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Glacier Rail Park/Kalispell Core Area Development and Trail Detailed Schedule, Budget Summary, Sources and Uses of Funds and Work Plan Detailed Project Schedule Rail Park- Trail Project Schedule Approved/Complete REVIEWED-Rail Park Categorical Exclusion Worksheet (FRA) April 2015 REVIEWED-Rail Park Layout & Operation Plan (BNSF) April 2015 APPROVED-Traffic Design Concept and Location (Montana DOT) April 2015 COMPLETED-Construction Documents for Rail Park June 2015 SUBMITTED-Trail Categorical Exclusion Worksheet (USDOT) June 2015 Approval-Water Design (City of Kalispell and Montana DEQ) June 2015 Approval-Sewer and Storm Water Design (City of Kalispell and Montana September 2015 APPROVAL-Traffic Design Construction Documents (Montana DOT) September 2015 RECEIVE- Notice of Award from the US DOT September 2015 BID- Construction of Rail Park September 2015 SIGN- Lease with CHS September 2015 BEGIN- Rail Abandonment and Rail Banking Process September 2015 RECEIVE- TIGER VII funds from US DOT January 2016 SIGNED-Rail Park Construction Contract February 2016 BEGIN-Rail Park Construction March 2016 COMPLETE- Environmental Site Assessments for Trail July 2016 COMPLETE-Construction of Rail Park December 2016 COMPLETE-CHS Facility Construction and Relocation December 2016 COMPLETE- Rail Abandonment and Rail Banking Process January 2017 COMPLETE-Trail Property Acquisition February 2017 COMPLETE-Final Design and Construction Documents for Trail February 2017 BID-Construction Costs of Trail March 2017 AWARD- Contract for Trail Construction May 2017 OBLIGATED- All TIGER Funds June 2017 REMOVE Track June 2017 TRAIL Construction July 2018 COMPLETE- Complete Street Extensions and Upgrade Pedestrian Crossings October 2018 Sources and Uses of Funds Source of Project Funds Contribution Total Percentage of Project Proposed TIGER 2015 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 47% BNSF Contribution $500,000 $11,175,375 53% City of Kalispell Contribution $4,500,000 Flathead County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) $6,175,375 Total Project $21,175,375 $21,175,375 100% ---PAGE BREAK--- Budget Summary Item Description Additional Info Unit TIGER Funds Matching Funds Total Project Funds FCEDA RAIL PARK Easement and Property Acquisition $0 $225,000 $225,000 Railroad Track 13,724 Feet of New Rail LS $4,307,040 $0 $4,307,040 Roadway and Traffic Improvements 6,600 feet of Roadway, Traffic Signal LS $2,620,852 $0 $2,620,852 Electric and Gas Electric and Gas Service to Facility LS $0 $310,000 $310,000 Grading CY $0 $3,326,587 $3,326,587 Wastewater and Storm Water Wastewater Service to Facility LS $0 $1,162,000 $1,162,000 Water Water Service to Facility LS $0 $972,356 $972,356 Engineering Utilities, Rail and Road LS $0 $1,741,500 $1,741,500 Mobilization Cost to Prepare for Construction LS $0 $691,000 $691,000 Legal/Admin/Permitting Contractual Agreements LS $0 $194,000 $194,000 Bonding, Interest, Insurance Financing LS $0 $500,000 $500,000 Budget Risk Management Budget Risk Management LS $0 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 KALISPELL TRAIL Multi-Use Trail Engineering 10,500 Feet of New Trail LS $0 $325,000 $325,000 Multi-Use Trail and Complete Street Connections Remove Rail and Create Trail LS $3,072,108 $789,892 $3,862,000 TOTAL ESTIMATED COST $10,000,000 $11,175,375 $21,175,375 Schedule Description Construction—Glacier Rail Park will be ready to begin construction October 2015. The NEPA process, initiated in January 2014 coincides with this TIGER VII application, per the guidance from the Federal Railway Administration which has reviewed the Categorical Exclusion Worksheet for the Rail Park and recommended an updated Categorical Exclusion Worksheet including the Trail. The Trail Categorical Worksheet was completed May 2015 and submitted with the TIGER 2015 application. A Traffic Impact Analysis has been completed and ---PAGE BREAK--- KLJ Engineering has completed engineering and design of the park. Construction documents will be completed and submitted to BNSF Railways in June 2015. The Montana Department of Transportation has approved the location and preliminary design of the needed improvements to Flathead Drive and the intersection at US Highway 2 East. Montana Department of Transportation has provided a Letter of Support for the project. Final design approvals and construction documents for the road and intersection improvements will be complete September 2015. Project construction will be put out for bid in September 2015. The construction of the Rail Park is scheduled to begin March 2016 and will be completed in December 2016. The project will be competitively bid per standard municipal and county procurement practice and in compliance with USDOT requirements. FCEDA, project partners, and the engineering consultants have established risk mitigation protocols which ensure TIGER VII funding will be obligated before September 2017. Task 1.0: Railroad An existing rail mainline owned by BNSF Railway and operated by Watco Companies/Mission Mountain Rail currently passes adjacent to the site of the FCEDA Rail Park. There is also an existing switch and single rail spur that extends into a portion of the neighboring BNSF Railway property immediately north, serving established rail customers Glacier Stone Supply and Klingler Wood Products. A total of 13,774 feet of rail is proposed for construction. This rail will be utilized by CHS and additional users including a transload facility. Task 2.0: Roadways and Grading This task will include permitting, design, bidding, and construction for 6,600 feet of new and upgraded roadway. The planned roadway width is 34 feet with gravel base, asphalt pavement surfacing, and curb and gutter. Stormwater infrastructure will also be installed to accommodate site drainage and meet municipal requirements. The budget includes widening the railroad crossing in the Rail Park as well as lights, gates, and bells at the rail crossing. Improvements outside of the facility are also proposed including installation of a traffic signal light at the intersection of US Highway 2 and Flathead Drive to facilitate traffic to and from the site. Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) has approved the proposed changes to US Highway 2. Task 3.0: Electrical and Gas This task includes installation of electrical and gas service to accommodate each user of the Rail Park facility. There is existing electrical and gas infrastructure within close proximity to the Rail Park but it will be required to network throughout the facility. ---PAGE BREAK--- Task 4.0: Wastewater This task includes permitting, design, bidding, and construction of wastewater facilities to service the Rail Park facility. Wastewater infrastructure will connect to the existing City of Kalispell sewer main located south of the Rail Park. A lift station will be placed at the intersection of a private road and Flathead Drive. Gravity main will be installed throughout the Rail Park facility and along East Oregon Drive and drain to the lift station. The lift station will pump through a force main along East Oregon Drive to its connection with the City of Kalispell’s existing sewer main. A total of 2,200 feet of gravity sewer main and 2,400 feet of 4- inch force main are planned for installation. Task 5.0: Water Supply This task includes permitting, design, bidding, and construction of water supply infrastructure to service the Rail Park facility. Water infrastructure will connect to the existing City of Kalispell water main at the intersection of East Oregon Drive and 4th Avenue North. It will travel within existing ROW along E. Oregon to its intersection with Flathead Drive, west through the center of the Rail Park facility to its intersection with Whitefish Stage Road, and south along Whitefish Stage Road to a point where it will connect back into City of Kalispell water system infrastructure. This would provide a looped system to maximize fire flows. Approximately 8,600 feet of 12-inch water main is planned for installation along with 17 fire hydrants. Construction— Kalispell Trail Environmental Site Assessments will be completed July 2016 with clean-up, if needed, starting in September 2016. The trail, pedestrian street crossing upgrades, rail bridge conversion and complete streets connection will be fully built by October 2018. Task 1.0 Rail Abandonment BNSF Railways has agreed to begin the Federal Rail Administration’s rail abandonment process when both current users of the rail in the Kalispell Core Area have been either relocated to the Glacier Rail Park or appropriately compensated as documented in the Memorandum of Understanding between FCEDA and the City of Kalispell. When Watco Companies/Mission Mountain Rail requests to BNSF to abandon the tracks in the Kalispell Core Area and for an amendment to their current lease, BNSF will proceed with the Federal Abandonment Process and railbanking. ---PAGE BREAK--- Task 2.0 Trail Property Acquisition The City of Kalispell has been in conversation with all adjacent property owners along this 2- mile route. Property owners support this project both for the benefits that it brings to the community, but also because it will enhance the value of their property and provide their clients and customers an attractive additional form of access to their facility or business. BNSF has indicated in writing to the City that they will enter into an agreement begin the abandonment and railbanking process when CHS is relocated to the Glacier Rail Park. The City of Kalispell will seek Public Use Conditions from the Surface Transportation Board and pursue railbanking negotiations with BNSF. BNSF’s easement represents an ownership interest which they have agreed to convey to the City of Kalispell through the rail banking process. The City of Kalispell has set aside Tax Increment Finance District funds to acquire properties/easements as needed and will work with the Rails to Trails organization as the trail is developed. Task 3.0 Environmental Site Assessments and Remediation The USEPA, Region VIII Office has committed its Targeted Brownfields Assessment Program for Environmental Site Assessments in the Core Area including the area of existing track to be converted to trail and the three CHS properties that will be conveyed to FCEDA for redevelopment following the CHS relocation. These environmental assessment costs are anticipated to be well in excess of $100,000. As appropriate, the City of Kalispell will make available its $1 million Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Program to the clean-up effort. The City has operated a successful Brownfields program since its first award in 2009 and has the proven experience to execute Task 3.0. Through Assessment grants, Kalispell has conducted 14 Phase I and 5 Phase II environmental site assessments—most in the Core Area due to the high concentration of brownfields caused by historic uses. Kalispell has also exercised its Clean-up Revolving Loan Fund grant through a high profile petroleum clean-up in the Core Area and is currently working on an even larger scale, hazardous material clean-up project further down Main Street. Trail related environmental assessment work will be completed by July 2016 before the Rail Abandonment and Rail Banking Process is complete. Task 4.0 Trail Design A preliminary design and feasibility study was completed in June 2013. The City will advertise for final design, engineering and construction drawings once rail abandonment has been completed with the anticipation of going to immediate construction of the Trail. The Trail will be a 10 foot wide paved/concrete universally accessible pedestrian trail and include a conversion of the rail bridge to a pedestrian bridge over US Hwy 2. Lighting will be provided along the Trail to insure safe access night and day. Three regional trailhead connections are proposed where the new Trial will intersect with existing trail systems allowing the Kalispell Trail to connect to a 3 ½ mile trail north to the regional hospital, community college and commercial shopping, a 22-mile trail to the west and an 11-mile trail running south. ---PAGE BREAK--- Task 5.0 Track Removal Once the BNSF track has been abandoned, BNSF will salvage the existing rail and ties for either re-use or recycling depending on the quality of the materials. Task 6.0 Trail Construction The project will be competitively bid per standard municipal and county procurement practice and in compliance with USDOT requirements. Task 7.0 Upgrade Pedestrian Crossings The Trail will cross six existing streets and four new streets. The design will provide for the construction of safe ADA compliant crossing points. The crossing will be designed to shrink the size of the street width at the particular crossing and provide pedestrian actuated crossing signals to insure safe crossing points. Additionally, the Trail project will convert the existing rail bridge spanning US Hwy 2 into a bike and pedestrian bridge safely providing the only crossing point in a one-mile stretch of highway. Task 8.0 Complete Street Extension Once BNSF has abandoned the rail line and removed the track, the City proposes to construct four new cross streets across the abandoned rail area to improve vehicle and pedestrian access into the downtown. These four new crossing will augment the existing six crossings along this 2-mile corridor previously blocked by the presence of the railroad. These streets will comply with the City complete street policy. This will greatly ensure pedestrian access to the new trail system and further allow free movement of both pedestrians and vehicles through the Core Area and downtown of Kalispell previously cut-off by the railroad.