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Resolution to Provide Local Match Funding for the Ann Arbor Station Project (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is a resolution to approve local match funding to support the contract between the City and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) for federal High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) program funding for conceptual planning, preparation of and acquisition of approvals for environmental documentation and preliminary engineering that are required in advance of the final design and construction of the Ann Arbor Station. These efforts are a necessary part of the planning and project development associated with the Ann Arbor Station project, which includes development of an intercity passenger rail station, associated platforms and transportation infrastructure related to the station. The local match funding is required so that this project can be performed as a federal aid project.
HSIPR funding provides for 80% of the participating project costs (up to $2,806,400.00). A local match of 20% of the funding (up to $701,600.00) is required. This request is for up to $550,000 of local matching resources based on Staff’s most recent conceptual cost estimate.
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently notified the City that the in-kind local match identified in the City's 2011 HSIPR program grant application was disallowed due to the prior work no longer being recognized as timely for environmental review processes administered under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by the FRA. For the local match, the City expects to use up to $550,000 for the project from the General Fund fund balance. Efforts will be made to acquire other local partners and their contributions will be utilized to reduce the City’s $550,000 local match.
The project will result in completion of conceptual planning, project-level environmental documentation and preliminary engineering relating to the proposed Ann Arbor St...
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