HomeMy WebLinkAbout2328 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION concerning the need for a split grade
crossing of the railroad tracks on SR397 refered to as the SR 3 9 7 -
Ainsworth Railroad Crossing (Project) and the need to make
improvements to the 4th and Ainsworth wastewater pump station,
WHEREAS, the Port of Pasco (Port), the City of Pasco (City),
and the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) all
recognize the need to improve the railroad crossing for safety and
freight mobility, and
WHEREAS, the Project is ranked high in the State and is on
the FMAC Group 1 list, and
WHEREAS, the City's 4th and Ainsworth wastewewater
pump station will need to be abandoned and relocated as part of the
Project at a cost of $1 5 million , and
WHEREAS, the City can be served at this time b y
reconstructing the 4th and Ainsworth wastewater pump station in its
existing location, and
WHEREAS, the City recognizes the Project will eventually b e
constructed and reconstructing the 4th and Ainsworth pump station
at this time would increase the overall costs for the Project, and
WHEREAS, the City recognizes the funding to construct the
Project is not available at this time and the construction will b e
several years in the future, and
WHEREAS, the City will proceed with awarding a contract to
abandon the 4th and Ainsworth pump station and reconstruct the
9th and Washington to receive the diverted flows at a cost over $2 6
million to be financed by a 3 5% SRF loan, and
WHEREAS, the City is contributing $1 5 million at an interest
rate of 3 5% over 20 years to the Project, and, NOW, THEREFORE
Catherine D Seaman
Deputy City Clerk
C y of Pasco:
Charles D Kilbu , Mayor
Attest: Approved As To Form:
i'l
Leland Kerr
Interim City Attorney
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO,
WASHINGTON DO RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
1. The Pasco City Council (Council) awards the contract for
the construction of 9th and Washington Pump Station,
Project No 96-1-07 to IMCO General Construction, Inc
in the amount of $2,478,407 plus sales tax which
includes abandoning the 4th and Ainsworth pump
station
Passed by the City Council of the City of Pasco at a regular
meeting this /R I day of August, 1997