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SERIES OF 2005
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A RESOLUTION AU TH ORIZING AP PLI CA TI ON FOR THE 2007 -20 12
TRANSPORTATIC':-1 IMPR OVEMENT PROGRAM .
WHEREAS, in th e "Sa fe Accountab le Flexib le Efficie nt Tran spo11a1i on Equ ity Act-Legacy for
Users" (SAFTEA-LU) Metropolitan Plannin g Organi za ti ons ha ve th e respo nsibility 10 develop
and appro ve tl 11: Tran spo rt ati on Imp roveme nt Program (T IP); and
WHEREAS , the TIP program id entifi es the hi ghes t pri orit y projects sub mi ned by Colorado
Depa11men1 ofTranspo 11a1io n (C DO T), Regiona l Tran sit Distrir '(R TD ), and loca l jurisdictions
10 be implemented ;.., vc r th e ne xt six yea rs; and
\VHERE A~, additional fu ndin g is availab le fo r new projects in the 20')7 -20 12 TIP ; and
WHERE AS, a minimum of twenty percent (20%) match is required by the loca l spo nso r; and
WHEREAS, the passage of thi s Resolution wi ll aut hori ze the City of Englewood to submi t
appli cat ions on behalf of the ci ti ze ns of th e City of Englewood for 2007 -2012 Transpo11ation
Improvem ent Program for the following proje cts:
Bike/P edestrian Bridge over th e Plane River at Dartmou th Avenue
Bike/Pedestrian Bridge over th e Platte River at Eng lewood Golf Course
Sou th Broadway Strectscape -Tuft s to Belleview
NO W, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNC IL Of THE CITY OF
ENGLEW00D, COLORADO, THAT :
Se cti on I. The City of Eng lewood , Co lorado is here by auth orized 10 fil e the appli ca tion fo r
th e 2007 -20 12 Transponation Improv emen t Program .
Sect ion 2. The Ma yo r and Ci ty Cle rk arc authorized to sign and allest the app lication for and
on behalf of th e City Cou ncil and th e Cit y of Eng lewood .
ADOPTED AN D APPR OVED this I 9" day of Septem c-e r, 2005 .
I, Loucrishia A. Elli s. City Cler,k,f,1¥ the City of Englewo
above is a true copy of Re so lution No . :.£.L_, Series of 200
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CITY Of
ENGLEWOOD
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COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
Date : Age nda It em : Su bj ect :
Se pt ember 19, 2005 9 C i Fede ral Fund ing Applica ti o ns fo r 2007-20 12
Transp ort atio n Imp rovem ent Pr ogram (T,P)
Initiated By: I Staff Source :
Publi c W orks I.Jepartme nl Rick Ka hm, Direc to r of Publ ic W orks
COUNCIL GOAL AND PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
Council approved Resolution No. 79, Se ri es 2003 auth o ri zi ng appli ca ti o ns for th ese projec ts. Staff
discussed th e status of th ese projects w ith Cit y Coun cil al th e D ecember 13, 2004 St ud y Se ssion .
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Publi c W orks is req ues t ing Council approva l of a Re so luti on authori zi ng En glewood's app li cati ons
to th e Den ve r Regio n al Co un cil o i Gove rnm ents (DRCOG) fo r th e fo ll owing three projec ts:
• Bike /Pe de stria n Bri dge over th e Platt e Ri ve r al Dartm outh Ave nue
• Bike /P~Jestri an Bridge ove r th e Platt e Ri ve r at th e En glewood G o lf Co ur se
• South Broadway Str eet scape fr om Tufts to Belleview
Th ese thr ee projec ts were previous ly submitted in ~003, bu t no t included in th e Transporta ti on
Improve ment Pr og ram (TIP ).
BACKGROUND, ANALYSIS, AND ALTERNATIVES IDENTIFIED
A ppli ca ti ons ior Federal Trans p ortati on Fu nds are so li c it ed by th e Den ve r Regio n al Co un ci l of
Gove rnm ents (DRC OG) every two yea rs . Thi s application requests funding fo r years 2007-20 12.
Proj ec ts mus t 1111pl e111 en' .11 e impr ove ment s con tai ned in th e 2020 Regio nal Transport atio n Plan and
mee t th e specific el• ,.bilily requirements for th e fundin g ca tegory req uested. Pr ojects req uire a
minimum of 20% in loca l ma tchin g funds .
DR COG , in coo peration wi th th e Colorado D epa rtm ent oi Tr ansportati o n (CDOT), is charged wi th
preparati on ~r th e Transpor tati o n Im provem ent Pr og ram (TIP ). TIP pri o riti zes regio nal projec ts fo r
Fed eral ', "po r1a1i on Funds ava il able through the "Safe Accoun tabl e Flexi ble Efficient
Tr anspon a11o n Equit y Ac 1-Le11 acy for Users " (SA FTEA-LU). Co ngress ado p ted thi s progra m in
Augu st. 20U5 to replace th e :o rmer Tran sp ort ation Efficie ncy Ac t of th e 2 1" Century (TE A-2 1 ).
Th ese thr ee proj ects w ere applied for in the previo us TIP cycle for 200 5-2 010, but we re sco red
be low th e cu t-o ff fo r fu ndin g. DR COG req uires a r~-subm illal fo , th e projec ts to reaffi rm our local
• m atching iunds .
DRC •)G and CDOT hav e state d th at th ey ar e com mitt ed to fu nd in g th e South Broadwa y •
Stre etscape Pr oject. We ar e includ ing this pr ojec t in ou r appli cati on to ins ur e it is no t dr opped.
The Bike/Ped estrian Bridge at Da rt mo uth sco red jus t below th e fundin g le vel in th e previous TIP
Cycle an d is on the approv ed wai ting list. We are hopeful that this project will move forward and
be included in th e 200 7-2012 TIP .
Englewood has recei ved approxim ately S 1,400,000 in Fede ral Funds through ISTE A since 20 03 ior
three sidewa lk projec ts, one bike tra il, and one traffic signal project.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Cost breakdowns fo r th e projec ts ar e as follows:
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Bridge ove r Platte Rive r at Dartmouth Aven ue
Br idge over Platte River at En gle wood Golf Course
South Br oa dway Stree ts cape from Tufts to Belle view
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$670 ,000
$724 ,000
$968,000
Local Match
$235,000
$144 ,800
$269 ,000
Loc al match ing funds for the Bridge at Dartm outh Avenue are available in th e O pe n Spa ce Fund .
Matching fu nds fo r th e Br idge at th e Golf Course could be availab le in th e Open Spa ce Fund .
Matching fund s fo r the So uth Bro adway Stree ts ca pe are budgeted in th e City's Multi -Year Capi tal
Fund .
LIST Of ATTACHMENTS
Lo cati on ske tches fo r th e tw o Bridges
Res o!ut ion
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