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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
City of Anaheim
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
DATE: SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
FROM: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
SUBJECT: ACCEPTANCE OF UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION SMART GRANT FUNDING
ATTACHMENT (Y/N): YES ITEM # 15
GOVERNMENT CODE § 84308 APPLIES: NO
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council, by Motion:
1. Accept and approve the Assistance Agreement between the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the City of Anaheim to implement and evaluate a deployment of Connected Vehicles technologies and applications to improve safety, in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000, for the period of September 15, 2024 through March 14, 2026;
2. Increase the Department of Public Works revenue and expenditure budget for FY 2024/25, in the amount of $2,000,000;
3. Authorize the Director of Public Works or designee, on behalf of the City, to execute the Assistance Agreement with the DOT;
4. Authorize the Director of Public Works or designee, on behalf of the City, to take any and all actions as are necessary to implement and administer the Assistance Agreement, including any extensions; and,
5. Authorize de minimis changes that do not substantially change the terms and conditions of the Assistance Agreement, as determined by the City Attorney’s Office.
DISCUSSION:
On March 14, 2024, the DOT announced that the City of Anaheim was awarded a Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grant to implement Connected and Automated Vehicle & Intersection Technologies to improve safety and efficiency on two corridors in Anaheim: Katella Avenue from Brookhurst Street to I-5 Freeway, and on Harbor Boulevard from North City Limits to Katella Avenue.
Over the course of 18 months from funding acceptance, the project will deploy and evaluate technologies on two of the City’s busiest corridors, Katella Avenue and Harbor Boulevard) and will allow the City to develop partnerships, identify, and acquire equipment to reduce right-angle collisions through automated traffic signal Acceptance of United States Department of Transportation SMART Grant Funding September 24, 2024
performance measures (ATSPM0), and improve transit access and mobility through cloud- based transit signal priority and emergency vehicle preemption.
If the DOT deems that the project’s results in Phase 1 are successful, the City will have additional funding opportunities for Phase 2 SMART Grants to deploy these technologies at a much larger scale.
This grant award supports the City’s Strategic Plan Goal A Maintain Financial Responsibility, Strategy 2 – Continue proactive pursuit of state and federal grant funds IMPACT ON BUDGET:
This action will increase the Public Works Department’s revenue and expenditure budgets in restricted transportation grant funds by $2,000,000 in FY 2024/25.
Respectfully submitted,
Rudy Emami
Director of Public Works
Attachments:
1. DOT Assistance Agreement
2. DOT General Terms and Conditions Articles 1-6