The Spring Hill City Council on July 10 approved a funding agreement to accept grant-assistance money from the Kansas Infrastructure Hub to reimburse consultant costs associated with submitting a Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) implementation grant application.

Staff said the city contracted HDR to assist with grant writing and conceptual design for multiple project areas in the SS4A application and applied to the Kansas Infrastructure Hub for reimbursement of HDR’s costs. Mrs. Abel told the council the city received notice of award for the grant-assistance program and asked the mayor to execute the funding agreement for $40,042 so the city can reimburse HDR.

At the end of the meeting, Mrs. Abel reported an additional, separate notice: the city was awarded $1,900,000 from the Kansas Infrastructure Hub to help with the local-match portion of an infrastructure package referenced by staff. Abel said the $1.9 million award would reduce local match requirements for projects totaling roughly $11 million planned by the city; she described the award as a reduction of the city’s local-match obligation from typical percentages toward a smaller local share. The $1.9 million notice was presented as staff information and not as a formal item for council approval on July 10.

Why it matters: The $40,042 funding agreement reimburses professional grant-writing costs for the city’s SS4A implementation grant application, and staff reported a separate $1.9 million award that would materially reduce local matching requirements for planned infrastructure investments. The council approved the $40,042 funding-agreement execution; the $1.9 million award was reported as staff information.