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Council approves application for $3.685M BUILD/FSP planning and environmental work on South Street underpass
Summary
City staff sought permission to apply for roughly $3.685 million in planning and environmental funds for the South Street underpass; BNSF agreed to contribute to the local match and underwrite engineering/application costs, leaving the city's match about $365,000; council approved the resolution to support applying for the grant.
City staff presented resolution 26‑2003 authorizing the city to apply for federal BUILD/FSP planning and environmental funds for the South Street underpass. Staff described this as a repeat of a prior application that advanced through review but ran out of program funds; the current request includes environmental assessments up front which staff said strengthens the application.
The requested grant amount is "just short of $3,700,000" (stated as $3.685 million in the packet) and carries a 20% match. Staff said BNSF Railway has agreed to cover half of that match (10% overall) and to underwrite engineering and application costs; the city's cash match was described as approximately $365,000. Council discussed project scope (including a Mulberry Street crossing closure under study) and approved the resolution to pursue the grant application by roll call (six yes votes).
