Title
Adopt Two Resolutions to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Execute Program Supplement Agreement No. F031 with the State of California, to Accept and Appropriate $4,000,000 in Federal Highway Infrastructure Program Grant Funds; and to Accept and Appropriate $2,000,000 in Comprehensive Investment Plan Grant Funds from the Alameda County Transportation Commission for the Bancroft Avenue and Williams Street Crosstown Corridor Project
Staffreport
COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Public Safety
* Infrastructure
SUMMARY
The City was awarded $4,000,000 in federal grant funds from the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) Highway Infrastructure Program (HIP). A Program Supplement Agreement must be executed between the City and State to receive the funds for the Bancroft Avenue and Williams Street Crosstown Corridor Project (Project).
The City was also awarded $2,000,000 in grant funds from the Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) through the 2026 Comprehensive Investment Plan (CIP). Under Resolution No. 2024-129, the City Manager was authorized to enter into a Project Funding Agreement (PFA) with Alameda CTC for these grant funds.
This action will accept and appropriate funding from the two grants to the Project.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommend approval of resolutions, approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute Program Supplement Agreement No. F031, to accept and appropriate $4,000,000 in federal funding, and to accept and appropriate $2,000,000 in local grant funding from Alameda CTC for the Bancroft Avenue and Williams Street Crosstown Corridor Project.
BACKGROUND
The Crosstown Corridors Study (Study), completed in 2022, identified Bancroft Avenue and Williams Street as high priority corridors in the 2018 Update of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan (BPMP) through a community-based planning process. The Study sought to review and identify how to enhance safety, access, and mobility for all roadway users along Ba...
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