Proposal

Information

$5.37 million of Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) federal-aid funding over the life (3 phases) of the project. This funding is 100% funding with no matching requirement.

Type: Deliberation

Department: PW - Public Works

Directors' Update: Sept. 3, 2025

Business Meeting: Sept. 9, 2025

Summary:

Establish a County Road Project (CRP) number that authorizes the preliminary engineering, right of way purchase, and construction of projects as part of the 2025 Annual Construction Program (ACP) and 2025-2030 6-Year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).                       

Publications:

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Wes Anderson - PW, Geoff Soderquist - PW, Mike Kroll - PW, Tina Correia - PW, Mike Kroll - PW, Zelma Hammer - PW

Resolution

Wording/In the matter of:

INITIATE A COUNTY ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND ASSIGN COUNTY ROAD PROJECT (CRP) NUMBER

Resolution Number: 25-258

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 Engineer; and

WHEREAS, the BOCC shall by resolution, and not otherwise, order the survey, establishment, construction, alteration, or improvement of county roads; the County 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 officially adopted annual road program in accordance with RCW 36.81.130. The County Engineer is hereby ordered and authorized to report and proceed thereon as by law provided. (RCWs 36.75.050, 36.80.030, & 36.80.070); and

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

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 9th day of September, 2025.