Title
Approval of a Resolution Authorizing a Grant Agreement with the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board for Construction of the Fones Road
Improvement Project
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute all documents necessary to accept an Urban Arterial Program Grant from the Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) for the Fones Road Improvement Project construction.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute all documents necessary to accept an Urban Arterial Program Grant from the TIB for the Fones Road Improvement Project construction.
Staff Contact:
Jim Rioux, Project Manager, Public Works Engineering, 360.753.8484
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
On June 18, 2019, the City Council approved a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute all documents necessary to accept a Surface Transportation Program (STP) grant from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for the Fones Road Improvement Project design only. The design is now 90% completed and acquisition of Right-of-Way (ROW) needed to build and maintain the project has been initiated.
During 2020, Public Works Transportation applied for several grants to fund project construction. On July 20, 2020, Thurston Regional Planning Council (TRPC) awarded the City three FHWA grants for Fones Road construction.
On November 23, 2021, the Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) awarded a fourth grant for project construction. The total of the four grants is $4,887,768. (A breakdown of individual grant amounts is shown on the table below.) Staff seeks the City Council approval for acceptance of the TIB grant.
On the advice of Washington State Department of Transportation staff, documents associated with the three new construction grants from FHWA should be executed when the ...
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