CITY OF FAIRFIELD
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-215
APPROVING A REQUEST TO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION FOR THE ALLOCATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 AND 2026-2027 TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT ARTICLE 3 PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FUNDING FOR THE EAST TABOR AVENUE/TOLENAS
AVENUE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AND SIDEWALK GAP CLOSURE PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING AN UPDATE TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 BUDGET
WHEREAS, Article 3 of the Transportation Development Act (TDA), Public Utilities Code (PUC) Section 99233.3, authorizes the submission of claims to a regional transportation planning agency for the funding of projects exclusively for the benefit of pedestrians and bicyclists use of pedestrians and bicyclists; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), as the regional transportation planning agency for the San Francisco Bay region, has adopted MTC Resolution No. 4108, Revised, entitled “Transportation Development Act, Article 3, Pedestrian and Bicycle Allocations which outline procedures and criteria for submission of requests for the allocation of “TDA Article 3” funding; and
WHEREAS, MTC Resolution No. 4108, Revised requires that requests for the allocation of TDA Article 3 funding be submitted as part of a single, countywide coordinated claim from each county in the San Francisco Bay region; and
WHEREAS, the East Tabor Avenue/Tolenas Avenue Safe Routes to School and Sidewalk Gap Closure Project (Project) was identified by the Solano Transportation Agency as eligible to receive TDA Article 3 funding in the amount of $234,710; and
WHEREAS, on June 17, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2025 -112 executing a Public Highway At -Grade Cro ssing Agreement with Union Pacific Railroad and received construction authorization from the California Public Utilities Commission on September 23, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fairfield desires to submit a request to MTC for the allocation of TDA Article 3 funds to support the Project which is for the exclusive benefit of pedestrians and bicyclists; and
WHEREAS, funding in the amount of $234,710 was not allocated in the City’s approved fiscal year (FY) 2025-2026 budget, thus requiring an adjustment of $234,710 to cover construction costs of the project; and
WHEREAS, the revised appropriation constitutes an updat e to the FY 2025 -2026 budget approved pursuant to Resolution No. 2025-103.
RES. NO. 2025-215
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD HEREBY RESOLVES:
Section 1. The City of Fairfield declares it is eligible to request an allocation of TDA Article 3 funds pursuant to Section 99233.3 of the Public Utilities Code.
Section 2. There is no pending or threatened litigation that might adversely affect the project or projects described in Exhibit B to this resolution, or that might impair the ability of the City of Fairfield to carry out the project; and furthermore, be it
Section 3. The City of Fairfield attests to the accuracy of and approves the statements in Exhibit A to this resolution; and furthermore, be it
Section 4. A certified copy of this resolution and its exhibits, and any accompanying supporting materials shall be forwarded to the congestion management agency, countywide transportation planning agency, or county association of governments, as the case may be, of City of Fairfield for submission to MTC as part of the countywide coordinated TDA Article 3 claim.
Section 5. The council hereby approves a budget amendment of $234,710 from TDA Article 3 funds to the Capital Streets Fund (Fund 252, CPW070008) for the E. Tabor Ave/Tolenas Ave Safe Routes to School and Sidewalk Gap Closure project.
Section 6. The council hereby approves an increase in appropriations of $234,710 in the Capital Streets Fund (Fund 252) for project CPW070008.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of November 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: MEMBERS: MOY /BERTANI/CARR /PANDURO /SANDHU/TONNESSEN/WILLIAMS
NOES: MEMBERS:
ABSENT: MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: MEMBERS:
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK