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Home My WebLink AboutItem 7.4 Fed Surface Trans Program Grant App CITY CLERK File # [[][!2][6][ll]-m[D] AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: March 6, 2007 SUBJECT: Authorize the Filing of a Grant Application for Federal Surface Transportation Program and/or Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Funding and Committing the Necessary Local Match for the Projects and Stating the Assurance of the City of Dublin to Complete the Projects Report Prepared by: Melissa Morton, Public Works Director ATTACHMENTS: 1) 2) Resolution authorizing the filing of a Grant application Adopted Streetscape Elements RECOMMENDATION: ~" " Adopt the resolution authorizing the filing of an application for ". . federal funding, committing the necessary non-federal (local) match for the East and West Dublin BART Station Corridor Enhancement projects, and stating the assurance of the City to complete these projects. FINANCIAL STATEMENT: The City of Dublin's grant application has been approved in the amount of $3,000,000 for two capital projects, namely the East and West Dublin BART Station Corridor Enhancement projects. The City is required to provide an 11.47% local match ($388,682) to construct the two projects. Although local match funds are shown in the 5 year CIP, they will still need to be allocated in future fiscal years. DESCRIPTION: In 1998, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) initiated the Transportation for Livable Communities program. Since then, the MTC has awarded over $80 million dollars to local projects that support multimodal travel and more livable neighborhoods. The program was later expanded in 2001 to include a Housing Incentive Program (HIP) which rewards federal funds to local governments that build high density housing near transit hubs/stations, based on project density, project size, and the number of affordable units. COpy TO: Page 1 of2 ITEM NO. 7 'f G:\CIPs\East Dublin BART Corridor Enhancement\AS MTC HIP Grant Application.doc (2, In response to the MTC' s 2005 call for proj ects, the City of Dublin applied for the Dublin Transit Center project, which includes the development of up to 1,500 high-density housing units adjacent to the East Dublin BART Station. The City's eligibility for HIP funds was approved by the MTC for up to $3.0 million dollars, provided the housing project building permits are issued by June 2007. Building permits for the EAR, Elan at Dublin Station, and Avalon Bay housing developments have since been issued by the City, with the last ones issued in August 2006. Based on the housing density and number of affordable units permitted, the City was able to qualify for $3.0 million, the maximum amount the MTC could award to a local jurisdiction. Recipients of the $3.0 million grant are two proj ects included in the City's 2006-2011 Five-Year Capital Improvement Program. These are the East Dublin BART Station Corridor Enhancement Project (CIP No. 96012) and the West Dublin BART Station Corridor Enhancement Project (CIP No. 96011). These projects will improve a variety of transportation modes, including pedestrian, transit and bicycle facilities primarily on Dublin Boulevard leading to the East and West Dublin BART Stations. Additionally, Dublin Boulevard will be enhanced with City entrance signs, mediar1lbridge railing treatments, and identity markers from Hansen Drive to Tassajara Road, consistent with the City of Dublin Streetscape Master Plan (see Attachment 2). As part of the MTC's requirements, a City Council resolution is required authorizing the filing of an application for federal funding for the two projects, committing the necessary non-federal (local) match for the projects, and stating the assurance of the City to complete the projects. The City will be required to provide an 11.47% local match for a total of $388,682 for the two projects. If the City accepts the grant, the City will need to allocate funding of a local nature in future fiscal years. Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the Resolution authorizing the filing of an application for federal funding, committing the necessary non-federal (local) match for the East and West Dublin BART Station Corridor Enhancement projects, and stating the assurance of the City to complete these projects. Page 2 of2 1 r1fJ f.p RESOLUTION NO. - 07 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN ********* AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND/OR CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FUNDING AND COMMITTING THE NECESSARY NON-FEDERAL MATCH AND STATING THE ASSURANCE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT WHEREAS, the City of Dublin (herein referred as APPLICANT) is submitting an application to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for $1,743,000 and $1,257,000 in funding from the federal Surface Transportation Program (STP) and/or Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) program for the East Dublin BART Station Corridor Enhancements and West Dublin BART Station Corridor Enhancements projects respectively (herein referred as PROJECTS) for the MTC Housing Incentive Program (Resolution 3710) (herein referred as PROGRAM); and WHEREAS, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA) (Public Law 109-59, August 10,2005) continues the Surface Transportation Program (23 U.S.C. S 133) and the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (23 U.S.C. S 149); and WHEREAS, pursuant to SAFETEA, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, eligible project sponsors wishing to receive federal STP and/or CMAQ funds for a project shall submit an application first with the appropriate Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), for review and inclusion in the MPO's Transportation Improvement Program (TIP); and WHEREAS, the MTC is the MPO for the nine counties of the San Francisco Bay region; and WHEREAS, the MTC has adopted a Regional Project Funding Delivery Policy (MTC Resolution No. 3606, revised) that sets out procedures governing the application and use of STP/CMAQ funds; and WHEREAS, APPLICANT is an eligible project sponsor for STP/CMAQ funds; and WHEREAS, as part of the application for STP/CMAQ funding, MTC requires a resolution adopted by the responsible implementing agency stating the following: 1) the commitment of necessary local matching funds of at least 11.47%; and 2) that the sponsor understands that the STP/CMAQ funding is fixed at the programmed amount, and therefore any cost increase cannot be expected to be funded with additional STP/CMAQ funds; and 3) that the project will comply with the procedures specified in Regional Project Funding Delivery Policy (MTC Resolution No. 3606, revised); and 4) the assurance of the sponsor to complete the project as described in the application, and if approved, as included in MTC's TIP; and 5) that the project will comply with all the project-specific requirements as set forth in the Housing Incentive Program. - 1 - 3- - lJ I) 7, 'I ATTA_T /. :< Vb (p NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Dublin (APPLICANT) is authorized to execute and file an application for funding under the STP and CMAQ of SAFETEA for the East Dublin BART Station Corridor Enhancements and West Dublin BART Station Corridor Enhancements projects (PROJECTS). BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the APPLICANT by adopting this resolution does hereby state that: 1. APPLICANT will provide $225,824 and $162,858 for the East Dublin BART Station Corridor Enhancements and West Dublin BART Station Corridor Enhancements projects respectively in non-federal matching funds; and 2. APPLICANT understands that the STP/CMAQ funding for the PROJECTS is fixed at the MTC approved programmed amount, and that any cost increases must be funded by the APPLICANT from other funds, and that APPLICANT does not expect any cost increases to be funded with additional STP/CMAQ funding; and 3. APPLICANT understands the funding deadlines associated with these funds and will comply with the provisions and requirements ofthe Regional Project Funding Delivery Policy (MTC Resolution No. 3606, as revised); and 4. PROJECTS will be implemented as described in the complete application and in this resolution and, if approved, for the amounts programmed in the MTC federal TIP; and 5. APPLICANT and the PROJECTS will comply with the requirements as set forth in the Housing Incentive Program; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that APPLICANT is an eligible sponsor of STP/CMAQ funded projects. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that APPLICANT is authorized to submit an application for STP/CMAQ funds for the PROJECTS. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there is no legal impediment to APPLICANT making applications for the funds. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there is no pending or threatened litigation that might in any way adversely affect the proposed PROJECTS, or the ability of APPLICANT to deliver such PROJECTS. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that APPLICANT authorizes its City Manager, or designee to execute and file an application with the MTC for STP/CMAQ funding for the PROJECTS as referenced in this resolution. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution will be transmitted to the MTC in conjunction with the filing of the application. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the MTC is requested to support the application for the PROJECTS described in the resolution and to include the PROJECTS, if approved, in the MTC's TIP. - 2 - 3fJbG PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of March, 2007, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk G:\CIPs\East Dublin BART Corridor Enhancement\Resolution-MTC Local Match Assurance.doc - 3 - t.f~ (p ~ 00 ~= .5 ~~ :i .~~ ! .. u 9 . oS ::s C.i u !j- ij .. o e tlB ! e ~ ~ ~.!! >.8 ::!: ::!:~ .. 0 ij :s: - B ~8 1 i] .~ - .~ 5~ "0 :s~ oS alal f0- r'" . 0) c.. co CJ) -au+-' 0) CJ) C +-,+-'0) c..O)E o ~ 0) -a +-' - <((f)W ~. : ~ (. *." :-,,-, '-' L...M-~.. ATTACIOOJT .k~ '.~~t ::)I,' "l{~~:; i -"~ --. " ;t"' :/ .:;. _ __ "'l G1J& ."_..~"".'l".. Ji. " r Gl . .... ...... ....... ....... 0~0 (1) C) co - - .-. > (.) tn .- I- ... 0 c: ..... (1) tn E .- ::I: (1) c: > 0 .- - I- ..c c. ~ E c . -