IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Letter of Understanding with the Pettis County Commission and the Missouri Department of Transportation related to the transfer of Off-System Replacement Bridge funds, in accordance with the Missouri Highway Bridge Program.
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RESOLUTION NO. 19536, July 24, 2017
INTRODUCED BY Greg Grounds, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Missouri Department of Transportation's Highway Bridge Program authorizes bridge replacement and rehabilitation for certain eligible bridges throughout Missouri's counties; and,
WHEREAS, federal funds are available to finance up to 80% of an eligible project's cost, but may be increased with the use of credits earned from replacing, with the County's own funds, an eligible bridge that is not on the federal-aid system list; and,
WHEREAS, if a Local Public Agency (LPA) replaces or rehabilitates an eligible bridge with its own funds, the LPA may receive a credit, known as a "Soft Match Credit," that can be applied to the non-federal share on another federal aid bridge project; and,
WHEREAS, more sparsely populated counties receive less transportation funding to apply toward their bridge replacement and rehabilitation programs; and,
WHEREAS, Pettis County, Missouri, has agreed to transfer $100,000 of its "Soft Match Credits" to Jackson County in exchange for Jackson County's transfer of $200,000 of its Off-System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program (BRO) funds; and,
WHEREAS, this exchange with Pettis County will allow Jackson County to use this Soft Match Credit balance toward its 20% cash match for future bridge projects under the BRO program, thereby reducing the required County cash expenditure; and,
WHEREAS, Pettis County and the Jackson County Director of Public Works recommend a BRO fund and Soft Match Credit exchange, which would allow Jackson County to have actual funds applied to it...
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