Legals May 5, 2017
Request for Qualifications Columbia Basin Hydropower (CBHP) is soliciting statements of qualifications and performance data (RFQ) from engineering firms interested in providing professional services for CBHP pursuant to Chapter 39.80 RCW. Qualifying firms must have licensed personnel with the knowledge and experience to provide professional engineering services in the design of controls, data acquisition, annunciation, protective relaying, and security for hydroelectric power plants. Provide field engineering support for the installation and commissioning of controls, data acquisition, annunciation, protection and security for hydroelectric power plants Contact the CBHP office (509-754-2227) for detailed information. Qualifications outlining proposed personnel, respective experience in subject area, and proposed sub-consultants must be submitted by June 12, 2017. Send qualifications to Columbia Basin Hydropower, P.O. Box 219 Ephrata. WA 98823. CBHP reserves the right to waive any irregularities as informalities and to reject any and all proposals. #05016/72171 Pub: May 3, 5 & 10, 2017
PUBLIC NOTICE The East Columbia Basin Irrigation District will be making aquatic herbicide treatments beginning in May 2016 and continuing through the end of the 2017 irrigation season. these herbicide treatments will be made pursuant to a Department of Ecology NPDES General Permit for Aquatic Weed Control in Irrigation Systems (Permit No. WAG-991010). The District's service area is located in Moses Lake, Warden and Othello areas of Grant and Adams Counties. The District operates the East Low Canal and its laterals plus some laterals on the Potholes East Canal. 49 locations on various canals, laterals, wasteways and drains within the District's service areas will receive these treatments to control the growth of algae, moss and pondweeds. Frequency of treatments varies from as often as biweekly to as seldom as twice per irrigation season depending on location and circumstances. Permanent signs giving notice of aquatic herbicide treatments have been erected at public road crossing of treated waterways within one mile of the treatment sites. The herbicides being used for these treatments are copper sulfate, Nautique Aquatic Herbicide (copper), Aquatic Weed Killer (xylene), Endothall and Magnicide H (acrolein) which are registered for such use under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Water remains suitable for irrigation use during aquatic herbicide treatments. Treated water is not suitable for drinking or swimming. Individuals desiring additional information about these treatments should contact the East District's main office in Othello at (509) 488-9671 and ask to speak to the Secretary-Manager or Water Quality Supervisor. Inquiries may also be directed to the Department of Ecology Eastern Regional Office in Spokane, (509) 625-5194. East Columbia Basin Irrigation District, 55 North 8th Avenue, Po Box E, Othello, WA 99344. #05001/62195 Pub: April 21 & 28, 2017 & May 5, 2017
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, PROPOSED DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE AND ADOPTION OF EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Grant County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing in accordance with Chapter 25.12 of the Grant County Unified Development Code to consider proposed amendments to the Grant County Comprehensive Plan and Zone Changes submitted in accordance with the criteria listed in the Unified Development Code adopted in October, 2000, and in accordance with State Law RCW 36.70A. NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, that the Grant County Planning Commission will consider review of the State Environmental Policy Act SEPA addendum to the September, 1999 Final Environmental Impact Statement as adopted and prepared in accordance with the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) RCW 43.21.C. Grant County expects to issue a Determination of Non-Significance for this proposal, and the Optional DNS Process in WAC 197-11-355 is being used. This proposal may include mitigation measures under applicable codes, and the project review process may incorporate or require mitigation measures regardless of whether an EIS is prepared. This may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of the proposal and any proposed mitigation measures. A copy of the subsequent threshold determination may be obtained upon request. DESCRIPTION OF CURRENT PROPOSALS: Non-project proposals to consider the adoption of amendments to the Grant County 2006 GMA Comprehensive Plan. Proposed amendments considered for adoption include site-specific land use designation changes, changes to Figure 5-5 Future Land use Map, an Amendment to the Quincy UGA, and Zone Changes. The proposed amendments specifically include proposals submitted by the following list of applicants and will be heard by the Planning Commission on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 7 p.m. in the Grant County Commissioner's Hearing Room on the bottom floor of the Grant County Courthouse in Ephrata, Washington, at which time any person may appear and be heard either for or against the proposed amendments being considered at the public hearing. Anyone who wishes to submit written comments on the proposed amendments must do so by the end of business hours on May 19, 2017. A summary of the site specific proposals are listed below: 1) P 17-0086-Ronald Kreger-Sunland, Change from Shoreline Development to Rural Commercial. 2) P 17-0089-Nicholas & Donna Tommer-Rural Ephrata, Change from Irrigated to Rural Remote. 3) P 17-0092-Tommer Construction-Rural Quincy, Change from Rangeland to Rural Remote. 4) P 17-0095-Tommer Construction-Rural Ephrata, Change from Rural Residential 1 to Rural Remote. 5) P 17-0113-ADI Investments-Moses Lake, Change from Residential, Medium Density to Urban Commercial. 6) P 17-0116-Jeromy & Rosario McKean-Moses Lake, Change from Residential, Low Density to Urban Commercial. 7) P 17-0119-City of Quincy-Quincy, UGA boundary change, change from Irrigated to Urban Industrial. 8) P 17-0121-Big Bend Community College Foundation-Moses Lake, change from Public Facility to Urban Industrial. 9) P 17-0130-The Gorge (Live Nation)-Rural Quincy, change from Recreation Development to Master Plan Resort. Copies of the proposed amendment applications, zone changes and Comprehensive Plan/FEIS and the 2017 Addendum to the EIS are available for review at the Grant County Planning Department, 264 West Division Avenue, Ephrata, WA. Additional background data, including the petitions for site specific land use re-designation and other amendments to the Comprehensive Plan, Zone changes and SEPA checklists prepared for proposed amendments, and other pertinent data is also available for public review. Contact Tyler Lawrence, Associate Planner, at (509) 754-2011, ext. 2501. #05028/74080 Pub.: May 5, 2017
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed bids, plainly marked "BID FOR 9-NW ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, CRP 16-05", will be received by Grant County at the Office of the Board of County Commissioners located in the County Courthouse, P.O. Box 37, 35 C Street NW - Room 206, Ephrata, WA 98823, until 1:30 P.M., Tuesday, May 23, 2017 and will then and there be opened and publicly read for the construction of the improvements. All bid proposals shall be accompanied by a bid proposal deposit in cash, certified check, cashier's check, or surety bond in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of such bid proposal. No conditional bid bond will be accepted. Should the successful bidder fail to enter into such contract and furnish a satisfactory performance bond within the time stated in the specifications, the bid proposal deposit shall be forfeited to Grant County. Maps, plans and specifications may be purchased from the office of the County Engineer, 124 Enterprise St. S.E., Ephrata, WA 98823, upon payment of the amount of $25.00 (non-refundable). Informational copies of the maps, plans and specifications are on file for inspection at the Grant County Public Works Building, 124 Enterprise St. S.E., Ephrata, WA 98823, and in various plan centers located in Washington. The Board of County Commissioners of Grant County, Washington, reserves the right to reject any and all bids. The award of this contract, if made, will be to the lowest responsible bidder. The improvement for which bids will be received follows: 9-NW ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT - CRP 16-05 This contract provides for the construction of 4.01 miles of two lane county road in Grant County, WA, and includes roadway excavation, embankment compaction, crushed surfacing base course, maintenance rock, paint striping, seeding and fertilizing, and other work in accordance with the attached Contract Plans, these Contract Provisions and the Standard Specifications. #05029/74068 Pub.: May 5, 12 & 19, 2017
Notice: Sealed bid auction surplus -1998 5.9 Cummins Diesel engine w/Allison automatic transmission 500,000+ miles does not run. -1998 Coachman van 7.4 Chevy w/Allison automatic transmission -Can be viewed at 900 E. Yonezawa Blvd from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM -Auction closes May 12, 2017 at 4:00 PM #05030/73801 Pub.: May 5, 8, 2017