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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Authorize the City Manager to Execute Program Supplement Agreement No. F029 with the State of California to Provide $37,350 in Federal-aid Funds for the Design Phase of the Wicks Boulevard and Manor Boulevard Intersection Signal Upgrade Project and to Appropriate $323,910 from Grant Funds and $35,990 from the Development Fees for Street Improvements Fund Balance for the Total Project Budget of $359,900 in Fiscal Year 2019-20
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The City was awarded a Highway Safety Improvement Program Grant to improve the safety of the Wicks Boulevard and Manor Boulevard Intersection. Program Supplement Agreements are used by Caltrans to assure that Federal-aid funding awards satisfy federal requirements. This agreement will allow the City to receive Federal-aid funding of $37,350 for the design of upgrades to the traffic signal at the subject intersection.
Staff recommends the following action:
* Authorize the City Manager to execute the Program Supplement Agreement that accepts federal funding of $37,350 and obligates the City to provide matching funds of $4,150 in order to complete the design phase of the subject project; and
* Authorize appropriation of Grant funds in the amount of $323,910 and Development Fees for Street Improvements (DFSI) fund balance reserves in the amount of $35,990, for a total of $359,900 for the subject project in Fiscal Year 2019-20 for design, construction and administrative costs.
BACKGROUND
The Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST), which was signed into law on December 4, 2015, established the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) grant as a core Federal-aid program. The overall purpose of this program is to achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads through the implementation of infrastructure-related highway safety improvements. Caltrans manages this program...
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