Title
Approve programming of $348,196 in TDA Article 3 funds in the 2017-2018 Fiscal Year, for the Cross Alameda Trail: Main to Constitution Project (Action)
Body
Transportation Commission
April 26, 2017
Item 5B
(ACTION)
Approve programming of $348,196 in TDA Article 3 funds in the 2017-2018 Fiscal Year, for the Cross Alameda Trail: Main to Constitution Project
Background
The Transportation Development Act (TDA), Public Utilities Code Sections 99233.3 and 99234, makes funds available in the nine-county Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) region for pedestrian/bicycle purposes. MTC makes annual allocations of TDA Article 3 funds to eligible claimants after review of applications submitted by counties or congestion management agencies. All cities and counties in the Bay Area are eligible to claim funds under TDA Article 3. Funds are allocated and apportioned by population, and are submitted as part of a countywide coordinated TDA Article 3 claim. MTC has estimated funds for TDA Article 3 pedestrian/bicycle projects for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017/18, which total $74,757 for the City of Alameda.
Discussion
For the FY 2017/18 TDA Article 3 funding cycle, City staff requests approval to submit an application to fund the Cross Alameda Trail: Main to Constitution project. This project, which has increased costs due to soil remediation needs and the addition of the Atlantic Gap segment, will construct a continuous 0.75 mile bicycling and walking facility with Class I bicycling and walking paths and separated bicycle lanes in the former railroad right-of-way along Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway and Atlantic Avenue between Main Street and Constitution Way.
Staff are recommending that a total of $348,196 in past, current, future and re-programmed TDA Article Funds be allocated to the CAT project. This total includes the previous year funds (FY 2016/17), which were not allocated to a project, and a "loan" of next year's (FY 2018/19) funds, estimated to be ...
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