CALIFORNIA
MEMORANDUM
DATE: June 7, 2022
TO: Christine Daniel, City Manager
FROM: Mohamed Alaoui, Public Works Director
SUBJECT: Item 10.12; Supplemental Staff Report
Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Emeryville Prioritizing Upcoming Projects For Grant Applications; And Authorizing The City Manager To Submit Applications In Response To The California Transportation Commission’s ATP Cycle 6 Call-For-Projects, Alameda County Transportation Commission’s 2024 CIP Call For Projects, And Any Other Grant Opportunity That Arises In Fiscal Years 2022-2024 For The Prioritized Projects; And Authorize The Mayor To Write Letters In Support Of The Prioritized Projects
RECOMMENDATION
This supplemental report revises the recommended Resolution with regard to the funding dates for the Emery Go Round. Revisions are reflected in bold below; explanations for the revisions are discussed in the Background section below.
Staff recommends that the City Council prioritize and rank upcoming projects and adopt the above-entitled resolution authorizing the City Manager to submit applications in response to the California Transportation Commission’s (CTC) ATP Cycle 6 Call-forProjects, Alameda County Transportation Commission’s (ACTC) CTP 2024 Call For Projects, and any other grant opportunities that arise in Fiscal Years 2022-2024 for Prioritized Projects. The Prioritized Projects and ranked order recommended by staff are as follows:
1. Emery Go-Round Operating Expenses (FY2026/2027 and FY2027/2028)
2. Village Greens and Greenways Program – Doyle Street (Phase 3)
3. Shellmound/Christie One-Way Loop Study
4. Stanford Corridor Enhancement Study
5. 40th Street Transit-Only Lanes and Multimodal Enhancements Additionally, staff recommends that the City Council authorize the Mayor to write letters in support of the Prioritized Projects.
BACKGROUND
After the original report on this matter was published on May 27, 2022, additional details concerning the existing grant funding for the Emery Go-Round Operating Expenses were provided by staff at ACTC. ACTC staff confirmed that ACTC has already approved and programmed funding for Emery Go Round operating expenses through fiscal year Late Correspondence
June 7, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting
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2025/2026. However, for funding to continue beyond that, Emeryville should apply for funding in the final two years of ACTC’s new five year capital improvement plan:
2026/2027 and 2027/2028.
DISCUSSION
The City applies every year to ACTC for funding for a shuttle program, the Emery GoRound. The Emery Go-Round is a free public shuttle from the MacArthur BART station to points throughout Emeryville and one point in southwest Berkeley. Staff understands funding for Emery Go Round operating expenses to be a continuing priority for the City Council.
ACTC has already approved and programmed funding for this shuttle program for fiscal years 2023/2024, 2024/2025, and 2025/2026. However, as noted above, since the new five-year CIP covers the period including fiscal years 2026/2027 and 2027/2028, staff recommends that the ACTC funding request include $500,000 per year for the last two years of this funding cycle, for a total of $1 million.
The changes to the City’s funding request are reflected in the revised resolution for this item.
FISCAL IMPACT
ACTC’s Small Cities Program exempts Emeryville, Albany, and Piedmont from match requirements. Any additional matching funds from the City would result in extra points on the application.
ACTC funding for the General Benefit portion of Emery Go-Round operations will be matched by the Property Based Business Improvement District (PBID) component, giving the City approximately an 87% match for extra points on that application. ACTC’s maximum funding for shuttle operations will remain at $500,000 a year. Over time, as the Emery Go-Round assessment increases, the PBID and General Benefit increase. In 2020, the PBID component was $4,049,222 and the General Benefit was $560,301, of which ACTC CIP funding paid $500,000 and the City paid $60,301.
STAFF COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC
Potential transportation projects were discussed at the April 14, 2022 Transportation Committee Meeting. However, the Emery Go Round funding was not included in that discussion as staff did not understand at that time that those operating expenses should be included in this funding request. Accordingly, the Transportation Committee was not given the opportunity to discuss the relative prioritization of that specific funding item.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
N/A
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CONCLUSION
Staff recommends that the City Council prioritize and rank upcoming projects and adopt the above-entitled resolution authorizing the City Manager to submit applications in response to the California Transportation Commission’s (CTC) ATP Cycle 6 Call-forProjects, Alameda County Transportation Commission’s (ACTC) 2024 CIP Call For Projects, and any other grant opportunities for the Prioritized Projects that arise in Fiscal Years 2022-2024. The Prioritized Projects and ranked order recommended by staff is as follows:
1. Emery Go-Round Operating Expenses (FY2026/2027 and FY2027/2028)
2. Village Greens and Greenways Program – Doyle Street (Phase 3)
3. Shellmound/Christie One-Way Loop Study
4. Stanford Corridor Enhancement Study
5. 40th Street Transit-Only Lanes and Multimodal Enhancements Additionally, staff recommends that the City Council authorize the Mayor to write letters in support of the Prioritized Projects.
PREPARED BY: Ryan O’Connell, Senior Civil Engineer
APPROVED AND FORWARDED TO THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EMERYVILLE:
Christine Daniel, City Manager
ATTACHMENTS
• Revised Draft Resolution
RESOLUTION NO. _____
Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Emeryville Prioritizing Upcoming Projects For Grant Applications; And Authorizing The City Manager To Submit Applications In Response To The California Transportation Commission’s ATP Cycle 6 Call-For-Projects, Alameda County Transportation Commission’s 2024 CIP Call For Projects, And Any Other Grant Opportunity That Arises in Fiscal Years 2022-2024 For The Prioritized Projects; And Authorize The Mayor To Write Letters In Support For Prioritized Projects
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2022, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) adopted the 2023 Active Transportation Program Guidelines which included the ATP Cycle 6 Call-for-Projects (ATP Cycle 6); and
WHEREAS, on May 10, 2022. Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC) issued the 2024 Comprehensive Investment Plan (2024 CIP) Call For Projects and grant guidelines, and
WHEREAS, on April 14, 2022, the City of Emeryville Transportation Committee made a unanimous motion to recommend forwarding the following four projects to City Council and authorizing the City Manager to apply for grant funding in upcoming 2022 grant cycles:
Village Greens and Greenways Program – Doyle Street (Phase 3 Shellmound/Christie One-Way Loop Project
Stanford Corridor Enhancement
40th Street Transit-Only Lanes and Multimodal Enhancement; and WHEREAS, the City applies for funding every year to ACTC for ongoing operational needs of a shuttle program, the Emery Go-Round; and
WHEREAS, since ACTC requires that applications be ranked by applicants for funding priority, staff recommends to the City Council the following ranked order of funding:
1. Emery Go-Round Operating Expenses (FY2026/2027 and FY2027/2028)
2. Village Greens and Greenways Program – Doyle Street (Phase 3)
3. Shellmound/Christie One-Way Loop Study
4. Stanford Corridor Enhancement Study
5. 40th Street Transit-Only Lanes and Multimodal Enhancements; and WHEREAS, to best position the City to be nimble in the search for outside funding, staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to seek funding, including submitting applications, for the Prioritized Project list from any grant opportunity that arises during Fiscal Years 2022-2024; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends that the City Council authorize the Mayor to write letters in support of the Prioritized Projects since in most grant applications, extra points are Resolution No. _____
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granted to projects that show letters of support from the City, community, and other stakeholders; and
WHEREAS, ACTC’s Small Cities Program exempts Emeryville, Albany, and Piedmont from match requirements and any additional matching funds from the City would result in extra points on the application; and
WHEREAS, the ATP Cycle 6 Guidelines state that, “(t)he Commission does not require a funding match for ATP”; and
WHEREAS, ACTC funding for the General Benefit portion of Emery Go-Round operation will be matched by the Property Based Business Improvement District (PBID) component, giving the City an approximate 87% match for extra points on that application; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Emeryville prioritizes and ranks the following projects in this order:
Emery Go-Round Operating Expenses (FY2026/2027 and FY2027/2028) Village Greens and Greenways Program – Doyle Street (Phase 3 Shellmound/Christie One-Way Loop Study
Stanford Corridor Enhancement Study
40th Street Transit-Only Lanes and Multimodal Enhancements; and, be it, further RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Emeryville hereby authorizes the City Manager to submit applications in response applications in response to the California Transportation Commission’s ATP Cycle 6 Call-for-Projects, Alameda County Transportation Commission’s 2024 CIP Call For Projects, and any other grant opportunities that arise in Fiscal Years 2022-2024 for the Prioritized Projects; and, be it, further
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Emeryville hereby authorizes the Mayor to write letters of support for prioritized projects; and, be it, further Resolution No. _____
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ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Emeryville at a regular meeting held Tuesday, June 7, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
MAYOR
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY CLERK CITY ATTORNEY
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A – ATP Cycle 6 Guidelines
Attachment B – ACTC 2024 CIP Guidelines
Attachment C – Presentation of Potential Transportation Projects for Grant Applications