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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: City of Dubuque TIGER V Grant Application
DATE: May 30, 2013
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Economic Development Director Dave Heiar and ECIA Executive Director Kelley
Deutmeyer are recommending approval of a federal TIGER V grant application for a
new bus storage and maintenance facility and rail platform and the funds for the City's
local match.
The Sustainable Dubuque initiative is a citizen - developed and led, three -part approach
to sustainability that addresses: Economic Prosperity, Environmental and Ecological
Integrity, and Social and Cultural Vibrancy to create a community that is viable, livable,
and equitable. Redevelopment of the Dubuque's Central Business District was one of
the priority projects identified through the Sustainable Dubuque initiative.
Redevelopment of the historic Dubuque Millwork District was also identified through the
Envision 2010 process as one of the top 10 projects the community wanted to see
completed. This year long process involving thousands of citizens was conducted by
the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque and the Dubuque Area Chamber of
Commerce.
The City is already in the process of implementing the Historic Millwork District Master
Plan, as adopted by the City Council, after a substantial public input process.
The current bus storage and maintenance facility is more than a century old, with the
most recent remedial repairs more than two decades old. The facility is operating well
beyond its useful life by FTA and practical standards. The City faces a list of repairs that
would keep the facility open but still not functioning efficiently.
Building a new bus facility as part of the intermodal campus will reduce overall operating
costs to the transit system. The total current energy costs in the century-old bus facility
are approximately $49,940 per year. The estimated annual energy cost for the new bus
storage facility is $13,603 which is an annual estimated savings of $36,337.
The City of Dubuque's financial plan for the Campus incorporates local, state and
federal funding that has already been secured, and calls for additional local and TIGER
funding to complete the financing package. The City designed the Campus in two
phases. Phase I contains the intermodal facility and parking for transit and Phase II
contains the bus storage facility and rail platform. The City is in the process of finalizing
the design for the intermodal facility and parking for the Campus.
The City received Federal "State of Good Repair" funds to complete Phase I of the
project. The City conducted an engineering evaluation and reduced the cost on Phase I
and intends to utilize extra funds to fund part of Phase II. The overall cost for Phase II is
$15,724,404 and the City plans to use $1,850,481 from the already received Federal
"State of Good Repair" grant. A variety of state and federal agencies as well as local
funds have been provided to complete Phase I of this project. The City is requesting
$10,729,042 in TIGER V grant funding to complete Phase II, which includes
constructing the bus storage and maintenance facility, and building the platform for the
future Amtrak passenger rail. Without TIGER V funds, the City will have difficulty
completing the final component of this project. The City is ready to proceed with the
project. Local match in the amount of $3,144,881 reflects the value of the land
($1,265,000) as well as additional city funding of $1,879,881 from the Greater
Downtown TI F.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
Michael C. Van Milligen
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Attachment
cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager
Dave Heiar, Economic Development Director
Kelley Deutmeyer, ECIA Executive Director
Chandra Ravada, ECIA Transportation Planner
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Masterpiece on the Mississippi
TO: Michael Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Dave Heiar, Economic Development Director
CC: David Heiar, Economic Development Director
Kelley Deutmeyer, Executive Director of ECIA
RE: City of Dubuque TIGER V Grant Application
DATE: May 28, 2013
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PURPOSE
To obtain City Council approval to submit a TIGER V grant application and approve matching
funds for the application. TIGER V requests funds to complete the Dubuque Intermodal
Transportation Campus including funding the bus maintenance and storage facility and rail
platform
BACKGROUND
The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery or "TIGER Discretionary
Grants" program was first created in the Recovery Act of 2009. Through the Recovery Act and
subsequent three appropriations acts, Congress provided DOT with funding for four rounds of
competitive grants totaling just over $3 billion for capital investments in surface transportation
infrastructure. The FY 2013 Appropriations Act appropriated $473,847 million to be awarded by
DOT for the TIGER Discretionary Grants program. Like previous rounds, the FY 2013 TIGER
Discretionary Grants are for capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure and are
to be awarded on a competitive basis for projects that will have a significant impact on the
Nation, a metropolitan area, or a region. This is the last TIGER round of funding.
The City of Dubuque's pursuit of an intermodal campus, which involves an intermodal facility,
rail platform, and bus storage and maintenance facility, truly began in 2005, when the City
embarked on a community -wide visioning process that engaged various segments of the
community in creating a roadmap for Dubuque's future. The Envision 2010 (Envision: Ten
Community Projects by 2010) process gave an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 community
members an opportunity to generate ideas. Over 2000 projects and /or ideas were submitted.
Dubuque Intermodal Transportation Campus
The following Envision 2010 community project ideas: an integrated walking /biking /hiking trail
system, passenger train service, and warehouse district revitalization, along with recent
investment in adjacent neighborhoods and the opportunity to reuse vacant industrial sites to
create a multi -modal (bicycle, pedestrian, bus, rail, and single occupant vehicle) hub for the
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region provided the impetus for planning the Dubuque Intermodal Transportation Campus. The
Campus is a central component of the City's ongoing commitment and demonstration of how
sustainability improves the quality of life for local residents, increases environmental protection
and enhances the competitiveness of the regional economy. The Campus will create an
improved and strengthened transportation network and connect all modes of transportation,
which will also make the city significantly more attractive to both industry and individuals
considering relocation.
DISCUSSION
The current bus storage and maintenance facility is more than a century old, with the most
recent remedial repairs more than two decades old. The facility is operating well beyond its
useful life by FTA and practical standards. The City faces a list of repairs that would keep the
facility open but still not functioning efficiently, including:
• Inadequate space for maintenance, staging, or storing buses;
• On site fueling station is not operable as it violates existing codes and has been shut
down since early 2012. Buses are refueled at the City's operations facility, 22 blocks
from existing facility;
• Street access is challenging due to a narrow alley, doorway, and highway traffic;
• Jule's transit facility roof was last replaced over 30 years ago and is in disrepair,
leaking, causing deterioration in other areas;
The brick work in the middle and north section in the adjoining and exterior walls is
deteriorating;
Sprinkler system is currently in violation of fire code. Issues include: old sprinkler
heads, lack of sprinkler heads over garage doors, some antiquated sections of
piping, etc.
Some funding for these repairs has been included in the current CIP budget to address
essential repairs such as roofing ($243,510) and fire code violations ($33,200).
The development of an intermodal campus in the urban core of Dubuque is in perfect alignment
with state, local and regional efforts and plans to maintain systems in a state of good repair. The
Dubuque community has held numerous open public meetings, surveys, and public input
workshops /public sessions where participants have commented on all aspects for the Campus.
One of the first steps in the overall intermodal Campus project was to rehabilitate and upgrade
the Millwork District infrastructure surrounding the site, thereby ensuring that all modes of
transportation could operate more efficiently and safely in and around the area. TIGER V
funding would also complement the previous investment by Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA) in the Historic Millwork District to ensure a state of good repair. Work was completed in
2012 on the TIGER - funded Complete Streets project, with the design and reconstruction of the
street network in the Historic Millwork District and the surrounding street connections that lead
to /from the Central Business District, Port of Dubuque and the Washington Neighborhood.
Building a new bus facility as part of the intermodal campus will reduce overall operating costs
to the transit system. The total current energy costs in the century -old bus facility are
approximately $49,940 per year. The estimated annual energy cost for the new bus storage
facility is $13,603 which is an annual estimated savings of $36,337.
The city of Dubuque's financial plan for the Campus incorporates local, state and federal
funding that has already been secured, and calls for additional local and TIGER funding to
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complete the financing package. The City designed the Campus in two phases. Phase 1
contains the intermodal facility and parking for transit and Phase 11 contains the bus storage
facility and rail platform. The City is in the process of finalizing the design for the intermodal
facility and parking for the Campus. The City is expecting a Categorical Exclusion on the last
phase of the project by June 30, 2013 and if awarded a TIGER V grant, will spend grant funds
proficiently and expeditiously. If TIGER funding is awarded, the facility could be complete and
operational by the second quarter of 2015.
FINANCIAL
The City received Federal "State of Good Repair" funds to complete Phase 1 of the project. The
City conducted engineering evaluation and reduced the cost on Phase 1 and intends to utilize
extra funds to fund part of Phase II. The overall cost for Phase II is $15,724,404 and the City
plans to use $1,850,481 from Federal "State of Good Repair" grant. A variety of state and
federal agencies as well as local funds have been provided to complete phase one of this
project. The City is requesting $10,729,042 in TIGER V grant funding to complete phase two,
which includes constructing the bus storage and maintenance facility, and building the platform
for the future Amtrak passenger rail. Without TIGER V funds, the City will have difficulty
completing the final component of this project. The City is ready to proceed with the project.
Local match in the amount of $3,144,881 reflects the value of the land ($1,265,000) as well as
additional city funding of $1,879,881 from the Greater Downtown TIF. If this project receives
TIGER funding, the local TIF match will be included in the FY15 budget. The attached table is
the project budget for phase two of the Campus.
RECOMMENDATION /ACTION
It is recommended that the City Council approve the grant application and proposed match the
City has identified in the grant application.
Thank you for your consideration.
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$ 4,409,8 1
Dubuque Transportation Intermodal Campus (Complete Project)
TIGER Project Components local match
30.46 %I
Line Items
Cost
Contingency
(15 %)
Total Cost
IBM
Local
IADOT
Federal
Status
Cit
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Phase I
Route Optimization
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research; 1,000 volunteer
IBM BM study
VMT
$ 3,300,000
$ -
$ 3,300,000
$ 2,250,000
$ -
$ -
$ 1,050,000
$ -
Funded -
Iowa Clean Air
Attainment Program
Development and
implementation of two public
transit pilot routes
$ 696,250
$ -
$ 696,250
$ 37 ,500
$ 56,614
$ 44,836
$ 557,300
$ -
Funded -
Iowa Clean Air
Attainment Program
Based on research, data, and
pilot routes, reconfigure route
system
$ 881,882
$ -
$ 881,882
$ -
$ 176,376
$ 705,506
$ -
Awaiting Approval -
Iowa Clean Air
Attainment Program
Sub Total
l
-
$ 4,878,132
$ 2,287,500
$ 232,990
$ 44,836
$ 2,312,806
$ -
. - lion
Conversion of existing streets
to provide better access to the
Campus
$ -
$ -
$ 2,000,000
$ -
$ 1,400,000
$ -
$ 600,000
Funded -
Transportation, Communtiy,
System Preservation
Construction of a new
intennodal facility that will
serve as the station for Amtrak
passenger rail, the station for
intercity bus services, and the
central transfer hub for
Dubuque's city bus service
$ 5,280,684
$ 35,061
$ 5,315,746
$ -
$ 1,056,137
$ 199,916
$ 4,059,693
Funded - State of Good
Repair
Construction of parking
deemed necessary by the FTA
to support the intennodal
facility
$ 5,081,076
$ 35,061
$ 5,116,137
$ -
$ 3,026,311
$ 2,089,826
Funded - State of Good
Repair
Site
$ 400,000
$ -
$ 400,000
$ -
$ 400,000
$ -
Funded - Ci of Dubu.ue
Sub Total
Phase I Total Cost
Phase II
$ 10,761,760
$ 15,639,892
$ 70,123
$ 70,123
$ 12,831,883
$ 17,710,015
$ -
$ 2,287,500
$ 5,882,448
$ 6,115,438
$ -
$ 44,836
$ 199,916
$ 2,512,722
$ 6,749,519
$ 6,749,519
Bus Storage & Maintenance
Facility
Funding Rolled from Phase I
because of Value Engineering
$ 1,850,481
Funded - State of Good
Repair
Constniction of a new bus
storage and maintenance
facility andadministrative
headquarters for Dubuque's
city transit system
$ 12,895,888
$ 1,931 ,516
$ 14,827,404
$ -
$ 2965.481
$ -
$ -
$ 10,011,442
TIGER Request
Land Value for Bus Storage
facility (City of Dubuque)
$ 1,265,000
$ 1,265,000
Funded - City of Dubuque
Sub Total
$ 12,895,888
$ 1,931,516
$ 16,092,404
$ -
$ 4,230,481
$ -
$ -
$11,861,923
Passenger Rail Platform
Construction ofPassenger Pail
Platfonn
$ 780,000
$ 117,000
$ 897,000
$ 179,400
$ 717,600
TIGER Request
Phase 11 Total Cost
$ 13,675,888
$ 2,048,516
$ 16,989,404
$ 4,409 881. 1
$ 12,579,523
Dubuque Transportation
Intetinodal Campus
(Complete Project) Total
Cost
$ 29,315,780
$ 2,118,638
$ 34,699.419
$ 2,287,500
$ 10,525,319
$ 44,836
$ 2,512,722
$ 19,329,042
City Match
IBM Match
IADOT Contribution
Transportation, Conununtiy, System
Preservation
State Of Good Repair funds from 2011
TIGER request
Phase I
$ 6,160,274
$ 2,287,500
$ 2,512,722
$ 600,000
$ 6,149,519
Phase 11
$
$ 1,850,481
$ - $ 10,729,042
Total Cost Phase II $ 17,710,015 $ 16,989,404
30.46%
6.59%
7.24%
1.73%
23.06%
30.92%