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2018 SEP 12 PH U' 34RESOLUTION NoV_
Introduced by Councilmember
City Attorney'S'
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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR OR HER
DESIGNEE TO ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE TEN MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,578,000.00) IN
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FUNDS ASSIGNED TO THE
CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION FOR THE 14™ STREET SAFE ROUTES IN THE CITY PROJECT, AND; COMMIT MATCHING
FUNDS OF UP TO THREE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($3,454,000.00)
WHEREAS, in 2007 the City of Oakland’s Bicycle Master Plan identified the 14th Street Corridor as a bikeway gap; and
WHEREAS, in 2012 the City of Oakland’s Bicycle Master Plan update approved 14th Street as a priority lane conversion project of the Plan, and re-affirmed environmental clearance of the Plan (Resolution 84107 C.M.S.); and
WHEREAS, the Lake Merritt Station Area Plan (2013) identified 14th Street as a priority pedestrian street and civic gateway between Lake Merritt and Downtown; and WHEREAS, the Downtown Specific Plan (currently underway), similarly identifies 14th Street as a key civic gateway and bicycle and pedestrian corridor; and WHEREAS, the 14th Street corridor was the subject of a design charrette, focused on identifying feasible bikeway and pedestrian improvements, facilitated by the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) in 2015; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland City Council designated the 14th Street Corridor between Oak Street to Frontage Road as the “Black Arts Movement and Business District” on January 19, 2016 (Resolution No. 85958 C.M.S.) and
WHEREAS, a conceptual design of improvements to 14th Street between Brush Street and Lake Merritt includes incorporates protected bike lanes, bus boarding islands and enhanced transit stop access, storm drain rain gardens, and pedestrian crossing improvements, while preserving adequate automobile circulation; and
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WHEREAS, the City wishes to fund the final design and construction of these improvements; and
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WHEREAS, the City submitted an application to the California Transportation Commission (“CTC”) for Ten Million Five Hundred Seventy Eight Thousand Dollars ($10,578,000.00) in funding for the 14th Street Safe Routes in the City Project (“Project”) in the Active Transportation Program (ATP); and
WHEREAS, the CTC recommended award of these funds in an action on October 18, 2017; and WHEREAS, the City’s adopted FY 2017-2019 Capital Improvement Plan on June 29, 2016 (Resolution No 86821 C.M.S.) includes this project and specifies its eligibility for local matching funds from Measure KK Fund (5330), Streetscapes/Complete Streets Capital Project (1003348); and
WHEREAS, there is no pending or threatened litigation that might in any way adversely affect the proposed Project, or the ability of the City to deliver such Project; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to accept grant funds and allocate local matching funds; now therefore be it
RESOLVED, that there is no pending or threatened litigation that might in any way adversely affect the proposed Project, or the ability of the City to deliver such Project; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City accepts the ATP grant funds to complete the Project; and be it;
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby authorizes the application, acceptance and appropriation of grant proceeds in an amount not to exceed $10,578,000 to be appropriated to Federal Grants Fund (2116), Complete Streets Planning and Design Org (35212), 14th Street Streetscape Project (1003959); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby consents to the use of up to one million eighty-nine thousand dollars ($1,089,000.00) in matching funds for the Project’s preliminary engineering phase from the FY 2018/19 Measure KK Fund (5330) Streetscapes/Complete Streets Project (1003348), and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby consents to the use of up to two million three hundred sixty-eight thousand dollars ($2,368,000.00) in matching funds for the Project’s construction phase from future year Measure KK Fund (5330) Streetscapes/Complete Streets Project, or Measure B/BB Grants Matching Funds Project (1001512), contingent upon the availability of funding and approval for the FY2019-2021 budget; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that should additional funds be received from the California Active Transportation Program (ATP) for this Project, the City Administrator or designee is hereby authorized to accept and appropriate the same for the purposes described above in FY2019-2021; and be it
2 FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby authorizes the City Administrator or designee to negotiate grant terms, execute, modify, amend and extend agreements, allocate revenue, make expenditures, and take all other actions with respect to the ATP grants and these Projects in accordance with this Resolution and its basic purposes; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution will be placed on file with the City Clerk.
OCT 1 6 2Q1BIN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES -1 !, CAMPBELL WASHINGTON, GALLO, GIBSON MCELHANEY GUILLEN, KALB, KAPLAN, AND PRESIDENT REID.----~J ^
NOES - 0
ABSENT-0
ABSTENTION $
iiumaATTEST:
LaTonda SmTmons
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council
of the City of Oakland, California
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