <br />falls vastly short of the required funding necessary to complete the identified improvements <br />within the prospectus. Additionally, as suggested in the letter dated July 2nd, 2013 Kittitas <br />County has not been able to secure any additional funding from various Federal and State sources <br />allowing us to supplement and incrementally improve the road. <br />We believe at this time it is in the best interest of Kittitas County to no longer continue pursuing <br />the completion of this project, or to complete the project utilizing approximately $2,500,000 of <br />Kittitas County Courthouse 205 West 5" Avenue, STE 108 Ellensburg, WA 98926 <br />(509) 962-7508 FAX (509) 962-7679 <br />