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RESOLUTION Approving a Cooperative Agreement between San Leandro and AC Transit for Design, Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of the South Alameda County Major Corridors Travel Time Improvement Project (AC Transit Line 97 TPI) in Unincorporated Alameda County, San Leandro, Hayward, and Union City (provides for the continued maintenance and operation of the City's traffic signals on Hesperian Boulevard after improvements by AC Transit)
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WHEREAS, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) received $5.0 million in grant funds through the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Transit Priority Initiative - Investment program. AC Transit programmed Transit District Capital funds in the amount of $420,000 for local matching funds; and
WHEREAS, MTC also assigned $500,000 in Federal Next Generation Arterial Operation Program funds for preliminary systems engineering for the project; and
WHEREAS, AC Transit, Union City, and the Alameda County Public Works Agency were awarded $228,000 in Transportation Fund for Clean Air funding through the Alameda County Transportation Commission to offset the local match the District is contributing to the project; and
WHEREAS, the entire project budget is estimated to be $6.148 million; and
WHEREAS, to be able to execute the design and construction of the project, AC Transit needs to have a cooperative agreement in place with the cities of San Leandro, Hayward and Union City as well as Alameda County to identify roles and responsibilities for the project; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is familiar with the contents of the agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager recommends approval of said agreements.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE as follows:
That the City Manager is authorized to enter into a Cooperative Agreement with AC Transit for design, construction, operation, and maint...
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