Information

Type: Deliberation

Department: PW - Public Works

Directors' Update: Sept. 27, 2023

Business Meeting: Oct. 3, 2023

Summary:

Establish County Road Project (CRP) numbers that authorize the preliminary engineering, right of way purchase, and construction of projects as part of the 2023 Annual Construction Program (ACP) and 2023-2028 6-Year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).                       

Publications:

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Wes Anderson - PW, Geoff Soderquist - PW, Mike Kroll - PW

Resolution

WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 36.75.050, the powers and duties vested in or imposed upon the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) with respect to establishing, examining, surveying, constructing, altering, repairing, improving, and maintaining county roads, shall be exercised under the supervision and direction of the county road engineer; and

WHEREAS, the BOCC shall by resolution, and not otherwise, order the survey, establishment, construction, alteration, or improvement of county roads; the county road engineer shall prepare all necessary maps, plans, and specifications therefore, showing the right-of-way widths, the alignments, gradients and standards of construction.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the project listed in Exhibit A be constructed as shown. This project is hereby declared to be public necessity and made part of the of the officially adopted annual road program in accordance with RCW 36.81.130. The county road engineer is hereby ordered and authorized to report and proceed thereon as by law provided (RCWs 36.75.050, 36.80.030 and 36.80.070); and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that expenditures from the officially adopted road fund budget and based on the county road engineer’s estimates are hereby made in the amounts and for the purposes shown in Exhibit A.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 3rd day of October, 2023.