Title
Charlotte Gateway Station Project Agreements
Action
Action:
A. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a Construction Agreement between the City, Norfolk Southern Railroad (NSR) and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) for the Charlotte Gateway Station (CGS) Project,
B. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a Maintenance Agreement between the City, Norfolk Southern Railroad (NSR) and NCDOT for the CGS Project, and
C. Adopt a budget ordinance appropriating $30,000,000 in Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) grant funds and $1,750,000 from Municipal Debt Service Fund Balance.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
John Lewis, CATS
John Muth, CATS
Brian Nadolny, CATS
Explanation
* The CGS Project which is part of the 2030 Transit System Plan is the future rail passenger and bus station embedded in a newly created mixed-use development district in Uptown Charlotte. The rail and bus components will include:
* Inter-city Passenger Rail (Amtrak/NCDOT),
* Inter-city Bus (Greyhound and other inter-city carriers),
* Future Commuter Rail Services (NCDOT or CATS),
* Modern Streetcar (CityLYNX Gold Line), and
* Regional Express and Local Bus (CATS).
* In 2015, the FRA selected the City to receive $30 million in grant funding for Phases 1a and 1b of the CGS project. Total project costs for Phase 1 are estimated to be approximately $90 million.
* On May 22, 2017, City Council adopted three resolutions authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute three agreements required by the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grant:
* Grant agreement and supporting documents as recipient of Fiscal Year 2015 TIGER discretionary funding from the FRA in an amount up to $30 million for the CGS,
* Revised municipal agreement between the City and the NCDOT for the CGS, and
* Framework agreement between the City, NSR, and the NCDOT for the CGS project.
* The 2015 TIGER Grant was executed on August 17, 2017 and is ...
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