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$405,072 of Rural Arterial Trust Account (RATA) grant funding
Type: Deliberation
Department: PW - Public Works
Directors' Update: May 29, 2024
Business Meeting: June 4, 2024
Summary:The Bunker Creek Road project appears as #5 on the 2024 – 2029 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 $405,072. This funding requires a 10% ($40,507) matching requirement, making the project total $445,579. 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 13, 2024, to be valid. Please send to: Jane Wall, Executive Director; c/o County Road Administration Board; 2404 Chandler Court SW, Suite 240; Olympia, WA 98504-0913
Additional Copies To: Geoff Soderquist - PW, Tina Hemphill - PW Accounting, Mike Kroll - PW
Resolution
APPROVE A RURAL ARTERIAL PROGRAM PROJECT AGREEMENT FOR PROJECT PROPOSAL BETWEEN LEWIS COUNTY AND THE COUNTY ROAD ADMINISTRATION BOARD FOR THE BUNKER CREEK ROAD PROJECT - CRP 2209
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 Bunker Creek Road project - CRP 2209; and
WHEREAS, the total authorized RATA funding is $405,072, with a 10 percent ($40,507) matching requirement to be paid by Lewis County, making the project total $445,579; 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 recommend that the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approve the RAP Project Agreement for Construction Proposal contract that provides Lewis County with $405,072 of RATA funding for the Bunker Creek Road project - CRP 2209.
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 their absence, to sign the same.
DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 4th day of June, 2024.