Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes the Parks Division to apply for and accept if awarded, grant funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration’s Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program (ATIIP). The grant will fund a portion of the costs of improvements of the Lake Monona Waterfront Project. The City must demonstrate that it has $3,600,000, or at least 20 percent of the proposed project costs in match funding for this project. The Parks Division’s 2024 Adopted Capital Improvement Plan authorizes $6,000,000 for Lake Monona Waterfront Improvements during the 2026 budget year. The Parks Division’s published Agency Request for 2025 is consistent with the 2024 Adopted Capital Improvement Plan. If the grant is awarded, the Parks Division’s Capital Improvement Plan will be amended to reflect a total project cost of up to $18,000,000 and appropriate the grant funding of up to $12,000,000 within Munis #17362.
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Authorizing the Parks Division to submit, and if awarded, to accept a grant of $12,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration for the Lake Monona Waterfront Project and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a contract with the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration to accept the grant award. (Disrict 4, District 13 and District 14)
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WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration has established the Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program (ATIIP), an initiative dedicated to improving the safety, efficiency, and reliability of active transportation networks and communities; and,
WHEREAS, the ATIIP grant will allow communities to identify, prioritize, and implement improvements to the largest barriers to safe, accessible, and equitable pedestrian and bicycle network connectivity through the development of infrastructure that will provide substantial additional opport...
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