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CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, OREGON
RESOLUTION NO. ___________
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AGREEING TO ASSIST IN FULFILLING THE
MATCH FUNDS REQUIRED FOR THE BETTER UTILIZING INVESTMENTS TO LEVERAGE
DEVELOPMENT (BUILD) GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Transportation has made $1 billion in Better Utilizing
Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grant funds available to eligible applicants for the 2020
funding cycle;
WHEREAS, BUILD Grants are highly competitive, merit based discretionary grants focused on surface
transportation projects that will have a significant local or regional impact;
WHEREAS, BUILD applicants should state the extent to which a project will facilitate economic growth
or competitiveness; will improve infrastructure conditions; will address public and environmental
health; and will provide access to efficient, reliable, safe, and affordable transportation options; among
other outcomes;
WHEREAS, BUILD Grant applicants must demonstrate partnerships among a broad range of
stakeholders for success, including partnerships with other local agencies and organizations;
WHEREAS, the City of Springfield and the City of Eugene are joint, eligible applicants in their request
for funding for the Franklin Boulevard Opportunity Zone Corridor project
;
WHEREAS, BUILD Grants are intended to provide the funding necessary to complete projects of scales
similar to the Project;
WHEREAS, the Cities of Springfield and Eugene together request $25 million to fund a portion of the
Project and distribute funds for the Project to enable each City to complete the next phase of the
Project within their separate jurisdictions;
WHEREAS, BUILD Grants fund up to eighty percent (80%) of each awarded project in an urban area,
and applicants must demonstrate an ability to obtain, at a minimum, the remaining matching funds;
WHEREAS,
make funding requests competitive;
WHEREAS, $3 million of ystem
Development Charges and Stormwater Capital Funds will enable Springfield to contribute to an
amount toward grant funds based on anticipated $10 million share of the $25
million;
WHEREAS, the Oregon Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), Central Lane
Metropolitan Planning Organization Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), and Springfield Transportation
System Plan (TSP) provide an adopted planning framework to demonstrate the need for such match
and to local agency commitment to improving Franklin Boulevard as relevant to the segment of the
project in Glenwood under the jurisdiction of the City of Springfield;
WHEREAS, the 2018-2021 STIP allocates funding to complete design for the Springfield portion of the
Project (ODOT Key #21375);
WHEREAS, the RTP is the federally required long-range transportation plan for the Central Lane
Metropolitan Planning Organization Area, which seeks to provide a greater quality of life and economic
vitality for the region through better access to goods, services, and people by programming
transportation improvements and #830;
WHEREAS, the TSP provides a 20-year blueprint for and how the City should maintain and improve
as R-13;
WHEREAS, the Project implements the goals and objectives of the RTP and TSP; and,
WHEREAS, the remaining financial resources required to implement the improvements to Franklin
Boulevard identified in the STIP, RTP, and TSP create the need for the City of Springfield to submit a
BUILD Grant application as co-applicant alongside the City of Eugene;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD:
Section 1: If the Cities of Springfield and Eugene are awarded the BUILD Grant, the City of
Springfield agrees to participate financially by contributing $3 million in local funds to the match portion
of the Grant.
Section 2: This Resolution will take effect upon adoption by the Council and approval by the
Mayor.
ADOPTED by the Common Council of the City of Springfield this ___ day of May, 2020, by a
vote of _____ for and ____ against.
_______________________
Christine L. Lundberg, Mayor
ATTEST:
__________________________
AJ Ripka, City Recorder
5/1/2020
Resolution 2020-11