Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a local match agreement between the City of Council Bluffs (City) and the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area Planning Agency (MAPA) for the City of Council Bluffs Multimodal Connection and Expansion Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study

City staff have been working in conjunction with MAPA on a PEL to identify new multimodal and transit connections between downtown Omaha and downtown Council Bluffs.

Phase I of the project was 100% funded by the Iowa West Foundation (IWF) and is set to be complete June 30, 2024. The City applied for and was awarded a regional Surface Transportation Block Grant for Phase II of the PEL in the amount of $350,000.00. The required local match will be funded by the IWF through funds that have already been awarded to the City by the IWF for said purpose.

The proposed local match agreement has already been approved by MAPA.