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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 4.08 Grant Appl 3 Traffic Signals (2) CITY CLERK -- _ File / 0i0 -- 90 , AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: March 16, 1999 SUBJECT: Authorization for Grant Application for the Surface Transportation Program and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program for the Installation of Three New Traffic Signals Report Prepared by: Lee S. Thompson, Public Works Director ATTACHMENTS: 1) Resolution 2) Location Map RECOMMENDATION. Adopt resolution directing Staff to apply for funding FINANCIAL STATEMENT: The total estimated cost for the project is $450,000. If the City of Dublin's grant application is approved,the City will receive $300,000 from the Transportation Equity Act for the 215` Century (TEA 21) 75% Funds. The City will provide $150,000 in local matching funds which the City has already collected in traffic impact mitigations. DESCRIPTION: The project will install new traffic signals at three intersections on Village Parkway at Tamarack Drive,Brighton Drive and Davona Drive. Installation of the new traffic signals will enhance vehicle and pedestrian traffic movement at the three intersections. If the City receives this grant, funds will be available in fiscal year 1999- 2000, with the condition that the funds must be obligated by September 30,2000. Staff intends to install all three traffic signals in FY 1999- 2000. Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the Resolution directing Staff to apply for funding from the Surface Transportation Program and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program. COPIES TO: oer- ITEM NO. 44 . . . I RESOLUTION NO. . A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN ***************** AUTHORIZATION FOR GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR NEW SIGNAL INSTALLATIONS WHEREAS, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21 st CenturY (TEA 21) (Public Law 105-178, June 9, 1998) and the TEA 21 Restoration Act (Public Law 105-206, July 22, 1998) continue the Surface Transportation Program (23 U.S.c. s 133) and the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) (23 V.S.C. s 149); and WHEREAS, pursuant to TEA 21, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, eligible project sponsors wishing to receive Surface Transportation Program or Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program grants for a project shall submit an application first with the appropriate metropolitan transportation planning organization (MPa), for review and inclusion in the MPa's Transportation Improvement Program (TIP); and WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission is the MPa for the San Francisco Bay region; and WHEREAS, the City of Dublin is an eligible project sponsor for Surface Transportation Program or Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program funds; and WHEREAS, the City of Dublin wishes to submit a grant application to MTC for funds from the Surface Transportation Program or Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program in fiscal year 1999-2000 for the following project: Installation of new traffic signals at three intersections on Village Parkway at Tamarack Drive, Brighton Drive and Davona Drive in Dublin, California with a total project cost of $450,000. WHEREAS, MTC requires, as part ofthe application, a resolution stating the following: 1) the commitment of necessary local matching funds ofIeast 11.5%; and 2) that the sponsor understands that the Surface Transportation Program and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program funding is fixed at the programmed amount, and therefore any cost increase cannot be expected to be funded with Surface Transportation Program or Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program funds; and 3) the assurance of the sponsor to complete the project as described in the application, and if approved, as programmed in MTC's TIP. 4) That the sponsor understands that funds must be obligated by September 30, 2000, or the project may be removed from the program. J..---J. ......, 'I ,,-~ "..... , fo-\; l l"l :4E'~';- f\r f .. ).1 "~~,,.\.t:__...Io( ~...._ ~ NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Dublin that the City Manager is authorized to execute and file an application for funding under the Surface Transportation Program or the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program of TEA 21 in the amount of $300,000 for the installation of three new traffic signals on Village . Parkway at Tamarack Drive, Brighton Drive and Davona Drive; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Dublin by adopting this resolution does hereby state that: 1) The City of Dublin will provide $150,000 (33.3 %) in local matching funds; and 2) The City of Dublin understands that the Surface Transportation Program and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program funding for the project is fixed at $300,000, and that any cost increases must be funded by the City of Dublin from local matching funds, and that the City of Dublin does not expect any cost increases to be funded with Surface Transportation Program or the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program funds; and 3) The New Signal Installations will be built as described in this resolution and, if approved, as programmed in Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). 4) The program funds are expected to be obligated by September 30,2000. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution will . be transmitted to the MTC in conjunction with the filing of the application; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the MTC is requested to support the application for the project described in the resolution and to program the project, if approved, in MTC's TIP. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 1999. day of AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Mayor . ATTEST: City Clerk ~~"""""'r;";' ~7::.'.::. ";";".":'.. ;:'::.:.:"~'. ,::;';'.-::-' I . . . . . , ~. 1998 STP/CMAO Application: 75% Funds Map Page '. -l.O' ""...'i- -l.'I-'-'-' o~ .,}.'f'o ",. ci c::; ~ c::; !O' a => o o LEGEND Intersection studied for . Traffic Signal Warranl adequa . ~ II North Not to S:ale .,,-rAr<.' t!'l ,<.-- "-'. Z ;u;;, ~ f."'/ ,i~'1~"'tli).t7. ~'..r ; . ~.I .Vi .rfd.~.'J t ~___.._""'RI--J ..~==