Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a Federal Aid Agreement with Iowa Dept of Transportation for a Iowa’s Transportation Alternatives Program Project 19-TAP-110 in the amount of $461,000 for the City County Connector Trail project, PR 20-02.

The City Connector Trail is listed in the Metropolitan Area Transportation Agency (MAPA) current Transportation Improvement Program and approved in the current Statewide Transportation Improvement Program.

The City County Connector Trail project is estimated to cost $575, 059, and has been approved to receive federal funds administered through the Iowa Department of Transportation in the amount of $461,000,000.  The federal funds require a twenty percent match by the City in the amount of approximately $115,000.  The City Council previously approved $112,500.00 as its match.  The FY 19-20 CIP will include a request for the remaining portion of the twenty percent match.

The project cost of $575,059 includes an estimated engineering cost of $107,503 and a construction cost of $467,556.  Through an RFP process, Snyder and Associates has been selected as the engineering consult to compete the design of the trail.  Once the agreement is signed by the City and Iowa DOT, then the City Council may approve the selection of Snyder and Associates to complete the design work.