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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br />AGENDA DATE: July 5, 2023 <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Request to Approve a Resolution initiating County Road <br />Project designated as CRP NO: 317-23, Vantage Highway <br />Paving. <br />BACKGROUND: In early June, Kittitas County was informed that there may <br />be a surplus of Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) <br />funds available to Local Agencies that have shovel ready <br />projects able to obligate funding by mid -September of this <br />year. <br />Public Works has identified the repaving of Vantage <br />Highway from City of Ellensburg limits to No. 81 Road as a <br />project that meets the criteria of this funding. <br />In order to meet the requirements of the program the project <br />needs to be initiated as a county road project and needs to be <br />added to the WSDOT Statewide Transportation <br />Improvement Program. <br />Project design will be performed by Kittitas County Public <br />Works. This project will require a 13.5 percent match in local <br />funds for construction. The current estimated total cost of the <br />project is $3,950,000.00, with $534,000.00 being the Local <br />match. <br />INTERACTION: Public Works <br />RECOMMENDATION: Approve a Resolution initiating County Road Project <br />designated as CRP NO: 317-23, Vantage Highway Paving. <br />HANDLING: Return one (1) original to Public Works <br />ATTACHMENTS: Resolution <br />LEAD STAFF: Josh Fredrickson, County Engineer <br />