Fiscal Note
In the adopted 2016 capital budget the Engineering - Ped/Bike division has budgeted $520,000 for extension of the Capital City Trail multi-use path from Buckeye Rd to I-39 (MUNIS 10143). The minor project for Segment 1 of this work is established with sufficient budget authority for the real estate acquisition costs itemized in the proposed resolution. Funding is provided by GO Borrowing.
The proposed resolution adopts the relocation order for the acquisition of land interests at an estimated amount of $196,600.
MUNIS:
10154-403-160
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Determining a Public Purpose and Necessity and adopting a Relocation Order for the acquisition of land interests required for the construction and maintenance of the Capital City Trail Segment 1, a new shared-use (bicycle and pedestrian) path along the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Railroad Corridor from E. Buckeye Road to Dondee Road / Tarragon Drive. Located in part of the SW ¼ of the NW ¼ of Section 15, T7N, R10E, in the City of Madison. (16th AD)
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WHEREAS, The City of Madison is proposing to construct a paved multi-use (bicycle / pedestrian) path that will extend the Capital City Trail from E. Buckeye Road to Dondee Road/Tarragon Drive on the southeast side of Madison, generally following the corridor of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Railroad Corridor. This is an important segment of the remaining 6-mile gap in what will become a continuous 140-mile path across the State, the goal of a 1996 MOU between the Madison, Fitchburg, Dane County and the Wisconsin DNR. This project is an important segment to support a bike route of local, regional and Statewide importance; and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison Common Council adopted RES-16-00208 on March 21, 2016, approving a cost sharing agreement with the County of Dane for construction and construction oversight of the Capital City Path Segment 1 project; and,
WHEREAS, the Pedestrian/Bicycle/Motor Vehicle Commission reviewed th...
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