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AG EN DA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: July 20, 1999
SUBJECT: Authorization for Grant Application for the 1999 Transportation Fund for
Clean Air Program for the Construction of the Alamo Canal Bicycle
Trail Project
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 $438,000. If the City of
Dublin's grant application is approved, the City will receive $350,400 of
Transportation Fund for Clean Air from the Bay Area Air Quality
Management District. Matching funds in the amount of $87,600, equal
.. to 20% of the project cost, will be required if funding is approved. The
City may use future Transportation Development Act funds and/or
General Funds as local match.
DESCRIPTION: The City, in collaboration with East Bay Regional Park District, City of
Pleasanton and Zone 7, is proposing to construct the section of the
Alamo Canal Trail from Iron Horse Trail to Interstate 580. This project
will connect the Alamo Canal bicycle path in Pleasanton with the Iron
Horse Trail that is planned for construction in Dublin, the last link
needed for full connections between the bicycle paths in Pleasanton and
those in Dublin. The trail will be 12~ wide, and paved with asphalt
concrete on the existing aggregate base maintenance road.
If the City receives this grant, funds will be available in October 1999,
with the condition that the funds be expended within two years of the
effective date of the funding agreement.
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the Resolution authorizing
Staffto apply for Transportation Fund for Clean Air from the Bay Area
Air Quality Management District.
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ITEM NO. ~
RESOLUTION NO. --99
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
AUTHORIZATION FoR GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE 1999 TRANSPORTATION
FUND FOR CLEAN AIR PROGRAM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ALAMO
CANAL BICYCLE TRAIL PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin recognizes the potential air quality benefit from the
implementation of bicycle trail projects, and
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin, in collaboratibn with East Bay Regional Park District,
City of Pleasanton and Zone 7, is proposing to construct the section of the Alamo Canal Bicycle
Trail between Iron Horse Trail and Interstate 580, and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Fund for Clean Air program of the Bay Area Air Quality
Management District is a potential source of funding' for this project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Dublin
does hereby authorize the submittal of a grant application to the Bay Area Air Quality
Management District through the Transportation FUnd for Clean Air program, in the amount of
$350,400 for the construction of the Alamo Canal Bicycle Trail project between Iron Horse Trail
and Interstate 580, and authorizes the Director of Public Works to submit and carry out the
project; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Dublin by
adopting this resolution does hereby state that the City of Dublin will provide $87,600 (20%) in
local matching funds if funds are approved for the project.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this __ day of __,
1999.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
AB STAIN:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk ATrACHH£hlT I
Attachment 1: Map of Project Level Detail
City of Dublin ApPlication: Alamo Canal Bike-peal Path Project
City Project
1999-2000
Downtown Dublin ~ ~ ¢ TFCA Pro~
'- . FY 1999-2~
, · Station
~ _ Dublin Civic Center,
PROJECT LIMITS
-' .D~ublin Library (future)
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