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Commission approves TA grant application to leverage $500,000 for Excel Rd extension after 20% local match fails
Summary
Public Works staff presented a Transportation Alternatives grant opportunity for the Excel Road extension; Commissioners declined a proposed 20% local match for lack of a second but voted 4-0 to apply and to leverage $500,000 toward the project.
County staff and consultants described a Transportation Alternatives (TA) grant opportunity to help fund the Excel Road extension and associated pedestrian bridge and sidewalk. Public Works Administrator Tim Eisenbarth and Nathan Bergman (Bartlett & West) asked whether the commission would consider a local cost-share; an example 20% match was discussed as a possible option.
Vice Chair Deloyce McKee first moved to approve a 20% match but the motion died for lack of a second. McKee then moved "to apply for the TA Grant and to leverage $500,000 on the TA grant for part of the Excel Rd extension project." Commissioner Merl Page seconded and the motion carried 4-0. Minutes record staff describing the arrangement as the state building roughly one-third of the bridge and the pedestrian bridge and sidewalk under the grant scenario.
The board approved pursuing the grant application; the record shows the commission did not commit to the 20% local match at this meeting.
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