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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-2025-155 Resolution authorizing acceptance of a National Highway System award with the Washington State Department of Transportation for the S 1st St Pavement Rehabilitation Project 2885A RESOLUTION RESOLUTION NO. R-2025-155 authorizing acceptance and execution of a grant program agreement with the Washington State Department of Transportation for the S 1st Street Pavement Rehabilitation Project 2885. WHEREAS, the City of Yakima (CITY) is improving the functionality and safety of S 1st Street from Walnut St to Pacific Ave; and WHEREAS, improvements consist of mill and overlay, crack sealing, sidewalk, curb and gutters, curb ramps, and illumination; and WHEREAS, the City has received $7,443,000 in Federal Funding through the 2025 NHS Management program from the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) for the S 1st Street Pavement Rehabilitation Project 2885; and WHEREAS, there is a $750,000 local funding match require; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is in the best interests of the City of Yakima and its residents to accept and execute the grant agreement WSDOT for the S 1st Street Pavement Rehabilitation Project 2885, and authorize the City Manager to take all necessary steps to execute the grant agreement, necessary contracts, and administer the funds received from WSDOT; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to accept the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) grant, not to exceed Seven Million Four Hundred Forty -Three Thousand Dollars ($7,443,000) as described in the Award Letter, and directed to take all necessary steps to secure the funding for the S 1st Street Pavement Rehabilitation Project 2885. Section 2. The appropriate administrative officials of the City are hereby authorized to receive monies and to expend the same as authorized by the WSDOT award. Section 3. The City Manager, or his designee, shall have responsibility for the administration of said funds and expenditure of said funds received pursuant to the WSDOT award and the budget submitted therewith for the grant. Section 4. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute any and all contracts necessary and not to exceed the budgeted amounts outlined in the award, and enter into any other necessary agreements or documents to accomplish the S 1 St Street Pavement Rehabilitation Project 2885 funded through the WSDOT award. Section 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or clause of this resolution is declared invalid or unconstitutional for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of the resolution. 1 ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 215t day of October, 2025, ATTEST; osalinda barra, City Clerk a icia Byers, Mayor 2