Information

Type: Deliberation

Department: PW - Public Works

Directors' Update: May 10, 2023

Business Meeting: May 16, 2023

Summary:

The Barnes Drive Paving project appears as #6 on the 2023 – 2028 Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program. The project qualified for Rural Arterial Trust Account (RATA) funding through the Rural Arterial Program (RAP) in the amount of $1,093,500. This funding requires a 10% ($121,500) matching requirement, making the project total $1,250,000. This resolution authorizes the Board of County Commissioners to sign a RAP Project Agreement for Construction Proposal contract for reimbursement of expenses for this funded project.

Publications:

Cover Letter To: After signed, please send all three originals, unaltered, and no later than June 5, 2023, to be valid. Please send to: County Road Administration Board 2404 Chandler Court SW, Suite 240 Olympia, WA 98502

Additional Copies To: Tim Fife - PW, Geoff Soderquist - PW, Tina Hemphill - PW Accounting, Mike Kroll - PW

Resolution

WHEREAS, in accordance with chapters 36.79 RCW and WAC 136-150 the County Road Administration Board (CRAB) has selected and offered a Rural Arterial Program (RAP) Project Agreement for Construction Proposal contract and authorized Rural Arterial Trust Account Funds (RATA) for the Barnes Drive Paving project - CRP 2201; and

WHEREAS, the total authorized RATA funding is $1,093,500, with a 10% ($121,500) matching requirement to be paid by Lewis County, making the project total $1,250,000; and

WHEREAS, the Public Works Director and County Engineer have reviewed the RAP Project Agreement for Construction Proposal contract between Lewis County and CRAB, and recommends that the BOCC approve the RAP Project Agreement for Construction Proposal contract that provides Lewis County with $1,093,500 of RATA funding for the Barnes Drive Paving project - CRP 2201.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the BOCC has determined proceeding with the RAP Project Agreement for Construction Proposal contract between Lewis County and CRAB is in the best public interest, hereby approves it, and authorizes the BOCC Chair -- or Vice Chair in his absence -- to sign the same.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 16th day of May, 2023.