I7. Resolution 6024, Requesting Distribution of BaRSAA FundsKALISPELL
City of Kalispell
Post Office Box 1997 - Kalispell, MT 59903
Telephone: (406) 758-7701
Fax: (406) 758-7758
To: Doug Russell, City Manager
From: Susie Turner, Public Works Director
Re: Resolution 6024 — A Resolution Approving the Request of Distribution of Funds
from the Bridge and Road Safety and Accountability (BaRSAA) Program
Meeting Date: May 3, 2021
BACKGROUND: With the passage of State House Bill 473: Bridge and Road Safety and
Accountability Act (BaRSAA) in 2017, the City will receive BaRSAA fuel tax funds in addition
to the existing gas tax distributions. The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) will
allocate the BaRSAA collected funds to cities, towns, counties, and consolidated city -county
governments using the same ratios used to distribute existing motor gas tax revenues to local
governments.
As of March 1, 2021, local governments may request distribution of their BaRSAA allocations
from MDT. Local governments must match all distributions from the BaRSAA account with a
minimum 5% funding match. Matching local government funds can be used from any source
except the regular gas tax allocation. A request for the distribution of funds must include:
(a) the amount of funding sought (up to but not exceeding the amount allocated for that
year and any prior years' reservations);
(b) copy of an adopted resolution to request and accept the funding by the governing
body, identifying the source of the matching funds for the distribution; and
(c) a description of the project or projects to be funded.
Additional information on the BaRSAA program is available on the following MDT website:
http://www.mdt.gov/roadbridge/. BaRSAA funds can be used:
(a) to pay for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of rural roads, city
or town streets and alleys, bridges, or roads and streets that the city has the
responsibility to maintain; or
(b) as the match for federal funds used for the construction of roads and streets that are
part of the national, primary, secondary, or urban highway systems, or roads and
streets that the city has the responsibility to maintain.
In 2021, Kalispell intends to use the BaRSAA funding to support the Center Street
reconstruction project. The project entails reconstruction for over four blocks of Center Street
from 7th Avenue West to Meridian Road, including stormwater runoff improvements, new curb
and gutter, new sub -base material where necessary, and new asphalt surfacing.
DISTRIBUTION REQUEST: The BaRSAA funding available for the City of Kalispell as of
March 1, 2021 is $453,349.03. Kalispell's local funding match of 5% totals $22,667.45 and will
be allocated from Special Street Maintenance Fund: 2500-421-430244-820. A description of the
project's to be funded with the BaRSAA are outlined in the following table.
ACTION REQUESTED: Motion to approve Resolution 6024, A resolution requesting
distribution from the Bridge and Road Safety and Accountability Program Funds.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by City Council.
ATTACHMENTS: Resolution 6024
RESOLUTION NO. 6024
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING DISTRIBUTION FROM THE BRIDGE AND ROAD
SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM FUNDS.
WHEREAS, the Bridge and Road Safety and Accountability Account created pursuant to MCA § 15-
70-130 requires the Montana Department of Transportation to allocate accrued funds
to cities, towns, counties, and consolidated city -county governments for construction,
reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of rural roads, city or town streets and alleys,
bridges, or roads and streets that the city, town, county, or consolidated city -county
government has the responsibility to maintain; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of MCA §15-70-130, the City of Kalispell is required to match
$1 of local government matching funds to each $20 it has requested from the Bridge
and Road Safety and Accountability Account; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of MCA §15-70-130, the City of Kalispell may make its request
to the Department of Transportation between March 1 and November 1 of the year the
funds were allocated; and,
WHEREAS, a description of the City of Kalispell projects to be funded are detailed in Exhibit A;
and,
WHEREAS, the local match for the allocated funds has been budgeted from Special Street
Maintenance Fund: 2500-421-430244-820.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City of Kalispell requests distribution of its share of the allocated Bridge
and Road Safety and Accountability funds to be used for the projects identified
in Exhibit A.
SECTION 2. The Public Works Director of the City of Kalispell is hereby empowered and
authorized to execute such further documents as may be necessary to facilitate
the distribution of said funds.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF THE
CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 3RD DAY OF MAY, 2021.
Mark Johnson
Mayor
ATTEST:
Aimee Brunckhorst, CMC
City Clerk
EXHIBIT A
Bridge and Road Safety and Accountability Act (BaRSAA) Distribution Request
for the City of Kalispell
The BaRSAA funding available for the City of Kalispell as of March 1, 2021 is $453,349.03.
Kalispell's local funding match of 5% totals $22,667.45 and will be allocated from Special Street
Maintenance Fund: 2500-421-430244-820. A description of the project's to be funded with the
BaRSAA are outlined in the following table.