HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-231-4/8/19Prepared by LeAnn M. Even Deputy City Clerk, City of Waterloo, 715 Mulberry Street,
Waterloo, IA 50703, (319) 291-4323.
RESOLUTION NO. 2019-231
RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ENDORSING AN
APPLICATION TO THE BLACK HAWK COUNTY
METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSPORTATION POLICY
BOARD FOR FUNDING ASSISTANCE, FROM FEDERAL
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT FUNDS, IN
THE AMOUNT OF $2,700,000, AND COMMITTING A CITY
MATCH OF $675,000, FUNDED FROM LOCAL OPTION
SALES TAX AND/OR G.O. BONDS, AND DEDICATED TO
PUBLIC USE AND ADEQUATELY MAINTAINED BY THE
CITY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LA PORTE/HESS ROAD
RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT FROM HAWTHORNE
AVENUE TO SHAULIS ROAD.
WHEREAS, the Black Hawk County Metropolitan Area Transportation Policy Board
(MPO) provides Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) Program funds on a competitive
basis for projects to preserve and improve the conditions and performance on any Federal -aid
highway, bridge projects on any public road, pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, and transit
capital projects; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City of Waterloo to avail itself of financial
assistance through the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program as administered by the Black
Hawk County MPO.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Waterloo, Iowa, as
follows:
1) The STBG application for the La Porte/Hess Road Reconstruction Project from
Hawthorne Avenue to Shaulis Road 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.
3) The City of Waterloo assures the Black Hawk County Metropolitan Area Transportation
Policy Board that funds for the local match have been committed to the STBG project.
4) The Mayor is hereby designated as the official representative of the City and is further
hereby directed and authorized to affix his signature to said application.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of April 2019.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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Quentin Hart, Mayor