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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />PUBLIC WORKS — BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />STUDY SESSION DATE: December 13, 2021 <br />TOPIC: CARES Funding Swap <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Move CARES Funding from Kachess Culvert <br />Replacement to Vantage Highway Cascade Canal Bridge <br />Replacement <br />LEAD STAFF: <br />Mark R. Cook and Josh Fredrickson. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Swap CARES funding of Kachess Road Culvert replacement to Vantage Highway <br />Cascade Canal Bridge Replacement. <br />BRIEFING SUMMARY: <br />• Public Works {PW} desires swapping the Board's CARES funding of Kachess <br />culvert replacement for funding the Vantage Highway Cascade Canal Bridge <br />replacement. <br />e The proposal accelerates replacement of the Cascade Canal Bridge by one year. <br />• The load limited bridge is just east of ACX, a hay press facility. <br />• Heavy loads continue utilizing Vantage Highway in disregard of the posted load <br />rating. <br />• The companion action is a request to solicit for design consultant support meeting <br />federal procurement requirements. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Recently, PW was noticed by the Board of County Commissioners of 5656,900 in <br />CARES funding for the culvert replacement at Kachess Road. PW has utilized local <br />money in design, and we now believe using federal money for construction will not be <br />supported by Washington State Department of Transportation Local Programs. PW's <br />Manastash Road bank stabilization project is experiences environmental permitting <br />delays that necessitate pushing the project to 2023 construction. <br />DISCUSSION: <br />It appears that PW's decision to jump start Kachess design with local money now makes <br />use of federal money in construction unlikely. PW believes it has the capacity to move <br />the Vantage Highway Cascade Canal bridge replacement ahead on the six-year plan <br />construction schedule. PW will require consultant support in moving the project ahead <br />one year. The $656,900 in CARES funding is likely insufficient offsetting anticipated <br />total project costs. PW will allocate additional Surface Transportation Block Grant <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />Public Works "Work Session Staff Report", 2021 <br />