HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-2024-129 Resolution authorizing acceptance of Department of Transportation State Funding grant award for 88th Ave Sidewalk Improvement Project RESOLUTION NO. R-2024-129
A RESOLUTION authorizing acceptance of a state grant from the Washington State
Department of Transportation for 88th Avenue Sidewalk Improvement
Project.
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima (City) is improving the functionality and safety for 88th
Avenue Sidewalk Improvement Project (Project); and
WHEREAS, improvements consist of frontage improvements including extending curb,
gutter, storm drainage, and sidewalk on 88th Avenue from Tieton Drive to Summitview Avenue;
and
WHEREAS, the City was selected to receive $691,000, 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 award attached hereto and incorporated herein by this
reference, not to exceed Six Hundred Ninety-One Thousand Dollars ($691,000) as described in
the grant award and directed to take all necessary steps to secure the funding for the Project.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 16th day of July, 2024.
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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 7.G.
For Meeting of: July 16, 2024
ITEM TITLE: Resolution authorizing acceptance of Department of Transportation
State Funding grant award for 88th Ave Sidewalk Improvement
Project
SUBMITTED BY: Scott Schafer, Public Works Director
*Bill Preston, City Engineer
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
The City of Yakima received the Washington State Department of Transportation 2024 Supplemental
Transportation Budget State Funding for the 88th Ave Sidewalk Project.
The project consists of frontage improvements, including extending curb, gutter, storm drainage, and
sidewalk on 88th Avenue from Tieton Drive to Summitview Avenue.
The state grant award is in the amount of$691,000 and requires no match.
ITEM BUDGETED: No
STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Public Safety
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution.
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution WSDOT Grant 88th Sidewalk.docx
DOT Award for 88th Ave
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