~:~ <br />December 16, 1999 <br /> <br />Misc. Contracts & Agreements <br />No. 17608 <br />LOCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT <br />HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT <br />FERN RIDGE BIKE PATH <br />THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into by and between THE STATE OF OREGON, <br />acting by and through its Department of Transportation, hereinafter referred to as "State", <br />and THE CITY OF EUGENE, hereinafter referred to as "Agency". <br />RECITALS <br />1. By the authority granted in ORS 190.110, 366.770, and 366.775, State may enter into <br />cooperative agreements with the counties, cities, and units of local government for the <br />performance of work on certain types of improvement projects with the allocation of costs <br />on terms and conditions mutually agreeable to the contracting parties. <br />1 <br />.Under said provisions, Agency plans and proposes to extend the Fern Ridge Bike Path <br />rom erry reet to reenhill Road, hereinafter referred to as "Project". The location of <br />the Project is approximately as shown on the sketch map attached hereto, marked Exhibit <br />A, and by this reference made a part hereof. <br />2. The Project shall be conducted as a part of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21~ <br />Century. (TEA-2.1) .High Prinrity_F?r_oiP~ is tSi~tatitle_E, S~~tinn ~i ~~)_a~~~E~rement <br />Program under Title 23, United States Code, and the Oregon Action Plan. The total <br />Project cost is estimated at $2,600,000. The High Priority Program Federal Funds are <br />limited to $1,170,000, subject to annual obligation authority imposed by TEA-21 and the <br />.appropriation bills (see Exhibit B, attached hereto and by this reference made a part <br />hereof). The Federal pro-rata share funding for the High Priority Program funds is 80 <br />percent. Eligible costs will be reimbursed at 80 percent until the authorized High Priority <br />Program Federal Funds limit is reached. The Enhancement Program funds are limited to <br />$937,000. The maximum allowable Federal fund pro-rata will be used for the <br />Enhancement Program Federal Funds_ <br />