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EASEMENT E-2021-69: CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF A PERMANENT RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT DONATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOR THE CONSTITUTION STREET MULTIMODAL PATH PROJECT FROM JENKINS AVENUE TO CLASSEN BOULEVARD.
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BACKGROUND: Growing concerns about air quality, open space, and traffic congestion led Congress to create several programs through legislation in the 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA). These programs broaden the federal focus on Transportation from building highways to funding projects tied to smarter planning requirements that help ensure communities are more livable. At the center of new focus about transportation, growth, and quality of life is the Transportation Enhancement Program.
The 2012 - Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) federal transportation funding bill allocates approximately $21 Million in Federal funds per year for the implementation of eligible transportation improvements in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. New sidewalks along federal functionally classified roads are eligible for 80% federal funding.
Recently the MAP-21 Act has been renamed the MAP-21/FAST Act, and the Transportation Enhancement Program is now called the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP). For the Federal Fiscal Years 2015-2020, ACOG decided to have a single application period and invited eligible entities to submit projects for federal TAP funding. Requests could not exceed $600,000 in federal funds for a single project, and the entities had to make a 20% minimum commitment of non-federal funds to the total project cost. The assessment of projects was based on how well the project met published criteria. The City of Norman sought five projects and received selections for three of them, including:
* Constitution Street Multimodal Path from Jenkins Avenue to Classen Boulevard (map of proposed path is attached).
* State Highway 9 Multimodal Path from 36th Avenue SE to 48th Avenue SE.
* Mul...
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