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Page 2 of 5 <br />Introduction <br />Kittitas County Department of Public Works (KCDPW) provides planning, design and <br />maintenance services to County residents for numerous assets on the County Road and Bridge <br />transportation network. The maintenance division of Public Works controls various assets in the <br />Public Works portfolio such as maintenance facilities (shops) and aggregate pits and quarries. <br />All Road Fund assets are managed within the County’s Equipment Rental and Replacement <br />Fund (Fund 501). <br />Owing to structural damage to the Upper County Shop in 2015 (Cle Elum), the shop is being <br />replaced by a new maintenance facility whose construction completion is anticipated in late <br />2021. The Lower County Shop (Ellensburg) is under increasing pressure from urbanization and <br />discussions are currently underway to relocate the facility to the new Transfer Station (Solid <br />Waste) site on Highway 97. Land acquisition is programmed for 2022. Subsequent project <br />actions are listed in EXHIBIT 1. <br />Current Assets Described <br />Upper County Maintenance Shop (Cle Elum, WA) <br />The existing Upper County Shop is an unreinforced concrete masonry building built in the early <br />1940s. The site is approximately one-half acre in size and booked in the 1940s as being worth <br />approximately $310.00. Building improvements are currently valued at $140,032 +/-. <br />Construction is currently underway on a replacement facility in Cle Elum on Highway 903. The <br />approximate $6 million facility is sited on land purchases in 2018 for $349,766 +/-. KCDPW <br />paid cash for the land and the cost of construction is being underwritten by cash reserves. A <br />schedule of the project is provided in EXHIBIT 1 of this plan along with the anticipated expense <br />plan. A listing of assets for the existing facility is provided as EXHIBIT 2. The existing shop <br />facility will be placed on surplus once final occupancy is issued by the County Building <br />Department. Surplus revenue (sale of the existing Upper County Shop) appears in EXHIBIT 1 <br />as forecast year 2021 ($400,000). <br />Hyak Joint Maintenance Facility with Snoqualmie Pass Utility District <br />KCDPW currently shares a joint maintenance facility with the Snoqualmie Pass Utility District <br />(SPUD). The site is approximately one-quarter acre in size and supports improved paved <br />parking for several vehicles. The building is wood framed and wrapped in metal and <br />approximately 4,000 square feet in size. Current land value is booked at $51,480.50. Paving <br />improvements are valued at $50,829.17. The building is valued at $203,536.57. SPUD is <br />currently planning on significant water and wastewater improvements that will likely impact the <br />existing joint maintenance facility. Discussions are underway that could result in transfer of the <br />County’s interest to SPUD for offsetting use of space in new planned facilities near the existing <br />site. It is premature to forecast any impact to KCDPW at this time. No change in the operational