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Item No. 8C <br />Meeting Date: June 22, 2009 <br />Type of Business: CA <br />WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; <br />CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business <br />City Administrator Review _______ <br /> City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Nick DeBar, Director of Public Works <br /> <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 7473 Authorizing the Preparation of Federal <br />Transportation Funding Applications for County Road 10 <br />Intersection and Trail Projects <br /> <br />This item was verbally discussed with the City Council during the Capital Improvement <br />Program item under staff reports at the June 8, 2009 regular council meeting. <br /> <br />Background: <br />Every two years, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) solicits <br />applications for funding various transportation-related projects on behalf of the Federal <br />Highway Administration (FHWA). Funding is in the form of grant monies which are <br />allocated through various programs based on type of transportation activities. A <br />Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) is responsible for selecting projects to be financed <br />by the program in the seven-county metro region. Projects applied for in 2009 will be <br />available for distribution in Federal Fiscal Years 2013 and 2014. <br /> <br />The City of Mounds View has been successful in obtaining Federal funding through <br />these programs in the past. The City was awarded approximately $525,000 for County <br />Road 10 Trail Segments 1 – 5 through the Transportation Enhancement (TE) program <br />and approximately $600,000 for County Road 10 / County Road H Intersection <br />Improvements through the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP). The trail <br />project is scheduled to be constructed in 2009 and the intersection improvements are <br />scheduled to be constructed in 2011. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br />City staff, with assistance from Bonestroo, has identified the County Road 10 / Silver <br />Lake Road Intersection Improvements and County Road 10 Trail Segments 6 and 11 <br />projects to be the best candidates to receive Federal funding through the 2009 <br />solicitation. Funding would be pursued through the HSIP for the intersection <br />improvements and through the TE program for trail segments 6 and 11. <br /> <br />A HSIP application was prepared for the County Road 10 / Silver Lake Road <br />Intersection Improvement project during the last solicitation in 2007. Although the <br />project was not selected to be funded by the TAB, it did come close to being selected. <br />The HSIP primarily funds projects associated with improving roadway safety and <br />requires a worksheet identifying the benefit to cost ratio as part of the application