Title
Adopt a Resolution to Authorize the City Manager to Appropriate $58,000 in Grant Funds and an Additional $35,319 for the Design and Analysis of the At-Grade Railroad Crossing for the Fairway Drive Traffic Calming Project
Staffreport
COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Public Safety
* Infrastructure
SUMMARY
The City has an existing Project Funding Agreement (PFA) with Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) for the Fairway Drive Traffic Calming Project. Although the grant award was previously accepted by Council Resolution No. 2023-75, the grant and local match funds were not appropriated at that time. In addition, unanticipated costs for the design and UPRR review of improvements at the at-grade railroad crossing require additional funding. This action appropriates the grant funds and the additional funding needed to address the railroad requirements.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to appropriate $58,000 in special grant funds and an additional $35,319 of Capital Reserve funds for the design and analysis of the at-grade railroad crossing for the Fairway Drive Traffic Calming Project 2023.4200.
BACKGROUND
The Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) administers funding programs consisting of Vehicle Registration Fee, Measure BB, Transportation Fund for Clean Air, and Federal One Bay Area Grant 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.
The City was awarded grant funding and entered into a Project Funding Agreement (PFA) with Alameda CTC as part of ...
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