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Construction of the stormwater system and street improvements will all take place within existing Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) right of way, while the City has control of access points. As a result, the City will be required to receive WSDOT approval on plans and specifications prior to construction. Preliminary approvals of channelizarion concepts have been granted by WSDOT. WSDOT Local Programs will administer coordination with headquarters and the Federal Highway Administration as the project includes secured Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) fimding. Additionally, Department of Commerce will provide oversight and bid package approval as the project includes Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding. The City recently entered an interlocal agreement with Kittitas County for providing the City with Certified Acceptance (CA) services. The City welcomes continuing coordination with the Cle Elum Downtown Association and Chamber of Commerce as the project progresses, and anticipates coordinating with the Kittitas County Conservation District. As a part of the revitalizing downtown effort, City staff and assisting consultants have explored a variety of infrastructure improvements needed to help build a sustainable downtown core. Essentially, the grassroots coordination for this infrastructure project was initiated early and broadly. Following completion of the intersection improvements at First Street and Peoh Avenue, an overview presentation will provide an update to current efforts: a Walk and Talk Site Visit for partners and stakeholders (to be scheduled upon award notification). Similar to the First Street and Peoh Avenue, outreach to businesses and residents in close proximity to First Street and Billings Avenue will occur during numerous stages of the design process. A notice of progress will be maintained on the City website during the project. L Explain how the Infrastructure projeo# will help meet the economic development goals of your community andfor region. If this project is not done, will the anticlpated private development still take place? The First Street corridor is one of the original developed areas of the City and has seen few infrastructure improvements. Before Interstate 90, the First Street corridor (State Route 903) was the state highway through Cle Elum, which included right of way of 100 feet. Today, the 100 -foot right of way includes three wide travel lanes raging in width from 16 to 18 feet, two wide parallel Parking lanes ranging in width from 12 to 16 Beet, and deteriorated sidewalks ranging in width fim 10 to 14 feet. Due to the uncharacteristically wide travel and parking lanes and associated safety concerns, pedestrian flow and commence are scarce, as this geometry primarily caters to passing vehicular travel, all negatively impacting the local economy. In addition to the pedestrian safety concerns and indirect negative economic impacts of the existing wide-strseet footprint, the large quantity of unmanaged stop water runoff associated with the expansive impervious area within the first Street corridor must be corrected Unsafe surface conditions including stormwater ponding and wintertime icing adversely impact pedestrian and passenger vehicle travel, while indirectly impacting corridor businesses as commerce resultingly declines. All residents and businesses within the project area are impacted by the deficient stormwater system. This project is essential to advance the City's overall standard of living by improving current services and safety. If the identified improvements are not completed, there is potential for continued ponding and flooding, significantly impacting the First Street corridor and the community as a whole. The lack of proper stormwater management is resulting in high levels of Idtl in the sanitary sewer system which in turn places unnecessary capacity restraints on the City. Alleviating the stormwater-related capacity constraints allows for increased commerce opportunities in the downtown area. Until and unless the stormwater element of the roadway system is addressed, 11