FY25 Community Project Funding Requests
FY25 COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies
Recipient: Coulee Medical Center
Amount Requested: $3,020,475
Description: The funding would be used for an innovative project to accommodate the needs of the hospital’s existing workforce, while also promoting recruitment and retention in an area of Central Washington that is in dire need of additional health professionals.
The Coulee Medical Center (CMC) is a 25-bed Trauma Level IV Critical Access Hospital serving residents in Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, and Okanogan Counties. This sprawling, rural region also includes portions of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, and for many residents is the only hospital system within an hour’s drive of their home. Providing critical care in this large service area takes a unique toll on the health care providers and medical professionals that often have multi-hour commutes, necessitating a designated space for staff to rest and recuperate in between shifts. The Relief for Rural Health Workforce Project would provide safe, clean, and dependable accommodations for staff that care for the residents in rural Washington – a highly anticipated and welcomed change from the current dilapidated facility built by the Bureau of Reclamation in the 1930’s.
Member Financial Disclosure Certification Letter
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Columbia River Section 120 Pinniped Removal Program
Recipient: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Description: The funding would be used for the Columbia River Section 120 Pinniped Removal Program to address the threat posed by sea lions in the Columbia River, Willamette River, and other tributaries that have significantly impacted endangered and threatened stocks of salmon and steelhead. Impeding habituation of sea lions and subsequent predation is one of the key components to salmon and steelhead survival. Providing the funds necessary for state and tribal resource managers to manage pinniped predation and decrease the number of pinnipeds impacting threatened salmon and steelhead is critical.
Member Financial Disclosure Certification Letter
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Phase 1 of Oroville's New Water System
Recipient: City of Oroville
Amount Requested: $1,300,000
Description: The funding would be used to replace roughly 3,500 linear feet of the “North End” water main in the system that stretches from the city limits north to the Canadian border within Okanogan County. The system consists of deteriorating and undersized water transmission main— 4-inch and 6-inch PVC pipes—that is at the end of its useful life and will be replaced with 8-inch and 12-inch mains. The North End of the water system currently experiences low water service pressure, frequent leaks, and low fire flows from fire hydrants.
Member Financial Disclosure Certification Letter
Winthrop Rehabilitation and Replacement of Water Source and Distribution Systems
Recipient: Town of Winthrop
Amount Requested: $2,200,000
Description: The funding would be used to make critical upgrades to the Town of Winthrop’s water source and distribution system reliability for improved wildfire preparation and water conservation. Currently, the Town relies on one well as the primary water source to fight wildfires and the deteriorated water transmission main is at the end of its useful life and results in an estimated 40 percent water loss. The scope of this project includes increasing water source reliability by rehabilitating an existing, second well, and adding backup generators to both, as well as replacing approximately 4,500 linear feet of water main.
Member Financial Disclosure Certification Letter
City of Othello Regional Water Supply
Recipient: City of Othello
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Description: The funding would be used to initiate the design phase of the Othello Regional Water Supply Project, which follows several years of development of the City’s Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) strategy. Othello is 100% reliant on a rapidly depleting groundwater supply and a permanent solution that will result in a sustainable, reliable, environmentally responsible water supply plan is not only a matter of utility infrastructure but a strategic investment in the economic future of the region.
Member Financial Disclosure Certification Letter
East Canal Drinking Water Infrastructure Project
Recipient: City of Moses Lake
Amount Requested: $4,800,000
Description: The funding would be used for planning, engineering, and design of the East Canal Drinking Water Infrastructure Project. This project will require the construction of a water treatment facility and new distribution infrastructure to meet existing needs and help meet the future needs of residents and businesses that call Moses Lake home. Clean energy employers continue to locate in and expand in Moses Lake and the surrounding area thanks to low property costs, an abundance of power, affordable housing, and the presence of a strong workforce. Moses Lake faces declining aquifers and wells that have been shut down due to contamination, reducing the available and dependable supply of clean water to meet the existing needs of residents and businesses.
Member Financial Disclosure Certification Letter
Phase 2 of US 97 Reconstruction
Recipient: City of Tonasket
Amount Requested: $3,405,000
Description: The funding would be used to support the reconstruction of US 97 through the City of Tonasket. Specifically, funding would be used to replace existing stormwater structures and conveyance systems to pass design storm events and limit flooding to the adjacent businesses and inflow to the wastewater treatment plant, replace existing 80-year-old cast iron with lead joint watermains, and installation of stormwater treatment to protect the quality of water of the Okanogan River.
Member Financial Disclosure Certification Letter
Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Port of Quincy Rail Infrastructure Expansion Project
Recipient: Port of Quincy (Grant County Port District No. 1)
Amount Requested: $2,500,000
Description: The funding would expand the rail infrastructure on the northeast side of Quincy, WA, both within the Port’s current rail terminal and to nearby industrial zoned properties in the Port District. Once complete, the project will provide more freight mobility options to Pacific Northwest and Washington State agricultural and food shippers and exporters, attract industrial and manufacturing projects that will create family wage jobs, lessen wear and tear on freeways, highways and mountain passes by converting over-the-road freight to rail intermodal freight, and decrease fuel consumption and carbon emissions.
Member Financial Disclosure Certification Letter
Port of Moses Lake Infrastructure Development
Recipient: Port of Moses Lake
Amount Requested: $ 600,000
Description: The Port of Moses Lake's current airfield infrastructure is at capacity and cannot accommodate existing demand for space. The funding would be used to advance the Port of Moses Lake Infrastructure Development Project by supporting critical site preparation that will facilitate the construction of a future complex of taxilanes and necessary utility development to support aerospace facilities.
Member Financial Disclosure Certification Letter
Port of Warden Truck Access and Bypass Road Project
Recipient: Port of Warden (Grant County Port District No. 8)
Amount Requested: $2,500,000
Description: The funding would allow the Port of Warden to finish building a truck access and bypass road between SR 170 and the Port-owned industrial zoned properties in southwest Warden, WA. This project will enable trucks to bypass disadvantaged residential neighborhoods, help handle the increasing growth in freight from industrial, food processing and agricultural shippers, as well as bringing more jobs and economic opportunities to the Warden community.
Member Financial Disclosure Certification Letter
Three Rivers Recovery Housing Project
Recipient: Benton County
Amount Requested: $3,000,000
Description: The funding would be used to convert a portion of the old Kennewick General Hospital into residential apartments for transitional housing to ensure safe and sable housing exists for people coming out of treatment facilities to ensure a smooth re-entry into the community. Benton County is in the process of developing a comprehensive behavioral health recovery program that will serve its residents and those in the surrounding region and this project will help residents achieve lifelong recovery and avoid homelessness that often plagues people recovering from substance use disorders.
Member Financial Disclosure Certification Letter
Columbia Gorge Regional Airport
Recipient: Klickitat County
Amount Requested: $2,400,000
Description: The funding would be used to increase Columbia Gorge Regional Airport’s (CGRA) capacity by supporting the construction of critical infrastructure within the airport’s business park as part of the Airport Master Plan. The infrastructure includes road access, water, wastewater, electricity, and proper fire flow.
Member Financial Disclosure Certification Letter
Bridge #248 Widening on the East Low Canal
Recipient: Grant County
Amount Requested: $4,066,878
Description: The funding would replace an outdated tri-span wood bridge with a new single-span concrete bridge that would both widen and raise the bridge crossing. This would remove an existing bottleneck and increase the flow of water in the canal, which was widened above-and-below the bridge in 2013-2019. The new bridge will also allow the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to widen the canal to the full width at this bridge crossing, per the 1954 original plan, and increase canal water for the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Program.
Member Financial Disclosure Certification Letter
Regional Beltway Connector
Recipient: City of Union Gap
Amount Requested: $4,066,878
Description: The funding would complete the Regional Beltway Connector transportation corridor from I82/US 97, South Union Gap Interchange, to the City's industrial agricultural areas. Currently, freight trucks must use a local road that passes through an elementary school zone and two at-grade railroad crossings. The project provides safety improvements by reducing traffic on congested roadways, providing a more direct route with a railroad overpass, and eliminating an at-grade crossing.
Member Financial Disclosure Certification Letter
Village of Hope
Recipient: Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
Amount Requested: $4,598,923
Description: The funding would be used to renovate 25 warehouse units, which currently serve up to 100 homeless individuals, and construct nine new units, which will serve up to 40 additional homeless individuals within the Village of Hope. The current application waiting list is up to 46 chronically homeless families within the community, and the number is rising. The project completion would address the unmet needs of the chronically homeless and provide vulnerable individuals and families on the Yakima reservation with resources, support, and guidance to minimize their barrier to finding permanent housing and improving their quality of life.