CC MEETING: December 6, 2022
DATE: November 28, 2022
TO: Erin Rinehart, City Manager
FROM: Jonathan Wheat, P.E., Director of Engineering
Marc Guy, Assistant City Manager
Title
Consider A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute An Amended And Restated Subrecipient Interlocal Agreement With Dallas Area Rapid Transit For The Downtown Carrollton Multi-Modal Transit Hub Federal Transit Administration Grant.
Body
BACKGROUND:
On August 21, 2007, City Council authorized a subrecipient agreement to receive federal SAFETEA-LU funds for the Downtown Carrollton Multi-Modal Transit Hub (DART Green Line Station). This resulted in an executed interlocal agreement with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).
FTA and DART have identified a need to amend and restate the agreement. The original award portion of the agreement specifies that the funds can only be used for pedestrian and bicycle facilities directly serving the Downtown Carrollton Station. Because of the date of the original grant, the funds are available on a year-to-year basis.
NCTCOG is sponsoring a final design project for the Cotton Belt Regional Hike and Bike Trail between Plano and DFW Airport, and DART has started construction on the Silver Line commuter rail passenger station in Downtown Carrollton. The station includes a trail segment with rail crossing safety equipment for the Cotton Belt Trail that can qualify for FTA funding in the very near future. Carrollton, NCTCOG and DART are collaborating to develop a funding scenario to make use of the remaining grant funds.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
The FTA grant agreement award will allow for construction of a portion of the Cotton Belt Regional Hike and Bike Trail and the use of federal funding prior to expiration.
IMPACT ON COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY:
This project will support the City Council's strategic objectives and vision of building a community that families and businesses want to call home by:
* Helping to extend the proposed...
Click here for full text