HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-04-21 I01H IDOT TASA Grant Appl_Waukee Regional Trail Connection and Safety ImprovementsAGENDA ITEM:
CITY OF WAUKEE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL MEETING COMMUNICATION
MEETING DATE: April 21, 2025
AGENDA ITEM:Consideration of approval of a resolution authorizing the City of Waukee
to submit an application for funding from the Transportation Alternatives
Set-Aside (TASA) Program of the Department of Transportation (DOT)
for the funding of development of the Waukee Regional Trail
Connection and Safety Improvements Project
FORMAT:Resolution
SYNOPSIS INCLUDING PRO & CON: City staff have prepared an application to request
funding from the Iowa TASA Program through the Iowa DOT for the Waukee Regional Trail
Connection and Safety Improvements Project. This project includes the construction of two
pedestrian underpasses near the intersection of W Hickman Rd and 10th Street as well as
widening 10th Street from two to four lanes both north and south of W Hickman Rd.
The proposed funds are for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2029. The estimated total project cost is
$15.94 million. City staff are recommending a request for $2 million for FFY 2029. The City of
Waukee has also applied for a Federal Recreation Trail Grant ($300 thousand request) and the
Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s FY 2029 STBG Set-Aside Grant ($500
thousand request, this award is tentative pending DMAMPO Policy Board approval).
FISCAL IMPACT INCLUDING COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS:
COMMISSION/BOARD/COMMITTEE COMMENT:
STAFF REVIEW AND COMMENT:
RECOMMENDATION: Approve the resolution.
ATTACHMENTS: I. Resolution
PREPARED BY:Lisa Bauman
REVIEWED BY:Rudy Koester RK
I1H
THE CITY OF WAUKEE, IOWA
RESOLUTION 2025-
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF WAUKEE TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR
FUNDING FROM THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES SET-ASIDE PROGRAM OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) FOR THE FUNDING OF DEVELOPMENT OF
WAUKEE REGIONAL TRAIL CONNECTION AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF WAUKEE, IOWA
WHEREAS, the City of Waukee, Iowa, is a duly organized municipality within Dallas County; AND,
WHEREAS,the Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Program provides funding to local jurisdictions for the
development of eligible projects; AND,
WHEREAS, the program is administered by the Iowa Department of Transportation which prioritizes and ranks all
project applications; AND,
WHEREAS, the City of Waukee, have commenced planning and design for this project; AND,
WHEREAS, the project is planned to be constructed as a coordinated part of the Waukee Regional Trail
Connection and Safety Improvements project being led by the City of Waukee.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Waukee, Iowa:
1.The Waukee City Council supports and approves the application made for Transportation Alternatives Set-
Aside Program Funds.
2.The Waukee City Council hereby commits to the Iowa Department of Transportation to secure matching
monies as required by the Program funding.
3.The Waukee City Council hereby commits to accepting and maintaining these improvements for a
minimum of twenty (20) years following the completion.
4.The Waukee Mayor is hereby authorized to approve and execute the application and award agreement on
behalf of the Waukee City Council.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 21st DAY of April, 2025.
____________________________
Courtney Clarke, Mayor
Attest:
_______________________________________
Rebecca D. Schuett, City Clerk
RESULTS OF VOTE: AYE NAY ABSENT ABSTAIN
R. Charles Bottenberg
Chris Crone
Rob Grove
Anna Bergman Pierce
Ben Sinclair