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CASS COUNTY RECEIVED <br /> GOVERNMENT <br /> MAW NOv 1 .7) 2014 <br /> coutay COMMISS t <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> Highway <br /> TO: Cass County Commission <br /> Department <br /> FROM: Jason Benson, Cass County Engineer / <br /> Jason Benson,P.E. <br /> County Engineer DATE: November 7, 2014 <br /> Richard S.Sieg SUBJECT: Agenda Item for November 17, 2014 Commission Meeting: <br /> Superintendent Transportation Alternatives Program Application for the <br /> Northern Cass Pass through the Hunter/Arthur Joint Park <br /> Thomas B.Soucy,P.E. Board JPA <br /> Design and Construction <br /> Engineer The NDDOT is currently accepting applications for the 2015 Transportation <br /> Alternatives Program (TAP). TAP funds are to be used on projects related <br /> to surface transportation as to include construction of on-road and off-road <br /> trail facilities for pedestrians,bicyclists, and other nonmotorized forms of <br /> transportation. <br /> Starting with the BNSF abandonment of the rail line between Hunter and <br /> Arthur, the two communities formed the Hunter/Arthur Joint Park Board <br /> JPA in order to develop a recreational trail. This project, Northern Cass <br /> Pass, has already been approved for funding for through the ND RTP and <br /> ND Outdoor Heritage Fund and is being developed and funded in phases. <br /> The TAP funding would allow the paving of the first section of trail through <br /> the town Arthur. <br /> The Hunter/Arthur Joint Park Board JPA is not seeking financial support for <br /> this project at this time. However, since the project is located in rural Cass <br /> County, the County must serve as the official Sponsor of the project. By <br /> sponsoring the project, Cass County is only responsible for processing <br /> funding through the NDDOT and project oversight. <br /> SUGGESTED MOTION: Authorize the Cass County Engineer to sign as <br /> the Project Sponsor for the Transportation Alternatives Program <br /> Application for the Northern Cass Pass through the Hunter/Arthur Joint <br /> Park Board JPA. <br /> 1201 Main Avenue West <br /> West Fargo,North Dakota <br /> 58078-1301 <br /> 701-298-2370 <br /> 1:Adman-Eng Comm,sston Consp 22014 Conumssion C orrespondenve:%genda Memo-TAP Applicasion for\onhem(Ass Pius.do, <br /> Fax:701-298-2395 <br />