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Recommendation to Approve Implementation Phase of Federal Transit Administration Grant Funds for Improving Transit Access to and from Alameda Point. (Public Works 819099)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: John A. Russo, City Manager
Re: Approve Implementation Phase of Federal Transit Administration Grant Funds for Improving Transit Access to and from Alameda Point
BACKGROUND
On March 2, 2010, the City Council approved a funding pass-through agreement with the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) to receive $1,668,154 in Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds for a transit access plan and implementation of transit service improvements. The grant was provided to analyze and create a plan to enhance transit service that would link Alameda Point and the adjacent community to the Fruitvale and 12th Street BART stations, including design and construction of pedestrian and bicycle elements, such as the Cross Alameda Trail. Since the City is not an eligible recipient of FTA funds, BART is acting as a pass-through agent for the grants, and the City as a subgrantee serves as the project manager. The FTA grant provides $1.29 million in funding for the implementation phase, and requires a minimum of 20 percent in additional matching funds.
The draft Regional Transit Access Study (RTAS) represents the first phase of this project (Exhibit 1). City staff and the Nelson Nygaard consulting team presented an introductory document to the Transportation Commission (TC) on July 25, 2012. The draft RTAS also was presented to the TC on June 26, 2013 and to a joint meeting of the TC and the Planning Board (PB) on September 30, 2013. At the joint TC/PB meeting, staff was directed to return to the TC with the RTAS report and a recommendation on the implementation phase of the FTA grant project. The TC approved the implementation phase of the FTA funds at a special meeting on April 23, 2014.
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