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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM TO BUILD SEGMENT III OF THE CROSS CITY TRAIL MULTI-USE PATH FROM IRVING PARK TO KEENE CREEK PARK NOT TO EXCEED $600,000
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CITY PROPOSAL:
THE CITY COUNCIL FINDS:
(a) That the City of Duluth is undertaking a project to provide a 10 ft.-wide multi-use path that fills a critical gap in the existing Cross City Trail (CCT) trail system, providing a connection between the soon to be completed Carlton Street to Irving Park segment and the already completed Green Street to Zoo segment (Exhibit A).
(b) The estimated cost for design and construction of this project is $847,550. The Minnesota Department of Transportation has grant monies available through its Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) for federal fiscal year 2022 for on- and off-road pedestrian and bicycle facilities and other alternative transportation projects; and
(c) To receive this money, the City submitted a Letter of Intent (Exhibit B) and were given notice to proceed with a full application to the Transportation Alternative Program through the Arrowhead Regional Development Commission by the January 12, 2018 deadline.
(d) The City of Duluth recognizes that Transportation Alternative Projects receive federal funding and as such would be required to operate and maintain any portion of the CCT constructed with federal transportation funds for the useful life of the improvement and not change the use of right of way or property ownership acquired without prior approval from the Federal Highway Administration(FHWA). Moreover, the Minnesota Department of Transportation has determined that for projects implemented with alternative funds, the requirement to operate and maintain should be applied to the project proposer.
RESOLVED, that the proper City officials are hereby authorized to submit an application to the Minnesota department of transportation for funding of the m...
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