HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 14 RAISE Grant Match Pledge AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: 6/21/2021
Meeting Type: Regular Meeting
Staff Contact/Dept.: Tom Boyatt/DPW
Staff Phone No: 541-744-3373
Estimated Time: 5 Minutes
S P R I N G F I E L D
C I T Y C O U N C I L
Council Goals: Maintain and Improve
Infrastructure and
Facilities
ITEM TITLE: RAISE GRANT MATCH PLEDGE
ACTION
REQUESTED:
Adopt/not adopt the resolution: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF
SPRINGFIELD AGREEING TO ASSIST IN FULFILLING THE MATCH
FUNDS REQUIRED FOR THE REBUILDING AMERICAN
INFRASTRUCTURE WITH SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY (RAISE)
GRANT PROGRAM.
ISSUE
STATEMENT:
The Cities of Springfield and Eugene seek to co-apply to the US Department of
Transportation (USDOT) for $25 million in RAISE Grant funds to continue
improving Franklin Boulevard. Applicants are required to provide a 20% funding
match from non-federal sources for federally awarded projects. The RAISE
requirements call for evidence that the applicant will honor its match pledge.
ATTACHMENTS: Attachment 1: Resolution for RAISE Grant Match Pledge
DISCUSSION/
FINANCIAL
IMPACT:
In April 2021, the USDOT announced $1 billion in RAISE Grant discretionary
funds available to eligible, successful applicants. The RAISE program, formerly the
Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) program (and
Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program
before that), is in its first year. The RAISE program is very competitive and will
award funding to transportation projects nationwide with significant environmental,
safety, socioeconomic, and other positive impacts to local regions.
Last year, Springfield and Eugene submitted a BUILD application that scored as
high as possible but was not selected to receive funding. With positive feedback on
last year’s application, USDOT staff encouraged Springfield and Eugene to
reapply.
To demonstrate regional impact and partnership for the Franklin Boulevard project,
the Cities of Springfield and Eugene will submit a 2021 RAISE Grant application
with additional financial support from the Lane Transit District (LTD) as a partner
agency. The application will seek the maximum award amount of $25 million for
Franklin Blvd. modernization improvements, $15 million on the Eugene side and
$10 million on the Springfield side. Springfield will contribute $2.5 million of the
combined non-federal funds match. Sources of Springfield’s match are: $1 million
Stormwater Capital funds and $1.5 million Street Capital and Transportation
System Development Charge funds. The attached Resolution demonstrates to
USDOT that the City will honor its match pledge to secure funding, and is an
application requirement.
If awarded, the $10 million in RAISE funds Springfield would receive plus the
local match will enable reconstruction of Franklin Boulevard from the Mississippi
Avenue intersection west to Henderson Avenue. This section of Franklin is
currently in design with federal discretionary funding provided through the Central
Lane Metropolitan Planning Organization.
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, OREGON
RESOLUTION NO. ___________
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AGREEING TO ASSIST IN FULFILLING THE
MATCH FUNDS REQUIRED FOR THE REBUILDING AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH
SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY (RAISE) GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Transportation has made $1 billion in Rebuilding
American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant funds available to eligible
applicants for the 2021 funding cycle;
WHEREAS, RAISE Grants are highly competitive, merit based discretionary grants focused on surface
transportation projects that will have a significant local or regional impact;
WHEREAS, RAISE applicants should state the extent to which a project will facilitate environmental
stewardship and public health; will improve infrastructure conditions;; will connect people of all ages,
abilities, and races to economic opportunities by removing barriers to such opportunities in the long-
term and by providing access to good-paying jobs in the short-term; will enhance community
partnerships; and will provide access to efficient, reliable, safe, and affordable transportation options;
among other outcomes;
WHEREAS, RAISE 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 project, hereinafter referred to as “the Project”;
WHEREAS, RAISE 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, RAISE 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, $2.5 million of Springfield’s combined local funds from Street Capital, Transportation
System Development Charges and Stormwater Capital Funds will enable Springfield to fulfill this
requirement based on Springfield’s 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);
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WHEREAS, the adopted 2016-2040 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 daily needs and services such as
school, work, medical appointments, food, and more by programming transportation improvements
and identifies Springfield’s portion of the Project as #830;
WHEREAS, the TSP provides a 20-year blueprint for and how the City should maintain and improve
Springfield’s transportation network and identifies Springfield’s portion of the Project 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
RAISE 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 RAISE Grant, the City of
Springfield agrees to participate financially by contributing $2.5 million in local funds to the match
portion of the Grant.
Section 2: This Resolution will take effect upon adoption by the Council.
ADOPTED by the Common Council of the City of Springfield this ___ day of June, 2021, by a
vote of _____ for and ____ against.
ATTEST:
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City Recorder
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