Fiscal Note
No funds required.
The cost of the construction will be authorized by separate Resolution under the City’s normal Public Works process. Funds will be budgeted separately for individual projects. A budget amendment to receive the funds will be authorized under a separate resolution if a grant is awarded.
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Authorizing the City Engineer to submit grant applications for the WisDOT 2016-2020 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP).
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PREAMBLE
The City of Madison endeavors to provide its citizens with a robust, sustainable, multi-modal transportation system, including a major emphasis on bicycling and walking as viable and desirable modes of travel. The City has made major investments in bicycling and walking infrastructure and this priority is reflected in current budgets. Many of the City’s important existing bike-related infrastructure projects were successfully completed with Federal Transportation Enhancements (TE) funding participation in partnership with WisDOT, and the City continues to seek Federal funding for planned major bicycle or pedestrian infrastructure projects.
Engineering Division has primary responsibility for preparing and submitting applications to WisDOT for Federal funding under the 2016-2020 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP). Projects selected for funding applications have been planned in coordination with other city agencies and are included in City’s current adopted multi-year budget.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and Common Council fully support the application to WisDOT for Federal funds under the 2016-2020 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) for the following projects:
• West Towne Path Segment 1, a shared-use bicycle and pedestrian underpass of Gammon Road along the north side of the Beltline Highway from the west side of Gammon Road to the existing path at Grand Canyon Drive, to be constructed in conjunction with the planned pavement replacement of Gammon Road.
• West Towne Path Princeton-All Saints Segment, a shared-use bicycle and pedestrian path from High Point Road to the existing Ice Age Junction Path at South Junction Road and including an underpass of Watts Road.
• University Crossing Underpass, a shared-use bicycle and pedestrian underpass of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad from Old Middleton Road approximately 1200 feet west of Whitney Way to Craig Avenue and the existing bike path in the University Crossing Plat.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Engineer is hereby authorized to prepare and submit said applications.