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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
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RESOLUTION NO. .
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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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
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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.
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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
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AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Mayor
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
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