Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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Motion 24-523, approving Construction Agreement GCB 4099 between Snohomish County and Washington State Department of Transportation to add County work to the US 2/Sexton Creek to Pilchuck River Fish Passage Project
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DEPARTMENT: Conservation and Natural Resources/Surface Water Management
ORIGINATOR: Connie Price/Tracy Gilson
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Lacey Harper 12/11/24
PURPOSE: To authorize County Executive to execute Construction Agreement between Snohomish County and Washington State Department of Transportation for US 2/Sexton Creek to Pilchuck River Fish Passage Project, Snohomish County's Added Work.
BACKGROUND: The County owns and maintains a culvert located under Sexton Road between US 2 and the Pilchuck River that has been identified as a fish passage barrier (WDFW Site Id 310516). The County intends to replace its County Culvert with a fish-passable structure. Replacement of the County Culvert will result in a WSDOT-owned culvert becoming a barrier to fish passage. The WSDOT Culvert is located under US 2 MP 7.65 on Sexton Creek (WDFW Site Id 995103). The County and WSDOT have coordinated design development for improvement of their respective culverts. WSDOT, in compliance with Federal Injunction No. C70-9213 "Permanent Injunction Regarding Culvert Correction," will carry out the US 2/Sexton Creek to Pilchuck River Fish Passage Project. Project construction will include, but is not limited to, replacement of the WSDOT Culvert with a structure that will provide ongoing fish passage and restoration of the creek and surrounding area. WSDOT will construct the Project using the design-bid-build method of project delivery. The County proposes to add work to the WSDOT Project, hereinafter the "County's Added Work," which includes replacement of the County Culvert with a fish-passable structure and restoration of the creek and surrounding area, as shown in Exhibit A of the agreement...
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