AGENDA QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
MEETING DATE: October 15, 2024
Consent Item CONS 24-538
Adopt Resolutions Approving City Applications to the Alameda County Transportation Commission Comprehensive Investment Plan a nd Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Agreements with the Alameda County Transportation Commission
Are we able to include the "Bench for Every Bus Stop" program in this batch of applications as a fourth project? If not, do we have a funding roadmap to ensure this work continues?
Staff reviewed the grant criteria for the Alameda CTC Comprehensive Investment Program and determined that the simme seat program would not likely compete well. Also, the grant program allows up to three submissions, so an additional application would require changing one of the already submitted proposed projects.
As was discussed at the AC Transit Interagency Liaison Committee (ILC) meeting, the existing City CIP project has sufficient budget to implement another set of simme seats. In the coming months, staff
will finalize the next locations and install
additional seats.
Following the direction received at the last ILC meeting, Staff are working with AC Transit to review the data on the remaining stops that do not have seats (or shelters) to develop an implementation plan. This information will be considered within the upcoming City Capital Improvement Program process. Staff also regularly monitor potential grant funding sources and evaluate fit with existing priorities, including the simme seat program.