FY27 Community Project Funding Requests
FY27 COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Recipient: Adams County Public Hospital District No.3 d/b/a Othello Community Hospital
Amount: $2,230,000
Description: The Rural Labor and Delivery Capacity Expansion Project will increase the capacity of Othello Community Hospital to provide top-rate care for our families here locally where more than 400 babies are delivered annually. The project includes features that improve access to care, health and wellness outcomes, and hospital infrastructure. This project integrates critical technology directly into the labor and delivery suites. There will be dedicated triage beds, vital monitors, NICU systems, newborn warming stations, and diagnostic imaging machines for the obstetric unit. To address access, the project will also provide a new ambulance so that families do not have to worry about how they will get to the hospital when events – like precipitous labor – occur without planning. This project will dramatically expand the family birth care to meet the growing need for services at Othello Community Hospital, a rural hospital with a high volume of labor and delivery.
Member Financial Disclosure Letter
Recipient: Public Hospital District No. 4 of Grant County d/b/a McKay Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
Amount Requested: $3,000,000
Description: Phase 1 of Grant County Public Hospital District McKay Healthcare’s senior living expansion will add 16 assisted living units and 16 memory care units, along with a community wellness center featuring meeting spaces, a salon, art classroom, fitness area, and landscaped outdoor spaces. This first-of-its-kind continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Central Washington allows seniors to age-in-place safely, transitioning from independent living
to assisted living or memory care, and ultimately to skilled nursing if needed. This project addresses a critical gap in rural senior healthcare services in Grant County by expanding access to assisted living and memory care. Currently, comparable services are limited in the region, forcing many families to travel long distances to obtain care. The project will allow seniors to remain in their communities while receiving appropriate care, improve continuity with local healthcare providers.
Member Financial Disclosure Letter
Commerce, Science, Justice and Related Agencies
Recipient: Washington State University
Program Description: This project will help establish Washington State University's Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center (IAREC) as a NIST-aligned irrigation technology-based smart farm to advance measurement science, improve reliability and interoperability, and accelerate commercialization of next-generation irrigation systems that support U.S. agricultural industry, grower competitiveness, and climate resilience.
Request Amount: $5,000,000
Member Financial Disclosure Letter
Recipient: Grant County
Project Name: Grant County Coroner’s Office Equipment Advancements
Program Description: The Grant County Coroner’s Office functions as a regional hub for forensic and autopsy services in Central and Southeast Washington. This project would fund the equipment necessary to complement the County's broader ongoing efforts to establish a modernized Coroner's Office to ensure public health and public safety in the region is not disrupted.
Request Amount: $2,235,000
Member Financial Disclosure Letter
Recipient: Yakima Valley Council of Governments
Project Name: Yakima Valley Local Crime Lab
Program Description: This project will help establish a Regional Real-Time Information and Crime Center (RTICC) to serve as a centralized hub for intelligence coordination, real-time situational awareness, and multi-jurisdictional law enforcement support across Yakima County. It would fund the equipment and technology necessary for the RTICC to improve the regions’ ability to respond to violent crimes, gang activity, narcotics trafficking, major traffic incidents, public safety emergencies, and natural disasters.
Request Amount: $2,025,000
Member Financial Disclosure Letter
Recipient: City of Richland
Project Name: Richland Police Department Real Time Information Center Equipment
Program Description: This project will complement the City of Richland's efforts to establish a Real-Time Information Center by funding the purchasing of the equipment essential to RTIC operations, which will improve and better support monitoring and coordinated response capabilities for law enforcement and other first responders.
Request Amount: $1,975,000
Member Financial Disclosure Letter
Recipient: City of Pasco
Project Name: Pasco Police Department Digital Forensics and Equipment Enhancements
Program Description: This project will strengthen the Pasco Police Department’s digital forensic laboratory by investing in critical forensic software, hardware, and investigative technology necessary to identify offenders, rescue victims, and reduce case backlogs and digital evidence delays, as well as fund UAS systems to improve law enforcement response and surveillance.
Request Amount: $895,351
Member Financial Disclosure Letter
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Recipient: Roza Irrigation District
Amount Requested: $3,000,000
Description: This project would expand The Roza Irrigation District’s Wasteway 6 reservoir from 150 acre-feet to approximately 700 acre-feet to better manage the significant flow fluctuations caused by its modern, high-efficiency piped delivery systems. The current reservoir is too small to handle these surges, requiring constant manual adjustments and risking the loss of unused water back into the Yakima River. By expanding the storage capacity of the reservoir, the district can protect critical water supplies and provide much-needed stability for growers who rely on water during periods of scarcity.
Member Financial Disclosure Letter
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Recipient: Douglas County Sewer District #1
Amount: $2,500,000
Description: This project will construct a regional lift station and collection system for an underserved area of our community. It will also eliminate 3 and potentially 4 small stations in neighborhoods that are problematic for maintenance and odor. There are two major benefits to the community. One is that this area is in a “Wellhead Protection Area” and doesn’t allow construction of homes and businesses on conventional septic systems. Constructing this regional system will give property owners the ability to develop their property. The second is the area is zoned for single and multi-family construction. With the construction of this project a large area within the UGA will open up for the construction of much needed housing in our rapidly growing community.
Member Financial Disclosure Letter
Recipient: City of Richland
Amount: $2,500,000
Description: These funds would be used to modernize and rehabilitate the anaerobic digester system at the Richland Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). This project is essential to ensuring the ongoing reliability, regulatory compliance, and long-term sustainability of one of the community’s most critical public-health and environmental-protection assets. Richland’s anaerobic digesters were constructed decades ago and now face significant structural wear, mechanical deterioration, and process inefficiencies. As the regional population grows and industrial activity increases, the digesters are approaching their functional and capacity limits. Without major upgrades, the City risks reduced solids-processing performance, increased operational disruptions, and difficulty meeting state and federal water-quality and biosolids-stabilization standards.
Member Financial Disclosure Letter
Recipient: City of Sunnyside
Amount: $2,000,000
Description: The City of Sunnyside’s wastewater treatment plant serves approximately 4,400 households and 16,300 residents, including agricultural and food-processing businesses in the Lower Yakima Valle. Aging infrastructure, full solids drying beds, and an outdated ultraviolet (UV) disinfection system limit treatment capacity and reliability. The project will upgrade the UV system, expand drying beds, and modernize key treatment infrastructure. These improvements will protect public health, ensure regulatory compliance, support the agricultural economy, safeguard water quality in the Yakima River, and strengthen the sustainability and resilience of critical community infrastructure.
Member Financial Disclosure Letter
Recipient: City of Yakima
Amount: $2,000,000
Description: The City of Yakima’s Water Access and Equity Initiative will extend municipal drinking water and wastewater service to underserved neighborhoods that currently rely on shallow private wells and aging septic systems. These systems are increasingly unreliable due to drought conditions, limited aquifer recharge, and documented groundwater declines in the Yakima Basin. The project is in advanced design, with approximately 90 percent design complete, and will be construction-ready following completion of environmental compliance and right-of-way acquisition.
Member Financial Disclosure Letter
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Recipient: Coulee Medical Center
Project Name: Coulee Medical Center Rural Health Expansion
Program Description: This project would help renovate and repurpose an existing facility to add patient care areas and expand access to primary and behavioral health services in rural north central Washington, a region where provider shortages and geographic isolation significantly limit access to routine and preventive healthcare. The project would expand these critical services to rural communities across Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, and Okanogan Counties and members of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.
Requested Amount: $2,500,000
Member Financial Disclosure Letter
Recipient: Klickitat Valley Health
Project Name: Klickitat Valley Health MRI Wing Expansion
Program Description: Currently, the lack of an in-house MRI facility forces rural patients to travel long distances for essential diagnostics. This project would close an important healthcare infrastructure gap and construct a permanent MRI Wing at KVH, which will help ensure quicker, more immediate diagnosis of strokes, cardiac issues, and orthopedic injuries for patients located in rural, remote areas.
Requested Amount: $2,500,000
Member Financial Disclosure Letter
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Recipient: Building 12 at the Benton County
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Description: Benton County is seeking to rehabilitate the Benton County Community Agricultural Center to transform it from a seasonal, underutilized structure into a safe, year-round multi-use facility. Currently, the building's lack of insulation, climate control, and modern utilities restricts its use, leaving a significant gap in affordable space for youth organizations like 4-H and FFA. The project will upgrade structural elements, plumbing, electrical systems, and HVAC technology while adding small-animal wash areas and energy-efficient lighting. Once completed, the rehabilitated space will serve as a venue for local nonprofits and community groups, focusing on agricultural education and youth programming.
Member Financial Disclosure Letter
Recipient: City of Sunnyside
Amount Requested: $2,500,000
Description: The Edison Bridge in Sunnyside has reached the end of its service life and due to its low sufficiency rating and dangerous safety record. Funding for this replacement project will allow for a modern crossing with optimized roadway geometry and improved turning radii to enhance safety and traffic flow. Beyond reducing crash frequency, the project will support the regional economy by ensuring reliable farm-to-market access for agricultural equipment and commercial freight while providing short-term construction jobs. Federal investment is critical to maintaining this coordinated project delivery, as the state’s larger infrastructure investments in the area cannot proceed without the bridge being replaced first.
Member Financial Disclosure Letter
Recipient: City of Kennewick
Amount Requested: $5,200,000
Description: Phase II of the Columbia Center Boulevard Widening Project will eliminate a major bottleneck by expanding the segment between Grandridge Boulevard and Deschutes Avenue into a six-lane configuration, enhancing safety and capacity for 24,000 daily vehicles. The project includes intersection reconstruction, improved traffic signals, and added pedestrian infrastructure to support the Tri-Cities' primary economic district.
Completion of this final phase will boost regional mobility and freight access, supporting hundreds of jobs and economic development in the Vista Field and Three Rivers areas.
Member Financial Disclosure Letter
Recipient: City of Richland
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Description: The City of Richland is seeking federal funding to realign Snively Road and construct a new, signalized intersection at State Route 240, primarily to provide safe access to a proposed Washington State Veterans Cemetery that would serve roughly 46,000 regional veterans. This project aims to overcome high development costs for the site while enhancing a key corridor that experiences significant traffic and safety needs.
Beyond improving access to the veterans' facility, the project serves as a strategic investment to enhance safety, improve traffic operations for the growing Horn Rapids area, and establish a high-visibility gateway into the Tri-Cities. The realignment supports residential and commercial growth and addresses existing deficiencies at the current Snively Road intersection.
Member Financial Disclosure Letter
Recipient: City of Yakima
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Description: Phase 3 of the Yakima Airport terminal modernization will involve the upgrade of essential public-facing infrastructure, including airline counters and baggage intake systems. These improvements will integrate modern electrical and mechanical systems designed to meet current Transportation Security Administration standards while significantly reducing processing delays for both passengers and cargo. By eliminating operational bottlenecks, the project will ensure the airport can handle increased traffic safely and efficiently. The modernized terminal will support the movement of time-sensitive agricultural products and enhance service reliability. Additionally, the project will incorporate energy-efficient systems and ADA-compliant facilities, reducing long-term operating costs while ensuring equitable access for all residents and businesses in the Yakima Valley.
Member Financial Disclosure Letter
Recipient: City of Union Gap
Amount Requested: $2,880,000
Description: Funding is requested to construct the Stage 2B roundabout and intersection improvements for the Regional Beltway Connector. The project will construct a modern roundabout at a key junction connecting Interstate 82, U.S. Route 97, Ahtanum Road, and western Yakima Valley destinations. Work includes roadway approaches, drainage, illumination, traffic control features, and ADA-compliant pedestrian and bicycle facilities.
Construction of the Stage 2B roundabout will improve traffic operations and safety while supporting future freight movement through the corridor. The project will reduce conflicts between heavy trucks, local traffic, pedestrians, and bicyclists, improve emergency response reliability, and strengthen access between agricultural and industrial areas and the interstate system.
Member Financial Disclosure Letter