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Resolution to Approve a Contract with the Michigan Department of Transportation for the Allen Creek Railroad Berm Opening Project ($5,160,500.00)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and consideration, please find a resolution to approve a contract between the City of Ann Arbor and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) for the construction phase of the Allen Creek Berm Opening Project. The agreement prescribes the cost sharing of the construction, as well as each party's rights and responsibilities, and is required for the project to receive its share of Federal funding from the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP). The City of Ann Arbor was awarded $971,250.00, which will fund a portion of the non-motorized elements of the Allen Creek Railroad Berm Opening Project.
This project will lower the floodplain depth at the railroad berm near the mouth of Allen Creek in the vicinity of Depot Street and Main Street, just west of the Ann Arbor Amtrak Station. In addition, the project will install a large culvert beneath the railroad that will provide safe and legal access from the downtown area to the Border to Border Trail.
In November of 2018, Michigan State Police-Emergency Management Division (MSP-EM) notified the City Staff that the City has received a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant for the construction of the stormwater portion of the Allen Creek Berm Opening Project.
The City has also been awarded a MDOT STP Urban Grant and a Michigan Department of Natural Resources Trust Fund Grant to fund a portion of the non-motorized elements of the Allen Creek Berm Opening Project.
The City has submitted final plans to MDOT for bidding, with the project expected to be let in July. MDOT will award a contract to the qualified low bidder and administer the contract. The City has hired Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr, and Huber as the project construction engineer for this project.
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