Title
Staff Report for a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into an Agreement with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) to Receive Grant Funding from the Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) Program to Install Twenty-Eight Electronic Bicycle Lockers ("E-Lockers") at the San Leandro BART Station
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends approval of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) to receive $70,000.00 in grant funding from the Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) Program to collaborate with the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) to install twenty-eight Electronic Bicycle Lockers ("E-Lockers") at the San Leandro BART station.
BACKGROUND
In 1996, the California State Legislature authorized the BAAQMD to impose a $4 surcharge on motor vehicles registered within the San Francisco Bay Area to fund projects that reduce on-road motor vehicle emissions. The BAAQMD has allocated these funds to its Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) program to fund eligible projects. The statutory authority for the TFCA and requirements of the program are set forth in California Health and Safety Code Sections 44241 and 44242.
Sixty percent (60%) of TFCA funds are directed to BAAQMD sponsored programs and awarded directly by the BAAQMD through a competitive grant program known as the Regional Fund. The remaining forty percent (40%) of TFCA funds are forwarded to the designated agency within each Bay Area county and distributed by the county through the County Program Manager program (see www.baaqmd.gov/tfca4pm for details).
For fiscal year ended (FYE) 2014, $400,000 is available for distribution for electronic bicycle locker projects.
In February 2014, the City of San Leandro submitted an application for the TFCA Regional Funds for twenty-eight electronic bicycle lockers at the San Leandro ...
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