2023-07-11-minutes-solid-waste-and-maintenance

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7/6/23, 4:19 PM Print/Preview 8. Select any Secondary Project Need Categories your project addresses: You may select all that apply. ❑ Public Health and Safety ❑ Environmental Health n Economic Development/Growth ❑ System Performance 9. Please explain how this project fits your selections for Primary and Secondary Project Need Categories: The existing solid waste transfer station was constructed approximately 23 years ago and experiences customer backups which results in long customer wait times and safety issues. The station is not large enough to accommodate the current or projected future population and waste stream growth. In addition, the composting area is at capacity and has no room for expansion to process future growth. The current facility needs to be replaced in the next year to accommodate projected increase in future solid waste and recycling tonnages/volumes as well as to align composting practices to comply with WA House Bill 1799. The regional area population growth has also resulted in a necessary increase to the design size of the moderate risk waste (MRW) facility. This facility will provide safe storage for household hazardous waste, including waste paint, batteries, and other hazardous chemicals. To meet the needs of the projected population size and accommodate changing fire code requirements while maintaining safe segregation needs, the MRW facility has doubled in design size, which has also increased the size of the fire protection system and the fire contact water containment capacity. PROBLEM/OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ADDRESSED: In your response please include: Project compliance with existing or emerging regulatory requirements/orders or economic opportunities. Timing restrictions to the identified funding sources or schedule. Environmental impacts the existing situation has, or will have, if this project is not completed. The system's operations and expenses impacted by the situation. 10. What is the problem/opportunity being addressed? Please attach (upload) supporting documentation such as a compliance letter, monitoring report, or award letters. The existing solid waste transfer station was constructed approximately 23 years ago. The existing facility experiences annual flooding as it is almost entirely within a 100-year floodplain and the adjacent river overflows its banks every spring into the transfer station property. The existing facility is limited in size, which generates traffic congestion, long queues, and limits maneuverability for both commercial and private vehicles, while also constrains the facility's growth and doesn't have capacity to expand in alignment with the growing community of Kittitas County. Redesigning the transfer station on the larger parcel will also create an opportunity for Kittitas County to design a new composting area that is forward compatible with WA House Bill 1799. The regional area population growth has also resulted in the need for a larger, safety and fire code compliant moderate risk waste facility for managing household hazardous waste. Once the project reached 60% design, advance site geotechnical investigations were performed to ensure that the foundational supports of the transfer station would be constructed safely. The site was found to have unsuitable foundational soils. 11. Please describe the solution that addresses the problem/opportunity. Kittitas County has gone through the project siting process, collaborating with the County and City of Ellensburg to locate the new facility away from the flood plain. As part of that process the County Solid Waste Department has purchased the property at 2603 Green Avenue and run all the the required utilities hftpsJ/www.zoomgrants.com/printprop.asp?rfpidu=948F1 F7B4E2F4779858B15D4C80F77AA&propidu=35489FB76EC347078DAB7C253F284756... 10/21