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RESOLUTION 09-I8797 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BILLINGS CALLING FOR AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROPOSED FEDERAL STIMULUS PACKAGE AS PART OF THE ONGOING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IN MONTANA. WHEREAS, the City of Billings in coordination with the Montana League of Cities and Towns are requesting Federal funding frour the proposed Stimulus Package be equitably distributed to the local communities WHEREAS, infrastructure and capital projects have been carefulll, reviewed to eusure they wouìd provide irnmediate stimulus and benefit the residents of the City of Billings and Moutana. WHEREAS, the City of Biliings is requesting the following projects be recommended for funding in tlie Federal Stimulus Package infrastructure program. Proiects readv to bid in 120 davs: Transit: Para-transit Vans Replacenteltt - $200,000 Purchase 2 new Para-tlansit Vans Bus Replacement - $700,000 Purcirase 2 new Bus Coaches CCTV for Buses- $153,500 Install CCTV on MET Buses Bus Wash Renovations - $315,000 Renovate 1983 facility Airport: Rur-rway Sweeper - 5540,000 New 20' Sweeper f'or Snow removal. Rehabilitate Taxiway East - S 1,500,000 Replaces Asphalt Surface on Taxiway. Taxiway'A'Obstruction Removal and Realignrnent/Reconstruction - $4,000,000. PRPL: Wading Pool Replacements 3 Spray grounds $ 1,050,000 Rose Park Pool Renovations $ 360,000 Irrigation System Upgrades Cemetery $ 1'595'000 Road Paving CerneterY $ 647,000 Playground Accessibility Improvements $ 910,000 Public Works: Water/Wastewater: Zone 4 Reservotr Water &'Wastewater Pipe Rehabilitation Water Treatment Plant Backup Power Water Treatment Plant SCADA Upgrade $6.5 million $12.0 miliion $1.2 rnillion $0.6 million Stonn water: Nutter & BBWA to Hilltop Storm water Improvements $5'5 million ) ---PAGE BREAK--- Midland Road Improvements East End Industrii (3'd to Yegen Drain) Roadwav: Alkali Creek Road Stabilization Pavernent Overlay & Rehabilitation Project Polly Drive Zimmerman Traffic Signal Readvó-9N'Ionths Stonn rvater: Sharptail Pond at Hogan Slough Confluence Hogan Slough and Suburban Ditch Upgrade Hazardous Waste Storage Faciiity Roadwavs: Ri,rl,.o"f Roud ( I 7'l' to Shiloh) Central Avenue (32''d to Shiloh) Water: $1.5 miliion $4.5 million $4.8 million $4.4 million $0.5 urillion Zone 3 Reseryoir Readv 12- 18 Months Fire Department: Fire Training Center Cornmunication Center Public Works: lnner Belt Loop 6.5 miles of Arlerial Roadway $4.0 rnillion $3.2 million $0.6 miilion $6.2 million $5.1million $3.5 rnillion NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BILLINGS MONTANA AS FOLLOWS: That the City Council requests the aforementioned projects be considered for inclusion in the Federal Stimulus Package. Funding for the projects would be distributed to the local government. APPROVED AND PASSED by the City Council of the City of Billings this 23'd day of February 2009. $ 12,000,000 $ 4,000,000 ATTEST: ^ BY, (t a*L- Cari Martin. Citv Clerk $ 12,000,000 THE CITY OF BILLINGS: Ed Uliedalen, Deputy Mayor ---PAGE BREAK--- The Jobs Bill The American Recoverv and Reinvestment Act QUICK FACTS: o Invests $789 billion to help rebuild America's economy: o $285 billion in tax breaks (business, individual, energy) o $311 billion in discretionary spending (infrastructure, education) o $193 billion in mandatory spending (health care, unemployment insurance) o Will create or save 3.5 million jobs nationwide by the end of 2010 (l 1,100 jobs in Montana) . There are no earmarks in this bill TOTAL MONTANA FU-NDING: $62s,e13,63s , ¡ Montana highway funding: $211,793,391 ' o Montana transit formula funding: $15,611,710 e Montana Stabilization Fund (assists states and local governments for education, public safety and other needs): Sl2l,37 1,17 4 . Montana water systems: $39,188,800 r Montana Head Start and education for the disadvantaged: $46,094,661 . U.S. Department of Education funding for Montana: $38,5B8,400 o Montana education technology: $4,839,000 r Montana energy and weatherization programs: 552,747,681 . Housing in Montana: $18,645,064 r Montana Child Care and Development block grants: 55,747,006 . Montana Community Services Block Grants: $4,544,9 I 5 ¡ Montana food and shelter assistance: $51,228,591 o Montana's drug task forces and other communify justice funding: $6,645,076 . U.S, Department of Labor grants for Montana: $8,868,166 NATIONAL FUNDING AFFECTING MONTANA r Bureau of Reclamation (Water and Environmental infrastructure): $1 billion . U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: $4.6 billion o National Park Service: $750 million r U.S. Forest Service: $1.l5 billion (includes $500 million for wildfire management) r Indian Country: $2.5 billion for tribal projects . $450 million for BIA Construction projects . $415 million for Indian Health Facilities . $510 million for lndian Housing Block Grants . 5245 million for Tribal Law Enforcement programs . $310 million for Indian Reservation Roads (transportation) . 52.4 billion in tribal taxation/tax incentive authority o Veterans Adminisf ration facilities: $1.2 billion TAX BREAKS AND DIRECT SPENDING . 95 percent of Americans will receive a tax cut from the Jobs Bill, The bill includes: . The "Making Work Pay" tax credit ($400 per individual, $800 per couple) r A one-time payment of $250 in the pockets of retired and disabled Montanans on Social Security, Railroad Retirement and Veterans Disability. o A temporary tax hold on some unemployment benefìts, to help unemployment checks stretch further. o A new "American Opportunity" tax credit of up to $2,500 to help Montanans pay for college. r The Jobs Billalso includes an additional$170 million for Medicaid fundine in Montana ---PAGE BREAK--- ì ,Ì l