The deadline for submission of FY23 Community Project Funding Requests for WA-10 is closed.  

The House Appropriations Committee intends to fund community projects on a limited basis in the FY23 Appropriations bills.  Therefore, CPF requests that address the most significant needs of local communities or provide a significant public good are more likely to be included.  Not every CPF request submitted by a Member of Congress may be included in the FY23 appropriations bills.

Only eligible CPF requests that meet all the guidelines established by the Appropriations Committee will be accepted and considered:

• You must be able to demonstrate that the request has community support.  This requirement is integral for a successful CPF request.  Examples of community support include but are not limited to support letters from local elected officials, press articles, state-intended use plan or community development plan, or a municipal resolution of support. 
• The project or requesting entity must have no financial ties to the Member or their family.
• Funding must be for federal FY23 (October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023) only.
• If the project would normally require a funding match or cost share by a non-federal entity, then the requesting entity will need to demonstrate that it can provide this match if it makes a CPF request.  The Appropriations Committee will conform to statutory match and cost-sharing requirements.
• The recipient of the CPF must be a governmental entity or eligible nonprofit organization.  
• Requests made by for-profit entities are not permitted and will not be submitted for consideration.

For more information and guidance on the Community Project Funding program please visit https://appropriations.house.gov/transparency/appropriations-requests-2023 .

 

TRANSPARENCY

The final 15 CPF requests submitted by Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland to the Appropriations Committee are posted below.  Members will be required to certify that neither they nor their immediate family have a financial interest in the CPF requests made.

NOTE: The projects are listed alphabetically by the recipient entity or organization.

See signed disclosure letters for all projects submitted at this link.

Project Name: Spanaway Family Services Center

Recipient: Bethel School District 403

Address: 516 176th Street East, Spanaway Wa. 98387

Amount Requested: $3,000,000.00

Project Description and Explanation: This project supports the construction of a 3600 square foot building that would house a Mentoring and tutoring youth center, a WIC Multicare office, and a food and clothing bank. This would be the second phase of buildings providing support from partners in this community.

Project Name: Sheffield Trail – Phase 1

Recipient: City of Fife

Address: 5411 23^rd Street E, Fife, WA 98424

Amount Requested: $800,000.00

Project Description and Explanation:This project allows the City to complete Phase 1 of a two-phase restoration of the Sheffield Trail, which ties into the regional Inter-urban Trail, connects Fife apartment renters and seniors with the community’s only grocery store, and creates a direct linkage for patrons of the Pierce County Regional Library and elementary and high-school students of the Fife School District. The trail will also connect the residents of the adjacent apartment and senior housing complexes to the library, grocery store, and regional trails to the north and the city parks to the south. The trail further serves as an emergency lahar evacuation route for students of Columbia Junior High School and others, as it will provide the shortest pedestrian route between the school and high ground in Milton or Fife Heights.

Project Name: The City of Lakewood South Tacoma Way Project 

Recipient: City of Lakewood, WA

Address: 6000 Main Street SW,  Lakewood, WA 98499

Amount Requested: $2,500,000.00

Project Description and Explanation:This project will help clean up a major business corridor connecting the two cities.  This corridor has an expansive International Business District which supports a diverse community beyond just Lakewood.  The number of businesses between the north project boundary (City limit) to SR 512 is 193, of which 164 are women or minority owned which translates to 84.5%.  The overall population within this corridor is 5,230 with a low mod population of 3.355 or 64.15% LMI.  

Project Name: Stewart Road Corridor Completion: White River Bridge

Recipient: City of Sumner

Address: 1104 Maple Street, Sumner, WA 98390

Amount Requested: $2,800,000.00

Project Description and Explanation: This project replaces the existing two-lane Stewart Road bridge over the White River with four lanes of traffic & shared-use path. This project eliminates a bottleneck that currently delays 10 million tons of freight; it adds safe multi-model options, provides flood protection for the Sumner-Pacific Manufacturing Industrial Center, the largest manufacturing center in Pierce County, and helps improve White River habitat as part of a suite of projects that restores 170 acres of floodplain, increasing habitat for native salmon species, a primary food source for the endangered Southern Resident Killer (Orca) Whales.

Project Name: Building for the Future Campaign 

Recipient: Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County

Address: 3318 92^nd St S Lakewood, WA 98499

Amount Requested: $1,500,000.00

Project Description and Explanation: Through this campaign, EFN will build an additional warehouse on their campus in Lakewood at 22,000 square-feet, which will increase their storage capacity by 40%, enabling them to take in more donated food and federal food without the fear of running out of storage space.

Project Name: Therapeutic Horsemanship Program for Veterans and Active-Duty Personnel suffering from PTSD

Recipient: Hope for Heroes Horsemanship Center

Address:   14528 Avis Lane SE, Yelm, WA  98597

Amount Requested: $70,000.00

Project Description and Explanation: This funding will support horse feed, care, and instructors to provide therapeutic horsemanship to retired veterans and active-duty military personnel weekly suffering from PTSD, anxiety, chronic depression and other injuries like insomnia and Traumatic Brain Injury. 

Project Name: Zero Fare Bus Stop Access Improvements

Recipient: Thurston County Public Transportation Benefit Area (PTBA) DBA Intercity Transit

Address: 526 Pattison SE, PO Box 659 Olympia, WA 98507-0659

Amount Requested: $1,825,950.00

Project Description and Explanation: This project will renovate 145 frequently used bus stops to increase transit operating efficiency, reduce passenger travel times, and increase passenger safety and access. The purpose of these renovations is to enhance the overall convenience and attractiveness of transit as a viable alternative to driving, making it possible for more people to meet more of their travel needs without having to drive.

Project Name: History and Nature Center at Brewery Park 

Recipient: Olympia Tumwater Foundation 

Address: 110 Deschutes Way SW (Tumwater Falls Park), Tumwater, WA 98501

Amount Requested: $2,500,000.00

Project Description and Explanation:The proposed new building will include approximately 4,800 square feet of enclosed space made up  of event and exhibit spaces, offices, maintenance facilities, restrooms, and common areas. The  building will  provide interpretation of the natural, cultural, recreational  and historical resources of the landscape and serve as an introduction to regional resources.  

Project Name: Pacific Avenue SR-7, Pedestrian and Transit Access Improvements (168 Street East)

Recipient: Pierce County

Address: 930 Tacoma Avenue S., Tacoma, WA 98402

Amount Requested: $3,000,000.00

Project Description and Explanation:This project will make necessary improvements to a critical high priority corridor in Pierce County, improving safety and mobility for pedestrians and for transit, including the approved future Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), while also increasing access and connectivity to and from downtown for the traditionally underserved areas of South Tacoma.  It is one of the key pillars of the Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Community Plan, which aims to provide lasting and complete connections between these three widely different communities.

Project Name: Pierce County Metro Dive Team Equipment

Recipient: Pierce County Sheriff’s Department

Address: 930 Tacoma Ave. S., Tacoma, WA 98402

Amount Requested: $247,731.75

Project Description and Explanation:the SRS FUSION ROV would meet the critical needs of the Metro Dive Team as their current equipment is almost 20 years old and nearing the end of its operating life cycle. The Pierce County Metro Dive Team is a regional asset within the Pacific Northwest, and they respond to assist other agencies on a regular basis with body and evidence recovery, ferry security, and subsurface search and recovery missions. 

Project Name: Puyallup Tribe, Natural Resource Building

Recipient: Puyallup Tribe of Indians

Address: 3009 East Portland Ave., Tacoma WA. 98404

Amount Requested: $5,000,000.00

Project Description and Explanation:The Puyallup Tribe Natural Resources Building will allow the various departments and staff to consolidate in one location which will improve coordination and effectiveness in carrying out Fisheries and Natural Resource policies and management. It will also provide a vastly improved work space, increased square footage and a central meeting facility for the myriad of local, state and federal partner and agency meetings which Puyallup Tribe often coordinate and host.

Project Name: Tacoma Professional Pipeline

Recipient: Tacoma Public School District

Address: 601 South 8th Street, Tacoma, WA 98405

Amount Requested: $555,000.00

Project Description and Explanation: The Tacoma Professional Pipeline Project helps to connect students with opportunities to explore their career interests, build skills, and connect with employers in their home community who in turn benefit from the fresh perspective of a diverse and locally engaged applicant pool. 

Project Name: Forensic Technology for Investigations 

Recipient: Thurston County Sheriff’s Office

Address: 2000 Lakeridge Dr SW Olympia, WA 98502

Amount Requested: $448,000.00

Project Description and Explanation: Rapid DNA will assist the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office and their neighboring jurisdictions, who will be invited to participate in this regional Rapid DNA system, by creating investigative leads in cases that are important to our communities even if they are not a priority to our state crime lab. Having a Rapid DNA instrument will also ensure the office can quickly provide answers to the community for victim identification when the next disaster strikes.   In addition, this technology will improve community relations by exonerating those innocent individuals falsely accused.

Project Name: Garrison Springs Creek Restoration

Recipient: Town of Steilacoom

Address:1030 Roe St.   •    Steilacoom, WA 98388  

Amount Requested: $1,500,000.00

Project Description and Explanation: The project improves water quality runoff into the Puget Sound and provides habitat for aquatic and terrestrial species. The Garrison Springs Creek Restoration is part of a broader effort to convert fallow former industrial land to a vibrant community asset, with access to nature, a community park, housing, bike/pedestrian connections, and water access.

Project Name: Center for Urban Waters – Protecting Salmon from Toxic Chemicals

Recipient: University of Washington Tacoma

Address: 1900 Commerce Street, Tacoma, WA 98402-3100

Amount Requested: $1,000,000.00

Project Description and Explanation: These funds will allow the University of Washington to acquire improved research equipment to continue efforts in identifying and investigating the many toxic chemicals in tires and the toxic ecological impacts of their use. Recent research conducted at the University of Washington Tacoma’s (UW Tacoma) Center for Urban Waters (CUW) has identified the ubiquitous pollutant “6PPD-quinone,” which is commonly used in the manufacture of tires, as the primary toxic chemical that is directly responsible for widespread observations of mortality in Coho Salmon in the Pacific Northwest.