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Vantage Highway Reconstruction Project Cultural Resource Survey Price Proposal The Kittitas County Public Works Department is preparing to conduct a pavement maintenance project on the old Vantage Highway. The work will extend 6 miles from the city limits of Vantage to the west toward Kittitas and EIlensburg. The project will resurface the three travels lanes with new overlay, possibly following shallow grinding. Full guardrail replacement will also be performed. Storm water management is not anticipated at this time. The project area covers approximately 7 acres and lies in Section 19 of Township 17 North, Range 23 East, and Sections 17, IS, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24 of Township 17 North, Range 22 East, Willamette Meridian. This project will be federally funded and administered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). As such, potential impacts to cultural resources must be considered as per Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). This cultural resource investigation will include a review of the Washington Information System for Architectural and Archaeological Records Data (WISAARD) database maintained by the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) in Olympia, a background literature review, informal contact with the interested tribe(s), a pedestrian ground survey, and the preparation of a report. The fieldwork will be completed in a manner consistent with RCW 27.53.030, and will include inspection techniques to identify both surface and subsurface archaeological resources. The proper field methods will be completed, at the archaeologists discretion, depending upon information obtained during the background review and fieldwork. An unmanned aerial vehicle may be deployed for project mapping. Subsurface inspections could involve shovel excavations, or mechanical auger excavations, and screening of the fill to identify the nature and extent of any potential archaeological resources. 1 This agreement is for a cultural resource investigation of the areas to be impacted during the proposed Vantage Highway Reconstruction Project, Kittitas County, Washington. The purpose of the investigation is to identify any cultural resources which may be adversely affected by the project. 1.1 The area of potential effect to be investigated is the physical location of the proposed disturbances required by the project. 2 Plateau Archaeological Investigations, LLC (Plateau) will conduct the cultural resource survey. 3 This project will consist of a background search, field investigation of the project area to identify any cultural resources, research of public documents to help identify potential traditional cultural properties, and preparation of a report. 31 This proposal does not include interviewing tribal elders to help identify possible Traditional Cultural Properties. Plateau Archaeological Investigations - 2020 2