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KITTITAS COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA STAFF REPORT
AGENDA DATE: July 7, 2026
ACTION REQUESTED: Request to Approve a Resolution Authorizing Application to the
Fiscal Year 2026 Type 3 Highway Bridge Replacement and
Rehabilitation Grant Program and Authorize the Public Works
Director to submit the same.
BACKGROUND: The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway
Administration has provided Notice of Funding Opportunity through
the Fiscal Year 2026 Type 3 Highway Bridge Replacement and
Rehabilitation competitive Grant Program (BIT3).
Project eligibility requirements include bridges which are owned by a
county, classified as Type 3 by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
(USBR), eligible under the Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP)
and cross water conveyance structure owned by USBR. Kittitas
County is an eligible entity to apply for this competitive grant
program.
The Federal share through BIT3 Program is 100% funding for eligible
project elements. Public Works will prepare the necessary documents
to submit the application for bridge replacement meeting the project
criteria.
County bridge number 94021, Westside Road over Highline Canal
was built in 1968 with the addition of floor beams in 2014. This
structure is a non-redundant steel tension member and a current
Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) condition
rating is Poor. A bridge replacement project would replace the
structure to meet current design specifications.
INTERACTION: Public Works
RECOMMENDATION: Approve a Resolution Authorizing Application to the Fiscal Year
2026 Type 3 Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Grant
Program and authorize the Public Works Director to submit the same.
HANDLING: Return One original to Public Works
ATTACHMENTS: Resolution
LEAD STAFF: Josh Fredrickson, Director
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO. 2026 -_____
AUTHORIZING APPLICATION TO THE BRIDGE IMPROVEMENT TYPE 3
COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZE PUBLIC WORKS
DIRECTOR TO SUBMIT THE SAME
WHEREAS: Kittitas County has jurisdiction of one hundred thirteen (113) bridges in the
National Bridge Inventory (NBI); and
WHEREAS: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA) administers the Type 3 Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation
Competitive Grant Program, also knows as the Bridge Improvements Type 3
(BIT3) Competitive Grant Program; and
WHEREAS: Kittitas County Public Works intends to submit a Bridge Improvements Type 3
Grant Application;
WHEREAS: The Bridge Improvement Type 3 (BIT3) Application requires that funding
applicants have Chair Authorization identifying Authorization to the Kittitas
County Public Works Director on behalf of Kittitas County for grant application
submittal.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Kittitas County Board of County
Commissioners declares it be in the best interest of the public and does hereby authorize the
Public Works Director to sign and submit the BIT3 grant application.
DATED this 7th day of July 2026, at Ellensburg, Washington.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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Cory Wright, Chairman
Attest:
☐ Clerk of the Board- Julie Kjorsvik ________________________________
Brett Wachsmith, Vice-Chairman
☐ Deputy Clerk of the Board- Mandy Buchholz
_______________________________ ________________________________
Laura Osiadacz, Commissioner