STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Quality of Life
AGENDA DATE: February 10, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 14
DEPARTMENT: Park & Recreation Department
EXECUTIVE: John D. Jenkins
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SUBJECT
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Authorize (1) an Advance Funding Agreement (AFA) with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for a Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TASA) Program Project (Agreement No. CSJ 0918-47-204, CFDA No. 20.205) for construction of the University Crossing Trail in the amount of approximately $1,024,444.00, of which the Federal portion is $687,280.00, State participation is $41,769.00, and the City of Dallas' local match is $295,395.00; (2) a portion of the required local match in the amount of $27,335.00 to be paid by warrant check to the State at the beginning of the project; (3) the establishment of appropriations in the amount of $687,280.00 in the University Crossing PID Trail Fund (in addition to direct State participation in the amount of $41,769.00); (4) the receipt and deposit of TASA Program Funds in the amount of $687,280.00 in the University Crossing PID Trail Fund; (5) allocation of $295,395.00 in the University Crossing PID Trail Fund as the City of Dallas' local match; and (6) execution of the agreement including all terms, conditions, and documents required by the agreement - Total amount $1,024,444.00 - Financing: Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Program Funds ($687,280.00), University Crossing PID Trail Fund ($295,395.00), and State participation ($41,769.00)
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BACKGROUND
In July 2017, the City of Dallas was awarded Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TASA) Program funding from the North Central Texas Council of Governments in the amount of $687,280.00, the maximum funding allowable, for trail lighting of the University Crossing Trail from Glencoe Park in the west to Skillman Street in the east. The trail is located within DART railway land and Oncor land.
The TASA Program utilizes fede...
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