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City of Missoula, Montana Item to be Referred to City Council Committee Committee: Conservation Item: Approve and authorize the Mayor to sign the CTEP Project Agreement Modification funding the Milwaukee Trail from Russell to Reserve to increase CTEP funding to complete the project. Date: 2-23-10 Prepared by: Kathy Mehring – Parks & Recreation Initiated by: Dave Shaw Action Required: Approve and authorize the Mayor to sign the CTEP Project Agreement Modification funding the Milwaukee Trail from Russell to Reserve as approved and/or supported by the TIP, the CTEP Office, and City Budget. This agreement will allocate additional City CTEP funding to the project for construction. Recommended Motion: I move the City Council Approve and authorize the Mayor to sign the CTEP Project Agreement Modification funding the Milwaukee Trail from Russell to Reserve to increase CTEP funding to complete the project. Timeline: Referral to committee: 2-26-2010 Committee discussion: 3-3-2010 Council action: 3-8-2010 Background and Alternatives Explored: The Milwaukee Railroad Path project has made substantial progress during the summer and fall of 2009. The goal of the project is to construct a paved trail between Russell Street and Reserve Street parallel to the Old Milwaukee Railroad (see schematic map Exhibit All the acquisition necessary to construct a trail between Russell Street and Davis Street is now complete. This winter WGM Group was selected to be the engineering consultant on the project through an RFQ process. In Fiscal Year 2003, the City applied for and was awarded $428,741 of CTEP funding for this project. Since that time costs of construction and consultant services have risen. In addition, the costs of acquisition were more than what was originally expected. This being the case, Parks & Recreation submitted a request for additional CTEP funding in Fiscal Year 2009 through the City's Capital Improvement Program (CIP). The City has requested that $306,406 of additional CTEP funds be added to this project to allow sufficient funding to complete construction in the fall of 2010. This additional funding fits within the City’s CTEP fiscal constraints as shown in the CTEP Summary (attached below) spreadsheet. The CTEP Office has written its approval of the additional funding (see CTEP Project Agreement Modification attached) and requires the Mayor’s signature. The following is a summary of the CTEP requests for this project. The numbers listed below do not account for any Indirect Costs (IDC) required by CTEP. ---PAGE BREAK--- Federal % Local % Total Request FY03 Request $371,204 $57,537 $428,741 FY09 Request $265,286 $41,120 $306,406 Totals $636,490 $98,657 $735,147 Financial Implications: This project was originally submitted as a CIP request in an FY06 and has been updated for the FY09 CIP cycle (see attached CIP). The project will draw from CTEP and 1995 & 2006 Open Space Bonds. Attachments: Exhibit A – Milwaukee Road Proposed Route FY09 CIP Request CTEP Project Agreement Modification