Rail Feasibility Study KeylineMEMORANDUM
January 16,2002
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
Request to Redirect Local Match to Feasibility Study
KeyLine Transit had programmed $127,500 as a local match to purchase trolley
vehicles for the Port of Dubuque and downtown area. This project did not receive any
federal funding from the available statewide allocation. However, the City did receive
$200,000 through a congressional appropriation for the purpose of conducting a Light
Rail Feasibility Study, which requires a $50,000 local match. Economic Development
Director Bill Baum is recommending that $50,000 of the $127,500 be redirected to
provide the local match for the Light Rail Feasibility Study.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
MCVM/jh
Attachment
cc: Barry Lindahl, Corporation Counsel
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Bill Baum, Economic Development Director
Economic Development Department
City Hall - Second Floor
50 West 13th Street
Dubuque, Iowa 520014864
(563) 589~393 office
(563) 589-1733 fax
January 15, 2002
TO:
FR:
Subject:
Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
Bill Baum, Economic Development Director
Request to redirect local match to Feasibility Study
Purpose
The purpose of this memo is to request permission to redirect local match from
one transit project that lacks federal matching funds to another project that has
secured federal matching funds.
Background
A congressional earmark for the City of Dubuque, in the amount of $200,000 was
approved by Congress for the purpose of conducting a Rail Feasibility Study in
FY 2002. The project requires $50,000 local match. KeyLine Transit has
programmed $127,500 local match in FY 2002 for Trolley vehicles that did not
receive federal funding from the statewide allocation. The rubber-tired trolley
buses were programmed in anticipation of possible use in the Port of Dubuque
and downtown Dubuque. The purpose of the Rail Feasibility study is to examine
alternatives to address transportation needs in the Port of Dubuque and
downtown Dubuque including the feasibility of rubber-tired trolley buses as a
primary or secondary shuttle service.
Recommendation
I recommend redirecting $50,000 local match from the Trolley Bus project to the
Rail Feasibility Study, with the intention of reprogramming additional local match
for Trolley buses if supported by the recommendations of the feasibility study.
Prepared by:
CC:
Mark Munson, Transit Division Manager
Pauline Joyce, Administrative Services Manager