HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-141-3-11-19Prepared LeAnn M. Even Deputy City Clerk, City of Waterloo, 715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo,
IA 50703, (319) 291-4323.
RESOLUTION NO. 2019-141
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN
APPLICATION TO THE BLACK HAWK COUNTY
METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSPORTATION POLICY
BOARD FOR FUNDING ASSISTANCE FROM IOWA'S
TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM (TAP), IN-
THE
NTHE AMOUNT OF $137,600, WITH A CITY MATCH
OF $34,400 FUNDED FROM G.O. BONDS, FOR TIE PARK
AVENUE BICYCLE SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
WHEREAS, the City of Waterloo needs to make traffic signal improvements to
accommodate the recently implemented bike lane along Park Avenue from Highway 218 to
Franklin Street.
WHEREAS, funding assistance is available through the Black Hawk County
Metropolitan Area Transportation Policy Board's Iowa's Transportation Alternatives Program
(TAP), and the City of Waterloo is in need of such assistance in order to complete the Park
Avenue Bicycle Signal Improvements project; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City of Waterloo to avail itself of fmancial
assistance through the Iowa's Transportation Alternatives Program as administered by the Black
Hawk County MPO; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF WATERLOO,
IOWA, AS FOLLOWS:
1) The Iowa's TAP application for Park Avenue Bicycle Signal Improvements project, in the
amount of $137,600 with a City match of $34,400 funded from G.O. Bonds, is hereby
approved and endorsed by the City Council of Waterloo, Iowa.
2) The improvement provided for in this application will be dedicated to public use and
adequately maintained by the City of Waterloo for a minimum of twenty years.
3) The City of Waterloo assures the Black Hawk County Metropolitan Area Transportation
Policy Board that funds for the match have been or will be committed to the Iowa's TAP
project.
4) The Mayor is hereby designated as the official representative of the City and is further
directed and authorized to affix his signature to said application.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 11th day of March 2019.
Quentin Hart, Mayor
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Kelley Fele ; e
City Clerk