CC MEETING: September 10, 2019
DATE: September 3, 2019
TO: Erin Rinehart, City Manager
FROM: Cesar J. Molina, Jr., P.E., Director of Engineering
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Consider A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Commit $269,200 In Local Matching Funds For Segments 6A And 7 Of The Cotton Belt Regional Veloweb Trail.
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BACKGROUND:
On April 2, 2019 City Council approved Resolution No. 4288, which called for $132,831 in local funds for segment 7 of the Cotton Belt Trail (CBT 7). A condition for City funding was that an acceptable cost-sharing process be established to fund the trail bridge over the Trinity River between Coppell and Carrollton.
The funding scenario has since been modified by the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG). A new segment 6A has been created that includes only the Trinity River bridge, and the original segment 7 has been expanded to include a direct connection to McInnish Park.
The new segment 6A is within the cities of Coppell, Dallas and Carrollton with a revised total cost of $700,000. The portion within Carrollton has a total construction cost of $146,000. It requires a local match of $29,200. Segment 7 is now estimated to cost $1,200,000 to construct and would require a local match of $240,000. The combined total local funds needed to complete the construction of both trail segments in Carrollton is $269,200.
NCTCOG staff has been coordinating funding sources for the 26-mile regional trail for several years. At this time, the trail segments on either side of the Trinity River and the bridge itself are the only elements of the trail project that lack a funding commitment. The other project segments, including Segment 6 in Coppell and the balance of Segment 6A, are fully funded. This alleviates a concern that was expressed by several Councilmembers in April that the trail needs to be funded outside of Carrollton since it does not make sense to build the trail to the Trinity River bridge then terminate.
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