HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-2025-156 Resolution authorizing acceptance of a National Highway System award with the Washington State Department of Transportation for the Yakima Ave South Overlay Project 2886RESOLUTION NO. R-2025-156
A RESOLUTION authorizing acceptance and execution of a grant program agreement with
the Washington State Department of Transportation for the Yakima Ave S
Overlay Project 2886.
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima (CITY) is improving the functionality and safety of Yakima
Ave from 6th Street to Yakima River Bridge; and
WHEREAS, improvements consist of mill and overlay, crack sealing, curb ramps, and
pavement repair; and
WHEREAS, the City has received $2,570,000 in Federal Funding through the 2025 NHS
Management program from the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) for
the Yakima Ave S Overlay Project 2886 which requires no local match for the project; 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 Yakima Ave S Overlay
Project 2886, 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 Two Million Five Hundred and Seventy
Thousand Dollars ($2,570,000) as described in the Award Letter, and directed to take all
necessary steps to secure the funding for the Yakima Ave S Overlay Project 2886.
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 Yakima Ave S Overlay
Project 2886 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.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 21st day of October, 2025.
ATTEST:
osalinda Ibarra, City Clerk
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Patricia Byers, Mayor
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