Title
RESOLUTION Authorizing the Filing of Two Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) - Regional Active Transportation Program (ATP) Grant Applications Committing to Local Matching Funds and Assurance to Complete the Projects for Two Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Projects near James Monroe Elementary School, and Garfield Elementary School and Lincoln High School (authorizes requests for two ATP grant applications with potential matching funds of up to $171,000 from Measure B Bicycle and Pedestrian Funds)
Body
WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro (hereinafter referred to as "APPLICANT") is submitting two applications to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for $801,000 and $341,000 in funding assigned to MTC for programming discretion, which includes federal funding administered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and federal or state funding administered by the California Transportation Commission (CTC) such as Surface Transportation Program (STP) funding, Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) funding, Transportation Alternatives (TA)/Active Transportation Program (ATP) funding, and Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP) funding (herein collectively referred to as REGIONAL DISCRETIONARY FUNDING) for the Safe Routes to School Project at James Monroe Elementary School and the Safe Routes to School Project at Garfield Elementary School and Lincoln High School (hereinafter referred to as PROJECT) for the MTC Active Transportation Program (hereinafter referred to as PROGRAM); and,
WHEREAS, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (Public Law 112-141, July 6, 2012) and any extensions or successor legislation for continued funding (collectively, MAP 21) authorize various federal funding programs including, but not limited to, the Surface Transportation Program (STP) (23 U.S.C. ? 133), the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) (23 U.S.C. ? 149)...
Click here for full text