Title
Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the Interim City Manager to Submit a Request to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission for the Allocation of $126,618 in Fiscal Year 2022-23 for Two Grand Street Transportation Safety Projects per Transportation Development Act Article 3 for Pedestrian/Bicycle Project Funding, and to Execute All Necessary Documents. (Planning, Building and Transportation 20962740)
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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 is applying for funding for two projects along Grand Street. The first is to use $50,000 in TDA funds to build 260 feet of missing sidewalk next to City-owned property on Grand Street between Clement Avenue and Eagle Avenue. The second is to use $76,618 to supplement the budget for the Grand Street Pavement Resurfacing and Safety Improvements, which is in design and for which a concept will be heard by City Council later this year. These funds would be used to supplement the project budget and help contribute towards the required local match for the existing One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) funds.
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 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 Y...
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