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PROJECT NARRATTVE 1. Project Description: Describe the scope of work. Indicate the major work involved, including a brief comparison of existing and proposed conditions. The City of Cle Elum is proposing a construction project for improvements to the south block of First Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and Harris Avenue, including the southwestem bulbout at the First Street and Harris Avenue intersection. This project would complete all revitalization efforts in approximately 40o/o of the Downtown Revitalization corridor and establish critical utility system connections between the limits of the current Phase 34. and Phase 38 projects. Background ln 2017, the City of Cle Elum initiated a Downtown Revitalization effort to enhance the appearance of First Street, increase economic growth and vitality, and create a safe walkable streetscape consistent with their Complete Streets Ordinance. Stakeholders including business and property owners, residents, the general public, Cle Elum's Planning Commission, and City Council provided valuable input throughout the planning process. In June 2017, the City Council unanimously adopted the Preferred Alternative as shown in the conceptual plan by resolution. The resolution established the City's commitment to implement the concepts for street and parking configuration, streetscape amenities, and landscape improvements for First Street. The Downtown Revitalization Preferred Alternative brochure is attached for reference. To implement the Plan, the First Street corridor defines Billings Avenue as the west termini and Peoh Avenue as the east termini. To seek funding for all of the improvements identified in the concept plan, the corridor was separated into three succinct phases: 1. Phase I - Peoh Avenue and SR 903 (First Street) Intersection Improvements; 2. Phase 2 - First Street Stormwater Improvements and Billings Avenue to Oakes Avenue Improvements; and 3. Phase 3 - Downtown Revitalization including First Street pedestrian and street improvements. Since adopting the Prefened Alternative in 2017, over $5.8 million in funding has been secured from 21 sources, including local, state, and federal programs. The Downtown RevitalizationFunding Summary is attached for reference. Phase l, completed in December 2018, constructed all stormwater, sidewalk, and roadway improvements at the First Street and Peoh Avenue Intersection. Phase 2, completed in the fall of 2020, constructed: o all remaining stormwater improvements for the six-block project corridor, o sidewalk and roadway improvements at the First Street and Billings Avenue intersection, ando the north block between Billings Avenue and Oakes Avenue. Phase 3 includes: o streetscape improvements on the south block between Billings Avenue and Oakes Avenue, o intersection improvements along First Street at Oakes Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue, Harris Avenue, Wright Avenue, and Bullitt Avenue, and o the north and south blocks between the intersections of Oakes Avenue and Peoh Avenue.