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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br />AGENDA DATE: August 15th, 2017 <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Authorize the Chair's signature on the Interagency <br />Agreement with FHWA authorizing the reimbursement of <br />funds to Public Works for the Teanaway Hydraulic <br />Improvement Project <br />BACKGROUND: In 2014, Public Works submitted an application to the <br />Washington Federal Lands Access Program for Teanaway <br />Road Hydraulics Improvements. <br />In 2016, Public Works executed the final agreement <br />documents from the Federal Highway Administration <br />(FHWA) department awarding $2,432,074 of grant funds <br />for said project. <br />Public Works successfully negotiated a change of scope <br />with FHWA in August of 2016 to change the Hydraulic <br />Improvement locations to address the top two identified <br />maintenance and flood locations. Additionally, Public <br />Works reached out to the Washington State Department of <br />Fish and Wildlife to ensure the proposed project locations <br />also addressed top priorities in the region for fish passage. <br />Following the realignment of the engineering division and <br />the addition of survey capabilities Public Works requested <br />in the spring of 2017 that the delivery method for the <br />design and construction be altered. FHWA agreed to <br />relinquish control of the project delivery and allow these <br />efforts to be conducted in house by Public Works. <br />As a result, the new project is scoped to have a total cost of <br />$2,440,221 with the County responsible for $329,430 in <br />match funds. Public Works has recently finalized the <br />Memorandum of Agreement with FHWA and received the <br />Interagency Agreement (reimbursable agreement) from <br />FHWA for signature. This agreement has been reviewed <br />and approved by the County Legal team. <br />Once the Agreement has been executed Public Works will <br />seek to execute task orders with the current on call <br />engineering support staff to assist in the environmental <br />permitting, hydraulic modeling and structural design needs <br />for the project. Extensive public outreach and coordination <br />