Appropriations Requests for : City of Southfield

1. Cosponsoring legislators:

No Cosponsors

Recipient Information

2. Intended legislatively directed spending item recipient:

City of Southfield

3. Physical address of legislatively directed spending item recipient and the intended location of the project or activity:

26000 Evergreen Road, Southfield, MI 48037

4. The recipient's employer identification number:

386031668

Funding Details

5. Requested amount of the legislatively directed spending item:

$4,950,000.00

6. What is the purpose and how does the legislatively directed spending item provide a public benefit that is an appropriate use of taxpayer money?

Road repair - Lincoln Drive in the Cities of Southfield and Lathrup Village Lincoln Drive from the dead-end west of Southfield Road to Greenfield Road is a 1.5-mile-long major road under City of Southfield jurisdiction; 0.75 miles of that length is a shared jurisdiction with the City of Lathrup Village. This east-west “½ mile road” between 10 Mile Rd and 11 Mile Rd extends eastwards beyond Southfield through the communities of Oak Park, Huntington Woods, Royal Oak, and Madison Heights and terminates with the service drive for I-696. Lincoln Dr from its west terminus to Southfield Rd is classified as an NFC Local; between Southfield Rd and Greenfield Rd, Lincoln Dr is classified as a Major Collector and is eligible for federal funding. The challenge for the city has been securing federal funding for these ½ mile roads which carry about half the traffic volume of adjacent “mile roads”. Applications submitted to the Oakland County Federal Aid Committee (FAC) meet with steep competition and these ½ mile roads simply do not score high enough to secure the federal funds needed to move a project forward. Lincoln Dr is in extremely poor physical condition and is now at the point of its service life where the road needs to be completely reconstructed. The zoning along Lincoln Dr in Southfield and Lathrup Village is predominantly single-family-residential with strong commercial hubs at Southfield and Greenfield Roads, as well as low-rise multi-family at Greenfield Rd. Lincoln Dr also sees heavy school vehicular and nonmotorized traffic with both Yeshiva Beth Yehuda, a private Jewish school, and the International Montessori Academy, a Southfield Public School, along the corridor. Nonmotorized needs are evaluated with all Southfield’s major road projects; there are notable sidewalk gaps that we intend to fill if this project receives funding. Having an improved road condition on Lincoln Dr is a high priority for the City of Southfield and would have positive impacts for thousands of area residents who regularly travel this corridor.

7. Has the legislatively directed spending item previously received or been awarded any of the following types of funding in the past 5 years?

No previous funding received

8. Estimated time frame for completion of the legislatively directed spending item project:

The estimated time frame for completion is 18 months.

Additional Information For Nonprofit Corporations

9. Is the recipient a nonprofit corporation?

No

Certification By Sponsoring Legislator

• "I certify that my immediate family members, legislative staff members, and I have no direct or indirect pecuniary interest in the requested legislatively directed spending item."
• "I certify that the intended recipient of this legislatively directed spending item is not a for-profit entity."
• "I certify that the information in this form is true to the best of my knowledge."

Senator Jeremy Moss