HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes-2021-086BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESoLUTT'N No. 2o2t - 08lg
AUTHORIZING THE CHAIR'S SIGNATURE ON COUNTY ROAD
ADMINISTRATION BOARD RURAL ARTERIAL PROJECT AGREEMENT
SUPPORTING IMPROVEMENTS TO HUNGRY JUNCTION ROAD, CRP 304.20
WHEREAS: Improvements to Hungry Junction Road appear on the County's 2021-2026
adopted six-year transportation plan; and
WHEREAS: Public Works solicited and has received Rural Arterial Trust Account
(RATA) funding award from the County Road Administration Board (CRAB)
through the Rural Arterial Program (RAP) supporting Hungry Junction Road
Improvements; and
WHEREAS: Public Works was notified by CRAB on April 30,2021of $372,860 in
funding had been awarded, allowing design work to commence for the
improvements; and
WHEREAS: The County is required to enter into a project agreement with CRAB
accepting proj ect funds;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RLSOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners, in the
best interest of the public, does hereby authorize the Chair's signature on
County Road Administration Board Rural Arterial Project Agreement for
Construction Proposal supporting Hungry Junction Improvements from
milepost 0.00 - milepost 1.74, County Road Project Number 304-20.
DATED on this lst day of June 2021, at Ellensburg, Washington.
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS
WASHINGTON
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Board- Julie Kjorsvik
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Breff achsmith, Chairman
Vice-Chairman
! Deputy Clerk of the Board- Mandy Buchholz
Cory Wright, Commissioner
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STATE OF WASHINGTON - COUNTY ROAD ADMINISTRATION BOARD
RURAL ARTERIAL PROGRAM
PROJECT AGREEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL
Submitting County:
Kittitas Project Number: l92I-01
Date Approved:0412912021 AUTHORIZED RATA FUNDS: $372,860
Road Road Name(s) BMP(s) EMP(s) Sesment #
31510 Hungry Junction Road 0.000 1.740
The State of Washington County Road Administration Board (CRABoard) and Kittitas County (County) mutually
agree as follows:
(1) The funds hereby authorized are for completion of the proposed project as defined by chapter 36.79 RCW
Roads and bridges - rural arterial program.
(2) The County is in compliance with the provisions of chapter 136-150 WAC regarding eligibility for Rural
Arterial Trust Account (RATA) funds. If the County is found not to be in compliance with these provisions, such non
compliance may be cause for the CRABoard to withdraw or deny the Certificate of Good Practice of the County and
require pay back of any RATA funds that have been paid to the County for this project.
(3) If the project is reconstruction, the County shall gain approval from WSDOT (chapter 43.32 RCW) for all
deviations from the design standards listed in the Local Agency Guidelines prior to construction.
(4) If the project is 3R (resurfacing restoration and rehabilitation), the County shall document its design
considerations for the proposed improvements in keeping with 3R standards as listed in the Local Agency Guidelines.
(5) The project shall be constructed in accordance with the information furnished to the CRABoard, and the plans
and specifications prepared by the county engineer.
(6) Phased construction methodology is permitted upon notification by the county engineer of the phasing plan as
authorized under WAC 136-170-030. Failure by the county to notify the CRABoard of phasing plan at least 15 days
prior to commencement of construction may result in withdrawal of funding by the CRABoard and county forfeiture of
all RATA funds expended.
(7) The County shall notify the CRABoard when a contract has been awarded andlor when construction has
started, and when the project has been completed.
(8) The County shall reimburse the RATA in the event a project post audit reveals improper expenditure of RATA
funds.
(9) Costs of the project which exceed the amount of RATA funds authoizedby the CRABoard, set forth above,
and the required matching funds and other funds represented by the county to be committed to the project, shall be paid
by the County as necessary to complete the project as submitted to the CRABoard.
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(10) Matching funds and other funds represented to be committed to the project shall be available as necessary to
implement the projected development of the project as set forth in the construction proposal prospectus.
(11) The CRABoard hereby agrees to reimburse the county from RATA funds allocated, and not otherwise, for its
reimbursable costs not to exceed the amount above specified.
(I2) The CRABoard will reimburse costs incurred by the County based on project progress as certified by the
county engineer within the CRABoard's RAP Online project management application by monthly progress payment
vouchers received and approved on individual projects in the order in which they are received in the CRABoard office,
subject to the availability of RATA funds apportioned to the region. Such obligation to reimburse RATA funds extends
only to project costs incurred after the date of project approval by the CRABoard.
(13) Either the CRABoard or the County may request changes to the provisions contained in this agreement. Such
changes shall be mutually agreed upon and incorporated by written amendment to this agreement. No variation or
alteration of the terms of this agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and signed by authorized representatives
of the CRABoard or the County hereto.
(14) During the term of this agreement and for a period not less than six (6) years from the date of final payment by
the CRABoard, the records and accounts pertaining to this agreement are to be kept available for inspection and audit
and copies of all records, accounts, documents, or other data pertaining to the agreement will be furnished upon
request. If any litigation, claim, or audit is commenced, the records and accounts along with supporting documentation
shall be retained until said litigation, claim, or audit finding has been resolved even though such litigation, claim, or
audit continues past the six year retention period.
IN CONSIDERATION of the allocation by the CRABoard RATA funds to the project in the amount set out above, the
County hereby agrees that as condition precedent to payment of any RATA funds allocated at any time to the above
referenced project, it accepts and will comply with the terms of this agreement, including the terms and conditions set
forth in Chapter 49,Laws of i983, 1st Ex. Sess. (chapter 36.79 RCW); the applicable rules of Title 136 WAC and all
representations made to the CRABoard upon which the fund allocation was based; all of which are familiar to and
within the knowledge of the county and are incorporated herein and made a part of this agreement, although not
attached.
This agreement supersedes all prior agreements issued using the project number listed above and shall be valid and
binding only if it is signed and returned to the CRABoard office within 45 days of its mailing by the CRABoard.
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