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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Authorize the City Manager to Execute Agreements with the California Department of Transportation and to Approve the Receipt of Grant Funding from the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program for the Crosstown Class IV Corridors Study
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The City was conditionally awarded a Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant to study the implementation of Class IV bicycle lanes on Bancroft Avenue and Williams Street in the Crosstown Class IV Corridors Study (Study). The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) requires a resolution, signed by the City Council that includes the grant project title and job title of the person authorized to enter into a contract with Caltrans to meet the general conditions for award of the Grant.
Staff recommends the following action:
* Authorize the City Manager to execute agreements with Caltrans to receive $349,248 in grant funding from the Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program and provide a minimum local match amount of $45,252 for a total of $394,500 for the Crosstown Class IV Corridors Study.
BACKGROUND
The Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program was created to support the state's goal to provide a safe, sustainable, integrated, and efficient transportation system to enhance California's economy and livability. The program encourages and supports local planning projects that will benefit the multi-modal transportation system, improve public health, social equity, environmental justice, the environment, and provide other important community benefits.
The California Legislature passed, and Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed into law, Senate Bill (SB) 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, a transportation funding bill that provides the source of funds to maintain and integrate the State's multi-modal transportation system. Approximately $25 milli...
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