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Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the Acting City Manager to Submit a Request to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission for the Allocation of $80,000 in Fiscal Year 2018/2019 for the Cross Alameda Trail Project between Main Street and Constitution Way per Transportation Development Act Article 3 for Pedestrian/Bicycle Project Funding and to Execute All Necessary Documents. (Transportation 91402)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Elizabeth D. Warmerdam, Acting City Manager
Re: Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the Acting City Manager to Submit a Request to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission for the Allocation of $80,000 in Fiscal Year 2018/2019 for the Cross Alameda Trail Project between Main Street and Constitution Way per Transportation Development Act Article 3 for Pedestrian/Bicycle Project Funding and to Execute All Necessary Documents
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 projects, programs and plans. 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 the total funds for TDA Article 3 pedestrian/bicycle projects for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018/19, and the City of Alameda total is $78,801. The City already requested and allocated these anticipated funds last year, and is now allowed to borrow up to one year of future expected funds ($80,000).
Since 1991, the City has worked to implement the Cross Alameda Trail (CAT) project. Today, two sections of the CAT are under development by the City: (1)...
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