White Street Cycle Track — Dubuque Metropolitan Area Transportation Study Transportation Alternatives Program Grant Application Approval Copyrighted
June 1, 2026
City of Dubuque CONSENT ITEMS # 9.
City Council
ITEM TITLE: White Street Cycle Track — Dubuque Metropolitan Area
Transportation Study Transportation Alternatives Program
Grant Application Approval
SUMMARY: City Manager recommending City Council adopt the attached
resolution and authorize city staff to submit the Dubuque
Metropolitan Area Transportation Study Transportation
Alternatives Program grant application for the Federal Fiscal
Year 2027-2030 funding cycle for the White Street cycle track
project.
RESOLUTION Authorizing the filing of a Grant Application
with the Dubuque Metropolitan Area Transportation Study
(DMATS) Transportation Alternatives Program (Tap) Grant
Assist with Funding the White Street Cycle Track Project
SUGGUESTED Receive and File; Adopt Resolution(s)
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
1. MVM Memo DMATS Application Approval
2. Staff Memo
3. Resolution
4. 2027 CIP Central & White Street Corridor
5. CITY Proposed Phasing Plan & Estimated Costs - Cycle track
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: White Street Cycle Track — Dubuque Metropolitan Area Transportation
Study (DMATS) Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) Grant
Application Approval
DATE: May 27, 2026
Planning Services Director Wally Wernimont is recommending City Council adopt the
attached resolution and authorize city staff to submit the Dubuque Metropolitan Area
Transportation Study (DMATS) Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grant
application for the Federal Fiscal Year 2027-2030 funding cycle for the White Street
cycle track project.
The estimated cost to construct the cycle track from 5t" Street to 19t" Street is $2.9
million. The TAP grant from DMATS has $905,000 available, which would reduce the
City funds required. The DMATS Board took the action of removing the $250,000 cap
for TAP grant awards with the intent that the City of Dubuque would submit an
application for White Street that could utilize this entire amount. The TAP grant is set up
with an 80% federal/20% local share. In this case, the local match for the $905,000
grant would be $226,250.
The City has $9,770,000 budgeted for the Central and White project in the Fiscal Year
2027 — 3031 Capital Improvement Program that could be used as the local match.
Alternately, additional grant funding is being applied for from the lowa Department of
Transportation State Recreational Trails grant program. This could be up to $500,000.
Since those are state funds, they could be used as the federal match, and the federal
TAP funds could be used as the 20% match for the state grant.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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Mic ael C. Van Milligen
MCVM:sv
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Attachment
cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney
Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Wally Wernimont, Planning Services Director
Jenny Larson, Chief Finance Officer
Anderson Sainci, Director of Strategic Partnerships
Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer
Justine Hull, Traffic Engineer
Jill Connors, Economic Development Director
lan Hatch, Assistant Economic Development Director
Jason Duba, Assistant Planner
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Dubuque
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TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Wally Wernimont, Planning Services Director
SUBJECT: White Street Cycle Track — Dubuque Metropolitan Area Transportation
Study (DMATS) Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) Grant
Application Approval
DATE: May 26, 2026
INTRODUCTION
The enclosed resolution authorizes the city to file the Transportation Alternatives
Program (TAP) grant application with the Dubuque Metropolitan Area Transportation
Study (DMATS) for the Federal Fiscal Year 2027-2030 funding cycle to fund
improvements to White Street to construct a two-way cycle track.
BACKGROUND
The City Council, at their meeting on January 21, 2025, approved the Central Avenue
and White Street Corridor Study. They adopted the Multi-Modal Alternative as their
preference for the redevelopment and revitalization of the Central Avenue and White
Street corridors.
DISCUSSION
The Multi-Modal Alternative includes a widened sidewalk on Central Avenue and a two-
way raised cycle track on White Street. This Transportation Alternatives Program grant
application is for improvements to construct the two-way cycle track. The cycle track is
planned to facilitate safe, convenient bicycle travel on a north-south street through the
middle of downtown Dubuque. A key feature of this infrastructure is that it would be
grade separated from the White Street roadway.
The proposed cycle track will facilitate connections to destinations such as work, school,
shopping, culture, and social throughout the downtown street network. The cycle track
will also facilitate access to the existing multi-modal trail system. It will intersect the bike
lanes on 9t" and 10th streets, which are being extended to connect to a new segment of
the Bee Branch trail in a construction project later this summer. The cycle track's
northern end is at 19t" Street, and bike riders can also access the Bee Branch just a few
blocks east of there. Once on the Bee Branch, people may access Chaplain Schmitt
Island trails, the Jaycees Trail, the North End Trail, and the Heritage Trail.
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BUDGET IMPACT
The estimated cost to construct the cycle track from 5th Street to 19th Street is $2.9
million. The TAP grant from DMATS has $905,000 available, which would reduce the
City funds required. The DMATS Board took the action of removing the $250,000 cap
for TAP grant awards with the intent that the City of Dubuque would submit an
application for White Street that could utilize this entire amount. The TAP grant is set up
with an 80% federal/20% local share. In this case, the local match for the $905,000
grant would be $226,250.
The City has $9,770,000 budgeted for the Central and White project in the Fiscal Year
2027 — 3031 Capital Improvement Program that could be used as the local match.
Alternately, additional grant funding is being applied for from the lowa Department of
Transportation State Recreational Trails grant program. This could be up to $500,000.
Since those are state funds, they could be used as the federal match, and the federal
TAP funds could be used as the 20% match for the state grant.
ACTION TO BE TAKEN
I respectfully request that the City Council adopt the attached resolution and authorize
city staff to submit the Dubuque Metropolitan Area Transportation Study (DMATS)
Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grant application for the White Street cycle
track project.
cc: Jenny Larson, Chief Finance Officer
Anderson Sainci, Director of Strategic Partnerships
Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer
Justine Hull, Traffic Engineer
lan Hatch, Assistant Economic Development Director
Jason Duba, Assistant Planner
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Prepared by: Wally Wernimont, City Planner Address: City Hall, 50 W. 13th St Telephone: 563-589-4210
Return to: Trish Gleason, Assistant City Clerk Address: City Hall, 50 W. 13th St Telephone: 563-589-4121
RESOLUTION NO. 208-26
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A GRANT APPLICATION WITH THE
DUBUQUE METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSPORTATION STUDY (DMATS)
TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM (TAP) GRANT ASSIST WITH
FUNDING THE WHITE STREET CYCLE TRACK PROJECT
Whereas, the Dubuque Metropolitan Area Transportation Study (DMATS) has
allocated Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP)funds to be used on "pedestrian and
bicycle facilities, recreational trails, and community improvements."
Whereas, the City of Dubuque City Council approved the Central Avenue and
White Street Corridor Study in January 2025, adopting the Multi-Modal Alternative as their
preference for the redevelopment and revitalization of the Central Avenue and White
Street corridors. The Multi-Modal Alternative includes a widened sidewalk on Central
Avenue and a two-way raised cycle track on White Street.
Whereas, the planned 10' wide two-way cycle track will be located on the west
side of White Street, extending from 5th Street to 19th Street. The cycle track will be
separated from vehicle traffic, providing safety and comfort for bike riders through
downtown Dubuque. The cycle track will intersect with existing and proposed bike lanes
and facilitate connections to trails, helping to build a network of bicycle infrastructure.
Whereas, the City is seeking funding through the DMATS Transportation
Alternatives Program grant to assist with funding the cost of constructing the described
cycle track.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA THAT:
Section 1 . The City is hereby authorized to file the grant application with the
Dubuque Metropolitan Area Transportation Study (DMATS) for the Federal Fiscal Year
2027-2030 funding cycle of the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grant to assist
with funding the two-way cycle track on White Street from 5th Street to 19th Street.
Passed, approved and adopted this 1st day of June 2026.
By:
rad M. C vanagh, Mayor
ATTEST:
By:
Trish Gleason, Assistant City Clerk
DEPARTMENT: STATE PROGRAM: PROJECT TITLE: YEAR FIRST
SUBMITTED: FY 2023
55- Engineering/Street 2C - Public Works Central Avenue White Street Corridor TOTAL
Master Plan Design and Implementation pROJECT PROJECT
Improvements 4th -22nd Street N�: 5521000065 COST
$ 11,170,000
2025 2026
EXPENSE BUDGET PROJECT BUDGET 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032
A. EXPENDITURE ITEMS
$ — $ — Construction $ 330,000 $ 1,760,000 $ 1,780,000 $ 2,900,000 $ 3,000,000 $ 16,402,670
$ — $ 400,000 Engineering Services $ — $ — $ — $ — $ — $ —
$ — $ 1,000,000 Property Acquisition $ — $ — $ — $ — $ — $ —
$ — $ 1,400,000 TOTAL $ 330,000 $ 1,760,000 $ 1,780,000 $ 2,900,000 $ 3,000,000 $ 16,402,670
B. PROJECT FINANCING
$ — $ 1,400,000 Greater powntown TIF $ — $ — $ — $ — $ — $ —
$ — $ — G.O. Debt(Sales Tax Fund 30%) $ 330,000 $ 1,760,000 $ 1,780,000 $ 2,900,000 $ 3,000,000 $ 16,402,670
$ — $ 1,400,000 TOTAL $ 330,000 $ 1,760,000 $ 1,780,000 $ 2,900,000 $ 3,000,000 $ 16,402,670
PROJECT DESCRIPTION/JUSTIFICATION
This project is identified in the comprehensive plan and is a City Council 2025 -2027 High Priority. This project will provide funding to implement recommendations
outlined in the adopted Central Avenue Streetscape Master Plan along Central Avenue between 11th and 22nd Streets, as well as recommendations from the
traffic study for the Central and White Street corridors
The Central Avenue and White Street corridor traffic study was completed in January 2025. Current funding is for the Central Ave &White St Design phase I, which
includes design work for
1. Restriping the whole corridor(pavement markings)for transition for future construction and visual changes to the corridor,
2. On-Street Parking removal analysis for any off-street needs,
3. Construction design for Central Ave, White St, and the side streets in multiple sections (bite size pieces)from 14th St to 22nd St. and
4. Construction Design for the Cycle Track along the west side of White St.
The FY26 includes$400,000 for engineering design services and $1 million to create proposed new public parking opportunities to replace on street spaces lost on
Central and White Streets, if applicable. FY27 is funding for the restripe design of the entire Central Avenue and White Street corridor, 4th-22nd, and continue the
FY26 design work. FY28 is improvements from 14th - 17th Street. FY29 is improvements from 17th -20th Street, and continue improvements to 14th -17th Streets.
FY30 is funding for construction of the Cycle Track on the west side of White Street from 5th to 19th Street, and to continue improvements from 17th -20th Streets.
FY2031 and beyond will require $14 million in additional investment to do 20th -22nd, and 4th -14th Street on Central Avenue and White Street.
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DEPARTMENT: STATE PROGRAM: PROJECT TITLE: YEAR FIRST
SUBMITTED: FY 2023
55- Engineering/Street 2C- Public Works Central Avenue White Street Corridor TOTAL
Master Plan Design and Implementation pROJECT PROJECT
Improvements 4th - 22nd Street N�: 5521000065 COST
$ 9,770,000
PROJECT DESCRIPTION/JUSTIFICATION (cont.)
The Corridor is beginning to see private investment in building improvements and business location. The implementation of public infrastructure improvements is
needed to support and leverage that private investment by creating a more pedestrian-friendly, complete streets corridor and attracting residents from other areas
of the community.
It is anticipated that this project may have an impact on operating costs associated with infrastructure improvements, although those costs are unknown until the
specific improvements and amenities in the corridor are identified and implemented. These costs will be integrated into the budgets of departments whose staff
will be maintaining these improvements, as progress is made. This effort addresses the Comprehensive Plan goal of creating walkable, mixed-use areas.
RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROJECTS
This project is related to the adopted Central Avenue Streetscape Master Plan, the Central Avenue/White Street Traffic Study for 1-Way to 2-Way Conversion
(Project#5524000038), Central Avenue Streetscape Design 1-Way to 2-Way (Project#5521000017), and Central Avenue Corridor Streetscape Master Plan
Implementation (Project#6051000001).
OUTCOME
Livable Neighborhoods and Housing: Great Place to Live: Increase the visual appeal and beauty of the city with attractive gateways, corridors, streetscapes/
landscaping.
FUNDING RESTRICTIONS
Downtown TIF, G.O. Debt (GDTIF), Sales Tax 30%, Road Use Tax
PROJECT ADDRESS/SERVICE AREA
Central Avenue Corridor from 4th to 22nd Streets
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Proposed phasing plan and estimated costs - White Street cycle track
Item Item Phase 2
No. Code Description Unit Price Subtotal
1 2010-E EXCAVATION,CLASS 10 CY 770 $ 11.00 $ 8,470.00
2 2010-G SUBGRADE PREPARATION SY 4603 $ 5.00 $ 23,015.00
3 2010-J SUBBASE, MODIFIED,6 INCHES SY 4603 $ 13.00 $ 59,839.00
4 4020-A-1 STORM SEWER,TRENCHED, RCP, 15 INCH LF 150 $ 114.00 $ 17,100.00
5 4020-A-1 STORM SEWER,TRENCHED, RCP,24 INCH LF 1000 $ 190.00 $ 190,000.00
6 4040-A SUBDRAIN,TYPE 1C, PVC,6 INCH LF 3300 $ 26.00 $ 85,800.00
7 4040-C-1 SUBDRAIN CLEANOUT,TYPE A-1,6 INCH EA 18 $ 940.00 $ 16,920.00
8 4040-D-1 SUBDRAIN OUTLETS AND CONNECTIONS,CMP,6 INCH EA 24 $ 590.00 $ 14,160.00
9 6010-A STORM MANHOLE,SW-401,60 INCH EA 11 $ 9,300.00 $ 102,300.00
10 6010-B INTAKE,SW-505 EA 30 $ 8,800.00 $ 264,000.00
11 6010-B INTAKE,SW-506 EA 11 $ 11,900.00 $ 130,900.00
12 7010-A PAVEMENT, PCC,9 INCH, C-SUD SY 1500 $ 90.00 $ 135,000.00
13 7021-B ASPHALT OVERLAY,3 IN.,SURFACE, 1/2 IN.,STANDARD TRAFFIC SY 510 $ 19.00 $ 9,690.00
14 7030-A-1 REMOVAL OF SIDEWALK SY 5489 $ 14.00 $ 76,846.00
15 7030-A-3 REMOVAL OF DRIVEWAY SY 1226 $ 15.00 $ 18,390.00
16 7030-C SHARED USE PATH, PCC,6 INCH (CYCLE TRACK) SY 3969 $ 61.00 $ 242,109.00
17 7030-E SIDEWALK, PCC,4 INCH SY 5489 $ 59.00 $ 323,851.00
18 7030-E SIDEWALK, PCC,6 INCH SY 384 $ 93.00 $ 35,712.00
19 7030-G DETECTABLE WARNING SF 300 $ 59.00 $ 17,700.00
20 7030-H-1 DRIVEWAY, PAVED, PCC,7 INCH SY 1226 $ 93.00 $ 114,018.00
21 7040-H PAVEMENT REMOVAL SY 7640 $ 17.00 $ 129,880.00
22 8010-A TRAFFIC SIGNAL LS 0.26 $ 650,000.00 $ 169,000.00
23 8030-A TEMPORARYTRAFFIC CONTROL LS 0.2 $ 800,000.00 $ 160,000.00
2411020-A MOBILIZATION LS 0.2 $ 1,300,000.00 $ 260,000.00
25 12030-X-X STREET LIGHTAND FOUNDATION LS 0.15 $ 1,000,000.00 $ 150,000.00
26 12040-X-X MISC REMOVALS LS 0.1 $ 600,000.00 $ 60,000.00
27 12050-X-X SIGNS AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS LS 0.4 $ 160,000.00 $ 64,000.00
SEWER $ 912,504.00
ROADWAY $ 1,966,196.00
TOTAL $ 2,878,700.00
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