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.
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ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 215t day of October, 2025,
ATTEST;
osalinda barra, City Clerk
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icia Byers, Mayor
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