Information

Type: Legal Notice

Department: PW - Public Works

Directors' Update: TBD

Business Meeting: Sept. 19, 2023

Summary:

Notice of Public Hearing for amending the 2023 Annual Construction Program and 2023-2028 Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program

Publications: The Chronicle on 9/21/23 and 9/28/23

Cover Letter To:

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

Resolution

WHEREAS, RCW 36.81.121 requires the legislative authority of each county to prepare and adopt a transportation improvement program that includes proposed road and bridge construction work for the ensuing six calendar years and further stipulates that revisions be approved only after a public hearing; and

WHEREAS, the 2023 ACP and 2023-2028 Six-Year TIP for road and bridge construction were adopted by Resolution 22-391 on Nov. 29, 2022, and amended via Resolution 23-041 on Jan. 31, 2023; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to amend the 2023 ACP and 2023-2028 Six-Year TIP to reflect a recent award of Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) federal funding for the 2023 County Safety Program project. Funding for the project includes a federal funding award of $2,200,000, with no county matching requirement; and

WHEREAS, on the 14th day of September 2023, the proposed amendments to the 2023 ACP and 2023-2028 Six-Year TIP were submitted to the office of the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) of Lewis County Washington; and

WHEREAS, the 2023 ACP and 2023-2028 Six-Year TIP reports and all related materials have been reviewed by the BOCC and found appropriate for further proceedings.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the 3rd day of October 2023 at or after the hour of 10:00 a.m. in the Commissioners Hearing Room on the 2nd floor of the Historic Courthouse in Chehalis, Washington has been fixed by the BOCC as the time and place for the hearing on amending the 2023 ACP and 2023-2028 Six-Year TIP, when and where all persons may appear and be heard upon the programs; and that the Clerk of the BOCC is hereby instructed to proceed with all necessary notifications, posting and publication.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 19th day of September, 2023.