Proposal

Information

$2,220,000 PROTECT federal-aid grant funding

Type: Deliberation

Department: PW - Public Works

Directors' Update: April 30, 2025

Business Meeting: May 6, 2025

Summary:

Approval of a resolution authorizing the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) to sign a Local Agency Agreement and Federal Aid Project Prospectus with WSDOT for the Berwick Creek at Labree Fish Passage MP (0.359 - 0.559) Project, County Maintenance Project (CMP) 2001.

Publications:

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Geoff Soderquist - PW Ryan Skeen- PW Tina Correia- PW Wes Anderson - PW Eena Wiest - PW

Resolution

Wording/In the matter of:

APPROVE A LOCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT AND FEDERAL AID PROJECT PROSPECTUS WITH WSDOT FOR THE BERWICK CREEK AT LABREE FISH PASSAGE MP (0.359-0.559) PROJECT, COUNTY MAINTENANCE PROJECT (CMP) 2001

Resolution Number: 25-127

WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 23-3701, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) adopted the 2024-2029 Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program; and

WHEREAS, the Berwick Creek at Labree Fish Passage MP (0.359 - 0.559) project, County Maintenance Project (CMP) 2001, is listed as priority number 2 using Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation Program (PROTECT) federal funding ($2,220,000), with no local matching requirement for the project. This project will remove and replace a fish barrier culverts, and complete other related work; and

WHEREAS, the conditions of receiving PROTECT federal funding requires a Local Agency Agreement and Federal Aid Project Prospectus signed by the Chair of the BOCC prior to commencing the preliminary engineering phase of this project; and

WHEREAS, the Public Works Director and County Engineer have reviewed a Local Agency Agreement and Federal Aid Project Prospectus between Lewis County and WSDOT for the Berwick Creek at Labree Fish Passage MP (0.359 - 0.559) Project, County Maintenance Project (CMP) 2001, and recommend approval by the BOCC.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the BOCC has determined that proceeding with the Berwick Creek at Labree Fish Passage MP (0.359-0.559) Project, County Maintenance Project (CMP) 2001, to be in the best public interest and hereby approve the Local Agency Agreement and Federal Aid Project Prospectus, and the Chair of the BOCC is authorized to sign the same.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 6th day of May, 2025.