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Fiscal Year 2023 Community Project Funding Requests

The House Committee on Appropriations recently announced that it will be accepting Community Project Funding requests from Members of Congress, designed to help deliver targeted federal funding to select projects in districts across the country. Below are the eligible requests for project funding submitted to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Yakima East West Corridor
Project Requester: Yakima County
Area Served: 
Yakima County
Description: Partnering with City of Yakima, WSDOT and FHWA, Yakima County has begun a multi-jurisdictional project, known as the East-West Corridor to establish a new alternate connection between Terrace Heights, the City of Yakima & I-82.  Due to the size, the County’s portion of the project has been broken down into 3 phases.  Phase 1, 3, and portions of 2 (design, ROW) have been funded through a variety of local and State funding opportunities, however phase 2 construction remains partially unfunded.
Phase 1, went to construction in 2019 and Begins at the intersection of Terrace Heights Dr. & Butterfield Rd.  Butterfield Rd. is being reconstructed to a 3-lane roadway section with 14ft shared use lanes and separated pedestrian facilities, better suiting the surrounding land use & ensuring multiple modes of transportation are accommodated. At the north end of Butterfield Rd, a 4-way roundabout will be constructed connecting the new corridor to the existing roadway system. West of the roundabout is the beginning of phase 2.  A new 4-lane section will be constructed with 14ft shared use lanes, a separated multi-use pathway.  Phase 3 will be the two 2 bridge structures spanning the Yakima River and I-82 and a series of new ramps and distributed roadways connecting the new corridor to I-82. This will increase capacity, allowing for the free flow of traffic during peak hours & reducing travel times and severity of traffic accidents.  West of the bridges, the project will continue to the project terminates in the City of Yakima tying into the city’s existing H St. When completed, the project will alleviate congestion at the adjacent Yakima Ave/I-82 interchange, provide a direct connection for freight and cargo to industrial areas on both sides of the river, provide an alternative route for commuter traffic, & ensure safe multi-modal transportation options.

Amount Requested: $2,500,000


Samaritan Health Women's and Infant Services Initiative
Project Requester: Grant County Public Hospital District No 1, dba Samaritan Healthcare
Area Served: Grant County
Description: Samaritan Healthcare is leading a new Women and Infant Services Initiative to respond to the growing need in the community to have state of the art labor and delivery options close to home.
Unlike many rural communities, the population of the region is growing and diversifying. Among the Grand Columbia Health Alliance's seven public hospital members, Samaritan serves as the center of a hub and spoke delivery system that is focused on increasing quality, reducing unnecessary outmigration, supporting efficient and seamless care delivery, and that understands and supports the diversity and socioeconomics of the region.  Samaritan’s Women and Infant Services Initiative is the only source of services for this level of maternity and post-natal care in the region.
As the need for more medically complicated pregnancies and births continues to rise, Samaritan will redevelop its labor and delivery unit to meet modern health standards and provide the best possible care for families. The creation of an Advanced Delivery unit will allow more families with complicated births and more women with critical conditions to get high quality care close to home.
Samaritan Healthcare’s facility and financial resources have been stretched to their limit during the COVID-19 pandemic. Samaritan has a $160+ million new hospital construction project underway that has exhausted the debt capacity of the hospital. Federal appropriations are necessary to bring this project forward.

Amount Requested: $2,500,000


Benton/Franklin County - SECOMM Microwave System Replacement
Project Requester: 
Benton County

Area Served: Benton/Franklin County

Description: Benton County is requesting $2,000,000, for a complete upgrade and replacement of the microwave communication system serving Benton and Franklin Counties. The total project cost is $5,000,000. The remaining funds will come from available capital fund balance and participating agency contributions. The project includes engineering design, equipment procurement and installation services.
Amount Requested: $2,000,000


Heritage Heights at Lake Chelan Memory Care Services Expansion
Project Requester: Heritage Heights at Lake Chelan
Area Served: Douglas County
Description: 
The purpose of this request is to fund a renovation and conversion project for Heritage Heights at Lake Chelan (HH). The facility currently provides assisted living services to Douglas County residents; however, the facility is not designed to provide memory care services. The problem is there are no other memory care services offered locally. The next closest facilities offering memory care are located 57 miles away from Douglas County in Wenatchee, WA. Only one of the four of the Wenatchee facilities accepts Medicaid for memory care, and they are at capacity. As a result, seniors must move 57+ miles away to receive memory care. In addition, there is documented evidence that when an older adult is suffering from dementia and is moved, a decline in physical, mental, behavioral, and functional well-being is reported. HH understands the that the aging process is unpredictable and fluid and to fully meet the growing need for seniors and their families, they must provide a continuum of care to include memory care.
Amount Requested: $800,000


Yakima Air Terminal-McAllister Field New Terminal
Project Requester:
City of Yakima
Area Served: Yakima County
Description: 
The City of Yakima is requesting funds to construct a new terminal building for Yakima Air Terminal-McAllister Field. The original Yakima Air terminal was constructed in the 1950s, and it was last remodeled in the late 1990s. The terminal building has outlived its useful life and is in dire need of replacement. Various structural components of the existing terminal building and floor layout have created challenges. Terminal entry area, ticketing counters, and TSA screening have all been identified as areas of operational inefficiencies. Additionally, new federal requirements mandating additional passengers screening areas have taken away the limited space currently available to passengers. The inadequate size of the terminal was particularly apparent during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, as social distancing is impossible. The City of Yakima has experienced continued challenges to its tax revenues and because of this, the City has been unable to budget for a capital project of this size.
Amount Requested: $5,000,000


Northwest Harvest Yakima Distribution Center (NWH-DC)
Project Requester:
Northwest Harvest
Area Served: Yakima County
Description: 
The Northwest Harvest Yakima Distribution Center (NWH-DC) addresses Washington’s persistent food insecurity. Northwest Harvest (NWH) today distributes millions of pounds of food reaching more people than ever, yet 1 in 4 families are at risk of hunger in part due to heightened inequities following COVID-19. In response, the NWH-DC will enable us to distribute a critical mass of healthy food to wherever it’s needed most.
Our Project relocates NWH’s primary distribution center from Kent to the Yakima Valley. By centering operations in Washington’s agricultural heartland, we quadruple the amount of fresh produce reaching families statewide. We strengthen existing relationships with Yakama Nation and WSDA; deepen collaborative work with Valley human services agencies; and expand farmer and orchardist partnerships. In addition, the NWH-DC will offer affordable and badly needed harvest season cold storage to the Valley’s diverse small/midlevel farmers.
The NWH-DC includes a state-of-the-art distribution center and an onsite free grocery store. Both operations will involve significant effort from Yakima partnerships in fighting food insecurity. The free grocery store increases access to food in Yakima, a County with the State’s highest poverty rate and free/reduced-lunch eligibility. The distribution center increases equitable access statewide. Its novel design enables top efficiency, high-capacity, rapid turnaround operations, which radically increase our ability to provide more healthy food and reach into our most remote rural areas. The facility’s total cost is $36,375,800. We have raised 72% including $20.8M from NWH, leveraging our Kent warehouse sale. We have another 10% in likely prospects; details below. We are specifically asking for a CPF request in order to complete our Selective Pallet Racking System.
Amount Requested: $2,500,000


Port of Mattawa Wastewater Treatment System
Project Requester: 
Port of Mattawa (Grant County Port District No. 3)
Area Served: Yakima County

Description: 
The Port of Mattawa is working to expand and improve the infrastructure of its Wastewater Treatment System to accommodate the increasing growth of the wine grape crushing/bulk wine-making industry in central Washington.  This request for funding would greatly increase the capacity of the Port of Mattawa's industrial wastewater treatment system, especially for wine waste, which is a byproduct of the wine grape crushing process.
Amount Requested: $2,500,000


Port of Warden Road Infrastructure Improvement & Expansion Project
Project Requester: 
Grant County Port District No. 8 (Port of Warden)

Area Served: Grant County

Description: 
The “Port of Warden Road Infrastructure Improvement & Expansion Project” would improve and expand industrial road infrastructure within the Port of Warden and to industrial zoned properties in Warden, WA to help handle the increasing growth in freight from industrial, food processing and agricultural shippers.   This project will also help the Port to build an industrial road bypass route so that trucks will not have to travel through residential neighborhoods in Warden in the future. 
Amount Requested: $2,500,000


Benton City Rail Trail
Project Requester:
Benton City
Area Served: Benton County

Description: Just east of Benton City, two tourist destinations are drawing visitors to the region: the 2,300-acre Red Mountain AVA, home to 54 vineyards, and the 23-mile Tapteal Trail. But while the city stands to gain from both the wine and recreation industries, residents and tourists cannot explore without a car. The only route from Benton City across the Yakima River is the existing WA-225 bridge, built in the ‘60s and intended for vehicular traffic only.
Benton City residents are also concerned about their health. According to a 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment, residents (including children and teens) have a higher BMI than their fellow Washingtonians; they also have higher diabetes, asthma, and suicide rates (pgs. 9-10). Due to these risk factors, Benton City earned a score of .70 (moderate to high) on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index for COVID-19.
Residents want a healthier community where people can be “outside playing, walking, [and] being active.” The local economy, likewise, needs a cornerstone project to create jobs and recover wages lost during the pandemic. The city’s answer: the creation of a Rail Trail connecting the city center with the wineries and trails.
Benton City has already fostered a walking and cycling culture within the city, establishing a 2-mile city walking and cycling path, and developing Riverfront Park (which will serve as the gateway to the Rail Trail). However, as a small, rural community with limited resources, Benton City cannot finish the Rail Trail without the financial assistance of a federal appropriation.

Amount Requested: $5,000,000


City of Tonasket US97 Transportation Corridor
Project Requester:
City of Tonasket

Area Served: Okanogan County
Description: The City of Tonasket has aging infrastructure in its downtown US97 transportation corridor through town including highway pavement, sidewalks, water, sewer and storm drain system. In addition, the City’s ageing sidewalks, ADA non-compliance and limited parking negatively affects the local business community as it limits pedestrian and vehicle access, vehicle travel and business opportunities.
The City has identified infrastructure deficiencies as follows:

  • Storm water flooding of existing businesses, buildings, and other structures due to inadequate storm water facilities associated with US97. Existing storm water facilities are inadequate and have become increasing hydraulically overwhelmed as Tonasket has grown over the last 50 years.
  • Inadequate and inconsistent sidewalks and curb/gutter system in the downtown corridor including ADA non-compliance throughout the corridor and absence of sufficient curb reveal heights due to years of pavement overlays of US97.
  • Comprehensive public and private utility issues and upgrade needs (e.g. overhead power and poles, communications, conduits, lighting, water, sewer, etc.). Overhead utilities and poles in sidewalk areas interfering with pedestrian access and preventing placement of ADA ramps. Needed replacement of aged water and sewer lines in the corridor.

Amount Requested: $1,001,650


Town of Winthrop Watermain Reconstruction
Project Requester: 
Town of Winthrop, Washington
Area Served: Okanogan County

Description: This request would replace the existing watermain over the Methow River: the existing watermain was installed in 1965 and is failing.  It is the only water main across the Methow River and serves more than 70% of the town's population and businesses as well as the sole supply for firefighting.|
Amount Requested: $667,000


Adams County Bridge 411-3 Bridge Replacement
Project Requester: 
Adams County
Area Served: Adams County
Description: 
The purpose of this project is to provide funding for one of the ten bridges needed to complete the delivery of surface water the Federal Columbia Basin Project to replace existing deep-well irrigation of agriculture land that causes declining groundwater in the Odessa Subarea.
Amount Requested: $3,878,000 


Triumph Treatment Services
Project Requester: 
Yakima Valley Council on Alcoholism Triumph Treatment Services (dba Triumph Treatment Services)
Area Served: Yakima County

Description: Triumph Treatment Services provides resources and services for individuals and families who experience substance use disorder, mental health issues, homelessness, and poverty. Started in 1961, Triumph Treatment was the first and is the longest serving substance use disorder treatment center in Yakima County. It has grown to include multiple sites, including 5 residential treatment facilities with a total of 142 beds, one outpatient center, and 132 units of both transitional and permanent housing in Yakima County.
Amount Requested: $1,867,634


Grant County Conservation District Moses Lake Reduction of Harmful Algal Bloom Project
Project Requester: 
Grant County Conservation District
Area Served: Grant County

Description: The purpose of the request is to secure funding to implement in-lake management leading to water quality improvements and the reduction of harmful algal blooms in Moses Lake.  Moses Lake has experienced poor water quality dating back to the 1960s.  In recent years, as documented by various studies and the news media, Moses Lake has suffered from harmful algal blooms.  These blooms further degrade water quality, produce toxins that are a health risk to humans, wildlife, and plant communities, and have negative impacts on recreation, property values, and the local economy.
This project will improve the water quality in the Rocky Ford Arm of Moses Lake at a significant level.  These outcomes will provide significant benefits to the local community and users from across the state and greater Northwest.  Implementation of the project would result in immediate and substantial water quality improvements, including reduced harmful algal blooms, decreased risks associated with harmful algal blooms, enhancement of wetlands and other plant communities, improvement in the recreational economy of the Columbia Basin, and positively benefit local property values on and near the lake.
The proposed project includes phosphorus sequestration technology that would be utilized in the inflow area of Rocky Ford Creek to reduce external phosphorus loading by 2000+ pounds per year.  Lanthanum-modified bentonite clay and other technologies will be used in deeper areas of the Rocky Ford Arm to prevent the release of phosphorus and mitigate approximately 10,000 pounds of internal phosphorus loading.  Finally, additional monitoring will be completed in Moses Lake (sediment and water quality) to monitor the impacts of the management implemented and to provide quantitative data to guide additional restoration in the future.

Amount Requested: $3,147,900


US Hwy 12 Improvement Project
Project Requester: 
Washington DOT
Area Served: Franklin County
Description: This project is located on the US 12 corridor in the southeast area of Pasco in the US 12/ A Street/Tank Farm Road/Sacajawea Road/Lewis Street Interchange vicinity.
The overpass project will provide safe and efficient pedestrian and bicycle facilities that are not currently available at the two existing interchanges.  This project will allow students, residents, walkers, and bicyclists to cross I-182 safely to access needed services on either side of the freeway.  This overpass will link two diverse areas of Pasco into a more homogeneous community, eliminating barriers for multimodal transportation and providing access to essential services for all.

Amount Requested: $1,250,000