Title
Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Submit a Request to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission for the Allocation of $81,800 in Fiscal Year 2019-20 for the Active Transportation Plan per Transportation Development Act Article 3 for Pedestrian/Bicycle Project Funding and to Execute All Necessary Documents. (Planning, Building & Transportation 4226287)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Each year, the City of Alameda (City) is eligible to receive Transportation Development Act (TDA) Article 3 funds from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for eligible bicycle or pedestrian projects or programs. This coming fiscal year, the City will begin updating its ten-year old Bicycle and Pedestrian Plans and will combine them into an "Active Transportation Plan" (ATP). The City Council has already allocated funds for this update and a consultant contract award will be brought to the June 18 meeting. Staff is recommending that the City allocate its $81,800 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-20 TDA Article 3 funds to supplement and expand the ATP project budget. This will allow staff and the consultant team to accelerate the preparation of immediate policy recommendations and implementation strategies for City Council consideration during the preparation of the ATP, in response to recent City Council direction on the need to expedite bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements. This will also support the City's greenhouse gas reduction goals established by the City Council's recently adopted Climate Emergency Resolution.
BACKGROUND
The TDA, Public Utilities Code Sections 99233.3 and 99234, makes funds available in the nine-county 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 eligib...
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