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Iowa Department of Transportation
Agreement for a
National Recreational Trails Project
RECIPIENT: City of Waterloo
PROJECT NO: NRT-NT07(6}-9G-07
IOWA DOT AGREEMENT NO.: 2007-NT-006
This is an agreement between City of Waterloo (hereinafter referred to as Recipient) and
the Iowa Department of Transportation(hereinafter referred to as the DOT). The
Recipient submitted an application to the DOT for funding through the Federal
Recreational Trails Program of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21"Century(23
United States Code 206), Iowa Code Sections307.12 and 307A.2 and Iowa Code Chapter
465B. The application was approved for funding.
Pursuant to the terms of this agreement, applicable statutes, administrative rules, and
programming by the DOT and the Iowa Northland Regional Transportation Authority,
the DOT agrees to provide funding to the Recipient for the authorized and approved costs
for eligible items associated with the development of the Riverview ATV Park.
In consideration of the foregoing and the mutual promises contained in this agreement,
the parties agree as follows:
1. The Recipient shall be the lead organization for carrying out the provisions of this
agreement.
2. All notices required under this agreement shall be made in writing to the DOT's
and/or the Recipient's contact person. The DOT's contact person shall be Steve
Bowman, Office of Systems Planning, 800 Lincoln Way, Ames, Iowa 50010,
515-239-1337. The Recipient's contact person shall be Paul Huting, 1101
Cambell Avenue, Waterloo, Iowa 50701.
3. The Recipient shall be responsible for the development and completion of the
following described project:
Purchase of a track Loader to groom and maintain trails at the Riverview ATV
Park.
4. Eligible project costs for the project described in Section 3 of this agreement,
listed above, which are incurred after the date of Federal Highway Administration
authorization shall be paid as follows:
Certification for Locally Procured Federal-Aid Contracts, and (b) complete, sign and
return this checklist and certification to the Iowa DOT.
Projects on the Highway Right-of-Way
If any part of the project is physically located within the boundaries of a public highway
or street right-of-way, the Recipient shall procure the construction contract(s) according
to the following requirements, which are in addition to those listed in the paragraphs
above.
4. The Recipient shall procure the contract(s) by means of sealed bids as specified in the
Pre-Award Checklist and Certification for Locally Procured Federal-Aid Contracts,
unless some other means of accomplishing the work, such as force account, can be
shown to be more cost effective. Before procuring the work by any other means than
competitive bidding, the Recipient shall request and receive Iowa DOT approval, in
accordance with the force account procedures outlined in Index No. 3 of the Project
Development Information Packet.
5. As required by 23 CFR 635.117(a), if any part of the project work is located within
the right-of-way of a federal-aid highway, the Recipient shall not use convict labor
for construction, unless it is labor performed by convicts who are on parole,
supervised release, or probation
6. As required by 23 CFR 635.117(b), the Recipient shall not impose procedures or
requirements which will operate to discriminate against the employment of labor
from any other state, possession or territory of the United States.
7. The Recipient shall not use publicly owned equipment in construction work to be
reimbursed with federal-aid, unless use of such equipment is shown to be cost-
effective. If the recipient desires to use publicly owned equipment, either as part of
force account work or as a rental to the contractor, the requirements of 23 CFR
635.106 must be met. The Recipient must also follow the procedures established by
the Iowa DOT for review and approval of such work.
8. If the construction contract requires the contractor to purchase equipment, and
ownership of such equipment will be transferred to Recipient at the end of the project,
federal-aid participation in the costs of such equipment will be limited to the portion
of the amortized equipment cost that is directly attributable to the time the equipment
is used on the project. The initial cost of the equipment shall be amortized over the
useful life of the equipment. "Equipment" shall be as defined in 49 CFR 18.3.
9. As required by 23 CFR 635.409, the Recipient shall not impose any requirement or
enforce any procedure which operates to require the use of, or provides a price
differential in favor of, articles or materials produced within the State of Iowa. This
policy also applies to materials of foreign origin, except as otherwise permitted by