TO:
Honorable Mayor Powell and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
David N. Carmany, City Manager
FROM:
Richard Thompson, Director of Community Development
Nhung Madrid, Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Resolution Authorizing Execution of a Program Supplement Agreement Adding the Cycle 3 Safe Routes to School Program to the Existing Master Funding Agreement with State of California Department of Transportation and Appropriation of Reimbursable Grant Funds in the Amount of $65,000.
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 12-6415, APPROPRIATE FUNDS
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council pass a motion to:
a) Approve Program Supplement Agreement No. 005-N to Administering Agency-State Agreement No. 07-5212R with State of California Department of Transportation for the Cycle 3 Safe Routes to School Program Project;
b) Adopt Resolution No. 12-6415 authorizing the City Manager to sign the Program Supplement Agreement on behalf of the City; and
c) Appropriate Grant Funds in the amount of $65,000 to the Cycle 3 Safe Routes to School Program Project.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The Program Supplement Agreement must be executed for the City to receive federal-aid transportation funding through the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). The City succeeded in securing a $490,600 Safe Routes to School Program grant through a statewide competition. The grant will reimburse 100% of eligible project costs up to the grant award amount. At this time, staff is requesting to appropriate grant funds in the amount of $65,000 in order to move forward with preliminary engineering which includes the environmental and design phase of the project. Staff will return to City Council at a later date to appropriate the remaining grant funds to complete the project.
BACKGROUND:
On April 15, 2011, Caltrans issued a call for projects for the Cycle 3 Federal Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Progr...
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