HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2021-27 06/21/2021 CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, OREGON
RESOLUTION NO. 2021-27
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);
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 servicessuch as
school, work, medical appointments, food, and more 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
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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Resolution No. 2021-27