| | | | | | | | CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
Monday, February 22, 2021 | 
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| | | | | | | | Subject | Resolution 2021-XX: Resolution of Support for Galpin Blvd LRIP Grant Application
| | Section | CONSENT AGENDA | Item No: D.4. | Prepared By
| Charlie Howley, Public Works Director/City Engineer | File No: PW176a |
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| | | | | | | | PROPOSED MOTION
“The City Council approves a Resolution of support for a MnDOT 2021 LRIP Grant application for the Galpin Boulevard (CR 117) Reconstruction Project.”
Approval requires a Simple Majority Vote of members present. |
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| | | | | | | | | SUMMARY |
Galpin Boulevard is currently a County Road (CR 117). Due to condition of the roadway pavement along with needed mobility and safety improvements, reconstruction of the corridor is recommended rather than merely performing pavement rehabilitation. Obtaining State Grant funds will help offset the City's overall cost share required for the improvements. These are competitive grants and therefore not guaranteed to be awarded. The maximum grant award is $1.25M.
If awarded, the grant funds would have to be used by 2023. Due to the size and complexity of the project, the City would not have enough time to perform design for 2022 construction and therefore are identifying 2023 construction in the application.
The LRIP Grant applications are due by March 3, 2021 and we should be notified by the end of May if we were awarded funding. |
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| | | | | | | | | DISCUSSION |
The City has the Galpin Boulevard reconstruction project scheduled for 2024 construction based on known available funding at this time. The total project cost is estimated at $10.75M, a breakdown of which is shown below and outlined in our CIP as Project ST-040. Any successful grant funding would be used to offset the City's MSA expenses, freeing more money up in that fund for other projects.
| Cost |
Total |
County |
City |
City Funding Source |
| Construction (Roadway-MSA Eligible) |
8,000,000 |
5,600,000 |
2,400,000 |
MSA & Potential LRIP Grant |
| Construction (Utilities) |
750,000 |
0 |
750,000 |
Enterprise Funds |
| ROW |
400,000 |
200,000 |
200,000 |
MSA & Enterprise Funds
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| Soft |
1,600,000 |
1,000,000 |
600,000 |
MSA & Enterprise Funds |
| TOTAL |
10,750,000 |
6,800,000 |
3,950,000 |
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The City will use Municipal State Aid (MSA) dollars to fund our eligible cost share components, which do not include utility improvements; those would be funded by their respective Enterprise Funds. This project is not planning to utilize Special Assessments to benefiting properties as this is currently a County Road. Obtaining the grant funds allows the project to be moved forward a year which is a major benefit as City staff receive numerous inquiries from residents concerning the safety and mobility aspects of the corridor.
The City is currently identified as the lead agency for the implementation of this project. This is due to a number of factors including the relative priority of the project in our eyes versus how the County views it; along with the push for reconstruction of the corridor rather than a more simple pavement preservation project. The reconstruction nature of the project is one of the main reasons this road could potentially be a jurisdictional turn back of the road from the County to the City, although this has not formally been agreed upon yet. Submitting the LRIP Grant application is not an agreement for a turn back. |
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| | | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION |
Staff recommends that the Council support the LRIP Grant application submittal. |
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