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2 N .R� A AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT A TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $900,000 FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND TO APPROPRIATE SAID FUNDS TO THE RAIL TO TRAIL PROJECT TO BE ESTABLISHED IN THE FY 2017 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RAILS TO TRAILS PATHWAY. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That it hereby accepts a Transportation Alternatives Program grant in the amount of $900,000 from the Virginia Department of Transportation and appropriates said funds to the Rail to Trail Project to be established in the FY 2017 Capital Improvement Program Budget. 2. That the funds shall be used by the Department of Engineering & Technical Services for the construction of a Rails to Trails pathway for walking, running and biking. 3. That the required local match in the amount of $225,000 has been satisfied by Resolution R- 14 -40, adopted by City Council on November 25, 2014, which committed previously appropriated funds in the Capital Improvement Program as the match (subject to the substitution of abandoned Commonwealth Railway right of way to be acquired by the City, as provided in Resolution R- 14 -40). 4. That the estimated amount of the State Categorical Aid revenue category of the FY 2017 Capital Improvement Fund budget is increased by $900,000. 5. That the estimated revenue and expenditures in the Rail to Trail Project line item to be established in the FY 2017 Capital Improvement Program Budget are increased by $900,000. 6. That the City Manager is authorized to execute such agreements and other instruments as are necessary to complete acquisition of the area of abandoned Commonwealth Railway right of way which is necessary or desirable for construction of the project. 7. That this ordinance shall take effect on the date of its adoption. ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at a meeting held on March 28, 2017. Teste: City Clerk