Title
Adopt a Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Enter into a Project Funding Agreement with the Alameda County Transportation Commission for the Hesperian Boulevard Gap Closure Project; and to Accept $255,000 in Grant Funds and to Authorize the Use of and Appropriate Match Funds of $29,249
Staffreport
COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Infrastructure
SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to enter into a project funding agreement with the Alameda County Transportation Commission for the Hesperian Boulevard Gap Closure Project.
BACKGROUND
Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) administers funding programs consisting of Measure B, Vehicle Registration Fee, Measure BB, Transportation Fund for Clean Air, and federal One Bay Area Grant Cycle 3 Programs for projects and programs that benefit the Alameda County transportation system. The Comprehensive Investment Plan (CIP) is Alameda CTC's near-term strategic planning and programming document through which fund sources administered by Alameda CTC are programmed through a consolidated process to maximize investments towards critical transportation infrastructure and program operations needs that are essential for developing and maintaining the county's transportation system.
In June 2022, the City applied for grant funding for the Hesperian Boulevard Gap Project in the amount of $1,050,000 as part of Alameda CTC's 2022 CIP.
The Hesperian Boulevard Gap Closure project proposes to improve the existing Class II bike lanes on Hesperian Boulevard between Bayfair Drive and E. 14th Street by converting them into protected Class IV bike lanes. This improvement would connect to the existing Class IV bike lanes on Fairmont Drive, the proposed Class IV bike lanes on Bancroft Avenue (Crosstown Corridors project), and the proposed Class IV bike lanes on E. 14th Street (Alameda CTC's East Bay Green Way project).
Analysis
Alameda CTC allocated $255,...
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