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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 7.G.
For Meeting of: July 2, 2024
ITEM TITLE: Resolution authorizing acceptance of a Department of Transportation
State Funding grant award for Wide Hollow Creek Pedestrian Bridge
Improvement Project
SUBMITTED BY: Scott Schafer, Public Works Director
* Ken Wilkinson, Parks & Recreation Manager
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
The City of Yakima received the Washington State Department of Transportation Wide Hollow Creek
Active Transportation Improvement grant for the Wide Hollow Creek Pedestrian Bridge Improvement
Project.
The project consists of installing a new pedestrian bridge and constructing a pathway to connect on
either side of the bridge at the Wide Hollow Creek located in the West Valley Community Park.
The state grant award is in the amount of$900,000 and requires no match. The attached Resolution
authorizes the City Manager to accept the subject grant. Staff recommends approval.
ITEM BUDGETED: No
STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Public Safety
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution.
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution
DOT Award Letter
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RESOLUTION NO. R-2024-
A RESOLUTION authorizing acceptance of a state grant from the Washington State
Department of Transportation for Wide Hollow Creek Pedestrian Bridge
Improvement Project.
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima (City) is improving the functionality and safety of the Wide
Hollow Creek Improvement Pedestrian Bridge Improvement Project (Project); and
WHEREAS, improvements consist of replacing the current Pedestrian Bridge near
the Wide Hollow Creek in the West Valley Community Park; and
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima was selected to receive $900,000, in state funding
through the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) 2024 Supplemental
Transportation Budget for the Project, which requires no local match; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is in the best interests of the City of Yakima and
its residents to accept the grant from WSDOT for the Project, 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:
The City Manager is hereby authorized to accept the Washington State Department of
Transportation (WSDOT) grant attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, not to
exceed Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($900,000) and directed to take all necessary steps to
secure the funding for the Project.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 2nd day of July, 2024.
Patricia Byers, Mayor
ATTEST:
Rosalinda Ibarra, City Clerk
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� ar Washington State Transportation Building
1 Department of Transportation 310 Maple Park Avenue S.E.
p P.O.Box 47300
Olympia,WA 98504-7300
360-705-7000
TTY:1-800-833-6388
www.wsdot.wa.gov
April 22, 2024
Mr. Bill Preston. PE
City Engineer
City of Yakima
129 North 2nd Street
Yakima, WA 98901
RE: Wide Hollow Creek Active Transportation Improvements
2024 Supplemental Transportation Budget
State Funding
Dear Mr. Preston:
WSDOT is pleased to advise you that the above-mentioned project was selected to receive funding
through the 2024 Supplemental Transportation Budget. The state funding is limited as shown
below:
Wide Hollow Creek Active Transportation Improvements $900,000
2023-25 Available Funding: $900,000
Scope: Bike and pedestrian bridge over Wide Hollow Creek at West Valley Community Park and
the connecting walkways.
In the event the 2023-25 funding is not all reimbursed, WSDOT will need to request the remaining
funding through the 2025-27 budget development. Until the funding is provided by the legislature,
WSDOT can only reimburse your agency for the approved work completed each biennium, as
reflected above. Therefore, it is critical that the Local Project Report detailing the project's
delivery is updated, so that the funding aligns with the schedule.
In order to meet the state requirements, the following are required:
• Project expenditures incurred before receiving notice from Local Programs of state fund
authorization are not eligible for reimbursement.
• Please refer to the Local Programs webpage for detailed authorization information
including: (https://wsdot.wa.gov/business-wsdot/support-local-programs)
✓ Local Agency Guidelines (LAG) manual for detailed requirements;
✓ Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and Statewide Transportation
Improvement Program (STIP) amendments, as applicable;
✓ Funding and billing forms;
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Mr. Bill Preston. PE
City of Yakima
April 22, 2024
✓ Local Project Report is required to be completed by the end of June and December
each year. To access the database you will need an account name and password.
Your account name is Yakima and your password is Yakim007. The password is
case sensitive.
Local Programs encourages all agencies to submit monthly progress billings to ensure timely
reimbursement of eligible expenditures.
For assistance, please contact your Region Local Programs Engineer, Seth Walker at 509.577.1780
or Seth.Walker@wsdot.wa.gov.
Sincerely,
Jay Drye, PE
Director
Local Programs
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cc: Christina Wickenhagen, Executive Director, YVCOG
Seth Walker, South Central Local Programs Engineer
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