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Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute Agreements to Accept and Allocate $1,555,000 in Grant Funds from the Alameda County Transportation Commission to Complete a Project Initiation Document for the Alameda-Oakland Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge Project. (Planning, Building and Transportation 4226287)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
After significant study over more than a decade, the City is moving forward with additional planning and design work for the West Alameda-Oakland Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge (Bridge). The Bridge would provide an alternative to the substandard Posey Tube path and would connect West Alameda to Jack London Square, Amtrak, Downtown Oakland, and two nearby Oakland BART stations. Given the major challenges that come with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) navigational clearance requirements, plus the high anticipated project cost, the City was not in a position to pursue development of this preferred option until 2016. Since then, the City has worked with key stakeholders, including the City of Oakland, USCG, Port of Oakland (Port) and Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC).
The next phase for the bridge project is to develop a Project Initiation Document (PID), which is a requirement for further county, regional, state and federal agency funding. On January 28, 2021, the ACTC approved the City's request for $1,555,000 million in grant funds to complete the PID.
Staff requests that City Council authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute all documents needed to accept and allocate these grants funds, including the attached Funding Agreement with ACTC (Exhibit 1).
The Transportation Commission, at their May 26, 2021 meeting, heard this item and recommended that the City Council take this recommended action.
BACKGROUND
In 2009, the City developed a comprehensive Estuary Crossing Final Feasibility Study Report (Study Report) to ...
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