HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/10/2008 20 Acquisition of the Right-of-Way for the William O. Douglas Trail Connections Project BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
• YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. Zb
For Meeting of Junel0, 2008
ITEM TITLE: Consideration of a resolution authorizing and directing the City Manager to
acquire right -of -way under the Transportation Enhancement and
Recreation and Conservation Office Grant Programs for the William O.
Douglas Trail Connections Project.
SUBMITTED BY: Bill Cook, Director, Community & Economic Development
Raymond L. Paolella, City Attorney
CONTACT PERSON/TELEPHONE: Bill Cook, 575 -6227
Raymond L. Paolella, 575 -6030
Brett . Sheffield, Chief Engineer, 576 -6797
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
The City Council has previously adopted resolutions authorizing submission of grant r
applications for Transportation Enhancement grants and Recreation and Conservation Office
grants to complete the William O. Douglas Trail. These grants have been approved, and they
• earmark funds for right -of -way acquisition and pathway development. Recently, the
Washington State Department of Transportation approved the trail right -of -way plan, and the
attached resolution authorizes completion of the right -of -way and development efforts under
the aforementioned grant programs.
Resolution X Ordinance Other (Specify)
Contract Mail to (name and address):
Phone:
Funding Source Transportation Enhancement Grant/Recreation and Conservation Office
Grant
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL:-- 1 City Manager
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Adopt resolution.
BOARD /COMMISSION /COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
0 COUNCIL ACTION:
RESOLUTION NO. R -2008-
A RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the City Manager to acquire right -of -way
under the Transportation Enhancement and . Recreation and
Conservation Office Grant Programs for the William O. Douglas Trail
Connections Project.
WHEREAS, City Council Resolution R- 2005 -121 authorized the submission of
transportation enhancement grant applications to the Washington State Department of
Transportation (WSDOT); and
WHEREAS, on March 8, 2006, WSDOT approved a transportation enhancement
grant in the amount of $499,890 for research, signs, restoration of the City of Yakima trolley
bridge, and acquisition of right -of -way for the William O. Douglas Trail; and
WHEREAS, under City Council Resolution R- 2006 -65, the City Council authorized
formal application to the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation (IAC), now
Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO), for funding assistance for the William O.
Douglas Trail Connections (City Contract No. 2008 -82); and
WHEREAS, under City Council Resolution R- 2006 -87, the City Council authorized
necessary and prudent actions to implement the transportation enhancement grant
previously accepted by the City of Yakima; and
WHEREAS, under Board of Yakima County Commissioners Resolution No. 246-
.2006, the Yakima County Commissioners authorized a joint application with the City of
Yakima to IAC for funding assistance for the William O. Douglas Trail Connections Project;
and
WHEREAS, WSDOT has recently approved the right -of -way plan for the William O.
Douglas Trail Connections Project; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to acquire right -of -way and
develop the William O. Douglas Trail using transportation enhancement grant funds and
RCO grant funds, and the City Manager and City Attorney are authorized and directed to
prepare and execute legal closing documents and to take all necessary and prudent actions
to implement the William. O. Douglas. Trail Connections grant conditions and agreements
entered into with WSDOT and RCO.
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ADOPTED,BY THE CITY COUNCIL this _ day of June, 2008.
ATTEST: David Edler, Mayor
City Clerk
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